Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 355.<\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians chapter 12 from
\nverse 25 to chapter 13, verse 7.<\/p>\n
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\nBut if you read your handbook,
\nthere’s a brackets until 8I. <\/p>\n
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\nI would guess that means the
\nfirst sentence of first sight of<\/p>\n
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\nchapter 13.
\nSo we’ll get Brother Andrew <\/p>\n
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\nAckerman to read that for us,
\nplease. <\/p>\n
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\nReading with you First
\nCorinthians chapter 12, starting<\/p>\n
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\nverse 25.
\nThat there should be no schism <\/p>\n
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\nin the body, but that the
\nmembers should have the same <\/p>\n
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\ncare one for another.
\nAnd whether one member suffer, <\/p>\n
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\nall the members suffer with it,
\nor one member be honoured, all <\/p>\n
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\nthe members rejoice with it.
\nNow ye are the body of Christ <\/p>\n
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\nand members in particular, and
\nGod has set some in the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia.
\nFirst apostles, secondarily <\/p>\n
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\nprophets, thirdly teachers.
\nAfter that, miracles meant gifts<\/p>\n
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\nof healing, Helps governments,
\ndiversities of tongues. <\/p>\n
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\nAre all apostles are all
\nprophets, Are all teachers, are <\/p>\n
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\nall workers of miracles, Have
\nall the gifts of healing. <\/p>\n
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\nDo all speak with tongues, do
\nall interpret, but cover <\/p>\n
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\nearnestly the best gifts, and
\nyet show I unto you a more <\/p>\n
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\nexcellent way.
\nThough I speak with the tons of <\/p>\n
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\nmen and of angels, and have not
\nlove, I am become as a sounding <\/p>\n
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\nbrass, or a tinkling symbol.
\nAnd though I have the gift of <\/p>\n
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\nprophecy, and understand all
\nmysteries and all knowledge, and<\/p>\n
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\nthough I have all faith, so that
\nI could remove mountains, and <\/p>\n
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\nhave not love, I am nothing.
\nAnd now I bestow all my goods to<\/p>\n
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\nfeed the poor.
\nAnd though I give my body to be <\/p>\n
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\nburned, and have not love, it
\nprofiteth me nothing. <\/p>\n
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\nLove suffereth long, and is
\nkind. <\/p>\n
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\nLove envieth not.
\nLove wanteth not itself, is not <\/p>\n
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\npuffed up, does not behave
\nitself unseemly, seeketh not her<\/p>\n
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\nown, is not easily provoked,
\nthinketh no evil, rejoiceth not <\/p>\n
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\nan iniquity, but rejoiceth in
\nthe truth. <\/p>\n
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\nBeareth all things, believeth
\nall things, hopeth all things, <\/p>\n
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\nendureth all things, love never
\nfaileth. <\/p>\n
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\nThank you, Andrew, with that
\nintroductory reading. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we ask your attention to
\nBrother Ben’s talk. <\/p>\n
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\nYet shall I unto you a more
\nexcellent way. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, thanks, brother Charles,
\nand good evening. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, my dear brothers
\nand sisters and young people. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’ve come to know that
\nstruggling Corinthian ecclesia, <\/p>\n
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\nhaven’t we?
\nWe’ve come to to reach into the <\/p>\n
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\nheart of the issues that were
\neating the heart out of that <\/p>\n
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\necclesia.
\nAnd yet we’ve seen with Paul <\/p>\n
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\nthat power of the ability to to
\npull away from just these issues<\/p>\n
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\nhere in the nitty gritty of
\nthose and to come back to the <\/p>\n
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\nbroader principles that are at
\nstake, the principles of God, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich actually give us the
\nanswers to exactly how we can <\/p>\n
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\ncreate unity and strength within
\nour ecclesial environments. <\/p>\n
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\nSo yesterday we saw some strong
\nconnections to to Moses and to <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael in the wilderness.
\nAnd I just want to commence this<\/p>\n
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\nmorning by pulling that together
\nto show to show the different <\/p>\n
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\nconnections that we’ve seen and
\njust pull that together to see <\/p>\n
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\nwhy Paul was making this
\nconnection. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then particularly to see why
\nPaul is doing that and the power<\/p>\n
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\nof that for us.
\nSo here I have up on the screen <\/p>\n
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\nnow I must just say that many of
\nthese connections were given to <\/p>\n
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\nme by brother Stephen Palmer.
\nSo appreciate the contribution <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s he’s made in this and some
\nof the connections that we saw <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday as well.
\nSo there are two parallel <\/p>\n
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\ncomponents that that the apostle
\npulls through here. <\/p>\n
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\nThere are a number of
\nconnections back to the <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness wanderings and the
\nwork of the wilderness <\/p>\n
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\nwanderings.
\nThe first is that there is a <\/p>\n
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\ncomparison between Paul himself
\nand Moses, the role of Moses and<\/p>\n
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\nthe role of Paul.
\nAnd the second is the comparison<\/p>\n
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\nbetween the, the congregation in
\nthe wilderness and the ecclesia <\/p>\n
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\nat Corinth.
\nSo the first, which we saw in <\/p>\n
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\nour first talk together was that
\nin Exodus chapter 4, where Moses<\/p>\n
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\nsays, I’m not eloquent, I I
\ncan’t come, I can’t go and speak<\/p>\n
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\nto Pharaoh.
\nI can’t do it myself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo this was a man, remember, who
\nis mighty in Word and deed, and <\/p>\n
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\nyet had turned to a man who was
\ncompletely humbled and said, I <\/p>\n
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\ncan’t do it.
\nI can’t go on my own strength. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd likewise, we saw in in one
\nCorinthians 1 exactly the same <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter out of Paul himself
\nwho says, and remember, this is <\/p>\n
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\nPaul who is the the great
\nPharisee. <\/p>\n
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\nHe came with.
\nHe sees I came not with <\/p>\n
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\nExcellency of speech.
\nThere’s also a connection out of<\/p>\n
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\nNumbers chapter 12, this idea of
\nbeing faithful, faithful in all <\/p>\n
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\nmy house, God’s description of
\nMoses, and likewise a connection<\/p>\n
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\ninto the stewards and the man
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\nI’m not going to go through them
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\nthe number, to be impressed by <\/p>\n
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\nthe number of connections that
\nthere are back to the wilderness<\/p>\n
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\nwanderings.
\nAnd to see this is a very clear <\/p>\n
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\ntheme.
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\nas you see here, and then into
\nthe section of First Corinthians<\/p>\n
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\n13 and 14 where there’s also a
\nnumber of connections as you see<\/p>\n
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\non the screen there.
\nAnd as we saw yesterday, there <\/p>\n
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\nwas also the very strong
\nconnections into First <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians 10.
\nSo there’s a number of <\/p>\n
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\nconnections that take us back in
\nour thoughts to the congregation<\/p>\n
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\nin the wilderness.
\nSo why does the Apostle Paul do <\/p>\n
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\nthis?
\nWhy is he making this clear <\/p>\n
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\nconnection back to the concepts
\nof the ecclesia in the <\/p>\n
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\nWell, I believe it’s because the<\/p>\n
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\ncongregation in the wilderness <\/p>\n
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\nare exactly those that he was
\nstruggling with in in Corinth. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was this constant <\/p>\n
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\nchallenge against the authority
\nof Moses. <\/p>\n
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\nThe second was that there were
\nindividuals who would create <\/p>\n
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\ncongregation.
\nAnd interestingly, if you go <\/p>\n
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\nback and have a look in 1st
\nCorinthians 10, as we did <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday, a number of those
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\nthroughout the whole
\ncongregation. <\/p>\n
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\nWe find that God’s glory is
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\nparticularly of Moses, but also,
\ninterestingly, that everyone, <\/p>\n
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\nPromised Land.
\nIt’s the challenge against <\/p>\n
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\nMoses, individuals who cause
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\nwhole congregation, God’s glory
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\nand support, and all of us
\nlearning that we do nothing in <\/p>\n
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\nour own strength but as
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\nthis obvious and strong <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness wanderings? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, clearly he is drawing a
\ncomparison between himself and <\/p>\n
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\nMoses as faithful stewards with
\nwhom God had communed. <\/p>\n
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\nI believe that actually the
\napostle Paul is showing the <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthian ecclesia that the
\nattitude that they were showing <\/p>\n
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\ntowards him and their challenge
\nof him as their father in the <\/p>\n
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\ntruth was very similar to the
\nconstant challenge that Moses <\/p>\n
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\nhad with the ecclesia in the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n
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\nHe showed the clear parallels
\nthat existed between Israel in <\/p>\n
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\nthat were eating out the heart <\/p>\n
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\nof the Corinthian ecclesia, and
\ntherefore he is warning the <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthian ecclesia to look
\nclosely at themselves. <\/p>\n
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\nNow here’s the lesson for us,
\nbecause living in these last <\/p>\n
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\ndays, could we imagine that the
\nthat the warnings of Paul taken <\/p>\n
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\nout of the congregation in the
\nwilderness are not equally <\/p>\n
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\napplicable to us?
\nWell, he tells us in 1st <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians 10 that they are
\nexactly there for our case. <\/p>\n
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\nNow these things were our
\nexamples to the intent we should<\/p>\n
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\nnot lust after evil things as
\nthey also lusted. <\/p>\n
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\nThese things were our examples
\nwas the comment that Paul made. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he’s telling both the
\nCorinthian ecclesia, but 2000 <\/p>\n
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\nyears later he’s calling out to
\nus also that the things that <\/p>\n
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\nhappened to that ecclesia were
\nexamples to us because they <\/p>\n
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\nmirror what happens in ecclesial
\nlife even today. <\/p>\n
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\nAm I taking that too far?
\nWell, let’s go to the next verse<\/p>\n
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\nhe uses on that.
\nNow all these things happened <\/p>\n
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\nunto them, for in samples
\nthey’re an example. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re an in sample to us, and
\nthey are written for our <\/p>\n
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\nadmonition upon whom the ends of
\nthe world are come. <\/p>\n
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\nHe writes to the Corinthian
\necclesia upon whom the ends of <\/p>\n
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\nthe world are come, brothers and
\nsisters and young people. <\/p>\n
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\nIf that phrase was relevant to
\nthe Corinthian ecclesia in <\/p>\n
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\nPaul’s time and the change of
\nthe world that was to occur in <\/p>\n
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\nthat time, how much more
\npowerful is that phrase for us <\/p>\n
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\nwho live with a cacophony of the
\nscreams of the world as it’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to the end of the world of
\nall worlds. <\/p>\n
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\nFor us who live at the time,
\nwe’re the end of all the world’s<\/p>\n
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\nthat come essentially as all of
\ntime is come together focused <\/p>\n
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\nupon the return of Christ.
\nAnd we can clearly take the the <\/p>\n
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\nlessons out of both the
\ncongregation in the wilderness, <\/p>\n
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\nbut also out of the ecclesia and
\nCorinth to ourselves, can’t we? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause it’s saying those things
\nwere in samples. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were provided to us as an
\nin sample. <\/p>\n
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\nThey are written for our
\nadmonition, that we need to take<\/p>\n
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\nthe example and the admonition
\nout of it. <\/p>\n
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\nUpon surely whom the ends of the
\nworld are come. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then comes the warning in
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\nWherefore let him that thinketh
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\nTake heed lest he fall.
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\nthroughout this book, but is now
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\npowerfully, is pleading with us
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\nCorinthian ecclesia and to apply
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\nHe’s saying to us that the words
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\nsomeone else in the ecclesia
\nwho’s clearly missing the point.<\/p>\n
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\nfor us, wouldn’t it, brothers
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\nBecause this is often what we do
\nis to just be touched by the <\/p>\n
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\nprinciples we’ve heard, to think
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\nby them, and then to walk away
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\ndown and to think about the
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\nof this book to the Corinthian
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\nrush of daily life and to write
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\nand to say, how can we take
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\nHow can we apply the the wisdom
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\nto the godly principle involved?
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\nWhat’s the godly principle
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\nourselves to respond to this?
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\nstandeth.
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\nthink we’re going well, there is
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\nto stop and examine ourselves
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\nbut we need to actually apply
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\nin the next verse.
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\nyou, but such as is common to
\nman. <\/p>\n
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\nBut God is faithful who will not
\nsuffer you to be tempted above <\/p>\n
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\nthat ye are able, but will with
\nthe temptation also make a way <\/p>\n
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\nto escape, that ye may be able
\nto bear it. <\/p>\n
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\nThere hath no temptation taken
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\nman.
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\nthe temptations that the
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\nwere exactly the same
\ntemptations that the ecclesia in<\/p>\n
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\nCorinth were facing.
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\nHe’s shown it was a completely
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\ndifferent technologies.
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\nsuch a different environment.
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\ndifferent environment, really,
\ncould you? <\/p>\n
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\nBetween the the ecclesia or the
\ncongregation in the wilderness <\/p>\n
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\nwith all of their struggles, and
\nthe thriving metropolis in the <\/p>\n
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\nbeautiful city of Corinth with
\nall their struggles. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet the apostle says the
\ntemptations that have taken both<\/p>\n
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\nof those eccleses are exactly
\nthe same. <\/p>\n
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\nTo say, even in our
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\nof the struggles we have, the
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\nwhich are brethren in the <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness and our brethren in
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\nthemselves faced.
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\nthe busyness of life and rushing<\/p>\n
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\nfrom from place to place.
\nThey didn’t have those issues. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the point that the apostle
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\nexactly the same. <\/p>\n
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\nThat we need to learn that flesh
\nis nothing, that no flesh can <\/p>\n
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\nglory in God’s presence.
\nThat we are not our own, that we<\/p>\n
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\nare brought with a price, and
\ntherefore that our whole work is<\/p>\n
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\nto become a slave, a minister
\nfor God. <\/p>\n
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\nThat God can then lift us up and
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\nHim, so that our focus becomes
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\ndeveloping and growing the
\necclesial environment. <\/p>\n
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\nThose principles are powerful
\nfor the ecclesia in the <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness, for the ecclesia in
\nCorinth, and for our ecclesia <\/p>\n
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\nnow in the last days before
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\nAnd so the apostle in this
\nsection here from First <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians 12 through to 14,
\nstarts to turn his focus to the <\/p>\n
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\nproblem of the Spirit gifts and
\nthe use of the Spirit gifts. <\/p>\n
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\nInterestingly, the issue with
\nthe Spirit gifts was exactly the<\/p>\n
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\nsame issue as had been faced by
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\ngifts in the wilderness, but so <\/p>\n
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\nindividuals who were envious of
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\neminence in the congregation.
\nThat one of the major problems <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness was ambition for pre <\/p>\n
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\neminence in the congregation.
\nAnd that is exactly the issue <\/p>\n
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\nthis morning around the matter <\/p>\n
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\nof the Spirit gifts.
\nBecause the issue in One <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians 12 and the use of
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\nwanted to have the most visible
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\none that would build up the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia the most, but which was
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\nuse of the gifts and their pre <\/p>\n
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\neminence in the ecclesia.
\nSo this chapter has to do with <\/p>\n
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\nwhich of course we don’t have <\/p>\n
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\nborder principle, which becomes <\/p>\n
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\ntoday. <\/p>\n
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\nIf we act in a selfish, or more
\nparticularly if we act with <\/p>\n
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\nambition in ecclesial life
\ntoday, there is no place for <\/p>\n
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\nambition, no place for seeking
\npre eminence in the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nlife will inevitably lead to <\/p>\n
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\ndivision and heartache in
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians is that it is about <\/p>\n
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\nflesh being nothing, that we
\nbecome slaves of God and <\/p>\n
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\nexpansion of God and of his <\/p>\n
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\nglory.
