Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 355.<\/p>\n
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\nmorning, we would ask our
\nbrother Derek Thelning to come <\/p>\n
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\nforward and read for us.
\nFirst of Corinthians 6, verse 7 <\/p>\n
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\nto 20.
\nBrother Derek. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst Corinthians chapter 6,
\nverses 7 to 20. <\/p>\n
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\nNow therefore there is utterly a
\nfault among you, because you go <\/p>\n
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\nto law one with another.
\nWhy do you not rather take <\/p>\n
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\nwrong?
\nWhy do you not rather suffer <\/p>\n
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\nyourselves to be defrauded?
\nNow you do wrong and defraud, <\/p>\n
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\nand that your brethren know you
\nnot, that the unrighteous shall <\/p>\n
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\nnot inherit the Kingdom of God,
\nBe not deceived. <\/p>\n
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\nNeither fornicators, nor
\nidolaters, nor adulterers, nor <\/p>\n
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\neffeminate, nor abusers of
\nthemselves with mankind, nor <\/p>\n
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\nthieves nor covetous, nor
\ndrunkards, nor revilers, nor <\/p>\n
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\nextortioners, shall inherit the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd such were some of you.
\nBut ye are washed, but ye are <\/p>\n
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\nsanctified, but ye are justified
\nin the name of the Lord Jesus, <\/p>\n
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\nand by the Spirit of our God.
\nAll things are lawful unto me, <\/p>\n
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\nbut all things are not
\nexpedient. <\/p>\n
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\nAll things are lawful for me,
\nbut I will not be brought under <\/p>\n
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\nthe power of any meats for the
\nbelly, and the belly for meats, <\/p>\n
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\nbut God shall destroy both it
\nand them. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the body is not for
\nfornication, but for the Lord, <\/p>\n
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\nand the Lord for the body, And
\nGod hath both raised up the <\/p>\n
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\nLord, and will also raise up us
\nby His own power. <\/p>\n
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\nKnow ye not that your bodies are
\nthe members of Christ? <\/p>\n
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\nShall I then take the members of
\nChrist, and make them the <\/p>\n
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\nmembers of an harlot?
\nGod forbid what Know ye not that<\/p>\n
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\nhe which is joined to an harlot
\nis 1 body? <\/p>\n
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\nFor two saith he shall be 1
\nflesh, but he that is joined <\/p>\n
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\nunto the Lord is 1 Spirit flee
\nfornication. <\/p>\n
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\nEvery sin that a man doeth is
\nwithout the body, but he that <\/p>\n
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\ncommitteth fornication sinneth
\nagainst his own body. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat know ye not that your body
\nis the temple of the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit, which is in you, which
\nye have of God, and ye are not <\/p>\n
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\nyour own, For ye are brought
\nwith a price. <\/p>\n
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\nTherefore, glorify God in your
\nbody and in your spirit, which <\/p>\n
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\nare gods.
\nThanks brother Derek. <\/p>\n
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\nWe then call forward our brother
\nBen to speak to us to the <\/p>\n
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\nsubject.
\nYe are not your own. <\/p>\n
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\nYe are bought with a price.
\nThanks, brother Aaron and good <\/p>\n
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\nmorning everyone.
\nJust before we get into the talk<\/p>\n
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\nitself proper, I just want to
\nupdate you on some conversations<\/p>\n
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\nwe had after the last session
\nand give you two or three quotes<\/p>\n
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\nwhich tied in quite nicely with
\nit. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you remember we were look at
\nlooking at the concept of the <\/p>\n
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\nwork suffering lost by fire.
\nIf you’re taking notes, and I’m <\/p>\n
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\nsure the young people are, go
\nback about 15 pages from the <\/p>\n
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\nlast two talks from Uncle Ron
\nand and just jot down Genesis 19<\/p>\n
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\nwhere Lot was saved by fire.
\nAnd that’s a really good example<\/p>\n
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\nbecause he himself suffered
\nloss. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was saved himself, but he
\nlost his entire house. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Numbers 21 with a spoil that
\nIsrael took was to be tried by <\/p>\n
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\nfire and anything that survived
\nthat fire, such as the gold, <\/p>\n
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\netcetera, was able to be taken.
\nBut anything that burned <\/p>\n
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\nobviously was gone.
\nAnd also in Revelation 21, where<\/p>\n
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\nthe city is like pure gold and
\nis garnished with all manner of <\/p>\n
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\nprecious stones, which is a a
\nbeautiful picture of the <\/p>\n
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\nbuilding that goes on with the
\nthe gold and the precious <\/p>\n
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\nstones.
\nSo I just thought there were a <\/p>\n
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\nfew really nice little quotes
\nwhich Tyne love in a lovely way <\/p>\n
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\ninto that section we were
\nlooking at yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the ecclesia at Corinth,
\nliving in a wealthy, prosperous <\/p>\n
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\ncity with, with all the
\nchallenges of the idolatrous <\/p>\n
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\nworldly worship around it, had
\nbeen impacted by their <\/p>\n
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\nenvironment.
\nThere were some major issues in <\/p>\n
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\nCorinth, and this morning we
\nhave a tricky section as Paul <\/p>\n
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\nbegins to deal with them.
\nI’ve said a couple of times that<\/p>\n
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\nthat these are the sort of
\nissues where if you’re doing the<\/p>\n
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\nreadings with the kids at home,
\nyou’d tend to skip them to <\/p>\n
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\ndecide to indeed instead do one
\nof the other readings. <\/p>\n
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\nIt deals with some difficult
\nproblems. <\/p>\n
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\nIt deals with fornication, with
\nputting away and disfellowship, <\/p>\n
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\nwith suing our brethren at law,
\nwith whether or not it’s good to<\/p>\n
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\nmarry, what to do if partners
\nare not in the truth and if <\/p>\n
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\npartners depart.
\nThey’re all quite difficult and <\/p>\n
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\ncomplex issues that the apostle
\nhas to deal with. <\/p>\n
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\nBut we will find that in the
\nremarkable way the apostle has <\/p>\n
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\nalready done, he actually uses
\nthese particular matters to lay <\/p>\n
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\nfoundations of principle that we
\nshall find are applicable, <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely applicable to our
\nlife today. <\/p>\n
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\nWe may not be facing these
\nparticular issues, but the <\/p>\n
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\napostle will give us the keys as
\nto how we can change our lives, <\/p>\n
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\nchange our perception and focus
\nso that living the truth is <\/p>\n
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\nsomething we do for the Father’s
\nsake and not our own. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the principles we’ve
\nalready seen, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nBut the extension of those that
\nour life is about God’s work, <\/p>\n
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\nnot our own.
\nAnd, and we’ll find that those <\/p>\n
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\nprinciples which have come out
\nso strongly in the 1st 4 <\/p>\n
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\nchapters will now lay the
\nfoundation that comes out even <\/p>\n
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\nmore powerfully this morning.
\nAnd we won’t have time to deal <\/p>\n
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\nwith Chapter 7, unfortunately
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n
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\nBut Paul’s method in Chapter 7
\nis consistent with what we’ve <\/p>\n
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\nseen already and we’ll find in
\nthe in the first two chapters. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I’m happy to discuss those
\nafterwards. <\/p>\n
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\nYoung people, particularly if
\nyou want to discuss whether or <\/p>\n
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\nnot it’s good to marry, I’m
\nhappy to take you through that <\/p>\n
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\nsection as well.
\nCan I just say before we <\/p>\n
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\ncommence on the detail in here
\nthat the risk with this book of <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians is that we restrict
\nthe sections to telling us about<\/p>\n
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\nthe particular matters that have
\nbeen raised. <\/p>\n
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\nAs if it’s a good textbook or,
\nor a good reference book that <\/p>\n
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\ncan sit on the shelf.
\nAnd when a particular matter <\/p>\n
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\ncomes up, then we can pull it
\noff the shelf and say, here it <\/p>\n
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\nis.
\nLook, we know how to deal with <\/p>\n
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\nthis particular issue and and
\nuse it as a reference book, but <\/p>\n
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\nthis book is so much more, as
\nwe’ve come to see already, <\/p>\n
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\nbecause it gets to the heart of
\necclesial problems and how to <\/p>\n
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\ndeal with them.
\nSo let’s launch straight into <\/p>\n
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\nFirst Corinthians chapter 4 and
\nin verse verse 6, because Paul <\/p>\n
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\nwhilst he’s dealing with these
\nparticular issues, we’ll find is<\/p>\n
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\nactually dealing with a larger
\nissue in the ecclesia itself. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst Corinthians 4 and verse 6.
\nI have these and these things <\/p>\n
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\nbreather and I have in a figure
\ntransferred to myself into a <\/p>\n
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\npolis for your sakes.
\nWe looked at that yesterday that<\/p>\n
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\nyou might learn and ask not to
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\nwritten that no one of you be
\npuffed up for one against <\/p>\n
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\nanother.
\nThat word puffed up is the idea <\/p>\n
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\nof blowing up or inflating.
\nSo you get the picture, don’t <\/p>\n
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\nyou?
\nHere is someone who has a a bit <\/p>\n
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\nof a struggle with their own
\nposition, so they puff <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves up.
\nHave you seen that puffer fish? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a little skinny fish like
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\nIt gets scared and form it puffs
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\nsomething it’s not.
\nPuffs themselves up. <\/p>\n
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\nThey turn themselves into
\nsomething big and strong on the <\/p>\n
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\noutside.
\nBut it’s all this exaggeration, <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
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\nthemselves something big.
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\nbursts them, they turn out to be
\njust a skinny little thing <\/p>\n
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\nunderneath.
\nThey’re there in their own <\/p>\n
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\npride, blowing themselves up to
\nbe somebody that they know <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re not.
\nAnd it’s human pride perfectly <\/p>\n
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\ndescribed to us.
\nSo if we see in verse 14, I <\/p>\n
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\nwrite not these things to shame
\nyou, but as my beloved sons, I <\/p>\n
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\nwarn you through to verse 18.
\nFor though you have 10,000 <\/p>\n
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\ninstructors in Christ, yet have
\nye not many fathers. <\/p>\n
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\nFor in Christ Jesus I have
\nbegotten you through the gospel.<\/p>\n
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\nWherefore I beseech you, be ye
\nfollowers of me. <\/p>\n
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\nFor this cause have I sent unto
\nyou Timotheus, who is my beloved<\/p>\n
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\nson and faithful in the Lord,
\nwho shall bring you into <\/p>\n
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\nremembrance of my ways, which be
\nin Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nAs I teach everywhere and every
\necclesia, so here’s Paul as a <\/p>\n
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\nfather to that ecclesia,
\npleading to them as a father <\/p>\n
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\nthat they will hear him and
\nrespond to him. <\/p>\n
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\nInterestingly, there’s actually
\nan interesting connection there,<\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
\nBe followers of me. <\/p>\n
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\nCompared to saying I’m of Paul,
\nI’m of Apollos. <\/p>\n
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\nNow that now that they’re coming
\nin the right attitude, he says <\/p>\n
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\nfollow me as a father for this
\necclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nBut verse 18.
\nNow some of you are puffed up as<\/p>\n
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\nthough I would not come unto
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he’s pleading with him, I’m,
\nI’m your father. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s taking them back to the
\norigins of that ecclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you can see straight away
\nthat Paul has put his finger <\/p>\n
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\nright on the key issue.
\nThey had all these significant <\/p>\n
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\nissues that he was going to deal
\nwith in the ecclesia, but the <\/p>\n
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\nunderlying problem of this
\necclesia was that they were <\/p>\n
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\npuffed up.
\nAnd he says in verse verse 19, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat?
\nBut I will come to you shortly <\/p>\n
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\nif the Lord will and will know
\nnot the speech of them which are<\/p>\n
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\npuffed up, but the power for the
\nKingdom of God is not in Word, <\/p>\n
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\nbut in power.
\nHe says I’m going to come to you<\/p>\n
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\nand I’m going to talk frankly
\nwith you. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m not going to listen to the
\nspeech of them that are puffed <\/p>\n
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\nup.
\nI’m not interested in what <\/p>\n
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\npeople talk.
\nI’m interested in what they’re <\/p>\n
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\ndoing, what’s going on
\nunderneath. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so he says in this very
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\nWe’re in love and in the spirit
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\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nrod. <\/p>\n
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\ndone this deed might be taken
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\nus.
