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[656.80 --> 658.16] making you feel stuck. |
[658.16 --> 660.98] He's like, you've been rescued from it |
[660.98 --> 662.54] through the work of Jesus. |
[663.32 --> 665.22] You're actually free. |
[666.80 --> 668.80] And now we get Paul's definition of freedom. |
[670.72 --> 671.90] Paul's definition of freedom |
[671.90 --> 673.14] is abundantly clear. |
[673.24 --> 673.78] He says, |
[674.24 --> 677.02] serve one another humbly in love. |
[677.54 --> 678.88] That's freedom for the Christian. |
[679.74 --> 683.08] Serve one another humbly in love. |
[684.12 --> 685.84] That sounds a lot like Jesus, doesn't it? |
[685.84 --> 687.42] And it's interesting to me, |
[687.56 --> 688.76] I also have a hunch |
[688.76 --> 691.08] that most of us have some sense |
[691.08 --> 692.22] of what that feels like. |
[693.46 --> 695.18] Perhaps if you think about your life |
[695.18 --> 697.10] or maybe I'll just throw some scenarios out there, |
[697.54 --> 699.84] you serve as part of our Wednesday night crew |
[699.84 --> 701.24] at the Cloverdale Community Kitchen |
[701.24 --> 702.92] and you get to make meals |
[702.92 --> 704.46] and sit down with and share meals |
[704.46 --> 705.50] with our vulnerable neighbors |
[705.50 --> 706.86] who are struggling to find a home |
[706.86 --> 709.18] and you feel free doing it. |
[709.70 --> 711.16] Or perhaps you've got a family member |
[711.16 --> 711.90] going through addiction |
[711.90 --> 713.16] and they're staying in your home |
[713.16 --> 714.02] and you're helping them out, |
[714.10 --> 715.14] you're doing what you need to do, |
[715.24 --> 716.06] opening up space, |
[716.26 --> 717.28] and you just know that |
[717.28 --> 718.64] in this act of caring for them, |
[718.98 --> 720.30] it's making you feel free. |
[720.94 --> 722.26] Or perhaps you're being generous |
[722.26 --> 722.76] with your money |
[722.76 --> 723.96] towards a cause that matters |
[723.96 --> 724.98] deeply to your family |
[724.98 --> 726.20] and you know that that money |
[726.20 --> 728.70] is best spent in that |
[728.70 --> 729.62] rather than whatever you want |
[729.62 --> 730.44] to buy for yourself. |
[730.78 --> 731.58] And somehow, |
[732.18 --> 733.08] does this resonate with you? |
[733.14 --> 734.60] Somehow as you give yourself away, |
[734.84 --> 736.18] as you serve in humility, |
[736.30 --> 737.60] as you try to love your neighbor, |
[737.92 --> 739.18] you become more human. |
[739.98 --> 741.94] You become more fully alive. |
[742.64 --> 745.46] You become what you were created for, |
[746.10 --> 748.72] to serve in humility with love. |
[749.92 --> 750.66] Walter Brueggemann, |
[751.42 --> 751.88] New Testament, |
[752.00 --> 753.20] actually Old Testament theologian, |
[753.24 --> 753.90] he puts it this way, |
[753.94 --> 754.06] he says, |
[754.12 --> 755.52] when you give your life away |
[755.52 --> 756.48] in humble service, |
[756.98 --> 758.50] you get it back enhanced. |
[759.20 --> 759.92] Have you felt that before? |
[760.22 --> 761.76] You give your life away |
[761.76 --> 762.46] to serve others |
[762.46 --> 763.54] and somehow you become |
[763.54 --> 765.78] more fully human in the process. |
[765.78 --> 768.24] You feel the life of Jesus |
[768.24 --> 769.34] in your own life. |
[770.88 --> 772.28] But here's the main point now. |
[772.40 --> 773.60] I want to underscore this one |
[773.60 --> 774.72] because this is what Paul says. |
[775.08 --> 776.90] It is not enough just to know |
[776.90 --> 778.40] Paul's definition of freedom. |
[779.06 --> 780.30] It's not enough to have in your head, |
[780.38 --> 781.04] hey Dave, okay, |
[781.30 --> 782.80] I now know that to be free |
[782.80 --> 783.90] is to serve with humility |
[783.90 --> 784.68] and to love others. |
[784.94 --> 785.36] There we go, |
[785.40 --> 785.96] I'm going to do it. |
[786.60 --> 788.08] It's very likely the case |
[788.08 --> 789.00] that you just like me |
[789.00 --> 790.02] will go home from church, |
[790.10 --> 790.96] will have this definition |
[790.96 --> 791.56] in our heads, |
[791.68 --> 793.02] and we'll probably still be |
[793.02 --> 794.48] very tempted to go back |
[794.48 --> 795.24] to the old habits |
[795.24 --> 796.44] of watching whatever we want, |
[796.68 --> 797.68] eating whatever we want, |
[797.92 --> 798.68] wasting time |
[798.68 --> 799.70] in very unproductive ways |
[799.70 --> 800.64] and not actually loving |
[800.64 --> 801.64] and serving our neighbors. |
[802.78 --> 803.66] What's needed, |
[804.32 --> 805.70] according to Galatians 5, |
[806.50 --> 807.96] is the power of the Holy Spirit. |
[809.14 --> 810.06] What is needed |
[810.06 --> 812.26] is something beyond ourselves |
[812.26 --> 814.66] to change our sinful nature, |
[815.22 --> 816.52] and that is the Holy Spirit. |
[817.70 --> 819.04] Now, if you've been reading |
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