diff --git "a/Sunday Morning Worship, May 5, 2024_transcript.txt" "b/Sunday Morning Worship, May 5, 2024_transcript.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/Sunday Morning Worship, May 5, 2024_transcript.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,4322 @@ +[0.00 --> 8.42] I want you as you are, not as you ought to be. +[9.68 --> 13.32] Won't you lay down your guard and come to me? +[15.22 --> 19.02] The shame that grips you now is crippling. +[20.94 --> 24.36] It breaks my heart to see you suffering. +[25.70 --> 27.82] Cause I am for you. +[27.82 --> 31.82] I'm not against you. +[33.32 --> 40.72] If you wanna know how far my love can go, just how deep, just how wide. +[41.04 --> 47.82] If you wanna see how much you mean to me, look at my hands, look at my side. +[48.60 --> 53.64] If you could count the times I'd say you are forgiven. +[53.64 --> 57.10] It's more than the drops in the ocean. +[57.82 --> 68.78] Don't think you need to settle for a substitute. +[70.34 --> 74.26] When I'm the only love that changes you. +[74.26 --> 76.26] And I am for you. +[76.26 --> 80.26] I'm not against you. +[80.26 --> 82.26] I'm not against you. +[82.26 --> 84.26] I am for you. +[84.26 --> 87.22] I'm not against you. +[87.22 --> 91.22] If you wanna know how far my love can go, just how deep, just how wide. +[91.22 --> 105.18] If you wanna see how much you mean to me, look at my hands, look at my side. +[105.18 --> 110.22] If you could count the times I'd say you are forgiven. +[110.22 --> 112.22] It's more than the drops in the ocean. +[112.22 --> 114.34] It's more than the drops in the ocean. +[119.24 --> 121.18] Drops in the ocean. +[121.18 --> 125.66] Open your heart, it's time that we start again +[125.66 --> 133.26] Open your heart, it's time that we start again +[133.26 --> 139.20] If you wanna know how far my love can go +[139.20 --> 142.46] Just how deep, just how wide +[142.46 --> 146.68] If you wanna see how much you mean to me +[146.68 --> 149.98] Look at my hands, look at my soul +[149.98 --> 155.66] If you can count the times, the day you are forgiven +[155.66 --> 159.16] It's more than the drops in the ocean +[159.16 --> 166.56] The drops in the ocean +[166.56 --> 175.26] Oh, I'm fighting for you +[175.26 --> 179.26] I'm not against you +[179.26 --> 182.94] I am for you +[182.94 --> 187.00] I'm not against you +[187.00 --> 209.18] You're not the only one who feels like this +[209.18 --> 212.86] Feeling like you lose more than you win +[212.86 --> 216.54] Like life is just an endless hill you climb +[216.54 --> 222.22] You try and try, but never arrive +[222.22 --> 224.28] I'm telling you something +[224.28 --> 227.96] This racing, this racing, this running +[227.96 --> 229.96] Oh, you're working way too hard +[229.96 --> 231.96] You're working way too hard +[231.96 --> 237.64] I'm not against you, I'm not against you +[237.64 --> 241.32] So go ahead and live like you're in the ocean +[241.32 --> 243.32] So go ahead and live like you're loved +[243.32 --> 245.32] Live like you're loved +[245.32 --> 247.00] Live like you're loved +[247.00 --> 249.00] Live like you're loved +[249.00 --> 252.68] Live like you're loved +[252.68 --> 256.36] Live like you're loved +[256.36 --> 258.36] Live like you're loved +[258.36 --> 265.36] Live like you're loved. +[265.36 --> 269.36] Live like you're loved. +[269.36 --> 273.36] And live like you know you're valuable. +[273.36 --> 277.36] Like you know the one that holds your soul. +[277.36 --> 281.36] Cause mercy has called you by your name. +[281.36 --> 285.36] Don't be afraid to live in that grace. +[285.36 --> 288.36] Oh, I'm telling you something. +[288.36 --> 290.36] This God we believe in. +[290.36 --> 293.36] Yeah, he changed everything. +[293.36 --> 296.36] No more guilt, no more shame. +[296.36 --> 298.36] He took all that away. +[298.36 --> 301.36] Gave us a reason to sing. +[301.36 --> 305.36] So go ahead and live like you're loved. +[305.36 --> 309.36] It's okay to act like you've been set free. +[309.36 --> 313.36] His love has made you more than enough. +[313.36 --> 317.36] So go ahead and be who we made you to be. +[317.36 --> 321.36] And live like you're loved. +[321.36 --> 325.36] Live like you're loved. +[325.36 --> 329.36] Live like you're loved. +[329.36 --> 333.36] Live like you're loved. +[333.36 --> 335.36] Live like you're loved. +[335.36 --> 337.36] Walk like you're free. +[337.36 --> 341.36] Sail like you know who we made you to be. +[341.36 --> 343.36] Live like you're loved. +[343.36 --> 344.36] Live like you're loved. +[344.36 --> 345.36] Live like you're loved. +[345.36 --> 348.36] Live like you're loved. +[348.36 --> 349.36] His love is all that you'll ever need. +[349.36 --> 352.36] So go ahead and live like you're loved. +[352.36 --> 356.36] His love has made you more than enough. +[356.36 --> 360.70] His love has made you more than enough +[360.70 --> 368.68] So go ahead and live like your love +[368.68 --> 373.32] It's okay to act like you've been set free +[373.32 --> 377.00] His love has made you more than enough +[377.00 --> 381.54] So go ahead and be who he made you to be +[381.54 --> 384.32] And live like your love +[384.32 --> 387.42] Live like your love +[387.42 --> 391.40] Live like your love +[391.40 --> 393.46] Live like your love +[393.46 --> 395.48] Live like your love +[395.48 --> 399.50] Live like your love +[399.50 --> 401.48] Walk like you're free +[401.48 --> 405.48] Steal like you know who he made you to be +[405.48 --> 407.58] Live like your love +[407.58 --> 409.54] Like you believe +[409.54 --> 413.54] His love is all that you'll ever need +[413.54 --> 416.64] Live like your love +[416.64 --> 418.64] Live like your love +[418.64 --> 421.74] Live like your love +[421.74 --> 423.74] Live like your love +[423.74 --> 427.78] And you're not the one that you would have chosen +[427.78 --> 438.40] When you're at the end of the road +[438.40 --> 442.88] And it's not the one that you would have chosen +[442.88 --> 446.38] When you're at the end of your road +[446.38 --> 447.94] And you're holding on +[447.94 --> 450.70] But feel like you're falling +[450.70 --> 452.80] With every option +[452.80 --> 453.80] With every option exhausted +[453.80 --> 455.80] With every option exhausted +[455.80 --> 457.80] You tried everything you know +[457.80 --> 462.84] You saw light then you lost it +[462.84 --> 465.80] But there is still hope +[465.80 --> 468.90] Like the fire in the night +[468.90 --> 472.90] Like the ocean parted wide +[472.90 --> 476.94] Like the grave empty inside +[476.94 --> 478.90] You will see +[478.90 --> 480.90] He still does +[480.90 --> 483.00] Miracles +[483.00 --> 484.00] Miracles +[484.00 --> 485.00] Miracles +[485.00 --> 486.00] Miracles +[486.00 --> 487.00] Miracles +[487.00 --> 489.00] Miracles +[489.00 --> 493.12] Even if you don't see it now +[493.12 --> 494.82] Without a doubt +[494.82 --> 497.00] He's already moving +[497.00 --> 501.04] There is not a pain that you hold +[501.04 --> 502.64] He doesn't know +[502.64 --> 505.48] And he isn't using +[505.48 --> 508.78] With every option exhausted +[508.78 --> 513.02] You tried everything you know +[513.02 --> 517.62] So reach for something beyond it +[517.62 --> 520.54] Cause he is our hope +[520.54 --> 524.46] Like the fire in the night +[524.46 --> 528.42] Like the ocean parted wide +[528.42 --> 532.28] Like the grave empty inside +[532.28 --> 534.14] You will see +[534.14 --> 536.28] He still does +[536.28 --> 537.68] Miracles +[537.68 --> 539.48] Miracles +[539.48 --> 541.48] Miracles +[541.48 --> 543.38] Miracles +[543.38 --> 545.38] Miracles +[545.38 --> 547.38] Miracles +[547.38 --> 549.38] Miracles +[549.38 --> 551.38] Miracles +[551.38 --> 556.02] A broken heart can be restored +[556.02 --> 559.98] A broken soul can be reborn +[559.98 --> 563.88] And greater things are still in store +[563.88 --> 566.04] For us +[566.04 --> 568.10] For us +[568.10 --> 573.24] Like the fire in the night +[573.24 --> 577.18] Like the ocean parted wide +[577.18 --> 581.02] Like the grave empty inside +[581.02 --> 582.96] You will see +[582.96 --> 585.08] He still does +[585.08 --> 586.48] Miracles +[586.48 --> 588.48] Miracles +[588.48 --> 590.48] Miracles +[590.48 --> 592.48] Miracles +[592.48 --> 594.48] Miracles +[594.48 --> 595.48] Miracles +[595.48 --> 596.48] Miracles +[596.48 --> 597.48] He's still there +[597.48 --> 599.48] He's still there +[599.48 --> 601.48] Miracles +[601.48 --> 603.48] You're the new kid +[603.48 --> 604.48] I'm dreaming +[604.48 --> 606.48] More than you +[606.48 --> 607.48] I'm not +[607.48 --> 609.48] Miracles +[609.48 --> 611.48] This is my +[611.48 --> 613.48] This is my +[613.48 --> 614.48] Miracles +[614.48 --> 615.48] Miracles +[615.48 --> 628.48] Miracles +[628.48 --> 658.46] I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I'm not enough. +[658.48 --> 688.46] I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I'm not enough. +[688.50 --> 690.46] And that we get to worship together. +[690.66 --> 691.66] My name is Chris. +[692.12 --> 695.04] I'm one of the pastors here at Langley Emanuel. +[695.30 --> 700.00] And it's my privilege this morning, along with these others, to lead in our shared worship together. +[700.62 --> 702.60] As I mentioned, we have a couple announcements. +[702.60 --> 714.92] First, immediately following worship today, well, I shouldn't say immediately, after our fellowship time and the like, youth coffee is going to happen. +[715.06 --> 716.96] And that's at the Verhoof home. +[716.96 --> 722.76] And so if you would need to know where that is, youth or parents of youth, you can talk to Pastor Kevin here. +[723.18 --> 725.08] Or Warren and Mel, who are over there. +[725.30 --> 727.72] They will let you know how to get to their house. +[727.72 --> 737.44] Additionally, Pastor Kevin asked me to remind all of you youth that registration for youth camp is open and active. +[738.22 --> 744.64] And so please do that quickly and get that done so that they can plan that weekend for you. +[744.64 --> 757.24] As well, today, this afternoon, at 2 p.m., a bunch of the women from our church are going to gather together for a baby blessing. +[757.24 --> 760.62] Is it the babies who are being blessed? +[760.70 --> 762.56] Are the parents of the babies who are being blessed? +[762.90 --> 768.22] Either way, there's a bit of a gathering, a party that's happening at 2 p.m. +[768.22 --> 769.20] That will be here. +[769.70 --> 775.48] And that's for five different baby girls that have born in our community in the last number of months. +[775.68 --> 781.14] And so please, if you have any questions about that, Wendy has answers. +[781.26 --> 782.02] Wendy, where are you? +[782.52 --> 783.42] Wendy is back there. +[783.54 --> 784.32] She has answers. +[784.32 --> 790.38] You can get her or grab me at the Connect booth, and I will connect you to Wendy or someone else with that. +[791.62 --> 793.28] Lastly, final announcement. +[793.66 --> 797.26] This coming