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[4072.52 --> 4073.00] have heard it.
[4073.72 --> 4074.46] Hurt people
[4074.46 --> 4075.82] hurt people.
[4076.36 --> 4077.14] We heard that one
[4077.14 --> 4077.46] before?
[4077.84 --> 4078.44] Hurt people
[4078.44 --> 4079.58] hurt people.
[4081.46 --> 4082.36] But if everyone
[4082.36 --> 4082.90] is hurt,
[4084.28 --> 4085.66] that means we all,
[4085.74 --> 4086.26] no matter what
[4086.26 --> 4086.74] we believe,
[4086.82 --> 4087.32] have the ability
[4087.32 --> 4088.00] to hurt people.
[4088.00 --> 4089.42] It's not a justification
[4089.42 --> 4090.38] for our actions.
[4090.52 --> 4091.62] Please don't hear that.
[4092.22 --> 4093.24] But it is a reason
[4093.24 --> 4094.36] why we see this.
[4094.42 --> 4095.06] And while the church
[4095.06 --> 4095.98] is a place
[4095.98 --> 4096.64] that should be
[4096.64 --> 4097.64] the presence of God,
[4097.78 --> 4099.00] it can also be a place
[4099.00 --> 4099.60] where suffering
[4099.60 --> 4100.32] is experienced.
[4100.88 --> 4101.58] And that makes
[4101.58 --> 4102.32] a sermon like this
[4102.32 --> 4102.80] difficult.
[4103.74 --> 4105.04] Because on the one hand,
[4105.30 --> 4106.40] I know that the church
[4106.40 --> 4107.40] is a picture of God's
[4107.40 --> 4108.22] presence here on earth.
[4109.22 --> 4110.04] We see it.
[4110.12 --> 4110.68] We've seen it
[4110.68 --> 4111.34] throughout history.
[4113.12 --> 4114.30] But on the other hand,
[4115.06 --> 4116.14] I know that the church
[4116.14 --> 4116.74] has been a place
[4116.74 --> 4117.72] that has compounded
[4117.72 --> 4118.48] and even created
[4118.48 --> 4119.18] hurt as well.
[4122.56 --> 4123.18] And yet,
[4123.30 --> 4124.74] Scripture tells us
[4124.74 --> 4125.90] to delight
[4125.90 --> 4127.12] in our suffering.
[4129.28 --> 4129.68] How?
[4132.34 --> 4133.62] Well, maybe this place,
[4134.54 --> 4135.12] maybe church,
[4135.22 --> 4136.26] maybe this place,
[4136.62 --> 4137.22] although it can
[4137.22 --> 4138.32] bring hurt,
[4138.40 --> 4139.08] maybe it's a place
[4139.08 --> 4139.78] we lean into.
[4140.74 --> 4141.70] Because people here,
[4141.78 --> 4142.50] all of us,
[4142.88 --> 4143.86] are broken too.
[4144.42 --> 4144.66] Right?
[4145.12 --> 4146.18] And in our brokenness,
[4146.18 --> 4147.34] it maybe means
[4147.34 --> 4148.26] we belong together.
[4149.70 --> 4151.08] If we are all hurt,
[4151.14 --> 4152.44] maybe we can hurt together.
[4153.30 --> 4154.16] If the church
[4154.16 --> 4154.88] is a place
[4154.88 --> 4155.60] where hurt people
[4155.60 --> 4156.08] are welcome,
[4156.52 --> 4157.82] and sinners are welcome,
[4158.10 --> 4159.16] and broken people
[4159.16 --> 4159.64] are welcome,
[4159.92 --> 4160.72] and if church
[4160.72 --> 4161.84] is a place
[4161.84 --> 4163.54] where these same people
[4163.54 --> 4164.52] can offer love
[4164.52 --> 4165.40] and support
[4165.40 --> 4166.78] and care for one another,
[4167.74 --> 4168.82] maybe it's a place
[4168.82 --> 4170.54] where you can come.
[4171.54 --> 4172.36] All of you,
[4172.42 --> 4173.00] in your pain,
[4173.16 --> 4173.74] and your suffering,
[4173.84 --> 4174.22] all of you,
[4174.22 --> 4174.84] your whole story,
[4174.90 --> 4176.30] maybe it's a place,
[4177.02 --> 4177.94] and more importantly,
[4178.04 --> 4178.96] maybe it's a people
[4178.96 --> 4181.18] that you can lean into
[4181.18 --> 4181.68] as well.
[4183.60 --> 4184.84] You can be a part of it.
[4185.74 --> 4187.02] You can be a part of us.
[4187.26 --> 4188.78] Maybe in our hurt,
[4188.92 --> 4189.76] maybe in our suffering,
[4189.88 --> 4191.92] maybe the broken vessels
[4191.92 --> 4194.44] found here at Emanuel CRC
[4194.44 --> 4196.72] or in the church global
[4196.72 --> 4199.08] are the exact kind of people
[4199.08 --> 4200.20] that will resonate with you.
[4200.20 --> 4205.06] Maybe God can use even us
[4205.06 --> 4206.24] to help you,
[4206.74 --> 4209.30] or maybe God could use