The opening exhortation by Bro. Matthew Blewett from the same Idyllwild Bible School was used in GCT Episode 308.<\/p>\n
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\nOur third period teacher is
\nBrother Matthew Blewett. <\/p>\n
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\nHis general topic is Heaven and
\nEarth. <\/p>\n
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\nHis topic for today is Reality
\nin Relationship for the Matthew.<\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, everyone.
\nJust before we start, I know <\/p>\n
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\nit’s a significant day hearing
\nthe loss of our brother Ken <\/p>\n
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\nSomerville.
\nJust wanted to share a little <\/p>\n
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\nshort memory.
\nWe came here first in 2001. <\/p>\n
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\nI was very young, not sure what
\nI was doing here. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I did a series on David and
\nI was just 31. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now you can work at our order
\nnow. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I remember the most
\nterrifying thing about actually <\/p>\n
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\ncoming to our world, never mind
\nhaving to do these talks, was <\/p>\n
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\nthe Q&A session, which you may
\nremember used to have brother <\/p>\n
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\nKen.
\nKen at that time was running it <\/p>\n
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\nand I guess the idea was that
\nperhaps the speakers would be <\/p>\n
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\nthe font of all knowledge.
\nAnd, and I was most terrified. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when Brother Ken told me
\nabout it and I, you know, and <\/p>\n
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\njust the way he, he dealt with
\nme through that process, he <\/p>\n
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\nwould come and whisper in my
\near, he’s collecting my <\/p>\n
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\nquestions and secretly giving
\nthem to me. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so it was just his manner of
\ndealing with me that I still <\/p>\n
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\nremember all these years later,
\nhis gentleness, even though he <\/p>\n
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\nlooked like he could be quite a
\nquestion master. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was underneath that an
\nincredible gentleness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s just a beautiful little
\nmemory I wanted to share that <\/p>\n
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\ngoes back a long time.
\nAnd I’m sure you’ve got way more<\/p>\n
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\nmemories.
\nAnd I think that’s a good <\/p>\n
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\nintroduction to to what we’re
\ngoing to be talking about today.<\/p>\n
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\nBecause, you know, the real
\neternal thing, the real eternal <\/p>\n
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\nconnection we have with anybody
\nis not them themselves, but the <\/p>\n
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\nmemory and the relationship that
\nwe have with someone. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s where the eternity lies.
\nAnd we’re going to be talking <\/p>\n
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\nthis morning to bring everything
\nI hope to to where it should be.<\/p>\n
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\nThe fact that true reality is
\nfound in relationship. <\/p>\n
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\nWe ended our talk or or
\nyesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nWe focused on worship, we
\nfocused on the idea that really <\/p>\n
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\nwhat worship is, is a journey,
\nan intentional journey that <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re taking whenever we choose
\nto worship. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I just want to say that, you
\nknow, worship can happen <\/p>\n
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\nanywhere.
\nIt doesn’t have to just be in, <\/p>\n
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\nin, in an ecclesial environment
\non a Sunday or even in our <\/p>\n
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\nroutine at home.
\nIt could be anywhere where we <\/p>\n
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\ncan decide that we intentionally
\nwant to have a moment to, to, to<\/p>\n
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\nbring heaven and earth together.
\nAnd, and that’s something we <\/p>\n
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\nshould be awake to, as we’ve
\nseen many examples in the <\/p>\n
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\nscripture.
\nAnd it’s that journey we’re <\/p>\n
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\ntaking that, that, that journey
\nup the mountain towards heaven <\/p>\n
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\nthat we saw was the template of
\nworship. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we looked at the, at the,
\nthe, the way of worship that is <\/p>\n
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\nestablished in the Tabernacle
\nthat prepare the sacrifice and <\/p>\n
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\noffer the receive.
\nAnd where we ended was the point<\/p>\n
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\nof coming to the Holy of Holies,
\nwhere ultimately we come to meet<\/p>\n
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\nwith our God to connect.
\nThe power of connection is <\/p>\n
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\nreally what the pattern of
\nheaven and earth is all about. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so I thought before we
\nactually get into some of the <\/p>\n
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\ndetail of what we mean by
\nrelationship and connection, I <\/p>\n
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\nthought we might go back to
\nfractals, go back to part one <\/p>\n
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\nand show you how patterns in
\nfact and meaning is essentially <\/p>\n
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\nall about connection.
\nSo I’m going to attempt to show <\/p>\n
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\nyou about a 1 1\/2 two-minute
\nvideo. <\/p>\n
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\nHopefully you can see it well
\nand try read the writing because<\/p>\n
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\nit expresses, I think some
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\nBy the way, this is a piece of <\/p>\n
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\nI didn’t develop it, but it’s <\/p>\n
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\ndeveloped in a, a, a software
\npackage called Mandol 3D. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s using Mandelbrot,
\nMandelbrot fractals in a 3D <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s try and get that <\/p>\n
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\nworking.
\nThe <\/p>\n
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\nI’m prone to hypnotism, so I
\nalways get a bit worried about <\/p>\n
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\nIt just sort of does this to me.<\/p>\n
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\nBut I think I’m with you, all
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\nSo I think we can, we can see
\nthis, this essential importance <\/p>\n
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\nstuff in between, the <\/p>\n
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\nrelationships between things.
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\nAnd as we said, this is what we <\/p>\n
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\nhave when we get to Exodus 25
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\nall, we read.
\nAnd there I will meet with you <\/p>\n
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\nand I will speak with you from
\nabove the mercy seat from <\/p>\n
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\nbetween the two Caribbean, which
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\nThis idea that the two are made
\none, the two Caribbean, the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the word of God establishes <\/p>\n
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\nthis as a pattern.
\nYou know, as we reading, we, we,<\/p>\n
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\nwe see over and over again, it’s
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\nand this is a very powerful
\nmessage. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m going to share a slide to
\ntry and summarise it so that I <\/p>\n
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\nmight not be able to read it.
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\nSo just, and I’m sure you’ve got
\nmany, many more examples, when <\/p>\n
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\nthe midst, all over Scripture,
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\nup all the altars and put the
\nanimals on the altars. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the way that God’s presence
\nwas revealed is that the Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nof God as a flaming fire came.
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\nGenesis 15, verse 17.