Thursday is Ascension Day. +[798.10 --> 806.20] Ascension Day is the day that we remember Jesus ascending back to heaven after his resurrection. +[806.40 --> 812.06] So 40 days after the resurrection, Jesus ascended to the right hand of the Father. +[812.06 --> 816.62] And from there, he will come to judge the living and the dead, says the Apostles' Creed. +[817.44 --> 822.20] We're going to have a worship service to commemorate and celebrate that together. +[822.78 --> 824.78] And we're going to do that service a little bit differently. +[825.56 --> 827.02] And so we encourage you to come. +[827.44 --> 836.56] We're going to set up in this space here and kind of do it in the round in our worship together with a bit of an acoustic worship set. +[836.56 --> 838.54] And it's going to look a little different. +[838.64 --> 845.56] And so we encourage you to come, and we'd love to have you participate at 7 p.m. on Thursday together. +[846.34 --> 851.14] If you have any questions about that, you can also get me at the Connect booth following our worship. +[851.66 --> 853.34] I think that's it for announcements. +[854.20 --> 857.14] And so I'm going to invite you, as you're able, to stand. +[857.14 --> 865.16] And we can be ushered into the presence of our good God in worship by receiving his greeting. +[865.86 --> 872.46] After the greeting of God, I invite you to turn to those around you and welcome them into worship in whatever way you are comfortable. +[872.70 --> 881.10] With a fist bump or a head nod or a hug or a holy kiss, which is biblical, but also mind people's boundaries. +[881.10 --> 886.48] In our worship together, receive the greeting of God. +[887.76 --> 895.58] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from the Lord Jesus Christ, Son, and our Savior, +[896.18 --> 898.64] through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. +[899.54 --> 899.88] Amen. +[911.10 --> 912.10] Amen. +[913.86 --> 915.72] Amen. +[915.72 --> 920.26] Amen. +[920.26 --> 943.72] Good morning. +[943.72 --> 943.76] Good morning. +[943.76 --> 973.74] Good morning. +[974.20 --> 978.44] Lord, we are grateful to be gathered together today to worship your holy name. +[979.06 --> 984.76] We offer our worship and our adoration to you, for only you are worthy to be praised. +[985.48 --> 991.26] We lift up our voices together, united as one community, to offer you all that you are due. +[992.10 --> 995.34] Thank you for bringing us together today to worship in this place. +[996.24 --> 996.52] Amen. +[997.18 --> 998.44] Please join us in worship. +[998.44 --> 998.56] Amen. +[1003.76 --> 1004.76] Amen. +[1004.76 --> 1005.76] Amen. +[1005.76 --> 1006.76] Amen. +[1006.76 --> 1007.76] Amen. +[1007.76 --> 1008.76] Amen. +[1008.76 --> 1009.76] Amen. +[1009.76 --> 1010.76] Amen. +[1010.76 --> 1011.76] Amen. +[1011.76 --> 1027.90] He has held the oceans in His hands, +[1027.90 --> 1033.20] He has no burdening grain of sand. +[1033.72 --> 1038.72] Kings and nations tremble at His voice, +[1038.72 --> 1045.16] All creation has to rejoice. +[1045.16 --> 1052.36] Behold our God, sing it on His song, +[1052.36 --> 1056.28] Come let us adore Him. +[1056.28 --> 1063.08] Behold our King, nothing can compare, +[1063.08 --> 1069.52] Come let us adore Him. +[1069.52 --> 1077.96] Who has given counsel to the Lord? +[1077.96 --> 1082.96] Who can question any of His words? +[1082.96 --> 1087.96] Who can teach the one who knows all things? +[1087.96 --> 1094.40] Who can follow all His wondrous deeds? +[1094.40 --> 1102.40] Behold our God, sing it on His throne, +[1102.40 --> 1106.40] Come let us adore Him. +[1106.40 --> 1112.84] Behold our King, nothing can compare, +[1112.84 --> 1119.28] Come let us adore Him. +[1119.28 --> 1133.72] Who has felt the nails upon His hands, +[1133.72 --> 1138.72] Bearing all the guilt of sinful men, +[1138.72 --> 1145.16] God eternal, helpful to the grave, +[1145.16 --> 1151.16] Jesus, Savior, risen now to reign. +[1151.16 --> 1157.60] Behold our King, nothing can compare, +[1157.60 --> 1161.60] Come let us adore Him. +[1161.60 --> 1167.60] Behold our King, nothing can compare, +[1167.60 --> 1173.60] Come let us adore Him. +[1173.60 --> 1186.04] Come let us adore Him. +[1186.04 --> 1190.04] Behold our King, nothing can compare, +[1190.04 --> 1193.04] Come let us adore Him. +[1193.04 --> 1196.04] Come let us adore Him. +[1196.04 --> 1200.04] Come let us adore Him. +[1200.04 --> 1224.10] Behold our King, nothing can compare, +[1224.10 --> 1236.24] Oh, darling, nothing can compare, come let us adore Him. +[1254.10 --> 1256.10] Amen. +[1284.10 --> 1296.28] Oh, God, my Father, there is no shadow of turning with me. +[1296.28 --> 1304.28] Thou changest not, but no passions may fail now. +[1304.80 --> 1311.36] The sound has been, but forever will be. +[1311.36 --> 1319.36] Great is Thy faithfulness, great is Thy faithfulness. +[1320.70 --> 1327.36] Morning by morning new mercies I see. +[1328.76 --> 1335.36] All I have needed, Thy hand hath provided. +[1335.36 --> 1344.36] Praise the faithfulness, Lord, unto me. +[1344.36 --> 1353.36] Summer and winter and springtime and harvest. +[1353.36 --> 1362.26] Sun, moon, and stars again, for saints of love. +[1362.36 --> 1369.36] Joyed with all nature and beautiful witness. +[1369.36 --> 1377.36] To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. +[1377.36 --> 1386.50] Great is Thy faithfulness, great is Thy faithfulness. +[1386.70 --> 1393.36] Morning by morning new mercies I see. +[1393.36 --> 1402.36] All I have needed, Thy hand hath provided. +[1402.36 --> 1410.36] Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me. +[1410.36 --> 1427.36] God, O dear, praise us each year and tonight. +[1427.36 --> 1436.36] Straight or today and bright hope for tomorrow. +[1436.36 --> 1437.36] God, O dear, praise us each year and tonight. +[1437.36 --> 1438.36] Blessings, O Lord, to me. +[1438.36 --> 1441.36] Blessings, O Lord, unto me. +[1441.36 --> 1442.36] Father, Christ and Splatid. +[1442.36 --> 1444.36] All I have needed, мол, sc Philosophy all alone, +[1444.36 --> 1446.36] Justiona and earth and grace the ziemlichaya muy decent allí with 코co. +[1446.36 --> 1447.36] And with my kingdom,�� and miroed with fears, +[1447.36 --> 1450.36] All I have needed, and joyless rodzإ Movieones. +[1450.36 --> 1451.36] Its Espero, of course, is your voice again, 2070 òern f Indiana. +[1451.36 --> 1452.36] Maker, of course, is your Dios. +[1452.36 --> 1453.36] Yológito�ban 해. +[1453.36 --> 1456.36] Of course if you are Heeолет第1 Maiden, +[1456.36 --> 1457.36] tuition and shove. +[1457.36 --> 1458.36] взять some hope for商 Justinas дело. +[1458.36 --> 1462.36] defined by Ведьhu? +[1462.36 --> 1468.00] Be in thy hand and from thy hand. +[1468.46 --> 1474.90] Great is thy faithfulness for the two. +[1480.08 --> 1485.02] As we go into a time of confession this morning, we're going to do that through two songs. +[1485.02 --> 1489.62] And so at this time, I invite you to either sit through them or stand through them, +[1489.62 --> 1496.26] worship and confess and be assured in whichever way is most comfortable for you. +[1496.26 --> 1496.30] Thank you. +[1496.30 --> 1526.28] Thank you. +[1526.30 --> 1541.44] Take me back to where it all began, where all I ever wanted was your presence. +[1541.44 --> 1549.44] How I long to be there once again. +[1549.44 --> 1562.44] I don't know that the world can't burn and fan the flame, till nothing between us remains. +[1562.44 --> 1567.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1567.44 --> 1575.44] Breathe again, all the apers that burn in my heart. +[1575.44 --> 1579.44] Love, take me back to the storm. +[1579.44 --> 1584.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1584.44 --> 1594.44] Renew in me a pure and willing spirit. +[1594.44 --> 1609.44] Take me back to where it all began, before it all became so complicated. +[1609.44 --> 1616.44] I don't know that the world can't burn and fan the flame, till nothing between us remains. +[1616.44 --> 1618.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1618.44 --> 1622.44] I don't know that the world can burn and flame, till nothing between us remains. +[1622.44 --> 1623.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1623.44 --> 1629.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1629.44 --> 1630.44] Breathe again, all the apers that burn in my heart. +[1630.44 --> 1631.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1631.44 --> 1632.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1632.44 --> 1636.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1636.44 --> 1641.44] Breathe again, all the apers that burn in my heart. +[1641.44 --> 1645.44] Breathe again, all the apers that burn in my heart. +[1645.44 --> 1649.44] Love, take you back to the storm. +[1649.44 --> 1654.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1654.44 --> 1660.44] Lord, I'm sorry. +[1660.44 --> 1664.44] Please forgive me. +[1664.44 --> 1669.44] For when I've gone home, +[1669.44 --> 1674.44] Lord, I need you. +[1674.44 --> 1678.44] How I need you. +[1678.44 --> 1683.44] To awake my soul. +[1684.44 --> 1694.44] I don't know that the world can't burn and fan the flame, till nothing between us remains. +[1694.44 --> 1699.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1699.44 --> 1706.44] Breathe again, all the apers that burn in my heart. +[1706.44 --> 1708.44] A love taken back to the start. +[1708.44 --> 1710.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1710.44 --> 1712.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1712.44 --> 1714.