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\necclesia here saying, oh, it’s a
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\nBut but we’re going to reduce
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\nlet it fester and it eats the
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\nAnd Paul’s response here
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\nis the same Greek word in <\/p>\n
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\necclesia to mourn as they
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\nwhat is happening in their midst
\nor to the same group in 2nd <\/p>\n
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\nCorinthians 12 and verse 21.
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\nshall bewail. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the same word that Paul
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\nmourning and wailing because
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\nHe says many which have sinned
\nalready. <\/p>\n
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\nI I’ll come in your midst and
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\nyour glorying is not good.
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\nhere is understand that this is
\na desperate problem amongst you,<\/p>\n
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\ncould sit there saying, it’s
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\nas he said, but is present here <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve seen the issue, he says, <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ when ye are <\/p>\n
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\nwith the power of our Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ who is <\/p>\n
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\npresent in your midst saying <\/p>\n
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\nHe he double emphasizes the <\/p>\n
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\nthat is coming from Christ <\/p>\n
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\ncoming from the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s asking them to gather <\/p>\n
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\nperception of Paul and to do so <\/p>\n
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\nChrist to fix this issue. <\/p>\n
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\njudgement on behalf of the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what is that judgement? <\/p>\n
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\nflesh, that the Spirit may be <\/p>\n
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\nThere is the idea of <\/p>\n
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\nparticularly because this <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is Paul saying? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, in First Timothy 1, if you<\/p>\n
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\nverse 18 This charge I commit <\/p>\n
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\nunto thee, son Timothy,
\naccording to the prophecies <\/p>\n
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\nwhich went before in thee, that
\nthou mightest war a good <\/p>\n
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\nmade shipwreck. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then verse twenty of whom is<\/p>\n
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\nnecessarily explain for us, does<\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s putting away from the,
\nfrom the strength or influence <\/p>\n
336
\n00:19:27,040 –> 00:19:29,200
\nof the ecclesial body.
\nIt’s delivering them to the <\/p>\n
337
\n00:19:29,200 –> 00:19:32,120
\nJewish synagogue, IE picking up
\nthe idea of the synagogue of <\/p>\n
338
\n00:19:32,120 –> 00:19:35,960
\nSatan, or it’s delivering to the
\nRoman authorities as the the <\/p>\n
339
\n00:19:35,960 –> 00:19:39,160
\nSatan or the representation of
\nthe rulers of this world. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:19:40,400 –> 00:19:43,560
\nThe first point is that there is
\nno indication throughout this <\/p>\n
341
\n00:19:43,560 –> 00:19:46,960
\nbook of the nationality of the
\nperpetrator and no real hint <\/p>\n
342
\n00:19:46,960 –> 00:19:50,680
\nthrough Corinthians of a Jewish
\nnationality around the, the, the<\/p>\n
343
\n00:19:50,880 –> 00:19:53,120
\necclesia.
\nThere’s no real hint of him <\/p>\n
344
\n00:19:53,120 –> 00:19:55,720
\nbeing a Jew.
\nThere’s no strong connection <\/p>\n
345
\n00:19:55,720 –> 00:19:58,200
\nback to the concepts of the
\nsynagogue throughout the book. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:19:58,880 –> 00:20:01,920
\nInterestingly, I’ve got it up on
\nthe screen for you now that <\/p>\n
347
\n00:20:01,920 –> 00:20:05,320
\nyou’re still there.
\nThis this other occurrence here <\/p>\n
348
\n00:20:05,320 –> 00:20:08,880
\nin first Timothy, one if people
\nreferred to a Hymenius and <\/p>\n
349
\n00:20:08,880 –> 00:20:12,280
\nAlexander and of course those
\nare both Greek names, which <\/p>\n
350
\n00:20:12,360 –> 00:20:16,000
\nreally reinforces the sense that
\nthis wasn’t about the concept of<\/p>\n
351
\n00:20:16,000 –> 00:20:17,840
\nsending them back to the
\nsynagogue of Satan. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:20:19,720 –> 00:20:24,080
\nIt is possible to read the this
\nidea of delivering to Satan as <\/p>\n
353
\n00:20:24,080 –> 00:20:28,080
\ndelivering the man to the Roman
\nauthorities as clearly in <\/p>\n
354
\n00:20:28,080 –> 00:20:30,600
\nchapter 5, verse one at the
\nstart of that chapter, as we saw<\/p>\n
355
\n00:20:30,840 –> 00:20:33,640
\nwhat the man was doing was
\nabhorrent even to the Gentiles. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:20:35,040 –> 00:20:37,560
\nHowever, if we come back to
\nfirst Timothy, which we have on <\/p>\n
357
\n00:20:37,560 –> 00:20:40,880
\nthe screen here, there’s no
\nindication that Paul had <\/p>\n
358
\n00:20:40,880 –> 00:20:44,800
\ndelivered Hymenius and Alexander
\nto the Roman authorities and nor<\/p>\n
359
\n00:20:44,800 –> 00:20:47,720
\nis it clear in chapter 1 five
\nand verse one that the man <\/p>\n
360
\n00:20:47,720 –> 00:20:50,800
\nhimself was doing anything
\nillegal from a from a Gentiles <\/p>\n
361
\n00:20:50,800 –> 00:20:53,480
\nperspective.
\nSo again, there’s there’s no <\/p>\n
362
\n00:20:53,480 –> 00:20:56,720
\nreal indication or Hinton
\nscripture that this is talking <\/p>\n
363
\n00:20:56,720 –> 00:20:58,920
\nabout delivering to the Roman
\nauthorities. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:21:00,760 –> 00:21:06,960
\nSo let’s just for a moment go
\nback to Acts 2026, because I <\/p>\n
365
\n00:21:06,960 –> 00:21:08,560
\nthink this helps to give us an
\ninsight. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:21:08,720 –> 00:21:13,200
\nActs 26 and verse 16 to 18.
\nBut rise and stand upon thy <\/p>\n
367
\n00:21:13,200 –> 00:21:15,560
\nfeet, for I have appeared unto
\nthee for this purpose. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:21:15,560 –> 00:21:17,800
\nThis is the Lord talking to
\nPaul. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:21:17,800 –> 00:21:20,880
\nBy the way, it is conversion to
\nmake thee a minister and a <\/p>\n
370
\n00:21:20,880 –> 00:21:24,000
\nwitness, both of these things
\nwhich there has seen, and of <\/p>\n
371
\n00:21:24,000 –> 00:21:27,000
\nthose things in the which I will
\nappear unto thee, delivering <\/p>\n
372
\n00:21:27,000 –> 00:21:29,520
\nthee from the people and from
\nthe Gentiles, unto whom now I <\/p>\n
373
\n00:21:29,520 –> 00:21:31,520
\nsend thee.
\nSo this is Paul’s Commission to <\/p>\n
374
\n00:21:31,520 –> 00:21:35,880
\ngo out and to and to work in the
\nname of the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:21:36,240 –> 00:21:39,480
\nHe’s told to open their eyes and
\nto turn them from the from <\/p>\n
376
\n00:21:39,480 –> 00:21:44,840
\ndarkness to light and from the
\npower of Satan unto God, that <\/p>\n
377
\n00:21:44,840 –> 00:21:48,120
\nthey may receive forgiveness of
\nsins and inheritance among them <\/p>\n
378
\n00:21:48,120 –> 00:21:50,600
\nwhich are sanctified by faith.
\nThat is in me. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:21:50,960 –> 00:21:53,920
\nSo Paul’s mission as he’s given
\nhere at the beginning of the <\/p>\n
380
\n00:21:53,920 –> 00:21:57,840
\ncommencement of his, of his
\nmission, he’s being told to go <\/p>\n
381
\n00:21:57,840 –> 00:22:00,400
\nin to open their eyes, to turn
\nthem from darkness to light and <\/p>\n
382
\n00:22:00,400 –> 00:22:02,160
\nfrom the power of Satan unto
\nGod. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:22:02,520 –> 00:22:05,800
\nAnd that included this, the
\nforgiveness of their sins and <\/p>\n
384
\n00:22:05,800 –> 00:22:08,720
\nthe inheritance among those who
\nare sanctified in faith. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:22:10,160 –> 00:22:14,600
\nSo if we come back to First
\nCorinthians chapter 5 and keep <\/p>\n
386
\n00:22:14,600 –> 00:22:18,640
\nthis concept in in mind, First
\nCorinthians 5 and verse 5 to <\/p>\n
387
\n00:22:18,640 –> 00:22:21,960
\ndeliver such and one unto Satan
\nfor the destruction of the flesh<\/p>\n
388
\n00:22:22,320 –> 00:22:25,200
\nthat the Spirit may be saved in
\nthe day of the Lord Jesus Christ<\/p>\n
389
\n00:22:25,880 –> 00:22:29,720
\nis actually a reversal here of
\nthe of the mission or work of <\/p>\n
390
\n00:22:29,720 –> 00:22:34,240
\nthe apostle Paul.
\nThe Apostle Paul’s focus or <\/p>\n
391
\n00:22:34,240 –> 00:22:37,640
\ndesire was to go and to save
\npeople from the power of Satan, <\/p>\n
392
\n00:22:38,600 –> 00:22:41,760
\nwhereas here this man was to be
\ndelivered back to the power of <\/p>\n
393
\n00:22:41,760 –> 00:22:44,560
\nSatan, back to the power of sin,
\nas it were. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:22:46,240 –> 00:22:49,280
\nIt’s with the intention, we see
\nthat the flesh should be <\/p>\n
395
\n00:22:49,280 –> 00:22:51,320
\ndestroyed.
\nHe says for the destruction of <\/p>\n
396
\n00:22:51,320 –> 00:22:55,320
\nthe flesh, but that the Spirit
\nwould be saved. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:22:56,000 –> 00:22:59,880
\nSo Paul’s request to the
\necclesia or commandment to the <\/p>\n
398
\n00:22:59,880 –> 00:23:04,400
\necclesia is that you are to
\ndeliver this man to Satan, to <\/p>\n
399
\n00:23:04,400 –> 00:23:07,760
\nthe power of the flesh so that
\nthe flesh itself can be <\/p>\n
400
\n00:23:07,760 –> 00:23:13,200
\ndestroyed, but the spirit saved.
\nFor those who are taking notes, <\/p>\n
401
\n00:23:13,200 –> 00:23:15,760
\nthere’s an interesting
\nconnection into Luke chapter 12 <\/p>\n
402
\n00:23:15,760 –> 00:23:18,800
\nand verse 58 because that word
\ndeliver, there is is a fairly <\/p>\n
403
\n00:23:18,800 –> 00:23:22,080
\nunique word and it’s talking
\nabout the judge delivering thee <\/p>\n
404
\n00:23:22,080 –> 00:23:25,600
\nto the officer, which is the
\nsame same word in verse 5 here <\/p>\n
405
\n00:23:25,600 –> 00:23:29,560
\nas delivering to Satan.
\nSo on balance, adding all of <\/p>\n
406
\n00:23:29,560 –> 00:23:31,960
\nthose things together, I believe
\nthat Paul is saying to the <\/p>\n
407
\n00:23:31,960 –> 00:23:34,800
\necclesia to remove this man from
\ntheir midst. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:23:35,480 –> 00:23:38,880
\nThat is, to take the action of
\ndisfellowship, which would put <\/p>\n
409
\n00:23:38,880 –> 00:23:41,880
\nhim away from the power and the
\nstrength of ecclesial <\/p>\n
410
\n00:23:41,880 –> 00:23:45,920
\nfellowship, and as we shall
\nfind, would also take away his <\/p>\n
411
\n00:23:45,920 –> 00:23:49,600
\ninfluence upon the ecclesia.
\nBut the interesting thing to <\/p>\n
412
\n00:23:49,600 –> 00:23:52,960
\nnote here is that he is doing
\nso, that Paul is doing so with <\/p>\n
413
\n00:23:52,960 –> 00:23:56,400
\nthe desire still essentially to
\nsave this man from the power of <\/p>\n
414
\n00:23:56,400 –> 00:24:00,560
\nSatan, with the desire that the
\nremoval of the man will help him<\/p>\n
415
\n00:24:00,560 –> 00:24:04,360
\nto realise his position that
\npride in the flesh is nothing <\/p>\n
416
\n00:24:04,880 –> 00:24:07,680
\nand therefore potentially to
\nbring him back in spirit to God.<\/p>\n
417
\n00:24:09,160 –> 00:24:11,280
\nBut in what sense then?