\nAnd then of course we know the <\/p>\n
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\nstory we’ve already spoken about
\nwhen God revealed himself to <\/p>\n
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\nMoses, not only was he the
\nburning Bush, he was in the <\/p>\n
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\nmidst of the burning Bush, in
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\nGod said when when he was going
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\nAnd we read in, in, in Numbers
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\nyour camps and I will dwell in
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\nAnd then in Deuteronomy, it also
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\nrevealed himself, that he <\/p>\n
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\nthe fire.
\nAnd so this theme, and there are<\/p>\n
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\nmany, many other examples.
\nIt’s grabbing our attention to. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s that, that place in
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\nwhere, where the significance
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\njoining that middle is, is, is
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\nAnd so it’s not a coincidence <\/p>\n
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\ndescribed as being in between.
\nWe read in John 19, there they <\/p>\n
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\ncrucified him and with him two
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\nJesus in the middle.
\nAnd it’s later on that Paul is <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to pull from that idea and
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\npassage of it later on and show
\nhow Jesus is the one that is in <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s the one that, that, that, <\/p>\n
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\nthat brings the two together.
\nSo that’s a beautiful example of<\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nBut here’s a passage also that <\/p>\n
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\nexpresses the same idea.
\nAnd we, we, we often quote this <\/p>\n
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\npassage from Matthew chapter 18
\nfor where two or three are <\/p>\n
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\ngathered together in my name, I
\nam there in the midst of them. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s interesting.
\nI think we often misuse that <\/p>\n
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\nit to its highest intentional <\/p>\n
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\nlevel of, of importance.
\nIn other words, we often quote <\/p>\n
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\nthat passage when we gather
\ntogether to say that Jesus is <\/p>\n
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\nhere with us because there are
\ntwo or three or more of us. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the problem with using it in
\nthat respect is that Jesus can <\/p>\n
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\nbe with you when you’re on your
\nown. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus doesn’t need to be with
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\nSo what? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is he really saying?
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\nfour, there is a need for
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n
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\nI am the connection.
\nI am the one who’s in the midst.<\/p>\n
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\nI am the one that connects you
\nto you, to you. <\/p>\n
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\nI am the and for all of you, and
\nI think that’s that’s another <\/p>\n
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\nexample of Jesus as the valve,
\nJesus as the nail, Jesus as the <\/p>\n
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\nconnector.
\nAnd so all of these examples are<\/p>\n
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\njust so powerful in bringing us
\nto this point where where it <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t matter what conversation
\nwe have, I believe if it doesn’t<\/p>\n
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\nbring us back to the Lord Jesus
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\nAs Jesus said, you study the
\nScriptures and you think they’re<\/p>\n
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\nin his life, but they speak of
\nme. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we can’t bring our
\nattention at the end to the one <\/p>\n
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\nwho provides life to us, our
\nliving Saviour, Christ in you <\/p>\n
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\nthe hope of glory.
\nAnd so we do read in Ephesians, <\/p>\n
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\nas I mentioned, two and at verse
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\nFor he himself is our peace, He
\nwho has made both one and has <\/p>\n
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\nbroken down the middle wall of
\nseparation. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s the connector for all
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\nthemselves to you.
\nAnd this is particularly true of<\/p>\n
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\npeople we know well, like our
\nwives and our husbands and our <\/p>\n
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\nparents and our siblings and our
\nbrothers and friends we have in <\/p>\n
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\nthe meeting because they’re the
\nones we’ve put into a box, <\/p>\n
342
\n00:22:54,280 –> 00:22:55,680
\nbecause we think we’ve worked
\nthem out. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:56,640 –> 00:23:00,680
\nAnd it’s difficult to to go back
\nto that pub and say, you know, <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:00,760 –> 00:23:03,880
\nwhat is it that I can still
\nexplore about that person? <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:03,880 –> 00:23:07,000
\nWhat potential do they have
\nthat, that, that, that, that, <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:07,000 –> 00:23:09,680
\nthat I can bring out of them and
\nthat they can bring out of me? <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:10,800 –> 00:23:13,400
\nAnd just as a demonstration of
\nthis, this is the second time <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:13,400 –> 00:23:16,000
\nI’ve done, I’m doing this in my
\nlife and it worked the first <\/p>\n
349
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\ntime.
\nSo we’re going to demonstrate to<\/p>\n
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\n00:23:17,880 –> 00:23:20,320
\nyou why relationship is so
\nimportant. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:20,320 –> 00:23:23,520
\nWhy it is because at the end of
\nthe day, and I’ve, I’ve used <\/p>\n
352
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\nthis term over and over again,
\nIt’s in that, that the sense <\/p>\n
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\nthat there’s so much more to
\ndiscover in the other person <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:29,640 –> 00:23:33,760
\nthat surprise and beauty lies.
\nAnd, and there seems to be this <\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:33,760 –> 00:23:37,240
\nessential relationship with,
\nbetween beauty and goodness, <\/p>\n
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\nthese things that we, we find so
\ndifficult to describe and <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:40,360 –> 00:23:43,160
\nsurprise.
\nSo let, let, let me try and <\/p>\n
358
\n00:23:43,160 –> 00:23:45,320
\ndemonstrate this to you.
\nWe’re going to do 2 exercises <\/p>\n
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\nhere.
\nEach is going to be 30 seconds <\/p>\n
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\nlong.
\nI hope you can all be activated <\/p>\n
361
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\nand participate.
\nI’m getting my stopwatch ready. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:52,360 –> 00:23:57,240
\nSo the first is very simple,
\nwhere you are in your seats, no <\/p>\n
363
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\ndancing required.
\nYou have 30 seconds to from when<\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:01,360 –> 00:24:04,320
\nI say go to tickle yourself.
\nNow you can tick yourself <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:04,320 –> 00:24:05,760
\nwherever you know you might be
\nticklish. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:05,760 –> 00:24:07,600
\nMaybe it’s under your feet.
\nMaybe it’s under your arms. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:07,600 –> 00:24:09,440
\nSometimes some people are ticky.
\nMy wife is. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:09,440 –> 00:24:11,360
\nShe’s not chess.
\nShe’s ticklish by her ears. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:12,040 –> 00:24:14,080
\nOnly you.
\nYou must tickle yourself. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:14,120 –> 00:24:16,440
\nNext 30 seconds.
\nWe’ve begun. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:21,400 –> 00:24:23,880
\nOnly yourself.