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1714.44 --> 1716.44] My life is an altar to you. +[1716.44 --> 1717.44] surely a life can bear in your-, +[1717.44 --> 1726.44] what face, +[1726.44 --> 1727.44] how I... +[1727.44 --> 1729.44] or how You don't come with me. +[1729.44 --> 1731.44] I., youn, you, you, you, you, you, you. +[1731.44 --> 1733.44] I don't trust another much today, +[1733.44 --> 1735.44] so much as I feel for you. +[1735.44 --> 1744.08] And all the earth will shout your praise, our hearts will cry, these bones will sing, +[1744.08 --> 1749.96] Great are you, Lord? +[1752.46 --> 1761.38] And all the earth will shout your praise, our hearts will cry, these bones will sing, +[1761.38 --> 1768.94] Great are you, Lord? +[1769.60 --> 1778.36] And all the earth will shout your praise, our hearts will cry, these bones will sing, +[1778.74 --> 1784.10] Great are you, Lord? +[1784.10 --> 1791.94] Bless your eyes, your hands will let you pray, these bones worth gone, +[1792.32 --> 1794.32] Banzar is your name, we are you, Lord? +[1794.32 --> 1797.54] And all the earth will Saint, Bible says, +[1797.54 --> 1797.82] Our hearts will tell you, Lord, I will Heil who is and I will show you what you're doing here, +[1797.82 --> 1801.34] Amen. +[1801.80 --> 1803.98] Our hearts will classify, these bones will show you what you're doing here, +[1803.98 --> 1808.94] Whoseominions and the whole world have done? +[1808.94 --> 1812.10] Great are you, Lord, we pray, these God's good, I will say, theseため we pray, these mujer is worth six seconds, +[1812.10 --> 1820.98] Praise is your breath in our lungs, so we pour out our praise to you only. +[1820.98 --> 1845.98] I'm sorry, please forgive me, for when I'm gone cold, Lord I need you. +[1845.98 --> 1855.98] How I need you to awake my soul. +[1875.98 --> 1885.98] How I need you to awake my soul. +[1885.98 --> 1891.98] How I need you to awake my soul. +[1891.98 --> 1897.98] How I need you to awake my soul. +[1897.98 --> 1899.98] Thank you, amen. +[1899.98 --> 1901.98] Thank you. +[1901.98 --> 1911.98] Hope the goodness to do things you'reρη知 at them today. +[1911.98 --> 1927.98] My Savior lives, because He lives, I can face tomorrow, because He lives, all fear is known. +[1927.98 --> 1940.98] Because I know He knows the future, and life is worth the living just because He lives. +[1940.98 --> 1965.32] I'll speak to home, a newborn baby, and feel the pride and joy He gives, but greater still, the calm assurance, this child can face uncertain days. +[1965.32 --> 1980.32] Because I live, because He lives, I can face tomorrow, because He lives, all fear is known. +[1981.32 --> 1993.32] Because I know He knows the future, and life is worth the living just because He lives. +[1993.32 --> 2006.32] And then one day, I'll cross that river, I'll fight life's final war with pain. +[2006.32 --> 2020.32] And then as death gives way to victory, I'll see the lights of glory, and I'll know He lives. +[2020.32 --> 2034.32] Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, because He lives, all fear is known. +[2034.32 --> 2047.32] Because I know He holds the future, and life is worth the living just because He lives. +[2047.32 --> 2051.32] And life is worth the living just because He lives. +[2051.32 --> 2065.32] And life is worth the living just because He lives, all fear is worth the living just because He lives. +[2065.32 --> 2068.32] Good morning, my name is Mike, and I'm a deacon here at the church. +[2068.32 --> 2071.32] And we have an opportunity now to give of our financial gifts. +[2071.32 --> 2074.32] So today we're giving to New Ground Ministries. +[2074.32 --> 2080.32] It's actually a ministry of the CRC church, and it's tied to the Diaconal Ministries of Canada. +[2080.32 --> 2089.32] But what makes them especially special is their model is they help fund new ministries +[2089.32 --> 2093.32] and help come alongside like grassroots ministries that are kind of community focused. +[2093.32 --> 2100.32] So it's a national sort of little sub-organization that really helps get good new ministries off the ground. +[2100.32 --> 2107.32] But the piece that's really cool about them, I was involved with them for a couple of years, is they also offer coaching. +[2107.32 --> 2114.32] So they'll coach a new ministry or a new organization for about three years as they also provide funds to help them get started. +[2114.32 --> 2121.32] So look them up. You can look at the list of organizations they have helped get off the ground and are healthy today. +[2121.32 --> 2127.32] And we also actually have two members of our congregation that are committee members for the National Committee, +[2127.32 --> 2129.32] and that's Kim Prins and Ali Stam. +[2129.32 --> 2133.32] So if you have other questions about New Ground, I'm sure they'd love to fill you in. +[2133.32 --> 2135.32] Thank you for giving this morning. +[2151.32 --> 2158.32] Thank you. +[2158.32 --> 2163.32] Thank you. +[2163.32 --> 2166.32] Thank you. +[2166.32 --> 2171.14] Through your Holy Spirit +[2171.14 --> 2175.04] Conceiving Christ the Son +[2175.04 --> 2177.72] Jesus our Savior +[2177.72 --> 2183.14] I believe in all the water +[2183.14 --> 2186.40] I believe in Christ the Son +[2186.40 --> 2189.54] I believe in the Holy Spirit +[2189.54 --> 2192.64] For God is three in one +[2192.64 --> 2195.32] I believe in the resurrection +[2195.32 --> 2198.70] That we will rise again +[2198.70 --> 2204.30] For I believe in the name of Jesus +[2204.30 --> 2220.32] Our judge and our defender +[2220.32 --> 2223.40] Suffered and crucified +[2223.40 --> 2228.78] Forgiveness is in you +[2228.78 --> 2232.38] Descended into darkness +[2232.38 --> 2236.38] You rose in glorious light +[2236.78 --> 2240.78] Forever seated high +[2240.78 --> 2246.16] I believe in God our Father +[2246.16 --> 2248.76] I believe in Christ the Son +[2248.76 --> 2251.76] I believe in the Holy Spirit +[2251.76 --> 2255.16] Our God is three in one +[2255.16 --> 2258.16] I believe in the resurrection +[2258.16 --> 2263.54] That we will rise again +[2263.54 --> 2267.14] I believe in the name of Jesus +[2267.14 --> 2274.54] I believe in you +[2274.54 --> 2283.52] I believe in you +[2283.52 --> 2288.52] I believe in you +[2288.52 --> 2291.52] I believe in you +[2291.52 --> 2299.50] I believe in your soul +[2299.50 --> 2300.34] I believe in you +[2300.34 --> 2303.90] I believe in you +[2303.90 --> 2304.50] I believe in you +[2304.50 --> 2307.90] I believe in you +[2307.90 --> 2308.74] I believe in, you rose again +[2308.74 --> 2310.58] I believe in you +[2310.58 --> 2311.00] I believe in you +[2311.00 --> 2311.78] I believe in you +[2311.78 --> 2312.54] I believe in you +[2312.54 --> 2312.68] I believe in you +[2312.68 --> 2314.92] Christ is +[2314.92 --> 2315.98] Lord +[2315.98 --> 2322.96] I believe in +[2322.96 --> 2324.36] life eternal +[2324.36 --> 2326.78] I believe in the virgin +[2326.78 --> 2328.80] birth I believe +[2328.80 --> 2330.76] in the saints communion +[2330.76 --> 2332.64] and in your +[2332.64 --> 2334.26] holy church +[2334.26 --> 2336.96] I believe in the resurrection +[2336.96 --> 2338.66] when Jesus +[2338.66 --> 2340.42] comes again +[2340.42 --> 2342.42] for I believe +[2342.42 --> 2345.12] in the name of +[2345.12 --> 2346.04] Jesus +[2346.04 --> 2349.02] I believe in God our +[2349.02 --> 2350.98] Father I believe +[2350.98 --> 2352.82] in Christ the Son +[2352.82 --> 2354.94] I believe in the Holy +[2354.94 --> 2357.20] Spirit our God +[2357.20 --> 2359.10] is three and one +[2359.10 --> 2361.82] I believe in the resurrection +[2361.82 --> 2363.28] that we +[2363.28 --> 2365.28] will rise again +[2365.28 --> 2367.10] for I believe +[2367.10 --> 2369.20] in the name +[2369.20 --> 2370.96] of Jesus +[2370.96 --> 2373.58] for I believe +[2373.58 --> 2375.58] in the name +[2375.58 --> 2377.56] of Jesus +[2377.56 --> 2381.34] I believe in the Lord +[2381.34 --> 2383.12] I believe in the Holy +[2383.12 --> 2383.18] God +[2383.18 --> 2383.94] is three and one +[2383.94 --> 2385.26] I believe in the Holy +[2385.26 --> 2386.18] Spirit our God +[2386.18 --> 2387.04] is three and one +[2387.04 --> 2388.78] of the Holy +[2388.78 --> 2389.76] and one +[2389.76 --> 2390.32] of the Holy +[2390.32 --> 2390.94] good morning +[2390.94 --> 2391.88] I'd like to invite +[2391.88 --> 2392.96] any kids forward +[2392.96 --> 2394.32] who are age three +[2394.32 --> 2394.90] all the way up +[2394.90 --> 2395.80] to grade four +[2395.80 --> 2396.64] to join us +[2396.64 --> 2397.46] at the front here +[2397.46 --> 2398.18] for Kids Corner +[2398.18 --> 2399.44] and then we'll be +[2399.44 --> 2400.24] heading off +[2400.24 --> 2401.52] to continue our +[2401.52 --> 2402.76] worship and learning +[2402.76 --> 2403.98] in children's worship time +[2403.98 --> 2409.46] we're missing some +[2409.46 --> 2411.04] of our older girls +[2411.04 --> 2411.60] today because +[2411.60 --> 2412.80] they're at Gems Camp +[2412.80 --> 2413.40] for the weekend +[2413.40 --> 2414.02] maybe some of your +[2414.02 --> 2415.64] sisters or you notice +[2415.64 --> 2416.42] that they're not here +[2416.42 --> 2418.08] so I'm going to tell you +[2418.08 --> 2418.68] about something +[2418.68 --> 2420.02] that I did +[2420.02 --> 2420.58] on the weekend +[2420.58 --> 2422.32] I went to see +[2422.32 --> 2423.02] a play +[2423.02 --> 2424.18] and the play +[2424.18 --> 2425.46] was a musical +[2425.46 --> 2426.60] of Frozen +[2426.60 --> 2427.82] has anyone here +[2427.82 --> 2428.56] seen the movie +[2428.56 --> 2429.06] Frozen? +[2430.10 --> 2430.40] yeah? +[2430.68 --> 2431.32] you know a little bit +[2431.32 --> 2431.74] about Frozen? +[2431.74 --> 2432.20] great +[2432.20 --> 2433.04] I'm wondering +[2433.04 --> 2433.58] who are some +[2433.58 --> 2434.32] of your favorite +[2434.32 --> 2436.12] characters in Frozen +[2436.12 --> 2436.84] who do you really +[2436.84 --> 2437.80] like watching? +[2439.08 --> 2439.60] Elsa +[2439.60 --> 2441.94] Kristoff +[2441.94 --> 2444.02] Olaf +[2444.02 --> 2445.80] Elsa +[2445.80 --> 2446.82] Everly +[2446.82 --> 2447.98] Elsa +[2447.98 --> 2448.98] those are really +[2448.98 --> 2449.98] lovable people +[2449.98 --> 2450.16] right? +[2450.22 --> 2450.98] those are the characters +[2450.98 --> 2451.76] that we all like +[2451.76 --> 2452.82] Olaf's so funny +[2452.82 --> 2453.90] of course we like him +[2453.90 --> 2454.94] I really like Sven +[2454.94 --> 2456.06] and the way he talks +[2456.06 --> 2457.96] but yesterday +[2457.96 --> 2458.56] when we were +[2458.56 --> 2459.60] at this musical +[2459.60 --> 2460.92] when Elsa was +[2460.92 --> 2462.06] singing her song +[2462.06 --> 2463.06] and when Anna +[2463.06 --> 2464.76] was being herself +[2464.76 --> 2465.76] and Olaf was doing +[2465.76 --> 2466.58] his little jokes +[2466.58 --> 2467.48] everyone laughed +[2467.48 --> 2468.56] but there was +[2468.56 --> 2469.14] someone else +[2469.14 --> 2470.30] in the play +[2470.30 --> 2471.92] and toward the end +[2471.92 --> 2472.24] of the movie +[2472.24 --> 2472.94] he did something +[2472.94 --> 2474.10] that was really mean +[2474.10 --> 2475.82] Hans +[2475.82 --> 2476.60] yeah +[2476.60 --> 2477.92] and do you know +[2477.92 --> 2478.68] what people did +[2478.68 --> 2479.54] when Hans +[2479.54 --> 2481.16] was at the +[2481.16 --> 2482.00] kind of at the end +[2482.00 --> 2482.80] when he was saying +[2482.80 --> 2483.78] that he didn't +[2483.78 --> 2484.86] actually love Anna +[2484.86 --> 2485.24] do you know +[2485.24 --> 2485.78] what they did? +[2486.36 --> 2487.38] the whole audience +[2487.38 --> 2487.82] went +[2487.82 --> 2488.92] boo +[2488.92 --> 2492.96] they booed him +[2492.96 --> 2493.38] do you know +[2493.38 --> 2494.20] why they booed him? +[2495.00 --> 2495.80] well because he's +[2495.80 --> 2497.02] kind of hard to like +[2497.02 --> 2497.60] right? +[2497.72 --> 2498.74] he's not very nice +[2498.74 --> 2500.78] he doesn't do +[2500.78 --> 2501.50] kind things +[2501.50 --> 2502.12] to other people +[2502.12 --> 2503.04] and he tricks Anna +[2503.04 --> 2503.30] right? +[2503.36 --> 2504.32] and it's hard to like him +[2504.32 --> 2505.66] so today +[2505.66 --> 2506.54] in children's worship +[2506.54 --> 2507.26] what we're going to +[2507.26 --> 2507.78] talk about +[2507.78 --> 2508.74] is that God +[2508.74 --> 2509.62] wants us to love +[2509.62 --> 2510.66] people who are +[2510.66 --> 2511.68] hard to love +[2511.68 --> 2513.52] people like Hans +[2513.52 --> 2514.70] who might be hard to love +[2514.70 --> 2515.56] so we're going to +[2515.56 --> 2515.92] think about +[2515.92 --> 2516.54] what that means +[2516.54 --> 2517.20] for us +[2517.20 --> 2518.00] and our life +[2518.00 --> 2518.76] and how we love +[2518.76 --> 2519.70] those around us +[2519.70 --> 2520.98] so I'd like to +[2520.98 --> 2522.20] invite you to stand up +[2522.20 --> 2522.82] and we're going to +[2522.82 --> 2523.66] do the children's +[2523.66 --> 2524.00] blessing +[2524.00 --> 2525.42] and then head off +[2547.20 --> 2563.40] good morning +[2563.40 --> 2564.64] I'm Steve +[2564.64 --> 2565.22] an elder here +[2565.22 --> 2566.36] and I have the pleasure +[2566.36 --> 2567.48] of leading +[2567.48 --> 2569.02] prayer this morning +[2569.02 --> 2570.56] let's pray +[2570.56 --> 2573.54] ever faithful +[2573.54 --> 2575.20] resurrecting God +[2575.20 --> 2575.64] and Father +[2575.64 --> 2577.12] we thank you +[2577.12 --> 2578.32] for being our God +[2578.32 --> 2579.30] and calling us +[2579.30 --> 2579.88] into communion +[2579.88 --> 2580.38] with you +[2580.38 --> 2582.32] thank you for giving us +[2582.32 --> 2583.04] prayer +[2583.04 --> 2584.18] as a way to communicate +[2584.18 --> 2585.38] a way to praise +[2585.38 --> 2586.26] praise you +[2586.26 --> 2588.06] to confess our shortcomings +[2588.06 --> 2589.72] to give you thanks +[2589.72 --> 2591.00] a way to petition +[2591.00 --> 2591.66] and claim +[2591.66 --> 2592.48] your promises +[2592.48 --> 2594.40] and a way to ask you +[2594.40 --> 2595.00] to intercede +[2595.00 --> 2595.60] in our lives +[2595.60 --> 2596.50] in the lives +[2596.50 --> 2596.98] of others +[2596.98 --> 2598.40] you are the one +[2598.40 --> 2599.36] constant in life +[2599.36 --> 2601.82] Lord you are the creator +[2601.82 --> 2602.94] the one who shapes +[2602.94 --> 2604.14] and molds all things +[2604.14 --> 2605.56] and the one who gives us +[2605.56 --> 2606.56] purpose and meaning +[2606.56 --> 2608.26] help us to recognize +[2608.26 --> 2609.80] that we need to be +[2609.80 --> 2610.82] reconciled with you +[2610.82 --> 2611.54] before we are +[2611.54 --> 2613.28] able to fully reconcile +[2613.28 --> 2614.14] with one another +[2614.14 --> 2616.40] work in our hearts +[2616.40 --> 2617.18] and shape us +[2617.18 --> 2618.02] through the work +[2618.02 --> 2618.94] of the Holy Spirit +[2618.94 --> 2620.02] a shaping +[2620.02 --> 2620.86] that never seems +[2620.86 --> 2621.92] to be easy +[2621.92 --> 2622.46] to endure +[2622.46 --> 2623.64] or understand +[2623.64 --> 2625.46] Lord we confess +[2625.46 --> 2626.38] that we resist +[2626.38 --> 2627.10] being shaped +[2627.10 --> 2628.32] through life's +[2628.32 --> 2628.96] circumstances +[2628.96 --> 2629.74] and the works +[2629.74 --> 2630.14] and gifts +[2630.14 --> 2631.00] of the Holy Spirit +[2631.00 --> 2632.72] instead we allow +[2632.72 --> 2633.56] our egos to get +[2633.56 --> 2633.96] in the way +[2633.96 --> 2635.08] and allow ourselves +[2635.08 --> 2635.68] to be shaped +[2635.68 --> 2637.14] by the many external +[2637.14 --> 2638.14] influences of the world +[2638.14 --> 2638.76] around us +[2638.76 --> 2640.28] we confess +[2640.28 --> 2641.38] that rather being shaped +[2641.38 --> 2642.12] by your teachings +[2642.12 --> 2642.88] and instructions +[2642.88 --> 2644.22] and by the gifts +[2644.22 --> 2644.78] and talents +[2644.78 --> 2645.84] that you give each of us +[2645.84 --> 2647.14] we look to the world +[2647.14 --> 2647.68] around us +[2647.68 --> 2648.46] for affirmation +[2648.46 --> 2648.88] and meaning +[2648.88 --> 2650.72] we often aimlessly +[2650.72 --> 2652.28] follow each new trend +[2652.28 --> 2653.50] we confess +[2653.50 --> 2654.32] that we would rather +[2654.32 --> 2655.64] walk the smooth path +[2655.64 --> 2656.40] than to endure +[2656.40 --> 2657.66] struggles and temptations +[2657.66 --> 2658.96] we confess +[2658.96 --> 2660.18] that we easily +[2660.18 --> 2660.74] complain +[2660.74 --> 2661.60] when faced +[2661.60 --> 2662.22] with difficulties +[2662.22 --> 2663.32] rather than +[2663.32 --> 2664.20] follow the example +[2664.20 --> 2665.10] set by your son +[2665.10 --> 2666.36] we confess +[2666.36 --> 2667.20] that we often +[2667.20 --> 2667.74] lose sight +[2667.74 --> 2668.32] of what is really +[2668.32 --> 2668.78] important +[2668.78 --> 2669.90] forgive us father +[2669.90 --> 2671.52] open our eyes +[2671.52 --> 2672.06] and our hearts +[2672.06 --> 2672.76] to your plan +[2672.76 --> 2673.22] and purpose +[2673.22 --> 2673.80] in our lives +[2673.80 --> 2674.64] fill us with +[2674.64 --> 2675.22] your blessings +[2675.22 --> 2678.06] thank you for love +[2678.06 --> 2679.26] for not only +[2679.26 --> 2679.92] the outpouring +[2679.92 --> 2680.56] of your love +[2680.56 --> 2681.42] but also the love +[2681.42 --> 2682.40] of family and friends +[2682.40 --> 2683.10] and the acts +[2683.10 --> 2683.50] of love +[2683.50 --> 2684.54] and kindness +[2684.54 --> 2685.20] shown to +[2685.20 --> 2686.80] and by others +[2686.80 --> 2687.80] thank you +[2687.80 --> 2688.86] for your all sufficient +[2688.86 --> 2690.00] grace in our lives +[2690.00 --> 2690.90] help us to be +[2690.90 --> 2691.76] living examples +[2691.76 --> 2693.44] showing kindness +[2693.44 --> 2694.00] goodness +[2694.00 --> 2694.72] faithfulness +[2694.72 --> 2695.28] gentleness +[2695.28 --> 2696.36] and self-control +[2696.36 --> 2698.64] lord we know +[2698.64 --> 2699.40] that we are called +[2699.40 --> 2699.96] to action +[2699.96 --> 2701.20] to express our faith +[2701.20 --> 2702.00] in all we do +[2702.00 --> 2704.04] we do not fully +[2704.04 --> 2705.48] know or understand +[2705.48 --> 2706.02] your will +[2706.02 --> 2706.62] and our plan +[2706.62 --> 2707.46] for our lives +[2707.46 --> 2708.46] but teach us +[2708.46 --> 2708.92] to trust +[2708.92 --> 2709.56] and obey you +[2709.56 --> 2710.96] help us to hear +[2710.96 --> 2711.74] your call +[2711.74 --> 2713.72] for our lives +[2713.72 --> 2714.48] and move forward +[2714.48 --> 2715.00] in faith +[2715.00 --> 2716.96] lord we thank you +[2716.96 --> 2717.46] for allowing +[2717.46 --> 2718.12] to bring us +[2718.12 --> 2719.56] our petitions +[2719.56 --> 2719.96] to you +[2719.96 --> 2720.58] we pray +[2720.58 --> 2721.94] for the ongoing +[2721.94 --> 2722.70] issues +[2722.70 --> 2723.62] around our globe +[2723.62 --> 2724.68] we think of wars +[2724.68 --> 2725.38] and conflicts +[2725.38 --> 2726.92] in many regions +[2726.92 --> 2728.86] we pray for our leaders +[2728.86 --> 2730.34] provide them wisdom +[2730.34 --> 2731.20] and discernment +[2731.20 --> 2733.04] we pray for those +[2733.04 --> 2734.10] affected by poverty +[2734.10 --> 2734.62] and hungry +[2734.62 --> 2736.36] and the hungry +[2736.36 --> 2738.08] in both the poor nations +[2738.08 --> 2739.16] and the rich nations +[2739.16 --> 2739.80] of our world +[2739.80 --> 2741.42] help us +[2741.42 --> 2742.94] who are +[2742.94 --> 2744.52] who are more fortunate +[2744.52 --> 2745.68] not to close our eyes +[2745.68 --> 2746.12] or ears +[2746.12 --> 2746.74] to the calls +[2746.74 --> 2747.18] for help +[2747.18 --> 2750.72] in our own church +[2750.72 --> 2751.18] community +[2751.18 --> 2752.50] we pray for the +[2752.50 --> 2753.20] GEMS ministry +[2753.20 --> 2753.94] and the leaders +[2753.94 --> 2754.46] and the girls +[2754.46 --> 2755.08] that are at camp +[2755.08 --> 2755.60] this weekend +[2755.60 --> 2756.62] we pray they've had +[2756.62 --> 2757.28] a great time +[2757.28 --> 2757.90] of fellowship +[2757.90 --> 2758.40] and fun +[2758.40 --> 2760.56] with much gratitude +[2760.56 --> 2761.34] we thank God +[2761.34 --> 2761.80] for the healing +[2761.80 --> 2762.56] of John Koenig +[2762.56 --> 2764.20] from stage 4 melanoma +[2764.20 --> 2764.88] we pray that +[2764.88 --> 2765.74] for John +[2765.74 --> 2766.44] as he adjusts +[2766.44 --> 2767.32] for all the side effects +[2767.32 --> 2767.96] of the treatment +[2767.96 --> 2769.72] he just endured +[2769.72 --> 2770.76] and works towards +[2770.76 --> 2771.20] regaining +[2771.20 --> 2772.28] his overall health +[2772.28 --> 2774.36] we are thankful +[2774.36 --> 2775.56] that Judy Dykstra +[2775.56 --> 2776.24] is back home +[2776.24 --> 2776.80] and recovering +[2776.80 --> 2780.08] we pray for Ryland +[2780.08 --> 2781.44] and Laura Benny +[2781.44 --> 2782.20] as they lost +[2782.20 --> 2783.22] their young baby boy +[2783.22 --> 2783.84] Jack +[2783.84 --> 2785.66] we pray for comfort +[2785.66 --> 2786.46] for this family +[2786.46 --> 2787.58] during this time +[2787.58 --> 2788.52] of immense loss +[2788.52 --> 2790.92] we pray for comfort +[2790.92 --> 2792.06] for Grace Vanderdeen +[2792.06 --> 2792.68] as her mom +[2792.68 --> 2793.70] passed away +[2793.70 --> 2795.20] this past week +[2795.20 --> 2796.38] and we pray +[2796.38 --> 2797.02] for the family +[2797.02 --> 2797.78] of Amy Kahn +[2797.78 --> 2799.10] who passed away +[2799.10 --> 2799.98] several weeks ago +[2799.98 --> 2802.00] may the peace of Christ +[2802.00 --> 2802.98] be near these families +[2802.98 --> 2803.70] during this time +[2803.70 --> 2804.20] of loss +[2804.20 --> 2808.26] be with all those +[2808.26 --> 2808.88] that are suffering +[2808.88 --> 2809.42] and struggling +[2809.42 --> 2810.18] and help us +[2810.18 --> 2810.84] to reach out +[2810.84 --> 2812.66] to provide assistance +[2812.66 --> 2813.60] and a listening ear +[2813.60 --> 2814.76] we pray for healing +[2814.76 --> 2815.34] and restoration +[2815.34 --> 2816.44] for those we know +[2816.44 --> 2817.12] about +[2817.12 --> 2817.94] and those who are +[2817.94 --> 2818.94] suffering in silence +[2818.94 --> 2820.80] and we pray +[2820.80 --> 2821.38] for the wisdom +[2821.38 --> 2821.92] and guidance +[2821.92 --> 2823.20] as we finalize +[2823.20 --> 2824.16] our nominations +[2824.16 --> 2825.50] for our new +[2825.50 --> 2826.18] office bearers +[2826.18 --> 2826.88] for the coming year +[2826.88 --> 2829.16] this morning +[2829.16 --> 2829.64] we pray +[2829.64 --> 2830.38] that you be with +[2830.38 --> 2830.98] Pastor Chris +[2830.98 --> 2831.90] as he leads us +[2831.90 --> 2834.02] Lord we thank you +[2834.02 --> 2834.66] for his willingness +[2834.66 --> 2835.64] to share his gifts +[2835.64 --> 2836.88] with us here at Emmanuel +[2836.88 --> 2837.60] and we ask that you +[2837.60 --> 2838.00] bless him +[2838.00 --> 2838.52] in his message +[2838.52 --> 2839.06] this morning +[2839.06 --> 2840.72] we pray all this +[2840.72 --> 2842.46] in the name of Jesus Christ +[2842.46 --> 2844.08] your son +[2844.08 --> 2845.18] our Lord and Savior +[2845.18 --> 2846.24] Amen +[2846.24 --> 2865.98] to pick up +[2865.98 --> 2867.84] in essence +[2867.84 --> 2868.36] from where +[2868.36 --> 2869.62] Nikki