{"id":1086,"date":"2024-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/287-jeff-gelineau-an-acceptable-alternative\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T07:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:50:47","slug":"287-jeff-gelineau-an-acceptable-alternative","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/287-jeff-gelineau-an-acceptable-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"287: Jeff Gelineau – An Acceptable Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to the fourth and final class given at the Belmont (now called San Fransisco Peninsula) ecclesial study day in 1998 by brother Jeff Gelineau. The title of the whole series was “An Acceptable Alternative”.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris Selfie and
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek on this podcast.
\nWe select One Talk a week to <\/p>\n

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\nhelp us get the Bible in our
\nDaily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode at the
\nstart of each week with the <\/p>\n

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\nshort intro beforehand to kind
\nof set the stage for the talk <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re about to listen to.
\nAnd now? <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s talk more about this
\nweek’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s class is the 4th
\nclass of four classes given by <\/p>\n

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\nbrother Jeff Jelineau, my dad at
\nthe Belmont study today in 1998.<\/p>\n

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\nNow, so Belmont is now called
\nSan Francisco Peninsula. <\/p>\n

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\nThey moved and I really enjoyed
\nthis class. <\/p>\n

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\nObviously I have a huge bias
\nhere listening to my dad, but I <\/p>\n

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\nfound it really interesting that
\nthis is him as a young man. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s younger in this class when
\nhe’s presenting this class than <\/p>\n

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\nI am now and I very much enjoyed
\nthis class. <\/p>\n

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\nI think it’s a concept knowing
\nmy dad and knowing what he’s <\/p>\n

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\nkind of passionate about, that
\nit’s something he’s been <\/p>\n

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\nthinking about and caring about
\nfor a long time. <\/p>\n

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\nBasically, that there are ideals
\nand then we fall short of <\/p>\n

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\nideals, which is, you know, sin
\nor we make actual mistakes, but <\/p>\n

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\nthen there are acceptable
\ncompromises. <\/p>\n

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\nThat the acceptable alternative
\nis what the study day is called,<\/p>\n

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\nand all four of the classes are
\nabout that. <\/p>\n

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\nThat sometimes we can get
\nconfused, as are the ideals. <\/p>\n

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\nLike now the acceptable
\nalternative is now the ideal, <\/p>\n

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\nforgetting that we’re only using
\nthis kind of construct to deal <\/p>\n

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\nwith our own failure and
\ninability to consistently reach <\/p>\n

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\nthe ideal anyways.
\nHe applies it in this class to a<\/p>\n

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\nCollegial life specifically, but
\nthis class was definitely the <\/p>\n

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\nbest one to share because he
\nrecaps the concept as a whole <\/p>\n

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\nand then reviews the first three
\nclasses and you know, and and <\/p>\n

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\nthose have different
\napplications. <\/p>\n

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\nSo family and work on and on.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n

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\nI was very encouraged by this
\nclass. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, it is.
\nI obviously have a strong bias. <\/p>\n

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\nDad’s been on the show before in
\nepisode 50. <\/p>\n

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\nI think I posted that one as
\nwell. <\/p>\n

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\nBut this one is so much, it was
\nvery interesting for me because <\/p>\n

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\nin episode 50 it’s that was 15
\nyears ago. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I I remember him obviously
\nvery well at that time kind of <\/p>\n

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\nwho he was as a as a as a man or
\nwhatever and but this I don’t I <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t feel like I knew this
\nperson. <\/p>\n

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\nI was 10 when he gave this class
\nand you know so anyways it’s <\/p>\n

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\njust a it it was just very
\ninteresting to listen to. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I do think it’s for me but I
\nthink it’ll be interesting for <\/p>\n

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\nanyone to listen to which is,
\nwhich is why we’re sharing it. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is obviously a problem
\nwith the audio. <\/p>\n

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\nBasically, his voice was never
\nas high as it is in this in this<\/p>\n

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\nclass.
\nSo there’s something in the <\/p>\n

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\nrecording and how the recording
\nwas saved as a tape over time <\/p>\n

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\nthat changed the audio.
\nIt’s very, very easy to <\/p>\n

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\nunderstand.
\nYou’re not going to have a <\/p>\n