\nNo talking. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:24:23,880 –> 00:24:32,720
\nFocus on your tickling.
\nYou’ve got 10 seconds more to <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:32,720 –> 00:24:34,400
\ngo.
\nI see some have given up <\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:34,400 –> 00:24:36,240
\ntickling themselves.
\nTry tickle yourself. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:39,840 –> 00:24:41,880
\nYou’re obviously not very well
\npracticed at this. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:42,840 –> 00:24:45,040
\nI’m very disappointed in your
\ntickling skills. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:46,160 –> 00:24:48,360
\nNot very good.
\nThe alarm is up, so that’s <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:48,360 –> 00:24:53,480
\nfinished now.
\nSecond phase, second, 30 <\/p>\n
379
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\nseconds.
\nEverybody must participate. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:56,480 –> 00:24:59,560
\nNow you have 30 seconds to
\ntickle the person next to you. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:59,880 –> 00:25:01,280
\nLet’s start.
\nGo. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:02,320 –> 00:25:04,840
\nTickle them wherever you can.
\nTickle them. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:05,640 –> 00:25:07,240
\nUnder their feet, under their
\narms. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:07,240 –> 00:25:11,600
\nTickle them.
\nTickle. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:14,840 –> 00:25:17,880
\nYou still got 10 seconds left.
\nTickle. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:19,520 –> 00:25:21,680
\nLook for someone not being
\ntickled and tickle them <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:33,400 –> 00:25:35,640
\nall, right?
\nTime up, time up, time up, time <\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:35,640 –> 00:25:42,680
\nup.
\nWell, what’s the difference? <\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:43,880 –> 00:25:47,600
\nThe first time you all know your
\nbody so well, you had an <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:47,600 –> 00:25:49,560
\nopportunity to tickle yourself
\nand you’re all sitting there <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:49,560 –> 00:25:52,960
\nstoically as if there was
\nnothing to be happy about. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:53,520 –> 00:25:57,320
\nSuddenly somebody else there is
\nopportunity to tickle you. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:57,320 –> 00:25:59,640
\nAnd the whole room’s senses were
\nlifted. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:59,840 –> 00:26:02,960
\nThey were shrinking and howling
\nand happiness and some sadness <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:02,960 –> 00:26:07,400
\nperhaps.
\nAnd you know, we laugh at this. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:07,400 –> 00:26:11,040
\nThis particular experiment has
\nbeen conducted and psychiatrists<\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:11,040 –> 00:26:13,280
\nhave written academic papers
\ntrying to understand why this <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:13,280 –> 00:26:16,400
\ndifference should exist.
\nAnd, and one of the, the <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:16,400 –> 00:26:19,840
\npowerful conclusions that many
\nof these psychiatrists have come<\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:19,840 –> 00:26:24,720
\nto is that what’s going on is
\nwhen the other person gets the <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:24,720 –> 00:26:28,360
\nopportunity to tickle you, it’s
\nthe surprise that’s really <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:28,360 –> 00:26:31,240
\nheartening your senses.
\nIt’s like, you know where you <\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:31,240 –> 00:26:33,120
\nshould be ticklish, but maybe
\nthey’re going to go somewhere <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:33,120 –> 00:26:35,200
\nelse or maybe they’re going to
\ngo just to the spot where you <\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:35,200 –> 00:26:36,720
\nwill be ticklish.
\nSo all of that’s going through <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:36,720 –> 00:26:40,440
\nyour mind and suddenly heightens
\nyour skin sense and everything <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:40,440 –> 00:26:42,600
\ngets heightened.
\nAnd I think that’s just an <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:42,880 –> 00:26:47,480
\nincredibly beautiful analogy for
\nus to realize that surprise and <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:47,480 –> 00:26:51,480
\nbeauty is only possible because
\nyou can have relationship. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:52,440 –> 00:26:56,280
\nAnd how much will we invest in
\nopening up that relationship? <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:57,560 –> 00:27:00,480
\nJust one last bit of of science
\nbefore we bring it back to the <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:00,480 –> 00:27:02,960
\nscripture.
\nI’m sure many of you have been <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:02,960 –> 00:27:05,720
\nexposed to the idea of left and
\nright brain. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:05,920 –> 00:27:07,600
\nAnd I think it’s kind of been
\noverused. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:07,840 –> 00:27:10,920
\nIf you’re in in business like
\nme, you’ll often get some sort <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:10,920 –> 00:27:13,400
\nof management consultant talking
\nabout how we need right brain <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:13,400 –> 00:27:15,240
\npeople and left brain people.
\nAnd the right brain people are <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:15,240 –> 00:27:17,720
\ncreative and the left brain
\npeople are your accountants. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:19,080 –> 00:27:21,480
\nAnd look, there’s, there’s,
\nthere’s, there’s, there’s <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:21,480 –> 00:27:24,520
\ndefinitely some indirect value
\nin a lot of those comments. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:24,520 –> 00:27:27,640
\nBut I’ve I’ve been exposed.
\nAnd I think some of you may have<\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:27,640 –> 00:27:30,680
\nread the work of Ian Mcgilchrist
\nto he’s probably one of the <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:30,680 –> 00:27:36,160
\nleading crossover psychologists,
\nbiologists in the field of <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:36,160 –> 00:27:38,840
\nunderstanding our brain.
\nAnd he’s written a number of <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:38,840 –> 00:27:41,280
\nbooks, one called the Divided
\nbrain, another called the matter<\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:41,280 –> 00:27:43,840
\nwith things, the other called
\nthe Master and the emissary. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:44,320 –> 00:27:47,400
\nI encourage you to read them,
\nbut they about this thick, so <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:47,400 –> 00:27:49,520
\nI’ll summarise it.
\nAnd one of the things that’s <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:49,520 –> 00:27:52,120
\ninteresting is he says, you
\nknow, in many ways we’ve <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:52,120 –> 00:27:54,920
\nactually been quite crude in the
\nway that we’ve actually <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:54,920 –> 00:27:57,360
\nunderstood the two hemispheres
\nof the brain. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:57,720 –> 00:28:01,080
\nThere are indeed two hemispheres
\nof the brain and they do indeed <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:01,080 –> 00:28:03,680
\nperform very different
\nfunctions. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:28:04,160 –> 00:28:07,080
\nSo the left hemisphere of the
\nbrain, as you can see in the <\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:07,080 –> 00:28:11,920
\npicture over there, is the part
\nof the brain that actually deals<\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:11,920 –> 00:28:14,440
\nwith what we’ve been talking a
\nlot about now, pattern <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:14,440 –> 00:28:19,360
\nrecognition at a small level,
\nclassifying objects, focusing on<\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:19,360 –> 00:28:21,840
\nthings.
