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 Well, good morning. If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join us in

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 Matthew chapter 18 is where we will be. Specifically, when we look at the whole passage, we'll start

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 in verse 15. If you do not have a Bible, we have some free ones back here at this black table.

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 We'd love for you at the end of the service to come by and grab one of those. It's a gift from

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 us to you. We would love for you to be able to engage with us as we dive into God's Word each

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 week. So please make sure that you stop by and get one of those. A couple of things just kind of

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 going on. I found out this morning, was talking to Bobby David. Bobby is, his nephew is Daryl Cheeks,

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 our missionary in the Philippines. And Bobby was sharing with me that he had heard from Daryl in

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 the first quarter, as they count salvations, that 83 people had given their life to the Lord as a

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 result of that ministry. And so, yeah, absolutely. It's just fantastic and wonderful to see that all

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 that God is doing and how God allows us as a local church to be able to participate in different areas

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 all throughout the world with what he is doing. And we count that as a privilege and as an honor to do

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 that. Before we get into our passage this morning, it was neat. You know, sometimes when we're reading

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 through, and so if you're first time here, we're kind of looking at some of those commonly misunderstood

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 Bible verses that are found. But there's a Bible verse this weekend that's kind of landed

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 with just some newness and some freshness for me in my life this morning. I just want to share that

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 with y'all as we get going. And it's found in Genesis chapter 2, verse 18. It says,

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 Aaron and Emma went out of town this weekend and left with, they went with Aaron's mom. They went off

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 to the beach for the weekend, kind of a long girls weekend, taking off, go down there, didn't get

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 invited, not bitter. We're moving on past that, right? And so I call Grayson on Friday and I'm like,

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 hey buddy, I'm going to stop by and pick up some food. What would you like? And he was like,

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 could you get cereal and Chinese food? So thank you Panda Express. Large meal for a family. Let's

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 share it with you. All right. $35 has fed me and Grayson three different meals. Four boxes of cereal

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 from Dollar General has fed us three different meals. It is not good that man shall be alone.

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 Right? Fellas, this is what it would have been like. I'm telling you, not a good situation.

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 She'll be back around one o'clock today. Praise the Lord. Well, so here's our Bible verse for this

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 morning. We're going to look at Matthew 18, 20. God's word says, for whether two or three are gathered

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 in my name, there I am among them. Would you go to the Lord with me in prayer? God, we thank you for

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 your word. We thank you for the authoritative word that you give us. Lord, your perfect word. God,

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 today as we study this particular verse in context to which Christ gave it to us, God, in the areas

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 where we have misused or misunderstand, Lord, we thank you and we praise you that there's grace.

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 God, may we wrestle with the difficult sometimes things through scripture to understand the beauty

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 and the fullness of who you are, Lord, and what you've called us to. And may these be your words and not

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 mine. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. So let me read our focus verse one more time. One more time.

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 Matthew 18, 20. For whether two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them.

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 It's interesting kind of going through and looking at these verses and different ones that we were

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 going to look at over the course of the summer. And when I landed on this verse, I would argue that of

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 all the verses that we have discussed, of all the verses that we will discuss, this verse has kind of

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 been probably the most misused. But honestly, I don't think misused in a manipulative way.

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 But I know that I have, and I know that you probably have misused it, or in a church context, you've

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 heard this verse discussed or used, and oftentimes it's actually misused. This verse came across to me as

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 one to kind of put out front for us to think through. Actually, this past January, I got an

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 email one Sunday morning actually from Daryl Cheeks, our missionary in the Philippines. And he's like,

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 hey man, can you help me understand this verse and use it in context? And so we talked through

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 email kind of working through this. So when this verse is typically misused, it's typically used in

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 a worship service, a Bible study, a prayer time with a group of people, right, like a community of

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 believers who are gathered together, right? So there's more than one of them, there's a handful,

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 there's several, and this verse is used as they maybe prepare to pray or prepare to open God's Word,

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 and it's used almost as like an invitation or an acknowledgement that because there is more than

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 one person there, that God is also there. So we gather together for prayer. We say things like,

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 God, we know as we gather together that your Word tells us we're two or three gathered in my name.

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 And here's the truth, this isn't a blatant lie, right? We know that whether there are two or more,

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 God is with them. We can see that and draw that out from Scripture, but there can also be confusing

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 parts of Scripture because if it's whether there are two or three are gathered, then you're there,

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 which is sometimes how it's understood, then does that mean where there is one that He is not?

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 Or where there is none that He is not? So I just want us to talk a little bit this morning about

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 what I'm talking about, just the presence of God, so that you and I can have a right doctrinal,

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 theological understanding about the presence of God, because Scripture does tell us that God is

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 omnipresent. God is omnipresent, and what that means is God in His entire being is present everywhere.

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 It's one of the many ways that He's different from you and I.

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 God is not limited by space, by time, or by circumstance.

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 That everywhere there is, there is God. That's why David writes in Psalm 139, verses 7 through 10,

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 where shall I go from your spirit, or where shall I flee from your presence?

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 If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Shiloh, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

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 So where is God? He is everywhere. He is everywhere at all times, in all cases, and we can praise Him for that.

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 He's here now. He's with you when you leave.

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 We also see, and we see this in Scripture, and this is a little bit unique and special that we see when we talk about the presence of God, is that we see it in the incarnation of Christ.

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 John 1, verse 14,

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 And the word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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 And that what we know, Jesus, the Son of God, took on flesh. We see in Jesus, that fully God and fully man, that this is who He is.

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 In John 14, 9, Jesus says, when you've seen me, you've seen the Father.

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 So God is everywhere.

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 We see God in His presence in the person of Christ.

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 But then there's, and this is probably the way that you and I are most familiar with, of what we talk about, what we speak to in our Christian language, is in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

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 1 Corinthians 6, 19 through 20,

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 Or do you not know that your body, your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?

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 You are not your own, for you were bought with a price, so glorify God with your body.

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 So God is everywhere.

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 God is Jesus.

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 And then God indwells us.

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 In Acts 1-8, it's the fulfillment of the promise that Jesus gives you, the coming of the Holy Spirit, that He will fall on us as believers.

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 As believers.

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 And then we see the fulfillment of this in Acts 2 of the early church,

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 And then it's the continual indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the lives of every man, woman, and child who puts their faith and hope in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

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 It's the promise of what we have.

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 So this indwelling of the Holy Spirit, it's a permanent action taken by God to live in the body of believers.

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 This is how new birth happens, this is how we are confirmed within us that we belong to God, this is how we receive our spiritual gifts, this is how we understand Scripture, this is how we are convicted of our sins, right?

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 And the list goes on and on and on.

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 It's not because we're some great moral creatures who have come to enlightenment.

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 It's the very presence of God, the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

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 So let's look at this passage.

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 So if God is omnipresent everywhere,

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 if God is in the person of Christ, fully God, fully man,

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 and dwells in the body

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 of every believer,

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 this isn't trying to explain

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 a concept

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 that's not real.

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 This is a real tangible piece of who we are.

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 Then what do we do

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 with Matthew 18, 20?

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 What do we do with this?

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 These are the words of Jesus.

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 These are red letter words

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 in our gospel of Jesus

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 for where two or three

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 are gathered in my name,

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 there

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 I am

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 among them.

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 So what we want to do this morning

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 is understand these pieces

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 of God, but understand

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 the fullness of what

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 these words mean by asking

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 in ourself,

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 in what context,

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 in what setting,

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 for what purpose

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 did Jesus give this promise?

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 It's a promise that he gives

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 to his followers.

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 It's a promise that he gives to us

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 that we can cling to,

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 that we can hold to,

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 that we can use

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 so that we live in the confidence

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 of who we are

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 and who he's called us

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 to be.

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 When I was talking to someone

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 this morning

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 and they were,

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 we were talking about something

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 kind of sitting back in the office

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 and they asked about this

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 and so I was telling them,

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 I was like,

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 well,

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 here's the context of this verse.

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 It's a verse that we've mostly,

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 all of us have heard probably.

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 And I said the context

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 and then they go,

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 huh,

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 really?

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 So maybe you have that

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 with us this morning,

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 right?

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 Let's read Matthew 18

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 starting in verse 15.

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 If your brother sins against you,

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 go and tell him his fault

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 between you and him alone.

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 If he listens to you,

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 you have gained your brother.

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 But if he does not listen,

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 take one or two others

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 along with you

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 that every charge

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 may be established

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 by the evidence

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 of two or three witnesses.

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 If he refuses to listen to them,

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 tell it to the church.

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 And if he refuses to listen

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 even to the church,

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 let him be to you

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 as a Gentile

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 and a tax collector.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 whatever you bind on earth

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 shall be bound in heaven

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 and whatever you loose on earth

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 shall be loosed in heaven.

