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\nThis is our third class this
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\nSnowblood.
\nHis theme for this week is Being<\/p>\n
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\nNot Ashamed and this is his
\nfifth class titled Being <\/p>\n
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\nSeparate Brother Sean.
\nWell, thanks for the Toby. <\/p>\n
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\nWelcome to Class 5 being
\nseparate, you know, the Apostle <\/p>\n
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\nPaul and our theme, you know,
\nchapter for this week opens the <\/p>\n
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\nletter of the Romans with a very
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\nAnd let’s just turn back to
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\nWe’ve looked at it before in
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\nLet’s look back at Romans
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\nStage as to why we’re talking
\nabout this particular subject <\/p>\n
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\nand the apostle Paul of course
\nsays in Romans one verse 1, he <\/p>\n
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\nsays Paul a servant of Christ
\nJesus called to me an apostle <\/p>\n
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\nset apart for the gospel of God
\nseparated for the gospel of God <\/p>\n
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\nand the Greek meaning there of
\nthe word separate or set apart <\/p>\n
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\ndepending on your version.
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\npurpose, marked off for a
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\nThe apostle Paul knew exactly
\nwhat that purpose was. <\/p>\n
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\nThe apostle Paul was not ashamed
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\nLord Jesus Christ and Paul was
\nnot ashamed of his purpose to <\/p>\n
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\npreach the gospel of God.
\nAnd I wonder, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, and I asked this this
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\nHave we ever introduced
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\nhave just?
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\non social media, in any way that
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\nthat we’ve just met, that we
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\nSay to this new person when they
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\nyou?
\nAnd you say, well, I’m a servant<\/p>\n
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\nof the Lord Jesus Christ.
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\nambassador.
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\nworld to preach the gospel of
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\nThe apostle Paul is very
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\na letter to believers, but this
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\nreads the word of God, including
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\nYou know, I remember brother Bob
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\nIt’s amazing some of the things
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\nclasses, you just literally
\nnever forget and if you remember<\/p>\n
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\nseeing this one, he had AT shirt
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\nbunch of letters across and.
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\nthe middle of the talk and he
\nsaid, well, this is, this is <\/p>\n
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\nwhat I say sometimes the people
\nI just met. <\/p>\n
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\nI believe that the Lord Jesus
\nChrist returned to this earth to<\/p>\n
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\nset up his Father’s Kingdom.
\nWhat do you believe? <\/p>\n
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\nAnybody remember that?
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\nAnd then he said you wouldn’t
\nbelieve what kind of <\/p>\n
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\nconversations that starts, what
\nkind of spiritual precedent you <\/p>\n
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\nset when God goes before you,
\nwhen the image in which we’ve <\/p>\n
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\nbeen created is what people see
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\nDo we know what we’ve been
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\nWe really understand what our
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\nChrist, that we too are called
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\nCorinthians chapter 6 it’s the
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\nslide.
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\nquote often in in exhortation
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\nlectures at Bible schools.
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\nagain, this is another one of
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\nAnd he says, come out from among
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\nthe Lord, And I will be a father
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\nBut we have to look at what
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\nLook what he says just a couple
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\nBe ye not unequally yoked
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\nFor what fellowship hath
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\nWhat communion hath light with <\/p>\n
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\ndarkness?
\nWhat concord hath Christ with <\/p>\n
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\nBelial?
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\nbelieveth with an infidel?
\nAnd what agreement hath the <\/p>\n
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\ntemple of God with idols?
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\nliving God, as God has said, I
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\nsays And then I will receive you
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\nTurn it to Genesis chapter 1.
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\nNow we look at verse 4 of
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\nIt’s it’s like God gave us a
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\ndefinition, its own spiritual
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\nIt just means light and the
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\nit’s two different Hebrew words
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\nThe first word, Badal, means to
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\nIt’s a very specific word. <\/p>\n
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\nIt means to sever off.
\nIt’s used in relation to the <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifices.
\nWhen the sword was used to <\/p>\n
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\ncleave it asunder, same word.
\nIt was used in the severing off <\/p>\n
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\nof the clean and unclean
\nanimals, same word. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was used in the separation of
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\npeople to be holy, same word.
\nAnd the second part of that <\/p>\n
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\nword, the Hebrew word for being
\nseparate, is this word bane. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it means to make a
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\nto set something back, to create
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\nAnd this word is used a lot in
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\nreference to the covenant, the
\ncovenant that God made between <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham and himself.
\nWas a distinct covenant. <\/p>\n
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\nThe covenant that God made
\nbetween himself and Israel was <\/p>\n
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\nmade in a distinct way same word
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\nthe world and.
\nWe had a bit of fun with this <\/p>\n
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\nThe word, the word there for, <\/p>\n
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\nfor, for darkness.
\nIt’s different from light, <\/p>\n
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\nLight.
\nThis means light. <\/p>\n
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\nDarkness here means a lot of
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\nIt’s translated in many
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\nIt’s translated as evil, misery,
\ndestruction. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the root word for that Shay
\nshack for darkness in the Old <\/p>\n
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\nTestament, used right there in
\nGenesis 1, it literally means to<\/p>\n
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\nwithhold the light, to withhold
\nthe light. <\/p>\n
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\nLike in the plagues of Egypt
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\nland and they and it brought
\ndarkness. <\/p>\n
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\nThe word is used there as well.
\nAnd it meant that. <\/p>\n
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\nThey withheld the light.
\nThey literally blocked out the <\/p>\n
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\nlight, so dark was the blackness
\nof it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so I believe this is part of
\nthe thought that the apostle <\/p>\n
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\nPaul is trying to convey to us
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\nFor the 1 and 18.
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\nfrom heaven against all
\nungodliness and all <\/p>\n
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\nunrighteousness of men, who by
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\nthe truth.
\nThey withhold the light. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God is angry with those who
\nare taking the principle of <\/p>\n
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\nlight, and they’re flipping it
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\nAnd darkness has become the
\nlight, and evil has become the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s because of these evil <\/p>\n
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\nso that we might fit in a little<\/p>\n
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\n00:20:46,960 –> 00:20:52,800
\nbit better, not be persecuted by
\nit, then this present evil age <\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:53,440 –> 00:20:55,400
\nthat Christ’s death and
\nresurrection was meant to <\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:55,400 –> 00:20:59,520
\ndeliver us from will come
\ncrashing down all around us. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:00,520 –> 00:21:05,520
\nThese are two completely
\nincompatible goals, pleasing man<\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:05,520 –> 00:21:09,160
\nand God.
\nThere is no possibility that the<\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:09,160 –> 00:21:11,400
\n2 can be together.
\nAnd Paul underlines this in <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:11,400 –> 00:21:13,800
\nGalatians chapter 5 and I’ll
\njust read that for you. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:14,000 –> 00:21:17,760
\nGalatians 5 and verse 16.
\nBut I say walk. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:17,760 –> 00:21:20,240
\nBy the Spirit, and you will not
\ngratify the desires of the <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:20,240 –> 00:21:22,840
\nflesh, for the desires of the
\nflesh are against the Spirit, <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:22,840 –> 00:21:26,040
\nand the desires of the Spirit
\nare against the flesh, For these<\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:26,080 –> 00:21:31,080
\nare opposed to one another to
\nkeep you from doing the things <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:31,080 –> 00:21:35,120
\nthat you want to do.
\nAnd so when we sever off the <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:35,120 –> 00:21:38,040
\ndarkness of the, of the world,
\nwhen we make that distinction <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:38,040 –> 00:21:41,520
\nbetween our life and the truth
\nand our life in, in the world, <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:41,640 –> 00:21:44,280
\nit has to be meaningful.
\nIt has to be intentional. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:45,400 –> 00:21:47,800
\nBut unfortunately, there are all
\nkinds of challenges that are <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:47,800 –> 00:21:51,160
\ncoming into our particular
\ncommunity because of this <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:51,160 –> 00:21:54,400
\nparticular issue that the
\napostle Paul brings up. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:54,720 –> 00:21:58,200
\nAnd unfortunately, there’s
\nprobably 5 or 6 things that we <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:58,200 –> 00:22:01,840
\nshould deal with here.
\nBut I I chose these. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:02,520 –> 00:22:06,840
\nBecause this is what came out of
\nthe team class when I asked <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:06,840 –> 00:22:09,120
\nthem.
\nAnd the first one is our <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:09,120 –> 00:22:14,000
\nchallenge of tradition.
\nI’m seeing in our community the <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:14,000 –> 00:22:15,920
\nchallenge of tradition in in
\nmany different ways. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:15,920 –> 00:22:19,120
\nNow look, the the critics in the
\nworld say a lot of things about <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:19,120 –> 00:22:23,120
\norganized religion, right?
\nThat organized religion, you <\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:23,120 –> 00:22:26,880
\nknow, caused, waged wars and,
\nand enslaved innocent people <\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:26,880 –> 00:22:30,360
\nand, and murdered millions and,
\nand, you know, changed <\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:30,360 –> 00:22:33,240
\ngovernments and, and corrupted
\nthings and all those things are <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:33,240 –> 00:22:37,360
\ndefinitely true, but not the
\ngospel according to Christ. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:39,720 –> 00:22:42,200
\nHowever, in our community I’ve
\nnoticed a lot of pushback. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:42,640 –> 00:22:46,440
\nAnd you may have as well.
\nSome argue we’re becoming too <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:46,440 –> 00:22:49,000
\ntraditional.
\nWe’re hanging on too much to our<\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:49,000 –> 00:22:53,080
\ntraditions and that manifests.