\nIt doesn’t quite make sense, <\/p>\n
418
\n00:24:11,280 –> 00:24:12,880
\ndoes it?
\nBecause in what sense does this <\/p>\n
419
\n00:24:13,160 –> 00:24:16,880
\ndisfellowshipping process mean
\nthat the man’s flesh will be <\/p>\n
420
\n00:24:16,880 –> 00:24:21,560
\ndestroyed but save the spirit?
\nI suspect we all know that in <\/p>\n
421
\n00:24:21,560 –> 00:24:25,360
\nthe majority of cases where a
\ndisfellowship occurs, it does <\/p>\n
422
\n00:24:25,360 –> 00:24:27,840
\nnot sadly end in the return of
\nthe individual. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:24:29,280 –> 00:24:31,800
\nSo how can Paul here be saying
\nthat disfellowship should be <\/p>\n
424
\n00:24:31,800 –> 00:24:33,960
\nused as the basis of saving the
\nindividual? <\/p>\n
425
\n00:24:35,680 –> 00:24:38,920
\nI believe his point is this,
\nwhich is consistent with where <\/p>\n
426
\n00:24:38,920 –> 00:24:43,880
\nhe’s been in the book so far,
\nthat there is more chance of <\/p>\n
427
\n00:24:43,880 –> 00:24:47,920
\nsalvation of that individual if
\nthe matter is dealt with. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:24:49,360 –> 00:24:52,720
\nThen if the brother is left
\nencouraged in his wrongdoing <\/p>\n
429
\n00:24:53,480 –> 00:24:56,720
\ninside the ecclesial
\nenvironment, I’ll say that <\/p>\n
430
\n00:24:56,720 –> 00:25:02,440
\nagain, there is more chance of
\nsalvation of this individual in <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:02,440 –> 00:25:08,840
\nspite of the horror of his sin,
\nif the matter is dealt with so <\/p>\n
432
\n00:25:08,840 –> 00:25:12,360
\nthat he can see his sin.
\nThen if the brother is left <\/p>\n
433
\n00:25:12,360 –> 00:25:15,600
\nencouraged in his wrongdoing and
\nbelieving that he has no sin <\/p>\n
434
\n00:25:16,800 –> 00:25:20,880
\neven inside the ecclesial
\nenvironment, Paul is following <\/p>\n
435
\n00:25:20,880 –> 00:25:24,960
\nthe general theme of the book,
\nthat the flesh must be destroyed<\/p>\n
436
\n00:25:25,920 –> 00:25:29,640
\nso that God can live.
\nHe’s saying it’s far more likely<\/p>\n
437
\n00:25:29,640 –> 00:25:33,080
\nthat he will face up to his sin
\nif he’s shown that what he’s <\/p>\n
438
\n00:25:33,080 –> 00:25:36,440
\ndoing is clearly wrong rather
\nthan being defended. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:25:37,880 –> 00:25:41,040
\nIt’s like all of us, isn’t it,
\nThat our flesh has to be brought<\/p>\n
440
\n00:25:41,040 –> 00:25:44,880
\nto nothing so that we can truly
\nlearn of salvation. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:25:46,640 –> 00:25:49,760
\nBut it’s not just this, the
\nparticular individual that Paul <\/p>\n
442
\n00:25:49,920 –> 00:25:55,160
\nis concerned about, because in
\nverse 6, Paul, Paul expands this<\/p>\n
443
\n00:25:55,160 –> 00:25:56,760
\nidea.
\nYour glorying is not good. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:25:56,760 –> 00:25:59,000
\nSo again, he’s saying to the
\necclesia, the problem actually <\/p>\n
445
\n00:25:59,000 –> 00:26:02,200
\nsits within the ecclesia itself.
\nNo, you’re not That a little <\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:02,200 –> 00:26:07,560
\nliven liveneth the whole lump.
\nPaul is saying to deal with the <\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:07,560 –> 00:26:10,520
\nissue, not just because of the
\nindividual, but because the <\/p>\n
448
\n00:26:10,520 –> 00:26:13,120
\nproblem had become in the
\nresponse of all of the <\/p>\n
449
\n00:26:13,120 –> 00:26:16,680
\nindividuals within the ecclesia
\nthat that ecclesia had allowed <\/p>\n
450
\n00:26:16,680 –> 00:26:19,440
\nthe individual to stay there in
\ngross and open immorality had <\/p>\n
451
\n00:26:19,440 –> 00:26:21,240
\nactually had an impact on the
\nentire ecclesia. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:26:21,240 –> 00:26:25,200
\nHe says, and he uses as proof
\nthe fact that a little, little <\/p>\n
453
\n00:26:25,200 –> 00:26:29,600
\nleaven leavens the whole lump.
\nYes, it might be an individual <\/p>\n
454
\n00:26:29,600 –> 00:26:33,360
\nwho sins, but you’re protecting,
\nhe says to the ecclesia, you’re <\/p>\n
455
\n00:26:33,360 –> 00:26:37,800
\nprotecting and assisting and
\nglorifying that sin in your <\/p>\n
456
\n00:26:37,800 –> 00:26:40,240
\nmidst.
\nAnd as a result of that, the, <\/p>\n
457
\n00:26:40,400 –> 00:26:43,600
\nthe horror of that little
\nleaven, that individual is not <\/p>\n
458
\n00:26:43,600 –> 00:26:46,400
\njust impacting on itself, but
\nits, its influence is starting <\/p>\n
459
\n00:26:46,400 –> 00:26:49,080
\nto spread out into impact on
\nthe, on the entire life of that <\/p>\n
460
\n00:26:49,080 –> 00:26:51,640
\necclesia.
\nIt’s working its insidious way <\/p>\n
461
\n00:26:51,640 –> 00:26:53,960
\nthrough and corrupting
\neverything it touches. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:26:54,720 –> 00:26:57,960
\nNot that they were involved in
\nthe sin itself, of course, but <\/p>\n
463
\n00:26:57,960 –> 00:27:02,040
\nthat their response to that act
\nwas in itself sin. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:27:02,640 –> 00:27:04,480
\nAnd I’ll say that carefully and
\nI’ll say that again. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:27:04,880 –> 00:27:08,000
\nIt’s not that they were involved
\nin the sin of the individual <\/p>\n
466
\n00:27:08,000 –> 00:27:11,440
\nitself, nor were they
\nresponsible for the sin of the <\/p>\n
467
\n00:27:11,440 –> 00:27:14,720
\nindividual themselves.
\nThey were not tainted by his <\/p>\n
468
\n00:27:14,720 –> 00:27:19,440
\nsin, but their sin was their
\nresponse to the sin. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:27:20,360 –> 00:27:23,920
\nTheir sin was the was the fact
\nthat they were prepared to <\/p>\n
470
\n00:27:23,920 –> 00:27:28,600
\nglorify the sin in the in their
\nown midst and in that they were <\/p>\n
471
\n00:27:28,600 –> 00:27:31,840
\nsinning.
\nSo his message to the Corinthian<\/p>\n
472
\n00:27:31,840 –> 00:27:34,840
\necclesia was don’t just deal
\nwith the individual. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:27:35,280 –> 00:27:37,280
\nIn fact, he gives a very quick
\nanswer to that, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n
474
\n00:27:37,640 –> 00:27:39,000
\nHere’s the issue.
\nDeal with it. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:27:39,320 –> 00:27:43,120
\nSend him out, get rid of him.
\nBut his point, his overriding <\/p>\n
476
\n00:27:43,120 –> 00:27:46,600
\npoint here, is don’t just deal
\nwith the individual, but fix <\/p>\n
477
\n00:27:46,600 –> 00:27:50,080
\nyour own attitudes also, because
\nit’s that which is stopping you <\/p>\n
478
\n00:27:50,080 –> 00:27:53,520
\ndealing with the problem.
\nAnd it’s so often the case in <\/p>\n
479
\n00:27:53,520 –> 00:27:55,440
\necclesial life when issues
\narise. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:27:55,960 –> 00:27:59,360
\nThe issue itself might be
\nrelatively isolated, but the <\/p>\n
481
\n00:27:59,360 –> 00:28:03,640
\nproblem festers and it becomes a
\nsore which ends up dividing <\/p>\n
482
\n00:28:03,720 –> 00:28:06,200
\necclesias.
\nWhat started off as one <\/p>\n
483
\n00:28:06,200 –> 00:28:09,200
\nindividual has become an issue
\nthat has now spread out and <\/p>\n
484
\n00:28:09,200 –> 00:28:12,000
\nleavened, infected the whole
\nlump and the whole ecclesial <\/p>\n
485
\n00:28:12,000 –> 00:28:15,560
\nenvironment is affected by it.
\nAnd Paul’s homing right in on <\/p>\n
486
\n00:28:15,560 –> 00:28:16,960
\nthe issue.
\nI’m telling you to get rid of <\/p>\n
487
\n00:28:16,960 –> 00:28:19,400
\nthat man.
\nThe sin is a horrific thing <\/p>\n
488
\n00:28:19,400 –> 00:28:21,440
\nwhich God hates.
\nBut I’m telling you, I’m showing<\/p>\n
489
\n00:28:21,440 –> 00:28:24,640
\nyou, particularly your ecclesia
\nin Corinth, that it’s your own <\/p>\n
490
\n00:28:24,680 –> 00:28:26,960
\nattitudes here that you need to
\nfix. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:28:26,960 –> 00:28:30,440
\nIt’s your glory, you who are
\nbeing puffed up, you who are <\/p>\n
492
\n00:28:30,440 –> 00:28:33,200
\ngiving proud words and
\njustifying the destruction of <\/p>\n
493
\n00:28:33,200 –> 00:28:36,040
\nGod’s righteousness.
\nAnd that’s resulted in this one <\/p>\n
494
\n00:28:36,040 –> 00:28:38,200
\nlittle issue impacting the
\nentire lump. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:28:39,360 –> 00:28:42,000
\nAnd that, brothers and sisters
\nand young people, is the <\/p>\n
496
\n00:28:42,000 –> 00:28:45,760
\ninsidious nature of decay inside
\neclesial life. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:28:47,160 –> 00:28:50,680
\nNow, of course, that needs to be
\ndone with balance, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n
498
\n00:28:51,600 –> 00:28:54,360
\nWe need to be careful not to
\noverreact and say that every <\/p>\n
499
\n00:28:54,360 –> 00:28:56,560
\nlittle sin which someone else
\nhas done is something that could<\/p>\n
500
\n00:28:56,560 –> 00:28:59,360
\nimpact on the entire lump, and
\ntherefore anyone sinning should <\/p>\n
501
\n00:28:59,360 –> 00:29:01,920
\nbe cast out.
\nIt’s possible to create this <\/p>\n
502
\n00:29:01,920 –> 00:29:04,800
\nsort of argument, isn’t it, That
\nany sin is bad and therefore <\/p>\n
503
\n00:29:04,800 –> 00:29:06,120
\nwe’ve got to get rid of that
\nperson. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:29:06,280 –> 00:29:09,440
\nBut if that’s the case, then we
\nend up in little ecclesias of <\/p>\n
505
\n00:29:09,440 –> 00:29:12,120
\none as we’re by ourselves in our
\nown fellowship. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:29:12,120 –> 00:29:13,720
\nIt needs the balance around
\nthat. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:29:14,200 –> 00:29:17,680
\nBut Paul’s point here is that
\nhe’s, he’s trying to get the <\/p>\n
508
\n00:29:17,680 –> 00:29:21,200
\nindividuals of that ecclesia to
\nlook at their own hearts, to <\/p>\n
509
\n00:29:21,200 –> 00:29:24,760
\nunderstand their own motivation,
\nto see their own thoughts and <\/p>\n
510
\n00:29:24,760 –> 00:29:28,400
\nfeelings, the pride that’s
\nbehind them, and to lead them to<\/p>\n
511
\n00:29:28,400 –> 00:29:31,680
\ndeal with the issue which was
\ndestroying God’s holiness. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:29:33,280 –> 00:29:36,800
\nNow, Paul could have just
\ncommanded a disfellowship of the<\/p>\n
513
\n00:29:36,800 –> 00:29:40,440
\nperson, which they would have
\ndone instead of having this <\/p>\n
514
\n00:29:40,440 –> 00:29:42,760
\nwhole section.