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 Again I say to you,

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 if two of you agree on earth

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 about anything,

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 they ask it,

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 it will be done for them

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 by my Father in heaven.

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 For where two or three

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 are gathered in my name,

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 there I am among them.

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 So let's look at this context.

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 The context for this verse

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 that Jesus gives

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 is church discipline.

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 It's church discipline.

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 Now, I'll be honest with you,

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 church discipline

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 is probably not the hot topic

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 that gets everybody excited, right?

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 Like, let's run some low attendance,

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 we're going to talk about

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 church discipline and tithing.

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 And everybody's like,

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 ah, I got somewhere I got to be.

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 You know what I mean?

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 Like, this is one of those

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 that's like, ah.

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 But I think it can be unfairly criticized

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 as harsh.

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 But I think what we'll see

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 in this passage of Scripture

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 is that the goal

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 is not an attack of the person,

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 but attack on sin.

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 And Jesus striving to hold us,

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 the church,

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 accountable to a standard

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 when it comes to sin.

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 Right before this,

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 Jesus is teaching.

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 Jesus is in one of those

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 teaching modes that he has.

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 And right before he goes

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 into church discipline,

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 Jesus talks about

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 the parable of the lost sheep

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 and the emphasis on that

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 of restoring someone,

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 of bringing someone back.

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 Like, praise the Lord,

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 hallelujah,

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 this is what happens.

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 The parable right after this

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 is Jesus sharing the parable

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 of the unforgiving servant,

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 of how to forgive someone.

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 These are two things

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 that you and I see

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 and we're drawn to.

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 These are those goosebump passages

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 that we get

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 as the Holy Spirit

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 is working in us

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 to draw us,

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 to convict us.

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 We're going to restore someone.

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 We're going to forgive someone.

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 We're going to see this happening.

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 But sandwich right there

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 in the middle.

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 Jesus talks about

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 this is what

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 church discipline looks like.

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 This is the necessity of it.

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 So let's look at what Jesus says

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 for us as we find this.

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 Here's the setting.

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 A brother or,

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 that's the term that is used

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 as brothers,

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 but this could be any believer.

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 A brother or sister in Christ

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 has committed a sin

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 and very specifically

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 committed a sin against you.

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 And I think this is something

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 that we can probably

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 all relate to, right?

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 I don't know about you,

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 but I know

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 that I have sinned

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 against others

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 and I've also,

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 unfortunately,

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 sat in the other seat

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 and felt that

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 sin against me.

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 And what Jesus walks through

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 is when this happens

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 and we acknowledge

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 and we acknowledge

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 that this will happen,

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 when this happens,

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 how do we handle

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 conflict?

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 How do we handle

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 conflict in light

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 of the gospel?

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 How do we handle

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 conflict in a way

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 that brings glory to God?

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 And how do we handle

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 conflict

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 in a way that

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 unifies the church

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 and not,

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 doesn't divide the church?

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 So he gives three steps.

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 Three steps that are

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 kind of build

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 in severity

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 of what this looks like.

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 Step number one,

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 he says,

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 go to them

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 in private.

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 Verse 15,

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 if your brother

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 sins against you,

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 go and tell him

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 his fault

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 between you

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 and him alone.

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 if he listens

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 to you,

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 you have

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 gained

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 your brother.

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 Hmm.

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 I lost count

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 in how many times

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 I've failed at this.

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 Our tendency

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 can be

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 when someone

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 does this

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 to not do

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 what Christ

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 has called us to,

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 but to ignore

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 or to gossip.

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 Can I tell you

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 what happened

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 to me?

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 Let me tell you

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 what someone's done.

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 Or,

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 I see their sin,

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 I'm going to ignore it.

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 I see their sin,

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 I'm going to dismiss it.

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 Both of these

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 is what Christ

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 points us to

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 are not

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 essential

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 when he's

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 calling us

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 to be committed

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 to maintaining

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 healthy,

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 gospel-centered

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 relationships

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 within

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 the body

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 of Christ.

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 Aaron and I

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 celebrated

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 21 years

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 of marriage

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 this past

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 June 19th.

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 I was thinking

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 about

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 the

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 difficulties

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 early on

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 in marriage.

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 I mean,

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 you're learning

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 how to live

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 with someone

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 that you've

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 never lived

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 with before.

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 You're learning

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 how to share

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 things like

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 finances.

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 You're learning

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 how to put

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 others' needs

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 ahead of your

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 own.

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 And these

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 aren't things

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 that we're

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 necessarily

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 great at.

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 One of the

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 things that I

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 found and

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 that I remember

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 back in mine

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 and Aaron's

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 relationship

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 early on

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 is someone

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 would do

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 something

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 against the

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 other one.

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 right?

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 And maybe

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 this wasn't

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 like a sinful

00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:03.340
 attack

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 but it was

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 something where

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 you felt

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 hurt.

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 You felt

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 bothered.

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 You felt

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 offended.

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 And then

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 we would just

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 kind of

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 swallow it

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 down and

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 suck it up

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 and think

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 we'll just

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 or I'll just

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 move on

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 past this.

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 and the

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 next thing

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 you know

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 three weeks

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 later one

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 of you

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 leaves the

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 empty carton

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 of milk

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 in the

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 refrigerator

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 and one

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 person blows

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 up at the

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 other.

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 Right?

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 It's what

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 happens.

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 Instead of

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 saying like

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 hey can we

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 talk about

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 this we

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 say hey

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 can we

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 ignore

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 this?

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 And then

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 it builds

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 and builds

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 and builds

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 and builds.

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 And so

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.480
 Christ has

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 given us a

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 picture of

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 the church

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 as much as

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 something like

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 not putting

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 your dishes

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 in the dishwasher

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 or not

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 getting the

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 mail as

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 you come

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 in or

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 putting an

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 empty milk

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 carton back

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 into the

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 refrigerator.

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 While these

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 things are

00:20:01.300 --> 00:20:01.840
 small and

00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:02.240
 petty within

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.880
 the context

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.580
 of a

00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:03.940
 marriage

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.780
 much more

00:20:04.780 --> 00:20:05.580
 so is the

00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:06.040
 sinfulness

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:06.480
 of one

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 another

00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.540
 within the

00:20:07.540 --> 00:20:08.000
 body of

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.620
 Christ

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 exceedingly

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 building and

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 building and

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 building and

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 that you and

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.060
 I are called

00:20:13.060 --> 00:20:13.740
 not to commit

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.540
 further sins

00:20:14.540 --> 00:20:15.120
 of gossip

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 but not to

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.680
 commit further

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.060
 sins of

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 ignoring.

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.000
 That God

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.060
 calls us

00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:21.400
 to engage

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.060
 within this

00:20:22.060 --> 00:20:22.820
 and your

00:20:22.820 --> 00:20:23.200
 thought could

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.820
 honestly be

00:20:23.820 --> 00:20:24.360
 a lot like

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.860
 my thinking

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.480
 sometimes with

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:25.740
 this.

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.280
 Well that's

00:20:26.280 --> 00:20:26.680
 just going to

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.340
 create more

00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:27.980
 conflict.

00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:28.600
 That's just

00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:28.800
 going to

00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:29.280
 create more

00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:29.860
 drama.

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.500
 That's just

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:30.720
 going to

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.860
 create unnecessary

00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:33.420
 conflict between

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:34.260
 me and another

00:20:34.260 --> 00:20:35.280
 person and it

00:20:35.280 --> 00:20:35.940
 could destroy

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.840
 the relationship.

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.160
 But what's

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.860
 more important

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:42.940
 your relationship

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.640
 or their soul.

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.160
 And so

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.940
 Jesus is

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:49.100
 calling us

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.860
 in this

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:51.380
 first step

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:52.160
 to a

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.900
 personal

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:54.000
 private

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:55.240
 conversation

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.860
 where the

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.320
 goal

00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:58.180
 there's a

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.580
 goal to

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:58.960
 these

00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:00.520
 is not

00:21:00.520 --> 00:21:01.500
 let me get

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.080
 something off

00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.820
 my chest

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:04.240
 where the

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.200
 goal isn't

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.740
 well let me

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.540
 call you out

00:21:06.540 --> 00:21:06.920
 on something

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.100
 right.

00:21:07.260 --> 00:21:07.680
 This kind of

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.240
 plays back

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.640
 to a few

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.360
 weeks ago

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:09.660
 where we

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.100
 talked about

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:10.940
 judge not

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.320
 lest you

00:21:11.320 --> 00:21:11.900
 be judged.

00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.560
 It's not

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:14.120
 ignore.