\nItself in different ways that <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:53,080 –> 00:22:56,080
\nmaybe our, our worship service
\nis not exciting enough and, and <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:56,080 –> 00:22:59,760
\nour hymns aren’t, you know,
\nlook, there’s a number of hymns <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:59,760 –> 00:23:02,840
\nthat that I don’t like,
\nhonestly, but there are so many <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:02,840 –> 00:23:05,120
\nhymns that are beautiful.
\nAnd when we heard morning and I <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:05,120 –> 00:23:08,360
\nwalked up here last night and we
\nheard the choir practicing <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:08,560 –> 00:23:11,400
\nwouldn’t be lovely if we could
\njust lease the choir for our <\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:11,400 –> 00:23:13,680
\nindividual Eccleses and have
\nthem sing the hymns for us <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:13,680 –> 00:23:19,640
\nbecause it’s so beautiful.
\nWhen, when the pandemic came in,<\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:19,640 –> 00:23:23,320
\nin January and February of, of
\n2020, and, and legally in BC and<\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:23,320 –> 00:23:25,880
\nin Canada and many other
\ncountries, we had to shut down, <\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:25,880 –> 00:23:29,080
\nwe were not allowed to
\ncongregate together. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:29,520 –> 00:23:34,360
\nIt was to me the beginning of
\nthe exacerbation of this problem<\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:35,360 –> 00:23:36,920
\nof fighting back against
\ntraditional. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:36,920 –> 00:23:39,000
\nAnd the I ran Zoom for for 10
\nmonths. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:39,000 –> 00:23:42,440
\nThe very first question I had in
\nsetting up the format and <\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:42,440 –> 00:23:45,520
\nrunning Zoom for the moral
\nservices, can we drop from 4 <\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:45,520 –> 00:23:48,120
\nhymns to three?
\nNow it’s just a minor thing, but<\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:48,400 –> 00:23:50,040
\nand it also made it easier for
\nme. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:50,040 –> 00:23:51,720
\nBut that’s just I just started
\nto see that. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:51,720 –> 00:23:54,920
\nAnd then of course, we started
\nto like being online. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:23:55,200 –> 00:23:58,640
\nMarnie and I liked being online.
\nWe were fellowshipping from the <\/p>\n
395
\n00:23:58,640 –> 00:23:59,880
\ncomfort of our.
\nCouch with a. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:23:59,880 –> 00:24:03,600
\nCoffee in our hand.
\nBut after a month or two, I <\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:03,600 –> 00:24:08,400
\nthink many of us started to go,
\nthis is this is not right that <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:08,400 –> 00:24:12,800
\nwe’re not physically together.
\nSadly, some brothers and sisters<\/p>\n
399
\n00:24:12,800 –> 00:24:14,880
\nreally liked it.
\nIt became their thing. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:24:14,880 –> 00:24:17,400
\nAnd when we came back, when we
\nwere legally allowed to come <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:17,400 –> 00:24:22,800
\nback, we had pushback.
\nAnd I would say at least 10% of <\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:22,800 –> 00:24:29,200
\nour ecclesia has never returned.
\nThey’re on Zoom, but they’re not<\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:29,200 –> 00:24:31,600
\nlive.
\nHebrews 10 and 23 says, of <\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:31,600 –> 00:24:33,800
\ncourse, let us hold fast to the
\nconvention. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:34,480 –> 00:24:37,160
\nOf our faith without waving for
\nhe who promises faithful, let us<\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:37,160 –> 00:24:39,480
\nconsider how to stir one another
\nup to love and good works. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:39,480 –> 00:24:41,840
\nNot neglecting to meet together
\nis the habit of some, but <\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:41,840 –> 00:24:44,080
\nencouraging one another and all
\nthe more as you see the day <\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:44,080 –> 00:24:46,440
\ndrawing near.
\nAnd that was so difficult to do <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:46,440 –> 00:24:50,240
\non Zoom to have conversations
\nand fellowship and communication<\/p>\n
411
\n00:24:50,240 –> 00:24:53,960
\nwhen you’re just I think brother
\nKitson mentioned you do you’re <\/p>\n
412
\n00:24:53,960 –> 00:24:56,960
\nspeaking and they’re just all
\nthese all the cameras are off. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:24:57,160 –> 00:24:59,960
\nIt was so odd to speak over
\nZoom. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:25:01,320 –> 00:25:03,080
\nYou know, some question that
\nwe’re too formal. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:25:03,080 –> 00:25:04,320
\nWhy do we have to meet every
\nSunday? <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:04,440 –> 00:25:07,480
\nI’ve even heard this in the 1st
\ncentury they didn’t go to <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:07,480 –> 00:25:10,480
\nmeeting four times a week, then
\nhave sunny school and CYC and <\/p>\n
418
\n00:25:10,480 –> 00:25:15,760
\nmeeting and public lecture and
\nI’m like turn to Acts 2 and 42. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:25:17,880 –> 00:25:20,960
\nRight the the the the
\nformalization of our meeting in <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:20,960 –> 00:25:23,440
\nActs 2 and 42, it says and they
\ndevoted themselves to the <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:23,440 –> 00:25:25,440
\napostles teaching into
\nfellowship, into breaking the <\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:25,440 –> 00:25:28,560
\nbread into prayers and awe came
\nupon every soul, and many <\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:28,560 –> 00:25:30,600
\nwonders and signs were being
\ndone through the. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:30,600 –> 00:25:33,880
\nApostles and all who believe
\nwe’re together and all had one <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:33,880 –> 00:25:36,680
\nthing, all things in common and
\nthey were selling their <\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:36,680 –> 00:25:40,040
\npossessions and belongings and
\ndistributing the proceeds to all<\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:40,040 –> 00:25:42,960
\nas any had need.
\nAnd day by day or daily, as the <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:42,960 –> 00:25:47,520
\nESP says, attending the temple
\ntogether and breaking bread in <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:47,520 –> 00:25:50,120
\ntheir homes and they received
\ntheir food and we’re glad with <\/p>\n
430
\n00:25:50,120 –> 00:25:53,000
\ngenerous hearts praising God and
\nhaving favor with all things. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:53,000 –> 00:25:56,200
\nAnd what was the result?
\nThe result was that the Lord <\/p>\n
432
\n00:25:56,200 –> 00:25:57,880
\nadded to their number day by
\nday. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:25:57,880 –> 00:26:03,080
\nThose who are being saved.
\nYou know, as much as we may push<\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:03,080 –> 00:26:06,360
\nback against it, the, the, the
\nearly Christian believers, they <\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:06,360 –> 00:26:08,680
\nwere organized.
\nThey had to be organized. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:09,200 –> 00:26:11,960
\nIn fact, the Apostle Paul
\ninstitutionalized the the <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:11,960 –> 00:26:14,480
\npractice of breaking a bread for
\nour benefit because what we had <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:14,480 –> 00:26:17,120
\ndone is we’d taken it and we
\nturned it into a feast where the<\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:17,120 –> 00:26:18,840
\nrich reading and the poor had
\nnothing. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:21,520 –> 00:26:25,400
\nYou know, I touched on this in
\nin the earlier classes that that<\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:25,400 –> 00:26:29,120
\nhumanism has crept into the the
\nmainstream, modern <\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:29,120 –> 00:26:31,560
\ncongregations, the modern
\nchurches, the big. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:31,560 –> 00:26:32,800
\nChurches.
\nRight. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:26:32,800 –> 00:26:35,040
\nThe United Church, the Anglican
\nChurch, even now the Roman <\/p>\n
445
\n00:26:35,040 –> 00:26:39,720
\nCatholic Church.
\nNow all of those efforts to to <\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:40,160 –> 00:26:44,200
\nto change the traditional format
\nof their services, bringing in <\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:44,200 –> 00:26:48,480
\nrock bands, bringing in hiring
\nin preachers that that are <\/p>\n
448
\n00:26:48,480 –> 00:26:51,320
\nexciting and, and we’re
\nemotional and trying to drive up<\/p>\n
449
\n00:26:51,320 –> 00:26:54,880
\nthe emotion in these allowing
\nanybody to come in, you know, <\/p>\n
450
\n00:26:54,880 –> 00:26:57,880
\nflying the rainbow flag out in
\nfront of of their church halls. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:26:59,120 –> 00:27:02,360
\nGuess what?
\nEvery single. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:03,400 –> 00:27:08,120
\nMainstream liberal church
\ncongregation in North America is<\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:08,120 –> 00:27:12,080
\ndeclining, declining in
\nmembership, declining in reach, <\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:12,120 –> 00:27:16,760
\nand it’s precipitous, like we’re
\ntalking 20. 30% decline <\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:16,760 –> 00:27:19,160
\nannually.
\nThe United Church, I think in <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:19,160 –> 00:27:24,560
\nNorth America closes down
\nsomething like 10 or 15 <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:25,720 –> 00:27:28,480
\ncongregational groups every
\nsingle. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:28,480 –> 00:27:30,800
\nMonth.
\nThey close them down, they sell <\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:30,800 –> 00:27:32,960
\nthe building.
\nNow guess what? <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:33,320 –> 00:27:37,320
\nWhat do you think is happening
\nwith traditional conservative <\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:37,320 –> 00:27:44,640
\ncongregations in North America?
\nAlmost without exclusion? <\/p>\n
462
\n00:27:45,200 –> 00:27:48,840
\nThey are growing.
\nNow, why do you think <\/p>\n
463
\n00:27:49,000 –> 00:27:53,840
\nconservative Christian groups
\nare growing whereas liberal <\/p>\n
464
\n00:27:53,840 –> 00:28:01,040
\nChristian groups are declining?
