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[1670.78 --> 1671.68] the deceptive message
[1671.68 --> 1672.22] of the world?
[1672.90 --> 1673.68] You do you.
[1675.20 --> 1676.80] Just follow your heart.
[1677.56 --> 1678.70] You don't need me
[1678.70 --> 1679.82] to point out your fault
[1679.82 --> 1681.28] or your bad patterns
[1681.28 --> 1682.56] or unhealthy patterns
[1682.56 --> 1684.10] to speak into your life
[1684.10 --> 1685.84] or journey toward growth together.
[1686.26 --> 1686.46] No,
[1686.70 --> 1688.38] that's way too much work.
[1689.20 --> 1689.46] Okay,
[1689.56 --> 1690.28] but we're a church.
[1690.34 --> 1691.18] We need to try, right?
[1691.28 --> 1691.74] Oh, right.
[1691.84 --> 1692.10] Okay,
[1692.42 --> 1693.14] we'll just hire
[1693.14 --> 1694.06] and pay the pastors
[1694.06 --> 1694.70] to do that.
[1695.76 --> 1696.84] That's good enough, right?
[1698.30 --> 1698.66] Now,
[1698.70 --> 1699.50] I'm not trying to avoid
[1699.50 --> 1700.54] responsibility here.
[1700.88 --> 1701.58] We here
[1701.58 --> 1703.14] even have a pastor of care
[1703.14 --> 1704.60] who says that
[1704.60 --> 1705.72] the rest of us don't care.
[1706.10 --> 1706.52] We do.
[1706.64 --> 1707.14] We try.
[1707.80 --> 1709.12] But this calling
[1709.12 --> 1710.86] and Paul's exhortation
[1710.86 --> 1711.78] for the church
[1711.78 --> 1713.06] is to carry
[1713.06 --> 1714.12] one another's burdens.
[1714.82 --> 1715.96] He did not write
[1715.96 --> 1716.46] his letter
[1716.46 --> 1718.04] to the Galatian Community Church
[1718.04 --> 1720.02] just for the pastors.
[1720.92 --> 1721.80] He wrote it
[1721.80 --> 1722.82] to the whole church
[1722.82 --> 1723.84] and he said
[1723.84 --> 1726.20] carry each other's burdens.
[1729.78 --> 1731.56] It's for the whole community.
[1732.02 --> 1733.04] It's our identity
[1733.04 --> 1734.96] as the body of Christ,
[1735.10 --> 1736.12] all of us together.
[1737.74 --> 1738.96] And so this commentator
[1738.96 --> 1740.04] sums it up very well
[1740.04 --> 1742.26] as he writes on Matthew 18.
[1743.16 --> 1743.88] He says,
[1743.88 --> 1745.44] real lovelessness,
[1746.26 --> 1747.16] wrong judging,
[1747.80 --> 1749.54] is to drop another person
[1749.54 --> 1750.08] altogether
[1750.08 --> 1751.88] without any attempt
[1751.88 --> 1753.14] at speaking,
[1753.56 --> 1754.90] at seeking conversations,
[1755.16 --> 1755.50] repentance,
[1755.72 --> 1757.00] or reconciliation at all.
[1758.22 --> 1759.26] But in Jesus'
[1759.56 --> 1760.92] radical teaching of grace,
[1761.72 --> 1762.58] the sinner
[1762.58 --> 1763.98] is taken seriously
[1763.98 --> 1764.70] as a person
[1764.70 --> 1765.44] and is treated
[1765.44 --> 1767.46] as his teaching shows,
[1767.56 --> 1768.72] as his sequence shows,
[1768.72 --> 1770.16] with an impressive
[1770.16 --> 1771.82] carefulness.
[1771.82 --> 1774.48] In this way,
[1775.04 --> 1776.12] when we seek
[1776.12 --> 1777.50] reconciliation like this
[1777.50 --> 1778.36] with gentleness
[1778.36 --> 1779.06] and care,
[1779.52 --> 1780.58] we embody
[1780.58 --> 1781.46] a lifestyle,
[1782.46 --> 1783.16] a lifestyle
[1783.16 --> 1784.00] of forgiveness,
[1784.62 --> 1785.24] a lifestyle
[1785.24 --> 1786.92] that is spirit-led.
[1787.26 --> 1788.52] Because when the church
[1788.52 --> 1789.84] disciplines Christians,
[1790.66 --> 1791.84] when we discipline
[1791.84 --> 1792.52] each other
[1792.52 --> 1793.56] out of care
[1793.56 --> 1794.28] and gentleness,
[1794.82 --> 1796.58] we more effectively
[1796.58 --> 1796.82] disciple
[1797.34 --> 1798.38] non-Christians.
[1799.40 --> 1800.22] Simply put,
[1800.40 --> 1801.20] it starts here.
[1801.82 --> 1803.00] It starts here.
[1803.88 --> 1804.80] That is our calling.
[1805.32 --> 1806.28] This is our Christian
[1806.28 --> 1807.88] mandate as the church.
[1808.26 --> 1808.74] A humble,
[1809.18 --> 1810.02] gentle posture
[1810.02 --> 1811.02] of seeking healing,
[1811.40 --> 1811.78] forgiveness,