\nSo it’s that part of our brain <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:22,000 –> 00:28:26,200
\nthat really is able to see
\nthings, categorize them, keep <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:26,200 –> 00:28:28,320
\nthings simple.
\nAnd it’s a very important part <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:28,320 –> 00:28:31,600
\nof our living because our left
\nbrain is that part of our brain <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:31,600 –> 00:28:34,080
\nthat acts quickly when we need
\nto act quickly. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:34,360 –> 00:28:38,360
\nSo it doesn’t ask any questions.
\nIt just sees, Oh my word, that <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:38,360 –> 00:28:39,840
\nlooks like a line I’ve got to
\nrun. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:40,200 –> 00:28:41,600
\nAnd that all happens quicker
\nthan I said it. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:41,920 –> 00:28:46,080
\nSo your left brain is very
\nfocused on things. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:47,160 –> 00:28:50,960
\nThe right brain is actually the
\npart of our brain that is <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:51,040 –> 00:28:53,320
\nintegrated.
\nIt looks at the big picture. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:53,480 –> 00:28:57,600
\nIt tries to to understand how
\nall the things relate to each <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:57,600 –> 00:28:59,440
\nother.
\nIt’s the part of our brain that <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:59,440 –> 00:29:03,440
\nactually deals with
\nrelationships, how things relate<\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:03,720 –> 00:29:06,240
\ntogether.
\nIt’s interesting what Ian <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:06,240 –> 00:29:11,200
\nMcgilchrist says is that if you
\nlook at culture and society over<\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:11,200 –> 00:29:15,640
\nthe last few 100 years, we’ve
\nactually become a dominated left<\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:15,680 –> 00:29:19,040
\nbrain society.
\nAs a result, as we were saying <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:19,040 –> 00:29:22,560
\nof science, as a result of our
\nobsession of things and the <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:22,560 –> 00:29:27,440
\nstudy of science, we’ve become a
\nsociety who actually focuses <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:27,440 –> 00:29:29,880
\nprimarily on things using our
\nleft brain. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:30,400 –> 00:29:34,320
\nWe spend less time using our
\nright brain and seeing how <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:34,320 –> 00:29:38,680
\neverything relates together, how
\nthings relate to each other, how<\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:38,680 –> 00:29:40,760
\nthe relationships operate
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:41,560 –> 00:29:43,320
\nI think that’s a very, very
\npowerful idea. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:43,320 –> 00:29:47,400
\nIn fact, his book called The
\nMaster and the Mystery is <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:47,400 –> 00:29:49,960
\nbasically saying we need both
\nparts of our brain. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:49,960 –> 00:29:52,760
\nGod wouldn’t have designed us
\nlike that if it wasn’t true. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:53,160 –> 00:29:56,600
\nBut in actual fact, we need our
\nright brain to be our master. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:57,360 –> 00:30:00,400
\nIt’s the only part that can keep
\nall things together for us so <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:00,400 –> 00:30:04,920
\nthat we can see the full pattern
\nas opposed to our left brain, <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:04,920 –> 00:30:09,080
\nwhich we need as a servant at
\nthe direction of our right <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:09,080 –> 00:30:11,640
\nbrain.
\nSo all of these ideas are are <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:11,720 –> 00:30:16,840
\nhope helping you to see how
\nimportant it is for us to focus <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:16,840 –> 00:30:20,840
\non the reality of relationship
\nand to put our energy into that <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:20,840 –> 00:30:25,960
\nspace and our focus.
\nSo I want to now draw your <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:25,960 –> 00:30:29,960
\nattention to Genesis.
\nWe keep going back to this <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:29,960 –> 00:30:33,800
\nrecord of Genesis and, and
\nseeing in this record of Genesis<\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:34,160 –> 00:30:37,560
\nthe pattern as we saw of heaven
\nand earth and so many other <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:37,560 –> 00:30:39,280
\nideas.
\nAnd I just love going back to <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:39,280 –> 00:30:41,360
\nGenesis one and two because
\nevery time I go there with a <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:41,360 –> 00:30:44,120
\ndifferent lens, I find something
\nthat I’ve never seen before. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:44,320 –> 00:30:47,440
\nAnd I want to show you that
\nright back in the creation <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:47,440 –> 00:30:50,520
\nrecord of Genesis relationship
\nis highlighted. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:51,360 –> 00:30:53,200
\nSo let me let me try and
\nillustrate that to you. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:53,200 –> 00:30:54,640
\nSo you don’t need to turn up
\nthere. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:54,880 –> 00:30:57,920
\nHere is the first creative act
\nof Genesis. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:57,920 –> 00:31:01,240
\nWe’ve already spoken about it
\nand we’ve seen that everything <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:01,240 –> 00:31:03,840
\nthat God created started with
\nwords. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:04,000 –> 00:31:06,320
\nWe call that heaven, the pattern
\nof heaven. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:06,560 –> 00:31:08,600
\nAnd so the first thing we
\nnoticed when we read the the <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:08,600 –> 00:31:11,880
\ncreation record in Genesis is
\nthat it always starts with God <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:11,880 –> 00:31:15,040
\nsaying something.
\nFor example, God said, let there<\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:15,040 –> 00:31:17,320
\nbe light.
\nSo that that is the heaven. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:17,440 –> 00:31:21,440
\nThat is the idea.
\nAnd then there was light, the <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:21,440 –> 00:31:24,120
\nphysical light that we can see
\nand we can actually measure its <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:24,120 –> 00:31:26,960
\nspeed and the photons, etcetera,
\netcetera. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:27,120 –> 00:31:30,560
\nAnd so that’s the earth, the
\nmaterial, and then there was <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:30,560 –> 00:31:32,960
\nlight.
\nBut here’s the next interesting <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:32,960 –> 00:31:35,040
\npoint because you’ve got to be
\ncurious. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:35,480 –> 00:31:37,240
\nIt could have just finished
\nthere and then he could have <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:37,240 –> 00:31:38,720
\nmoved on to the next day and the
\nnext day. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:38,720 –> 00:31:40,640
\nBut it doesn’t.