00:21:15.040 --> 00:21:15.620
 It's the

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.160
 heart in

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.660
 which we

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.220
 confront.

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.420
 It's the

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.880
 heart in

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.320
 which we

00:21:19.320 --> 00:21:20.080
 sit down

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.460
 with one

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.860
 another and

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.100
 so the

00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.580
 goal for

00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:21.900
 this of

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.220
 what we

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:23.000
 see in

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.840
 Matthew 18

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:25.480
 is forgiveness

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:27.540
 restoration and

00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:28.100
 reconciliation.

00:21:29.020 --> 00:21:29.660
 That's the

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.020
 goal.

00:21:31.560 --> 00:21:32.100
 It's not the

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.620
 airing of

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.220
 grievances.

00:21:34.020 --> 00:21:34.940
 It's not how

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.840
 I'm right and

00:21:35.840 --> 00:21:36.560
 you're wrong.

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:37.860
 It's not the

00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:38.380
 gotcha.

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.460
 It's not let me

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.060
 cut you with

00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:40.860
 my words because

00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:41.520
 you cut me

00:21:41.520 --> 00:21:42.200
 with yours.

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.220
 It's

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.680
 forgiveness.

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.380
 It's

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:46.000
 restoration.

00:21:47.020 --> 00:21:47.500
 It's

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.120
 reconciliation.

00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:49.880
 And that's

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:51.540
 always the

00:21:51.540 --> 00:21:51.900
 goal.

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.140
 And the

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.600
 beauty of

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.060
 that is

00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:54.520
 what we

00:21:54.520 --> 00:21:55.120
 find is

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.560
 that's the

00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:56.020
 path and

00:21:56.020 --> 00:21:56.400
 the plan

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.640
 of the

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.000
 gospel.

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.720
 It's

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.240
 forgiveness.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.220
 The release

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:01.620
 of wrongdoing

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.620
 that someone

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.340
 has committed

00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.060
 against you.

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:05.520
 Let me

00:22:05.520 --> 00:22:06.200
 share this

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.980
 with you

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:08.160
 as I

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.980
 forgive you

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.700
 and prepare

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.720
 to release

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.180
 this.

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.580
 Well,

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:12.880
 here's the

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.380
 thing also

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:14.160
 about forgiveness

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.900
 even if they

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:16.080
 reject that you

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.580
 and I are still

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.340
 called to

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:17.900
 forgive.

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:21.140
 But it's

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.560
 forgiveness.

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.180
 I'm going to

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.600
 release.

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 I'm going to

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 let go.

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 I'm not going

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 to hold

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:27.320
 this against

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 you.

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 But there's

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 also the

00:22:30.300 --> 00:22:31.220
 restoration.

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 Because of

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 what has

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 happened,

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 there is

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.700
 something that

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 is broken.

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 There's a

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 brokenness in

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 the relationship

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 but there's

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.480
 also a

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.000
 brokenness

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.620
 within you.

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 There's a

00:22:44.040 --> 00:22:45.220
 brokenness

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.920
 within me.

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 And so

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.780
 restoration invites

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 within to the

00:22:48.520 --> 00:22:49.180
 process

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:50.060
 accountability

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 between one

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 another

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 so that we

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 can work

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 through what

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 God has

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 for us.

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 You see the

00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.400
 process that

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 begins to

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 happen.

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 So that

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 reconciliation

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 might be

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 possible which

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 is the

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:03.400
 fullness of

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 the

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.940
 restoration

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.620
 of the

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 relationship

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 so that we

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 are not

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 brothers and

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 sisters in

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 Christ with

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 the divide

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 between us

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 that we're

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 a brother

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 and sister

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 in Christ.

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 unified

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 under the

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 authority of

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 God

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 living for

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 the gospel.

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 So this

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 would be

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 great if

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 Jesus says

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 hey here's

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 step one

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 this is the

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.140
 only step

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 that's needed

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 because it's

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 going to happen

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 this way every

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 single time

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 but that's not

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 the case.

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 So he gives

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 us step two.

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 He says

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 take one or

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 two others

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 with you

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 if they

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 reject what

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 you say

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 to discuss

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 it more.

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 Verse 16

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 but if he

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 does not

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 listen

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 if he does

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 not listen

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 take one or

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 two others

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 along with

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 you

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 that every

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 charge

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:58.000
 may be

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.640
 established

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 by the

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 evidence

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 of two

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 or three

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.820
 witnesses.

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 Here is why

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.220
 other believers

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.360
 need to be

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 invited into

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 the process

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 because hurt

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:15.240
 people tend

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 to want

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 to lash

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.920
 out and

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.540
 hurt people.

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.220
 Misunderstandings

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.240
 could take

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.800
 place.

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 What someone

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 thought was

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.600
 intentional could

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.040
 have been a

00:24:28.040 --> 00:24:28.740
 complete and

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:30.260
 total accidents.

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 People see

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.520
 things differently.

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.480
 People understand

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:35.080
 things differently

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.780
 and so the

00:24:35.780 --> 00:24:36.380
 guidance of

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.080
 God's word

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:38.520
 is to invite

00:24:38.520 --> 00:24:40.660
 godly men

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.260
 and women

00:24:41.260 --> 00:24:42.040
 of faith

00:24:42.040 --> 00:24:42.960
 into the

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.220
 process for

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.940
 accountability

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.600
 for both

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.020
 sides.

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 It's not

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.860
 rallying the

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:50.460
 troops on

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.240
 your side.

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:53.040
 It is getting

00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:54.180
 fellow brothers

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.000
 and sisters

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.280
 in Christ

00:24:56.280 --> 00:24:57.540
 to come

00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:58.180
 alongside

00:24:58.180 --> 00:25:00.640
 who understand

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:02.160
 the important

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:03.060
 part of this

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:04.140
 that we will

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:05.120
 emphasize and

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:06.460
 repeat over

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.320
 and over

00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.000
 again

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:10.180
 what is

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:11.520
 the goal.

00:25:12.800 --> 00:25:13.340
 Forgiveness,

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.960
 restoration,

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.320
 reconciliation.

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.520
 That's what

00:25:20.520 --> 00:25:21.080
 we're moving

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.520
 toward.

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.480
 That's what

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.160
 we're pursuing.

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.580
 He does not

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.160
 listen, take

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.660
 one or two

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.260
 others along

00:25:26.260 --> 00:25:26.760
 with you that

00:25:26.760 --> 00:25:27.440
 every charge

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.220
 may be

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.160
 established by

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.220
 the evidence

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:32.600
 of two

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:34.460
 or three

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.980
 witnesses.

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.200
 Then there's

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.880
 another step.

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.420
 And this

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.200
 third step

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:48.420
 is not

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.220
 a step

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:51.120
 that you

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.860
 take lightly.

00:25:53.040 --> 00:25:54.040
 It's not

00:25:54.040 --> 00:25:54.740
 a step

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.480
 that a

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.040
 church

00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:58.340
 considers

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.100
 on a whim.

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:01.020
 it's not

00:26:01.020 --> 00:26:01.580
 a step

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.180
 that as

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.800
 a pastor

00:26:02.800 --> 00:26:03.920
 that you

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.580
 don't struggle

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.360
 with a great

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.940
 burden

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.160
 for what

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.740
 God's Word

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.200
 says.

00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:10.800
 Let's look

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.140
 back at

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.800
 verse 17.

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.180
 If he

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.880
 refuses

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.120
 to listen

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.760
 to them

00:26:18.760 --> 00:26:20.940
 tell it

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.220
 to the

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.600
 church.

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.660
 If he

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.260
 refuses

00:26:25.260 --> 00:26:26.080
 to listen

00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:28.020
 even to

00:26:28.020 --> 00:26:28.660
 the church

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:31.400
 let him

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:31.800
 be to

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.260
 you

00:26:32.260 --> 00:26:34.400
 as a

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.160
 Gentile

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:37.760
 and a

00:26:37.760 --> 00:26:38.080
 tax

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:38.540
 collector.

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.240
 These

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.180
 are big

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:44.020
 powerful

00:26:44.020 --> 00:26:44.480
 words

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.980
 by Jesus.

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.540
 Jesus

00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:49.160
 commands

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:51.940
 that when

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.640
 the problem

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.280
 of sin

00:26:53.280 --> 00:26:54.560
 of

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:55.700
 unrepentant

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.300
 sin

00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:58.240
 refuses

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.580
 to be

00:26:59.580 --> 00:26:59.780
 dealt

00:26:59.780 --> 00:27:00.120
 with.

00:27:01.260 --> 00:27:02.420
 That you

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.040
 bring it

00:27:03.040 --> 00:27:03.660
 before

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:05.120
 the

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.620
 church.

