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[4514.06 --> 4515.46] because there's another way, |
[4515.56 --> 4516.60] maybe a better way, |
[4516.66 --> 4518.66] to translate this line here. |
[4519.32 --> 4520.54] I'm going to read the whole thing again, |
[4520.62 --> 4523.94] but I'll translate it in my own words here. |
[4524.80 --> 4526.80] Christ himself gave the apostles, |
[4527.02 --> 4528.32] the prophets, the evangelists, |
[4528.42 --> 4529.66] the shepherds and teachers |
[4529.66 --> 4532.70] to equip his people for works of service, |
[4532.70 --> 4536.38] that is, to build up the body of Christ, |
[4537.12 --> 4539.20] until we all reach unity in the faith |
[4539.20 --> 4541.78] that have the knowledge of the Son of God |
[4541.78 --> 4542.80] and become mature, |
[4543.28 --> 4544.70] attaining to the whole measure |
[4544.70 --> 4546.38] of the fullness of Christ. |
[4546.96 --> 4548.24] Did you catch the difference? |
[4549.50 --> 4551.94] To equip his people for works of service, |
[4551.94 --> 4555.30] that is, to build up the body of Christ. |
[4555.30 --> 4557.92] What Paul is saying here |
[4557.92 --> 4561.24] is that the works of service |
[4561.24 --> 4563.74] that you are being equipped for |
[4563.74 --> 4565.14] is the building up of the body. |
[4566.06 --> 4567.50] It's not another thing. |
[4567.60 --> 4568.86] It's not an extra thing. |
[4569.06 --> 4570.14] It's not an add-on. |
[4570.26 --> 4571.84] Sometimes we hear messages like this |
[4571.84 --> 4572.16] and we go, |
[4572.50 --> 4573.68] oh, really, another thing? |
[4574.64 --> 4575.68] But that's not what this is. |
[4576.00 --> 4577.74] This is the building up of the body. |
[4577.96 --> 4578.72] This is growing. |
[4578.94 --> 4579.82] This is strengthening. |
[4580.20 --> 4581.24] This is discipleship. |
[4581.34 --> 4582.40] This is the transformation |
[4582.40 --> 4584.08] that has been promised to you. |
[4584.30 --> 4585.16] This is the work. |
[4585.72 --> 4587.74] And it is work that God is doing |
[4587.74 --> 4589.52] in you and through you |
[4589.52 --> 4590.44] and in our midst. |
[4591.32 --> 4592.98] And it's work that you are called to. |
[4593.68 --> 4593.80] Right? |
[4593.90 --> 4596.24] Everyone who professes to believe. |
[4598.84 --> 4600.10] And so the end of which, |
[4600.30 --> 4601.56] the goal of which, |
[4601.70 --> 4603.08] the telos of which, |
[4603.80 --> 4606.10] is that we all might become mature, |
[4607.30 --> 4608.88] attaining to the whole measure |
[4608.88 --> 4611.04] of the fullness of Christ. |
[4611.20 --> 4614.30] Now, that's a beautiful, poetic language. |
[4614.30 --> 4616.60] But it's also growth language. |
[4618.24 --> 4620.50] And I want you to become mature. |
[4622.30 --> 4624.02] So why grow? |
[4625.22 --> 4629.04] Because growth means Jesus is real to you. |
[4629.46 --> 4633.04] Because growth means Jesus is really here in our midst. |
[4633.40 --> 4635.54] Because growth means something is happening |
[4635.54 --> 4636.52] in your transformation, |
[4636.52 --> 4638.24] and that's happening here. |
[4638.24 --> 4638.92] Right? |
[4639.06 --> 4640.90] Through us and in you. |
[4641.90 --> 4645.28] To use another metaphor of Jesus from John 15, |
[4645.98 --> 4647.96] we grow in the fruit of faith |
[4647.96 --> 4649.96] because we are genuinely connected |
[4649.96 --> 4651.38] to the vine, |
[4651.50 --> 4652.86] who is Jesus. |
[4653.52 --> 4655.46] If you are connected to the vine, |
[4655.46 --> 4659.16] it is impossible not to produce fruit. |
[4662.46 --> 4663.20] And so, |
[4663.54 --> 4665.26] here we come |
[4665.26 --> 4666.84] to the heart of the matter. |
[4667.68 --> 4668.14] Right? |
[4668.18 --> 4668.88] The application |
[4668.88 --> 4670.48] of the principle. |
[4670.94 --> 4672.46] Here we move from why grow |
[4672.46 --> 4673.76] to how. |
[4674.60 --> 4675.50] How do I grow? |
[4675.50 --> 4679.90] Paul writes in verse 14. |
[4680.44 --> 4681.94] Then we will no longer be infants |
[4681.94 --> 4683.12] tossed back and forth |
[4683.12 --> 4683.76] by the waves, |
[4684.26 --> 4685.34] blown here and there |
[4685.34 --> 4686.54] by every wind of teaching |
[4686.54 --> 4687.22] and by the cunning |
[4687.22 --> 4688.44] and craftiness of people |
[4688.44 --> 4689.74] in their deceitful scheming. |
[4690.34 --> 4690.74] Instead, |
[4691.06 --> 4692.90] speaking the truth in love, |
[4693.42 --> 4694.74] we will grow to become |
[4694.74 --> 4695.66] in every respect |
[4695.66 --> 4696.94] the mature body of him |
[4696.94 --> 4698.08] who is the head. |
[4698.46 --> 4699.28] That is Christ. |
[4700.16 --> 4700.86] From him, |
[4700.94 --> 4701.62] the whole body, |
[4701.74 --> 4702.76] joined and held together |
[4702.76 --> 4704.10] by every supporting ligament, |
[4704.10 --> 4705.98] grows and builds itself up |
[4705.98 --> 4706.58] in love |
[4706.58 --> 4707.90] as each part |
[4707.90 --> 4709.74] does its work. |
[4711.70 --> 4712.54] So right now, |
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