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[3321.50 --> 3323.30] of us,
[3324.02 --> 3324.78] his church,
[3325.40 --> 3325.94] the body.
[3328.24 --> 3329.12] As the church
[3329.12 --> 3329.98] then attends
[3329.98 --> 3331.30] to the word of God
[3331.30 --> 3332.02] and to fellowship,
[3332.32 --> 3333.26] gathering and growing,
[3333.44 --> 3334.20] to the Lord's Supper,
[3334.34 --> 3335.26] gathering and growing,
[3335.52 --> 3336.16] and to prayer,
[3336.34 --> 3337.22] gathering and growing,
[3337.58 --> 3338.92] it's built up,
[3339.00 --> 3340.02] we are built up
[3340.02 --> 3340.60] in the life
[3340.60 --> 3341.18] of the Spirit
[3341.18 --> 3343.52] and sent out.
[3344.70 --> 3345.02] And actually,
[3345.14 --> 3345.46] Goheen,
[3345.58 --> 3346.46] he calls this
[3346.46 --> 3348.62] the bipolar orientation
[3348.62 --> 3349.58] of the church.
[3350.22 --> 3350.46] That is,
[3350.50 --> 3351.36] the church must be
[3351.36 --> 3353.60] inward and outward facing.
[3354.30 --> 3355.58] The inward life
[3355.58 --> 3357.64] strengthens the kingdom life
[3357.64 --> 3359.48] so that it is vitally connected
[3359.48 --> 3361.06] to its outward manifestation.
[3362.12 --> 3362.48] Again,
[3362.90 --> 3363.56] our gathering
[3363.56 --> 3364.62] and growing
[3364.62 --> 3365.70] and going
[3365.70 --> 3367.06] all exists
[3367.06 --> 3368.36] together.
[3369.46 --> 3370.94] And this missionary identity
[3370.94 --> 3372.14] of the church,
[3372.24 --> 3373.42] this sent reality
[3373.42 --> 3374.78] for us,
[3375.14 --> 3376.64] continues throughout.
[3376.74 --> 3377.98] That's the great commission
[3377.98 --> 3378.46] of Jesus,
[3378.58 --> 3380.32] to go into all nations
[3380.32 --> 3381.08] and make disciples.
[3381.24 --> 3382.68] That's the great commission
[3382.68 --> 3383.56] of Acts 1,
[3383.66 --> 3384.44] to be witnesses
[3384.44 --> 3386.46] to Judea and Samaria
[3386.46 --> 3387.20] and to the ends
[3387.20 --> 3387.72] of the earth,
[3388.02 --> 3389.58] filled with the Holy Spirit,
[3390.12 --> 3391.52] is to bring the light
[3391.52 --> 3394.02] of the gospel.
[3397.16 --> 3397.88] I don't know
[3397.88 --> 3398.56] how many of you
[3398.56 --> 3401.72] are currently watching
[3401.72 --> 3402.54] or have already
[3402.54 --> 3403.44] given up on
[3403.44 --> 3405.04] the Rings of Power series
[3405.04 --> 3406.18] on Amazon Prime.
[3408.26 --> 3409.82] If you're a Tolkien fan,
[3410.40 --> 3412.14] probably won't like
[3412.14 --> 3412.86] the TV show
[3412.86 --> 3414.54] because it's been
[3414.54 --> 3415.52] kind of disappointing,
[3415.72 --> 3416.28] to be honest.
[3417.14 --> 3418.48] But one of the things
[3418.48 --> 3419.04] they get right,
[3419.10 --> 3419.82] and this was in the most
[3419.82 --> 3420.40] recent episode
[3420.40 --> 3421.24] from this past week,
[3421.24 --> 3424.70] one of the characters
[3424.70 --> 3425.96] is finally standing up
[3425.96 --> 3426.94] and has realized
[3426.94 --> 3427.96] who Sauron is
[3427.96 --> 3428.56] and he speaks
[3428.56 --> 3429.64] with one of the other characters
[3429.64 --> 3432.10] and they finally get it right
[3432.10 --> 3433.14] and this was Tolkien's point
[3433.14 --> 3433.62] all along.
[3434.20 --> 3435.36] The character said,
[3435.52 --> 3436.10] Celebrimbor,
[3436.26 --> 3437.36] the only thing
[3437.36 --> 3438.76] that defeats the dark
[3438.76 --> 3440.80] is the light.
[3442.38 --> 3443.04] And then he says,
[3443.12 --> 3444.04] the darker the night,
[3444.76 --> 3446.10] the greater the light
[3446.10 --> 3447.00] cuts through it.
[3448.78 --> 3449.68] That's what we do.
[3449.68 --> 3452.60] We shine the light
[3452.60 --> 3453.20] of the gospel
[3453.20 --> 3454.72] into the darkness
[3454.72 --> 3455.94] because the only thing
[3455.94 --> 3457.10] that defeats the dark
[3457.10 --> 3458.44] is the light.
[3458.78 --> 3459.86] And Jesus,
[3460.34 --> 3461.24] the light of the world,
[3461.40 --> 3462.42] has made you
[3462.42 --> 3463.58] a light