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\nproblem listening to it.
\nI just think it’s worth stating <\/p>\n

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\nfor the record that his voice
\nnever sounded exactly like this.<\/p>\n

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\nYou’ll see in just a minute.
\nSo here is Jeff Jelineau the <\/p>\n

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\nacceptable.
\nWe’ve talked about some pretty <\/p>\n

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\nstrong topics this morning.
\nI really wanted to get us to <\/p>\n

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\nopen our eyes and get us to
\nthink and address some serious <\/p>\n

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\nissues.
\nAnd without the open minds and <\/p>\n

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\nloving hearts, some of these
\nthings can’t be said. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I won’t review again the
\nthree options. <\/p>\n

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\nThe clearly wrong choice that’s
\nsinful, easiest, and leads to <\/p>\n

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\ndeath.
\nThe clearly right choice that’s <\/p>\n

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\nrighteous, hard, and leads to
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I won’t talk again into the
\nthird time review that <\/p>\n

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\nacceptable alternative that is
\nis neither but very complicated.<\/p>\n

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\nI won’t stress again with our
\nour purpose and our goal to <\/p>\n

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\nremind us about the differences
\nbetween the two and cue us in on<\/p>\n

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\nhow to look for one and and the
\nrumor that complicate <\/p>\n

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\ncomplications are the hallmark
\nof alternatives and compromises.<\/p>\n

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\nBut I will remind us to remember
\nto strive for higher ground, <\/p>\n

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\npush yourself to make better and
\nand stronger choices. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the Lord, we spent some time
\nlooking at our home life. <\/p>\n

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\nI encouraged us to remember that
\nthere’s always better choices we<\/p>\n

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\ncan make doesn’t mind some time
\ntalking about work and reminded <\/p>\n

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\nus to realize the situation
\nwe’re in. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the imperfections and the
\ncomplications that come with <\/p>\n

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\njust having to be at work and to
\nset a clear moral compass. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know daily and and be a a
\nbeacon of of right actions in <\/p>\n

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\nyour in your work.
\nAnd this last class, we’re going<\/p>\n

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\nto look at ecclesial life.
\nNow surely there can’t be any <\/p>\n

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\nmoral compromises in ecclesial
\nlife, right? <\/p>\n

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\nSurely we haven’t accepted
\nanything other than the ideal in<\/p>\n

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\nour ecclesia life.
\nUnfortunately, I’d say yes. <\/p>\n

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\nI would feel guts enough to
\nstand up front and say that I <\/p>\n

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\nthink organized religion, almost
\nby definition, accepts less than<\/p>\n

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\nthe ideal.
\nFirst, let’s just take a look at<\/p>\n

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\nthis memorial service, the the
\ncenter and soul of our ecclesial<\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nTurn over to Hebrews chapter 10 <\/p>\n

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\nand we’ll do the easy one first.
\nThe Wrong Choice, <\/p>\n

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\nHebrews chapter 10, verses 24
\nand 25 And let us consider how <\/p>\n

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\nwe may spur one another on
\ntoward love and good works. <\/p>\n

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\nLet us not give up meeting
\ntogether, as some are in the <\/p>\n

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\nhabit of doing.
\nLet us encourage one another, <\/p>\n

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\nand all the more as you see the
\nday approaching clearly. <\/p>\n

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\nObviously the wrong choice is
\nfor us to abandon our <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship with God, for us to
\nto give up on meeting together, <\/p>\n

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\nto say phooey on them.
\nIt’s just not worth it. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re all such bunged up
\npeople. <\/p>\n

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\nI just don’t even want to deal
\nwith them anymore. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I got so many other
\nproblems, like other things <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re going to do.
\nAnd the golf courses are more <\/p>\n

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\nempty on Sunday mornings than
\nthey are on Saturday mornings, <\/p>\n

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\nand I just don’t want to meet
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

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\nClearly that’s wrong, to abandon
\nyour relationship to to not <\/p>\n

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\nremember the sacrifice of our
\nLord. <\/p>\n

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\nThe clearly right choice is,
\nwell, Jesus, Paul recounts. <\/p>\n