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.420
 That the

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.980
 church

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.220
 processes

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.200
 the weight

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.360
 of the

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.880
 condition

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.380
 of the

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.260
 unrepentant

00:27:14.260 --> 00:27:14.640
 sin

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.640
 with the

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.140
 individual.

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.020
 And then

00:27:21.020 --> 00:27:21.740
 in culturally

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.420
 speaking

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.860
 Jesus

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.260
 says

00:27:24.260 --> 00:27:25.480
 treat

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.760
 them

00:27:25.760 --> 00:27:26.280
 like a

00:27:26.280 --> 00:27:26.960
 Gentile

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.160
 or a

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.640
 tax

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.200
 collector.

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.820
 Those

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.200
 who at

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.760
 the time

00:27:31.760 --> 00:27:32.280
 would be

00:27:32.280 --> 00:27:33.380
 labeled

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.060
 as

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:35.080
 those

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:38.080
 who

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.380
 were the

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.940
 most

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.780
 resistant

00:27:39.780 --> 00:27:41.080
 and

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.840
 against

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:43.140
 the work

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.620
 of God

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:44.920
 in their

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.260
 life.

00:27:49.260 --> 00:27:49.900
 about

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.360
 15

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:50.640
 years

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.860
 ago

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.100
 before

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.320
 I

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:51.520
 came

00:27:51.520 --> 00:27:51.900
 here

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:53.180
 to be

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.360
 the

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:53.580
 senior

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:53.980
 pastor

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.200
 of

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.380
 this

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:54.740
 church.

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.320
 We

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.600
 had to

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:06.840
 walk

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.060
 through

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.340
 this

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:07.940
 situation

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:09.860
 with an

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.300
 individual

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:10.720
 at the

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.040
 church

00:28:11.040 --> 00:28:11.380
 that I

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.540
 was

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:11.800
 serving

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.120
 at.

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.740
 unwilling

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:17.060
 unrepentant

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:19.180
 to see

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.000
 the sin

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.720
 the blatant

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.860
 the horrific

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.460
 sin

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.120
 that was

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.500
 in their

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.960
 life.

00:28:26.540 --> 00:28:27.440
 Unwilling

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.040
 to repent

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.880
 before God

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:31.720
 and in

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.300
 the hardest

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:33.020
 decision

00:28:33.020 --> 00:28:35.580
 but in

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.260
 a unified

00:28:36.260 --> 00:28:36.900
 decision

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:39.700
 we made

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.880
 the choice

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:42.820
 to play

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.320
 out

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:43.680
 what

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.120
 Jesus

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.460
 had

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.820
 commanded

00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:45.060
 us

00:28:45.060 --> 00:28:45.260
 to.

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:48.040
 It's

00:28:48.040 --> 00:28:48.540
 hard

00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:50.600
 but it's

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.020
 essential.

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:52.580
 Why?

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.620
 Why?

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:57.120
 We all

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.520
 sin.

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.860
 We all

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.240
 sin.

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:02.500
 There's not

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.180
 a person

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.400
 here today

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.840
 me included

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.920
 that hasn't

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.640
 sinned

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.640
 over and

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.560
 over again

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.680
 already

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.440
 today.

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.580
 we all

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:14.060
 sin

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:15.940
 but the

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:17.080
 unwillingness

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:18.080
 to acknowledge

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:19.600
 that you're

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:20.100
 a sinner

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:22.240
 the unwillingness

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.880
 to repent

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.900
 of the sin

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:25.040
 that's the

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:25.460
 issue

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.480
 while sin

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.340
 yes is a

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:28.500
 heart issue

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.780
 unrepentant

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:30.240
 sin

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.080
 is a

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.820
 darker

00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:32.820
 deeper

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.740
 issue

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.320
 of the

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.700
 heart

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:36.980
 that begins

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.340
 to consume

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:43.140
 and destroy

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:45.840
 the life

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.120
 of the

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.520
 person.

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.600
 Here's

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:48.860
 what's

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.520
 crazy

00:29:49.520 --> 00:29:52.320
 about

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.620
 step

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:52.900
 three.

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:56.080
 Step

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.440
 three

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:58.400
 has the

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.640
 same

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:58.880
 goal.

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.280
 Wait a

00:30:02.280 --> 00:30:02.400
 minute.

00:30:03.540 --> 00:30:03.940
 We're

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.240
 talking

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.520
 about

00:30:04.520 --> 00:30:05.120
 removal.

00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:07.340
 We're

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:07.640
 talking

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.040
 about

00:30:08.040 --> 00:30:09.040
 a level

00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.300
 of

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:09.820
 discipline.

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.380
 We're

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.620
 talking

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:11.840
 about

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:12.320
 treating

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:13.040
 someone

00:30:13.040 --> 00:30:14.200
 as a

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.860
 Gentile

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.460
 or a

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.820
 tax

00:30:15.820 --> 00:30:16.360
 collector.

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:17.100
 It's

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.320
 just going

00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:17.720
 to create

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.320
 bitterness

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:19.880
 and anger

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:21.340
 and strife.

00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.220
 It's going

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.040
 to divide

00:30:23.040 --> 00:30:25.880
 but it's

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.180
 the same

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.540
 goal.

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.680
 It's

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.360
 the same

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:30.380
 goal.

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.980
 Forgiveness,

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.260
 restoration,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.400
 and

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.080
 reconciliation.

00:30:39.540 --> 00:30:40.080
 The most,

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.620
 well, a lot

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.080
 of the churches

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.620
 in the Bible

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.640
 were dysfunctional

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.260
 in a lot

00:30:44.260 --> 00:30:44.680
 of the things

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:44.860
 that are

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.220
 happening.

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:48.620
 But the

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:48.960
 church at

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.800
 Corinth had

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:51.660
 a lot of

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.160
 problems.

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.200
 I want to

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.560
 read, if you

00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:54.960
 want to turn

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.400
 there with

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.680
 me, I

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.100
 apologize.

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:56.620
 It's not on

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:56.940
 the screen.

00:30:57.040 --> 00:30:57.500
 I decided to

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.100
 add this.

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:59.060
 this morning.

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.320
 But if you

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.540
 want to turn

00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:00.360
 to 1 Corinthians

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:01.540
 chapter 5

00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:02.080
 in your

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.560
 Bible, I

00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:02.780
 want to

00:31:02.780 --> 00:31:03.560
 read the

00:31:03.560 --> 00:31:04.420
 first five

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.880
 verses.

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.760
 As the

00:31:07.760 --> 00:31:08.760
 apostle Paul

00:31:08.760 --> 00:31:11.120
 deals

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.000
 specifically

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.520
 with a

00:31:12.520 --> 00:31:12.920
 matter

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:14.080
 within the

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.460
 church

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:16.900
 of taking

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.340
 how do

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:18.060
 you apply

00:31:18.060 --> 00:31:19.180
 these hard

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.180
 difficult

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.120
 truths

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.080
 of Jesus

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:24.580
 to a

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.340
 very specific

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:26.100
 situation.

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.940
 1 Corinthians

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.260
 5

00:31:28.260 --> 00:31:28.540
 starting

00:31:28.540 --> 00:31:28.700
 in

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:28.900
 verse

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.260
 1.

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.720
 It is

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.340
 actually

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.100
 reported

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:34.840
 that there

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.800
 is sexual

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:36.760
 immorality

00:31:36.760 --> 00:31:37.700
 among you

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:40.000
 and of a

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.520
 kind that

00:31:40.520 --> 00:31:40.900
 is not

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.840
 tolerated

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:43.520
 even among

00:31:43.520 --> 00:31:44.360
 pagans

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:46.460
 for a man

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.200
 has his

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.940
 father's

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.860
 wife.

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.640
 and you

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:51.840
 were

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.560
 arrogant

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:54.680
 ought

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:54.860
 you

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.120
 not

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.540
 rather

00:31:55.540 --> 00:31:55.860
 to

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.380
 mourn?

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.340
 Let

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:58.860
 him

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.860
 who has

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.260
 done

00:32:00.260 --> 00:32:00.820
 this

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.560
 be

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.220
 removed

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.600
 from

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:02.860
 among

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.180
 you.

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.640
 For

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:06.840
 though

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.340
 absent

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.680
 in

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.040
 body

00:32:08.040 --> 00:32:08.300
 I

00:32:08.300 --> 00:32:08.440
 am

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.860
 present

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.140
 in

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.720
 spirit

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:11.260
 and

00:32:11.260 --> 00:32:11.580
 as

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:11.780
 if

00:32:11.780 --> 00:32:12.260
 present

00:32:12.260 --> 00:32:12.440
 I

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.600
 have

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:12.960
 already

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.360
 pronounced

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.860
 judgment

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.480
 on the

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.680
 one

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:14.820
 who

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.020
 did

00:32:15.020 --> 00:32:15.260
 such

00:32:15.260 --> 00:32:15.420
 a

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.700
 thing.

