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[1532.16 --> 1533.44] certain individuals |
[1533.44 --> 1534.98] that they have conflict with |
[1534.98 --> 1535.96] or certain groups |
[1535.96 --> 1537.08] that they have conflict with. |
[1537.70 --> 1538.94] And you can sort of imagine |
[1538.94 --> 1539.76] what would happen. |
[1541.04 --> 1542.30] In some infamous cases, |
[1542.44 --> 1543.38] people would stand up |
[1543.38 --> 1544.12] in the middle of the sermon |
[1544.12 --> 1545.12] and start screaming back |
[1545.12 --> 1546.38] at the pastor |
[1546.38 --> 1546.68] and saying, |
[1546.94 --> 1547.94] you can't do that! |
[1548.14 --> 1549.38] You can't say that there! |
[1549.38 --> 1552.26] Don't get any ideas here. |
[1554.00 --> 1555.48] But think and imagine |
[1555.48 --> 1556.82] like a heated debate |
[1556.82 --> 1558.34] in a House of Commons meeting. |
[1560.84 --> 1562.12] But think about it. |
[1562.50 --> 1563.40] If the church, |
[1563.48 --> 1564.20] and nothing against |
[1564.20 --> 1565.04] our politicians, |
[1565.90 --> 1566.98] but if the church |
[1566.98 --> 1568.24] as the body of believers |
[1568.24 --> 1569.42] reflects exactly |
[1569.42 --> 1570.72] what the politicians do |
[1570.72 --> 1571.60] in the House of Commons, |
[1571.98 --> 1573.06] what sort of witness |
[1573.06 --> 1574.40] is the body of Christ |
[1574.40 --> 1575.48] for the world? |
[1575.48 --> 1578.20] And I hope you can see |
[1578.20 --> 1578.62] the connection |
[1578.62 --> 1579.50] to Paul's warning |
[1579.50 --> 1580.18] for us here. |
[1580.74 --> 1581.46] As Paul says |
[1581.46 --> 1582.36] in Galatians 6, |
[1583.28 --> 1584.94] be careful in your rebukes |
[1584.94 --> 1586.06] of the sins, church. |
[1587.00 --> 1588.24] Be careful when you |
[1588.24 --> 1589.24] confront the sins |
[1589.24 --> 1590.06] of your own brother |
[1590.06 --> 1590.60] or sister. |
[1591.00 --> 1591.28] Why? |
[1591.68 --> 1593.28] Because in your rebuke, |
[1593.68 --> 1594.20] in other words, |
[1594.28 --> 1595.02] in your anger |
[1595.02 --> 1596.12] against that sin, |
[1596.42 --> 1597.10] and rightly so, |
[1597.16 --> 1598.06] we should be angry |
[1598.06 --> 1599.02] against sins |
[1599.02 --> 1599.54] that are committed |
[1599.54 --> 1600.22] in the church. |
[1601.14 --> 1602.68] But in that anger, |
[1603.02 --> 1604.38] it is so easy |
[1604.38 --> 1605.68] and so tempting |
[1605.68 --> 1607.42] to sin out of that anger. |
[1610.22 --> 1611.32] An early church father |
[1611.32 --> 1612.14] says it so well. |
[1612.28 --> 1612.98] St. Augustine, |
[1613.72 --> 1614.76] touching on this topic, |
[1614.86 --> 1615.56] he says this, |
[1616.26 --> 1616.80] So then, |
[1616.94 --> 1618.32] be neither consenting |
[1618.32 --> 1618.90] to evil |
[1618.90 --> 1620.94] so as to approve sin, |
[1621.66 --> 1623.20] nor negligent |
[1623.20 --> 1624.76] so as not to reprove it |
[1624.76 --> 1625.68] and just avoid it, |
[1626.74 --> 1627.98] nor proud |
[1627.98 --> 1629.60] so as to reprove it |
[1629.60 --> 1631.24] in a tone of insult. |
[1632.96 --> 1634.34] This is hard work. |
[1635.34 --> 1635.84] Forgiveness |
[1635.84 --> 1636.70] and reconciliation. |
[1637.82 --> 1638.70] Even John Calvin, |
[1638.88 --> 1640.34] one of the early theologians, |
[1640.42 --> 1640.76] he's like, |
[1641.14 --> 1642.52] one of the hardest things |
[1642.52 --> 1643.00] to do |
[1643.00 --> 1644.94] is to care |
[1644.94 --> 1646.96] and also reprove |
[1646.96 --> 1647.98] a fellow brother |
[1647.98 --> 1648.94] or sister in the church. |
[1649.22 --> 1650.60] It's one of the hardest things |
[1650.60 --> 1651.52] to do in the church. |
[1653.20 --> 1653.94] As mentioned |
[1653.94 --> 1654.36] at the beginning |
[1654.36 --> 1654.90] of my sermon, |
[1655.56 --> 1657.04] it's much easier |
[1657.04 --> 1658.24] to avoid accountability |
[1658.24 --> 1659.82] or reprove someone's |
[1659.82 --> 1660.70] unhealthy patterns |
[1660.70 --> 1661.82] and just let them be. |
[1661.92 --> 1662.92] That's just much easier. |
[1663.78 --> 1664.26] And besides, |
[1664.58 --> 1665.74] that's what the culture, |
[1666.06 --> 1667.26] our individualistic culture |
[1667.26 --> 1668.48] today tells us anyways. |
[1669.04 --> 1669.56] Remember from |
[1669.56 --> 1670.44] our Good Fight series, |
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