\nWell, number one, we want <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:01,120 –> 00:28:05,720
\ndoctrinal clarity.
\nIf you love the word of God, you<\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:05,720 –> 00:28:08,800
\nwant to know what it says, it
\nmatters what you believe #2 <\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:08,800 –> 00:28:12,840
\nstructure and consistency is
\ngood for us as humans. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:12,840 –> 00:28:16,360
\nWe need structure, we need
\nhabit, we need consistency. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:17,320 –> 00:28:19,920
\nWe actually thrive on it.
\nAnd when you let people just <\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:19,920 –> 00:28:24,760
\nshow up as they are in your
\nshorts and flip flops, right at <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:24,760 –> 00:28:29,080
\nsome point, there’s no
\nseparation between God and the <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:29,080 –> 00:28:30,440
\nworld.
\nAnd then what’s the point of <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:30,440 –> 00:28:32,360
\neven showing up for an hour, an
\nhour and a half? <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:32,360 –> 00:28:38,000
\nYou might as well go bowling.
\nAnother thing is that Bible <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:38,000 –> 00:28:40,280
\nbased groups they talk about
\nthe. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:40,320 –> 00:28:44,360
\nIssues of sin and the solution
\nof sin and they talk about the <\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:44,360 –> 00:28:47,320
\nfuture, hope, the existence of
\nGod and the existence of God’s <\/p>\n
478
\n00:28:47,320 –> 00:28:51,480
\nfuture.
\nAnd they support community and <\/p>\n
479
\n00:28:51,480 –> 00:28:53,760
\nfamily.
\nThey try to develop community <\/p>\n
480
\n00:28:53,760 –> 00:28:56,600
\nand family.
\nThey get the kids involved, they<\/p>\n
481
\n00:28:56,600 –> 00:29:03,360
\nfocus on the community.
\nSo it took a long time for me to<\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:03,360 –> 00:29:07,160
\nfind out whether Christadelphia
\nWorldwide was growing, and I <\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:07,160 –> 00:29:10,200
\nalmost didn’t want to know the
\nanswer. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:12,480 –> 00:29:17,360
\nWe’re growing now.
\nWe’re growing in some parts of <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:17,360 –> 00:29:21,000
\nthe world dramatically and we
\nare declining in others. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:21,720 –> 00:29:24,280
\nBut according to the numbers
\nthat I have on good authority, <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:24,400 –> 00:29:30,200
\nprobably 10 to 20% a year.
\nIn North America, apparently <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:30,200 –> 00:29:33,360
\nwe’re holding our own.
\nIn the UK there’s been some <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:33,360 –> 00:29:36,040
\ngrowth because of the influx of
\nit with immigration. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:36,920 –> 00:29:39,680
\nBut in the African nations and
\nin India it’s exploding, <\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:39,840 –> 00:29:44,840
\nliterally exploding.
\nSo the Christadelphian global <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:44,840 –> 00:29:48,840
\ncommunity is growing and we are
\na conservative Bible based <\/p>\n
493
\n00:29:48,840 –> 00:29:53,080
\ncommunity.
\nAnd then there’s the challenge <\/p>\n
494
\n00:29:53,080 –> 00:29:56,840
\nof judgement because this new
\nsocial order, the influence of <\/p>\n
495
\n00:29:56,840 –> 00:30:00,120
\nthe world, we, we preach that we
\nhave our own rights, our own <\/p>\n
496
\n00:30:00,120 –> 00:30:02,480
\nhuman rights, right?
\nWe others can’t tell us what to <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:02,480 –> 00:30:04,960
\ndo.
\nYou know, this mindset is <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:04,960 –> 00:30:08,240
\nbecoming manifest, I think, to a
\ncertain degree within the <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:08,240 –> 00:30:09,640
\necclesia of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:09,640 –> 00:30:11,760
\nWe’re, we’re influenced by the
\nbroader community. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:11,880 –> 00:30:14,120
\nThis whole thing about tolerance
\nand acceptance. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:14,120 –> 00:30:17,880
\nWe talked about the other day
\nhow tolerance and acceptance are<\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:17,880 –> 00:30:21,040
\nnot biblical principles.
\nThey’re hardly even biblical <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:21,040 –> 00:30:24,960
\nwords.
\nWithin our eclusion, we face <\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:24,960 –> 00:30:27,800
\nthis challenge.
\nLook, either we fear being <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:27,800 –> 00:30:33,160
\naccused of being overly
\njudgmental or, and usually <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:33,160 –> 00:30:36,000
\nbecause of that, we avoid
\njudgment altogether. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:39,200 –> 00:30:41,720
\nIf we are not to tolerate or
\naccept bad behavior, then how do<\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:41,720 –> 00:30:43,160
\nwe address it when it’s
\nmanifest? <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:43,920 –> 00:30:48,320
\nWell, I’ll tell you it from the
\noutset, we are commanded to work<\/p>\n
511
\n00:30:48,320 –> 00:30:50,760
\nwith our brethren and sisters
\nand call out those things that <\/p>\n
512
\n00:30:50,760 –> 00:30:54,000
\nstand in opposition to the
\nmorality and the righteousness <\/p>\n
513
\n00:30:54,000 –> 00:30:55,520
\nof God.
\nTurn to Matthew 7 and one. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:30:55,520 –> 00:30:58,200
\nAnd this is something we went
\nover with with the teens. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:30:58,200 –> 00:31:00,120
\nAnd so we’ll talk about it here
\nbecause I. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:00,240 –> 00:31:01,920
\nI think they totally understand
\nthis. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:03,680 –> 00:31:07,400
\nI’ve even heard this first
\nquoted to say that we shouldn’t <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:07,400 –> 00:31:10,600
\njudge that the Lord Jesus Christ
\nsaid judge, not that you would <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:10,600 –> 00:31:12,560
\nnot be judged.
\nWell, they don’t know their <\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:12,640 –> 00:31:16,320
\ntheir scripture.
\nIt’s often used as this blanket <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:16,320 –> 00:31:19,320
\ncondemnation that any form of
\njudgement, therefore towards <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:19,320 –> 00:31:22,840
\nothers is a problem because our
\nhuman nature resists being <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:22,840 –> 00:31:25,160
\njudged.
\nPeter and I were just talking <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:25,160 –> 00:31:27,360
\nabout that before the start.
\nYou, you say something to <\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:27,360 –> 00:31:30,840
\nsomebody.
\nHey, brother, so and so I just <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:30,840 –> 00:31:32,160
\nnoticed that.
\nSay what? <\/p>\n
527
\n00:31:32,480 –> 00:31:35,240
\nYou know, what about you?
\nLike, that’s kind of our <\/p>\n
528
\n00:31:35,240 –> 00:31:37,880
\nreaction because we don’t want
\nto be called out for the things <\/p>\n
529
\n00:31:38,200 –> 00:31:39,680
\nthat are they’re awkward.
\nWe don’t want to be held <\/p>\n
530
\n00:31:39,680 –> 00:31:44,160
\naccountable for things.
\nLet’s face it, judging our <\/p>\n
531
\n00:31:44,160 –> 00:31:47,600
\nbrothers and sisters, it’s it’s
\nuncomfortable, it’s awkward, <\/p>\n
532
\n00:31:47,640 –> 00:31:50,320
\nit’s difficult, but the Lord
\nJesus Christ gives us the <\/p>\n
533
\n00:31:50,320 –> 00:31:53,840
\nprescription for it right after
\nhe says, judge that you should <\/p>\n
534
\n00:31:53,840 –> 00:31:57,240
\nnot be judged.
\nHe says, for with the judgment <\/p>\n
535
\n00:31:57,240 –> 00:31:59,960
\nyou pronounce, you will be
\njudged and with the measure you <\/p>\n
536
\n00:31:59,960 –> 00:32:02,760
\nuse, it will be measured to you.
\nAnd so Christ gives us then this<\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:02,760 –> 00:32:05,840
\nmini parable that I loved when
\nwe were doing the Bible readings<\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:05,840 –> 00:32:07,480
\nas kids.
\nIt always made me kind of. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:07,520 –> 00:32:10,720
\nGiggle a little bit.
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ says why <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:10,720 –> 00:32:13,680
\ndo you see the speck in your
\nbrother’s eye but fail to notice<\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:13,680 –> 00:32:16,880
\nthe log that is in your own eye?
\nHow can you? <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:16,880 –> 00:32:19,560
\nSay to your brother, let me take
\nthe speck out of your eye when <\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:19,560 –> 00:32:24,240
\nthere’s this log in your own
\neye, Christ as you hypocrite, <\/p>\n
544
\n00:32:24,240 –> 00:32:26,480
\nFirst take the log out of your
\nown eye and then you will <\/p>\n
545
\n00:32:26,480 –> 00:32:29,720
\nclearly see to remove the speck
\nfrom your brother’s eye. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:32:30,080 –> 00:32:34,800
\nNow we always appreciate the
\nsimple teaching of Christ’s <\/p>\n
547
\n00:32:34,800 –> 00:32:37,640
\nparables here there’s there’s
\ntwo very powerful. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:32:37,640 –> 00:32:41,200
\nMessages #1.
\nThere is a there’s a moral <\/p>\n
549
\n00:32:41,200 –> 00:32:47,040
\nprescription here that ignoring
\nour own issues and then focusing<\/p>\n
550
\n00:32:47,040 –> 00:32:48,920
\non others faults.
\nIt’s dishonest, it’s <\/p>\n
551
\n00:32:48,920 –> 00:32:51,960
\nhypocritical.