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\nantidote, the perfect answer to <\/p>\n
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\nimportance of diversity that <\/p>\n
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\nbrings to eclesial life <\/p>\n
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\nworking together for the sake of<\/p>\n
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\nwe can build and develop the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia together.
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\nparticularly clearly with the <\/p>\n
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\nCorinth. <\/p>\n
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\nGentiles carried away into these
\ndumb idols even as you were led.<\/p>\n
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\nWherefore I give you to
\nunderstand that no man speaking <\/p>\n
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\nby the Spirit of God calls Jesus
\naccursed, and that no man can <\/p>\n
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\nby the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nclearly saying things that were <\/p>\n
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\nand be using the Holy Spirit to
\nsay things which destroy the <\/p>\n
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\nadministrations, but the same
\nlaw. <\/p>\n
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\noperations, the same God which <\/p>\n
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\nthis difference of contribution <\/p>\n
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\nBut if we come across to chapter
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\nbecome what then started to <\/p>\n
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\nye may prophecy. <\/p>\n
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\nFor he that speaketh in an
\nunknown tongue or in tongues, <\/p>\n
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\nspeaketh not unto men, but unto
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\nspeaketh mysteries.
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\nunto men, to edification,
\nexhortation, and to comfort. <\/p>\n
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\nunderstands it, then the whole <\/p>\n
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\nthing is pointless, isn’t it?
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\ntalk in a foreign language, and
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\nhave no idea whatsoever.
\nI did very badly in French and <\/p>\n
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\nin German. <\/p>\n
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\nidea what they’re saying, I
\ncan’t understand it, and the <\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:35,360 –> 00:20:39,160
\nwhole thing is pointless.
\nBut he says, if they’re speaking<\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:39,160 –> 00:20:43,160
\nin the common tongue and using
\nthe Spirit of Prophecy to build <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:43,160 –> 00:20:47,280
\nup the power of scriptural
\nexhortation and exposition, then<\/p>\n
343
\n00:20:47,280 –> 00:20:50,920
\nit encourages all.
\nVerse four, He that speaketh in <\/p>\n
344
\n00:20:50,920 –> 00:20:54,840
\na tongue edifieth himself, but
\nhe that prophesieth edifieth the<\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:54,840 –> 00:20:57,160
\necclesia.
\nI would that ye all speak with <\/p>\n
346
\n00:20:57,160 –> 00:20:58,840
\ntongues, but rather that ye
\nprophesied. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:20:58,840 –> 00:21:00,800
\nFor greater is he that
\nprophesieth than he that <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:00,800 –> 00:21:04,360
\nspeaketh with tongues, except he
\ninterpret that the ecclesia may <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:04,360 –> 00:21:07,960
\nreceive edifying.
\nNow, brethren, if I come unto <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:07,960 –> 00:21:10,560
\nyou speaking with tongues, what
\nshall I profit you, except I <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:10,560 –> 00:21:13,200
\nspeak to you either by
\nrevelation, or knowledge, or <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:13,200 –> 00:21:16,480
\nprophesying, or by doctrine?
\nSo he’s saying just the use of <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:16,480 –> 00:21:20,400
\ntongues itself is not going to
\nbe helpful, that it has to be <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:20,400 –> 00:21:23,400
\nactually the contribution of the
\nopening up of the word. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:23,720 –> 00:21:26,880
\nThat was to be the powerful
\ncontribution for for the <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:26,880 –> 00:21:29,800
\necclesia.
\nSo there were people who who <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:29,800 –> 00:21:33,600
\nthought that the best gift to
\nobtain was the ability to speak <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:33,600 –> 00:21:37,040
\nin tongues.
\nIt was the most obvious, the <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:37,040 –> 00:21:40,880
\nmost impressive and visible.
\nWow, look how impressive they <\/p>\n
360
\n00:21:40,880 –> 00:21:42,560
\nare.
\nThey must be spiritual because <\/p>\n
361
\n00:21:42,560 –> 00:21:46,080
\nthey’re able to stand up and
\nvisibly, visibly show the power <\/p>\n
362
\n00:21:46,080 –> 00:21:48,280
\nof God by speaking another
\nlanguage. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:21:48,280 –> 00:21:50,440
\nIt’s clear that they have the
\nspirit gifts there. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:21:51,040 –> 00:21:55,800
\nIt was an obvious visible gift,
\nand people had become ambitious <\/p>\n
365
\n00:21:56,040 –> 00:21:59,000
\nto have this visible gift.
\nIt became the gift that everyone<\/p>\n
366
\n00:21:59,000 –> 00:22:01,240
\nwanted to have.
\nWe want to have this visible <\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:01,240 –> 00:22:04,760
\ngift of the tongues.
\nAnd Paul says no, it’s not about<\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:04,760 –> 00:22:09,320
\nthat, he says it’s about
\ndesiring to have gifts that can <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:09,320 –> 00:22:11,720
\nbe used in a way that edifies
\nthe most. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:13,960 –> 00:22:17,800
\nSo here is the lesson of
\nambition. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:19,600 –> 00:22:26,200
\nThere is no place, no benefit
\nfor ambition in ecclesial life <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:27,720 –> 00:22:30,080
\nto seek the pre eminence or the
\nimportance. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:32,760 –> 00:22:42,160
\nNo ambition does exist and it
\nexists in Eclesial life and it <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:42,160 –> 00:22:48,200
\ndevastates eclesial life because
\nwe put ourselves above the <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:48,200 –> 00:22:54,600
\necclesia.
\nGod is asking us to contribute <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:54,600 –> 00:23:01,240
\nwith every fibre of our being
\nthe gifts that God has given us.<\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:03,320 –> 00:23:08,720
\nBut it can never be on the basis
\nof ambition because ambition <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:08,760 –> 00:23:11,960
\nwill always cause division.
\nIt will always lead to division <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:11,960 –> 00:23:15,160
\nbecause it’s about me and what
\nI’m doing and what I try to <\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:15,160 –> 00:23:16,680
\nachieve.
\nAnd whenever that becomes the <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:16,680 –> 00:23:20,640
\nfocus of an ecclesia and the
\nwhole power of an ecclesia and <\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:20,640 –> 00:23:22,760
\nits ability to work together is
\ndestroyed. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:24,240 –> 00:23:28,240
\nYou may have noticed in those
\nverses we read that edify and <\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:28,240 –> 00:23:31,800
\nedification becomes one of the
\nkey themes and of course that <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:31,800 –> 00:23:35,040
\npicks up from what we’ve looked
\nat in the last few sessions, <\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:35,040 –> 00:23:37,160
\nisn’t it?
\nAll things are lawful to me. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:37,160 –> 00:23:41,240
\nI can justify anything, but all
\nthings edify not, do not build <\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:41,240 –> 00:23:46,080
\nup and and assist the ecclesia.
\nSo verse three, he that <\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:46,080 –> 00:23:49,800
\nprophesied speaketh unto men to
\nedification and exhortation and <\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:49,800 –> 00:23:51,720
\ncomfort.
\nThe purpose of it was to edify <\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:51,720 –> 00:23:54,560
\nto build up.
\nVerse four, he that speaketh in <\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:54,560 –> 00:23:58,360
\na tongue edifieth himself.
\nHe might help himself, he might <\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:58,360 –> 00:24:00,440
\nlearn some things himself, but
\nall he’s doing is building <\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:00,440 –> 00:24:03,040
\nhimself up.
\nIt doesn’t contribute or assist <\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:03,040 –> 00:24:06,680
\nanyone else.
\nBut if you can prophecy that <\/p>\n
396
\n00:24:06,680 –> 00:24:11,400
\nedifies the entire body of the
\necclesia, at the end of verse 5 <\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:12,280 –> 00:24:14,360
\nhe says I would through that
\nverse I would. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:14,360 –> 00:24:16,760
\nYou’ll speak with tongues, but
\nrather you prophesied. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:24:17,120 –> 00:24:19,360
\nFor greater is he that
\nprophesied than he that speaketh<\/p>\n
400
\n00:24:19,360 –> 00:24:22,240
\nwith tongues, except he
\ninterpret that the ecclesia may <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:22,240 –> 00:24:25,680
\nreceive edifying.
\nAnd so the Apostle shows us that<\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:25,680 –> 00:24:29,680
\nthe focus of our contribution
\nmust not be on our pre eminence <\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:29,680 –> 00:24:34,440
\nand what we can do to be
\nvisible, but to see what we can <\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:34,440 –> 00:24:37,960
\ndo to contribute the most for
\nedification and for building up.<\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:39,560 –> 00:24:45,080
\nWhat can we contribute with
\nevery fibre of our being that <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:45,080 –> 00:24:48,760
\nwill build up and assist our
\necclesial environment? <\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:48,760 –> 00:24:51,480
\nYou know he says in verse 33 of
\nof that chapter in such a <\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:51,480 –> 00:24:54,600
\nbeautiful phrase, God is not the
\nauthor of confusion, but of <\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:54,600 –> 00:24:56,800
\npeace.
\nAs in all the eccleses of the <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:56,800 –> 00:24:59,560
\nSaints.
\nGod is not the author of <\/p>\n
411
\n00:24:59,560 –> 00:25:02,640
\nconfusion.
\nGod does not intend our <\/p>\n
412
\n00:25:02,640 –> 00:25:04,960
\necclesial environments to be 1
\nof confusion. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:25:06,200 –> 00:25:11,160
\nHe wants them to be a place of
\npeace and of harmony. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:25:13,160 –> 00:25:18,120
\nIf matters are creating
\nconfusion and division in <\/p>\n
415
\n00:25:18,120 –> 00:25:22,880
\necclesial life, then they cannot
\nhave come from God, because God <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:22,880 –> 00:25:25,800
\nwill never be the author of
\nconfusion, but of peace. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:27,200 –> 00:25:30,280
\nYou know, it got to such an
\nextent in that ecclesia in <\/p>\n
418
\n00:25:30,280 –> 00:25:33,120
\nCorinth that Paul had to tell
\nthem that if they were giving a <\/p>\n
419
\n00:25:33,120 –> 00:25:36,320
\na public lecture to preach to
\nexternal people who had no <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:36,320 –> 00:25:39,440
\nknowledge of God, that if they
\nall stood up there in their pre <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:39,440 –> 00:25:41,600
\neminence, in their ambition to
\nhave their show and were <\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:41,600 –> 00:25:44,840
\nbabbling away at the same time
\nin tongues that no one else <\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:44,840 –> 00:25:47,200
\ncould understand, then it was
\nclear they were not making <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:47,200 –> 00:25:49,400
\nsense.
\nYou imagine that as a picture <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:49,400 –> 00:25:51,800
\nfor a public lecture.
\nIn walks the visitor and <\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:51,800 –> 00:25:54,600
\neveryone’s standing up at the
\nsame time, all rabbiting away in<\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:54,600 –> 00:25:56,200
\ntongues which no one else can
\nunderstand. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:56,200 –> 00:25:59,960
\nAnd the visitor looks there and
\nsays this is madness, this is <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:59,960 –> 00:26:02,760
\nconfusion.
\nAnd to someone who doesn’t <\/p>\n
430
\n00:26:02,760 –> 00:26:06,800
\nunderstand the tongues, they’ll
\ncome in and say you’re mad and <\/p>\n
431
\n00:26:06,800 –> 00:26:09,280
\nthe glory of God is absolutely
\ndestroyed. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:26:10,160 –> 00:26:13,400
\nIt made no sense to me.
\nIt made no sense to you. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:26:14,120 –> 00:26:16,360
\nI’m going to leave this place
\nbecause they’re mad. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:18,520 –> 00:26:23,040
\nPaul’s message is very clear
\nthat rather than wanting to have<\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:23,040 –> 00:26:29,480
\nthe visible, impressive, obvious
\ngifts, he pleads with them to <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:29,480 –> 00:26:33,560
\ncontrol the use of the gifts.
\nHe says the Spirit is subject <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:33,560 –> 00:26:36,640
\nunto you.
\nSo even even if you have the <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:36,640 –> 00:26:41,280
\nspirit that allows you to speak
\nin tongues, if no one can <\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:41,280 –> 00:26:46,600
\ninterpret, then you stay quiet,
\nbecause otherwise you are <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:46,600 –> 00:26:48,640
\ncausing disharmony, not
\nedification. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:49,960 –> 00:26:52,680
\nWhen we come together in our
\necclesias, brothers and sisters <\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:52,680 –> 00:26:57,120
\nand young people, God is never
\nthe author of confusion, but of <\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:57,120 –> 00:27:02,760
\npeace.
\nHe wants us to edify and to <\/p>\n
444
\n00:27:02,760 –> 00:27:06,080
\nbuild up rather than bring
\nconfusion. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:27:08,200 –> 00:27:11,520
\nThere’s a lovely little phrase
\nat the end of chapter 14 and <\/p>\n
446
\n00:27:11,520 –> 00:27:15,840
\nverse 14.
\nLet all things be done decently <\/p>\n
447
\n00:27:15,840 –> 00:27:19,560
\nand in order.
\nIt’s a phrase perhaps we we <\/p>\n
448
\n00:27:19,560 –> 00:27:22,160
\nrather glibly throw out there in
\nan ecclesial context, doesn’t <\/p>\n
449
\n00:27:22,160 –> 00:27:25,560
\nit?
\nBut just stop for a moment and <\/p>\n
450
\n00:27:25,560 –> 00:27:27,520
\ncontemplate the beauty of that
\nphrase. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:27:28,800 –> 00:27:32,120
\nAll things done decently and in
\norder. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:33,840 –> 00:27:36,400
\nIf only that could be the focus
\nthat we bring to our <\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:36,400 –> 00:27:39,760
\ncontribution to ecclesial life.
\nIt’s it’s not about me. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:40,640 –> 00:27:45,080
\nIt’s not about my visibility.
\nHow can I constructively provide<\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:45,080 –> 00:27:48,600
\nto the enclosure what will be
\ndone decently and in order so <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:48,600 –> 00:27:51,040
\nthat the whole ecclesial
\nenvironment there is is in a <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:51,040 –> 00:27:54,320
\ndecent and ordered and
\nharmonious sense. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:55,000 –> 00:27:59,720
\nIt’s not people focused on
\nthemselves, but want, wanting <\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:59,720 –> 00:28:03,200
\nthings to be done pleasantly and
\nconstructively to build up. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:28:06,400 –> 00:28:08,760
\nSo Paul was dealing with this
\nsituation where the where the <\/p>\n
461
\n00:28:08,760 –> 00:28:12,640
\necclesia had become ambitious
\nfor the visible gifts, ambitious<\/p>\n
462
\n00:28:12,640 –> 00:28:14,320
\nto be seen with the greatest
\ngifts. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:28:15,320 –> 00:28:19,080
\nAnd therefore the focus had gone
\non perhaps the least beneficial <\/p>\n
464
\n00:28:19,080 –> 00:28:21,480
\nof all gifts, the gift of
\ntongues. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:23,000 –> 00:28:27,240
\nAnd so therefore, if we come
\nback to chapter 12 and verse 4. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:32,920 –> 00:28:37,440
\nThe apostle starts to tell us
\nabout the power of the different<\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:37,440 –> 00:28:42,240
\ngifts that the Spirit has given
\nin First Corinthians 12 and in <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:42,240 –> 00:28:46,080
\nverse 4.