\nHe could have just said get rid <\/p>\n
515
\n00:29:42,760 –> 00:29:47,840
\nof that man, and they would have
\ndone it, but it wouldn’t have <\/p>\n
516
\n00:29:47,840 –> 00:29:52,360
\nfixed the underlying issue that
\nwas really the festering saw of <\/p>\n
517
\n00:29:52,360 –> 00:29:56,440
\nthat ecclesia.
\nIt was their own pride, their <\/p>\n
518
\n00:29:56,440 –> 00:30:01,360
\nown glory puffed up that was
\nmaking an issue this big into an<\/p>\n
519
\n00:30:01,360 –> 00:30:03,240
\nissue that was eating the heart
\nout of the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:30:08,360 –> 00:30:10,600
\nIn First Corinthians 5 and verse
\n7. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:30:10,600 –> 00:30:14,280
\nHe then expands this idea of the
\nleaven leavening the whole lump.<\/p>\n
522
\n00:30:15,800 –> 00:30:20,000
\nPurge out, therefore the old
\nleaven, that ye may be a new <\/p>\n
523
\n00:30:20,000 –> 00:30:23,800
\nlump as ye are, and leaven.
\nSo he’s telling them you can’t <\/p>\n
524
\n00:30:23,800 –> 00:30:26,000
\nhave that leaven inside an
\necclesial environment. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:30:26,000 –> 00:30:28,200
\nIf you look at the picture up on
\nthe screen here, I’m not sure if<\/p>\n
526
\n00:30:28,200 –> 00:30:29,880
\nyou can see it very well.
\nWe’ve got the lights on at the <\/p>\n
527
\n00:30:29,880 –> 00:30:32,680
\nfront here.
\nBut this little loaf here is 1. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:30:32,680 –> 00:30:34,880
\nYou can see all the little dots
\nand bubbles all over it. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:30:35,000 –> 00:30:36,600
\nIt’s impacted on the entire
\nlump. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:30:36,760 –> 00:30:40,080
\nYou’ve got the dough here.
\nThat’s fine. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:30:40,440 –> 00:30:42,520
\nBut as soon as you put a little
\npiece of leaven in this bit <\/p>\n
532
\n00:30:42,520 –> 00:30:45,720
\nhere, it starts to go out.
\nAnd the point is that it impacts<\/p>\n
533
\n00:30:45,720 –> 00:30:49,000
\non every component, on every
\npart of that ecclesia. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:30:50,000 –> 00:30:53,640
\nLeaven inside the the dough of
\nan ecclesia will eventually <\/p>\n
535
\n00:30:53,640 –> 00:30:55,680
\nimpact the entire ecclesial
\nenvironment. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:30:56,600 –> 00:30:58,520
\nSo what’s his point here in
\nverse 7 then? <\/p>\n
537
\n00:31:01,200 –> 00:31:05,640
\nIt’s to get rid of the leaven.
\nBut then he says, for even <\/p>\n
538
\n00:31:05,640 –> 00:31:08,560
\nChrist our Passover is
\nsacrificed for us. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:31:08,560 –> 00:31:11,400
\nWhat’s his point?
\nPurge out the old leaven that ye<\/p>\n
540
\n00:31:11,400 –> 00:31:14,440
\nmay be a new lump as ye are.
\nAnd leaven for even Christ, our <\/p>\n
541
\n00:31:14,440 –> 00:31:18,440
\nPassover is sacrificed for us.
\nWhat’s the connection that he’s <\/p>\n
542
\n00:31:18,440 –> 00:31:23,880
\nmaking here?
\nPaul is saying that our desire <\/p>\n
543
\n00:31:23,880 –> 00:31:28,640
\nto get rid of the living out of
\nour life is in response to the <\/p>\n
544
\n00:31:28,640 –> 00:31:32,840
\nfact that Christ, our Passover,
\nhas been sacrifice for us, for <\/p>\n
545
\n00:31:32,840 –> 00:31:35,320
\nChrist, our Passover has been
\nsacrifice for us. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:31:35,800 –> 00:31:37,840
\nWhat’s he referring to?
\nWell, he’s clearly referring <\/p>\n
547
\n00:31:37,840 –> 00:31:39,800
\nback to the concepts of the
\nPassover, isn’t he? <\/p>\n
548
\n00:31:39,800 –> 00:31:43,320
\nSo let’s come back to Exodus
\nchapter 12, where the Passover <\/p>\n
549
\n00:31:43,320 –> 00:31:46,560
\nis first inaugurated.
\nExodus chapter 12. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:31:50,880 –> 00:31:54,920
\nExodus chapter 12, which is the
\nthe chapter where the the feast <\/p>\n
551
\n00:31:54,920 –> 00:31:57,560
\nof the Passover is is
\ninstituted. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:31:58,520 –> 00:32:01,080
\nBut you see the interesting
\nthing is that the feast of the <\/p>\n
553
\n00:32:01,080 –> 00:32:05,920
\nPassover was actually preceded
\nby a time of seven days that is <\/p>\n
554
\n00:32:05,920 –> 00:32:07,800
\nknown as the Feast of Unleavened
\nbread. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:32:08,880 –> 00:32:13,520
\nExodus chapter 12 and verse 15.
\nSeven days shall ye eat <\/p>\n
556
\n00:32:13,520 –> 00:32:17,400
\nunleavened bread.
\nEven the first day you shall put<\/p>\n
557
\n00:32:17,400 –> 00:32:20,360
\naway leaven out of your houses.
\nFor whosoever eateth leavened <\/p>\n
558
\n00:32:20,360 –> 00:32:22,920
\nbread, from that first day until
\nthe 7th day, that soul should be<\/p>\n
559
\n00:32:22,920 –> 00:32:26,000
\ncut off from Israel.
\nSo this feast of unleavened <\/p>\n
560
\n00:32:26,000 –> 00:32:31,200
\nbread is introduced in as seven
\ndays of them going through <\/p>\n
561
\n00:32:31,200 –> 00:32:35,160
\neating unleavened bread.
\nAnd then verse 21, Moses called <\/p>\n
562
\n00:32:35,160 –> 00:32:37,520
\nfor all the elders of Israel and
\nsaid unto them, Draw out and <\/p>\n
563
\n00:32:37,520 –> 00:32:40,800
\ntake your lamb according to your
\nfamilies, and kill the Passover.<\/p>\n
564
\n00:32:41,240 –> 00:32:43,920
\nSo this feast of unleavened
\nbread was to go for seven days, <\/p>\n
565
\n00:32:44,040 –> 00:32:46,440
\nwhere they were not allowed to
\neat leavened bread. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:32:46,520 –> 00:32:48,320
\nThey had to eat unleavened
\nbread. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:32:50,520 –> 00:32:56,040
\nBut just see the power or the OR
\nthe emphasis that is given in <\/p>\n
568
\n00:32:56,040 –> 00:33:01,000
\nverse 15 here even the first day
\nyou shall put away leaven out of<\/p>\n
569
\n00:33:01,000 –> 00:33:04,400
\nyour houses.
\nFor whosoever eateth leavened <\/p>\n
570
\n00:33:04,400 –> 00:33:08,120
\nbread from the first day until
\nthe 7th day, that soul shall be <\/p>\n
571
\n00:33:08,120 –> 00:33:13,960
\ncut off from Israel.
\nSo if there was an individual <\/p>\n
572
\n00:33:13,960 –> 00:33:17,000
\ninside that ecclesial and inside
\nthat congregation in Israel who <\/p>\n
573
\n00:33:17,000 –> 00:33:20,120
\npartook with leavened bread,
\nthey were to be cut off from <\/p>\n
574
\n00:33:20,120 –> 00:33:23,840
\nIsrael.
\nThat’s a relatively severe sort <\/p>\n
575
\n00:33:23,840 –> 00:33:26,120
\nof judgement, isn’t it?
\nIt has quite long lasting <\/p>\n
576
\n00:33:26,480 –> 00:33:29,720
\nconsequences upon the person
\nwho’s had a piece of leavened <\/p>\n
577
\n00:33:29,720 –> 00:33:31,440
\nbread.
\nEat a piece of leavened bread <\/p>\n
578
\n00:33:31,720 –> 00:33:35,360
\nand wash your dead heads off or
\nyou’ve been stoned. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:33:37,640 –> 00:33:40,520
\nIt’s a major principle that’s
\nbeing established here. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:33:40,600 –> 00:33:43,440
\nHave a look in verse 19, just in
\ncase we’d missed the point. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:33:43,440 –> 00:33:45,760
\nVerse 19.
\nAnd as it happens, verse 20, <\/p>\n
582
\n00:33:45,760 –> 00:33:49,840
\njust just so we really get the
\n.7 days, shall there be no <\/p>\n
583
\n00:33:49,840 –> 00:33:53,080
\nleaven found in your houses?
\nIn case we’ve missed the point. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:33:53,080 –> 00:33:56,000
\nFor whosoever eateth that which
\nis leavened, even that soul <\/p>\n
585
\n00:33:56,000 –> 00:33:58,640
\nshall be cut off from the
\ncongregation of Israel, whether <\/p>\n
586
\n00:33:58,640 –> 00:34:00,240
\nhe be stranger or born in the
\nland. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:34:00,600 –> 00:34:03,960
\nAnd in case we hadn’t quite yet
\ngot it, verse 20, he shall eat <\/p>\n
588
\n00:34:03,960 –> 00:34:08,400
\nnothing leavened and and another
\nlittle time for us in all your <\/p>\n
589
\n00:34:08,400 –> 00:34:10,880
\nhabitation.
\nShall you eat unleavened bread. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:34:11,120 –> 00:34:14,280
\nNow, whenever the Scriptures
\nemphasize a point, it’s because <\/p>\n
591
\n00:34:14,280 –> 00:34:18,360
\nit’s telling us focus on this,
\nunderstand the principle here <\/p>\n
592
\n00:34:18,600 –> 00:34:22,280
\nand the feast and this concept
\nof the impact of leaven is not <\/p>\n
593
\n00:34:22,280 –> 00:34:25,639
\njust given to us twice.
\nIt’s actually a quadruple <\/p>\n
594
\n00:34:25,639 –> 00:34:27,639
\nrepetition of emphasis that’s
\ngiven here. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:34:27,840 –> 00:34:30,239
\nThe Bible is making an emphatic
\npoint. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:34:31,120 –> 00:34:35,639
\nThe Feast of Unleavened Bread is
\na build up to the Passover and <\/p>\n
597
\n00:34:35,760 –> 00:34:40,400
\nit’s about having no leaven.
\nIf you were found eating leaven,<\/p>\n
598
\n00:34:40,760 –> 00:34:43,440
\nthen you were cut off from the
\necclesial congregation. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:34:44,360 –> 00:34:47,239
\nAnd verse 21, Moses called for
\nall the elders of Israel and <\/p>\n
600
\n00:34:47,239 –> 00:34:49,960
\nsaid, draw out and take your
\nlamb according to your families <\/p>\n
601
\n00:34:49,960 –> 00:34:53,679
\nand kill the Passover.
\nFeast of the Unleavened Bread <\/p>\n
602
\n00:34:54,040 –> 00:34:56,920
\nand the Passover are
\ninextricably linked from its <\/p>\n
603
\n00:34:56,920 –> 00:35:00,960
\nvery inception.
\nIt’s completely connected to the<\/p>\n
604
\n00:35:00,960 –> 00:35:04,320
\nPassover.
\nIt’s a process that Israel must <\/p>\n
605
\n00:35:04,320 –> 00:35:07,280
\ngo through to remove all the
\nleaven from their house, and <\/p>\n
606
\n00:35:07,280 –> 00:35:10,760
\nthen after 7 days of that
\nprocess, they were to partake of<\/p>\n
607
\n00:35:10,760 –> 00:35:13,680
\nthe Passover.