\nWhat does it say? <\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:41,320 –> 00:31:45,080
\nIt said and God saw the light
\nthat it was good. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:31:45,640 –> 00:31:49,680
\nAnd that word saw means to
\nobserve and perceive. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:50,400 –> 00:31:54,120
\nSo, so it’s like you, you, you,
\nyou make something, you speak, <\/p>\n
504
\n00:31:54,120 –> 00:31:56,760
\nyou design, you make it.
\nYou don’t just walk away, you <\/p>\n
505
\n00:31:56,760 –> 00:31:59,920
\ncome back and you perceive and
\nyou observe it. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:00,280 –> 00:32:03,000
\nThis is the concept, the, the
\noriginal concept of <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:03,000 –> 00:32:05,680
\nrelationship.
\nAnd having observed having <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:05,680 –> 00:32:09,880
\nrelated to the thing that he has
\nmade, he then says it is good. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:10,720 –> 00:32:14,200
\nAnd so we learned two things.
\nWe learned that relationship is <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:14,520 –> 00:32:18,600
\nessentially in the creation, and
\nsecondly, that goodness, <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:19,280 –> 00:32:24,040
\nwhatever that might be, this
\nbeautiful idea of to do good was<\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:24,040 –> 00:32:26,800
\none of the phrases that was
\nemphasized by John in his talks.<\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:27,000 –> 00:32:31,640
\nThis idea of goodness is found
\nin our relationship with the <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:31,640 –> 00:32:34,120
\nthing.
\nAnd so I don’t need to go <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:34,120 –> 00:32:36,520
\nthrough the rest of the record.
\nYou’ll see that that pattern <\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:36,520 –> 00:32:40,320
\nkeeps flowing, but interestingly
\nenough, it actually gets deeper,<\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:40,720 –> 00:32:45,280
\nespecially when he gets to
\ncreating the most important part<\/p>\n
518
\n00:32:45,280 –> 00:32:50,360
\nof His creation, you and I.
\nAnd so he says, let us make man <\/p>\n
519
\n00:32:50,360 –> 00:32:54,720
\nin our image a special part of
\ncreation, a part of creation <\/p>\n
520
\n00:32:55,080 –> 00:32:58,840
\nthat I will be able to relate to
\nin a way like no other part of <\/p>\n
521
\n00:32:58,840 –> 00:33:01,280
\ncreation.
\nAnd what does he do? <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:01,520 –> 00:33:06,280
\nHe creates man, heaven, earth.
\nAnd then not only does it say <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:06,280 –> 00:33:10,120
\nthat he comes back and looks,
\nbut he enters into conversation <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:11,080 –> 00:33:14,600
\nbecause now he has a creation
\nthat has his image and that has <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:14,600 –> 00:33:17,720
\nthe word and can understand.
\nAnd so he says be fruitful and <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:17,720 –> 00:33:21,360
\nmultiply and many other things.
\nHe enters into relationship. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:21,800 –> 00:33:25,080
\nAnd I always love the way that
\nonce that has happened, he turns<\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:25,080 –> 00:33:26,880
\naround and says it was very
\ngood. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:27,640 –> 00:33:31,640
\nIt’s like there’s another layer
\nof goodness now that this new <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:31,640 –> 00:33:34,280
\nrelationship has been set up.
\nAnd that is the first <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:34,440 –> 00:33:38,720
\nrelationship involving man.
\nIt’s God and man, the key <\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:38,720 –> 00:33:41,960
\nrelationship of Genesis 1.
\nAnd then what’s really <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:41,960 –> 00:33:45,720
\ninteresting is that we get
\nanother relationship in Genesis <\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:45,720 –> 00:33:48,760
\n2.
\nAnd at verse 18 God said it is <\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:48,760 –> 00:33:51,560
\nnot good that Adam should be
\nalone. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:33:52,080 –> 00:33:55,120
\nI will make him a help meet for
\nhim. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:33:55,640 –> 00:33:59,960
\nAnd so we now have the second
\nrelationship, Genesis 1, the <\/p>\n
538
\n00:33:59,960 –> 00:34:04,480
\nrelationship between God and
\nAdam or man or human beings and <\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:04,480 –> 00:34:07,400
\nGenesis 2, the relationship
\nbetween man and woman. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:07,400 –> 00:34:10,440
\nAnd I love the terminology.
\nI will make him a help meet <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:10,639 –> 00:34:14,199
\nagain, this idea of the
\nconnection, the help meet, the <\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:14,199 –> 00:34:18,639
\ncoming together.
\nSo we can see that relationship <\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:19,320 –> 00:34:21,840
\nis at the centre.
\nWe’ve seen those passages. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:21,960 –> 00:34:24,280
\nWe can see that it’s there in
\nGenesis. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:24,800 –> 00:34:29,639
\nAnd so it it cannot be a
\nsurprise to us that when all the<\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:29,639 –> 00:34:35,440
\nclever men, the scribes and the
\nPharisees came to Jesus with <\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:35,440 –> 00:34:39,159
\nessentially this question, if I
\nmight paraphrase, what is the <\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:39,159 –> 00:34:42,159
\nmost important thing in all
\ncreation? <\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:43,520 –> 00:34:47,320
\nAnd they came because they were
\nmen and women that loved to <\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:47,320 –> 00:34:50,600
\nfocus on things.
\nThey loved to focus on specific <\/p>\n
551
\n00:34:50,600 –> 00:34:53,440
\ncommandments and how certain
\nthings looked and how they <\/p>\n
552
\n00:34:53,440 –> 00:34:55,199
\nappeared.
\nAnd they had their list of <\/p>\n
553
\n00:34:55,199 –> 00:34:58,520
\ncommandments and they wanted to
\ntrick Jesus to choose one of the<\/p>\n
554
\n00:34:58,520 –> 00:35:00,840
\nobjects over the other objects
\nso that they could then tell him<\/p>\n
555
\n00:35:00,840 –> 00:35:05,800
\nhe was wrong.
\nThey said, Master tell us of all<\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:05,800 –> 00:35:09,240
\nthe myriad of commandments,
\nwhich is the greatest and I want<\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:09,240 –> 00:35:14,280
\nto show you how Jesus moves in
\non relationship. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:15,160 –> 00:35:17,560
\nWe read if you want to go to it.