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\nIt recounts what Jesus says
\nthere in First Corinthians 11. <\/p>\n

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\nRead again Paul’s reckoning of
\nthat Last Supper, 1st <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 11, starting at
\nverse 25. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the same way after supper he
\ntook the cup, saying, This cup <\/p>\n

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\nis the new covenant.
\nMy blood do this whenever you <\/p>\n

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\ndrink it, and rememberness of
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nFor whenever you drink this
\nbread, eat this bread, and drink<\/p>\n

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\nthis cup, you proclaim the
\nLord’s death until He comes. <\/p>\n

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\nOur our fellowship together.
\nOur memorial meal was intended <\/p>\n

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\nto extend into our personal
\nlives. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was the idea behind the
\nLast Supper was a meal the first<\/p>\n

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\nChristians shared together,
\neating and talking, encouraging <\/p>\n

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\none another, praying for one
\nanother, exhorting one another, <\/p>\n

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\nuplifting one another as often
\nas they got together. <\/p>\n

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\nI think the the ideal what’s
\nclearly right is, is breaking <\/p>\n

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\nbread daily, not relegating it
\nto a certain day of the week, <\/p>\n

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\nnot restricting it to a symbolic
\nsip of wine and and pinch of <\/p>\n

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\ncracker.
\nA daily remembrance of our <\/p>\n

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\nLord’s sacrifice around a meal
\nof fellowship would clearly be <\/p>\n

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\nthe right choice.
\nWe have accepted an alternative <\/p>\n

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\nthat in and of itself is not
\nright or or wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s just an alternative
\nalternative, meeting together <\/p>\n

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\nonce a week on Sundays, taking
\nthe bread and the wine together.<\/p>\n

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\nBut it is important that we
\nremember that. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s important that we realize
\nthat that we understand that <\/p>\n

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\nwhenever you accept an
\nalternative, it brings with it <\/p>\n

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\ncertain complications.
\nAccepting alternative often <\/p>\n

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\ndoesn’t provide the rich level
\nof of reward and satisfaction <\/p>\n

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\nthat comes from doing what’s
\nclearly right. <\/p>\n

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\nWe may find that in our own
\nmemorial service, the fellowship<\/p>\n

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\nthat we share may be stilted.
\nIt may may not grow as strong as<\/p>\n

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\nit possibly could if we invested
\nmore time, more energy, a more <\/p>\n

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\nintimate connection with one
\nanother, into our relationship, <\/p>\n

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\ninto our memorial service, into
\nour church service. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not trying to condemn what
\nwe do. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m just trying to make sure
\nthat we’re all aware of what <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve done and we haven’t just
\nfallen into this as the default <\/p>\n

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\nposition.
\nWe have to be aware of the <\/p>\n

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\nconsequences and the
\ncomplications that arise because<\/p>\n

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\nthey alternatively be accepted
\nso we can hopefully face the <\/p>\n

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\nchallenges and and and meet them
\nsuccessfully. <\/p>\n

151
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\nIt would require a a huge amount
\nof faith to act to do as the <\/p>\n

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\nfirst Christians.
\nTake a look at Acts 2. <\/p>\n

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\nTake a a peek back at what their
\nlife was like. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s read from Acts Two,
\nChapter 4, verse 42, Acts 242. <\/p>\n

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\nThey devoted themselves to the
\nApostles teaching and to the <\/p>\n

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\nfellowship, devoted themselves
\nto fellowship, to the breaking <\/p>\n

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\nof bread, and to prayer.
\nEveryone was filled with awe, <\/p>\n

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\nand many wonders and miraculous
\nsigns were done by the apostles.<\/p>\n

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\nAll the believers were together
\nand had everything in common. <\/p>\n

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\nSelling their possessions and
\ngood goods. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:58,520 –> 00:12:04,320
\nThey gave to anyone as he had
\nneed every day, every day they <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:04,320 –> 00:12:06,600
\ncontinued to meet together in
\nthe temple courts. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:07,360 –> 00:12:10,480
\nThey broke bread in their homes
\nand they ate together with glad <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:10,480 –> 00:12:15,080
\nand sincere hearts, praising God
\nand enjoying the favor of all <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:15,080 –> 00:12:17,760
\nthe people.
\nAnd the Lord added to their <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:17,760 –> 00:12:20,640
\nnumber daily, to those who are
\nbeing saved. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t know about you, but that
\nwould require quite a leap on <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:30,000 –> 00:12:34,120
\nour part.
\nJust half these things. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:34,560 –> 00:12:38,160
\nJust, you know, the effort
\nrequired to meet together daily <\/p>\n