brought us +[2869.62 --> 2870.86] I'll do my best +[2870.86 --> 2871.62] this morning +[2871.62 --> 2873.44] to leave +[2873.44 --> 2874.48] where you're +[2874.48 --> 2875.16] you're not +[2875.16 --> 2875.78] booing me +[2875.78 --> 2876.38] off stage +[2876.38 --> 2880.54] as we dig +[2880.54 --> 2881.22] into our text +[2881.22 --> 2881.68] this morning +[2881.68 --> 2882.78] we're going to read +[2882.78 --> 2884.34] from Romans 15 +[2884.34 --> 2885.84] 1 through 13 +[2885.84 --> 2888.08] and let me just +[2888.08 --> 2888.68] sort of set +[2888.68 --> 2889.74] the stage +[2889.74 --> 2890.16] because +[2890.16 --> 2892.16] we come into +[2892.16 --> 2892.70] this +[2892.70 --> 2893.60] recognizing +[2893.60 --> 2895.84] that we all +[2895.84 --> 2896.80] know people +[2896.80 --> 2897.92] but none of us +[2897.92 --> 2898.88] are those people +[2898.88 --> 2900.72] who are +[2900.72 --> 2902.04] disagreeable +[2902.04 --> 2904.94] someone got it +[2904.94 --> 2905.46] over there +[2905.46 --> 2907.04] right +[2907.04 --> 2907.52] we all know +[2907.52 --> 2908.36] people who +[2908.36 --> 2909.44] seems like +[2909.44 --> 2910.32] they want to +[2910.32 --> 2911.62] argue everything +[2911.62 --> 2912.04] you say +[2912.04 --> 2912.94] just for the sake +[2912.94 --> 2913.42] of arguing +[2913.42 --> 2914.34] everything you say +[2914.34 --> 2916.60] and I'll be honest +[2916.60 --> 2919.06] it's kind of fun +[2919.06 --> 2920.96] I'm kind of that +[2920.96 --> 2921.72] guy sometimes +[2921.72 --> 2922.60] I enjoy +[2922.60 --> 2923.74] a good argument +[2923.74 --> 2925.46] I enjoy +[2925.46 --> 2926.54] a hard +[2926.54 --> 2927.44] discussion +[2927.44 --> 2931.00] but what +[2931.00 --> 2931.98] happens +[2931.98 --> 2933.26] and again +[2933.26 --> 2933.84] this doesn't +[2933.84 --> 2934.38] happen here +[2934.38 --> 2936.10] when there are +[2936.10 --> 2936.58] people +[2936.58 --> 2938.06] who +[2938.06 --> 2939.62] seem to +[2939.62 --> 2940.28] thrive +[2940.28 --> 2941.92] in fostering +[2941.92 --> 2942.70] disunity +[2942.70 --> 2946.12] what happens +[2946.12 --> 2947.18] when there's +[2947.18 --> 2947.92] a group +[2947.92 --> 2948.78] that is +[2948.78 --> 2949.26] being +[2949.26 --> 2950.18] torn apart +[2950.18 --> 2952.12] by +[2952.12 --> 2952.74] people +[2952.74 --> 2953.38] who +[2953.38 --> 2954.86] for one +[2954.86 --> 2955.28] reason +[2955.28 --> 2955.98] or another +[2955.98 --> 2956.72] sometimes +[2956.72 --> 2958.08] more legitimate +[2958.08 --> 2958.70] than other +[2958.70 --> 2959.28] times +[2959.28 --> 2960.80] want to +[2960.80 --> 2961.22] tear that +[2961.22 --> 2961.60] community +[2961.60 --> 2962.00] apart +[2962.00 --> 2964.60] this text +[2964.60 --> 2964.98] is the +[2964.98 --> 2965.40] answer +[2965.40 --> 2966.56] I believe +[2966.56 --> 2967.46] to that +[2967.46 --> 2969.02] so I'm +[2969.02 --> 2969.48] going to read +[2969.48 --> 2971.24] Romans 15 +[2971.24 --> 2972.38] verses 1 +[2972.38 --> 2973.24] through 13 +[2973.24 --> 2974.32] together +[2974.32 --> 2975.74] now in many +[2975.74 --> 2976.04] ways +[2976.04 --> 2977.02] if you are +[2977.02 --> 2977.34] a guest +[2977.34 --> 2977.78] with us +[2977.78 --> 2978.42] this text +[2978.42 --> 2979.12] picks up +[2979.12 --> 2979.56] in a +[2979.56 --> 2980.28] longer +[2980.28 --> 2981.04] conversation +[2981.04 --> 2981.48] we've been +[2981.48 --> 2981.96] having for +[2981.96 --> 2982.32] the last +[2982.32 --> 2982.94] few weeks +[2982.94 --> 2983.78] I'll do +[2983.78 --> 2984.06] a little +[2984.06 --> 2984.46] bit to +[2984.46 --> 2984.92] recap +[2984.92 --> 2986.80] but +[2986.80 --> 2987.38] just +[2987.38 --> 2987.82] recognize +[2987.82 --> 2988.16] that we're +[2988.16 --> 2988.42] starting +[2988.42 --> 2991.64] mid story +[2991.64 --> 2992.16] or mid +[2992.16 --> 2992.58] stream +[2992.58 --> 2993.82] in chapter +[2993.82 --> 2994.30] 15 +[2994.30 --> 2994.90] you might +[2994.90 --> 2995.16] even be +[2995.16 --> 2995.42] able to +[2995.42 --> 2995.96] see that +[2995.96 --> 2996.94] based on +[2996.94 --> 2997.50] the translation +[2997.50 --> 2997.98] you're reading +[2997.98 --> 2998.24] from +[2998.24 --> 2998.54] that there's +[2998.54 --> 2998.92] no new +[2998.92 --> 2999.24] heading +[2999.24 --> 3000.08] there +[3000.08 --> 3000.54] so +[3000.54 --> 3001.04] here we +[3001.04 --> 3001.28] go +[3001.28 --> 3003.52] we who +[3003.52 --> 3004.30] are strong +[3004.30 --> 3004.96] ought to +[3004.96 --> 3005.44] bear with +[3005.44 --> 3006.08] the failings +[3006.08 --> 3006.40] of the +[3006.40 --> 3006.78] weak +[3006.78 --> 3007.66] and not +[3007.66 --> 3008.28] please +[3008.28 --> 3008.74] ourselves +[3008.74 --> 3010.62] each of +[3010.62 --> 3011.16] us should +[3011.16 --> 3011.74] please our +[3011.74 --> 3012.08] neighbors +[3012.08 --> 3013.04] for their +[3013.04 --> 3013.54] good +[3013.54 --> 3014.46] to build +[3014.46 --> 3014.90] them +[3014.90 --> 3015.22] up +[3015.22 --> 3017.12] for even +[3017.12 --> 3017.66] Christ +[3017.66 --> 3018.26] did not +[3018.26 --> 3018.64] please +[3018.64 --> 3019.18] himself +[3019.18 --> 3020.06] but as +[3020.06 --> 3020.42] it is +[3020.42 --> 3020.66] written +[3020.66 --> 3021.90] the insults +[3021.90 --> 3022.44] of those +[3022.44 --> 3023.14] who insult +[3023.14 --> 3023.48] you +[3023.48 --> 3024.20] have fallen +[3024.20 --> 3024.88] on me +[3024.88 --> 3026.88] for everything +[3026.88 --> 3027.40] that was +[3027.40 --> 3027.88] written in +[3027.88 --> 3028.40] the past +[3028.40 --> 3028.88] was written +[3028.88 --> 3029.46] to teach +[3029.46 --> 3029.84] us +[3029.84 --> 3030.60] so that +[3030.60 --> 3031.24] through the +[3031.24 --> 3031.82] endurance +[3031.82 --> 3032.40] taught in +[3032.40 --> 3032.88] the scriptures +[3032.88 --> 3033.62] and the +[3033.62 --> 3034.16] encouragement +[3034.16 --> 3035.02] they provide +[3035.02 --> 3035.86] we might +[3035.86 --> 3036.40] have +[3036.40 --> 3037.14] hope +[3037.14 --> 3039.82] may the +[3039.82 --> 3040.34] God who +[3040.34 --> 3040.80] gives +[3040.80 --> 3041.36] endurance +[3041.36 --> 3041.92] and +[3041.92 --> 3042.60] encouragement +[3042.60 --> 3043.58] give you +[3043.58 --> 3044.20] the same +[3044.20 --> 3044.72] attitude +[3044.72 --> 3045.62] of mind +[3045.62 --> 3046.48] toward each +[3046.48 --> 3046.82] other +[3046.82 --> 3047.80] that Christ +[3047.80 --> 3048.72] Jesus had +[3048.72 --> 3049.70] so that +[3049.70 --> 3050.28] with one +[3050.28 --> 3050.78] mind +[3050.78 --> 3051.34] and one +[3051.34 --> 3051.80] voice +[3051.80 --> 3052.26] you may +[3052.26 --> 3053.12] glorify +[3053.12 --> 3053.84] the God +[3053.84 --> 3054.42] and Father +[3054.42 --> 3055.08] of our +[3055.08 --> 3055.46] Lord +[3055.46 --> 3055.90] Jesus +[3055.90 --> 3056.48] Christ +[3056.48 --> 3058.82] accept +[3058.82 --> 3059.54] one another +[3059.54 --> 3060.06] then +[3060.06 --> 3061.04] just as +[3061.04 --> 3061.40] Christ +[3061.40 --> 3061.94] accepted +[3061.94 --> 3062.32] you +[3062.32 --> 3063.00] in order +[3063.00 --> 3063.40] to bring +[3063.40 --> 3063.92] praise +[3063.92 --> 3064.48] to God +[3064.48 --> 3065.80] for I +[3065.80 --> 3066.26] tell you +[3066.26 --> 3066.82] that Christ +[3066.82 --> 3067.44] has become +[3067.44 --> 3067.98] a servant +[3067.98 --> 3068.70] of the Jews +[3068.70 --> 3069.32] on behalf +[3069.32 --> 3069.90] of God's +[3069.90 --> 3070.18] truth +[3070.18 --> 3070.84] so that +[3070.84 --> 3071.42] the promises +[3071.42 --> 3071.96] made +[3071.96 --> 3072.34] to the +[3072.34 --> 3073.10] patriarchs +[3073.10 --> 3073.84] might be +[3073.84 --> 3074.40] confirmed +[3074.40 --> 3075.66] and moreover +[3075.66 --> 3076.24] that the +[3076.24 --> 3076.92] Gentiles +[3076.92 --> 3077.94] might glorify 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the root +[3097.82 --> 3098.38] of Jesse +[3098.38 --> 3099.10] will spring +[3099.10 --> 3099.32] up +[3099.32 --> 3099.94] one who +[3099.94 --> 3100.72] will arise +[3100.72 --> 3101.28] to rule +[3101.28 --> 3101.78] over the +[3101.78 --> 3102.20] nations +[3102.20 --> 3103.12] in him +[3103.12 --> 3104.20] the Gentiles +[3104.20 --> 3104.94] will hope +[3104.94 --> 3107.32] may the +[3107.32 --> 3107.96] God of +[3107.96 --> 3108.38] hope +[3108.38 --> 3109.28] fill you +[3109.28 --> 3109.80] with all +[3109.80 --> 3110.28] joy +[3110.28 --> 3111.02] and peace +[3111.02 --> 3111.46] as you +[3111.46 --> 3111.94] trust +[3111.94 --> 3113.28] in him +[3113.28 --> 3113.88] so that +[3113.88 --> 3114.28] you may +[3114.28 --> 3114.90] overflow +[3114.90 --> 3116.02] with hope +[3116.02 --> 3116.70] by the +[3116.70 --> 3117.14] power +[3117.14 --> 3117.96] of the +[3117.96 --> 3118.32] Holy +[3118.32 --> 3119.02] Spirit +[3119.02 --> 3120.58] this is +[3120.58 --> 3120.86] the word 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living +[3151.54 --> 3151.92] in +[3151.92 --> 3153.46] that maturity +[3153.46 --> 3154.62] in the +[3154.62 --> 3155.12] gospel +[3155.12 --> 3156.28] builds +[3156.28 --> 3157.14] unity +[3157.14 --> 3158.02] around +[3158.02 --> 3158.76] the gospel +[3158.76 --> 3160.96] that's the +[3160.96 --> 3161.84] big idea +[3161.84 --> 3162.28] or the +[3162.28 --> 3162.90] theme +[3162.90 --> 3163.54] for this +[3163.54 --> 3163.80] morning +[3163.80 --> 3164.32] maturity +[3164.32 --> 3165.18] in the +[3165.18 --> 3165.56] gospel +[3165.56 --> 3166.04] builds +[3166.04 --> 3166.68] unity +[3166.68 --> 3167.80] around +[3167.80 --> 3168.80] the gospel +[3168.80 --> 3170.92] chapters +[3170.92 --> 3171.88] 14 +[3171.88 --> 3172.72] this +[3172.72 --> 3173.16] first +[3173.16 --> 3173.50] part +[3173.50 --> 3173.72] of +[3173.72 --> 3174.08] chapter +[3174.08 --> 3174.62] 15 +[3174.62 --> 3176.26] about +[3176.26 --> 3177.00] what it +[3177.00 --> 3177.78] looks like +[3177.78 --> 3178.60] to +[3178.60 --> 3179.58] mature +[3179.58 --> 3180.64] in the +[3180.64 --> 3181.06] gospel +[3181.06 --> 3182.56] right +[3182.56 --> 3182.94] Paul +[3182.94 --> 3183.54] has been +[3183.54 --> 3184.50] contrasting +[3184.50 --> 3185.22] his language +[3185.22 --> 3185.80] is the +[3185.80 --> 3186.14] weaker +[3186.14 --> 3186.60] brother +[3186.60 --> 3187.26] or sister +[3187.26 --> 3188.42] with the +[3188.42 --> 3189.22] stronger +[3189.22 --> 3189.76] brother +[3189.76 --> 3190.48] or sister +[3190.48 --> 3191.62] and what +[3191.62 --> 3192.14] we've said +[3192.14 --> 3192.62] is what that +[3192.62 --> 3193.32] really means +[3193.32 --> 3194.04] those who +[3194.04 --> 3194.88] are less +[3194.88 --> 3195.42] mature +[3195.42 --> 3196.34] in faith +[3196.34 --> 3196.92] and those +[3196.92 --> 3197.24] who are +[3197.24 --> 3197.66] more +[3197.66 --> 3198.18] mature +[3198.18 --> 3198.94] in the +[3198.94 --> 3199.28] faith +[3199.28 --> 3200.74] and we've +[3200.74 --> 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short +[3240.18 --> 3240.90] that the gospel +[3240.90 --> 3242.22] changes everything +[3242.22 --> 3244.26] and we let +[3244.26 --> 3244.82] the gospel +[3244.82 --> 3245.84] change everything +[3245.84 --> 3246.82] about our +[3246.82 --> 3247.40] lives +[3247.40 --> 3247.78] and how we +[3247.78 --> 3248.38] live together +[3248.38 --> 3249.68] that is +[3249.68 --> 3250.02] what it +[3250.02 --> 3250.80] means to +[3250.80 --> 3251.60] mature +[3251.60 --> 3253.92] now the +[3253.92 --> 3254.48] particular +[3254.48 --> 3255.66] locus +[3255.66 --> 3256.14] of the +[3256.14 --> 3256.76] conversation +[3256.76 --> 3257.62] for Paul +[3257.62 --> 3258.24] has been +[3258.24 --> 3258.80] around +[3258.80 --> 3259.64] what he +[3259.64 --> 3260.42] has called +[3260.42 --> 3261.46] disputable +[3261.46 --> 3262.20] matters +[3262.20 --> 3263.36] if your +[3263.36 --> 3263.78] bibles are +[3263.78 --> 3264.16] open +[3264.16 --> 3264.90] you can +[3264.90 --> 3265.32] see in +[3265.32 --> 3267.16] chapter 14 +[3267.16 --> 3268.34] verse 1 +[3268.34 --> 3269.24] this conversation +[3269.24 --> 3270.06] started with +[3270.06 --> 3270.86] Paul writing +[3270.86 --> 3272.06] accept the +[3272.06 --> 3272.72] one whose +[3272.72 --> 3273.34] faith is +[3273.34 --> 3273.72] weak +[3273.72 --> 3274.24] without +[3274.24 --> 3274.98] quarreling +[3274.98 --> 3275.46] over +[3275.46 --> 3276.36] disputable +[3276.36 --> 3277.46] matters +[3277.46 --> 3279.00] so accept +[3279.00 --> 3279.54] the one +[3279.54 --> 3280.54] who is +[3280.54 --> 3281.24] less mature +[3281.24 --> 3281.74] in their +[3281.74 --> 3282.12] faith +[3282.12 --> 3282.52] without +[3282.52 --> 3283.12] quarreling +[3283.12 --> 3283.48] over +[3283.48 --> 3284.48] disputable +[3284.48 --> 3285.20] matters +[3285.20 --> 3285.66] and we've +[3285.66 --> 3285.80] been +[3285.80 --> 3286.56] careful +[3286.56 --> 3287.32] in this +[3287.32 --> 3287.76] time +[3287.76 --> 3288.76] to define +[3288.76 --> 3289.28] those +[3289.28 --> 3290.30] disputable +[3290.30 --> 3290.86] matters +[3290.86 --> 3292.16] as things +[3292.16 --> 3293.00] about which +[3293.00 --> 3293.84] scripture +[3293.84 --> 3294.86] seems to +[3294.86 --> 3295.92] see two +[3295.92 --> 3296.62] ways +[3296.62 --> 3296.98] either +[3296.98 --> 3297.70] explicitly +[3297.70 --> 3299.68] or implicitly +[3299.68 --> 3300.22] through a +[3300.22 --> 3300.98] contrasting +[3300.98 --> 3301.98] of experience +[3301.98 --> 3303.52] the big +[3303.52 --> 3303.88] three +[3303.88 --> 3304.74] in these +[3304.74 --> 3305.18] chapters +[3305.18 --> 3305.70] have been +[3305.70 --> 3306.38] the eating +[3306.38 --> 3306.88] of meat +[3306.88 --> 3307.28] versus +[3307.28 --> 3307.80] vegetables +[3307.80 --> 3308.92] or celebrating +[3308.92 --> 3309.76] holy days +[3309.76 --> 3310.22] or drinking +[3310.22 --> 3310.70] wine +[3310.70 --> 3311.84] others +[3311.84 --> 3312.68] in scripture +[3312.68 --> 3313.40] pop up as +[3313.40 --> 3314.22] meat sacrifice +[3314.22 --> 3314.84] to idols +[3314.84 --> 3315.62] or the +[3315.62 --> 3316.18] conversation +[3316.18 --> 3316.84] about marriage +[3316.84 --> 3317.68] or celibacy +[3317.68 --> 3318.48] even +[3318.48 --> 3319.28] circumcision +[3319.28 --> 3321.36] and in the +[3321.36 --> 3321.96] contrast of +[3321.96 --> 3322.54] experience +[3322.54 --> 3323.14] we've talked +[3323.14 --> 3323.98] about baptism +[3323.98 --> 3324.76] particularly +[3324.76 --> 3325.72] infant baptism +[3325.72 --> 3325.96] versus +[3325.96 --> 3326.32] believers +[3326.32 --> 3326.72] baptism +[3326.72 --> 3328.00] or even +[3328.00 --> 3328.96] the debatable +[3328.96 --> 3329.64] matter of +[3329.64 --> 3330.40] women in +[3330.40 --> 3331.12] church office +[3331.12 --> 3333.32] now of course +[3333.32 --> 3333.78] these aren't +[3333.78 --> 3334.58] any controversial +[3334.58 --> 3335.24] conversations +[3335.24 --> 3335.80] at all +[3335.80 --> 3339.00] but I think +[3339.00 --> 3339.38] you can see +[3339.38 --> 3339.78] why Paul +[3339.78 --> 3340.34] calls them +[3340.34 --> 3341.12] disputable +[3341.12 --> 3342.16] matters +[3342.16 --> 3344.42] and in all +[3344.42 --> 3344.90] of these +[3344.90 --> 3345.56] things +[3345.56 --> 3346.42] there is +[3346.42 --> 3348.22] an experienced +[3348.22 --> 3349.12] movement +[3349.12 --> 3350.70] towards maturity +[3350.70 --> 3351.34] that is +[3351.34 --> 3352.34] an experienced +[3352.34 --> 3352.90] movement +[3352.90 --> 3353.68] towards the +[3353.68 --> 3355.36] increasing scope +[3355.36 --> 3356.18] of the effect +[3356.18 --> 3357.12] of the gospel +[3357.12 --> 3358.16] in our everyday +[3358.16 --> 3358.68] lives +[3358.68 --> 3361.00] as we round +[3361.00 --> 3361.66] out this +[3361.66 --> 3362.18] discussion +[3362.18 --> 3362.92] now in +[3362.92 --> 3363.72] chapter 15 +[3363.72 --> 3364.94] here's what I +[3364.94 --> 3365.26] hope we +[3365.26 --> 3365.66] begin to 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--> 3396.20] of one +[3396.20 --> 3396.66] mind +[3396.66 --> 3397.44] unity +[3397.44 --> 3398.64] is how +[3398.64 --> 3399.64] we move +[3399.64 --> 3400.20] together +[3400.20 --> 3401.86] to that +[3401.86 --> 3402.30] place +[3402.30 --> 3402.86] how we +[3402.86 --> 3403.48] are grown +[3403.48 --> 3404.04] and how +[3404.04 --> 3405.12] we grow +[3405.12 --> 3406.38] because +[3406.38 --> 3406.94] sometimes +[3406.94 --> 3407.38] right +[3407.38 --> 3408.06] in our +[3408.06 --> 3408.48] world +[3408.48 --> 3409.02] today +[3409.02 --> 3410.88] and in +[3410.88 --> 3411.10] our +[3411.10 --> 3411.56] churches +[3411.56 --> 3412.02] today +[3412.02 --> 3413.12] unity +[3413.12 --> 3414.70] is defined +[3414.70 --> 3415.34] as +[3415.34 --> 3416.06] or is +[3416.06 --> 3416.56] required +[3416.56 --> 3417.52] to have +[3417.52 --> 3418.46] the same +[3418.46 --> 3418.92] opinion +[3418.92 --> 3419.86] on everything +[3419.86 --> 3422.50] instead +[3422.50 --> 3424.00] unity +[3424.00 --> 3425.70] is expressed +[3425.70 --> 3426.46] in the +[3426.46 --> 3427.00] journey +[3427.00 --> 3427.82] of +[3427.82 --> 3428.56] maturity +[3428.56 --> 3429.92] and so +[3429.92 --> 3430.22] of course +[3430.22 --> 3430.66] there's still +[3430.66 --> 3431.24] a goal +[3431.24 --> 3431.70] right +[3431.70 --> 3432.08] there's still +[3432.08 --> 3432.66] a movement +[3432.66 --> 3433.18] towards +[3433.18 --> 3434.94] which we are +[3434.94 --> 3435.48] directing +[3435.48 --> 3436.10] that +[3436.10 --> 3436.48] maturity +[3436.48 --> 3437.86] but how +[3437.86 --> 3438.74] we act +[3438.74 --> 3439.32] on the +[3439.32 --> 3439.76] path +[3439.76 --> 3440.30] of that +[3440.30 --> 3440.92] direction +[3440.92 --> 3441.84] is what +[3441.84 --> 3442.54] determines +[3442.54 --> 3443.06] our +[3443.06 --> 3443.58] unity +[3443.58 --> 3446.18] not the +[3446.18 --> 3446.36] goal +[3446.36 --> 3446.82] itself +[3446.82 --> 3449.50] maturity +[3449.50 --> 3450.72] in the +[3450.72 --> 3451.26] gospel +[3451.26 --> 3452.40] builds +[3452.40 --> 3453.08] unity +[3453.08 --> 3453.98] around +[3453.98 --> 3454.40] the +[3454.40 --> 3454.86] gospel +[3454.86 --> 3455.70] and so +[3455.70 --> 3455.88] then +[3455.88 --> 3456.66] the core +[3456.66 --> 3457.20] of our +[3457.20 --> 3457.60] unity +[3457.60 --> 3458.28] is the +[3458.28 --> 3458.54] gospel +[3458.54 --> 3459.14] of Jesus +[3459.14 --> 3460.00] not the +[3460.00 --> 3460.38] end +[3460.38 --> 3460.96] of our +[3460.96 --> 3461.52] community +[3461.52 --> 3462.06] together +[3462.06 --> 3464.28] I'm suggesting +[3464.94 --> 3469.14] provide for +[3469.14 --> 3469.54] us +[3469.54 --> 3470.76] a road +[3470.76 --> 3471.24] map +[3471.24 --> 3471.62] for +[3471.62 --> 3471.94] what +[3471.94 --> 3472.46] gospel +[3472.46 --> 3473.14] unity +[3473.14 --> 3474.54] looks like +[3474.54 --> 3476.48] as we +[3476.48 --> 3476.92] together +[3476.92 --> 3477.62] pursue +[3477.62 --> 3478.94] maturity +[3478.94 --> 3480.42] in that +[3480.42 --> 3480.84] gospel +[3480.84 --> 3482.58] so in +[3482.58 --> 3482.90] summary +[3482.90 --> 3483.28] what I +[3483.28 --> 3484.48] say +[3484.48 --> 3486.42] we don't +[3486.42 --> 3487.06] all have +[3487.06 --> 3487.68] to be +[3487.68 --> 3488.72] like-minded +[3488.72 --> 3489.76] to be +[3489.76 --> 3490.32] unified +[3490.32 --> 3492.20] we have +[3492.20 --> 3492.74] to build +[3492.74 --> 3493.00] our +[3493.00 --> 3493.46] unity +[3493.46 --> 3494.76] around +[3494.76 --> 3495.34] the +[3495.34 --> 3495.76] gospel +[3495.76 --> 3496.56] and it's +[3496.56 --> 3497.36] transforming +[3497.36 --> 3498.02] our +[3498.02 --> 3498.82] lives +[3498.82 --> 3499.66] unity +[3499.66 --> 3500.62] I'm going +[3500.62 --> 3501.04] to say +[3501.04 --> 3501.96] looks like +[3501.96 --> 3502.62] four +[3502.62 --> 3503.64] things +[3503.64 --> 3506.14] unity +[3506.14 --> 3507.96] a gospel +[3507.96 --> 3508.50] unity +[3508.50 --> 3510.14] bears up +[3510.14 --> 3511.08] the less +[3511.08 --> 3511.64] mature +[3511.64 --> 3513.72] a gospel +[3513.72 --> 3514.20] unity +[3514.20 --> 3515.36] to others +[3515.36 --> 3516.08] first +[3516.08 --> 3517.86] unity +[3517.86 --> 3518.68] grows +[3518.68 --> 3519.36] towards +[3519.36 --> 3519.94] hope +[3519.94 --> 3521.44] and gospel +[3521.44 --> 3521.98] unity +[3521.98 --> 3523.00] glorifies +[3523.00 --> 3524.94] our +[3524.94 --> 3525.16] road +[3525.16 --> 3525.42] map +[3525.42 --> 3526.16] together +[3526.16 --> 3526.80] let's +[3526.80 --> 3527.02] start +[3527.02 --> 3527.38] with this +[3527.38 --> 3528.02] first +[3528.02 --> 3528.34] one +[3528.34 --> 3529.72] gospel +[3529.72 --> 3530.34] unity +[3530.34 --> 3531.06] bears +[3531.06 --> 3531.60] up +[3531.60 --> 3532.02] the +[3532.02 --> 3532.40] less +[3532.40 --> 3533.18] mature +[3533.18 --> 3534.76] we +[3534.76 --> 3537.16] who +[3537.16 --> 3537.36] are +[3537.36 --> 3537.92] strong +[3537.92 --> 3539.12] is it 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unified +[3585.84 --> 3586.18] in your +[3586.18 --> 3586.56] patience +[3586.56 --> 3588.94] let's +[3588.94 --> 3589.32] start +[3589.32 --> 3589.86] with +[3589.86 --> 3590.44] the +[3590.44 --> 3590.80] first +[3590.80 --> 3591.46] gospel +[3591.46 --> 3592.06] unity +[3592.06 --> 3593.08] bears +[3593.08 --> 3593.56] up +[3593.56 --> 3593.92] the +[3593.92 --> 3594.30] less +[3594.30 --> 3595.30] mature +[3595.30 --> 3596.42] right +[3596.42 --> 3596.60] Paul +[3596.60 --> 3597.06] starts +[3597.06 --> 3597.64] by saying +[3597.64 --> 3598.00] we who +[3598.00 --> 3598.12] are +[3598.12 --> 3598.46] strong +[3598.46 --> 3598.72] ought +[3598.72 --> 3598.92] to +[3598.92 --> 3599.16] bear +[3599.16 --> 3599.60] with +[3599.60 --> 3599.74] the +[3599.74 --> 3600.14] failings +[3600.14 --> 3600.30] of +[3600.30 --> 3600.44] the +[3600.44 --> 3600.76] weak +[3600.76 --> 3600.98] and +[3600.98 --> 3601.24] not +[3601.24 --> 3601.48] to +[3601.48 --> 3601.92] please +[3601.92 --> 3602.78] ourselves +[3602.78 --> 