\nYou know the passage well, I <\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:17,560 –> 00:35:21,840
\nguess Matthew chapter 22,
\nMatthew 22. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:35:22,240 –> 00:35:27,320
\nJesus replied verse 34.
\nLove the Lord your God with all <\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:27,320 –> 00:35:31,720
\nyour heart, with all your soul,
\nwith all your mind. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:31,720 –> 00:35:34,920
\nBy the way, if that isn’t an
\nactivated disciple, that’s whole<\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:34,920 –> 00:35:37,440
\nworship.
\nThis is the first and greatest <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:37,440 –> 00:35:39,640
\ncommandment and the 2nd is like
\nit. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:39,840 –> 00:35:43,560
\nLove your neighbour as yourself.
\nLove. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:44,320 –> 00:35:48,320
\nLove is abundant relationship
\noriented to the good. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:35:48,880 –> 00:35:53,000
\nThat’s a great way of seeing it.
\nLove is the Bible word for <\/p>\n
568
\n00:35:53,000 –> 00:35:56,600
\nrelationship.
\nRelationship that is oriented <\/p>\n
569
\n00:35:56,760 –> 00:35:59,840
\ntowards God.
\nWe are developing those <\/p>\n
570
\n00:35:59,840 –> 00:36:02,640
\nrelationships this week.
\nWe developed them throughout our<\/p>\n
571
\n00:36:02,640 –> 00:36:06,280
\nlife and there are two vital
\nones says Jesus. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:36:06,560 –> 00:36:10,400
\nYour relationship essentially
\nbetween earth and heaven and <\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:10,400 –> 00:36:12,560
\nyour relationship with one
\nanother. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:13,920 –> 00:36:18,360
\nAnd Jesus is saying, not only is
\nthis actually what reality is, <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:19,080 –> 00:36:24,080
\nthis is what I have come to do
\nbecause he says in verse 40, all<\/p>\n
576
\n00:36:24,080 –> 00:36:27,880
\nthe law and the prophets hang on
\nthese two commandments. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:36:28,040 –> 00:36:30,280
\nAnd every word in the Bible is
\nalways important. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:36:30,400 –> 00:36:33,040
\nSo you always got to look with
\ntheir curiosity and say, why <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:33,040 –> 00:36:35,160
\ndidn’t he just say, well, that’s
\nthe summary of the law and the <\/p>\n
580
\n00:36:35,160 –> 00:36:37,680
\nprophets or that’s it, or some
\nother thing. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:37,680 –> 00:36:39,600
\nNo, he uses a very specific
\nword. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:36:39,760 –> 00:36:43,880
\nHe says all the law and the
\nprophets hang on these two <\/p>\n
583
\n00:36:43,880 –> 00:36:45,400
\ncommandments.
\nWe always think he had a coat <\/p>\n
584
\n00:36:45,400 –> 00:36:47,840
\nhanger.
\nNo, he wasn’t talking about a <\/p>\n
585
\n00:36:47,840 –> 00:36:51,920
\ncoat hanger.
\nActs chapter 5, verse 30, The <\/p>\n
586
\n00:36:51,920 –> 00:36:55,600
\nGod of our ancestors raised
\nJesus from the dead, whom you <\/p>\n
587
\n00:36:55,600 –> 00:37:01,480
\nkilled by Hainium on a cross.
\nYou see, the day is coming where<\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:01,480 –> 00:37:05,600
\nyou are going to see the reality
\nof relationship in love, and <\/p>\n
589
\n00:37:05,600 –> 00:37:10,160
\nyou’ll see a man on a cross, and
\nthat man will demonstrate in <\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:10,160 –> 00:37:14,400
\nthat act the love of God and the
\nlove of neighbour. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:37:15,280 –> 00:37:19,040
\nHe’ll look down upon all those
\npeople who are railing him, who <\/p>\n
592
\n00:37:19,040 –> 00:37:21,200
\nare cursing him.
\nWe were beating him. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:37:21,200 –> 00:37:26,160
\nAnd he will say, Father, forgive
\nthem for they know not what they<\/p>\n
594
\n00:37:26,160 –> 00:37:28,680
\ndo.
\nAnd he will look up to his <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:28,680 –> 00:37:35,160
\nFather and say, Father, into
\nyour hands I commit my spirit. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:37:36,160 –> 00:37:41,400
\nAnd so the Lord Jesus Christ is
\nthat perfect example of the <\/p>\n
597
\n00:37:41,400 –> 00:37:44,880
\nrelationship, the reality that
\nwe are cultivating. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:37:45,160 –> 00:37:49,040
\nAnd not only is he the example,
\nHe is the love that we seek. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:37:49,920 –> 00:37:52,440
\nJesus has opened the way and he
\nis the way. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:37:53,320 –> 00:37:58,120
\nHe is the one who can develop
\nthat agape love in each and <\/p>\n
601
\n00:37:58,120 –> 00:38:01,680
\nevery one of us.
\nAnd so as we look around this <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:01,680 –> 00:38:06,080
\nroom and we bring our attention
\nto the relationship that we have<\/p>\n
603
\n00:38:06,080 –> 00:38:09,320
\nwith each and every one of us,
\njust just what does that <\/p>\n
604
\n00:38:09,520 –> 00:38:12,280
\nconnection look like?
\nHow can we make it more <\/p>\n
605
\n00:38:12,280 –> 00:38:15,200
\nabundant?
\nHow is it that I can draw out <\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:15,600 –> 00:38:18,480
\nthe the potential of my
\nneighbour? <\/p>\n
607
\n00:38:18,880 –> 00:38:22,520
\nHow is it that I can make them
\nbe the best that they can be in <\/p>\n
608
\n00:38:22,520 –> 00:38:26,480
\norientation towards God?
\nWe get lots of advice from the <\/p>\n
609
\n00:38:26,480 –> 00:38:30,440
\nword of God.
\nPoor says in Philippians, Let <\/p>\n
610
\n00:38:30,440 –> 00:38:33,720
\nnothing be done through selfish
\nambition or conceit, but in <\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:33,720 –> 00:38:37,040
\nloneliness of mind.
\nLet each esteem others better <\/p>\n
612
\n00:38:37,040 –> 00:38:39,840
\nthan himself.