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\nand to and to open up and to
\nshare what’s bothering us and <\/p>\n

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\nwhat’s in our hearts.
\nTo to pray for one another, to <\/p>\n

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\nsay nothing about selling
\neverything we have and having <\/p>\n

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\neverything in common.
\nWhoa, that’s like way beyond <\/p>\n

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\nwhere we’re even headed.
\nBut the rewards, Rewards would <\/p>\n

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\nbe significantly greater.
\nDoes this sound like a nice <\/p>\n

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\nplace?
\nA place where you’d like to be? <\/p>\n

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\nWe have glad and sincere hearts.
\nYour days are full of praise to <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nWe’ve we’ve accepted this <\/p>\n

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\nalternative.
\nWe’ve decided that it would be <\/p>\n

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\neasiest and most organized if we
\njust, you know, met together. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:28,400 –> 00:13:29,880
\nOn Sunday.
\nFirst day of the week. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:30,600 –> 00:13:35,880
\nWe had an exhortation, 3 hymns,
\n4 prayers. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was in the same order every
\nweek. <\/p>\n

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\nJust be easier, easier,
\norganized, wouldn’t take too <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:41,440 –> 00:13:43,640
\nmuch time out of us.
\nAnd it’s not wrong. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:43,640 –> 00:13:46,960
\nIt’s absolutely not wrong.
\nThe wrong thing would be for us <\/p>\n

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\nto ignore it, for us to to not
\ntake part of it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:52,440 –> 00:13:54,840
\nBut it’s not as good as it could
\nbe. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:56,240 –> 00:14:00,440
\nAnother area I think that we’ve
\naccepted alternatives because of<\/p>\n

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\nit we’re involved in an
\norganized religion is <\/p>\n

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\nfellowship.
\nIt would be clearly wrong to <\/p>\n

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\npretend that we’re in fellowship
\nwith everyone and and share the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:13,240 –> 00:14:17,200
\nLord’s table with others
\nregardless of what they believe.<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:17,760 –> 00:14:20,720
\nJust hey, go on in, break bread
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:24,120 –> 00:14:27,600
\nIt would be great.
\nIt would be wonderful if our <\/p>\n

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\nrelationships were so small and
\nso intimate that we could sit <\/p>\n

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\ndown with everyone that we ever
\nhave contact with and we could <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:36,560 –> 00:14:39,000
\npersonally discuss their
\nbeliefs. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,600 –> 00:14:43,280
\nWe can work out agreements
\nbetween US and we could, we <\/p>\n

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\ncould fellowship them.
\nThis would be clearly right. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:47,440 –> 00:14:48,760
\nOh, no one could find fault in
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, some people could, but
\nwe’re not going to talk about <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nBut the the consequences of <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:53,840 –> 00:14:59,440
\nbeing a member of a worldwide
\ncommunity caused us to accept an<\/p>\n

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\nalternative of issuing a
\nstatement of faith and basing <\/p>\n

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\nour fellowship on others
\nacceptance of that statement. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not wrong.
\nIt’s clearly not wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nBut but obviously this method,
\nlike all acceptable <\/p>\n

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\nalternatives, is going to bring
\nwith it complications. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m sure you people here in
\nBelmont are intimately familiar <\/p>\n

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\nwith the complications of of a
\nstatement of faith, and it’s <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to bring with it a a a
\nlevel of of fulfillment and <\/p>\n

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\nsatisfaction that is probably
\nnot as great as a more intimate <\/p>\n

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\nand personal relationship with
\nindividuals. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then a part of fellowship
\nthat strikes me. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:48,040 –> 00:15:51,520
\nAnd an area where we’ve accepted
\nan alternative in our ecclesial <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:51,520 –> 00:15:56,400
\nlife is disfellowship, the
\nclearly wrong choice? <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:56,400 –> 00:16:00,080
\nI mean it’s scriptural.
\nIt would be to ignore the UN <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:00,080 –> 00:16:03,400
\nChrist like actions and
\nlifestyles of people around us <\/p>\n