\nThere are diversities of gifts, <\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:46,080 –> 00:28:49,320
\nbut the same Spirit.
\nThere are differences of <\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:49,320 –> 00:28:51,200
\nadministrations, but the same
\nLord. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:52,200 –> 00:28:55,120
\nThere are diversities of
\noperations, but it is the same <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:55,120 –> 00:28:57,360
\nGod which worketh all and in
\nall. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:58,520 –> 00:29:02,920
\nThere are different gifts, but
\nit’s the same Spirit that gives.<\/p>\n
474
\n00:29:04,000 –> 00:29:07,480
\nSo whether the Spirit has given
\nan ability to speak in tongues <\/p>\n
475
\n00:29:07,960 –> 00:29:13,440
\nor to prophecy or in some other
\ncapacity, I need to remember <\/p>\n
476
\n00:29:13,440 –> 00:29:17,960
\nthat it is what the Spirit wants
\nrather than how I appear. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:29:19,480 –> 00:29:25,400
\nThe Spirit has deliberately
\nprovided a diversity of gifts in<\/p>\n
478
\n00:29:25,400 –> 00:29:28,400
\norder for the whole ecclesial
\nbody to work together. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:29:28,400 –> 00:29:31,680
\nCan I say that again, because
\nthis is fundamental to the <\/p>\n
480
\n00:29:31,680 –> 00:29:38,000
\nworking of our ecclesias, the
\nSpirit has deliberately provided<\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:38,960 –> 00:29:44,160
\na diversity of gifts in order
\nfor the whole ecclesial body to <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:44,160 –> 00:29:47,600
\nwork together.
\nBut the point is that that just <\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:47,800 –> 00:29:50,600
\ncries out to us from this
\nsection here, that those <\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:50,600 –> 00:29:54,000
\ndiversities of gifts are given
\nby the same Spirit that is <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:54,000 –> 00:29:57,880
\nworking, the same Spirit that is
\nworking for the same common <\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:57,880 –> 00:30:01,080
\noutcome to build up and to
\ndevelop the glory of God. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:30:01,280 –> 00:30:04,440
\nSo chapter 12 and verse 4, we’ve
\nseen here it’s the same spirit. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:30:04,680 –> 00:30:09,160
\nVerse 5, it’s the same Lord.
\nVerse 6, it’s the same God which<\/p>\n
489
\n00:30:09,160 –> 00:30:14,000
\nworketh All in all.
\nVerse 8 it’s given by the one <\/p>\n
490
\n00:30:14,000 –> 00:30:16,360
\nSpirit, the Word of wisdom to
\nanother, by the Word of <\/p>\n
491
\n00:30:16,360 –> 00:30:19,920
\nknowledge by the same Spirit.
\nVerse 9 to another faith by the <\/p>\n
492
\n00:30:19,920 –> 00:30:22,760
\nsame Spirit, the gifts of
\nhealing by the same Spirit. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:30:23,840 –> 00:30:27,680
\nVerse 11 all these worketh that
\none in the self same spirit. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:30:28,560 –> 00:30:32,360
\nVerse 13 For by 1 spirit are we
\nbaptized into one body, whether <\/p>\n
495
\n00:30:32,360 –> 00:30:35,400
\nGeorge, Gentiles, whether bond
\nor free, and have all been made <\/p>\n
496
\n00:30:35,400 –> 00:30:39,400
\nto drink into one spirit.
\nSo the point is this is God’s <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:39,400 –> 00:30:41,880
\nwork.
\nIt’s God’s focus that he has <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:41,880 –> 00:30:46,560
\nhere and he is using his Spirit
\nto, to use our diversity and the<\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:46,560 –> 00:30:50,720
\nstrengths that we bring to, to
\ndevelop the unity through the <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:50,720 –> 00:30:53,560
\nsame spirit that he’s using to
\nbuild up that ecclesial <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:53,560 –> 00:30:56,240
\nenvironment.
\nIt’s God’s provision, it’s God’s<\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:56,240 –> 00:31:00,600
\nwork, not our own.
\nInterestingly, in verse 5, there<\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:00,600 –> 00:31:03,040
\nare differences of
\nadministrations, but the same <\/p>\n
504
\n00:31:03,040 –> 00:31:05,920
\nLord begins to expand the
\nconcept, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n
505
\n00:31:06,160 –> 00:31:09,640
\nIt’s not just the the visible
\nspirit gifts we have, but it’s <\/p>\n
506
\n00:31:09,640 –> 00:31:14,040
\nthe ministry, the service, the
\nslavery that we can provide. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:31:14,040 –> 00:31:16,000
\nRemember, we’re slaves.
\nThat was the concept we saw <\/p>\n
508
\n00:31:16,040 –> 00:31:19,840
\nearlier in Corinthians.
\nWe’re slaves to provide service <\/p>\n
509
\n00:31:19,840 –> 00:31:21,400
\nfor the building up of an
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:31:22,640 –> 00:31:25,440
\nAnd can you see how this takes
\nthe focus of the ecclesia away <\/p>\n
511
\n00:31:25,440 –> 00:31:29,240
\nfrom their ambition to have the
\nvisible gifts to remind us all <\/p>\n
512
\n00:31:29,240 –> 00:31:33,360
\nthat we are slaves together who
\nare ministering to the ecclesial<\/p>\n
513
\n00:31:33,360 –> 00:31:39,000
\nenvironment?
\nEach of us have different <\/p>\n
514
\n00:31:39,000 –> 00:31:44,680
\nservices that we provide.
\nIt’s not about me or my ambition<\/p>\n
515
\n00:31:45,080 –> 00:31:49,200
\nor my greatness.
\nIt’s about what I as an <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:49,200 –> 00:31:56,040
\nindividual can do in service to
\nserve my Lord and brothers and <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:56,040 –> 00:32:01,240
\nsisters and young people.
\nIt’s the same Lord who we all <\/p>\n
518
\n00:32:01,240 –> 00:32:05,000
\nshare together.
\nVerse 6. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:32:05,280 –> 00:32:09,400
\nThere are diversities of
\noperations, but it’s the same <\/p>\n
520
\n00:32:09,400 –> 00:32:14,800
\nGod who worketh all and all.
\nIt’s God’s work as the Spirit. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:32:15,600 –> 00:32:18,440
\nDiversities of service, yes, but
\none Lord who we serve, <\/p>\n
522
\n00:32:18,680 –> 00:32:22,880
\ndiversities of operation.
\nBut what we do in ecclesial life<\/p>\n
523
\n00:32:23,760 –> 00:32:28,200
\nunderneath it all is exactly the
\nsame God who is there working in<\/p>\n
524
\n00:32:28,200 –> 00:32:33,200
\nyour life and in my life.
\nAnd the point is, it’s God which<\/p>\n
525
\n00:32:33,200 –> 00:32:39,880
\nworketh all and in all.
\nThat concept is that God is <\/p>\n
526
\n00:32:39,880 –> 00:32:42,520
\nworking in each one of us as
\nindividuals. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:32:42,520 –> 00:32:45,960
\nThere is not one of us, brothers
\nand sisters, who God is not <\/p>\n
528
\n00:32:45,960 –> 00:32:49,960
\nworking with, who he is taking
\nand working with and working in.<\/p>\n
529
\n00:32:50,000 –> 00:32:54,400
\nCan you see that He is all and
\nin all that every one of us with<\/p>\n
530
\n00:32:54,400 –> 00:32:58,640
\nour different gifts are a, are
\na, a work which God is doing to <\/p>\n
531
\n00:32:58,640 –> 00:33:01,400
\nwork in US and as part of us and
\nthrough us. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:02,360 –> 00:33:05,880
\nAnd this concept of All in all
\nactually becomes a major theme <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:07,280 –> 00:33:11,120
\nthroughout this this book of, of
\nCorinthians, the concept of God <\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:11,120 –> 00:33:14,000
\nbeing All in all, which we shall
\nsee in its final glorious <\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:14,000 –> 00:33:18,440
\nconclusion in the resurrection
\ntomorrow in One Corinthians 15 <\/p>\n
536
\n00:33:18,800 –> 00:33:21,080
\nis really the concept of God’s
\nglory. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:33:21,760 –> 00:33:24,560
\nSo I want to take a moment to go
\nback and just to show you the <\/p>\n
538
\n00:33:24,600 –> 00:33:28,120
\ntheme of God’s glory as it’s
\nbeen developing through this <\/p>\n
539
\n00:33:28,120 –> 00:33:31,240
\nbook.
\nThe 1st that we saw was in One <\/p>\n
540
\n00:33:31,240 –> 00:33:35,520
\nCorinthians 1 and verse 29 that
\nno flesh should glory in God’s <\/p>\n
541
\n00:33:35,520 –> 00:33:37,720
\npresence.
\nWe saw that very clearly, didn’t<\/p>\n
542
\n00:33:37,720 –> 00:33:39,560
\nwe?
\nThe first concept that ecclesia <\/p>\n
543
\n00:33:39,560 –> 00:33:42,080
\nhad to learn and which we need
\nto learn is it’s not about us. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:33:42,080 –> 00:33:46,720
\nIt’s not our glory, no flesh, no
\nability of the flesh to glory in<\/p>\n
545
\n00:33:46,720 –> 00:33:50,080
\nGod’s presence.
\nBut verse 31 of that chapter <\/p>\n
546
\n00:33:50,080 –> 00:33:53,680
\ninstead to to turn our attention
\nand to show us that he that <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:53,680 –> 00:33:56,120
\nglorieth let him glory in the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:57,040 –> 00:34:00,640
\nAnd what we found in in that
\ntalk was not that that us <\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:00,640 –> 00:34:03,280
\nglorying in the Lord is just to
\nsay, well, there’s God and I can<\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:03,280 –> 00:34:06,880
\nrejoice in him, But more
\nparticularly that the concept of<\/p>\n
551
\n00:34:06,880 –> 00:34:10,560
\nUS glory in the Lord is that we
\ndesire to contribute to, to <\/p>\n
552
\n00:34:10,560 –> 00:34:13,679
\nbecome part of his glory.
\nIt’s the concept of God <\/p>\n
553
\n00:34:13,679 –> 00:34:16,520
\nmanifestation, isn’t it?
\nNo flesh can glory in his <\/p>\n
554
\n00:34:16,520 –> 00:34:19,480
\npresence, but we desire to, to
\nbecome part. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:34:19,480 –> 00:34:23,280
\nWe can glory.
\nHe’s telling us we can glory in <\/p>\n
556
\n00:34:23,280 –> 00:34:27,960
\nYahweh’s glory, his work to, to,
\nto fill the earth with his <\/p>\n
557
\n00:34:27,960 –> 00:34:30,120
\nglory.
\nWe’ve got no glory of ourselves,<\/p>\n
558
\n00:34:30,840 –> 00:34:35,920
\nbut we can glory in God.
\nIn First Corinthians 2 and verse<\/p>\n
559
\n00:34:35,920 –> 00:34:40,239
\n7, he said we speak the wisdom
\nof God in a mystery, even the <\/p>\n
560
\n00:34:40,239 –> 00:34:45,280
\nhidden wisdom which God ordained
\nbefore the world unto our glory.<\/p>\n
561
\n00:34:47,440 –> 00:34:49,639
\nSo he’s just changed that focus
\na little, hasn’t he? <\/p>\n
562
\n00:34:50,040 –> 00:34:55,280
\nWe are to glory in the Lord, to
\nglory in God, but God <\/p>\n
563
\n00:34:55,280 –> 00:35:02,080
\ninterestingly before has taken
\nthe hidden wisdom and before the<\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:02,080 –> 00:35:04,080
\nworld, He’s ordained it unto our
\nglory. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:04,880 –> 00:35:08,040
\nSo God’s actually saying that
\nHis glory can become part of our<\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:08,040 –> 00:35:13,040
\nglory, that we can become
\nglorious with Him as we grow and<\/p>\n
567
\n00:35:13,040 –> 00:35:17,120
\ndevelop with Him.
\nWell, First Corinthians 2 and <\/p>\n
568
\n00:35:17,120 –> 00:35:20,240
\nverse 8, which none of the
\nPrincess of this world knew, for<\/p>\n
569
\n00:35:20,240 –> 00:35:23,400
\nhad they known it, they would
\nnot have crucified the Lord of <\/p>\n
570
\n00:35:23,400 –> 00:35:26,600
\nglory.
\nAnd so he’s telling us there <\/p>\n
571
\n00:35:26,600 –> 00:35:31,080
\nthat Christ becomes the ultimate
\nLord of glory, the Lord who <\/p>\n
572
\n00:35:31,080 –> 00:35:33,200
\nprovides glory.
\nI’ll, I’ll just quote to you <\/p>\n
573
\n00:35:33,200 –> 00:35:36,720
\nfrom Hebrews one.
\nDon’t worry about turning this <\/p>\n
574
\n00:35:36,720 –> 00:35:39,600
\nup, but Hebrews 1.
\nSo here’s this concept. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:35:39,600 –> 00:35:42,280
\nIf we just keep this in our mind
\nthat no flesh glories in in <\/p>\n
576
\n00:35:42,280 –> 00:35:45,680
\nGod’s presence, but that we can
\nglory in the fact that we become<\/p>\n
577
\n00:35:45,680 –> 00:35:50,120
\npart of God’s glory, and that
\nGod is wanting us to become part<\/p>\n
578
\n00:35:50,120 –> 00:35:53,680
\nof His glory, in that context,
\njust listen to this phrase in <\/p>\n
579
\n00:35:53,680 –> 00:35:58,440
\nHebrews 1.
\nGod hath in these last days <\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:58,440 –> 00:36:02,480
\nspoken us unto us by His Son,
\nwhom He hath appointed heir of <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:02,480 –> 00:36:06,040
\nall things, by whom He made the
\nworld, Who being the brightness <\/p>\n
582
\n00:36:06,040 –> 00:36:09,720
\nof His glory and the express
\nimage of His Person, and <\/p>\n
583
\n00:36:09,720 –> 00:36:12,600
\nupholding all things by the word
\nof His power, when He had by <\/p>\n
584
\n00:36:12,600 –> 00:36:16,120
\nHimself purged our sins, sat
\ndown on the right hand of the <\/p>\n
585
\n00:36:16,120 –> 00:36:18,880
\nmajesty on high.
\nHe is the brightness of God’s <\/p>\n
586
\n00:36:18,880 –> 00:36:22,120
\nglory, we’re told.
\nSo here is Christ as the Lord of<\/p>\n
587
\n00:36:22,120 –> 00:36:26,200
\nglory who picks up and reflects
\nthe glory of God and who becomes<\/p>\n
588
\n00:36:26,240 –> 00:36:28,960
\nour Lord of glory that that we
\nlearn to focus on. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:36:32,240 –> 00:36:36,840
\nSo it’s no glory of ourselves,
\nbut God is asking us to learn <\/p>\n
590
\n00:36:36,840 –> 00:36:41,120
\nthe glory of the Father, and
\nHe’s given us the Lord of glory,<\/p>\n
591
\n00:36:41,120 –> 00:36:44,240
\nwho is the brightness of God’s
\nglory as the one who we can <\/p>\n
592
\n00:36:44,240 –> 00:36:49,000
\nfocus upon.