\nRomans 2 and one warns us. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:32:52,400 –> 00:32:54,760
\nTherefore you have no excuse, O
\nman, every one of you who <\/p>\n
553
\n00:32:54,760 –> 00:32:57,320
\njudges, For in passing judgement
\non another, you condemn <\/p>\n
554
\n00:32:57,320 –> 00:33:01,040
\nyourself, because you.
\nThe judge practice these same <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:01,040 –> 00:33:03,720
\nthings, so that’s something we
\ncan’t do right? <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:04,240 –> 00:33:06,040
\nWe can’t be hypocritical in our
\njudgement. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:06,880 –> 00:33:09,480
\nWe have to deal with our own
\nissues, but there’s a practical <\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:09,480 –> 00:33:13,320
\nelement to this as well, because
\nit’s very impractical to try to <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:13,320 –> 00:33:16,960
\nhelp somebody else’s issue when
\nyour own vision is clouded by <\/p>\n
560
\n00:33:16,960 –> 00:33:21,760
\nissues that are unresolved in
\nyour own life, James, 1 and 23, <\/p>\n
561
\n00:33:21,760 –> 00:33:23,120
\nsays.
\nCompare this to the person who <\/p>\n
562
\n00:33:23,120 –> 00:33:26,800
\nlooks in the mirror and after
\nlooking at himself or herself, <\/p>\n
563
\n00:33:27,000 –> 00:33:29,440
\nimmediately forgets what manner
\nof person they are. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:33:29,880 –> 00:33:34,680
\nAnd that’s the other problem.
\nRight, the truth of God is, is a<\/p>\n
565
\n00:33:34,680 –> 00:33:37,960
\nmagnifying glass on us to expose
\nus in the issues and the <\/p>\n
566
\n00:33:37,960 –> 00:33:39,800
\nproblems that we have in our
\nlife and we’re to deal with <\/p>\n
567
\n00:33:39,800 –> 00:33:44,000
\nthose things so that we can help
\none another towards the Kingdom.<\/p>\n
568
\n00:33:46,480 –> 00:33:47,920
\nSo what do we do?
\nWell, we need to judge <\/p>\n
569
\n00:33:47,920 –> 00:33:50,560
\nrighteously.
\nTurn to Galatians chapter 6 and <\/p>\n
570
\n00:33:50,560 –> 00:33:54,080
\none.
\nSee Apostle Paul’s very specific<\/p>\n
571
\n00:33:54,080 –> 00:33:59,280
\nhere, Galatians 6 and one.
\nThe Apostle Paul instructs us to<\/p>\n
572
\n00:33:59,280 –> 00:34:03,080
\njudge rightly and justly, but
\nwith care and with love and with<\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:03,080 –> 00:34:05,880
\ncompassion.
\nHe says starting at verse one. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:06,040 –> 00:34:08,440
\nBrethren, if anyone is caught in
\na transgression, you who are <\/p>\n
575
\n00:34:08,440 –> 00:34:11,280
\nspiritual should restore.
\nHim in a spirit of gentleness, <\/p>\n
576
\n00:34:11,560 –> 00:34:14,560
\nkeep watch on yourself, lest you
\nto be tempted. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:34:15,159 –> 00:34:18,840
\nSo we cannot relinquish our
\nroles as shepherds and members <\/p>\n
578
\n00:34:18,840 –> 00:34:20,320
\nof the flock.
\nOur shepherds. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:34:20,320 –> 00:34:23,199
\nWe have to guide, we have to
\nrebuke, we have to exhort where <\/p>\n
580
\n00:34:23,199 –> 00:34:27,199
\nnecessary, right?
\nSecond Timothy chapter 4 and two<\/p>\n
581
\n00:34:27,199 –> 00:34:29,760
\nsays, preach the word, be ready
\nin season, out of season, <\/p>\n
582
\n00:34:29,760 –> 00:34:33,520
\nreprove, rebuke, exhort with
\ncomplete patience and <\/p>\n
583
\n00:34:33,520 –> 00:34:37,679
\nunderstanding.
\nYet we often hesitate to <\/p>\n
584
\n00:34:37,800 –> 00:34:41,320
\nconfront those who have strayed
\nfrom the truth because we <\/p>\n
585
\n00:34:41,320 –> 00:34:44,719
\nourselves are often entangled in
\nissues of our own doing that are<\/p>\n
586
\n00:34:44,719 –> 00:34:47,159
\nalso unscriptural.
\nSo we have to get our own house <\/p>\n
587
\n00:34:47,159 –> 00:34:50,159
\nin order before we help somebody
\nelse. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:34:51,600 –> 00:34:55,000
\nAnd the benefit then is to the
\nHouse of God. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:34:57,200 –> 00:35:01,880
\nWe need to rise up and deal with
\nthe beam in our own eye and then<\/p>\n
590
\n00:35:01,880 –> 00:35:04,960
\nhelp our brethren and sisters
\naddress their struggles. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:35:06,560 –> 00:35:11,640
\nEphesians 4 and 15 says the
\napostle Paul encourages us to <\/p>\n
592
\n00:35:11,640 –> 00:35:16,320
\nspeak truth in love so that we
\nmay grow up in every way unto <\/p>\n
593
\n00:35:16,320 –> 00:35:21,560
\nChrist who is the head.
\nIsn’t that why we are here? <\/p>\n
594
\n00:35:22,400 –> 00:35:24,240
\nIsn’t that why?
\nWe are here this week. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:35:26,120 –> 00:35:30,320
\nThat we might gather together
\nand support one another and help<\/p>\n
596
\n00:35:30,320 –> 00:35:34,320
\none another grow.
\nThen the other side of this, of <\/p>\n
597
\n00:35:34,320 –> 00:35:38,800
\ncourse, is equally important.
\nWe have to learn how to accept <\/p>\n
598
\n00:35:38,800 –> 00:35:44,560
\nrebuke and exhortation and
\ncorrection and gentle guidance <\/p>\n
599
\n00:35:44,560 –> 00:35:48,720
\nfrom others with grace and with
\nacceptance, knowing that it will<\/p>\n
600
\n00:35:48,720 –> 00:35:51,600
\nhelp.
\nIt’s difficult at the time it <\/p>\n
601
\n00:35:51,600 –> 00:35:54,800
\nsays in in Hebrews, you know,
\ndiscipline is difficult in the <\/p>\n
602
\n00:35:54,800 –> 00:35:56,960
\nmoment that it happens.
\nIt’s painful, it hurts. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:35:57,160 –> 00:36:01,480
\nProverbs 15 and 32 says whoever
\nignores instruction despises <\/p>\n
604
\n00:36:01,480 –> 00:36:06,800
\nhimself, but he who listens to
\nreproof gains intelligence, and <\/p>\n
605
\n00:36:06,800 –> 00:36:11,880
\nin Proverbs 9 and verse 8.
\nIt adds Do not rebuke mockers or<\/p>\n
606
\n00:36:11,880 –> 00:36:14,120
\nthey will hate you.
\nRebuke the wise and they will <\/p>\n
607
\n00:36:14,120 –> 00:36:16,200
\nlove you.
\nInstruct the wise and they will <\/p>\n
608
\n00:36:16,200 –> 00:36:20,880
\nbe wiser still.
\nTeach the righteous and they <\/p>\n
609
\n00:36:20,880 –> 00:36:24,560
\nwill add to their learning
\nbrethren and sisters. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:36:24,560 –> 00:36:28,560
\nIt’s about accountability.
\nIt’s about helping one another’s<\/p>\n
611
\n00:36:28,840 –> 00:36:30,800
\none another on the path towards
\nthe Kingdom. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:36:32,320 –> 00:36:34,920
\nAnd it’s a sharp contrast from
\nthe things that we see in the <\/p>\n
613
\n00:36:34,920 –> 00:36:39,400
\nworld, this postmodern thought.
\nOf non judgmentalism that we <\/p>\n
614
\n00:36:39,400 –> 00:36:42,120
\nshould let every man do what is
\nright in their own eyes. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:36:42,120 –> 00:36:43,640
\nBut that’s not the biblical
\napproach. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:36:43,640 –> 00:36:46,840
\nThe biblical approach involves
\ndiscerning and addressing sin <\/p>\n
617
\n00:36:47,120 –> 00:36:50,080
\nfor the purpose of growth and
\nreconciliation. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:36:50,080 –> 00:36:54,800
\nRemember, on that great day we
\nwill be judged by the Lord, and <\/p>\n
619
\n00:36:54,800 –> 00:36:57,840
\nthis is what God has done to us
\nthrough the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:36:59,040 –> 00:37:01,080
\nAnd so I believe we are called
\nupon. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:37:02,040 –> 00:37:06,760
\nTo do unto others.
\nAnd so we need to separate <\/p>\n
622
\n00:37:06,760 –> 00:37:08,160
\nourselves from the things of the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:37:08,160 –> 00:37:10,840
\nBut one thing we are not to
\nseparate ourselves from is is <\/p>\n
624
\n00:37:10,880 –> 00:37:15,320
\neach other that we’ve been set
\napart unto Christ to be <\/p>\n
625
\n00:37:15,320 –> 00:37:20,040
\ntogether.
\nPaul tells us in Ephesians <\/p>\n
626
\n00:37:20,040 –> 00:37:22,240
\nchapter 4 and 30.