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\nand allow them to continue to
\ntheir ultimate destruction. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:07,480 –> 00:16:10,120
\nThere’s there’s there’s several
\nverses telling us we shouldn’t <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:10,120 –> 00:16:12,480
\ndo that.
\nTake a look at Ezekiel chapter <\/p>\n

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\nthree, We see the duties and
\nresponsibilities of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:15,280 –> 00:16:23,240
\nWatchmen.
\nEzekiel chapter 3. <\/p>\n

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\nStarting at verse 17 Son of Man,
\nI have made you a watchman for <\/p>\n

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\nthe House of Israel.
\nSo hear the word I speak and <\/p>\n

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\ngive them warning from me when I
\nsay to a wicked man, You will <\/p>\n

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\nsurely die, and you do not warn
\nhim or speak out to dissuade him<\/p>\n

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\nfrom his evil ways in order to
\nsave his life. <\/p>\n

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\nThat wicked man will die for his
\nsin and I will hold you <\/p>\n

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\naccountable for his blood.
\nBut if you do warn the wicked <\/p>\n

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\nman and he does not turn from
\nhis wickedness or from his evil <\/p>\n

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\nways, he will die for his sin.
\nBut you will have saved yourself<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:02,560 –> 00:17:04,240
\nAnd clearly we we have a
\nresponsibility. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:04,240 –> 00:17:08,800
\nWe can’t just allow the person
\nto to continue in a an uncrice <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:08,800 –> 00:17:13,280
\nlike way knowing that their path
\nis is is leading them to death <\/p>\n

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\nand not say anything about it.
\nI love the the verse in Jude. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:20,359 –> 00:17:30,040
\nYou want to turn with me to Jude
\nverse 22 and 23? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:30,040 –> 00:17:35,600
\nJude 22.
\nBe merciful to those who doubt. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:36,400 –> 00:17:40,840
\nSnatch others from the fire and
\nsave them to others. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:40,840 –> 00:17:43,800
\nShow mercy without fear, mixed
\nwith fear, hating even the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:43,800 –> 00:17:45,800
\nclothing stained by corrupted
\nflesh. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:46,400 –> 00:17:53,480
\nSnatch them from the fire so we
\nhave a responsibility there. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:57,200 –> 00:18:05,720
\nThe right thing is clear, and
\nlet’s turn to 2nd Thessalonians,<\/p>\n

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\nChapter 3, 2nd Thessalonians,
\nChapter 3, Setting of verse 6. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,600 –> 00:18:22,760
\nIn the name of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, we command you, <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:22,760 –> 00:18:26,520
\nbrothers, to keep away from
\nevery brother who is idle and <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:26,520 –> 00:18:29,280
\ndoes not live according to the
\nteaching you receive from us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:30,400 –> 00:18:33,000
\nFor you yourselves know how you
\nought to follow our example. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:33,640 –> 00:18:35,080
\nWe were not idle when we were
\nwith you. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:36,880 –> 00:18:40,200
\nI command you, brother, and to
\nwithdraw the King. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:40,200 –> 00:18:43,280
\nJames says from every brother
\nthat walketh disorderly. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:45,760 –> 00:18:47,080
\nSo we know what the right thing
\nto do is. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:47,080 –> 00:18:48,760
\nWe know what the wrong thing to
\ndo is. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:49,760 –> 00:18:55,680
\nWhere we fail, I think, is in
\nthe the cold out workings of an <\/p>\n

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\norganized religion.
\nThe concept here is that the <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:00,720 –> 00:19:06,160
\nfellowship we’ve been enjoying
\nwith our brother or sister is so<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:06,160 –> 00:19:12,640
\nprecious and so valuable that
\nlife without this fellowship <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:13,400 –> 00:19:16,600
\nwould be almost unbearable for
\nthe offender. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:19,440 –> 00:19:22,920
\nSo again in this in this in this
\nideal world where we’ve we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nnot accepted alternatives and
\nand the and the fellowship we <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:25,960 –> 00:19:30,760
\nshare is is precious and sweet
\nand and it’s and it’s so <\/p>\n