\nAnd we saw yesterday in one <\/p>\n
593
\n00:36:49,000 –> 00:36:54,680
\nCorinthians 10 Wherefore whether
\ntherefore ye eat or drink, <\/p>\n
594
\n00:36:55,440 –> 00:36:59,600
\nwhatsoever ye do, do all to the
\nglory of God. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:00,800 –> 00:37:06,280
\nThat the Father is asking us to
\nshift our focus so that our <\/p>\n
596
\n00:37:06,280 –> 00:37:11,280
\nentire life becomes one that is
\nbound up in living to God’s <\/p>\n
597
\n00:37:11,280 –> 00:37:14,720
\nglory.
\nThat everything we do, even the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:37:14,960 –> 00:37:17,160
\neven the question of eating and
\ndrinking, which she had dealt <\/p>\n
599
\n00:37:17,160 –> 00:37:21,120
\nwith in the Corinthian ecclesia,
\nwas one that we must consider in<\/p>\n
600
\n00:37:21,120 –> 00:37:24,600
\nthe context of doing everything
\nto the glory of God. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:37:25,720 –> 00:37:28,040
\nSee, it’s just an expansion of
\nthe principles we’ve already <\/p>\n
602
\n00:37:28,040 –> 00:37:30,800
\nlooked at, isn’t it?
\nThat God’s asking us to realize <\/p>\n
603
\n00:37:30,800 –> 00:37:35,000
\nour entire life becomes bound up
\nand living to God’s glory. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:36,560 –> 00:37:41,400
\nAnd here in First Corinthians 12
\nand verse for diversities of <\/p>\n
605
\n00:37:41,600 –> 00:37:44,640
\ngifts, but the same spirit
\ndiversities, differences of <\/p>\n
606
\n00:37:44,640 –> 00:37:48,120
\nadministration, but the same
\nLord, and they’re diversities of<\/p>\n
607
\n00:37:48,120 –> 00:37:51,400
\noperation, but it’s the same God
\nwhich worketh all and in all. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:37:51,400 –> 00:37:54,440
\nAnd here it brings together the
\nsense doesn’t of God’s glory in <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:54,440 –> 00:37:57,360
\nthis way in which He is
\nencapsulated in everything that <\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:57,360 –> 00:38:01,200
\nwe do, that each one of us
\nbecome the reflection of and the<\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:01,200 –> 00:38:04,480
\nworking of God.
\nSo that when we are working, it <\/p>\n
612
\n00:38:04,480 –> 00:38:07,960
\nis God who is working, That when
\nwe are interacting together, it <\/p>\n
613
\n00:38:07,960 –> 00:38:09,800
\nis God who is interacting
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:09,800 –> 00:38:15,120
\nAnd it is All in all, it is God
\nwho is working in our midst. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:15,720 –> 00:38:18,240
\nIt is God who is working with
\nevery one of us. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:19,800 –> 00:38:23,840
\nEvery one of us become a
\nreflection of him. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:26,160 –> 00:38:27,880
\nSo I’ll ask a question for a
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:28,200 –> 00:38:30,920
\nIt’s one I’ve asked a few of you
\nthrough the school and generally<\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:30,920 –> 00:38:32,960
\nI’ve had the same answer,
\nalthough there has been some <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:32,960 –> 00:38:37,000
\ndiversity of answers.
\nWhat is the glory of God? <\/p>\n
621
\n00:38:39,840 –> 00:38:45,000
\nWe generally define the glory of
\nGod as being His character, and <\/p>\n
622
\n00:38:45,000 –> 00:38:47,400
\nwe say the whole earth is to be
\nfull of God’s glory, and <\/p>\n
623
\n00:38:47,400 –> 00:38:50,120
\ntherefore the earth is to be
\nfull of His character. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:38:50,120 –> 00:38:53,320
\nIt’s that perfect balance of
\nrighteousness and mercy, of love<\/p>\n
625
\n00:38:53,320 –> 00:38:58,160
\nand compassion and of judgement
\nthat God is working to fill the <\/p>\n
626
\n00:38:58,160 –> 00:39:04,960
\nearth with His character.
\nAnd that is absolutely true, but<\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:04,960 –> 00:39:08,800
\nit does limit the full extent of
\nwhat God’s glory is. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:10,240 –> 00:39:15,600
\nIf I said to you, what was
\nSolomon’s glory, you would tell <\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:15,600 –> 00:39:17,120
\nme that it was a combination of
\nthings. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:17,120 –> 00:39:21,880
\nYou’d say it was his wisdom, it
\nwas his riches, it was the work <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:21,880 –> 00:39:26,320
\nthat he accomplished.
\nSee, Solomon’s glory is not just<\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:26,320 –> 00:39:30,840
\nhis character, but it’s the full
\nextent of his accomplishments <\/p>\n
633
\n00:39:30,840 –> 00:39:34,120
\nthat he achieved that his
\ncharacter and his personality <\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:34,120 –> 00:39:37,080
\nachieved.
\nSolomon in all his glory was not<\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:37,080 –> 00:39:38,680
\narrayed like these is the
\nphrase. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:38,680 –> 00:39:42,840
\nIt’s it’s a, it’s a, a concept
\nof, of glory being everything <\/p>\n
637
\n00:39:42,840 –> 00:39:49,280
\nthat’s achieved by Solomon.
\nAnd when we restrict God’s glory<\/p>\n
638
\n00:39:49,280 –> 00:39:52,720
\nto just being his character, we,
\nwe limit perhaps the fullness of<\/p>\n
639
\n00:39:52,720 –> 00:39:57,920
\nwhat God’s glory is and actually
\nthe power of what God’s glory is<\/p>\n
640
\n00:39:57,920 –> 00:39:59,320
\nto us.
\nNow don’t get me wrong. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:00,200 –> 00:40:03,880
\nGod’s character.
\nIs the fundamental component of <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:03,880 –> 00:40:08,480
\nhow His glory is accomplished.
\nBut to say that his character, <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:08,800 –> 00:40:13,360
\nthat His glory is his character,
\nremoves the full extent of his <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:13,360 –> 00:40:15,840
\nwork and of the power of his
\nglory. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:18,120 –> 00:40:23,440
\nPaul’s point throughout the book
\nof Corinthians is that it is <\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:23,440 –> 00:40:30,240
\nGod’s glory to take us as weak,
\nfoolish people with all our <\/p>\n
647
\n00:40:30,240 –> 00:40:35,280
\nfoibles and problems and
\nstruggles we have, and somehow <\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:35,280 –> 00:40:41,360
\nto transform us into people who
\nhave his character, who reflect <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:41,360 –> 00:40:46,520
\nhis glory and who contribute to
\nhis work of building. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:48,160 –> 00:40:51,800
\nSo that he’s not just given his
\ncharacter to us, but he has <\/p>\n
651
\n00:40:51,800 –> 00:40:55,720
\nturned us into people who
\ncontribute to his work and the <\/p>\n
652
\n00:40:55,720 –> 00:40:59,720
\naccomplishment of his work.
\nSo here is Solomon in all his <\/p>\n
653
\n00:40:59,720 –> 00:41:01,800
\nglory, who accomplished
\nincredible things. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:02,000 –> 00:41:05,040
\nAnd in the same way, God is
\nworking with his character, but <\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:05,040 –> 00:41:08,680
\nwith his glory to expand that in
\nus so that we become an <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:08,680 –> 00:41:12,720
\nextension of God’s character and
\nan extension of God’s glory. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:13,680 –> 00:41:15,200
\nHere’s the picture.
\nWe’ve, we’ve seen this <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:15,200 –> 00:41:18,480
\nPowerPoint before.
\nSo remember, we saw the fact <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:18,480 –> 00:41:21,560
\nthat we’ve got Yahweh’s glory in
\nits fullness and entirety around<\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:21,560 –> 00:41:23,000
\nus.
\nBut Paul was telling us back in,<\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:23,000 –> 00:41:25,640
\nin early Corinthians that he was
\nman and their wisdom. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:25,840 –> 00:41:27,960
\nAnd if they sat in the little
\nbubble of man’s wisdom, they <\/p>\n
663
\n00:41:27,960 –> 00:41:30,640
\nwould never see, they would
\nnever comprehend or be able to <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:30,640 –> 00:41:33,080
\nunderstand the fullness of, of
\nYahweh’s glory. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:35,440 –> 00:41:39,480
\nBut he’s showing us that if we
\nlearn to put aside man’s wisdom,<\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:41,560 –> 00:41:44,480
\nthen we become part of the
\nextension of God’s glory that we<\/p>\n
667
\n00:41:44,480 –> 00:41:46,400
\nhave.
\nWe have to lose, as it were, <\/p>\n
668
\n00:41:46,400 –> 00:41:49,040
\nthat that sense of our own
\nwisdom and and the power of <\/p>\n
669
\n00:41:49,040 –> 00:41:52,800
\nflesh and learn to look outside
\nthat to see the fullness of <\/p>\n
670
\n00:41:52,800 –> 00:41:58,040
\nYahweh’s glory and his wisdom.
\nAnd when we do that, then we <\/p>\n
671
\n00:41:58,040 –> 00:42:00,400
\nbecome part of God’s glory
\nitself. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:01,720 –> 00:42:04,920
\nBut see, the interesting thing
\nis that when we become bearers <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:04,920 –> 00:42:10,600
\nof God’s glory, there are other
\npeople who look at us in their <\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:10,600 –> 00:42:16,480
\nwisdom and they see God’s glory.
\nAnd in a very real sense, that <\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:16,480 –> 00:42:18,960
\nindividual has looked at us in
\nseeing God’s glory. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:19,160 –> 00:42:24,600
\nAnd they learn that it’s not
\nabout man’s wisdom, but it’s <\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:24,600 –> 00:42:28,080
\nabout God’s glory.
\nAnd therefore they are <\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:28,080 –> 00:42:32,520
\ntransformed themselves to become
\npart of that glory. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:34,040 –> 00:42:38,200
\nSo it’s the brilliance of God’s
\nwork and the power of his glory <\/p>\n
680
\n00:42:38,560 –> 00:42:41,640
\nto take us as individuals with
\nall our struggles and our <\/p>\n
681
\n00:42:41,640 –> 00:42:45,160
\nweakness in our problems, and to
\ntransform us into children who <\/p>\n
682
\n00:42:45,160 –> 00:42:49,160
\nbear his character and who work
\nfor the building of his glory. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:42:49,520 –> 00:42:53,000
\nTo take on that glorious
\nourselves, but with our <\/p>\n
684
\n00:42:53,000 –> 00:42:55,800
\nmotivation, not being for
\nourselves or our own <\/p>\n
685
\n00:42:55,800 –> 00:43:00,040
\npreeminence, but with a deep
\nmotivation to share that glory <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:00,040 –> 00:43:02,240
\nwith others so that we
\ncontribute to the work of <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:02,240 –> 00:43:05,880
\nbuilding of God’s glory.
\nCan you see that His character <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:05,880 –> 00:43:10,200
\nis made so glorious in this work
\nof transforming individuals from<\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:10,200 –> 00:43:13,280
\nweakness into glorious strength,
\nfrom false to wise. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:14,280 –> 00:43:18,120
\nSo what is God’s glory?
\nIt’s His ability to take us who <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:18,120 –> 00:43:22,920
\nare weak and failing and
\nstruggling individuals, and to <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:22,920 –> 00:43:26,680
\ntransform us bit by bit until we
\nbecome the fullness of His <\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:26,680 –> 00:43:28,400
\nglory.
\nWe know that, don’t we? <\/p>\n
694
\n00:43:28,400 –> 00:43:30,560
\nHow?
\nWe all know how much we struggle<\/p>\n
695
\n00:43:30,560 –> 00:43:34,360
\nand how much we fail, how much
\nwe fall short of the glory of of<\/p>\n
696
\n00:43:34,360 –> 00:43:39,080
\nGod, but it’s his work to pick
\nus up and to transform us and to<\/p>\n
697
\n00:43:39,080 –> 00:43:42,000
\nbuild that work in US.
\nWhat a glorious work that is, <\/p>\n
698
\n00:43:42,000 –> 00:43:44,240
\nbrothers and sisters and young
\npeople, and what an incredible <\/p>\n
699
\n00:43:44,240 –> 00:43:48,040
\nglory it is to to the Father for
\nthat work to have been <\/p>\n
700
\n00:43:48,040 –> 00:43:50,880
\naccomplished in US.
\nDo you remember the phrase that <\/p>\n
701
\n00:43:50,880 –> 00:43:54,880
\nhe takes the foolishness of
\npreaching that concept that he <\/p>\n
702
\n00:43:54,880 –> 00:43:58,080
\ntakes all his glory as the
\nmagnificent Creator of all <\/p>\n
703
\n00:43:58,080 –> 00:44:02,120
\nthings, and for some reason he
\ntakes a weak individual and he <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:02,120 –> 00:44:05,120
\nplaces that glory in them and
\nsays, go and teach others about <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:05,120 –> 00:44:07,040
\nmy glory.
\nIt’s a foolish thing from the <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:07,040 –> 00:44:10,280
\nworld’s perspective, but it’s
\nthe glory of God to accomplish <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:10,280 –> 00:44:14,600
\nthat, building the growth of His
\nglory through each one of us. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:15,120 –> 00:44:21,480
\nThe real glory of God is to
\nexpand His character and His <\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:21,480 –> 00:44:27,600
\nwork and His accomplishments
\nthrough the use of us as weak, <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:27,880 –> 00:44:32,120
\ninsignificant creatures until we
\nare transformed into the <\/p>\n
711
\n00:44:32,120 –> 00:44:34,960
\nglorious light of the Father
\nHimself. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:44:37,560 –> 00:44:43,720
\nCan you see that His character
\nis made so glorious in this work<\/p>\n
713
\n00:44:43,720 –> 00:44:47,040
\nof transforming individuals from
\nweakness into glorious strength?<\/p>\n
714
\n00:44:48,240 –> 00:44:52,760
\nIt’s God’s glory revealed in
\nindividuals. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:44:54,040 –> 00:44:57,560
\nAnd the point of the apostle is
\nwe do that when we learn that <\/p>\n
716
\n00:44:57,560 –> 00:45:02,040
\nman’s wisdom is nothing and
\ninstead we desire to be part of <\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:02,040 –> 00:45:11,000
\nGod’s glory.
\nAnd the interesting thing is <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:11,000 –> 00:45:13,720
\nthat there is then an extension
\nof that work of God’s glory, <\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:15,640 –> 00:45:19,160
\nbecause what we’ve seen is God’s
\nglory revealed in individuals. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:20,480 –> 00:45:26,080
\nBut even more surpassing that is
\nthe glory of His work, to take <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:26,440 –> 00:45:30,760
\nthose individuals with all their
\nfoibles and struggles and <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:30,760 –> 00:45:36,240
\ninadequacies, and to bind them
\ninto the body of Christ in unity<\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:36,240 –> 00:45:41,960
\nso that they have the same mind.
\nSo that that body of Christ in <\/p>\n
724
\n00:45:41,960 –> 00:45:46,000
\nitself becomes a reflection of
\nthe glory of God. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:45:47,080 –> 00:45:50,200
\nSo that their individual
\ndiversity is channelled in the <\/p>\n
726
\n00:45:50,200 –> 00:45:53,400
\nmost selfless of ways to build
\ntogether and to bear up the <\/p>\n
727
\n00:45:53,400 –> 00:45:57,600
\ncongregation until it strides
\nforth as the one united body of <\/p>\n
728
\n00:45:57,600 –> 00:46:00,840
\nChrist in all its diverse unity,
\nand it’s shining forth and <\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:00,840 –> 00:46:02,640
\nshouting forth the glory of the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:02,920 –> 00:46:05,600
\nCan you see that this building
\nsense of His glory and of the <\/p>\n
731
\n00:46:05,600 –> 00:46:08,920
\nglory of His work, and if it’s
\nan incredible thing that He can <\/p>\n
732
\n00:46:08,920 –> 00:46:12,520
\ntake us in our weaknesses and
\novercome those so that we become<\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:12,520 –> 00:46:16,160
\na reflection of Him, how much
\nmore glorious is that? <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:16,160 –> 00:46:20,240
\nHe takes each one of us in our
\ndiversity and manages, manages <\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:20,240 –> 00:46:24,320
\nto put us together so that we
\nlose ourselves and become the <\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:24,320 –> 00:46:28,320
\nUnited body of Christ working
\ntogether solely for His glory. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:28,320 –> 00:46:33,320
\nThat is Yahweh’s glory that the
\napostle is talking about in this<\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:33,320 –> 00:46:37,840
\nsection here.