\nHe says, for we are members of <\/p>\n
627
\n00:37:22,240 –> 00:37:24,600
\nhis body and and of his flesh
\nand of his bones. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:37:25,080 –> 00:37:27,840
\nAnd of course this this
\nstatement echoes the connection <\/p>\n
629
\n00:37:27,840 –> 00:37:30,240
\nthat is made with Adam and Eve
\nin the beginning, that she was <\/p>\n
630
\n00:37:30,240 –> 00:37:32,960
\nmade from the rib of Adam,
\nliterally from the the piece of <\/p>\n
631
\n00:37:32,960 –> 00:37:35,960
\ntimber.
\nThat God made Adam bone of his <\/p>\n
632
\n00:37:35,960 –> 00:37:38,360
\nbone and flesh of his flesh.
\nAnd again we find in Romans <\/p>\n
633
\n00:37:38,360 –> 00:37:41,360
\nchapter 12 and 5:00.
\nSo we being many are of one body<\/p>\n
634
\n00:37:41,360 –> 00:37:43,920
\nin Christ, individually members
\nof one another. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:37:43,920 –> 00:37:46,880
\nWe’ve been separated from the
\nworld so that we might be <\/p>\n
636
\n00:37:46,880 –> 00:37:50,440
\ntogether in the family of God,
\nthis diverse group of people. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:37:50,440 –> 00:37:53,800
\nMarty doesn’t like it when I say
\nthis, but you know, we’re a <\/p>\n
638
\n00:37:53,800 –> 00:37:55,520
\ncollection.
\nWe’re a bunch of weirdos. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:37:55,520 –> 00:37:57,640
\nLike we’re all different.
\nWe all have our our <\/p>\n
640
\n00:37:57,640 –> 00:38:00,680
\nidiosyncrasies and our our
\nproblems and our backgrounds <\/p>\n
641
\n00:38:00,680 –> 00:38:02,720
\nthat are all different.
\nAnd yet that’s, that’s what <\/p>\n
642
\n00:38:02,720 –> 00:38:04,680
\nmakes us beautiful, this whole
\nthing. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:38:04,920 –> 00:38:08,280
\nBut we’re bound together in the
\nsame faith, the same hope. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:38:08,280 –> 00:38:12,520
\nSo that is our connection, this
\ndisparate group being called out<\/p>\n
645
\n00:38:12,520 –> 00:38:16,920
\nof the world so that we might
\nbecome the body of Christ. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:38:18,680 –> 00:38:22,640
\nThis is not some metaphor.
\nThis is not some fancy term. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:38:23,280 –> 00:38:25,800
\nThis is.
\nLiterally what God intends. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:38:26,720 –> 00:38:29,800
\nYou know the Greek word for for
\nbody that the apostle Paul uses <\/p>\n
649
\n00:38:29,800 –> 00:38:31,680
\nthere this word soma, the root
\nword. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:38:32,040 –> 00:38:37,680
\nActually means to save and
\ndeliver and protect that within <\/p>\n
651
\n00:38:37,680 –> 00:38:41,120
\nthat body we might be saved and
\ndelivered and protected and <\/p>\n
652
\n00:38:41,120 –> 00:38:43,880
\nthat’s precisely what Christ.
\nHas done for the ecclesia turn <\/p>\n
653
\n00:38:43,880 –> 00:38:51,240
\nto Romans or sorry, First
\nCorinthians chapter 12, because <\/p>\n
654
\n00:38:51,240 –> 00:38:53,680
\npart of the problem that we have
\nwithin our ecclesial community, <\/p>\n
655
\n00:38:53,680 –> 00:38:55,680
\nsometimes brethren and sisters,
\nis that we don’t. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:38:57,920 –> 00:39:03,120
\nI’d be careful in saying this.
\nWe often find it hard to like <\/p>\n
657
\n00:39:03,160 –> 00:39:10,160
\nour brethren and sisters, right?
\nWe also tend to, if you notice, <\/p>\n
658
\n00:39:11,240 –> 00:39:16,120
\nfellowship with those that we
\nlike that are like us. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:39:17,280 –> 00:39:21,440
\nAnd oftentimes that ends in the
\nexclusion of brethren and <\/p>\n
660
\n00:39:21,440 –> 00:39:26,240
\nsisters in the meeting.
\nNow, my, my dad has often said <\/p>\n
661
\n00:39:26,320 –> 00:39:29,680
\nwe have a large family within
\nour ecclesia. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:39:29,680 –> 00:39:33,080
\nOur ecclesia in Victoria is, has
\na number of large families and <\/p>\n
663
\n00:39:33,080 –> 00:39:37,040
\nthat that’s, that’s a blessing.
\nIt’s also a curse. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:39:38,040 –> 00:39:40,840
\nIt’s a curse because we tend to
\nfocus on the things that are <\/p>\n
665
\n00:39:40,840 –> 00:39:43,920
\nclosest to us and that often is,
\nis our blood family. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:39:43,920 –> 00:39:45,720
\nAnd, and the excuse is why we
\nhave big families. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:39:45,720 –> 00:39:47,960
\nSo that’s why we invite them for
\nlunch every week. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:39:47,960 –> 00:39:50,680
\nOr that’s why we, you know,
\nwe’ve and that is that is all <\/p>\n
669
\n00:39:50,680 –> 00:39:53,920
\ntrue, but then we forget we are.
\nOne body in Christ. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:39:54,680 –> 00:39:57,520
\nSo, so let’s just look at what
\nthe apostle Paul says here, <\/p>\n
671
\n00:39:57,920 –> 00:39:59,880
\nFirst Corinthians 12 and verse
\n12. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:39:59,880 –> 00:40:03,520
\nHe says for just as the body is
\n1 and as many members and all <\/p>\n
673
\n00:40:03,520 –> 00:40:07,440
\nthe members are of one body,
\nthough many are one body, so it <\/p>\n
674
\n00:40:07,440 –> 00:40:09,920
\nis with Christ.
\nFor in one spirit we were called<\/p>\n
675
\n00:40:10,240 –> 00:40:13,720
\nand all baptized into one body,
\nJews and Greeks, slaves and <\/p>\n
676
\n00:40:13,720 –> 00:40:15,800
\nfree, we’re all made to drink of
\nthe one spirit. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:40:15,800 –> 00:40:18,840
\nFor the body is not consistent
\nof 11 member, but many. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:40:18,840 –> 00:40:21,320
\nAnd so we understand the
\nprinciple he’s trying to give <\/p>\n
679
\n00:40:21,320 –> 00:40:24,120
\nus.
\nThen he goes on to say, and this<\/p>\n
680
\n00:40:24,120 –> 00:40:26,840
\nis, this is again the the
\ndramatic part, because he paints<\/p>\n
681
\n00:40:26,840 –> 00:40:30,240
\na picture here.
\nHe says, he says sometimes we <\/p>\n
682
\n00:40:30,240 –> 00:40:34,720
\nmight question our place in the
\nbody or we might question other <\/p>\n
683
\n00:40:34,880 –> 00:40:38,120
\nmembers places in the body.
\nSo then he describes this for <\/p>\n
684
\n00:40:38,120 –> 00:40:39,520
\nus.
\nHe says, starting at verse 15, <\/p>\n
685
\n00:40:39,520 –> 00:40:43,920
\nif the foot should say, because
\nI’m not a hand, I don’t belong <\/p>\n
686
\n00:40:43,920 –> 00:40:47,480
\nin the body, that would that
\nwould not make it any less part <\/p>\n
687
\n00:40:47,480 –> 00:40:49,120
\nof the body.
\nIf the ears should say because <\/p>\n
688
\n00:40:49,120 –> 00:40:52,480
\nI’m I’m an eye, I don’t belong
\nto the body, that we’re not <\/p>\n
689
\n00:40:52,480 –> 00:40:53,960
\nmaking any less part of the
\nbody. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:40:53,960 –> 00:40:56,360
\nIf the whole body were an eye,
\nhe says, where it’d be the sense<\/p>\n
691
\n00:40:56,360 –> 00:40:58,520
\nof hearing.
\nIf the whole body were an ear, <\/p>\n
692
\n00:40:58,520 –> 00:41:00,040
\nwhere it’d be the sense of
\nsmell. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:41:01,280 –> 00:41:04,200
\nAnd Paul’s argument is perfect.
\nWe can’t think of ourselves as <\/p>\n
694
\n00:41:04,200 –> 00:41:07,560
\nbeing excluded because we are a
\ndifferent part of the body <\/p>\n
695
\n00:41:07,560 –> 00:41:09,360
\nsometimes.
\nRather than sisters, we might <\/p>\n
696
\n00:41:09,360 –> 00:41:12,200
\nactually feel that way.
\nWe might feel we don’t belong to<\/p>\n
697
\n00:41:12,200 –> 00:41:15,240
\nthe body of Christ because we
\ndon’t fit some model or some <\/p>\n
698
\n00:41:15,240 –> 00:41:19,320
\nmold of what we see around us.
\nWe look around and we see arms <\/p>\n
699
\n00:41:19,320 –> 00:41:22,360
\nand legs and eyes and ears,
\nthese important parts of the <\/p>\n
700
\n00:41:22,360 –> 00:41:25,080
\nbody.
\nAnd sometimes we feel like we’re<\/p>\n
701
\n00:41:25,080 –> 00:41:28,480
\nan elbow or we’re a knee pit or
\nwe’re an earlobe or something <\/p>\n
702
\n00:41:28,480 –> 00:41:30,880
\nodd that that we’re not
\nconnected somehow. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:41:30,880 –> 00:41:31,920
\nWe’re not.
\nUseful. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:41:33,520 –> 00:41:37,800
\nWe’re not significant, we’re not
\nimportant, and we’re not <\/p>\n
705
\n00:41:37,800 –> 00:41:40,280
\nnecessary.