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.280
 When

00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:17.400
 you

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.540
 are

00:32:17.540 --> 00:32:17.980
 assembled

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.200
 in

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.400
 the

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.880
 name

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.360
 of

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.500
 the

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.700
 Lord

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.260
 Jesus

00:32:20.260 --> 00:32:21.020
 and

00:32:21.020 --> 00:32:21.260
 my

00:32:21.260 --> 00:32:21.660
 spirit

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:21.940
 is

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.520
 present

00:32:22.520 --> 00:32:23.080
 with

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.260
 the

00:32:23.260 --> 00:32:23.680
 power

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:23.940
 of

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.120
 our

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.400
 Lord

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.860
 Jesus.

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:25.880
 Verse

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.600
 five

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:26.840
 this

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.040
 is

00:32:27.040 --> 00:32:27.960
 tough.

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.100
 You

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.380
 are

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.640
 to

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.140
 deliver

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.260
 this

00:32:33.260 --> 00:32:33.640
 man

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:33.900
 to

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.440
 Satan

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.500
 for

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:35.740
 the

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.420
 destruction

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.960
 of

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.300
 the

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.860
 flesh

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:40.180
 so

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.420
 that

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.680
 his

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.460
 spirit

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:43.260
 may

00:32:43.260 --> 00:32:43.560
 be

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:44.220
 saved

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.480
 in

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.620
 the

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.080
 day

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.340
 of

00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:46.500
 the

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.820
 Lord.

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.540
 So

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:50.880
 Paul

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.320
 says

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:52.720
 there's

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.120
 this

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:55.320
 despicable

00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:57.400
 grotesque

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.740
 level

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.540
 of

00:32:59.540 --> 00:33:00.120
 sexual

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:01.200
 immorality

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.880
 that

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.000
 has

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.180
 been

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.840
 allowed

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.340
 to

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.260
 infiltrate

00:33:05.260 --> 00:33:05.880
 the

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.400
 church.

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.140
 Paul

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.500
 says

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.860
 it's

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.360
 so

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.960
 bad

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:11.960
 that

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.160
 it's

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.660
 not

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.740
 tolerated

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.320
 amongst

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:15.240
 pagans

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.280
 who

00:33:16.280 --> 00:33:16.520
 have

00:33:16.520 --> 00:33:17.040
 temples

00:33:17.040 --> 00:33:17.360
 for

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:18.260
 prostitutes.

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.760
 And

00:33:21.760 --> 00:33:22.000
 he said

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.480
 and you

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.080
 are being

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.700
 silent

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.280
 about it.

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.120
 You're

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.280
 not

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:26.800
 dealing

00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:27.100
 with

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:27.540
 this.

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.660
 And

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:29.880
 this

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.620
 sin

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.740
 infects

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.200
 and it

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.960
 spreads

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.620
 and it's

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.580
 unrepentant

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:35.040
 sin

00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:36.000
 by someone

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:37.060
 who claims

00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:37.720
 to be a

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.100
 believer.

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.760
 So what

00:33:38.760 --> 00:33:39.280
 you've got

00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:39.640
 to do

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.380
 treat them

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.740
 like that

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.140
 pagan

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.780
 like that

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.560
 tax collector

00:33:42.560 --> 00:33:43.200
 and let

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.740
 them go.

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.260
 Well

00:33:45.260 --> 00:33:45.620
 Bo

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:47.220
 well Paul

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:49.100
 but we

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.800
 want them

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.300
 to come

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:50.760
 to know

00:33:50.760 --> 00:33:51.500
 Jesus.

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.140
 Yes.

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.340
 yes

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:58.140
 the goal

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.900
 for Paul

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.340
 is still

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:01.200
 forgiveness

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:02.540
 restoration

00:34:02.540 --> 00:34:03.220
 and

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.840
 reconciliation

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:05.480
 but here's

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.040
 what's got to

00:34:06.040 --> 00:34:06.440
 happen

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.680
 it's their

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.260
 flesh.

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.200
 You see

00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:11.640
 for I have

00:34:11.640 --> 00:34:12.300
 been crucified

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.020
 with Christ

00:34:13.020 --> 00:34:13.700
 it is no longer

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.380
 I who live

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.900
 but he who

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.460
 lives in me.

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.020
 It's

00:34:17.020 --> 00:34:17.960
 crucifying

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.500
 of the flesh

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.380
 it's a

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.960
 destruction

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.260
 of the sin

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.200
 it's knowing

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:24.020
 that I do

00:34:24.020 --> 00:34:24.280
 it

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:25.080
 and I do

00:34:25.080 --> 00:34:26.000
 it often

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.940
 and it is

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.600
 offensive

00:34:27.600 --> 00:34:28.340
 to a holy

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.760
 God.

00:34:30.560 --> 00:34:31.060
 So turn

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:31.540
 him over.

00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:33.700
 Turn

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.220
 him over

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:37.160
 so that

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.440
 in the

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.180
 consequences

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.680
 of his

00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:39.400
 actions

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:41.580
 maybe the

00:34:41.580 --> 00:34:42.180
 destruction

00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:42.660
 of his

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:42.980
 flesh

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.600
 would happen

00:34:43.600 --> 00:34:45.140
 in a

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.700
 phrase that

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.240
 you and I

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:46.980
 refer to

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.780
 let him

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.920
 hit

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:51.240
 rock

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:52.240
 bottom.

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:56.780
 for most

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.200
 of my

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:57.920
 unsaved

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.480
 life

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:02.240
 for most

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.780
 of my

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.480
 unsaved

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.980
 life

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:06.220
 those

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.800
 around

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.260
 me

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:09.320
 try to

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.940
 ignore

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.700
 and

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.440
 dismiss

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.920
 the

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.440
 sinfulness

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.900
 of my

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.280
 flesh.

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.640
 They

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.000
 talked

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.540
 about it

00:35:18.540 --> 00:35:20.140
 everybody

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:20.540
 knew

00:35:20.540 --> 00:35:21.160
 about it

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:23.000
 but they

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.400
 wanted to

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.960
 ignore it

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.220
 when it

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.520
 came in

00:35:24.520 --> 00:35:24.620
 the

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:25.200
 conversations

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.720
 with me.

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.100
 They

00:35:26.100 --> 00:35:26.400
 want to

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.960
 dismiss it

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.200
 when it

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.480
 came in

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.580
 the

00:35:27.580 --> 00:35:28.120
 conversations

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:28.540
 with me

00:35:28.540 --> 00:35:29.160
 and I'll

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:29.700
 never forget

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:29.960
 this.