\nIt’s a work which He is doing <\/p>\n
739
\n00:46:37,840 –> 00:46:42,520
\nnow in our eclesial
\nenvironments, to gather together<\/p>\n
740
\n00:46:42,520 –> 00:46:47,280
\nall of our eclesial body into
\none, so that we might shout <\/p>\n
741
\n00:46:47,520 –> 00:46:52,480
\naloud the glory of the Father.
\nAnd that work continues, <\/p>\n
742
\n00:46:52,520 –> 00:46:55,640
\nbrothers and sisters, until one
\nday, as we shall see tomorrow, <\/p>\n
743
\n00:46:56,480 –> 00:47:03,320
\nHis glory as revealed in
\neverything and anything in every<\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:03,320 –> 00:47:08,120
\nway upon the earth.
\nCan I just expand on this idea <\/p>\n
745
\n00:47:08,120 –> 00:47:10,880
\nthat Yahweh’s glory is more than
\njust His character? <\/p>\n
746
\n00:47:10,880 –> 00:47:22,520
\nIf we come across to Exodus 33,
\nsee Exodus 33 is where we find <\/p>\n
747
\n00:47:22,520 –> 00:47:25,480
\nthis concept that that Yahweh’s
\ncharacter is His glory. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:25,480 –> 00:47:29,840
\nBut it also hints to us that it
\nis just that little bit more, <\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:30,960 –> 00:47:35,440
\nthat it is His work in pulling
\ntogether the body, the glory of <\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:35,440 –> 00:47:37,200
\nhis character revealed in a
\nwhole group. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:38,760 –> 00:47:42,800
\nExodus 33 and verse 18.
\nMoses said, I beseech thee, show<\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:42,800 –> 00:47:46,840
\nme thy glory.
\nSo Moses pleads with God to see <\/p>\n
753
\n00:47:46,840 –> 00:47:50,480
\nGod’s glory, and he says, yes,
\nMoses, I know you want to see my<\/p>\n
754
\n00:47:50,480 –> 00:47:52,480
\nglory, the physical glory that
\ncomes from me. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:47:52,480 –> 00:47:55,080
\nHe said, actually, I’m going to
\ntake all my goodness and it’s <\/p>\n
756
\n00:47:55,080 –> 00:47:57,960
\ngoing to pass before thee, and I
\nwill proclaim the name of Yahweh<\/p>\n
757
\n00:47:57,960 –> 00:48:01,200
\nbefore thee and will be gracious
\nto whom I will be gracious and <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:01,200 –> 00:48:03,920
\nshow mercy on whom I will show
\nmercy. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:04,840 –> 00:48:08,360
\nSo in response to God’s to
\nMoses’s request to see God’s <\/p>\n
760
\n00:48:08,360 –> 00:48:11,280
\nglory, God says, yes, I’m going
\nto make my goodness pass before <\/p>\n
761
\n00:48:11,280 –> 00:48:13,240
\nyou.
\nI’m going to proclaim the name <\/p>\n
762
\n00:48:13,240 –> 00:48:15,600
\nof Yahweh.
\nAnd I’m telling you, Moses, that<\/p>\n
763
\n00:48:15,600 –> 00:48:19,040
\nI will be gracious to whom I
\nwill, I’ll be merciful to whom I<\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:19,040 –> 00:48:22,520
\nwill.
\nAnd that tells us, doesn’t it, <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:22,520 –> 00:48:26,000
\nthat it is the work of His
\ncharacter, of His grace and of <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:26,000 –> 00:48:30,920
\nHis mercy, and of the work of
\nthe name of Yahweh to accomplish<\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:30,920 –> 00:48:34,280
\nthat salvation.
\nVerse 20 He says, Thou canst not<\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:34,280 –> 00:48:36,440
\nsee my face, for thou shall no
\nman see me and live. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:48:36,760 –> 00:48:39,280
\nAnd so Yahweh says, I’m going to
\ntake you, I’m going to place you<\/p>\n
770
\n00:48:39,280 –> 00:48:41,920
\nin a rock.
\nVerse 22 And and it shall come <\/p>\n
771
\n00:48:41,920 –> 00:48:44,880
\nto pass, that while my glory
\npasses by, that I’ll put the <\/p>\n
772
\n00:48:44,880 –> 00:48:48,760
\ninner cleft of the rock, and
\nwill cover thee my with my hand.<\/p>\n
773
\n00:48:48,760 –> 00:48:52,080
\nWhile I pass by, I’ll take away
\nmy hand, and thou shalt see my <\/p>\n
774
\n00:48:52,080 –> 00:48:54,040
\nback parts, but my face shall
\nnot be seen. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:48:54,720 –> 00:48:57,400
\nSo that in itself tells us,
\ndoesn’t it, that it’s not just <\/p>\n
776
\n00:48:57,400 –> 00:49:00,920
\nHis expression of His character
\nthat becomes the glory because <\/p>\n
777
\n00:49:00,920 –> 00:49:03,520
\nhe does actually say I’m going
\nto show you my physical glory. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:49:03,680 –> 00:49:05,800
\nYou can’t see my face in the
\nglory of my face. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:49:05,800 –> 00:49:08,320
\nHe says, I’m just going to let
\nyou see the back parts of my <\/p>\n
780
\n00:49:08,320 –> 00:49:09,240
\nglory.
\nI’m going to put you in the <\/p>\n
781
\n00:49:09,240 –> 00:49:12,280
\nCliff of the rock and then I’ll
\nlet you see the back part of my <\/p>\n
782
\n00:49:12,280 –> 00:49:15,960
\nphysical glory as I go past.
\nSo even in this section here, <\/p>\n
783
\n00:49:15,960 –> 00:49:19,520
\nwhich we look at and say is the
\nthe concept of God’s character <\/p>\n
784
\n00:49:19,520 –> 00:49:22,400
\nbeing revealed in glory.
\nWe’re told that his character <\/p>\n
785
\n00:49:22,400 –> 00:49:25,600
\nthat his glory expends also to
\nencompass his physical glory. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:49:26,080 –> 00:49:28,920
\nThe glory that he would show
\nthat he couldn’t see. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:49:28,920 –> 00:49:32,520
\nHe couldn’t handle the the front
\nfullness of God’s glory, but <\/p>\n
788
\n00:49:32,520 –> 00:49:37,960
\nwould see his glory passing by
\nfrom the hind part, verse 5 of <\/p>\n
789
\n00:49:37,960 –> 00:49:41,040
\nchapter 34.
\nAnd Yahweh descended in the <\/p>\n
790
\n00:49:41,040 –> 00:49:43,520
\ncloud and stood with him there
\nand proclaimed the name of <\/p>\n
791
\n00:49:43,520 –> 00:49:46,200
\nYahweh.
\nAnd Yahweh passed by before him <\/p>\n
792
\n00:49:46,200 –> 00:49:50,440
\nand proclaimed Yahweh, Yahweh,
\nElohim, merciful and gracious, <\/p>\n
793
\n00:49:50,440 –> 00:49:54,440
\nlong-suffering and abundant in
\ngoodness and truth, keeping <\/p>\n
794
\n00:49:54,440 –> 00:49:57,240
\nmercy for thousands, forgiving
\niniquity and transgression and <\/p>\n
795
\n00:49:57,240 –> 00:49:59,120
\nsin.
\nAnd that will by no means clear,<\/p>\n
796
\n00:49:59,120 –> 00:50:01,720
\nthe guilty visiting the iniquity
\nof the fathers upon the <\/p>\n
797
\n00:50:01,720 –> 00:50:04,240
\nchildren, and upon the
\nchildren’s children unto the 3rd<\/p>\n
798
\n00:50:04,520 –> 00:50:07,560
\nand the 4th generation.
\nAnd so there we have it, don’t <\/p>\n
799
\n00:50:07,560 –> 00:50:09,600
\nwe?
\nYahweh has taken His goodness <\/p>\n
800
\n00:50:09,720 –> 00:50:13,720
\nshowed to show God’s Moses His
\ngoodness, to proclaim His name. <\/p>\n
801
\n00:50:14,320 –> 00:50:17,840
\nAnd what’s His name encompass?
\nWell, it does encompass His <\/p>\n
802
\n00:50:17,840 –> 00:50:20,800
\ncharacter, doesn’t it?
\nMerciful and gracious, <\/p>\n
803
\n00:50:21,280 –> 00:50:23,880
\nlong-suffering and abundant in
\ngoodness and truth, keeping <\/p>\n
804
\n00:50:23,880 –> 00:50:26,200
\nmercy for thousands for
\nforgiving iniquity and <\/p>\n
805
\n00:50:26,200 –> 00:50:28,800
\ntransgression and sin, by no
\nmeans clearing the guilty, <\/p>\n
806
\n00:50:28,800 –> 00:50:31,320
\nvisiting the iniquity of the
\nfathers upon the children to the<\/p>\n
807
\n00:50:31,320 –> 00:50:36,080
\nthird and 4th.
\nIt is his character that is <\/p>\n
808
\n00:50:36,080 –> 00:50:40,960
\nbeing revealed, isn’t it?
\nBut can you see that it’s not <\/p>\n
809
\n00:50:40,960 –> 00:50:46,480
\njust his character, but it’s the
\nwork of his character and the <\/p>\n
810
\n00:50:46,480 –> 00:50:49,240
\naccomplishment of his character
\nthat’s being revealed because he<\/p>\n
811
\n00:50:49,240 –> 00:50:53,080
\nreveals his character at the
\nsame time that he reveals His <\/p>\n
812
\n00:50:53,080 –> 00:50:54,240
\nname.
\nAnd what is his name? <\/p>\n
813
\n00:50:55,200 –> 00:50:59,360
\nHe who will be.
\nAnd the whole concept of <\/p>\n
814
\n00:50:59,360 –> 00:51:04,360
\nYahweh’s name is that he is
\ngathering a multitude of people <\/p>\n
815
\n00:51:04,800 –> 00:51:10,240
\nwho will reflect his glory.
\nAnd so God has told Moses, yes, <\/p>\n
816
\n00:51:10,440 –> 00:51:15,040
\nthere is a physical component to
\nmy glory which is too powerful <\/p>\n
817
\n00:51:15,200 –> 00:51:19,440
\nfor men to see.
\nIt is encompass my character, <\/p>\n
818
\n00:51:20,200 –> 00:51:24,080
\nbut particularly it encompasses
\nmy character in a way which will<\/p>\n
819
\n00:51:24,080 –> 00:51:28,280
\nallow my purpose to be fulfilled
\nso that everyone left upon the <\/p>\n
820
\n00:51:28,320 –> 00:51:33,720
\nearth is a complete reflection
\nof my glory and of my majesty. <\/p>\n
821
\n00:51:35,600 –> 00:51:38,040
\nAnd we can see that reinforced
\nfor us in verse 10. <\/p>\n
822
\n00:51:38,040 –> 00:51:43,320
\nHe said, Behold, I make a
\ncovenant before all thy people. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:51:43,320 –> 00:51:46,520
\nI will do marvel such as has not
\nbeen done in the earth, nor in <\/p>\n
824
\n00:51:46,520 –> 00:51:50,880
\nany nation, and all the people
\namong which thou art shall see <\/p>\n
825
\n00:51:50,880 –> 00:51:54,520
\nthe work of Yahweh, for it is a
\nterrible thing that I will do <\/p>\n
826
\n00:51:54,520 –> 00:51:56,720
\nwith thee.
\nAnd His point is My glory. <\/p>\n
827
\n00:51:56,720 –> 00:52:00,960
\nMoses is going to be revealed in
\nmy work with the nation of <\/p>\n
828
\n00:52:00,960 –> 00:52:05,280
\nIsrael, that my character will
\nwork in a way where the rest of <\/p>\n
829
\n00:52:05,280 –> 00:52:08,600
\nthe world will look at it and
\nwill see the power of my glory <\/p>\n
830
\n00:52:09,560 –> 00:52:14,560
\nand will understand that that is
\nthe work of Yahweh to pick up <\/p>\n
831
\n00:52:15,440 –> 00:52:18,800
\nand to reveal His glory in so
\nmany people. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:52:20,680 –> 00:52:23,480
\nIt’s just a little change, a
\nlittle nuance, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
833
\n00:52:24,840 –> 00:52:27,000
\nBut I believe, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, it <\/p>\n
834
\n00:52:27,000 –> 00:52:31,160
\ngives so much more power to the
\nsense of God’s glory that it is <\/p>\n
835
\n00:52:31,160 –> 00:52:34,640
\nnot just the building of His
\ncharacter in us, but it is. <\/p>\n
836
\n00:52:34,680 –> 00:52:40,920
\nIt is desiring us to become part
\nof His work, to use us in our <\/p>\n
837
\n00:52:40,920 –> 00:52:44,360
\nweakness, to become part of His
\nglory and to build His glory, <\/p>\n
838
\n00:52:45,120 –> 00:52:48,960
\nand then to take us as weak
\nindividuals and somehow to bind <\/p>\n
839
\n00:52:48,960 –> 00:52:53,240
\nus together in united ecleses
\nthat shine forth the glory of <\/p>\n
840
\n00:52:53,240 –> 00:52:59,120
\nthe Father Himself.
\nIt’s God’s work to take every <\/p>\n
841
\n00:52:59,120 –> 00:53:03,120
\none of us in our diversity and
\nto bring us together into the <\/p>\n
842
\n00:53:03,120 –> 00:53:06,520
\nbody of His Son.
\nHe’s made His Son as the head <\/p>\n
843
\n00:53:06,680 –> 00:53:09,560
\nand is bringing each of us
\nindividually as components of <\/p>\n
844
\n00:53:09,560 –> 00:53:13,920
\nthat body to show forth the
\nfullness of His glory in His <\/p>\n
845
\n00:53:13,920 –> 00:53:19,000
\nSon.
\nThere is that diversity of work <\/p>\n
846
\n00:53:19,000 –> 00:53:24,160
\nthat we each bring, but it’s one
\nGod who is working. <\/p>\n
847
\n00:53:24,160 –> 00:53:32,480
\nAll in all, it’s a very, very
\npowerful way that the apostle <\/p>\n
848
\n00:53:32,480 –> 00:53:35,240
\ndeals with the ambitious use of
\nthe most visible gift. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:53:36,400 –> 00:53:40,360
\nIt’s not your work, he says.
\nIt’s not your gift. <\/p>\n
850
\n00:53:41,640 –> 00:53:46,200
\nYou bring the diversity that the
\nSpirit has given you, but God <\/p>\n
851
\n00:53:46,200 –> 00:53:51,200
\nbrings the ability to unify and
\nto transform you into the <\/p>\n
852
\n00:53:51,200 –> 00:53:57,080
\nreflection of His glory.