3604.38] each +[3604.38 --> 3604.96] of +[3604.96 --> 3605.24] us +[3605.24 --> 3605.54] should +[3605.54 --> 3605.94] please +[3605.94 --> 3606.20] our +[3606.20 --> 3606.64] neighbors +[3606.64 --> 3607.40] for +[3607.40 --> 3607.64] their +[3607.64 --> 3608.04] good +[3608.04 --> 3608.36] to +[3608.36 --> 3608.72] build +[3608.72 --> 3609.08] them +[3609.08 --> 3609.66] up +[3609.66 --> 3610.78] right +[3610.78 --> 3610.96] we +[3610.96 --> 3611.38] bear +[3611.38 --> 3611.62] the +[3611.62 --> 3612.34] failings +[3612.34 --> 3613.46] and +[3613.46 --> 3613.64] we +[3613.64 --> 3613.96] build +[3613.96 --> 3614.20] each +[3614.20 --> 3614.52] other +[3614.52 --> 3615.58] up +[3615.58 --> 3617.06] a +[3617.06 --> 3617.46] gospel +[3617.46 --> 3617.98] unity +[3617.98 --> 3619.02] is +[3619.02 --> 3619.64] bearing +[3619.64 --> 3620.26] each +[3620.26 --> 3620.56] other +[3620.56 --> 3620.88] and +[3620.88 --> 3621.26] building +[3621.26 --> 3621.64] 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+[4445.74 --> 4447.36] and if +[4447.36 --> 4447.98] it's true +[4447.98 --> 4448.62] as I've +[4448.62 --> 4449.00] said in +[4449.00 --> 4449.54] the past +[4449.54 --> 4450.06] and would +[4450.06 --> 4450.50] contend +[4450.50 --> 4451.10] that it +[4451.10 --> 4451.78] is only +[4451.78 --> 4452.44] going to +[4452.44 --> 4453.06] get more +[4453.06 --> 4453.42] and more +[4453.42 --> 4453.86] difficult +[4453.86 --> 4454.28] to be +[4454.28 --> 4454.66] Christian +[4454.66 --> 4455.28] in the +[4455.28 --> 4455.46] world +[4455.46 --> 4455.82] today +[4455.82 --> 4456.50] I think +[4456.50 --> 4456.88] we really +[4456.88 --> 4457.32] need to +[4457.32 --> 4457.90] reclaim +[4457.90 --> 4458.92] this identity +[4458.92 --> 4460.00] of practice +[4460.00 --> 4460.86] of spiritual +[4460.86 --> 4461.32] discipline +[4461.32 --> 4461.80] we need +[4461.80 --> 4462.44] to reclaim +[4462.44 --> 4462.76] this +[4462.76 --> 4463.84] discipleship +[4463.84 --> 4464.22] this way +[4464.22 --> 4464.78] of being +[4464.78 --> 4465.46] in the +[4465.46 --> 4465.80] world +[4465.80 --> 4467.10] because you +[4467.10 --> 4467.24] see +[4467.24 --> 4468.08] in the +[4468.08 --> 4468.50] scriptures +[4468.50 --> 4469.26] there's +[4469.26 --> 4469.94] encouragement +[4469.94 --> 4471.44] in the +[4471.44 --> 4471.70] scriptures +[4471.70 --> 4472.34] we read +[4472.34 --> 4472.70] about the +[4472.70 --> 4473.26] power of +[4473.26 --> 4473.54] God +[4473.54 --> 4474.08] and the +[4474.08 --> 4474.40] victory +[4474.40 --> 4474.82] of God +[4474.82 --> 4475.08] in the +[4475.08 --> 4475.38] scriptures +[4475.38 --> 4476.20] we read +[4476.20 --> 4476.70] about how +[4476.70 --> 4477.58] even when +[4477.58 --> 4478.72] everything seems +[4478.72 --> 4479.52] to be against +[4479.52 --> 4479.90] us +[4479.90 --> 4480.68] God is +[4480.68 --> 4481.60] for us +[4481.60 --> 4482.40] even though +[4482.40 --> 4483.26] weeping may +[4483.26 --> 4484.10] last for the +[4484.10 --> 4484.38] night +[4484.38 --> 4485.24] reading the +[4485.24 --> 4486.00] Bible teaches +[4486.00 --> 4486.98] us that joy +[4486.98 --> 4488.08] comes in the +[4488.08 --> 4488.42] morning +[4488.42 --> 4489.10] right +[4489.10 --> 4489.60] reading the +[4489.60 --> 4490.28] Bible as +[4490.28 --> 4491.20] God's very +[4491.20 --> 4492.34] word spoken +[4492.34 --> 4493.20] directly to +[4493.20 --> 4493.86] your heart +[4493.86 --> 4494.90] directly to +[4494.90 --> 4495.88] your imagination +[4495.88 --> 4497.10] teaches you +[4497.10 --> 4497.98] that even +[4497.98 --> 4498.52] when we are +[4498.52 --> 4499.26] hard pressed +[4499.26 --> 4499.82] on every +[4499.82 --> 4500.38] side we +[4500.38 --> 4500.70] are not +[4500.70 --> 4501.30] crushed +[4501.30 --> 4502.50] that even +[4502.50 --> 4503.02] when we are +[4503.02 --> 4503.98] perplexed +[4503.98 --> 4504.54] we're not +[4504.54 --> 4505.04] in despair +[4505.04 --> 4505.78] even when we +[4505.78 --> 4506.60] are persecuted +[4506.60 --> 4507.46] we're never +[4507.46 --> 4507.92] abandoned +[4507.92 --> 4508.78] even when we +[4508.78 --> 4509.28] are struck +[4509.28 --> 4510.18] down we +[4510.18 --> 4510.80] are not +[4510.80 --> 4511.66] destroyed +[4511.66 --> 4514.88] and I don't +[4514.88 --> 4515.24] know about +[4515.24 --> 4516.90] you but +[4516.90 --> 4517.46] that comes +[4517.46 --> 4518.74] together to +[4518.74 --> 4519.54] give me +[4519.54 --> 4520.24] hope +[4520.24 --> 4521.50] that comes +[4521.50 --> 4522.06] together to +[4522.06 --> 4522.54] give me +[4522.54 --> 4523.56] encouragement +[4523.56 --> 4525.84] I was +[4525.84 --> 4526.24] thinking about +[4526.24 --> 4526.58] a way to +[4526.58 --> 4527.16] illustrate this +[4527.16 --> 4527.54] point and +[4527.54 --> 4527.80] actually +[4527.80 --> 4529.74] Josh did +[4529.74 --> 4530.40] it for us +[4530.40 --> 4531.58] yesterday at +[4531.58 --> 4532.06] our baseball +[4532.06 --> 4533.08] game so the +[4533.08 --> 4534.02] isotopes is our +[4534.02 --> 4534.64] church baseball +[4534.64 --> 4535.84] team we had +[4535.84 --> 4536.32] two games +[4536.32 --> 4537.60] yesterday and +[4537.60 --> 4538.80] Josh has a +[4538.80 --> 4539.50] cheer that he +[4539.50 --> 4540.30] likes to do +[4540.30 --> 4541.42] when someone +[4541.42 --> 4542.14] goes up into a +[4542.14 --> 4542.90] hard situation +[4542.90 --> 4544.12] Josh says +[4544.12 --> 4545.70] the joy of the +[4545.70 --> 4546.14] Lord is your +[4546.14 --> 4546.64] strength +[4546.64 --> 4550.22] he's quoting +[4550.22 --> 4550.74] scripture +[4550.74 --> 4552.62] he's encouraging +[4552.62 --> 4553.00] you with +[4553.00 --> 4553.38] scripture +[4553.38 --> 4554.54] but then I +[4554.54 --> 4555.02] went up to +[4555.02 --> 4556.40] bat and +[4556.40 --> 4557.36] Josh shouted +[4557.36 --> 4558.52] I don't have +[4558.52 --> 4558.94] to quote the +[4558.94 --> 4559.48] Bible to you +[4559.48 --> 4559.92] because you +[4559.92 --> 4560.46] know it +[4560.46 --> 4563.52] and he's not +[4563.52 --> 4564.98] wrong he +[4564.98 --> 4565.54] doesn't have to +[4565.54 --> 4565.98] quote it to me +[4565.98 --> 4566.88] because in that +[4566.88 --> 4567.58] moment literally +[4567.58 --> 4568.42] like in my brain +[4568.42 --> 4569.40] was a rolodex of +[4569.40 --> 4569.96] scripture verses +[4569.96 --> 4570.36] that was like +[4570.36 --> 4570.78] encouragement +[4570.78 --> 4571.24] encouragement +[4571.24 --> 4571.72] encouragement +[4571.72 --> 4572.34] hope good +[4572.34 --> 4573.22] cheer be +[4573.22 --> 4574.20] excited run +[4574.20 --> 4575.10] the race with +[4575.10 --> 4575.42] the Lord +[4575.42 --> 4576.24] so round second +[4576.24 --> 4576.78] base really +[4576.78 --> 4577.46] fast that's how +[4577.46 --> 4577.92] I made that +[4577.92 --> 4578.40] mean in that +[4578.40 --> 4580.14] moment point +[4580.14 --> 4581.36] was because my +[4581.36 --> 4582.44] life is saturated +[4582.44 --> 4583.00] with the +[4583.00 --> 4584.00] scriptures and +[4584.00 --> 4584.76] Josh could say +[4584.76 --> 4585.16] that and +[4585.16 --> 4585.70] know that +[4585.70 --> 4586.76] I was +[4586.76 --> 4587.32] encouraged +[4587.32 --> 4588.20] and had +[4588.20 --> 4588.62] hope +[4588.62 --> 4591.90] and so +[4591.90 --> 4592.58] saturate +[4592.58 --> 4593.18] yourselves +[4593.18 --> 4594.20] with the +[4594.20 --> 4594.56] scriptures +[4594.56 --> 4596.06] and let +[4596.06 --> 4596.80] that be +[4596.80 --> 4597.86] a mark +[4597.86 --> 4598.64] of your +[4598.64 --> 4599.60] growing +[4599.60 --> 4600.50] maturity +[4600.50 --> 4602.56] now the +[4602.56 --> 4603.10] last thing +[4603.10 --> 4604.54] about unity +[4604.54 --> 4605.98] is that it +[4605.98 --> 4606.82] glorifies +[4606.82 --> 4607.50] God +[4607.50 --> 4608.82] gospel unity +[4608.82 --> 4609.72] glorifies +[4609.72 --> 4610.44] God +[4610.44 --> 4611.16] verses 5 +[4611.16 --> 4612.64] and 6 +[4612.64 --> 4613.76] may the +[4613.76 --> 4614.16] God who +[4614.16 --> 4614.44] gives +[4614.44 --> 4614.98] endurance +[4614.98 --> 4615.68] and encouragement +[4615.68 --> 4616.34] give you the +[4616.34 --> 4617.04] same attitude +[4617.04 --> 4617.60] of mind +[4617.60 --> 4618.34] toward each +[4618.34 --> 4618.72] other that +[4618.72 --> 4619.42] Christ Jesus +[4619.42 --> 4620.60] had so +[4620.60 --> 4621.48] that with +[4621.48 --> 4622.34] one mind +[4622.34 --> 4622.94] and one +[4622.94 --> 4623.48] voice +[4623.48 --> 4624.40] you may +[4624.40 --> 4625.64] glorify +[4625.64 --> 4626.36] the God +[4626.36 --> 4627.14] and Father +[4627.14 --> 4627.68] of our +[4627.68 --> 4628.06] Lord +[4628.06 --> 4628.60] Jesus +[4628.60 --> 4629.72] Christ +[4629.72 --> 4631.56] now that +[4631.56 --> 4632.12] attitude of +[4632.12 --> 4632.68] mind that +[4632.68 --> 4633.26] we share +[4633.26 --> 4633.66] with +[4633.66 --> 4634.90] Jesus Christ +[4634.90 --> 4635.50] is one +[4635.50 --> 4636.26] that willingly +[4636.26 --> 4636.86] suffers +[4636.86 --> 4638.00] for a +[4638.00 --> 4638.46] brother or +[4638.46 --> 4639.42] sister or +[4639.42 --> 4639.80] a neighbor +[4639.80 --> 4640.72] one that +[4640.72 --> 4641.64] enters into +[4641.64 --> 4642.64] the struggle +[4642.64 --> 4643.22] of our +[4643.22 --> 4644.06] neighbors for +[4644.06 --> 4644.80] their good +[4644.80 --> 4645.70] that's what +[4645.70 --> 4646.28] our unity +[4646.28 --> 4646.76] is +[4646.76 --> 4647.70] it's not +[4647.70 --> 4648.34] requiring +[4648.34 --> 4649.44] agreement on +[4649.44 --> 4650.16] disputable +[4650.16 --> 4650.74] matters +[4650.74 --> 4651.54] it's agreeing +[4651.54 --> 4652.14] on how +[4652.14 --> 4652.48] we're going +[4652.48 --> 4652.90] to dispute +[4652.90 --> 4653.54] these matters +[4653.54 --> 4656.72] our unity +[4656.72 --> 4657.50] is made +[4657.50 --> 4658.28] visible in +[4658.28 --> 4658.62] how we +[4658.62 --> 4659.60] experience +[4659.60 --> 4660.54] disagreement +[4660.54 --> 4662.66] and anyone +[4662.66 --> 4663.56] who uses +[4663.56 --> 4664.38] this text +[4664.38 --> 4665.12] as a hammer +[4665.12 --> 4665.90] to make +[4665.90 --> 4666.62] people think +[4666.62 --> 4667.24] like them +[4667.24 --> 4668.04] is abusing +[4668.04 --> 4668.88] this text +[4668.88 --> 4671.90] and this +[4671.90 --> 4672.38] is the kind +[4672.38 --> 4672.94] of unity +[4672.94 --> 4673.92] that brings +[4673.92 --> 4674.50] glory to +[4674.50 --> 4674.84] God +[4674.84 --> 4675.96] and I +[4675.96 --> 4676.46] believe that +[4676.46 --> 4676.94] this is the +[4676.94 --> 4677.62] kind of unity +[4677.62 --> 4678.28] that Jesus +[4678.28 --> 4678.98] prays for +[4678.98 --> 4679.86] in John 17 +[4679.86 --> 4681.62] right this +[4681.62 --> 4682.04] is the kind +[4682.04 --> 4682.46] of unity +[4682.46 --> 4682.96] that gives +[4682.96 --> 4683.76] witness to +[4683.76 --> 4684.46] who God +[4684.46 --> 4685.60] is and +[4685.60 --> 4686.10] that's how +[4686.10 --> 4686.52] it brings +[4686.52 --> 4687.10] glory to +[4687.10 --> 4687.36] God +[4687.36 --> 4687.88] right Jesus +[4687.88 --> 4688.86] in John 17 +[4688.86 --> 4689.96] prayed that +[4689.96 --> 4690.46] the church +[4690.46 --> 4691.26] would be one +[4691.26 --> 4692.40] as the +[4692.40 --> 4693.52] father and +[4693.52 --> 4694.86] he are +[4694.86 --> 4695.66] one +[4695.66 --> 4697.44] here's a +[4697.44 --> 4697.66] little bit +[4697.66 --> 4698.00] of cool +[4698.00 --> 4698.56] trinitarian +[4698.56 --> 4699.54] theology for +[4699.54 --> 4699.96] you right +[4699.96 --> 4700.88] because in +[4700.88 --> 4701.30] trinitarian +[4701.30 --> 4702.10] theology we +[4702.10 --> 4702.68] say yes +[4702.68 --> 4703.50] the father +[4703.50 --> 4703.88] and the +[4703.88 --> 4704.38] son are +[4704.38 --> 4704.92] and the +[4704.92 --> 4705.44] holy spirit +[4705.44 --> 4706.00] are one +[4706.00 --> 4706.46] God +[4706.46 --> 4707.56] but the +[4707.56 --> 4708.20] father is +[4708.20 --> 4708.56] not the +[4708.56 --> 4709.80] son and +[4709.80 --> 4710.20] the son +[4710.20 --> 4710.56] is not +[4710.56 --> 4711.08] the father +[4711.08 --> 4711.90] and neither +[4711.90 --> 4712.44] the son +[4712.44 --> 4712.82] nor the +[4712.82 --> 4713.24] father are +[4713.24 --> 4713.54] the holy +[4713.54 --> 4713.94] spirit +[4713.94 --> 4714.86] and around +[4714.86 --> 4715.56] this triangle +[4715.56 --> 4716.18] it goes +[4716.18 --> 4719.56] that they +[4719.56 --> 4721.22] are one +[4721.22 --> 4722.10] does not +[4722.10 --> 4723.16] erase the +[4723.16 --> 4723.66] differentiation +[4723.66 --> 4725.08] of persons +[4725.08 --> 4726.08] within +[4726.08 --> 4727.14] their +[4727.14 --> 4728.04] oneness +[4728.04 --> 4728.60] it doesn't +[4728.60 --> 4729.14] erase the +[4729.14 --> 4729.74] distinction +[4729.74 --> 4730.54] of father +[4730.54 --> 4731.28] son and +[4731.28 --> 4732.02] holy spirit +[4732.02 --> 4733.08] within their +[4733.08 --> 4733.92] oneness +[4733.92 --> 4735.16] likewise then +[4735.16 --> 4736.92] our unity +[4736.92 --> 4738.12] transcends +[4738.12 --> 4739.48] our disunity +[4739.48 --> 4740.82] our distinctives +[4740.82 --> 4742.80] and it +[4742.80 --> 4743.48] includes them +[4743.48 --> 4744.96] and I think +[4744.96 --> 4745.52] that makes +[4745.52 --> 4746.46] it all the +[4746.46 --> 4746.82] more +[4746.82 --> 4747.84] beautiful +[4747.84 --> 4749.64] and that's +[4749.64 --> 4750.00] the kind +[4750.00 --> 4750.54] of unity +[4750.54 --> 4751.08] that God +[4751.08 --> 4752.26] is glorified +[4752.26 --> 4752.62] by +[4752.62 --> 4755.64] but then +[4755.64 --> 4756.22] there's also +[4756.22 --> 4757.46] a more +[4757.46 --> 4757.94] imminent +[4757.94 --> 4758.68] sense +[4758.68 --> 4759.36] in which +[4759.36 --> 4759.86] God is +[4759.86 --> 4760.56] glorified +[4760.56 --> 4761.00] by that +[4761.00 --> 4761.72] kind of +[4761.72 --> 4762.04] unity +[4762.04 --> 4763.22] in the +[4763.22 --> 4763.52] sense +[4763.52 --> 4764.02] that this +[4764.02 --> 4764.38] sort +[4764.38 --> 4765.02] of unity +[4765.02 --> 4765.76] is a +[4765.76 --> 4766.20] form +[4766.20 --> 4766.64] of +[4766.64 --> 4767.22] praising +[4767.22 --> 4768.18] God +[4768.18 --> 4768.72] right +[4768.72 --> 4769.46] or the +[4769.46 --> 4769.84] purpose +[4769.84 --> 4770.46] of this +[4770.46 --> 4770.84] unity +[4770.84 --> 4771.44] is to +[4771.44 --> 4771.84] lead +[4771.84 --> 4772.30] more +[4772.30 --> 4772.80] and more +[4772.80 --> 4773.28] people +[4773.28 --> 4774.64] to praise +[4774.64 --> 4775.12] him +[4775.12 --> 4775.82] with one +[4775.82 --> 4776.30] voice +[4776.30 --> 4777.26] as Paul +[4777.26 --> 4777.52] said +[4777.52 --> 4778.30] to praise +[4778.30 --> 4778.84] him for +[4778.84 --> 4779.56] who he +[4779.56 --> 4779.92] is +[4779.92 --> 4781.30] verse +[4781.30 --> 4781.62] seven +[4781.62 --> 4782.26] right +[4782.26 --> 4782.56] it says +[4782.56 --> 4782.96] accept +[4782.96 --> 4783.48] one another +[4783.48 --> 4784.02] then just +[4784.02 --> 4784.54] as Christ +[4784.54 --> 4785.08] accepted +[4785.08 --> 4785.70] you in +[4785.70 --> 4786.40] order to +[4786.40 --> 4787.26] bring praise +[4787.26 --> 4788.42] to God +[4788.42 --> 4788.72] and then +[4788.72 --> 4789.28] verse nine +[4789.28 --> 4790.30] Christ came +[4790.30 --> 4790.92] to confirm +[4790.92 --> 4791.46] the promises +[4791.46 --> 4791.82] that were +[4791.82 --> 4792.16] made +[4792.16 --> 4793.32] and that +[4793.32 --> 4794.26] the Gentiles +[4794.26 --> 4795.50] might glorify +[4795.50 --> 4796.02] God +[4796.02 --> 4796.54] for his +[4796.54 --> 4796.92] mercy +[4796.92 --> 4798.00] and then +[4798.00 --> 4798.34] there's this +[4798.34 --> 4798.96] huge list +[4798.96 --> 4799.90] of scriptures +[4799.90 --> 4800.64] that indicate +[4800.64 --> 4801.14] that this +[4801.14 --> 4801.66] is the +[4801.66 --> 4801.96] goal +[4801.96 --> 4802.80] for your +[4802.80 --> 4803.18] unity +[4803.18 --> 4803.66] that this +[4803.66 --> 4803.98] has been +[4803.98 --> 4804.36] the goal +[4804.36 --> 4805.08] all along +[4805.08 --> 4805.38] I will +[4805.38 --> 4805.92] praise you +[4805.92 --> 4806.36] among the +[4806.36 --> 4806.84] Gentiles +[4806.84 --> 4807.16] I will +[4807.16 --> 4807.56] sing the +[4807.56 --> 4807.94] praises +[4807.94 --> 4808.66] of your +[4808.66 --> 4808.90] name +[4808.90 --> 4809.40] rejoice +[4809.40 --> 4809.74] you +[4809.74 --> 4810.30] Gentiles +[4810.30 --> 4811.04] with his +[4811.04 --> 4811.36] people +[4811.36 --> 4812.16] praise the +[4812.16 --> 4812.44] Lord +[4812.44 --> 4812.90] all you +[4812.90 --> 4813.40] Gentiles +[4813.40 --> 4813.96] let all +[4813.96 --> 4814.14] the +[4814.14 --> 4814.48] peoples +[4814.48 --> 4815.00] extol +[4815.00 --> 4815.26] him +[4815.26 --> 4816.06] the +[4816.06 --> 4816.26] root +[4816.26 --> 4816.40] of +[4816.40 --> 4816.68] Jesse +[4816.68 --> 4816.94] will +[4816.94 --> 4817.24] spring +[4817.24 --> 4817.54] up +[4817.54 --> 4819.06] one +[4819.06 --> 4819.24] who +[4819.24 --> 4819.40] will +[4819.40 --> 4819.86] arise +[4819.86 --> 4820.38] to rule +[4820.38 --> 4820.80] over the +[4820.80 --> 4821.20] nations +[4821.20 --> 4821.82] in him +[4821.82 --> 4822.08] the +[4822.08 --> 4822.82] Gentiles +[4822.82 --> 4823.96] will hope +[4823.96 --> 4825.20] a gospel +[4825.20 --> 4825.70] unity +[4825.70 --> 4826.88] glorifies God +[4826.88 --> 4827.52] in the sense +[4827.52 --> 4828.26] that it brings +[4828.26 --> 4829.42] him glory +[4829.42 --> 4830.22] it makes +[4830.22 --> 4831.18] much of his +[4831.18 --> 4831.72] greatness +[4831.72 --> 4832.74] of who he +[4832.74 --> 4833.48] is and what +[4833.48 --> 4834.18] he has done +[4834.18 --> 4835.06] and gospel +[4835.06 --> 4835.56] unity +[4835.56 --> 4837.40] also glorifies +[4837.40 --> 4837.80] God +[4837.80 --> 4838.32] in his +[4838.32 --> 4839.10] in the 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--> 5011.22] peace +[5011.22 --> 5011.32] even +[5011.32 --> 5011.78] him +[5011.78 --> 5012.20] to the +[5012.20 --> 5012.48] end +[5012.48 --> 5012.58] the +[5012.58 --> 5013.30] this +[5013.30 --> 5014.30] is +[5014.30 --> 5014.42] the +[5014.42 --> 5016.16] close +[5016.16 --> 5016.90] he +[5016.90 --> 5018.64] 背 +[5018.64 --> 5019.82] hills +[5019.82 --> 5020.38] we +[5020.38 --> 5020.78] heard +[5020.88 --> 5021.16] less than +[5021.16 --> 5022.28] he +[5022.28 --> 5034.16] How great the chasm that lay between us, how high the mountain I could not climb. +[5034.16 --> 5046.96] In desperation I turned to heaven and spoke your name into the night. +[5046.96 --> 5059.34] Then through the darkness your loving kindness tore through the shadows of my soul. +[5059.34 --> 5071.70] The work is finished, the end is written, Jesus Christ my living hope. +[5071.70 --> 5080.78] Who could imagine so great a mercy? +[5080.78 --> 5087.26] What heart could follow such boundless grace? +[5087.90 --> 5099.50] The God of ages stepped down for glory to wear my sin and bear my shame. +[5099.50 --> 5105.90] The cross has spoken, I am forgiven. +[5106.94 --> 5112.58] The King of kings calls me his own. +[5113.12 --> 5118.84] Beautiful Savior, I'm yours forever. +[5120.28 --> 5125.50] Jesus Christ my living hope. +[5125.50 --> 5132.74] Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free. +[5135.24 --> 5139.22] Hallelujah, death has lost his grip on me. +[5139.58 --> 5142.52] You have broken every chain. +[5142.88 --> 5145.66] There's salvation in your name. +[5145.66 --> 5151.40] Jesus Christ my living hope. +[5151.40 --> 5157.14] Jesus Christ my living hope. +[5157.14 --> 5159.14] Jesus Christ my living hope. +[5159.14 --> 5169.98] When came the morning that sealed the promise, your buried body began to breathe. +[5169.98 --> 5182.72] Out of the silence, the roaring lion declared the grave had no claim on me. +[5182.72 --> 5195.46] Then came the morning that sealed the promise, your buried body began to breathe. +[5195.46 --> 5208.52] Out of the silence, the roaring lion declared the grave has no claim on me. +[5208.52 --> 5209.52] Jesus Christ my living hope. +[5209.52 --> 5211.52] Jesus Christ my living hope. +[5211.52 --> 5213.52] Jesus Christ my living hope. +[5213.52 --> 5222.66] Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free +[5222.66 --> 5229.22] Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me +[5229.22 --> 5232.56] You have broken every chain +[5232.56 --> 5235.76] There's salvation in your name +[5235.76 --> 5241.82] Jesus Christ, my living heart +[5241.82 --> 5248.84] Hallelujah, praise the one who set me free +[5248.84 --> 5255.32] Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me +[5255.32 --> 5258.82] You have broken every chain +[5258.82 --> 5261.78] There's salvation in your name +[5261.78 --> 5267.90] Jesus Christ, my living hope +[5267.90 --> 5273.92] Jesus Christ, my living hope +[5273.92 --> 5280.92] Oh God, you are my living hope +[5280.92 --> 5305.68] As we go, we go unified in the power of God, in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and we go with his blessing. +[5305.68 --> 5310.26] And so receive the blessing of our God for the journey of faith ahead. +[5310.26 --> 5315.24] God, go before you to lead you +[5315.24 --> 5318.28] God, go behind you to protect you +[5318.28 --> 5320.88] God, go beneath you to support you +[5320.88 --> 5323.46] God, go beside you to befriend you +[5323.46 --> 5325.86] Do not be afraid +[5325.86 --> 5328.42] Let the blessing of God come upon you today +[5328.42 --> 5329.88] Do not be afraid +[5329.88 --> 5332.94] But go in peace and unity +[5332.94 --> 5335.72] To love and serve the Lord +[5335.72 --> 5337.36] Amen +[5337.90 --> 5340.76] Amen +[5340.76 --> 5343.80] Amen +[5343.80 --> 5344.94] You +[5344.94 --> 5345.04] Good +[5345.04 --> 5345.36] Amen +[5345.36 --> 5346.26] Jesus +[5346.26 --> 5346.28] Amen +[5346.30 --> 5346.82] Amen +[5346.82 --> 5354.48] Amen +[5354.48 --> 5359.40] Amen +[5359.40 --> 5360.04] Amen 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