\nSo if we come back to First <\/p>\n
608
\n00:35:13,680 –> 00:35:17,600
\nCorinthians 5 and verse 6, we
\nfind absolutely that Paul is <\/p>\n
609
\n00:35:17,600 –> 00:35:20,720
\npicking up this concept and the
\nseriousness of this concept. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:35:25,240 –> 00:35:27,800
\nHe uses the same strong sort of
\nlanguage, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n
611
\n00:35:28,000 –> 00:35:31,480
\nFirst Corinthians 5, verse 6,
\nyour glorying is not good. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:35:31,880 –> 00:35:34,920
\nKnow ye not that a little leaven
\nleaveneth the whole lump purge <\/p>\n
613
\n00:35:34,920 –> 00:35:38,000
\nout, therefore the old leaven
\nleaven that ye may be a new <\/p>\n
614
\n00:35:38,000 –> 00:35:41,960
\nlump, as ye are unleavened.
\nFor even Christ, our Passover is<\/p>\n
615
\n00:35:41,960 –> 00:35:44,160
\nsacrificed for us.
\nHe’s absolutely connecting these<\/p>\n
616
\n00:35:44,160 –> 00:35:47,560
\ntwo ideas and He’s telling us
\nthat if we want to partake of <\/p>\n
617
\n00:35:47,560 –> 00:35:51,480
\nthe Passover, then we must also
\ngo through the process of the <\/p>\n
618
\n00:35:51,480 –> 00:35:57,040
\nunleavened feast.
\nHe uses strong language because <\/p>\n
619
\n00:35:57,040 –> 00:36:02,520
\nhe is completely clear about the
\nimpact that that one man was <\/p>\n
620
\n00:36:02,520 –> 00:36:06,880
\nhaving on everyone.
\nThe concept that the that the <\/p>\n
621
\n00:36:06,880 –> 00:36:11,040
\nlittle piece of leaven would
\nlive in the entire lump was <\/p>\n
622
\n00:36:11,040 –> 00:36:14,960
\nimpacting on the whole ecclesia.
\nAnd Paul picks up that principle<\/p>\n
623
\n00:36:14,960 –> 00:36:19,080
\nand he says if you are going to
\nbe partaking of the Passover, <\/p>\n
624
\n00:36:19,080 –> 00:36:20,720
\nyou you cannot share in the
\nPassover. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:36:20,720 –> 00:36:24,000
\nHe says you cannot gain the
\nbenefit of Christ as our <\/p>\n
626
\n00:36:24,000 –> 00:36:27,320
\nPassover unless we’ve gone 1st
\nthrough the Feast of unleavened <\/p>\n
627
\n00:36:27,320 –> 00:36:31,000
\nbread, taking the time to purge
\nout the old leaven. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:36:32,240 –> 00:36:34,840
\nBut his point actually is far
\nmore than just doing that for <\/p>\n
629
\n00:36:34,840 –> 00:36:37,320
\nthe individual, isn’t it?
\nBecause he’s actually dealing <\/p>\n
630
\n00:36:37,320 –> 00:36:41,320
\nwith two issues in tandem here.
\n1 is the is the large and clear <\/p>\n
631
\n00:36:41,320 –> 00:36:43,800
\nissue, which he’s very clearly
\ndealt with and told get rid of <\/p>\n
632
\n00:36:43,800 –> 00:36:47,360
\nthat man, take out the leaven.
\nBut he’s also dealing more <\/p>\n
633
\n00:36:47,360 –> 00:36:51,760
\nparticularly with the leaven of
\npride and of arrogance that was <\/p>\n
634
\n00:36:51,760 –> 00:36:54,960
\nallowing that issue to overtake
\nthe whole ecclesial environment.<\/p>\n
635
\n00:36:55,320 –> 00:37:01,680
\nAnd his message is actually one
\nof individual consequence that <\/p>\n
636
\n00:37:01,680 –> 00:37:05,040
\nwe actually have to go through
\nour individual lives and purge <\/p>\n
637
\n00:37:05,040 –> 00:37:06,960
\nout the leaven.
\nAnd if if you recall back in <\/p>\n
638
\n00:37:06,960 –> 00:37:09,240
\nExodus, that was exactly the
\npoint of it, wasn’t it? <\/p>\n
639
\n00:37:09,240 –> 00:37:11,920
\nThat each individual in that
\nnation had to go through <\/p>\n
640
\n00:37:11,920 –> 00:37:14,720
\nthemselves and search out and
\nclean out the leaven and they <\/p>\n
641
\n00:37:14,720 –> 00:37:18,880
\ncould not partake of the leaven
\nthemselves as individuals. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:37:18,880 –> 00:37:22,960
\nIt’s an individual focus, an
\nindividual contribution we need <\/p>\n
643
\n00:37:22,960 –> 00:37:26,240
\nto make to our ecclesial
\nenvironment to examine our own <\/p>\n
644
\n00:37:26,240 –> 00:37:29,360
\nlives.
\nHis point to the brethren here <\/p>\n
645
\n00:37:29,360 –> 00:37:31,880
\nis get rid of that man because
\nhe’s living in your midst. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:37:32,840 –> 00:37:36,120
\nAnd if he’s living there and
\nit’s impacting on you, then you <\/p>\n
647
\n00:37:36,120 –> 00:37:42,720
\ncannot partake of the Passover.
\nHe’s using strong words because <\/p>\n
648
\n00:37:42,720 –> 00:37:44,760
\nit’s a strong concept he’s
\ntalking about. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:37:46,360 –> 00:37:49,760
\nIf we have influences in our
\necleses that are pulling us away<\/p>\n
650
\n00:37:49,760 –> 00:37:53,040
\nfrom the Passover, from the
\nprinciples of the truth, then it<\/p>\n
651
\n00:37:53,040 –> 00:37:56,560
\nwill impact our ability to
\npartake in the Passover. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:37:58,080 –> 00:38:03,160
\nIt’s a massive personal wake up
\ncall for our own self <\/p>\n
653
\n00:38:03,160 –> 00:38:07,320
\nexamination.
\nIs there any possibility that my<\/p>\n
654
\n00:38:07,320 –> 00:38:12,200
\nactions as an individual are
\ncreating leaven in the ecclesial<\/p>\n
655
\n00:38:12,200 –> 00:38:15,280
\nenvironment?
\nIs there any possibility that <\/p>\n
656
\n00:38:15,480 –> 00:38:19,400
\nthat my own personal actions are
\na corruption inside the <\/p>\n
657
\n00:38:19,400 –> 00:38:24,560
\necclesial environment that will
\nimpact every individual and <\/p>\n
658
\n00:38:24,560 –> 00:38:27,000
\ndestroy their ability to partake
\nof the Passover? <\/p>\n
659
\n00:38:29,360 –> 00:38:32,160
\nInterestingly, it’s exactly the
\nsame concept he picks up in <\/p>\n
660
\n00:38:32,160 –> 00:38:36,400
\nFirst Corinthians 11, isn’t it?
\nLet a man examine himself, and <\/p>\n
661
\n00:38:36,400 –> 00:38:38,400
\nso let him eat, and so let him
\ndrink. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:38:39,040 –> 00:38:42,000
\nHe’s actually telling us that as
\nwe come to the memorial feast, <\/p>\n
663
\n00:38:42,240 –> 00:38:46,160
\nwe are to examine ourselves
\nfirst, the process of removing <\/p>\n
664
\n00:38:46,160 –> 00:38:49,680
\nthe leaven before partaking of
\nthe Passover, of the bread and <\/p>\n
665
\n00:38:49,680 –> 00:38:55,000
\nthe wine on Sunday by Sunday.
\nWe cannot share in fellowship <\/p>\n
666
\n00:38:55,000 –> 00:38:58,680
\nwith the Father unless we have
\nfirst gone through the process <\/p>\n
667
\n00:38:58,680 –> 00:39:02,760
\nof self examination.
\nWe need to examine our lives <\/p>\n
668
\n00:39:02,760 –> 00:39:08,040
\nwith honesty to see if there is
\nLivin in our lives and to remove<\/p>\n
669
\n00:39:08,040 –> 00:39:09,720
\nthat before we share the
\nPassover meal. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:39:11,680 –> 00:39:13,960
\nSo Paul is getting the
\nindividuals of the ecclesia to <\/p>\n
671
\n00:39:13,960 –> 00:39:17,040
\nfocus on their own attitude,
\ntheir own pride, their own <\/p>\n
672
\n00:39:17,040 –> 00:39:20,560
\nglorying as the basis by which
\nthe entire ecclesial lump had <\/p>\n
673
\n00:39:20,560 –> 00:39:23,640
\nbeen livened.
\nAnd it’s exactly the same for <\/p>\n
674
\n00:39:23,640 –> 00:39:27,360
\nus.
\nYes, there are matters from time<\/p>\n
675
\n00:39:27,360 –> 00:39:30,320
\nto time, particular issues that
\nan ecclesia needs to deal with, <\/p>\n
676
\n00:39:31,640 –> 00:39:36,040
\nbut in reality, the far stronger
\nissue is that we need to examine<\/p>\n
677
\n00:39:36,040 –> 00:39:41,360
\nourselves because it’s in
\nourselves as individuals that we<\/p>\n
678
\n00:39:41,360 –> 00:39:45,040
\nfind the core issue of
\neverything that arises in <\/p>\n
679
\n00:39:45,040 –> 00:39:49,240
\neclesial life.
\nIn other words, if each of us, <\/p>\n
680
\n00:39:49,240 –> 00:39:53,120
\nif each of us, if as
\nindividuals, have purged out the<\/p>\n
681
\n00:39:53,120 –> 00:39:57,320
\nleaven, if we’ve been sincere
\nand humbling ourselves and not <\/p>\n
682
\n00:39:57,320 –> 00:40:00,480
\nbeing puffed up, then there can
\nbe no leaven. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:40:01,320 –> 00:40:05,320
\nTo destroy the ecclesial lump.
\nNow I know that that is striving<\/p>\n
684
\n00:40:05,320 –> 00:40:08,000
\nfor perfection, that that is the
\nperfection of what an ecclesial <\/p>\n
685
\n00:40:08,000 –> 00:40:10,240
\nenvironment can be, that we are
\nweak and we fail. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:40:10,560 –> 00:40:12,760
\nAnd we all know our own
\nweaknesses, don’t we? <\/p>\n
687
\n00:40:14,000 –> 00:40:17,640
\nBut Paul is showing them it’s
\nabout a focus on putting away <\/p>\n
688
\n00:40:17,640 –> 00:40:21,640
\nthe leaven of this life to
\npartake of the Passover in an <\/p>\n
689
\n00:40:21,640 –> 00:40:26,840
\nunleavened environment.
\nSo having dealt with this issue <\/p>\n
690
\n00:40:26,840 –> 00:40:30,840
\nin chapter 5, Paul all then
\nmoves on to his next issue in <\/p>\n
691
\n00:40:30,840 –> 00:40:36,360
\nthis ecclesia in chapter 6.
\nAnd this is the little matter of<\/p>\n
692
\n00:40:36,360 –> 00:40:39,920
\nthem deciding to sue one another
\nthrough external courts of law. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:40:41,080 –> 00:40:43,840
\nFirst Corinthians 6 and verse
\none to four. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:40:44,360 –> 00:40:47,440
\nDear, any of you having a matter
\nagainst another, go to law <\/p>\n
695
\n00:40:47,440 –> 00:40:49,760
\nbefore the unjust and not before
\nthe Saints. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:40:50,760 –> 00:40:52,920
\nDo not you know that the Saints
\nshall judge the world? <\/p>\n
697
\n00:40:53,080 –> 00:40:55,800
\nAnd if the world shall be judged
\nby you, are you unworthy to <\/p>\n
698
\n00:40:55,800 –> 00:40:59,880
\njudge the smallest matters?
\nKnow ye not that we shall judge <\/p>\n
699
\n00:40:59,880 –> 00:41:01,560
\nangels?
\nHow much more things that <\/p>\n
700
\n00:41:01,560 –> 00:41:04,400
\npertain to this life?
\nIf then you have judgments of <\/p>\n
701
\n00:41:04,400 –> 00:41:07,320
\nthings pertaining to this life,
\nset them to judge who are the <\/p>\n
702
\n00:41:07,320 –> 00:41:11,080
\nleast esteemed in the ecclesia.