\nIn fact, your most visible gift,<\/p>\n
853
\n00:53:58,080 –> 00:54:02,520
\nyour most ambitious pre
\neminence, is useless unless it <\/p>\n
854
\n00:54:02,520 –> 00:54:07,760
\ncontributes to the unity and
\nstrength of the body and even <\/p>\n
855
\n00:54:07,760 –> 00:54:12,840
\nmore from God’s eyes.
\nThat the sole reason we have <\/p>\n
856
\n00:54:12,840 –> 00:54:17,120
\nthat capability is to use it to
\nenhance the ecclesial body. <\/p>\n
857
\n00:54:18,600 –> 00:54:22,200
\nWe do have diversity, and we
\nneed to appreciate and love that<\/p>\n
858
\n00:54:22,200 –> 00:54:25,160
\ndiversity, as we’ll see shortly.
\nBut as individuals, we cannot <\/p>\n
859
\n00:54:25,160 –> 00:54:29,840
\nuse the excuse of diversity to
\nimpact at all upon the ability <\/p>\n
860
\n00:54:29,840 –> 00:54:34,600
\nof an ecclesia to unite around
\nthe glory of God and to grow as <\/p>\n
861
\n00:54:34,600 –> 00:54:38,800
\na full reflection of the
\nfullness of the Father’s glory <\/p>\n
862
\n00:54:39,240 –> 00:54:45,840
\nitself.
\nAnd so we come to the concept of<\/p>\n
863
\n00:54:45,840 –> 00:54:50,400
\nthe ecclesial body back in First
\nCorinthians and chapter 12. <\/p>\n
864
\n00:55:01,320 –> 00:55:05,840
\nWe saw the concept in our first
\ntalk together of the power of <\/p>\n
865
\n00:55:05,840 –> 00:55:09,440
\nthe same mind that essentially
\nthe apostle was pleading with <\/p>\n
866
\n00:55:09,440 –> 00:55:13,760
\nthat ecclesia to to put aside
\ntheir own thinking and to become<\/p>\n
867
\n00:55:13,760 –> 00:55:18,000
\none mind bound together.
\nAnd we saw that that concept is,<\/p>\n
868
\n00:55:18,000 –> 00:55:21,360
\nis one of, of a mind that thinks
\nthe same as if it’s one person <\/p>\n
869
\n00:55:21,680 –> 00:55:24,320
\nwho’s thinking the same, that
\nhe’s asking an ecclesia to be <\/p>\n
870
\n00:55:24,320 –> 00:55:27,520
\nbound together so that it
\napproaches life and things the <\/p>\n
871
\n00:55:27,520 –> 00:55:30,040
\nsame way that that when one
\nthinks, it’s as if the other <\/p>\n
872
\n00:55:30,040 –> 00:55:33,280
\nthinks.
\nBut we look at that and say, how<\/p>\n
873
\n00:55:33,280 –> 00:55:36,480
\ncan that work?
\nBecause we have diversity within<\/p>\n
874
\n00:55:36,480 –> 00:55:39,520
\nthe ecclesial environment.
\nAnd so now he, he transitions <\/p>\n
875
\n00:55:39,520 –> 00:55:41,760
\nhis focus onto this concept of
\nthe body. <\/p>\n
876
\n00:55:41,760 –> 00:55:46,880
\nVerse 12 of 1 Corinthians 12 For
\nas the body is 1 and hath many <\/p>\n
877
\n00:55:46,880 –> 00:55:49,720
\nmembers, and all the members of
\nthat one body being many are one<\/p>\n
878
\n00:55:49,720 –> 00:55:54,200
\nbody, so also is Christ.
\nSo he’s drawing the picture now <\/p>\n
879
\n00:55:54,480 –> 00:55:57,760
\nof the ecclesial body, and he’s
\nsaying that body is 1. <\/p>\n
880
\n00:55:58,720 –> 00:56:02,040
\nIt’s got many members, different
\nparts of the body, but we are <\/p>\n
881
\n00:56:02,040 –> 00:56:06,520
\none body in Christ who think
\naccording to the same mind of <\/p>\n
882
\n00:56:06,520 –> 00:56:09,560
\nour Lord.
\nFor by 1 Spirit are we baptized <\/p>\n
883
\n00:56:09,560 –> 00:56:12,680
\ninto one body.
\nWe’re the George Intiles bond or<\/p>\n
884
\n00:56:12,680 –> 00:56:16,560
\nfree, Whoever we are, whatever
\ncharacteristics we bring, we’re <\/p>\n
885
\n00:56:16,560 –> 00:56:22,560
\nmade to drink into one spirit.
\nAnd then he says the body is not<\/p>\n
886
\n00:56:22,560 –> 00:56:27,000
\none member, but many.
\nSo here’s the picture, isn’t it?<\/p>\n
887
\n00:56:28,000 –> 00:56:31,040
\nIt’s an ecclesial body that is
\nmade-up of a whole lot of <\/p>\n
888
\n00:56:31,040 –> 00:56:37,760
\ndiverse individuals.
\nAnd that body is 1 body, but at <\/p>\n
889
\n00:56:37,760 –> 00:56:40,760
\nthe same time it’s not one body
\nbut many. <\/p>\n
890
\n00:56:42,480 –> 00:56:48,800
\nIt’s an ecclesia, a body that is
\nin diverse parts, but we are <\/p>\n
891
\n00:56:48,800 –> 00:56:51,920
\npart of Christ bound together in
\none body. <\/p>\n
892
\n00:56:51,920 –> 00:56:55,640
\nIt’s the perfection of diversity
\nin unity. <\/p>\n
893
\n00:56:57,080 –> 00:57:00,720
\nAnd then he says, verse 14 and
\n15, the body is not one member, <\/p>\n
894
\n00:57:00,720 –> 00:57:02,720
\nbut many.
\nIf the foot shall say because <\/p>\n
895
\n00:57:02,720 –> 00:57:06,960
\nI’m not the hand, I am not of
\nthe body, is it therefore not of<\/p>\n
896
\n00:57:06,960 –> 00:57:08,760
\nthe body?
\nSo here’s the foot down here at <\/p>\n
897
\n00:57:08,760 –> 00:57:12,000
\nthe bottom and if it decides
\nactually I’d prefer to be a <\/p>\n
898
\n00:57:12,000 –> 00:57:14,360
\nhand, I don’t want to be a foot
\nanymore. <\/p>\n
899
\n00:57:14,360 –> 00:57:16,240
\nI’m not the hand.
\nAnd in fact, because I’m not the<\/p>\n
900
\n00:57:16,240 –> 00:57:17,960
\nhand, I don’t want to be part of
\nthe body. <\/p>\n
901
\n00:57:18,640 –> 00:57:21,560
\nCan the foot just take itself
\noff and walk away from the body?<\/p>\n
902
\n00:57:22,520 –> 00:57:23,960
\nWell, I’ve tried, but it doesn’t
\nwork. <\/p>\n
903
\n00:57:23,960 –> 00:57:26,480
\nI can’t actually take my foot
\noff and and take it away from <\/p>\n
904
\n00:57:26,480 –> 00:57:29,360
\nthe body.
\nThe foot is a fundamental part <\/p>\n
905
\n00:57:29,360 –> 00:57:33,160
\nof the body that only exists
\nbecause it is attached to the <\/p>\n
906
\n00:57:33,160 –> 00:57:35,960
\nbody.
\nIts sole purpose of being for <\/p>\n
907
\n00:57:35,960 –> 00:57:40,160
\nbeing is to be part of my body.
\nIf I didn’t have my foot, I <\/p>\n
908
\n00:57:40,160 –> 00:57:41,480
\nwouldn’t be able to stand up
\nhere. <\/p>\n
909
\n00:57:42,440 –> 00:57:45,360
\nThe body requires the foot to be
\nthere. <\/p>\n
910
\n00:57:46,400 –> 00:57:48,920
\nAnd just because my foot decides
\nthat it would prefer to be a <\/p>\n
911
\n00:57:48,920 –> 00:57:52,720
\nhand doesn’t mean to say that
\nit’s not contributing to the <\/p>\n
912
\n00:57:52,720 –> 00:57:54,360
\nbody.
\nIt needs to be there for the <\/p>\n
913
\n00:57:54,360 –> 00:57:56,600
\nsake of the body is the point
\nhe’s making, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
914
\n00:57:59,200 –> 00:58:03,480
\nSo you can’t say my role in
\necclesial life and the <\/p>\n
915
\n00:58:03,480 –> 00:58:08,280
\ncontribution I can make is 1.
\nI’d prefer not to be, but I want<\/p>\n
916
\n00:58:08,280 –> 00:58:10,080
\nto have some other contribution
\nI want to make. <\/p>\n
917
\n00:58:10,360 –> 00:58:12,200
\nI’m a foot now and I hate being
\na foot. <\/p>\n
918
\n00:58:12,200 –> 00:58:14,720
\nI want to be a hand because I
\ncan’t be a hand. <\/p>\n
919
\n00:58:14,720 –> 00:58:16,880
\nI’m not going to contribute, is
\nhis point. <\/p>\n
920
\n00:58:18,480 –> 00:58:20,080
\nIt’s a ridiculous example, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
921
\n00:58:21,480 –> 00:58:25,360
\nBut it shows the power of the
\nfact that each of us have a <\/p>\n
922
\n00:58:25,360 –> 00:58:29,760
\ncontribution that we make as
\npart of the body and we cannot <\/p>\n
923
\n00:58:29,760 –> 00:58:33,760
\nlive or exist away from that
\nbody. <\/p>\n
924
\n00:58:36,640 –> 00:58:40,520
\nBut he’s also telling us that
\nthat foot has a fundamental <\/p>\n
925
\n00:58:40,520 –> 00:58:45,320
\ncontribution.
\nIt makes verse 16, if the ears <\/p>\n
926
\n00:58:45,320 –> 00:58:47,440
\nshall say, because I’m not the
\neye, I’m not of the body. <\/p>\n
927
\n00:58:47,440 –> 00:58:49,480
\nIt’s therefore not of the body.
\nIt’s the same thing, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
928
\n00:58:49,600 –> 00:58:51,920
\nThe ears sitting here saying I’d
\nactually prefer to be the eye <\/p>\n
929
\n00:58:52,240 –> 00:58:54,080
\nand because I’m not the eye, I’m
\nnot part of the body. <\/p>\n
930
\n00:58:54,520 –> 00:58:59,920
\nNo, the body needs to have ears.
\nIf the whole body were an eye, <\/p>\n
931
\n00:58:59,920 –> 00:59:02,400
\nwhere were the hearing?
\nIf the whole we’re hearing, <\/p>\n
932
\n00:59:02,480 –> 00:59:04,760
\nwhere were the smelling?
\nHe says, imagine if the whole <\/p>\n
933
\n00:59:04,760 –> 00:59:08,680
\nbody was was just an eye.
\nYou just have one huge ginormous<\/p>\n
934
\n00:59:08,680 –> 00:59:12,240
\neye on the table, wouldn’t you?
\nBut all it could do would be to <\/p>\n
935
\n00:59:12,240 –> 00:59:13,440
\nsee.
\nAnd in fact it wouldn’t see. <\/p>\n
936
\n00:59:13,440 –> 00:59:15,160
\nIt wouldn’t have that because it
\nwouldn’t have food coming to it,<\/p>\n
937
\n00:59:15,160 –> 00:59:17,080
\nwouldn’t have any of the other
\nparts that required life. <\/p>\n
938
\n00:59:17,960 –> 00:59:21,360
\nSo you cannot have an ecclesial
\nenvironment that’s made-up of <\/p>\n
939
\n00:59:21,360 –> 00:59:25,760
\njust one sort of person.
\nIt needs the diversity of an <\/p>\n
940
\n00:59:25,760 –> 00:59:29,120
\necclesial life in order for that
\nto work perfectly and to <\/p>\n
941
\n00:59:29,120 –> 00:59:31,280
\ncontribute perfectly towards the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
942
\n00:59:32,320 –> 00:59:36,960
\nWe all have our diverse
\ncontributions that we are able <\/p>\n
943
\n00:59:36,960 –> 00:59:39,520
\nto make to our eclesial life
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
944
\n00:59:44,080 –> 00:59:48,600
\nIf we desperately want to be an
\nI to force ourselves into that <\/p>\n
945
\n00:59:48,600 –> 00:59:54,280
\nrole, then the ecclesia loses
\nits ability to hear or to smell <\/p>\n
946
\n00:59:55,280 –> 00:59:59,120
\nor to eat.
\nCan you see the picture of chaos<\/p>\n
947
\n00:59:59,120 –> 01:00:03,360
\nthat the apostle shows or talks
\nabout by people who wanted <\/p>\n
948
\n01:00:03,360 –> 01:00:05,560
\nspecific roles for ambition’s
\nsake? <\/p>\n
949
\n01:00:06,600 –> 01:00:10,800
\nTo have the pre eminence or
\nperhaps who felt inadequate or <\/p>\n
950
\n01:00:10,800 –> 01:00:15,960
\nor second class.
\nAnd yet the apostle says never <\/p>\n
951
\n01:00:16,520 –> 01:00:20,640
\nunderestimate the power of the
\ncontribution that you can make <\/p>\n
952
\n01:00:21,240 –> 01:00:22,840
\nas an individual to ecclesial
\nlife. <\/p>\n
953
\n01:00:24,560 –> 01:00:27,160
\nThere is not one of us here
\nsaying, who don’t have the <\/p>\n
954
\n01:00:27,160 –> 01:00:30,000
\nability to contribute to the
\necclesial environment. <\/p>\n
955
\n01:00:30,480 –> 01:00:35,280
\nVerse 18 But now hath God set
\nthe members, every one of them, <\/p>\n
956
\n01:00:35,280 –> 01:00:36,840
\nin the body as it hath pleased
\nhim? <\/p>\n
957
\n01:00:36,840 –> 01:00:38,120
\nAnd here he gets the point,
\ndoesn’t he? <\/p>\n
958
\n01:00:38,440 –> 01:00:41,720
\nBrothers and sisters and young
\npeople, the Father in heaven has<\/p>\n
959
\n01:00:41,720 –> 01:00:45,560
\ngiven every one of us our
\ncapabilities and our attributes,<\/p>\n
960
\n01:00:45,640 –> 01:00:50,000
\nour characteristics, and God has
\nset us together in the body to <\/p>\n
961
\n01:00:50,000 –> 01:00:53,000
\ncreate the body as it hath
\npleased Him. <\/p>\n
962
\n01:00:53,000 –> 01:00:56,560
\nThis is God’s work, and He’s
\nsaying to each one of us that we<\/p>\n
963
\n01:00:56,560 –> 01:01:01,520
\nhave a powerful contribution
\nthat we can make, and if we take<\/p>\n
964
\n01:01:01,520 –> 01:01:05,240
\nthose capabilities that the
\nFather has given us and don’t <\/p>\n
965
\n01:01:05,240 –> 01:01:09,600
\nuse them, then we rob the
\necclesial body of the <\/p>\n
966
\n01:01:09,600 –> 01:01:11,640
\ncapabilities that the Father has
\nprovided. <\/p>\n
967
\n01:01:13,640 –> 01:01:16,160
\nSo the point is screaming out to
\nus, isn’t it, that there is <\/p>\n
968
\n01:01:16,160 –> 01:01:20,280
\nsomething very powerful and
\nimmensely necessary that every <\/p>\n
969
\n01:01:20,640 –> 01:01:23,400
\nsingle one of us here in this
\nroom can contribute to the <\/p>\n
970
\n01:01:23,400 –> 01:01:25,600
\necclesial body.