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.620
 I'll never

00:35:30.620 --> 00:35:31.140
 forget the

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:32.420
 day after

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.700
 my 22nd

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.120
 birthday

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:36.180
 sitting at

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.840
 my dinner

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.240
 table

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.860
 with my

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.540
 mom eating

00:35:38.540 --> 00:35:39.420
 breakfast that

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.820
 morning

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.620
 and her

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:41.360
 coming to

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.980
 me and

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.580
 saying listen

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:43.160
 I've

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.860
 watched your

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.500
 destruction

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.200
 I've

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.640
 watched

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:45.900
 your

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.340
 pain

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.860
 I've

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.340
 watched

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.620
 the

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:48.000
 sin

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.460
 of your

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.920
 life

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.640
 and no

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:50.080
 more

00:35:50.080 --> 00:35:51.240
 no more

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.980
 not for

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.320
 me

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.940
 not for

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.540
 your dad

00:35:53.540 --> 00:35:54.220
 not for

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.940
 your sister

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.520
 we're

00:35:55.520 --> 00:35:56.020
 releasing

00:35:56.020 --> 00:35:56.500
 you

00:35:56.500 --> 00:36:01.340
 and she

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.020
 let me

00:36:02.020 --> 00:36:02.440
 hit

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:05.280
 rock bottom

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:07.820
 the most

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.400
 loving

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.720
 action

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:11.100
 my mom

00:36:11.100 --> 00:36:12.160
 ever gave

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.480
 me

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.100
 was get

00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:13.440
 out

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:16.100
 was get

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:16.460
 out

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:20.380
 so that

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.960
 my spirit

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.400
 might be

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.760
 saved

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:27.520
 you were

00:36:27.520 --> 00:36:27.960
 to deliver

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.500
 this man

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.940
 to Satan

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.320
 for the

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.780
 destruction

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.220
 of his

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:30.640
 flesh

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:30.920
 so that

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.620
 his spirit

00:36:31.620 --> 00:36:32.140
 might be

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:32.740
 saved

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:34.520
 in the

00:36:34.520 --> 00:36:34.860
 day of

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.240
 the Lord

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:37.680
 two days

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:37.980
 later

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:40.160
 two days

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.540
 later

00:36:40.540 --> 00:36:43.700
 rock

00:36:43.700 --> 00:36:44.960
 bottom

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:48.860
 literally

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:51.140
 and

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.980
 spiritually

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:54.420
 reeking

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:57.320
 of the

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:57.720
 smell

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.160
 of my

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:58.480
 sin

00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:02.160
 knowing

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:04.060
 that

00:37:04.060 --> 00:37:04.320
 there's

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.760
 no

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.440
 step

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:07.140
 that I

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:07.800
 can figure

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.320
 out

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:09.840
 there's

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.080
 no

00:37:10.080 --> 00:37:10.940
 manipulation

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:12.420
 that I

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.620
 can

00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:13.280
 create

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.460
 there's

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.700
 no

00:37:14.700 --> 00:37:15.280
 lie

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.840
 that I

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.020
 can

00:37:16.020 --> 00:37:16.520
 share

00:37:16.520 --> 00:37:18.000
 to get

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.280
 me

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.580
 out

00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:18.940
 of the

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.500
 hole

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.800
 that I'm

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.100
 in

00:37:21.100 --> 00:37:29.180
 when I

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:29.700
 heard

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:31.620
 the

00:37:31.620 --> 00:37:32.360
 soft

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:34.060
 powerful

00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:35.760
 voice

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:37.320
 of God

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:37.320
 of God

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:40.060
 and

00:37:40.060 --> 00:37:40.480
 in that

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.900
 moment

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:43.540
 what I

00:37:43.540 --> 00:37:43.880
 knew

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:45.900
 that I

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.280
 was a

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.540
 sinner

00:37:46.540 --> 00:37:48.820
 who

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.720
 desperately

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.280
 needed

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.820
 Jesus

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:52.780
 and

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.680
 nothing

00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:55.340
 and no

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.280
 one else

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:57.460
 could

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.380
 fix

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.760
 where I

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.020
 found

00:38:00.020 --> 00:38:00.620
 myself

00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:03.100
 and on

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:04.240
 that

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:05.500
 day

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.600
 God

00:38:06.600 --> 00:38:06.980
 saved

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.300
 me

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:13.560
 and on

00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:14.180
 that day

00:38:14.180 --> 00:38:16.840
 not only

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.200
 did I

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:18.040
 experience

00:38:18.040 --> 00:38:19.840
 forgiveness

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.400
 and

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.100
 restoration

00:38:22.100 --> 00:38:23.720
 and

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:24.400
 reconciliation

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:26.120
 from a

00:38:26.120 --> 00:38:26.400
 holy

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.860
 God

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:28.780
 but I

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.720
 experienced

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:31.300
 forgiveness

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:33.460
 restoration

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:36.200
 and

00:38:36.200 --> 00:38:36.960
 reconciliation

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:39.080
 from a

00:38:39.080 --> 00:38:39.500
 godly

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.840
 mother

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:42.540
 praise

00:38:42.540 --> 00:38:43.960
 the

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.460
 Lord

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:46.040
 for that

00:38:46.040 --> 00:38:46.360
 day

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:49.480
 here

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:51.200
 is

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:51.820
 why

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:53.300
 Matthew

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:53.940
 18

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:55.560
 matters

00:38:55.560 --> 00:38:59.640
 I

00:38:59.640 --> 00:39:00.100
 know

00:39:00.100 --> 00:39:02.220
 I've

00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:02.640
 sat

00:39:02.640 --> 00:39:03.100
 in the

00:39:03.100 --> 00:39:03.400
 seat

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:05.620
 I've

00:39:05.620 --> 00:39:06.100
 had the

00:39:06.100 --> 00:39:06.840
 conversation

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:09.140
 I've

00:39:09.140 --> 00:39:09.540
 had the

00:39:09.540 --> 00:39:10.140
 conversation

00:39:10.140 --> 00:39:10.760
 back toward

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.020
 me

00:39:11.020 --> 00:39:13.080
 when it

00:39:13.080 --> 00:39:13.640
 comes

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.760
 to this

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.320
 level

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.520
 of

00:39:16.520 --> 00:39:17.000
 discipline

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.800
 when it

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.280
 comes

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.040
 to this

00:39:20.040 --> 00:39:21.120
 level

00:39:21.120 --> 00:39:22.660
 of what

00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:23.120
 God has

00:39:23.120 --> 00:39:23.620
 called us

00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:23.880
 to

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:25.680
 what is

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.320
 needed

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.960
 amongst

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.780
 the church

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:29.860
 is unity

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:31.360
 and not

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.800
 division

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:33.620
 what is

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.200
 needed

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:35.460
 amongst

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:36.420
 brothers

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:37.380
 and sisters

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.340
 in Christ

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:39.900
 is clarity

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:41.040
 of where

00:39:41.040 --> 00:39:41.880
 God is

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.420
 going

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:43.700
 and clarity

00:39:43.700 --> 00:39:44.560
 of what

00:39:44.560 --> 00:39:45.220
 God is

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:45.660
 doing

00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:47.560
 and so

00:39:47.560 --> 00:39:47.900
 Jesus

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.400
 says

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:50.160
 this is

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.420
 what I'm

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.960
 calling you

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.380
 to do

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.800
 and if

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.220
 this is

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.680
 the point

00:39:53.680 --> 00:39:54.040
 that it

00:39:54.040 --> 00:39:54.620
 gets to

00:39:54.620 --> 00:39:55.860
 treat

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.220
 him like

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.400
 a

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.920
 Gentile

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:58.260
 treat

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:58.580
 him like

00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:59.040
 a tax

00:39:59.040 --> 00:39:59.520
 collector

00:39:59.520 --> 00:40:01.260
 and in

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.900
 the unity

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.240
 I've

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.700
 commanded

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:03.260
 you to

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:04.860
 what

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.620
 you do

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:07.360
 holds

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:10.600
 what you

00:40:10.600 --> 00:40:11.060
 ask

00:40:11.060 --> 00:40:11.560
 for

00:40:11.560 --> 00:40:13.380
 shall

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.660
 be

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:14.100
 done