\nSo that here’s a circumstance in<\/p>\n
703
\n00:41:11,080 –> 00:41:13,760
\nthe Corinthian ecclesia where
\ntwo people were in dispute. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:41:15,280 –> 00:41:18,360
\nThey, they were, they were in a
\nposition where they, where they <\/p>\n
705
\n00:41:18,360 –> 00:41:20,800
\ndidn’t agree on something and
\nthey couldn’t get to agree on <\/p>\n
706
\n00:41:20,800 –> 00:41:22,840
\nsomething.
\nAnd so one of them said, right, <\/p>\n
707
\n00:41:22,840 –> 00:41:25,200
\nI’m going to take you off.
\nI’m going to take you to the to <\/p>\n
708
\n00:41:25,200 –> 00:41:28,360
\nthe Roman judges and we’ll find
\nout who’s who’s right here. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:41:31,560 –> 00:41:33,720
\nBut Paul’s response here is
\ninteresting, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
710
\n00:41:33,720 –> 00:41:36,720
\nBecause when you read it, he
\nseems to be advocating that we <\/p>\n
711
\n00:41:36,720 –> 00:41:39,960
\nset the the weakest, that we
\nlook for the weakest, most <\/p>\n
712
\n00:41:39,960 –> 00:41:42,400
\nstruggling person in an eclesial
\nenvironment and say, right, <\/p>\n
713
\n00:41:42,480 –> 00:41:44,280
\nyou’re the one who’s got to make
\nthis decision. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:41:46,800 –> 00:41:50,440
\nPaul’s Paul’s saying that this
\neclesional environment here in <\/p>\n
715
\n00:41:50,440 –> 00:41:53,680
\nCorinth had got to such an
\nextent that they were out there <\/p>\n
716
\n00:41:53,680 –> 00:41:55,080
\ntaking each other to external
\nlaw. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:41:55,080 –> 00:41:58,480
\nAnd then he says, now you find
\nthat the weakest person and you <\/p>\n
718
\n00:41:58,480 –> 00:42:01,240
\ntake that back and and he can
\njudge it for you. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:42:04,840 –> 00:42:06,560
\nWell, his point is, what’s his
\npoint here? <\/p>\n
720
\n00:42:08,240 –> 00:42:13,720
\nHe’s saying in the future we are
\ngoing to judge the world. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:42:16,800 –> 00:42:20,160
\nVerse 2, Do you not know that
\nthe Saints shall judge the <\/p>\n
722
\n00:42:20,160 –> 00:42:24,160
\nworld?
\nAnd if the world be judged by <\/p>\n
723
\n00:42:24,160 –> 00:42:27,080
\nyou, are ye unworthy to judge
\nthe smallest matters? <\/p>\n
724
\n00:42:27,880 –> 00:42:30,960
\nWe’ll be in authority, every
\nsingle one of us, brothers and <\/p>\n
725
\n00:42:30,960 –> 00:42:33,760
\nsisters, where we are judging
\nthe world. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:42:34,640 –> 00:42:38,080
\nAnd he’s saying, if that’s the
\ncase, if we are each of us, <\/p>\n
727
\n00:42:38,400 –> 00:42:40,800
\nexcuse me, going to be in a
\nposition where we are judging <\/p>\n
728
\n00:42:40,800 –> 00:42:44,400
\nthe world, how come in our
\necclesial environments today, we<\/p>\n
729
\n00:42:44,400 –> 00:42:47,360
\ncannot work through the the
\nmatter, through any matter that <\/p>\n
730
\n00:42:47,360 –> 00:42:50,000
\narises and come to a wise
\nanswer? <\/p>\n
731
\n00:42:51,000 –> 00:42:52,960
\nIt’s, it’s a brilliant argument
\nfrom Paul. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:42:53,800 –> 00:42:58,120
\nIf we’re going to judge the
\nworld in the future, then surely<\/p>\n
733
\n00:42:58,120 –> 00:43:01,520
\ntoday we must learn to judge
\nwith wisdom and arrive at the <\/p>\n
734
\n00:43:01,520 –> 00:43:05,040
\nright outcomes.
\nIt’s actually a really <\/p>\n
735
\n00:43:05,040 –> 00:43:08,400
\ninteresting principle because
\nit’s easy to think, isn’t it, <\/p>\n
736
\n00:43:08,400 –> 00:43:11,720
\nthat we go through life today
\nand we’re developing towards the<\/p>\n
737
\n00:43:11,720 –> 00:43:13,480
\nKingdom.
\nAnd then when we’re made <\/p>\n
738
\n00:43:13,480 –> 00:43:16,080
\nimmortal, there’s this sudden
\nand dramatic change in in who we<\/p>\n
739
\n00:43:16,080 –> 00:43:18,200
\nare and our characteristics and
\nour way of thinking, and we’ll <\/p>\n
740
\n00:43:18,200 –> 00:43:21,160
\nbe perfected and we’ll be able
\nto judge wisely. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:43:22,320 –> 00:43:24,680
\nSo of course, yes, then we are
\nperfect. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:43:25,440 –> 00:43:27,080
\nYes.
\nThen we have the strength of <\/p>\n
743
\n00:43:27,080 –> 00:43:30,600
\nimmortality.
\nYes, our tendency to sin is <\/p>\n
744
\n00:43:30,600 –> 00:43:33,120
\ntaken away.
\nBut Paul is telling us that <\/p>\n
745
\n00:43:33,120 –> 00:43:36,880
\ntoday we are developing the
\ncharacteristics and the <\/p>\n
746
\n00:43:36,880 –> 00:43:40,320
\ncapabilities that we will learn
\nto use in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:43:41,120 –> 00:43:44,000
\nWe are to develop today the
\nwisdom in our approach to <\/p>\n
748
\n00:43:44,000 –> 00:43:47,640
\ncircumstances, even in this
\nmortality, that will form the <\/p>\n
749
\n00:43:47,640 –> 00:43:50,840
\nbasis of our experience on how
\nto judge in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:43:51,720 –> 00:43:53,760
\nIt changes our perception a
\nlittle, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n
751
\n00:43:55,000 –> 00:43:58,920
\nWe’re finding that we have
\nopportunity today to learn how <\/p>\n
752
\n00:43:58,920 –> 00:44:01,440
\nto act as immortals in the
\nfuture. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:44:02,080 –> 00:44:05,200
\nAnd in fact, we have the
\nresponsibility to be picking up <\/p>\n
754
\n00:44:05,200 –> 00:44:08,440
\nand developing the wisdom that
\nwill form the basis of our <\/p>\n
755
\n00:44:08,440 –> 00:44:11,360
\nimmortal role in the Kingdom.
\nNow, I, I say that carefully. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:44:11,720 –> 00:44:14,360
\nI absolutely accept that there
\nare dramatic changes that will <\/p>\n
757
\n00:44:14,360 –> 00:44:18,120
\noccur under immortality and that
\nwe are no have no more tendency <\/p>\n
758
\n00:44:18,120 –> 00:44:20,280
\nto sin.
\nBut I think the point is still <\/p>\n
759
\n00:44:20,280 –> 00:44:24,840
\nvalid, Paul’s point If in the
\nKingdom we’re going to judge the<\/p>\n
760
\n00:44:24,840 –> 00:44:29,760
\nworld, how come we can’t judge
\nthe little matters of ecclesial <\/p>\n
761
\n00:44:29,760 –> 00:44:33,720
\nlife today?
\nSo back to this question then, <\/p>\n
762
\n00:44:33,720 –> 00:44:38,520
\nas Paul literally saying that
\nthe least esteemed should be the<\/p>\n
763
\n00:44:38,520 –> 00:44:41,840
\njudges in the ecclesia.
\nWell, I believe the answer is <\/p>\n
764
\n00:44:41,840 –> 00:44:44,920
\nno, because clearly from a
\nscriptural perspective, we know <\/p>\n
765
\n00:44:44,920 –> 00:44:47,880
\nthere’s a clear process for the
\nappointment of appointments of <\/p>\n
766
\n00:44:47,880 –> 00:44:51,000
\ndeacons and elders.
\nThere is a sense inside an <\/p>\n
767
\n00:44:51,000 –> 00:44:53,680
\necclesial environment in which
\nwe are asked to look to those <\/p>\n
768
\n00:44:53,680 –> 00:44:55,960
\nwho can guide us in wisdom.
\nI’ve got just the quotes which <\/p>\n
769
\n00:44:55,960 –> 00:44:58,040
\nwe all know so well.
\nThey’re often on our ecclesial <\/p>\n
770
\n00:44:58,040 –> 00:45:01,240
\nvoting papers, aren’t they?
\nOf Titus one and verse 5, and <\/p>\n
771
\n00:45:01,240 –> 00:45:04,520
\nthe particular characteristics
\nthat we are to look for in those<\/p>\n
772
\n00:45:04,680 –> 00:45:07,960
\nwho are to provide the rule over
\nour ecclesial environments, and <\/p>\n
773
\n00:45:07,960 –> 00:45:14,200
\nalso in First Timothy 3 as well.
\nThese ideas or these Scriptures <\/p>\n
774
\n00:45:14,920 –> 00:45:19,400
\nclearly tell us that that it is
\nimportant that we have our <\/p>\n
775
\n00:45:19,440 –> 00:45:23,120
\necclesial elders to assist us in
\nour decision making processes. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:45:24,480 –> 00:45:26,840
\nSo I don’t believe that that
\nPaul is saying we should turn <\/p>\n
777
\n00:45:26,840 –> 00:45:29,760
\nthat that order around and and
\njust ask someone who’s who’s <\/p>\n
778
\n00:45:29,760 –> 00:45:32,160
\nstruggling and wait to to make
\nthe decisions. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:45:32,600 –> 00:45:35,040
\nSo what’s what’s the point then
\nthat Paul is making? <\/p>\n
780
\n00:45:35,800 –> 00:45:38,760
\nWell, he’s clearly making the
\npoint in irony, isn’t he? <\/p>\n
781
\n00:45:39,720 –> 00:45:42,840
\nVerse 5, he says, I speak to
\nyour shame. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:45:43,640 –> 00:45:46,400
\nIs it not so that there is not a
\nwise man among you? <\/p>\n
783
\n00:45:46,400 –> 00:45:49,040
\nNo, not one that should be able
\nto judge between his brethren. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:45:49,680 –> 00:45:53,880
\nAnd he’s saying if we’re going
\nto be judges of the world, then <\/p>\n
785
\n00:45:53,920 –> 00:45:57,000
\nall of us today should be able
\nto judge in wisdom to get the <\/p>\n
786
\n00:45:57,000 –> 00:46:00,440
\nright outcome in a wise way.
\nIf we are prepared to put <\/p>\n
787
\n00:46:00,440 –> 00:46:04,880
\nourselves to one side in the
\nfuture, if we are to judge the <\/p>\n
788
\n00:46:04,880 –> 00:46:07,720
\nworld, then today, even in our
\neven today, in our ecclesial <\/p>\n
789
\n00:46:07,720 –> 00:46:10,960
\nenvironments, we should be able
\nto work through a matter wisely,<\/p>\n
790
\n00:46:11,040 –> 00:46:13,280
\nwisely and arrive at the right
\noutcomes. <\/p>\n
791
\n00:46:14,200 –> 00:46:16,800
\nIt’s the irony of the point that
\nhe’s making them to to them, <\/p>\n
792
\n00:46:16,800 –> 00:46:19,360
\nisn’t it?
\nLook, he says, any of you should<\/p>\n
793
\n00:46:19,360 –> 00:46:23,000
\nbe able to judge this matter
\nwisely because in the future we <\/p>\n
794
\n00:46:23,000 –> 00:46:25,000
\nare to judge the world.
\nI speak this to you. <\/p>\n
795
\n00:46:25,000 –> 00:46:28,440
\nShame, he says.
\nAnd actually that that ecclesial<\/p>\n
796
\n00:46:28,440 –> 00:46:31,680
\nenvironment had broken down to
\nthe point where not one of them <\/p>\n
797
\n00:46:31,680 –> 00:46:34,120
\nwas able to judge and come to
\nthe to the right outcome. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:46:34,120 –> 00:46:38,640
\nHe says, he says, is it so that
\nthere is not a wise man among <\/p>\n
799
\n00:46:38,640 –> 00:46:40,200
\nyou?