\nThere is not one of us in this <\/p>\n
971
\n01:01:25,600 –> 01:01:28,560
\nroom who does not have a
\nfunction that we can play in <\/p>\n
972
\n01:01:28,560 –> 01:01:31,200
\necclesial life.
\nWe’re all part of the ecclesial <\/p>\n
973
\n01:01:31,200 –> 01:01:36,440
\nbody, and regardless of what
\ncapability we have, we all have <\/p>\n
974
\n01:01:36,520 –> 01:01:39,720
\na part to play.
\nWe all have capability. <\/p>\n
975
\n01:01:40,160 –> 01:01:43,760
\nWe all have strengths.
\nWe all have contributions that <\/p>\n
976
\n01:01:43,760 –> 01:01:46,360
\nwe can make that benefit the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
977
\n01:01:47,560 –> 01:01:50,200
\nAnd if we don’t, the ecclesia
\nsuffers. <\/p>\n
978
\n01:01:51,240 –> 01:01:54,720
\nAnd if we provide it, then the
\necclesia thrives. <\/p>\n
979
\n01:01:55,560 –> 01:01:58,960
\nNow verse 21 and 22, he turns it
\non its head and focuses on it <\/p>\n
980
\n01:01:58,960 –> 01:02:02,400
\nfrom the other angle.
\nThe I cannot say to the hand, I <\/p>\n
981
\n01:02:02,400 –> 01:02:05,560
\nhave no need of thee, nor again
\nthe head to the feet I have no <\/p>\n
982
\n01:02:05,560 –> 01:02:07,880
\nneed of you.
\nThey much more those members of <\/p>\n
983
\n01:02:07,880 –> 01:02:11,000
\nthe body which seem to be more
\nfeeble are necessary. <\/p>\n
984
\n01:02:11,880 –> 01:02:15,560
\nAnd so he dealt first with the
\nfact that the person who was a a<\/p>\n
985
\n01:02:15,560 –> 01:02:19,160
\nfoot wanted to be a hand.
\nBut now he says you her a hand, <\/p>\n
986
\n01:02:19,160 –> 01:02:20,720
\ncan’t say to the foot, I don’t
\nneed you. <\/p>\n
987
\n01:02:21,080 –> 01:02:23,720
\nI’m so good as a hand.
\nI can walk around on my hands <\/p>\n
988
\n01:02:23,720 –> 01:02:25,520
\nall the time.
\nI don’t need you as a foot. <\/p>\n
989
\n01:02:25,520 –> 01:02:28,600
\nHe’s saying actually the body
\nneeds all of those different <\/p>\n
990
\n01:02:28,600 –> 01:02:30,840
\ncomponents together.
\nAnd there is no way, brothers <\/p>\n
991
\n01:02:30,840 –> 01:02:33,160
\nand sisters, that any of us can
\nlook at someone else and say we <\/p>\n
992
\n01:02:33,160 –> 01:02:35,560
\ndon’t need you and your
\ncontribution in the ecclesial <\/p>\n
993
\n01:02:35,560 –> 01:02:37,960
\nenvironment.
\nGod’s put us together to build <\/p>\n
994
\n01:02:37,960 –> 01:02:41,920
\nand to contribute the power of
\nthat body working together. <\/p>\n
995
\n01:02:46,320 –> 01:02:52,000
\nThere is no way that we can work
\nas a body unless we appreciate <\/p>\n
996
\n01:02:52,000 –> 01:02:54,600
\nthe diversity that each of us
\nbrings to ecclesial life. <\/p>\n
997
\n01:02:55,680 –> 01:02:57,960
\nEach of us has capabilities and
\nstrengths. <\/p>\n
998
\n01:02:58,920 –> 01:03:00,440
\nThere’s no one who cannot
\ncontribute. <\/p>\n
999
\n01:03:01,880 –> 01:03:05,280
\nWe each have capabilities and
\nstrengths which we have to use <\/p>\n
1000
\n01:03:06,640 –> 01:03:10,600
\nif we are to bond together the
\necclesia and the unity of the <\/p>\n
1001
\n01:03:10,600 –> 01:03:15,400
\nbody.
\nThe answer is that we use the <\/p>\n
1002
\n01:03:15,400 –> 01:03:19,120
\nstrength of our diversity, the
\nstrength of the characteristics <\/p>\n
1003
\n01:03:19,120 –> 01:03:22,760
\nthat we bring in an ecclesial
\nenvironment to contribute to the<\/p>\n
1004
\n01:03:22,760 –> 01:03:28,360
\ngrowth of an ecclesia.
\nBut we do so remember on the <\/p>\n
1005
\n01:03:28,360 –> 01:03:33,400
\nbasis that it’s not about me and
\nmy preeminence, but the basis of<\/p>\n
1006
\n01:03:33,400 –> 01:03:38,520
\nwhat can I do to assist the
\ngrowth of the glory of the <\/p>\n
1007
\n01:03:38,520 –> 01:03:41,840
\nFather.
\nIt’s not diversity so that we <\/p>\n
1008
\n01:03:41,840 –> 01:03:46,080
\ncan do our own thing.
\nIt’s diversity that enriches <\/p>\n
1009
\n01:03:46,960 –> 01:03:49,480
\nbecause we bring it in self
\nsacrifice with different <\/p>\n
1010
\n01:03:49,480 –> 01:03:52,680
\nstrengths and different
\ncontributions for the good of <\/p>\n
1011
\n01:03:52,680 –> 01:03:55,000
\nthe body.
\nNow I have to say brothers and <\/p>\n
1012
\n01:03:55,000 –> 01:03:58,520
\nsisters and young people that we
\nsee that diversity working so <\/p>\n
1013
\n01:03:58,520 –> 01:04:00,400
\nbeautifully in this school
\ntogether, don’t we? <\/p>\n
1014
\n01:04:00,880 –> 01:04:03,920
\nThere are so many brothers and
\nsisters and young people who are<\/p>\n
1015
\n01:04:03,920 –> 01:04:08,840
\nworking tires tirelessly in so
\nmany different contributions to <\/p>\n
1016
\n01:04:08,840 –> 01:04:11,240
\nthe bringing together of the
\natmosphere and the environment <\/p>\n
1017
\n01:04:11,240 –> 01:04:14,320
\nof this school.
\nI saw it yesterday afternoon <\/p>\n
1018
\n01:04:14,640 –> 01:04:16,480
\nwith the brethren who were doing
\nthe Craft class. <\/p>\n
1019
\n01:04:16,480 –> 01:04:19,320
\nSo I just was there for a moment
\nand really enjoyed the way there<\/p>\n
1020
\n01:04:19,320 –> 01:04:21,720
\nwere so many different brethren
\nworking together with the young <\/p>\n
1021
\n01:04:21,720 –> 01:04:24,720
\nkids absolutely enjoying
\nthemselves and enthralled with <\/p>\n
1022
\n01:04:24,720 –> 01:04:26,600
\njust the way that they were
\nworking together. <\/p>\n
1023
\n01:04:26,600 –> 01:04:29,080
\nIt was, it was a beautiful
\npicture just for a moment of the<\/p>\n
1024
\n01:04:29,080 –> 01:04:32,760
\npower of that diversity working
\ntogether in a way where brethren<\/p>\n
1025
\n01:04:32,840 –> 01:04:35,680
\nwere working so perfectly.
\nAnd I’ve seen it in so many <\/p>\n
1026
\n01:04:35,680 –> 01:04:37,480
\nother ways throughout the school
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
1027
\n01:04:37,840 –> 01:04:42,120
\nIt’s all there because we all
\nbring our contribution. <\/p>\n
1028
\n01:04:43,280 –> 01:04:46,760
\nIt’s what invigorates it.
\nWhat’s it’s what lifts up the <\/p>\n
1029
\n01:04:46,760 –> 01:04:52,960
\necclesial body.
\nVerse 25. <\/p>\n
1030
\n01:04:54,000 –> 01:04:56,400
\nThere should be no schism in the
\nbody, but the same members <\/p>\n
1031
\n01:04:56,400 –> 01:04:58,160
\nshould have the same care one
\nfor another. <\/p>\n
1032
\n01:04:58,400 –> 01:05:00,800
\nWhether one member suffer, all
\nthe members suffer with it, or <\/p>\n
1033
\n01:05:00,800 –> 01:05:03,320
\none member be honoured, all the
\nmembers rejoice with it. <\/p>\n
1034
\n01:05:03,680 –> 01:05:06,920
\nYe are the body of Christ, and
\nmembers in particular. <\/p>\n
1035
\n01:05:07,520 –> 01:05:13,000
\nWe bring our diversity together
\nbecause we become part of the <\/p>\n
1036
\n01:05:13,000 –> 01:05:19,480
\nbody of Christ.
\nWe’re there with the same mind. <\/p>\n
1037
\n01:05:21,960 –> 01:05:26,200
\nIt’s not our work, It’s not
\nman’s work who can achieve this.<\/p>\n
1038
\n01:05:26,200 –> 01:05:29,240
\nIt’s only possible by the wisdom
\nand power of the Father. <\/p>\n
1039
\n01:05:30,640 –> 01:05:33,080
\nAnd therefore it’s that great
\naccomplishment of His glory, <\/p>\n
1040
\n01:05:33,080 –> 01:05:35,520
\nisn’t it?
\nHow good and how pleasant it is <\/p>\n
1041
\n01:05:35,520 –> 01:05:38,880
\nfor brethren to dwell together
\nin unity. <\/p>\n
1042
\n01:05:45,000 –> 01:05:48,600
\nAt the end of that chapter, he
\nsays covet earnestly the best <\/p>\n
1043
\n01:05:48,600 –> 01:05:49,800
\ngifts.
\nI believe what he’s saying there<\/p>\n
1044
\n01:05:49,800 –> 01:05:52,760
\nis covet those gifts, desire to
\nhave those gifts that are going <\/p>\n
1045
\n01:05:52,760 –> 01:05:55,760
\nto build up the most in the
\necclesial environment. <\/p>\n
1046
\n01:05:55,960 –> 01:05:58,760
\nAnd yet he says, I’m actually
\ngoing to show you that there’s <\/p>\n
1047
\n01:05:58,760 –> 01:06:01,560
\nsomething even more powerful,
\nyet show I unto you in a more <\/p>\n
1048
\n01:06:01,720 –> 01:06:05,200
\nexcellent way.
\nThat word excellent is the Greek<\/p>\n
1049
\n01:06:05,200 –> 01:06:10,720
\nword hyperbole, hyperbole.
\nAnd you can see the the <\/p>\n
1050
\n01:06:10,720 –> 01:06:13,160
\nconnection there to our English
\nword hyperbole. <\/p>\n
1051
\n01:06:13,640 –> 01:06:16,720
\nIt’s a, an absolute super
\neminence that it’s talked about <\/p>\n
1052
\n01:06:16,920 –> 01:06:19,240
\na throwing behind others.
\nAnd that idea is that that <\/p>\n
1053
\n01:06:19,440 –> 01:06:22,240
\nsomeone’s throwing a distance
\nand someone else comes who just <\/p>\n
1054
\n01:06:22,240 –> 01:06:25,800
\nmanages to throw the ball way,
\nway beyond what anyone else has <\/p>\n
1055
\n01:06:25,800 –> 01:06:28,240
\naccomplished.
\nThe sense of of just excelling <\/p>\n
1056
\n01:06:28,520 –> 01:06:32,240
\nway beyond super eminence, far
\nmore exceeding, he says. <\/p>\n
1057
\n01:06:32,240 –> 01:06:35,400
\nSo here’s the work of the spirit
\nand the different diversities of<\/p>\n
1058
\n01:06:35,400 –> 01:06:37,120
\nspirit contribution that that
\nare made. <\/p>\n
1059
\n01:06:37,400 –> 01:06:39,680
\nHe says, I’m actually going to
\nshow you something that far <\/p>\n
1060
\n01:06:39,680 –> 01:06:42,720
\nexceeds the contribution that
\nthat the spirit gifts can do. <\/p>\n
1061
\n01:06:43,120 –> 01:06:46,040
\nThe spirit gifts might be
\nhelpful, but there’s another <\/p>\n
1062
\n01:06:46,040 –> 01:06:48,960
\ncontribution which you can make
\nto the ecclesial environment <\/p>\n
1063
\n01:06:48,960 –> 01:06:54,240
\nthat is going to far more exceed
\nthat in the far more excellent <\/p>\n
1064
\n01:06:54,240 –> 01:06:59,240
\nway he says is the concept of
\nlove and bringing love to the <\/p>\n
1065
\n01:06:59,240 –> 01:07:02,360
\necclesial environment.
\nI’m conscious that we’ve only <\/p>\n
1066
\n01:07:02,360 –> 01:07:05,600
\ngot 5 minutes left, so you have
\nto bear with me as I go through <\/p>\n
1067
\n01:07:05,600 –> 01:07:08,160
\nthis relatively quickly.
\nBut let’s just spend the time to<\/p>\n
1068
\n01:07:08,640 –> 01:07:11,800
\nto look at this concept because
\nit is extremely powerful. <\/p>\n
1069
\n01:07:13,720 –> 01:07:18,440
\nThere is one thing that that
\nthat can create ecclesial unity.<\/p>\n
1070
\n01:07:19,720 –> 01:07:23,000
\nIt is not about our pre eminence
\nor the great thing that we do. <\/p>\n
1071
\n01:07:23,840 –> 01:07:27,760
\nIt’s not the grand, impressive,
\nvisible thing that we do, but <\/p>\n
1072
\n01:07:27,760 –> 01:07:29,840
\nit’s about our love for one
\nanother. <\/p>\n
1073
\n01:07:30,880 –> 01:07:33,920
\nI can have all of those gifts,
\nthe most visible of <\/p>\n
1074
\n01:07:33,920 –> 01:07:37,920
\ncontributions, but he says if I
\nhave not love, it is nothing. <\/p>\n
1075
\n01:07:38,760 –> 01:07:41,520
\nOne Corinthians 13 and verse 1,
\nthough I speak with the tongues <\/p>\n
1076
\n01:07:41,520 –> 01:07:44,920
\nof men and of angels and have
\nnot love and become a sounding <\/p>\n
1077
\n01:07:44,920 –> 01:07:47,840
\nbrass or a tinkling symbol.
\nYou might have the gifts of <\/p>\n
1078
\n01:07:47,840 –> 01:07:50,800
\ntongues, he says, and be the
\nmost pre eminent in in in your <\/p>\n
1079
\n01:07:50,800 –> 01:07:53,360
\nability to speak visibly with
\nthe gift of tongues. <\/p>\n
1080
\n01:07:53,760 –> 01:07:57,040
\nBut if you don’t do it in love,
\nyou’re just like a a little <\/p>\n
1081
\n01:07:57,480 –> 01:08:00,120
\ntinkling symbol or a sounding
\nbrass. <\/p>\n
1082
\n01:08:00,760 –> 01:08:03,280
\nAnd though I have the gift of
\nprophecy, it might even be that <\/p>\n
1083
\n01:08:03,280 –> 01:08:05,800
\nI have the the gift of prophecy
\nthat and understand all <\/p>\n
1084
\n01:08:05,800 –> 01:08:07,200
\nmysteries and have all
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n
1085
\n01:08:08,120 –> 01:08:10,640
\nI can have all of that
\ncapability so I could remove <\/p>\n
1086
\n01:08:10,640 –> 01:08:16,160
\nmountains and have not love.