00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:16.680
 because

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:16.880
 for

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.020
 where

00:40:17.020 --> 00:40:17.160
 the

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:17.620
 two

00:40:17.620 --> 00:40:18.420
 or

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.960
 three

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.700
 are

00:40:19.700 --> 00:40:20.280
 gathered

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.760
 in

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:20.980
 my

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.380
 name

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:22.680
 and

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.200
 let me

00:40:23.200 --> 00:40:23.680
 add

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:24.200
 this

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:25.020
 not

00:40:25.020 --> 00:40:25.300
 because

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.840
 Christ's

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.060
 words

00:40:26.060 --> 00:40:26.240
 are

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:26.840
 insufficient

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.160
 but

00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.440
 because

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.660
 we

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:27.860
 need

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.640
 understanding

00:40:28.640 --> 00:40:29.840
 in

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.040
 the

00:40:30.040 --> 00:40:30.560
 work

00:40:30.560 --> 00:40:31.300
 in

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.060
 unity

00:40:32.060 --> 00:40:32.960
 and

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.480
 movement

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:33.840
 of

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.060
 the

00:40:34.060 --> 00:40:34.600
 gospel

00:40:34.600 --> 00:40:36.100
 there

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:37.360
 I

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:38.760
 am

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.700
 among

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.100
 them

00:40:40.100 --> 00:40:42.460
 the

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:42.760
 goal

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:45.340
 what's

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.460
 the

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.640
 goal

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:45.780
 of

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:45.980
 kids

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.320
 camp

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:49.100
 what's

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:49.220
 the

00:40:49.220 --> 00:40:49.440
 goal

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:49.600
 of

00:40:49.600 --> 00:40:49.860
 mission

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.280
 trips

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:52.280
 what's

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.420
 the

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.640
 goal

00:40:52.640 --> 00:40:52.800
 of

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.080
 small

00:40:53.080 --> 00:40:53.540
 groups

00:40:53.540 --> 00:40:54.980
 they've

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:55.180
 all

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:55.340
 got

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.640
 different

00:40:55.640 --> 00:40:56.060
 aspects

00:40:56.060 --> 00:40:56.320
 of

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:56.560
 things

00:40:56.560 --> 00:40:56.680
 that

00:40:56.680 --> 00:40:56.800
 they

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.060
 play

00:40:57.060 --> 00:40:57.280
 out

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:57.400
 and

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:57.620
 things

00:40:57.620 --> 00:40:57.740
 that

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:57.860
 they

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.140
 do

00:40:58.140 --> 00:41:00.300
 but

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.500
 what

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.640
 is

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:00.760
 it

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.280
 overarching

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:04.120
 it's

00:41:04.120 --> 00:41:04.520
 forgiveness

00:41:04.520 --> 00:41:07.120
 forgiveness

00:41:07.120 --> 00:41:07.700
 from

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.120
 God

00:41:08.120 --> 00:41:10.100
 because

00:41:10.100 --> 00:41:10.340
 of

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.620
 the

00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:11.040
 condition

00:41:11.040 --> 00:41:11.280
 of

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.420
 our

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:11.720
 heart

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:13.680
 of

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:14.420
 restoration

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:16.160
 to

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:16.520
 take

00:41:16.520 --> 00:41:16.860
 that

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.280
 which

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.520
 was

00:41:17.520 --> 00:41:18.060
 broken

00:41:18.060 --> 00:41:19.300
 and

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.620
 mend

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:19.880
 it

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:21.140
 to

00:41:21.140 --> 00:41:21.400
 be

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.460
 used

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.760
 to

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:23.980
 bring

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.620
 glory

00:41:24.620 --> 00:41:25.880
 to

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.540
 reconcile

00:41:26.540 --> 00:41:27.840
 to

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.260
 take

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.680
 that

00:41:28.680 --> 00:41:28.980
 which

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.200
 was

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:29.800
 separated

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:31.040
 and

00:41:31.040 --> 00:41:31.380
 bring

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.820
 back

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.420
 together

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:32.880
 again

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:34.620
 because

00:41:34.620 --> 00:41:35.100
 church

00:41:35.100 --> 00:41:37.240
 we

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:38.960
 serve

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:40.020
 a

00:41:40.020 --> 00:41:40.720
 God

00:41:40.720 --> 00:41:41.640
 of

00:41:41.640 --> 00:41:42.300
 reconciliation

00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:44.420
 it's

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:45.060
 the point

00:41:45.060 --> 00:41:46.040
 of the

00:41:46.040 --> 00:41:46.600
 cross

00:41:46.600 --> 00:41:47.920
 it's

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.600
 the hope

00:41:48.600 --> 00:41:49.480
 that we

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.960
 have

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:51.940
 that all

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.360
 of us

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:52.740
 the Bible

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:53.120
 says

00:41:53.120 --> 00:41:54.480
 are sinners

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.060
 and deserve

00:41:55.060 --> 00:41:55.500
 death

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.780
 but

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:56.940
 through

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.120
 the

00:41:57.120 --> 00:41:57.480
 work

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.700
 of

00:41:57.700 --> 00:41:58.140
 Christ

00:41:58.140 --> 00:41:58.820
 we've

00:41:58.820 --> 00:41:58.960
 been

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.480
 forgiven

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.520
 we've

00:42:00.520 --> 00:42:00.760
 been

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.060
 made

00:42:01.060 --> 00:42:01.440
 new

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.200
 and

00:42:02.200 --> 00:42:02.400
 we've

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.500
 been

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:02.740
 brought

00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:02.940
 into

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.100
 a

00:42:03.100 --> 00:42:03.500
 relationship

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.720
 with

00:42:03.720 --> 00:42:03.860
 all

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.000
 we

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.240
 got

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:08.780
 I

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.100
 hope

00:42:09.100 --> 00:42:09.440
 this

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:09.940
 wasn't

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.040
 a

00:42:10.040 --> 00:42:10.240
 hard

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:10.700
 passage

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.900
 message

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.280
 to

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.580
 listen

00:42:12.580 --> 00:42:12.840
 to

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:14.680
 it

00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:14.900
 was

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.080
 a

00:42:15.080 --> 00:42:15.500
 hard

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.520
 passage

00:42:16.520 --> 00:42:16.980
 to

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.380
 preach

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:19.080
 it's

00:42:19.080 --> 00:42:19.220
 a

00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:19.500
 hard

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.100
 passage

00:42:20.100 --> 00:42:20.380
 to

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:20.640
 work

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:20.880
 through

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:23.620
 if

00:42:23.620 --> 00:42:23.820
 you're

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.180
 here

00:42:24.180 --> 00:42:24.600
 right

00:42:24.600 --> 00:42:25.040
 now

00:42:25.040 --> 00:42:26.380
 and

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.600
 what

00:42:26.600 --> 00:42:27.200
 settles

00:42:27.200 --> 00:42:27.600
 in

00:42:27.600 --> 00:42:27.820
 your

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:28.380
 heart

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:30.120
 is

00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:30.640
 this

00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:31.440
 seems

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.200
 unloving

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:36.920
 I

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.120
 would

00:42:37.120 --> 00:42:37.580
 challenge

00:42:37.580 --> 00:42:37.880
 you

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.040
 to

00:42:38.040 --> 00:42:38.280
 think

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.480
 through

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.660
 what

00:42:38.660 --> 00:42:38.920
 love

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.260
 is

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:41.600
 to

00:42:41.600 --> 00:42:42.180
 see

00:42:42.180 --> 00:42:42.900
 and to

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.660
 understand

00:42:43.660 --> 00:42:44.780
 and to

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:45.200
 know

00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.360
 the heart

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.840
 of God

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:48.840
 not a

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.240
 God who

00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:49.700
 enables

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:51.380
 but a

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:51.720
 God who

00:42:51.720 --> 00:42:52.340
 forgives

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:53.240
 who

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:53.880
 restores

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.660
 and

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:55.420
 reconciles

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:56.920
 and

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.440
 this

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:58.420
 is

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:58.640
 the

00:42:58.640 --> 00:42:59.080
 ministry

00:42:59.080 --> 00:42:59.680
 that

00:42:59.680 --> 00:42:59.800
 he's

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.000
 called

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.140
 us

00:43:00.140 --> 00:43:00.340
 to

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:01.600
 would

00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:01.680
 you

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:01.820
 pray

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.000
 with

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.720
 me

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:09.040
 God

00:43:09.040 --> 00:43:09.360
 I

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:11.660
 come

00:43:11.660 --> 00:43:11.820
 to

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:11.980
 you

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.200
 this

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:12.480
 morning

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.800
 Lord

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:14.720
 so

00:43:14.720 --> 00:43:14.940
 many

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.300
 times

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:15.600
 your

00:43:15.600 --> 00:43:16.240
 word

00:43:16.240 --> 00:43:16.560
 is

00:43:16.560 --> 00:43:17.780
 is

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:18.280
 not

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:20.720
 easy

00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:21.080
 and

00:43:21.080 --> 00:43:21.460
 simple

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:23.160
 it

00:43:23.160 --> 00:43:24.060
 challenges

00:43:24.060 --> 00:43:24.720
 us

00:43:24.720 --> 00:43:26.460
 it's

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.060
 difficult

00:43:27.060 --> 00:43:28.600
 and

00:43:28.600 --> 00:43:28.820
 it's

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:29.000
 just

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.240
 the

00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:29.680
 reminder

00:43:29.680 --> 00:43:30.060
 Lord

00:43:30.060 --> 00:43:30.280
 that

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:30.800
 we

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:32.040
 we

00:43:32.040 --> 00:43:32.200
 in

00:43:32.200 --> 00:43:32.360
 our

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:32.900