\nLet each of you look not only <\/p>\n
613
\n00:38:39,840 –> 00:38:42,800
\nfor your own interest but for
\nthe interests of others. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:43,200 –> 00:38:45,720
\nImagine if we could truly walk
\naround imagining these. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:46,080 –> 00:38:48,480
\nI always imagine pup connections
\nbetween people. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:48,600 –> 00:38:51,520
\nAnd when we make connection with
\nthem, the first thing we do is <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:51,520 –> 00:38:54,760
\nwe listen because we don’t want
\nto fool the pup up with <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:54,760 –> 00:38:57,200
\nourselves.
\nAnd secondly, we don’t just make<\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:57,200 –> 00:38:59,080
\nassumptions.
\nWe truly listen to what they’re <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:59,080 –> 00:39:01,720
\nsaying.
\nIs there some surprise that we <\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:01,720 –> 00:39:04,040
\nhaven’t heard before?
\nSomething new that we can help <\/p>\n
622
\n00:39:04,040 –> 00:39:07,320
\nto cultivate, to make them as
\nbeautiful as they can be? <\/p>\n
623
\n00:39:09,000 –> 00:39:12,760
\nPaul says in Romans 12, don’t
\njust pretend to love others. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:39:12,960 –> 00:39:16,200
\nVerse nine Really.
\nLove them, hate what is wrong, <\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:16,200 –> 00:39:19,400
\nhold tightly to what is good.
\nLove each other with genuine <\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:19,400 –> 00:39:23,320
\naffection, taking delight in
\nhonouring each other. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:25,200 –> 00:39:27,760
\nHusbands and wives, isn’t that
\nsomething to work on? <\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:28,600 –> 00:39:33,400
\nFind out that beauty in your
\npartner and honour her for it. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:33,760 –> 00:39:35,480
\nBring it out.
\nThat’s your job. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:36,040 –> 00:39:38,840
\nIt’s like the heaven and earth.
\nYou’re there to cultivate that <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:38,840 –> 00:39:42,160
\npotential out of them, to make
\nthem all that they can be. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:42,760 –> 00:39:45,360
\nThat’s what love is.
\nThat’s that abundant <\/p>\n
633
\n00:39:45,360 –> 00:39:49,320
\nrelationship opening our eyes to
\nthose spaces between. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:50,120 –> 00:39:54,080
\nIn Colossians 3, we read this
\nbeautiful passage. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:54,640 –> 00:39:59,400
\nTherefore, as the elect of God,
\nholy and beloved, put on tender <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:59,400 –> 00:40:04,160
\nmercies, kindness, humility,
\nmeekness, long-suffering, <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:04,160 –> 00:40:06,480
\nbearing with one another, and
\nforgiving one another. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:06,720 –> 00:40:09,400
\nIf anyone has a complaint
\nagainst another, even as Christ <\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:09,400 –> 00:40:11,680
\nforgave you, so you also must
\ndo. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:12,320 –> 00:40:18,160
\nBut above all these things, put
\non love, which is the bond of <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:18,160 –> 00:40:21,960
\nperfection.
\nWe have come full circle. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:22,560 –> 00:40:28,280
\nWe have come to the vath, the
\nnail, the thing that bonds <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:28,280 –> 00:40:30,520
\nheaven and earth together.
\nLove. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:31,320 –> 00:40:35,400
\nThe perfect love as found in
\nJesus, The perfect love that we <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:35,400 –> 00:40:39,000
\nare asked to practice and
\ndevelop in our discipleship. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:39,640 –> 00:40:43,920
\nAnd that is really what bonds
\nheaven and earth together. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:40:45,440 –> 00:40:48,120
\nIf you’d bear with me, I thought
\nI would just try and summarise <\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:48,120 –> 00:40:50,560
\nsome of the things I know that
\nwe have gone through so much in <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:50,560 –> 00:40:52,960
\nthese classes.
\nI really appreciate your <\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:52,960 –> 00:40:55,120
\npatience.
\nAs I said, this has been quite <\/p>\n
651
\n00:40:55,120 –> 00:40:57,440
\ndifficult for me to try and
\nshare all these ideas. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:40:57,640 –> 00:40:59,760
\nAnd it’s a journey.
\nMany people have given me <\/p>\n
653
\n00:40:59,760 –> 00:41:01,520
\nfeedback, which has been
\namazing. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:02,120 –> 00:41:04,880
\nAnd so I thought I’d just try
\nand summarise some of the the <\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:04,880 –> 00:41:06,960
\nhighlights and the points that
\nI’d like to leave you with. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:07,240 –> 00:41:10,560
\nIt’ll be three or four slides,
\nand then we’ll be at the end. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:11,200 –> 00:41:14,920
\nHeaven and earth is the purpose
\nand pattern of all reality. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:15,720 –> 00:41:18,680
\nPatterns help us make sense of
\nthat reality. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:19,400 –> 00:41:23,760
\nThe Bible and all creation
\nreveals itself as a fractal <\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:23,760 –> 00:41:26,600
\npattern with microcosms and
\nmacrocosms. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:27,080 –> 00:41:30,480
\nPatterns reveal purpose and
\nconnection. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:31,440 –> 00:41:35,280
\nPattern recognition helps us to
\nmanage the balance between order<\/p>\n
663
\n00:41:35,480 –> 00:41:38,480
\nand chaos, simplicity and
\ncomplexity. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:39,440 –> 00:41:42,480
\nThe patterns of heaven and earth
\nare deeply connected. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:43,480 –> 00:41:46,680
\nBe careful not to become too
\nsimplistic, either in your <\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:46,680 –> 00:41:49,640
\napproach to the Bible, or laugh
\nby just seeing things on a <\/p>\n
667
\n00:41:49,640 –> 00:41:52,760
\nlinear basis.
\nUnderstanding the heaven and <\/p>\n
668
\n00:41:52,760 –> 00:41:56,800
\nearth fractal encourages us to
\nactually be activated disciples,<\/p>\n
669
\n00:41:57,000 –> 00:42:01,400
\nnot to be disconnected from our
\nbodies, and to become abstracted<\/p>\n
670
\n00:42:01,400 –> 00:42:04,720
\nand virtual.