\nAnd Paul says that is absolutely<\/p>\n
706
\n00:41:40,280 –> 00:41:43,000
\nnot true.
\nPaul makes it clear every part <\/p>\n
707
\n00:41:43,000 –> 00:41:46,080
\nof the body has its function.
\nNo matter how seemingly <\/p>\n
708
\n00:41:46,080 –> 00:41:49,760
\ninsignificant, we need elbows
\nand knee pits, otherwise the <\/p>\n
709
\n00:41:49,760 –> 00:41:55,280
\narms and the legs don’t work.
\nWe need a big toe for stability.<\/p>\n
710
\n00:41:55,280 –> 00:41:58,080
\nWe need eyelashes to keep the
\ndust out so we can see clearly. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:41:58,080 –> 00:42:03,080
\nEvery single part of the body is
\nessential to the functioning of <\/p>\n
712
\n00:42:03,080 –> 00:42:06,760
\nthe ecclesial model.
\nSo we can’t think that there’s <\/p>\n
713
\n00:42:06,760 –> 00:42:08,480
\nno place for us in the ecclesial
\nbody. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:42:08,480 –> 00:42:10,560
\nThere is a place for every
\nsingle one of us. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:42:11,040 –> 00:42:14,600
\nDo you know how many parts and
\nsystems? <\/p>\n
716
\n00:42:15,280 –> 00:42:21,120
\nAnd elements and organs there
\nare in the human body, literally<\/p>\n
717
\n00:42:21,120 –> 00:42:27,080
\n10s of thousands of them.
\nAnd each part of the human body <\/p>\n
718
\n00:42:27,080 –> 00:42:29,600
\nis essential to the functioning
\nof the whole. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:42:29,600 –> 00:42:31,880
\nAnd so too is every member of
\nthe ecclesian. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:42:31,880 –> 00:42:36,480
\nGod has ordered it that way so
\nthat we might find everyone in <\/p>\n
721
\n00:42:36,480 –> 00:42:39,120
\ntheir place.
\nAnd here’s the beautiful <\/p>\n
722
\n00:42:39,360 –> 00:42:43,800
\nunderlining part of what Paul
\nsays in First Corinthians 12 and<\/p>\n
723
\n00:42:43,800 –> 00:42:46,600
\n18.
\nAfter explaining all this to us,<\/p>\n
724
\n00:42:46,880 –> 00:42:50,960
\nhe’s going to remind us that the
\necclesia is spiritually and <\/p>\n
725
\n00:42:50,960 –> 00:42:55,040
\ndivinely and pointed.
\nHe says, But now hath God set <\/p>\n
726
\n00:42:55,040 –> 00:42:58,600
\nthe members?
\nEvery one of them in the body as<\/p>\n
727
\n00:42:58,600 –> 00:43:01,480
\nit has pleased him, the Young’s
\nliteral says. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:43:01,480 –> 00:43:04,960
\nAnd now God did set the members,
\neach one of them in the body <\/p>\n
729
\n00:43:05,280 –> 00:43:10,920
\naccording to his divine will, So
\nthat brother or sister that you <\/p>\n
730
\n00:43:10,920 –> 00:43:14,400
\ndon’t like, and it might be you,
\nyou might be the one that people<\/p>\n
731
\n00:43:14,400 –> 00:43:18,840
\ndon’t like, that brother or
\nsister that seems odd or <\/p>\n
732
\n00:43:18,840 –> 00:43:22,560
\ndisaffected or lonely or doesn’t
\ncome out that often. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:43:24,240 –> 00:43:28,200
\nThe one that rubs you the wrong
\nway, the one that creates <\/p>\n
734
\n00:43:28,200 –> 00:43:29,720
\nsparks.
\nYou know, we talked about when <\/p>\n
735
\n00:43:29,720 –> 00:43:31,920
\niron sharpens iron.
\nYou know what happens when iron <\/p>\n
736
\n00:43:31,920 –> 00:43:34,160
\nsharps iron?
\nThere’s sparks, brethren, in <\/p>\n
737
\n00:43:34,160 –> 00:43:36,120
\nsisters.
\nAnd sometimes that hurts. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:43:36,720 –> 00:43:39,640
\nBut it’s to our benefit.
\nWe have to remember when we look<\/p>\n
739
\n00:43:39,640 –> 00:43:42,920
\naround our ecclesia, every one
\nof our brethren and sisters is <\/p>\n
740
\n00:43:42,920 –> 00:43:50,320
\nthere because it’s God’s will.
\nAnd he has placed every one of <\/p>\n
741
\n00:43:50,320 –> 00:43:52,880
\nus in our respective ecclesias
\nas he has planned. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:43:52,880 –> 00:43:56,720
\nIt’s not a random act.
\nWe didn’t just stumble into some<\/p>\n
743
\n00:43:56,720 –> 00:43:58,960
\necclesial hall and find each
\nother. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:43:59,120 –> 00:44:01,120
\nAnd they’re now we’re trying to
\nfigure out a way to make it all <\/p>\n
745
\n00:44:01,120 –> 00:44:03,360
\nwork.
\nGod brought us here. <\/p>\n
746
\n00:44:03,360 –> 00:44:09,880
\nHe placed us here, you know, as
\nwe mentioned earlier on, Brother<\/p>\n
747
\n00:44:09,880 –> 00:44:11,960
\nKen, right at the start of the
\nweek when we were talking about <\/p>\n
748
\n00:44:12,160 –> 00:44:19,280
\nhow our cliches need to operate
\nas hospitals, as cities of <\/p>\n
749
\n00:44:19,280 –> 00:44:22,680
\nrefuge.
\nBecause sometimes, brother and <\/p>\n
750
\n00:44:22,680 –> 00:44:25,600
\nsisters, we can attend when
\nwe’re strong and we can, we can <\/p>\n
751
\n00:44:25,600 –> 00:44:27,560
\ngive back and we can help our
\nbrother and sisters. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:44:27,560 –> 00:44:30,680
\nBut sometimes we’re weak and we
\nneed to come and be healed and <\/p>\n
753
\n00:44:30,680 –> 00:44:32,680
\nto be bound up and to be
\nstrengthened. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:44:35,600 –> 00:44:39,440
\nAnd we can never, never forget,
\nbrethren and sisters, that we <\/p>\n
755
\n00:44:39,440 –> 00:44:42,320
\nare the sheep of his pasture.
\nAnd I, I intimated this in an <\/p>\n
756
\n00:44:42,320 –> 00:44:43,880
\nearlier class.
\nI said, you know why? <\/p>\n
757
\n00:44:44,320 –> 00:44:47,600
\nWhy did God not say that?
\nWe are predators that were <\/p>\n
758
\n00:44:47,600 –> 00:44:51,680
\nwolves or were Pumas or were
\nlions or were were tigers. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:44:53,080 –> 00:44:56,240
\nWell, it’s because there’s a
\nvery specific way that God wants<\/p>\n
760
\n00:44:56,240 –> 00:44:57,680
\nus to operate.
\nWe are. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:44:59,040 –> 00:45:02,240
\nThe very meaning, as we know of
\nthe word ecclesia is we’re <\/p>\n
762
\n00:45:02,240 –> 00:45:04,920
\ncalled out ones.
\nWe’re not isolated individuals, <\/p>\n
763
\n00:45:04,920 –> 00:45:06,720
\nwe’re not predators going out on
\nthe hunt. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:45:07,920 –> 00:45:11,440
\nGod gave us this ecclesial model
\nso that together we might be <\/p>\n
765
\n00:45:11,440 –> 00:45:13,600
\nable to withstand the darkness
\nof the world. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:45:17,320 –> 00:45:22,720
\nWe are sheep of his pasture.
\nPsalm 100 verse. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:45:22,720 –> 00:45:25,760
\nThree says that sheep
\ninstinctively stick together. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:45:26,160 –> 00:45:28,640
\nWe are sheep humble and
\nsubmissive, caring for another <\/p>\n
769
\n00:45:28,960 –> 00:45:32,400
\nJohn the the Lord Jesus Christ
\nsays in John 10 and four, when <\/p>\n
770
\n00:45:32,400 –> 00:45:34,760
\nhe has brought us out on his
\nown, he goes before them. <\/p>\n
771
\n00:45:34,760 –> 00:45:36,800
\nThe sheep follow him.
\nThey know his voice. <\/p>\n
772
\n00:45:38,360 –> 00:45:41,000
\nYou know when sheep are grazing,
\nyou notice they, they <\/p>\n
773
\n00:45:41,240 –> 00:45:44,240
\nconsistently raise up their
\nheads and they look around and <\/p>\n
774
\n00:45:44,240 –> 00:45:45,920
\nthey stick their heads down and
\nthey graze again. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:45:46,480 –> 00:45:48,600
\nThen they stick their head up
\nand they look around and they <\/p>\n
776
\n00:45:48,600 –> 00:45:52,960
\nbleep.
\nYou kind of think, well, we <\/p>\n
777
\n00:45:52,960 –> 00:45:57,160
\nalways think, oh, sheep are, you
\nknow, they’re kind of dumb in <\/p>\n
778
\n00:45:57,160 –> 00:46:00,440
\nsome ways they are.
\nBut in their instinctive ways <\/p>\n
779
\n00:46:00,440 –> 00:46:03,440
\nthat God has created them, they
\nare very, very intelligent. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:46:04,520 –> 00:46:07,360
\nEvery time they stick their head
\nup and they look around, they’re<\/p>\n
781
\n00:46:07,360 –> 00:46:09,120
\nlooking around for their fellow
\nsheep, making sure they’re <\/p>\n
782
\n00:46:09,120 –> 00:46:10,720
\nthere.