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\nintegral to our lives that we
\nall depend on it and and and <\/p>\n

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\nrequire it And then if this
\nperson is offending and we <\/p>\n

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\nwithdraw that fellowship they
\nwould they would feel such a <\/p>\n

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\nloss if we were to draw withdraw
\nfrom them it would be <\/p>\n

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\ninspiration and motivation for
\nthem to change and to turn from <\/p>\n

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\ntheir evil ways and to come back
\nand that that concept is very <\/p>\n

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\nvery simple but the reality is
\nthat the brother or sister has <\/p>\n

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\noften already slipped between
\nthe cracks we’re not really <\/p>\n

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\nenjoying.
\nA relationship with them that we<\/p>\n

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\nshould be They’ve already fallen
\naway and in reality we end up <\/p>\n

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\njust sending them a letter
\ntelling them they’re no longer <\/p>\n

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\nable to break bread with us
\nuntil they resolve their <\/p>\n

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\nproblems.
\nThat’s it’s not wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not saying it’s wrong, I’m
\nsaying it’s it’s a it’s a weak <\/p>\n

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\nalternative and an acceptable
\nalternative. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve accepted that woefully
\nfall short of the ideal. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s kind of indicative, I
\nthink, of acceptable <\/p>\n

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\nalternatives.
\nThey fall short of the ideal <\/p>\n

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\nthat maybe our thoughts when we
\nwere younger, we’re better, and <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:12,200 –> 00:21:18,040
\nmaybe all the youthful idealism
\nthat filled us when we when we <\/p>\n

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\nwere directed by, you know,
\nhigher principles. <\/p>\n

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\nWe lived a life based on faith
\nand obedience. <\/p>\n

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\nI mean that was better.
\nMaybe accepting all this grey <\/p>\n

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\nand we’re in living in all this
\ngrey is what’s causing our <\/p>\n

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\nproblems.
\nSo the three options clearly, <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:39,960 –> 00:21:42,360
\nwrong, clearly right, Acceptable
\nalternative. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:42,720 –> 00:21:44,200
\nI would give you three other
\nwords. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:44,920 –> 00:21:54,920
\nIdealism, cynicism, devoid of of
\nof of faith, devoid of a life of<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:54,920 –> 00:21:56,880
\nprinciples.
\nGiving up on the existence of <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:56,880 –> 00:22:04,000
\nGod in the middle is maybe
\npragmatism, a life based on <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples but altered to fit
\nreality in a life that’s not <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:11,840 –> 00:22:24,060
\nquite as sweet.
\nThat really is the problem with <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:24,060 –> 00:22:27,580
\nacceptable alternatives.
\nThey by definition fall short of<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:27,580 –> 00:22:32,140
\nthe ideal, and Our Calling in
\nChrist is to the ideal. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:32,700 –> 00:22:35,260
\nOur Calling in Christ is to take
\nthe highest Rd. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:37,260 –> 00:22:49,120
\nLet’s read from Matthew chapter
\n5, Matthew 5, verse 38. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ve heard that it was said
\neye for eye and tooth for tooth.<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:58,800 –> 00:23:01,560
\nBut I tell you, do not resist an
\nevil person. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:02,240 –> 00:23:05,080
\nIf someone strikes you on the
\nright cheek, turn to him the <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:05,080 –> 00:23:07,520
\nother also.
\nAnd if someone wants to sue you <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:07,520 –> 00:23:10,200
\nand take your tunic, let them
\nhave your cloak as well. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:10,800 –> 00:23:13,400
\nSomeone forces you to go a mile.
\nGo with them two miles. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:13,680 –> 00:23:16,440
\nGive to the one who asks you,
\nand do not turn away from the <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:16,440 –> 00:23:17,680
\none who wants to borrow from
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:18,800 –> 00:23:21,680
\nIf someone hits you, someone
\nstrikes you on the right cheek. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:21,960 –> 00:23:28,360
\nYou have three choices.
\nThe clearly wrong choice is to <\/p>\n