\nWe must align our patterns to <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:04,720 –> 00:42:07,120
\nthe heavenly patterns of truth,
\nand we can discover those <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:07,120 –> 00:42:10,080
\npatterns by doing what we’ve
\ndone this week, by opening up <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:10,080 –> 00:42:12,680
\nthe Word of God and looking for
\nthose patterns and then seeing <\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:12,680 –> 00:42:15,680
\nthem again in the world and
\nearth around us. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:16,600 –> 00:42:19,400
\nReality is, as we’ve said,
\nrevealed in duality. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:19,640 –> 00:42:22,400
\nHeaven and earth is that
\nfoundational duality. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:23,120 –> 00:42:26,320
\nThe overall purpose is for
\nheaven and earth to be joined <\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:26,320 –> 00:42:28,560
\nwith earth, for heaven to be
\njoined with earth. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:28,920 –> 00:42:31,560
\nThat’s in the future, but it’s
\nsomething that we need to be <\/p>\n
680
\n00:42:31,560 –> 00:42:35,960
\ndoing every day and looking for
\nevery opportunity to fulfil that<\/p>\n
681
\n00:42:35,960 –> 00:42:39,200
\npurpose.
\nHeaven gives purpose and meaning<\/p>\n
682
\n00:42:39,200 –> 00:42:42,120
\nto earth.
\nIt anoints earth with purpose. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:42:42,880 –> 00:42:45,400
\nHeaven draws out the potential
\nof earth. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:42:46,400 –> 00:42:50,160
\nEarth multiplies and amplifies
\nthe truth of heaven, helps us to<\/p>\n
685
\n00:42:50,160 –> 00:42:54,480
\nunderstand heaven.
\nEarth allows us to experience <\/p>\n
686
\n00:42:54,720 –> 00:42:59,200
\nheaven blessing, glory.
\nTransformation takes place when <\/p>\n
687
\n00:42:59,200 –> 00:43:05,200
\nheaven is divinely joined with
\nearth and Jesus is the and the <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:05,200 –> 00:43:08,120
\nvalve that binds all heaven and
\nearth. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:09,400 –> 00:43:13,240
\nWorship and natural symbols
\nallow us to become activated. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:13,880 –> 00:43:18,040
\nSymbols are things, times, and
\npractices, practices that <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:18,040 –> 00:43:22,320
\nconnect heaven to earth.
\nA symbol is not just a visual <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:22,320 –> 00:43:25,200
\naid or a metaphor.
\nIt’s an opportunity that we have<\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:25,200 –> 00:43:28,480
\nto participate and to have
\ntransformative connection. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:43:29,200 –> 00:43:33,440
\nWe activate symbols when we are
\nintentional, present and <\/p>\n
695
\n00:43:33,440 –> 00:43:37,440
\ncurious.
\nSunsets, rainbows, mountains, <\/p>\n
696
\n00:43:37,800 –> 00:43:40,520
\nheaven and earth patterns are
\neverywhere. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:43:41,480 –> 00:43:45,720
\nActivated disciples open their
\neyes, open their ears to heaven <\/p>\n
698
\n00:43:45,720 –> 00:43:49,000
\nand earth connections.
\nWe don’t miss Beth thou if we <\/p>\n
699
\n00:43:49,000 –> 00:43:53,040
\ncan, or the burning Bush.
\nBe careful of thinking that the <\/p>\n
700
\n00:43:53,040 –> 00:43:55,840
\nspiritual is only ideas,
\nthoughts. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:43:56,240 –> 00:44:00,200
\nThe binding of heaven and earth
\nis to experience the power of <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:00,200 –> 00:44:04,400
\nthe spiritual.
\nWorship practice is not a work <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:04,800 –> 00:44:07,280
\nbut a love response to draw near
\nto God. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:07,800 –> 00:44:11,040
\nWe don’t worship to be saved, we
\nworship to deepen our <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:11,040 –> 00:44:14,720
\nrelationship with the Father and
\nJesus Christ, which I believe is<\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:14,720 –> 00:44:17,280
\nfaith.
\nWorship is a journey up the <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:17,280 –> 00:44:21,800
\nmountain from earth to heaven.
\nWhole worship is activated <\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:21,800 –> 00:44:25,600
\nworship using all our soul, all
\nour heart and our mind in <\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:25,600 –> 00:44:28,640
\nworship.
\nSymbols help to activate that <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:28,640 –> 00:44:30,920
\nworship.
\nGod has provided a way of <\/p>\n
711
\n00:44:30,920 –> 00:44:33,960
\nworship, the Tabernacle template
\nthat we can follow. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:44:34,400 –> 00:44:39,720
\nPrepare, Empty yourself,
\nsacrifice, humility, receive, <\/p>\n
713
\n00:44:40,080 –> 00:44:42,920
\nmeet.
\nWorship begins with sacrifice, <\/p>\n
714
\n00:44:43,120 –> 00:44:45,400
\nemptying ourselves so that we
\ncan receive. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:44:46,160 –> 00:44:50,040
\nAnd finally, the true
\ntransformative power is in <\/p>\n
716
\n00:44:50,040 –> 00:44:54,880
\nbetween, in the middle.
\nJesus is our middle, our <\/p>\n
717
\n00:44:54,880 –> 00:44:58,080
\nbetween.
\nHe has opened the way and is the<\/p>\n
718
\n00:44:58,080 –> 00:45:01,480
\nway.
\nOnly through him can the two be <\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:01,480 –> 00:45:05,240
\nmade one.
\nAll reality is in fact in the <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:05,240 –> 00:45:10,400
\nspace between the relationship.
\nIf we see only the thing and on <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:10,400 –> 00:45:13,360
\nour relationship with it, we
\nlose the opportunity for <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:13,360 –> 00:45:17,880
\nsurprise and beauty.
\nYour consciousness is limited. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:18,320 –> 00:45:21,480
\nLearn to open the space in
\nbetween and draw out the <\/p>\n
724
\n00:45:21,480 –> 00:45:25,480
\npotential of the other.
\nSee the whole and it’s <\/p>\n
725
\n00:45:25,480 –> 00:45:29,720
\nrelations, not just the parts.
\nLove is the abundant <\/p>\n
726
\n00:45:29,720 –> 00:45:32,160
\nrelationship oriented toward
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:45:33,080 –> 00:45:39,360
\nSo the summary, Love up, love
\ntowards God, and love across <\/p>\n
728
\n00:45:39,680 –> 00:45:42,440
\nlove towards man.
\nThe solution? <\/p>\n
729
\n00:45:43,080 –> 00:45:45,960
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