\nNot not one of the ecclesia was <\/p>\n
800
\n00:46:40,200 –> 00:46:43,040
\nactually able to sit people down
\nand say, let’s just work this <\/p>\n
801
\n00:46:43,040 –> 00:46:44,320
\nthrough.
\nLet’s take the heat out of the <\/p>\n
802
\n00:46:44,320 –> 00:46:47,760
\nsituation and just work through
\nwhat the circumstance is here <\/p>\n
803
\n00:46:48,680 –> 00:46:51,720
\nwhen any one of them as future
\njudges of the world should have <\/p>\n
804
\n00:46:51,720 –> 00:46:55,760
\nbeen able to put themselves
\naside and to judge in wisdom. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:46:58,160 –> 00:47:00,560
\nSo here’s the message for us in
\nour ecclesial environment, isn’t<\/p>\n
806
\n00:47:00,560 –> 00:47:03,360
\nit?
\nHe’s saying to us as individuals<\/p>\n
807
\n00:47:04,760 –> 00:47:09,440
\nthat there’s nothing in our
\necclesial environment today if <\/p>\n
808
\n00:47:09,440 –> 00:47:13,920
\nwe’re prepared to work in God’s
\nglory, where any one of us <\/p>\n
809
\n00:47:13,920 –> 00:47:17,760
\nshould not be able to sit down
\nand to work out the issues that <\/p>\n
810
\n00:47:17,760 –> 00:47:23,000
\narise until we come to the right
\nconclusion in the right way <\/p>\n
811
\n00:47:23,600 –> 00:47:25,960
\ntogether.
\nNow again, that’s that’s the <\/p>\n
812
\n00:47:25,960 –> 00:47:28,160
\nperfection, isn’t it, that we’re
\nstriving and we’re here in our <\/p>\n
813
\n00:47:28,160 –> 00:47:30,800
\nweakness.
\nBut Paul’s showing us the power <\/p>\n
814
\n00:47:30,800 –> 00:47:32,840
\nof what an ecclesial environment
\ncan be like. <\/p>\n
815
\n00:47:32,960 –> 00:47:36,520
\nIf we are prepared to put
\nourselves to one side, any <\/p>\n
816
\n00:47:36,520 –> 00:47:37,960
\nmatter that arises, we should
\nbe. <\/p>\n
817
\n00:47:38,240 –> 00:47:41,000
\nWe should be able to sit down
\nand work through. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:47:42,440 –> 00:47:46,480
\nIf we hope to have the wisdom to
\njudge the world, then we need to<\/p>\n
819
\n00:47:46,480 –> 00:47:50,640
\nhave the wisdom now to work
\nthrough matters wisely and to <\/p>\n
820
\n00:47:50,640 –> 00:47:54,600
\nget to the right conclusion.
\nNow, of course, Paul does not <\/p>\n
821
\n00:47:54,600 –> 00:47:57,440
\nleave it just there, does he?
\nHe doesn’t just say that that’s <\/p>\n
822
\n00:47:57,440 –> 00:48:00,200
\nthe final answer.
\nBecause then in verse 7, he says<\/p>\n
823
\n00:48:00,200 –> 00:48:03,840
\nthere is utterly a fault among
\nyou because you go to law one <\/p>\n
824
\n00:48:03,880 –> 00:48:06,920
\nwith another.
\nWhy do you not rather take <\/p>\n
825
\n00:48:06,920 –> 00:48:09,200
\nwrong?
\nWhy do you not rather suffer <\/p>\n
826
\n00:48:09,200 –> 00:48:11,960
\nyourselves to be defrauded?
\nNow you do wrong and defraud and<\/p>\n
827
\n00:48:11,960 –> 00:48:14,920
\nthat your brethren.
\nAnd so he now provides this <\/p>\n
828
\n00:48:15,240 –> 00:48:17,880
\nlittle next gem of of insight
\ninto the issue here. <\/p>\n
829
\n00:48:18,040 –> 00:48:19,960
\nHe doesn’t just leave it to say
\nwe should be able to work it <\/p>\n
830
\n00:48:19,960 –> 00:48:22,240
\nthrough, but he says actually
\nthere’s a broader A deeper <\/p>\n
831
\n00:48:22,240 –> 00:48:26,720
\nprinciple involved here.
\nAnd he gets to the key principle<\/p>\n
832
\n00:48:27,320 –> 00:48:29,680
\nof interaction together in
\necclesial life. <\/p>\n
833
\n00:48:31,120 –> 00:48:36,480
\nHe’s telling us that instead of
\nstanding up for our rights, we <\/p>\n
834
\n00:48:36,480 –> 00:48:39,360
\nshould allow the matter.
\nIf it’s a matter against me <\/p>\n
835
\n00:48:39,360 –> 00:48:43,200
\npersonally, if it’s a matter
\nwhere I’ve been defrauded, where<\/p>\n
836
\n00:48:43,200 –> 00:48:46,440
\nI’ve been impacted, he says we
\nshould put that to one side. <\/p>\n
837
\n00:48:47,000 –> 00:48:48,920
\nWe should allow ourselves to be
\ndefrauded. <\/p>\n
838
\n00:48:48,920 –> 00:48:50,400
\nWhy?
\nWhy do we take the wrong? <\/p>\n
839
\n00:48:51,200 –> 00:48:53,960
\nHe says, sorry, why do we not
\ntake the wrong? <\/p>\n
840
\n00:48:53,960 –> 00:48:55,960
\nWhy don’t we just accept that
\nthat’s happened to us <\/p>\n
841
\n00:48:55,960 –> 00:48:58,840
\nindividually and and know that
\nit’s actually going to have no <\/p>\n
842
\n00:48:58,840 –> 00:49:01,960
\nmajor impact on us.
\nInstead of going out there and <\/p>\n
843
\n00:49:01,960 –> 00:49:04,640
\nsaying it’s my right, you’re
\nwrong, I’m going to hold on to <\/p>\n
844
\n00:49:04,640 –> 00:49:08,720
\nmy issue against you, which is
\nso often what happens that <\/p>\n
845
\n00:49:08,720 –> 00:49:12,760
\ninstead we suffer the wrong, we
\ntake the wrong, we suffer <\/p>\n
846
\n00:49:12,760 –> 00:49:17,400
\nourselves to be defrauded.
\nYes, all of us at various times <\/p>\n
847
\n00:49:17,400 –> 00:49:21,760
\nhave some, some sort of wrong
\ndone against us, something <\/p>\n
848
\n00:49:21,760 –> 00:49:24,080
\nlittle or even something large
\nthat might have happened. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:49:25,040 –> 00:49:28,160
\nThere’s there’s some perhaps
\ntiny matter in ecclesial life <\/p>\n
850
\n00:49:28,160 –> 00:49:32,160
\nthat becomes all of a sudden
\nthis huge matter that we make it<\/p>\n
851
\n00:49:32,880 –> 00:49:36,160
\nwhen in the broader scheme of
\nlife it’s nothing and we end up <\/p>\n
852
\n00:49:36,160 –> 00:49:39,400
\nholding a grudge against
\nsomewhere, someone in our <\/p>\n
853
\n00:49:39,400 –> 00:49:42,400
\necclesial environment.
\nWe fester on the on the wrong <\/p>\n
854
\n00:49:42,920 –> 00:49:45,200
\nand we allow that festering to
\ndo massive damage. <\/p>\n
855
\n00:49:46,320 –> 00:49:49,400
\nHe’s saying why are you doing
\nthat, Suffer yourselves instead <\/p>\n
856
\n00:49:49,400 –> 00:49:52,520
\nto be defrauded, to suffer the
\nwrong, to accept the position <\/p>\n
857
\n00:49:52,920 –> 00:49:55,040
\nfor the sake of the ecclesial
\nenvironment. <\/p>\n
858
\n00:49:56,760 –> 00:50:00,280
\nSo we should be able to sit down
\nas an ecclesia whenever division<\/p>\n
859
\n00:50:00,280 –> 00:50:03,440
\noccurs and carefully and humbly
\nwork through the matter together<\/p>\n
860
\n00:50:03,600 –> 00:50:05,240
\nif there is a if there is a
\nproblem. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:50:06,040 –> 00:50:09,920
\nBut we do so on the basis that
\nit’s not about my own rights and<\/p>\n
862
\n00:50:09,920 –> 00:50:12,560
\nwhat I want and how I’ve been
\nimpacted. <\/p>\n
863
\n00:50:13,240 –> 00:50:16,120
\nTo accept that we’ve been
\ndefrauded, to acknowledge that <\/p>\n
864
\n00:50:16,120 –> 00:50:17,600
\nit’s nothing in the border
\nscheme. <\/p>\n
865
\n00:50:19,720 –> 00:50:23,440
\nAnd it’s also telling us that we
\nneed to sit down and look at our<\/p>\n
866
\n00:50:23,440 –> 00:50:26,920
\nown motivation to make sure that
\nany of the issues that are <\/p>\n
867
\n00:50:26,920 –> 00:50:30,160
\narising in an ecclesial
\nenvironment are not of our own <\/p>\n
868
\n00:50:30,160 –> 00:50:32,920
\ncreation.
\nThat we’re not holding onto <\/p>\n
869
\n00:50:32,920 –> 00:50:37,240
\nmatters because of personal
\nissues ourselves where we felt <\/p>\n
870
\n00:50:37,240 –> 00:50:41,200
\nwe’ve been wronged ourselves.
\nIt comes back to that core <\/p>\n
871
\n00:50:41,200 –> 00:50:43,800
\nfoundation principle of our
\nworking together in ecclesial <\/p>\n
872
\n00:50:43,800 –> 00:50:46,600
\nlife.
\nIt’s not about me, it’s not what<\/p>\n
873
\n00:50:46,600 –> 00:50:50,200
\nI want personally.
\nIt’s about building together <\/p>\n
874
\n00:50:50,200 –> 00:50:53,080
\nwith God to build up the
\necclesial environment together <\/p>\n
875
\n00:50:53,760 –> 00:50:56,560
\nin humility, working together to
\nachieve the right outcome. <\/p>\n
876
\n00:50:58,080 –> 00:51:00,280
\nSo let’s come across to to verse
\n19. <\/p>\n
877
\n00:51:05,720 –> 00:51:07,800
\nWhat?
\nNo, you’re not that. <\/p>\n
878
\n00:51:07,800 –> 00:51:10,120
\nYour body is the temple of the
\nHoly Spirit, which is in you, <\/p>\n
879
\n00:51:10,120 –> 00:51:15,080
\nwhich you have of God, and ye
\nare not your own for a year <\/p>\n
880
\n00:51:15,080 –> 00:51:18,160
\nbrought with a price.
\nWe’re not our own. <\/p>\n
881
\n00:51:19,400 –> 00:51:22,800
\nWe’re brought with a price.
\nTherefore glorify God in your <\/p>\n
882
\n00:51:22,800 –> 00:51:25,240
\nbody and in your spirit, which
\nare gods. <\/p>\n
883
\n00:51:26,760 –> 00:51:30,040
\nHe’s reminding us that we are
\nslaves of God, that we’re not <\/p>\n
884
\n00:51:30,040 –> 00:51:32,200
\nour own.
\nWe have no control over <\/p>\n
885
\n00:51:32,200 –> 00:51:35,080
\nourselves or, or the OR what we
\nget out of life. <\/p>\n
886
\n00:51:35,280 –> 00:51:38,160
\nWe are not our own.
\nWe don’t even own ourselves at <\/p>\n
887
\n00:51:38,160 –> 00:51:40,520
\nthis point.
\nAnd you can see again the sense <\/p>\n
888
\n00:51:40,520 –> 00:51:43,440
\nof emphasis here, can’t you?
\nYou are not your own. <\/p>\n
889
\n00:51:43,960 –> 00:51:45,960
\nYou’re brought with a price.
\nSomeone else now owns you. <\/p>\n
890
\n00:51:46,280 –> 00:51:49,920
\nTherefore glorify God in your
\nbody and in your spirit, which <\/p>\n
891
\n00:51:49,960 –> 00:51:54,160
\nare gods.