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\nstrike them back.
\nYour next choice is just to walk<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:34,560 –> 00:23:40,080
\naway.
\nI’m afraid what happens is we <\/p>\n

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\nthink that’s about the extent of
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:43,920 –> 00:23:45,760
\nI’m a good person.
\nI’m a Christian. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you strike me, I’m not going
\nto hit you back. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:48,960 –> 00:23:50,640
\nI’m just going to turn and walk
\naway. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:52,960 –> 00:23:55,680
\nThat is the acceptable
\nalternative. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:57,320 –> 00:24:01,280
\nLet’s not get confused here.
\nJesus says the clearly right <\/p>\n

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\nchoice is to give him the other
\ncheek. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:04,880 –> 00:24:11,440
\nAlso, if you sue me, if you sue
\nme for $1000, I’m not going to <\/p>\n

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\nsue you back.
\nI’m a righteous person. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:13,320 –> 00:24:15,360
\nI’m a Christadelphian.
\nI don’t sue. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m just going to pay you the
\n$1000 and walk away and never <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:19,440 –> 00:24:22,240
\nhave any more dealings with you
\nagain, right? <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the right thing to do.
\nThat’s the alternative that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve accepted.
\nChrist says the right thing to <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:31,480 –> 00:24:34,640
\ndo is to pay you the $1000 and
\ngive you 1000 more. <\/p>\n

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\nGive you my cloak and my coat.
\nIf you try to force me into <\/p>\n

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\nwalking a mile of you, the wrong
\nthing would be for me to say, <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:45,960 –> 00:24:47,560
\nare you crazy?
\nGet out of here. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:49,240 –> 00:24:53,240
\nThe the acceptable alternative
\nis just for me to say, OK, I’ll <\/p>\n

330
\n00:24:53,240 –> 00:24:54,960
\ngo ahead, I’ll do it.
\nI’ll walk a mile. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:58,400 –> 00:25:01,400
\nThe right thing is to go too.
\nI mean that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:01,400 –> 00:25:04,920
\nThat’s Christ’s whole point.
\nChrist’s whole point is don’t <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:04,920 –> 00:25:10,400
\nsettle, don’t accept.
\nPush on. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:25:10,640 –> 00:25:12,920
\nGo higher.
\nDo more than what’s asked of <\/p>\n

335
\n00:25:12,920 –> 00:25:15,640
\nyou, Give more than what’s
\nrequired of you. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:25:19,280 –> 00:25:22,200
\nAnd these are all quite
\nreasonable alternatives, right? <\/p>\n

337
\n00:25:22,680 –> 00:25:25,520
\nIt’s very reasonable to do
\nwhat’s expected of you. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:27,360 –> 00:25:30,120
\nThese are very realistic
\nresponses. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:31,840 –> 00:25:36,880
\nThey’re very pragmatic.
\nHey, can you soon be for $1000? <\/p>\n

340
\n00:25:37,200 –> 00:25:40,280
\nYou can have the $1000.
\nOK, I’m not going to fight it, <\/p>\n

341
\n00:25:42,800 –> 00:25:49,920
\nbut Christ wants more.
\nThere’s an amazing verse in <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:49,920 –> 00:25:52,560
\nEphesians chapter 4.
\nTake a look at Ephesians chapter<\/p>\n

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\n00:25:52,560 –> 00:26:08,560
\n4.
\nIt’s a little one. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:26:08,560 –> 00:26:10,280
\nYou got to catch it before it
\ngoes over here. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:26:10,400 –> 00:26:15,160
\nEphesians chapter 4, verse 28.
\nHe who has been stealing must <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:15,160 –> 00:26:19,000
\nsteal no longer but must work
\ndoing something useful with his <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:19,000 –> 00:26:22,280
\nown hands that he may have
\nsomething to share with those in<\/p>\n