\nBob, there’s Sally there. <\/p>\n
783
\n00:46:11,080 –> 00:46:13,920
\nYep.
\nFeed a little bit more strength <\/p>\n
784
\n00:46:13,920 –> 00:46:15,920
\nand stick their head up again.
\nWhat’s Mike here, brother? <\/p>\n
785
\n00:46:15,920 –> 00:46:17,240
\nSo and so.
\nYep, it’s good. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:46:17,840 –> 00:46:21,000
\nSheep love being together.
\nSheep love being in a herd <\/p>\n
787
\n00:46:21,000 –> 00:46:23,480
\ntogether.
\nI call it fellow sheeping. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:46:24,240 –> 00:46:25,800
\nRight.
\nInstead of fellow shipping, we <\/p>\n
789
\n00:46:25,800 –> 00:46:27,800
\nshould be fellow sheeping.
\nWe should be caring for one <\/p>\n
790
\n00:46:27,800 –> 00:46:30,480
\nanother as part of the flock.
\nAnd you know that the lambs <\/p>\n
791
\n00:46:30,480 –> 00:46:34,080
\nalways follow their elders.
\nThey always follow their elders <\/p>\n
792
\n00:46:34,080 –> 00:46:37,200
\nand they they seek guidance and,
\nand sheep move in herds and they<\/p>\n
793
\n00:46:37,200 –> 00:46:39,760
\ndo that for warmth, for comfort,
\nfor protection. <\/p>\n
794
\n00:46:41,360 –> 00:46:45,080
\nSheep are deeply uncomfortable
\nwhen they are separated from <\/p>\n
795
\n00:46:45,080 –> 00:46:47,920
\ntheir own community.
\nSheep have no natural defense. <\/p>\n
796
\n00:46:47,920 –> 00:46:50,720
\nThey can’t kick like a horse.
\nThey can’t head butt like a <\/p>\n
797
\n00:46:50,720 –> 00:46:52,480
\ngoat.
\nThey can’t bite. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:46:54,240 –> 00:46:58,560
\nThey can only flee or herd
\ntogether for safety. <\/p>\n
799
\n00:47:00,680 –> 00:47:03,360
\nAnd brethren and sisters, as
\nmuch as we don’t like being <\/p>\n
800
\n00:47:03,360 –> 00:47:07,080
\nsheep.
\nWe need to stick together, we <\/p>\n
801
\n00:47:07,080 –> 00:47:10,040
\nneed to fellow sheep together.
\nWe need to support one another <\/p>\n
802
\n00:47:10,040 –> 00:47:13,520
\ntogether.
\nGalatians 6 and 2 bear one <\/p>\n
803
\n00:47:13,520 –> 00:47:15,720
\nanother’s burdens and so fulfill
\nthe law of Christ. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:47:16,040 –> 00:47:18,840
\nAnd so sheep always maintain
\nthis visual link to each other. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:47:18,840 –> 00:47:21,640
\nThey’re diligent and caring for
\none another, ensuring that their<\/p>\n
806
\n00:47:21,760 –> 00:47:27,720
\nfellow sheep are OK.
\nPhilippians 2 and four let each <\/p>\n
807
\n00:47:27,720 –> 00:47:29,760
\nof you look out not only for his
\nown interests. <\/p>\n
808
\n00:47:29,760 –> 00:47:34,560
\nBut for the interests of others,
\nwe need to be genuinely <\/p>\n
809
\n00:47:34,560 –> 00:47:39,120
\nconcerned, genuinely care for
\nour brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
810
\n00:47:39,960 –> 00:47:43,760
\nEncouraging, supporting,
\ninspiring one another to help <\/p>\n
811
\n00:47:43,760 –> 00:47:47,600
\nthem in their separation from
\nthe world, that we might do good<\/p>\n
812
\n00:47:47,600 –> 00:47:50,240
\nworks as an essential part of
\nour life together in the Lord <\/p>\n
813
\n00:47:50,240 –> 00:47:53,960
\nJesus Christ.
\nThe Apostle Paul says in <\/p>\n
814
\n00:47:53,960 –> 00:47:56,560
\nColossians 3 and 16.
\nLet the word of Christ dwell in <\/p>\n
815
\n00:47:56,560 –> 00:47:59,520
\nyou richly teaching and
\nadmonishing one another in all <\/p>\n
816
\n00:47:59,520 –> 00:48:04,160
\nwisdom, singing psalms and hymns
\nand spiritual songs with thanks.<\/p>\n
817
\n00:48:04,240 –> 00:48:05,840
\nGoodness in your heart towards
\nGod. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:48:10,000 –> 00:48:13,240
\nAnd, and as we know, brethren
\nand sisters, when we we think <\/p>\n
819
\n00:48:13,240 –> 00:48:17,920
\nabout this, this theme of
\nseparation and not being ashamed<\/p>\n
820
\n00:48:17,920 –> 00:48:23,520
\nof, of the gospel, the harsh
\nreality is that in the end, when<\/p>\n
821
\n00:48:23,520 –> 00:48:26,560
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ returns,
\nthere will be the final <\/p>\n
822
\n00:48:26,560 –> 00:48:30,160
\nseparation.
\nIt’s like we need to work today <\/p>\n
823
\n00:48:30,160 –> 00:48:34,240
\nto practice on separating
\nourselves from the world, <\/p>\n
824
\n00:48:35,160 –> 00:48:38,080
\nflocking together, fellow
\nsheeping together as a <\/p>\n
825
\n00:48:38,080 –> 00:48:39,840
\ncongregation, helping one
\nanother. <\/p>\n
826
\n00:48:43,000 –> 00:48:45,280
\nBecause when the Lord Jesus
\nChrist returns, it says in <\/p>\n
827
\n00:48:45,280 –> 00:48:50,520
\nMatthew 3 and 12, sorry, John
\nthe Baptist is describing the <\/p>\n
828
\n00:48:50,520 –> 00:48:53,160
\nrole of the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nHe says his winnowing fork is in<\/p>\n
829
\n00:48:53,160 –> 00:48:56,600
\nhis hand and he will clear his
\nthreshing floor and gather his <\/p>\n
830
\n00:48:56,600 –> 00:48:59,240
\nwheat into the barn.
\nBut the chaff he will burn with <\/p>\n
831
\n00:48:59,240 –> 00:49:05,680
\nunquenchable fire.
\nOur role now is to practice this<\/p>\n
832
\n00:49:05,880 –> 00:49:09,040
\nprocess of separating from the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
833
\n00:49:10,680 –> 00:49:14,000
\nMatthew 25 the Lord Jesus Christ
\nsays in verse 32 speaking. <\/p>\n
834
\n00:49:14,000 –> 00:49:16,680
\nOf the final judgment, he says
\nWe’re all Nations will be <\/p>\n
835
\n00:49:16,680 –> 00:49:20,080
\ngathered before him, and he will
\nseparate the people from one <\/p>\n
836
\n00:49:20,080 –> 00:49:23,120
\nanother as a shepherd separates
\nthe sheep from the goats. <\/p>\n
837
\n00:49:25,800 –> 00:49:29,160
\nYou’ll put the sheep on the
\nright, and you’ll put the goats <\/p>\n
838
\n00:49:29,160 –> 00:49:32,840
\non his left.
\nThe sheep are those who are <\/p>\n
839
\n00:49:32,840 –> 00:49:36,240
\nrighteous.
\nWho have been made right before <\/p>\n
840
\n00:49:36,240 –> 00:49:41,480
\nGod, who have separated
\nthemselves from the world, the <\/p>\n
841
\n00:49:41,480 –> 00:49:47,480
\ngoats over the wicked.
\nAnd they will face eternal <\/p>\n
842
\n00:49:47,480 –> 00:49:54,640
\nseparation from their God.
\nAnd so we have to be reminded, <\/p>\n
843
\n00:49:54,640 –> 00:50:01,560
\nbrothers and sisters, that while
\nGod is merciful and patient, he <\/p>\n
844
\n00:50:01,560 –> 00:50:05,160
\nis also just.
\nAnd the decisions that we make <\/p>\n
845
\n00:50:05,160 –> 00:50:09,440
\nnow and the decisions on how we
\nlive and whom we will follow and<\/p>\n
846
\n00:50:09,440 –> 00:50:16,080
\nwhat we will value and with what
\nwill we associate will determine<\/p>\n
847
\n00:50:16,080 –> 00:50:17,840
\nour place in that final
\nseparation. <\/p>\n
848
\n00:50:20,920 –> 00:50:24,200
\nAnd so we must strive to live
\nlives worthy of being gathered <\/p>\n
849
\n00:50:24,200 –> 00:50:28,920
\nas wheat and placed on the right
\nhand of our Shepherd, that we <\/p>\n
850
\n00:50:28,920 –> 00:50:34,320
\nmight hear him say, well done by
\ngood and faithful servant, and <\/p>\n
851
\n00:50:34,320 –> 00:50:37,720
\nby the grace of God might be in
\nthe Kingdom. <\/p>\n
852
\n00:50:40,080 –> 00:50:45,880
\nLet’s just turn up to Romans
\nchapter 8, maybe my favorite <\/p>\n
853
\n00:50:45,880 –> 00:50:50,040
\npassage in all of Romans.
\nI just want to leave you with <\/p>\n
854
\n00:50:50,040 –> 00:50:52,960
\nPaul’s very powerful assurance
\nfrom Scripture about separation <\/p>\n
855
\n00:50:55,200 –> 00:50:58,840
\nand what it means to us.