 limitations

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:33.480
 need

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:33.700
 your

00:43:33.700 --> 00:43:34.280
 spirit

00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:36.580
 to

00:43:36.580 --> 00:43:37.020
 teach

00:43:37.020 --> 00:43:37.520
 us

00:43:37.520 --> 00:43:38.620
 to

00:43:38.620 --> 00:43:39.080
 shape

00:43:39.080 --> 00:43:39.580
 us

00:43:39.580 --> 00:43:40.720
 to

00:43:40.720 --> 00:43:41.260
 train

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:41.800
 us

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:42.980
 into

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:43.280
 who

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:43.560
 you've

00:43:43.560 --> 00:43:43.820
 called

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:43.980
 us

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.140
 to

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.420
 be

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:45.420
 Lord

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:45.540
 and

00:43:45.540 --> 00:43:45.740
 what

00:43:45.740 --> 00:43:45.960
 you've

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.200
 called

00:43:46.200 --> 00:43:46.360
 us

00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:46.540
 to

00:43:46.540 --> 00:43:46.860
 do

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:48.040
 to

00:43:48.040 --> 00:43:48.240
 who

00:43:48.240 --> 00:43:48.460
 you've

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:48.680
 called

00:43:48.680 --> 00:43:48.840
 us

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.000
 to

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.460
 become

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:51.600
 God

00:43:51.600 --> 00:43:51.880
 I

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.240
 thank

00:43:52.240 --> 00:43:52.420
 you

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.720
 that

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.800
 the

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.180
 goal

00:43:54.180 --> 00:43:54.440
 of

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:54.720
 church

00:43:54.720 --> 00:43:55.200
 discipline

00:43:55.200 --> 00:43:55.520
 is

00:43:55.520 --> 00:43:55.840
 not

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.160
 how

00:43:56.160 --> 00:43:56.260
 do

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:56.380
 we

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:56.540
 get

00:43:56.540 --> 00:43:56.720
 rid

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:56.860
 of

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.140
 people

00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:59.120
 how

00:43:59.120 --> 00:43:59.220
 do

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.320
 we

00:43:59.320 --> 00:43:59.640
 call

00:43:59.640 --> 00:43:59.880
 out

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.280
 people

00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:02.400
 but

00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:02.520
 the

00:44:02.520 --> 00:44:02.820
 goal

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:03.060
 of

00:44:03.060 --> 00:44:03.480
 church

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.060
 discipline

00:44:04.060 --> 00:44:05.580
 is

00:44:05.580 --> 00:44:05.700
 how

00:44:05.700 --> 00:44:05.780
 do

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:05.900
 we

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:06.180
 bring

00:44:06.180 --> 00:44:06.560
 people

00:44:06.560 --> 00:44:07.080
 back

00:44:07.080 --> 00:44:08.560
 how

00:44:08.560 --> 00:44:08.700
 do

00:44:08.700 --> 00:44:08.860
 we

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:09.360
 restore

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:09.640
 that

00:44:09.640 --> 00:44:09.820
 which

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:10.020
 was

00:44:10.020 --> 00:44:10.440
 broken

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:11.640
 how

00:44:11.640 --> 00:44:11.740
 do

00:44:11.740 --> 00:44:11.860
 we

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:12.400
 reconcile

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:12.860
 with

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.080
 one

00:44:13.080 --> 00:44:13.540
 another

00:44:13.540 --> 00:44:14.640
 but

00:44:14.640 --> 00:44:15.060
 also

00:44:15.060 --> 00:44:15.340
 Lord

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:15.480
 with

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.900
 a

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.220
 holy

00:44:16.220 --> 00:44:16.740
 God

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:18.620
 God

00:44:18.620 --> 00:44:19.160
 I

00:44:19.160 --> 00:44:19.640
 pray

00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:20.680
 I

00:44:20.680 --> 00:44:21.080
 pray

00:44:21.080 --> 00:44:21.500
 Lord

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:21.980
 that

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.100
 if

00:44:22.100 --> 00:44:22.320
 there's

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.800
 anyone

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.460
 here

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:24.040
 today

00:44:24.040 --> 00:44:25.700
 maybe

00:44:25.700 --> 00:44:25.940
 they

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.300
 find

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:27.040
 themselves

00:44:27.040 --> 00:44:28.440
 at

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:28.720
 that

00:44:28.720 --> 00:44:29.020
 rock

00:44:29.020 --> 00:44:29.440
 bottom

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:31.340
 God

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:31.440
 and

00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:31.580
 they've

00:44:31.580 --> 00:44:31.700
 been

00:44:31.700 --> 00:44:32.080
 reaching

00:44:32.080 --> 00:44:32.340
 and

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:32.540
 trying

00:44:32.540 --> 00:44:32.720
 to

00:44:32.720 --> 00:44:33.260
 grasp

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:33.460
 and

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:33.700
 trying

00:44:33.700 --> 00:44:33.860
 to

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:34.140
 pull

00:44:34.140 --> 00:44:34.760
 themselves

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.280
 up

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:36.860
 through

00:44:36.860 --> 00:44:37.120
 other

00:44:37.120 --> 00:44:37.620
 means

00:44:37.620 --> 00:44:37.820
 and

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:37.980
 through

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.260
 other

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:38.860
 ways

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:38.920
 things

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:43.020
 that

00:44:43.020 --> 00:44:43.140
 are

00:44:43.140 --> 00:44:43.560
 found

00:44:43.560 --> 00:44:43.920
 within

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.560
 themselves

00:44:44.560 --> 00:44:44.820
 of

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:44.940
 who

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.100
 they

00:44:45.100 --> 00:44:45.440
 are

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:48.060
 that

00:44:48.060 --> 00:44:48.380
 God

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.840
 today

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:50.400
 they would

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:50.560
 just

00:44:50.560 --> 00:44:50.860
 reach

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:51.120
 up

00:44:51.120 --> 00:44:51.380
 and

00:44:51.380 --> 00:44:52.340
 grab

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:52.620
 a hold

00:44:52.620 --> 00:44:52.780
 of

00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:53.240
 Jesus

00:44:53.240 --> 00:44:56.200
 that

00:44:56.200 --> 00:44:56.400
 I

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:56.660
 pray

00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:56.880
 that

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.100
 if

00:44:57.100 --> 00:44:57.560
 there's

00:44:57.560 --> 00:44:57.760
 someone

00:44:57.760 --> 00:44:58.300
 here

00:44:58.300 --> 00:45:00.400
 in

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:00.720
 Lord

00:45:00.720 --> 00:45:04.740
 this

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.340
 resonates

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:05.840
 with

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.120
 them

00:45:06.120 --> 00:45:07.820
 there's

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:07.940
 a

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.380
 discussion

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:08.700
 that

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:08.840
 they

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:09.000
 need

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.120
 to

00:45:09.120 --> 00:45:09.600
 have

00:45:09.600 --> 00:45:11.420
 there's

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:11.640
 someone

00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:11.980
 they need

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:12.220
 to sit

00:45:12.220 --> 00:45:12.700
 across

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.120
 from

00:45:13.120 --> 00:45:14.360
 whether

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:14.800
 it's

00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:15.640
 that

00:45:15.640 --> 00:45:16.060
 they've

00:45:16.060 --> 00:45:16.320
 sinned

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:16.640
 against

00:45:16.640 --> 00:45:17.040
 them

00:45:17.040 --> 00:45:17.360
 or

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:17.540
 that

00:45:17.540 --> 00:45:17.860
 they've

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.020
 been

00:45:18.020 --> 00:45:18.300
 sinned

00:45:18.300 --> 00:45:18.760
 against

00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:21.000
 God

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.340
 I pray

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:21.740
 that the

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:22.140
 heart

00:45:22.140 --> 00:45:24.220
 of

00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:24.860
 Christ

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:26.440
 would

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.080
 resonate

00:45:27.080 --> 00:45:27.580
 within

00:45:27.580 --> 00:45:28.060
 them

00:45:28.060 --> 00:45:30.200
 working

00:45:30.200 --> 00:45:30.700
 toward

00:45:30.700 --> 00:45:31.260
 forgiveness

00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:33.140
 working

00:45:33.140 --> 00:45:33.680
 toward

00:45:33.680 --> 00:45:34.540
 restoration

00:45:34.540 --> 00:45:36.800
 praying

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:37.440
 for

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 reconciliation

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 God

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 we all

00:45:42.520 --> 00:45:42.980
 walked in

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 here this

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.820
 morning

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:45.880
 coming

00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:46.120
 from

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 somewhere

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 a little

00:45:47.080 --> 00:45:47.940
 different

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 a little

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 unique

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 but what

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.380
 we all

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:53.720
 need

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 is a

00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:56.540
 little bit

00:45:56.540 --> 00:45:56.840
 more of

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:57.120
 Jesus

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 a little

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 bit

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 more

00:45:59.480 --> 00:45:59.560
 of

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 the

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 working

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.040
 of

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 your

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 hand

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 so

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 God

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 do

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 what

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:06.020
 you

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 do

00:46:06.540 --> 00:46:07.680
 in

00:46:07.680 --> 00:46:08.140
 us

00:46:08.140 --> 00:46:09.480
 do

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:10.480
 what

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:10.640
 you

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 do

00:46:10.880 --> 00:46:11.260
 through

00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:11.880
 us

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 and

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 let's

00:46:13.720 --> 00:46:13.840
 in

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:14.040
 Jesus

00:46:14.040 --> 00:46:14.220
 them

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 pray

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 amen

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 amen

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 that's

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 that's

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 it

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 for

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.200
 this

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 week's

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 message

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 be

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 sure

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 to

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 check

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 back

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 next

00:46:23.660 --> 00:46:23.920
 week

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 for

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 a

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 new

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 episode

00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:25.420
 and

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 in

00:46:25.520 --> 00:46:25.640
 the

00:46:25.640 --> 00:46:26.060
 meantime

00:46:26.060 --> 00:46:26.440
 you

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:26.600
 can

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 visit

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 us

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 online

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 at

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00:46:30.300 --> 00:46:30.800
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00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:31.660
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00:46:34.900 --> 00:46:35.360
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