\nI am nothing, not just that your<\/p>\n
1087
\n01:08:16,279 –> 01:08:19,840
\nyour contribution is is reduced.
\nIf you do it without love, then <\/p>\n
1088
\n01:08:19,840 –> 01:08:23,279
\nyou are nothing.
\nHe says you can be there in the <\/p>\n
1089
\n01:08:23,279 –> 01:08:26,240
\ngreatest exposition of of
\nprophecy, but if it’s done <\/p>\n
1090
\n01:08:26,240 –> 01:08:28,240
\nwithout love, then you’re
\nabsolutely nothing. <\/p>\n
1091
\n01:08:31,240 –> 01:08:34,840
\nIt’s extreme, isn’t it?
\nThe greatest extent of all of <\/p>\n
1092
\n01:08:34,840 –> 01:08:38,760
\nthose gifts can be used in a way
\nwithout love that accomplishes <\/p>\n
1093
\n01:08:38,760 –> 01:08:43,560
\nnothing.
\nBut see, in verse three, he <\/p>\n
1094
\n01:08:43,560 –> 01:08:47,080
\nexpands the concept beyond just
\nthat of the use of gifts. <\/p>\n
1095
\n01:08:47,319 –> 01:08:52,439
\nVerse 3 Though I bestow all my
\ngifts to feed the poor, and <\/p>\n
1096
\n01:08:52,439 –> 01:08:56,000
\nthough I give my body to be
\nburned and have not love, it <\/p>\n
1097
\n01:08:56,000 –> 01:09:00,080
\nprofiteth me nothing.
\nWe’ve given our gifts to the <\/p>\n
1098
\n01:09:00,080 –> 01:09:02,520
\npoor.
\nWe’ve given our body to be <\/p>\n
1099
\n01:09:02,520 –> 01:09:09,960
\nburned.
\nHang on, don’t we define love as<\/p>\n
1100
\n01:09:09,960 –> 01:09:12,760
\nbeing our willingness to
\nsacrifice ourselves for the sake<\/p>\n
1101
\n01:09:12,760 –> 01:09:16,479
\nof others?
\nChrist himself says that greater<\/p>\n
1102
\n01:09:16,479 –> 01:09:19,319
\nlove hath no man than this, that
\na man lay down his life for his <\/p>\n
1103
\n01:09:19,319 –> 01:09:21,399
\nfriends.
\nAnd here’s someone who’s <\/p>\n
1104
\n01:09:21,399 –> 01:09:24,399
\nresponded to that, and they’ve
\nbeen willing to give their body <\/p>\n
1105
\n01:09:24,399 –> 01:09:29,040
\nto be burned.
\nBut it’s not love. <\/p>\n
1106
\n01:09:31,399 –> 01:09:35,520
\nLove is a difficult concept to
\ntrack through scripture. <\/p>\n
1107
\n01:09:36,960 –> 01:09:40,880
\nIt’s difficult to find a verse
\nthat tells us what love is. <\/p>\n
1108
\n01:09:42,359 –> 01:09:46,720
\nAlmost every verse tells us
\neither God is love, or more <\/p>\n
1109
\n01:09:46,720 –> 01:09:49,200
\nparticularly, tells us what love
\ndoes. <\/p>\n
1110
\n01:09:50,479 –> 01:09:53,279
\nGreater love hath no man than
\nthis, that a man lay down his <\/p>\n
1111
\n01:09:53,279 –> 01:09:58,160
\nlife for his friends.
\nAnd so many other verses on love<\/p>\n
1112
\n01:09:58,160 –> 01:10:03,520
\ntell us how love responds in its
\nactions, but they do not tell us<\/p>\n
1113
\n01:10:04,080 –> 01:10:10,080
\nwhat love in itself is.
\nSo what we often end up doing is<\/p>\n
1114
\n01:10:10,080 –> 01:10:12,000
\nwe define love as being an
\naction. <\/p>\n
1115
\n01:10:13,200 –> 01:10:17,320
\nWe say that if we self
\nsacrifice, then I must have <\/p>\n
1116
\n01:10:17,320 –> 01:10:20,560
\nlove.
\nThat if I’ve given all my gifts <\/p>\n
1117
\n01:10:20,560 –> 01:10:23,600
\nto the poor, then I’ve revealed
\nlove. <\/p>\n
1118
\n01:10:24,800 –> 01:10:28,160
\nIf I’ve sacrificed myself to the
\nfullest extent and given my body<\/p>\n
1119
\n01:10:28,160 –> 01:10:32,040
\nto be burned, then I’ve revealed
\nthe action of love. <\/p>\n
1120
\n01:10:33,920 –> 01:10:37,400
\nThe apostles telling us that
\nactually that is not the case, <\/p>\n
1121
\n01:10:38,800 –> 01:10:43,920
\nthat just the action of self
\nsacrifice is not in itself love.<\/p>\n
1122
\n01:10:45,840 –> 01:10:50,760
\nThey can show the appearance of
\nlove, but have not acted in <\/p>\n
1123
\n01:10:50,760 –> 01:10:53,440
\nlove.
\nAnd if we do so, brothers and <\/p>\n
1124
\n01:10:53,440 –> 01:10:56,800
\nsisters, then it accomplishes
\nnothing. <\/p>\n
1125
\n01:10:57,280 –> 01:10:59,080
\nI’ve done all these incredible
\nthings. <\/p>\n
1126
\n01:10:59,080 –> 01:11:01,240
\nI’ve, I’ve got the tongues of
\nmen and of angels. <\/p>\n
1127
\n01:11:01,240 –> 01:11:03,320
\nI’ve the greatest orators who
\nspeak as an Angel. <\/p>\n
1128
\n01:11:03,520 –> 01:11:06,080
\nI’ve got a great understanding
\nand knowledge and prophecy and <\/p>\n
1129
\n01:11:06,080 –> 01:11:09,000
\nfaith, awareness of mystery that
\nall the world holds. <\/p>\n
1130
\n01:11:09,600 –> 01:11:12,520
\nI could give every last cent
\nthat I own to the poor, and I <\/p>\n
1131
\n01:11:12,520 –> 01:11:17,760
\ncould even give my body my life
\nin complete sacrifice and yet do<\/p>\n
1132
\n01:11:17,760 –> 01:11:21,920
\nthose things without love.
\nSo what is love? <\/p>\n
1133
\n01:11:24,640 –> 01:11:27,600
\nWell, love, as we’ve seen, is
\nmore than just a visible act. <\/p>\n
1134
\n01:11:29,040 –> 01:11:34,040
\nLet’s have a look in verse 4.
\nLove suffers long and is kind. <\/p>\n
1135
\n01:11:35,400 –> 01:11:43,200
\nLove envieth not love.
\nVaunteth not itself, is not <\/p>\n
1136
\n01:11:43,200 –> 01:11:47,280
\npuffed up, doth not behave
\nitself unseemly. <\/p>\n
1137
\n01:11:47,280 –> 01:11:53,320
\nSeeketh not her own, is not
\neasily provoked, Thinketh no <\/p>\n
1138
\n01:11:53,320 –> 01:12:00,000
\nevil.
\nAgain, these can be seen as <\/p>\n
1139
\n01:12:00,000 –> 01:12:03,960
\nactions, can’t they?
\nBut I, I believe the apostle <\/p>\n
1140
\n01:12:03,960 –> 01:12:07,920
\nhere has actually given us that
\nlittle key which opens up just <\/p>\n
1141
\n01:12:07,920 –> 01:12:10,640
\nthat little bit further what the
\nfullness of love is. <\/p>\n
1142
\n01:12:12,360 –> 01:12:15,160
\nSee, these are the responses to
\nthe little things of life. <\/p>\n
1143
\n01:12:16,520 –> 01:12:19,240
\nIt’s not necessarily giving my
\nbody to be burned in the <\/p>\n
1144
\n01:12:19,240 –> 01:12:23,800
\nultimate sacrifice or giving all
\nI own to the poor, But love is <\/p>\n
1145
\n01:12:23,800 –> 01:12:27,560
\nabout our daily response to the
\nlittle actions of daily life and<\/p>\n
1146
\n01:12:27,560 –> 01:12:29,120
\nour interactions with one
\nanother. <\/p>\n
1147
\n01:12:30,800 –> 01:12:33,600
\nBut that in itself does not
\nexplain the fullness of love. <\/p>\n
1148
\n01:12:35,600 –> 01:12:38,520
\nLove suffers long and is kind.
\nIt envieth not. <\/p>\n
1149
\n01:12:39,000 –> 01:12:41,640
\nIt vaunteth not itself is not
\npuffed up. <\/p>\n
1150
\n01:12:42,760 –> 01:12:45,360
\nAnd the apostle is taking us
\nback to the concepts that he’s <\/p>\n
1151
\n01:12:45,360 –> 01:12:47,760
\nalready talked about, hasn’t it?
\nThese were the issues within the<\/p>\n
1152
\n01:12:47,760 –> 01:12:49,440
\nCorinthian ecclesia.
\nThey were puffed up. <\/p>\n
1153
\n01:12:49,760 –> 01:12:51,400
\nThey were envying in their
\nambition. <\/p>\n
1154
\n01:12:52,360 –> 01:12:59,200
\nAnd he’s saying love.
\nWe’ll only be love when it’s <\/p>\n
1155
\n01:12:59,200 –> 01:13:01,920
\ndone.
\nSo because we have put ourselves<\/p>\n
1156
\n01:13:02,160 –> 01:13:06,640
\ncompletely to the side.
\nIt’s not just actions which I <\/p>\n
1157
\n01:13:06,640 –> 01:13:11,760
\nlove, but actions which are done
\nbecause we are recognizing that <\/p>\n
1158
\n01:13:11,760 –> 01:13:14,880
\nwe are nothing.
\nThat we have come to the point <\/p>\n
1159
\n01:13:14,960 –> 01:13:18,960
\nwhere the focus is not upon
\nourselves, but the work of the <\/p>\n
1160
\n01:13:18,960 –> 01:13:22,280
\ngrowth of the ecclesial body.
\nThat we desire to be an <\/p>\n
1161
\n01:13:22,280 –> 01:13:25,080
\nextension of the glory of the
\nFather Himself. <\/p>\n
1162
\n01:13:25,360 –> 01:13:29,440
\nAnd therefore everything we are
\ndoing is being done for the sake<\/p>\n
1163
\n01:13:29,440 –> 01:13:32,560
\nof the edification and the
\nbuilding up and the growth of <\/p>\n
1164
\n01:13:32,560 –> 01:13:36,160
\nour ecclesial environment.
\nIt’s not just that we act in <\/p>\n
1165
\n01:13:36,160 –> 01:13:40,640
\nself sacrifice, it’s that we are
\nprepared to empty ourselves to <\/p>\n
1166
\n01:13:40,640 –> 01:13:45,080
\nbe the slaves of God because we
\nare not our own, and therefore <\/p>\n
1167
\n01:13:45,080 –> 01:13:48,600
\nthat motivates us to contribute
\nevery component of our life to <\/p>\n
1168
\n01:13:48,600 –> 01:13:51,720
\nthe building up and the glory of
\nthe of God Himself. <\/p>\n
1169
\n01:13:53,120 –> 01:13:56,800
\nIt’s the responses in the little
\nthings of life that reveal <\/p>\n
1170
\n01:13:57,440 –> 01:14:00,480
\nwhether in reality we are
\nprepared to put ourselves to one<\/p>\n
1171
\n01:14:00,480 –> 01:14:04,400
\nside, to recognise that the
\nflesh is nothing and to live our<\/p>\n
1172
\n01:14:04,400 –> 01:14:07,240
\nlife to the glory of God
\nHimself. <\/p>\n
1173
\n01:14:07,480 –> 01:14:12,680
\nIt’s not there for itself.
\nWe’re there in love and <\/p>\n
1174
\n01:14:12,680 –> 01:14:16,600
\nconsideration for others to
\ncontribute to the growth of the <\/p>\n
1175
\n01:14:16,600 –> 01:14:20,920
\necclesial body.
\nWe cannot force love. <\/p>\n
1176
\n01:14:22,400 –> 01:14:26,760
\nBy forcing action we fulfil
\nlove. <\/p>\n
1177
\n01:14:28,480 –> 01:14:34,880
\nWe become love when we learn
\nthat we are nothing but with all<\/p>\n
1178
\n01:14:34,880 –> 01:14:38,680
\nour fibre, with every part of
\nour heart. <\/p>\n
1179
\n01:14:40,600 –> 01:14:46,240
\nWe long to build up and to
\nencourage and to assist the <\/p>\n
1180
\n01:14:46,240 –> 01:14:48,000
\ngrowth of the ecclesial
\nenvironment. <\/p>\n
1181
\n01:14:49,280 –> 01:14:53,720
\nWe fulfill love, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, when <\/p>\n
1182
\n01:14:53,720 –> 01:14:58,560
\nwe are prepared in humility to
\nuse the gifts that the Father <\/p>\n
1183
\n01:14:58,560 –> 01:15:04,440
\nhas given us to contribute to
\nthe growth and the unity and the<\/p>\n
1184
\n01:15:04,440 –> 01:15:10,080
\nstrength of the ecclesial body.
\nJohn tells us in First John <\/p>\n
1185
\n01:15:10,080 –> 01:15:12,040
\nFour.
\nWe love one another because love<\/p>\n
1186
\n01:15:12,040 –> 01:15:19,280
\nhas come from God, and we love
\nhim because he first loved us. <\/p>\n
1187
\n01:15:21,920 –> 01:15:27,880
\nOur love together, our care
\ntogether, our contribution to <\/p>\n
1188
\n01:15:27,880 –> 01:15:32,520
\necclesial life, our willingness
\nin our diversity to contribute <\/p>\n
1189
\n01:15:32,560 –> 01:15:36,400
\nour part to the ecclesial body
\nis a response to the love that <\/p>\n
1190
\n01:15:36,400 –> 01:15:41,640
\nthe Father has shown to us in
\nthe giving of his Son. <\/p>\n
1191
\n01:15:43,960 –> 01:15:49,440
\nAnd therefore we are prepared to
\nbecome nothing to ourselves, to <\/p>\n
1192
\n01:15:49,440 –> 01:15:54,160
\nbecome his, and all we do is for
\nhim. <\/p>\n
1193
\n01:15:55,720 –> 01:16:02,400
\nIn that way it is agape, a true
\nlife, a true love based on self <\/p>\n
1194
\n01:16:02,400 –> 01:16:06,840
\nsacrifice.
\nIt is to the measure we come to <\/p>\n
1195
\n01:16:06,880 –> 01:16:13,600
\nunderstand the sacrifice of
\nChrist, the body broken and the <\/p>\n
1196
\n01:16:13,600 –> 01:16:18,760
\nblood out poured, that we are
\nable to comprehend the fullness <\/p>\n
1197
\n01:16:18,760 –> 01:16:22,720
\nof the love of the Father and
\nthe love of the Son as they work<\/p>\n
1198
\n01:16:22,720 –> 01:16:24,520
\ntogether for the unity of the
\nbody. <\/p>\n
1199
\n01:16:25,880 –> 01:16:28,440
\nBrothers and sisters and young
\npeople, may that become the <\/p>\n
1200
\n01:16:28,440 –> 01:16:34,800
\nmotivation that helps us to love
\ntruly one another, to contribute<\/p>\n
1201
\n01:16:34,800 –> 01:16:39,640
\nto the unity of the ecclesial
\nbody with all of the diversity <\/p>\n
1202
\n01:16:40,640 –> 01:16:41,600
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