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[2663.94 --> 2664.68] some people from India
[2664.68 --> 2665.28] and Korea
[2665.28 --> 2666.06] and other places
[2666.06 --> 2666.48] in the world
[2666.48 --> 2667.10] that there are actually
[2667.10 --> 2667.88] a lot more spices
[2667.88 --> 2668.44] in the cupboard
[2668.44 --> 2669.66] than salt and pepper.
[2670.90 --> 2672.46] And once you taste
[2672.46 --> 2673.18] some of those spices,
[2673.30 --> 2674.50] I see a couple in the back
[2674.50 --> 2675.36] that they,
[2675.50 --> 2676.18] they introduced me
[2676.18 --> 2677.08] to jollof rice
[2677.08 --> 2678.22] that I almost died of heat.
[2678.52 --> 2679.34] But it was amazing.
[2680.62 --> 2681.82] We need each other
[2681.82 --> 2683.42] and we will be enriched
[2683.42 --> 2684.74] by each other
[2684.74 --> 2686.52] and God delights
[2686.52 --> 2688.22] when the diverse body
[2688.22 --> 2688.60] of Christ
[2688.60 --> 2689.26] comes together
[2689.26 --> 2691.14] in real meaningful unity
[2691.14 --> 2692.92] to share fellowship,
[2693.16 --> 2693.96] to share food,
[2694.20 --> 2696.36] to be a family in Christ.
[2697.28 --> 2697.94] And I'm convinced
[2697.94 --> 2699.06] that's probably why
[2699.06 --> 2700.28] I love doing communion
[2700.28 --> 2701.10] so much at Hope.
[2701.10 --> 2702.98] I love having
[2702.98 --> 2703.88] these tables set up
[2703.88 --> 2704.86] and the elders and deacons,
[2704.96 --> 2705.44] they stand by
[2705.44 --> 2705.90] in these tables
[2705.90 --> 2706.76] and you see people
[2706.76 --> 2707.70] from different backgrounds,
[2708.54 --> 2709.48] different parts of the city,
[2709.58 --> 2710.40] different parts of the country,
[2710.50 --> 2711.36] different parts of the world
[2711.36 --> 2712.40] with different pain
[2712.40 --> 2713.00] and hardship,
[2713.36 --> 2714.22] whatever our story is
[2714.22 --> 2715.22] and we walk up together,
[2715.52 --> 2716.62] we receive the elements
[2716.62 --> 2717.58] and we get to hear God
[2717.58 --> 2718.60] say to us through his leaders,
[2718.98 --> 2719.82] the blood of Christ
[2719.82 --> 2720.36] shed for you,
[2720.42 --> 2721.14] the body of Christ
[2721.14 --> 2721.76] given for you.
[2722.10 --> 2723.76] You belong in the family
[2723.76 --> 2725.70] because of the grace of Christ
[2725.70 --> 2726.72] just like everyone else
[2726.72 --> 2727.36] in the church.
[2727.36 --> 2728.84] I love it.
[2729.26 --> 2730.88] The unity of the body of Christ.
[2731.40 --> 2732.70] And I will say this as well,
[2733.60 --> 2735.78] that when we live in unity,
[2736.60 --> 2737.44] meaningful unity,
[2738.00 --> 2739.18] we demonstrate
[2739.18 --> 2741.92] the power of the gospel.
[2743.36 --> 2745.54] The law did not create
[2745.54 --> 2747.58] a unified, diverse family,
[2748.10 --> 2749.66] but Jesus Christ did.
[2750.30 --> 2751.04] And when we live
[2751.04 --> 2751.86] in meaningful unity
[2751.86 --> 2753.26] with our ethnicity,
[2753.50 --> 2753.96] with our different
[2753.96 --> 2755.20] socioeconomic backgrounds,
[2755.52 --> 2756.08] male and female
[2756.08 --> 2756.62] and all the rest,
[2756.62 --> 2758.88] we show to a polarizing,
[2759.32 --> 2760.50] tribalizing,
[2760.96 --> 2761.76] cancel culture
[2761.76 --> 2762.72] that we live in
[2762.72 --> 2763.74] that the gospel
[2763.74 --> 2764.48] does have power.
[2765.38 --> 2766.98] We show that we can live together
[2766.98 --> 2767.86] as brothers and sisters
[2767.86 --> 2769.24] by our united faith
[2769.24 --> 2769.98] in Jesus Christ
[2769.98 --> 2772.14] and that will always be
[2772.14 --> 2773.32] a powerful witness
[2773.32 --> 2774.36] in whatever culture
[2774.36 --> 2774.78] you live in
[2774.78 --> 2775.54] where there will always be
[2775.54 --> 2776.92] something that wants
[2776.92 --> 2777.68] to tear us apart,
[2777.96 --> 2778.88] something that wants
[2778.88 --> 2779.46] to make us live
[2779.46 --> 2781.12] as first or second class citizens.
[2781.42 --> 2783.26] The gospel has power
[2783.26 --> 2785.14] and we demonstrate that
[2785.14 --> 2786.30] in our unity.
[2786.62 --> 2790.18] And I'll just say again,
[2790.40 --> 2790.64] yeah.
[2790.64 --> 2790.74] Yeah.
[2798.10 --> 2799.76] I do think that one of the ways