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\n00:26:22,280 –> 00:26:29,240
\nneed.
\nNow the clearly wrong thing is <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:29,240 –> 00:26:32,960
\nto steal.
\nSo stop stealing. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:33,280 –> 00:26:34,720
\nThat would be right, wouldn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:35,880 –> 00:26:39,640
\nNo, that would simply be the
\nacceptable alternative. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:41,440 –> 00:26:46,720
\nWhat we’re called to do is to go
\nto work, to make something with <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:46,720 –> 00:26:50,960
\nour own hands that we can give
\nto the person that needs. <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:52,160 –> 00:26:58,840
\nSo the thief not only has to
\nstop stealing, but the thief has<\/p>\n

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\n00:26:58,840 –> 00:27:02,560
\nto give to the poor.
\nHe has to earn some money and <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:02,560 –> 00:27:07,000
\ngive it away.
\nThat same thing is required of <\/p>\n

357
\n00:27:07,000 –> 00:27:11,720
\nus.
\nWe can’t just not do what’s <\/p>\n

358
\n00:27:11,720 –> 00:27:26,960
\nwrong,
\nwe have to do right. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:29,680 –> 00:27:39,960
\nI use the analogy of being in a
\nriver and clearly the wrong <\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:39,960 –> 00:27:45,400
\nthing to do when a river is
\ndrown, right? <\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:46,080 –> 00:27:48,720
\nSo clearly the wrong thing to do
\nis say, hey, it looks like fun <\/p>\n

362
\n00:27:48,720 –> 00:27:51,040
\ndown there and go down and
\ndrowned. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:27:52,360 –> 00:27:54,240
\nIt’s that’s death.
\nThere’s no hope there <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:54,240 –> 00:27:59,640
\nwhatsoever.
\nThe alternative to that is to <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:59,640 –> 00:28:02,920
\ntread water, right?
\nWe say to ourselves, we’re <\/p>\n

366
\n00:28:02,920 –> 00:28:05,840
\nkeeping our head above water.
\nHow you doing today? <\/p>\n

367
\n00:28:06,000 –> 00:28:10,600
\nOh, I’m keeping my head above
\nwater, as if that’s some kind of<\/p>\n

368
\n00:28:10,600 –> 00:28:16,680
\ngoal.
\nThe whole point is to get <\/p>\n

369
\n00:28:16,680 –> 00:28:21,720
\nsomewhere, to progress, to get
\nto the shore, to get to the <\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:21,720 –> 00:28:24,840
\nKingdom.
\nIf we’re ever actually going to <\/p>\n

371
\n00:28:24,840 –> 00:28:27,600
\nget closer to shore, we have to
\nstart moving. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:28,280 –> 00:28:32,200
\nJust because we stopped stealing
\ndoesn’t mean we’re doing <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:32,200 –> 00:28:40,240
\nanything right.
\nIf we continue to accept the <\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:40,720 –> 00:28:47,160
\nGray as the right, well, don’t
\nyou forget how to swim. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:48,080 –> 00:28:49,360
\nWe’ll forget that there is a
\nright. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:54,760 –> 00:28:59,080
\nThere’s this story you’ve all
\nheard about the boiling frog. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:29:00,960 –> 00:29:03,800
\nPut a frog in a pot of boiling
\nwater, it says, I’m not getting <\/p>\n

378
\n00:29:03,800 –> 00:29:06,800
\nin here and it jumps out.
\nPut a frog in a pot of cold <\/p>\n

379
\n00:29:06,800 –> 00:29:08,480
\nwater.
\nTurn the heat on. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:29:09,680 –> 00:29:10,920
\nFrog swims around.
\nHe’s all happy. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:29:10,920 –> 00:29:12,240
\nBut pretty soon the water heats
\nup. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:29:12,680 –> 00:29:16,880
\nFrog boils to death.
\nThat’s what scares me about my <\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:16,880 –> 00:29:21,240
\nlife is the is the water just
\ngetting hotter and hotter and <\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:21,240 –> 00:29:27,160
\nI’m happily swimming along?
\nWe’ve got to take time. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:27,160 –> 00:29:31,920
\nYou’ve got to step back and look
\nand say, OK, is what I’m doing <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:31,920 –> 00:29:36,360
\nright, or have I just accepted
\nan alternative? <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:36,360 –> 00:29:43,040
\nWe need to examine our lives and
\ndon’t settle for less than what <\/p>\n

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\n00:29:43,040 –> 00:29:59,560
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\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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