\nBrethren and sisters, to live a <\/p>\n
856
\n00:50:58,840 –> 00:51:02,440
\npure and a holy life, separate,
\nno matter what the challenges <\/p>\n
857
\n00:51:02,440 –> 00:51:05,160
\nare, no matter what the
\ntemptations are in this world, <\/p>\n
858
\n00:51:06,240 –> 00:51:08,280
\nno matter the.
\nPressure to conform to its <\/p>\n
859
\n00:51:08,280 –> 00:51:10,680
\nstandards.
\nNothing can sever us from the <\/p>\n
860
\n00:51:10,680 –> 00:51:13,760
\nbond that we have with God
\nthrough our Lord Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n
861
\n00:51:14,240 –> 00:51:17,640
\nthat his love is our anchor and
\nour strength and our assurance <\/p>\n
862
\n00:51:17,640 –> 00:51:23,880
\nas we navigate this world and
\nand there’s a call to action. <\/p>\n
863
\n00:51:25,240 –> 00:51:27,880
\nThat’s embedded in these words.
\nLet us commit ourselves, <\/p>\n
864
\n00:51:27,880 –> 00:51:32,040
\nbrethren and sisters, steadfast
\nin our walk with the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
865
\n00:51:32,040 –> 00:51:33,760
\nChrist.
\nLet’s not be swayed by the <\/p>\n
866
\n00:51:33,920 –> 00:51:37,920
\nfleeting pleasures or the
\naccommodations of the desires of<\/p>\n
867
\n00:51:37,920 –> 00:51:41,280
\nthis world, but instead let us
\ndraw closer to the One who loves<\/p>\n
868
\n00:51:41,280 –> 00:51:45,640
\nus with an everlasting love.
\nSubmit yourself, therefore, <\/p>\n
869
\n00:51:45,640 –> 00:51:48,360
\nJames says in chapter 4.
\nSubmit yourselves, therefore, to<\/p>\n
870
\n00:51:48,360 –> 00:51:51,200
\nyour God.
\nResist the adversary, and he <\/p>\n
871
\n00:51:51,200 –> 00:51:53,880
\nwill flee from you.
\nDraw near to God and He will <\/p>\n
872
\n00:51:53,880 –> 00:51:59,880
\ndraw near to you.
\nBrothers and sisters, as we draw<\/p>\n
873
\n00:51:59,880 –> 00:52:04,360
\nnear to God, even this week,
\nevery day, it’s becoming more <\/p>\n
874
\n00:52:04,360 –> 00:52:07,560
\nand more powerful for us as
\nwe’ve been energized by the <\/p>\n
875
\n00:52:07,560 –> 00:52:10,560
\nclasses, energized by our
\nfellowship together, let us <\/p>\n
876
\n00:52:10,560 –> 00:52:14,280
\npurify our hearts and minds,
\nsetting aside anything that <\/p>\n
877
\n00:52:14,280 –> 00:52:17,080
\nwould hinder us from our
\nrelationship with God severing. <\/p>\n
878
\n00:52:17,080 –> 00:52:20,360
\nOff those things.
\nAnd when I was talking to the <\/p>\n
879
\n00:52:20,360 –> 00:52:23,960
\nteens this morning about
\nsevering off TikTok and severing<\/p>\n
880
\n00:52:23,960 –> 00:52:27,240
\noff Netflix, you know, Marnie
\nsaid to me a couple of nights <\/p>\n
881
\n00:52:27,240 –> 00:52:32,520
\nago, she says, you know, Hon,
\nshe calls me Hon. <\/p>\n
882
\n00:52:35,560 –> 00:52:39,840
\nNot all the time, but.
\nThis time she says, son, we when<\/p>\n
883
\n00:52:39,840 –> 00:52:45,160
\nwe get home, we got to we got to
\ndisconnect Netflix, Jack. <\/p>\n
884
\n00:52:45,160 –> 00:52:48,040
\nShe said that to me and my got
\nto be honest with you, it’s, <\/p>\n
885
\n00:52:48,440 –> 00:52:52,240
\nit’s this is how bad it is.
\nMy in my brain, my face said <\/p>\n
886
\n00:52:52,240 –> 00:52:58,320
\nyes.
\nMy brain was like, yes we do, <\/p>\n
887
\n00:52:58,920 –> 00:53:01,680
\nbut also Amazon Prime and
\nDisney. <\/p>\n
888
\n00:53:01,680 –> 00:53:05,040
\nPlus we tossed that years ago.
\nBut I said this to the teens. <\/p>\n
889
\n00:53:05,040 –> 00:53:08,680
\nI said you got to you got to
\nswitch it off, you know TikTok <\/p>\n
890
\n00:53:09,400 –> 00:53:13,360
\nand Netflix and Insta Hoover and
\nwhatever would it face scram, <\/p>\n
891
\n00:53:13,360 –> 00:53:16,960
\nwhatever they are you like it’s.
\nThe more you switch things off, <\/p>\n
892
\n00:53:16,960 –> 00:53:18,680
\nthe easier it is to switch them
\noff. <\/p>\n
893
\n00:53:18,680 –> 00:53:21,800
\nAnd then honestly, their heads
\nwere nodding and some of them <\/p>\n
894
\n00:53:21,800 –> 00:53:24,560
\nwere tired, but others were just
\nnodding in agreement. <\/p>\n
895
\n00:53:25,080 –> 00:53:27,880
\nAnd as I said before, the
\ninteresting thing about the <\/p>\n
896
\n00:53:27,880 –> 00:53:31,240
\nyoung people is they say things.
\nYou know that, you know that. <\/p>\n
897
\n00:53:31,320 –> 00:53:34,640
\nYou know the reason why I talked
\nabout those two things of <\/p>\n
898
\n00:53:34,640 –> 00:53:38,800
\ntradition and judgement is those
\nare the two things that they <\/p>\n
899
\n00:53:38,800 –> 00:53:43,920
\nbrought up.
\nThey see our children, see <\/p>\n
900
\n00:53:43,920 –> 00:53:47,080
\nwhat’s going on in our
\ncommunities, and in some ways <\/p>\n
901
\n00:53:47,280 –> 00:53:51,040
\nthey’re almost more perceptive
\nthan we are about what’s going <\/p>\n
902
\n00:53:51,040 –> 00:53:54,560
\non.
\nRomans chapter 8. <\/p>\n
903
\n00:53:58,240 –> 00:54:00,120
\nWhat then shall we say to these
\nthings? <\/p>\n
904
\n00:54:02,880 –> 00:54:04,960
\nIf God is for us, who can be
\nagainst us? <\/p>\n
905
\n00:54:05,840 –> 00:54:11,880
\nHe who did not spare his own
\nson, but gave him up for us all.<\/p>\n
906
\n00:54:12,960 –> 00:54:17,200
\nHow will He not also with Him
\ngraciously give us all things? <\/p>\n
907
\n00:54:19,200 –> 00:54:21,280
\nWho shall bring any charge
\nagainst God’s elect? <\/p>\n
908
\n00:54:22,760 –> 00:54:29,720
\nIs God Who justifies?
\nWho is to condemn Jesus Christ? <\/p>\n
909
\n00:54:29,720 –> 00:54:33,000
\nIs the one who died more than
\nthat, who was raised, who is at <\/p>\n
910
\n00:54:33,000 –> 00:54:35,920
\nthe right hand of God, who
\nindeed is interceding for us? <\/p>\n
911
\n00:54:41,240 –> 00:54:43,640
\nWho then shall separate us from
\nthe love of Christ? <\/p>\n
912
\n00:54:46,400 –> 00:54:52,200
\nShall tribulation or distress,
\nor persecution, or famine, or <\/p>\n
913
\n00:54:52,200 –> 00:54:58,480
\nnakedness, or danger, or sword?
\nAs it is written, the Apostle <\/p>\n
914
\n00:54:58,480 –> 00:55:01,480
\nPaul says for your sake we are
\nbeing killed all the day long. <\/p>\n
915
\n00:55:01,600 –> 00:55:03,920
\nWe are regarded as sheep to be
\nslaughtered. <\/p>\n
916
\n00:55:06,880 –> 00:55:13,680
\nNo, in all these things.
\nWe are more than conquerors <\/p>\n
917
\n00:55:13,680 –> 00:55:21,800
\nthrough Him who loved us.
\nFor I am sure that neither <\/p>\n
918
\n00:55:21,800 –> 00:55:27,800
\ndeath, nor life, nor angels, nor
\nrulers, nor things present, nor <\/p>\n
919
\n00:55:27,800 –> 00:55:31,200
\nthings to come, nor powers, nor
\nheight, nor depth, nor anything <\/p>\n
920
\n00:55:31,200 –> 00:55:34,760
\nin all of creation, we’ll.
\nBe able to. <\/p>\n
921
\n00:55:34,760 –> 00:55:38,160
\nSeparate us from the love of God
\nin Christ Jesus our Lord. <\/p>\n
922
\n00:55:41,120 –> 00:55:47,240
\nLet us brethren and sisters be
\nunashamed to shine as lights in <\/p>\n
923
\n00:55:47,240 –> 00:55:50,440
\nthis Dark World.
\nLet us be unashamed to sever off<\/p>\n
924
\n00:55:50,440 –> 00:55:56,320
\nthe works of darkness, that we
\nmight be separated unto Christ <\/p>\n
925
\n00:55:57,040 –> 00:56:02,000
\nand be counted worthy of God’s
\ngrace on the day of His Son’s <\/p>\n
926
\n00:56:02,000 –> 00:56:02,480
\nreturn.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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