\nSo we’re not here as individuals<\/p>\n
892
\n00:51:54,160 –> 00:51:57,400
\nin our own right, for our own
\nobjectives, for our own <\/p>\n
893
\n00:51:57,400 –> 00:52:00,840
\npurposes, for ourselves.
\nWe’re not even our own, He says <\/p>\n
894
\n00:52:01,000 –> 00:52:04,720
\nwe are gods and we’re part of
\nthe broader body of Christ. <\/p>\n
895
\n00:52:06,400 –> 00:52:09,960
\nSo in these principles that Paul
\nhas established in this chapter,<\/p>\n
896
\n00:52:09,960 –> 00:52:12,960
\nhe has laid the foundation for
\nthe perfect ecclesial <\/p>\n
897
\n00:52:12,960 –> 00:52:16,080
\nenvironment.
\nHe’s told us that it’s not about<\/p>\n
898
\n00:52:16,080 –> 00:52:19,560
\nourself, ourselves, or our own
\nright, our demanding of our own <\/p>\n
899
\n00:52:19,560 –> 00:52:22,360
\nright.
\nHe’s reminded us that we do not <\/p>\n
900
\n00:52:22,360 –> 00:52:25,480
\neven own ourselves, that we are
\nslaves, that we belong to God. <\/p>\n
901
\n00:52:26,160 –> 00:52:29,600
\nAnd then he’s telling us that we
\nare to do it for the body of <\/p>\n
902
\n00:52:29,600 –> 00:52:33,160
\nChrist.
\nWe cannot stand up for our <\/p>\n
903
\n00:52:33,160 –> 00:52:38,640
\nrights and hold on to grudges.
\nWe’re instead to suffer <\/p>\n
904
\n00:52:38,640 –> 00:52:42,800
\nourselves to be afforded and to
\ntake wrong and to understand <\/p>\n
905
\n00:52:42,800 –> 00:52:45,240
\nthat it’s not us that exists,
\nbut the body of Christ. <\/p>\n
906
\n00:52:46,320 –> 00:52:51,200
\nWe’re simply a slave who is
\nowned for the use of God <\/p>\n
907
\n00:52:51,200 –> 00:52:57,760
\nHimself.
\nI want to come back to verse 12 <\/p>\n
908
\n00:52:59,200 –> 00:53:04,680
\nbecause in verse 12 Paul again
\nestablishes a foundation <\/p>\n
909
\n00:53:04,680 –> 00:53:09,880
\nprinciple, not just of ecclesial
\nlife, but of our complete <\/p>\n
910
\n00:53:09,880 –> 00:53:11,720
\nattitude towards God and the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
911
\n00:53:12,840 –> 00:53:16,880
\nAll things are lawful unto me,
\nbut all things are not <\/p>\n
912
\n00:53:16,880 –> 00:53:20,560
\nexpedient.
\nAll things are lawful for me, <\/p>\n
913
\n00:53:20,560 –> 00:53:23,720
\nbut I will not be bought under
\nthe power of any. <\/p>\n
914
\n00:53:24,360 –> 00:53:27,200
\nNow again, Paul does not make
\nsense on the first read, does <\/p>\n
915
\n00:53:27,200 –> 00:53:29,800
\nhe?
\nBecause he’s just explained that<\/p>\n
916
\n00:53:29,800 –> 00:53:31,720
\nthere are things which are
\nclearly unlawful. <\/p>\n
917
\n00:53:32,480 –> 00:53:34,880
\nIn fact, he said it’s so bad
\nthat you’ve got to remove that <\/p>\n
918
\n00:53:34,880 –> 00:53:37,120
\nperson out of your environment
\nbecause they’re eating the heart<\/p>\n
919
\n00:53:37,120 –> 00:53:40,680
\nout of the ecclesia.
\nSo how can Paul now turn around <\/p>\n
920
\n00:53:40,680 –> 00:53:46,240
\nand say all things are lawful?
\nWell, it’s another foundation <\/p>\n
921
\n00:53:46,240 –> 00:53:49,080
\nprinciple here that he, that he
\ngives of our approach to life <\/p>\n
922
\n00:53:49,560 –> 00:53:51,760
\nand the truth.
\nAnd, and this is incredibly <\/p>\n
923
\n00:53:51,760 –> 00:53:55,960
\npowerful.
\nAll things are lawful or right, <\/p>\n
924
\n00:53:56,600 –> 00:53:58,760
\nbut all things are not
\nexpedient. <\/p>\n
925
\n00:54:02,720 –> 00:54:09,080
\nWe can always think of
\njustifiable reasons why all <\/p>\n
926
\n00:54:09,080 –> 00:54:13,400
\nthings are lawful pretty well
\nwhy we might be able to do this <\/p>\n
927
\n00:54:13,400 –> 00:54:17,080
\nor that.
\nYou might be able to justify <\/p>\n
928
\n00:54:17,080 –> 00:54:20,000
\nsomething on the basis of law,
\nis what he’s saying. <\/p>\n
929
\n00:54:21,120 –> 00:54:24,640
\nWe might be able to find a
\nreason why the particular thing <\/p>\n
930
\n00:54:24,640 –> 00:54:27,160
\nthat we’re doing or that we want
\nto do, or the particular <\/p>\n
931
\n00:54:27,160 –> 00:54:29,880
\ndoctrinary hold or the
\nparticular focus that we have is<\/p>\n
932
\n00:54:29,880 –> 00:54:34,640
\nright, why we’re right.
\nI think Paul’s point is that <\/p>\n
933
\n00:54:35,080 –> 00:54:38,240
\nthat whatever the circumstance
\nor matter is almost, we can <\/p>\n
934
\n00:54:38,240 –> 00:54:41,120
\nalways find the self
\njustification that proves that <\/p>\n
935
\n00:54:41,120 –> 00:54:42,720
\nwe are right if we try hard
\nenough. <\/p>\n
936
\n00:54:43,880 –> 00:54:47,440
\nYou might be able to justify
\nsomething he says, but is it <\/p>\n
937
\n00:54:47,480 –> 00:54:50,880
\nexpedient or as the margin says,
\nis it profitable? <\/p>\n
938
\n00:54:52,720 –> 00:54:57,400
\nThe test of ecclesial life and
\nof our relationship with God is <\/p>\n
939
\n00:54:57,400 –> 00:55:00,440
\nnot.
\nIs there some way we can think <\/p>\n
940
\n00:55:00,440 –> 00:55:06,040
\nof to justify our position?
\nBut is what I’m doing here or <\/p>\n
941
\n00:55:06,040 –> 00:55:09,560
\nthe approach I’m taking helpful
\nand profitable to the body of <\/p>\n
942
\n00:55:09,560 –> 00:55:15,160
\nChrist, given we are not our
\nown, given that we are brought <\/p>\n
943
\n00:55:15,160 –> 00:55:19,160
\nwith a price, that we are gods,
\nhow dare we take any action <\/p>\n
944
\n00:55:19,160 –> 00:55:23,560
\nwhatsoever that would defile or
\nhurt or destroy that body? <\/p>\n
945
\n00:55:25,880 –> 00:55:28,160
\nSo the principle here is that in
\nCorinth they were saying we’re <\/p>\n
946
\n00:55:28,160 –> 00:55:30,920
\nnot under law anymore.
\nSo therefore all things are <\/p>\n
947
\n00:55:30,920 –> 00:55:33,960
\nlawful to me.
\nAnd in fact, the that they were <\/p>\n
948
\n00:55:33,960 –> 00:55:36,720
\ntaking an even deeper sense to
\nsay, here’s the reason why I can<\/p>\n
949
\n00:55:36,720 –> 00:55:38,760
\njustify what’s happening.
\nIt’s what they were doing even <\/p>\n
950
\n00:55:38,760 –> 00:55:41,440
\nwith the man who had his his
\nfather’s wife, that they were <\/p>\n
951
\n00:55:41,440 –> 00:55:43,760
\nthinking up a legal
\njustification. <\/p>\n
952
\n00:55:45,520 –> 00:55:48,560
\nAnd in a deeper sense, brothers
\nand sisters and young people, <\/p>\n
953
\n00:55:49,280 –> 00:55:54,160
\nthis is this is exactly at the
\ncore heart of what we do in our <\/p>\n
954
\n00:55:54,160 –> 00:55:57,400
\nown lives today.
\nWhat we do is we take a <\/p>\n
955
\n00:55:57,400 –> 00:56:02,000
\nparticular matter and we build
\nup a justification for ourselves<\/p>\n
956
\n00:56:02,000 –> 00:56:05,880
\nas to why it’s right and we
\njustify the ourselves on the <\/p>\n
957
\n00:56:05,880 –> 00:56:10,480
\nbasis of a rational argument.
\nYes, someone said it’s wrong <\/p>\n
958
\n00:56:10,480 –> 00:56:13,200
\nbecause of these reasons, but I
\ncan actually justify it because <\/p>\n
959
\n00:56:13,200 –> 00:56:17,080
\nof this point or of that point.
\nI can explain away why I’m doing<\/p>\n
960
\n00:56:17,080 –> 00:56:19,840
\nit because actually it’s not so
\nbad for this reason and for that<\/p>\n
961
\n00:56:19,840 –> 00:56:23,960
\nreason and we build up this nice
\nlittle framework of self <\/p>\n
962
\n00:56:23,960 –> 00:56:26,120
\njustification.
\nWe all do it, don’t we? <\/p>\n
963
\n00:56:26,720 –> 00:56:30,040
\nI know I do it, absolutely.
\nAnd I know that you do it too. <\/p>\n
964
\n00:56:31,080 –> 00:56:33,760
\nWe end up doing things in our
\nlife that are not right, but <\/p>\n
965
\n00:56:33,760 –> 00:56:36,440
\nwe’ve managed to convince
\nourselves on a legal <\/p>\n
966
\n00:56:36,440 –> 00:56:39,320
\njustification, on a rational
\nargument that they’re right. <\/p>\n
967
\n00:56:39,320 –> 00:56:41,760
\nIt’s lawful for me to do it.
\nI can justify it. <\/p>\n
968
\n00:56:44,800 –> 00:56:48,440
\nNow, that actually begs the
\nquestion, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n
969
\n00:56:48,440 –> 00:56:53,240
\nAnd it’s a question I’ve often
\nasked myself, if we’re always <\/p>\n
970
\n00:56:53,240 –> 00:56:56,520
\nable to come up with a legal
\njustification, A rational <\/p>\n
971
\n00:56:56,520 –> 00:56:58,280
\nargument as to why we are right
\nor not. <\/p>\n
972
\n00:56:59,320 –> 00:57:03,160
\nAnd how do we know if we’re
\nactually right Because someone <\/p>\n
973
\n00:57:03,160 –> 00:57:05,880
\nelse will disagree with us and
\nthey think that they’re right <\/p>\n
974
\n00:57:05,880 –> 00:57:08,200
\nbecause they have their own
\njustification in place. <\/p>\n
975
\n00:57:08,400 –> 00:57:10,960
\nAnd the two ideas might be
\ndiametrically opposed and you <\/p>\n
976
\n00:57:10,960 –> 00:57:12,440
\ncan’t have both of them being
\nright. <\/p>\n
977
\n00:57:12,600 –> 00:57:14,640
\nBut we’ve both managed to
\nconvince ourselves that we’re <\/p>\n
978
\n00:57:14,640 –> 00:57:17,080
\nright and we’re lawful and
\ntherefore we’re right. <\/p>\n
979
\n00:57:18,240 –> 00:57:22,200
\nAnd this problem of our self
\njustification is at the heart of<\/p>\n
980
\n00:57:22,240 –> 00:57:24,280
\nevery festering saw of eclesial
\nlife. <\/p>\n
981
\n00:57:25,720 –> 00:57:28,000
\nSo how can we ever be in a
\nposition where we say we’re <\/p>\n
982
\n00:57:28,000 –> 00:57:31,640
\nright and I’ve got a conviction
\nI’m right when someone else <\/p>\n
983
\n00:57:31,640 –> 00:57:32,960
\nmight be convinced the other
\nway? <\/p>\n
984
\n00:57:33,800 –> 00:57:36,920
\nWe’ve built up layer upon layer
\nof our own justification. <\/p>\n
985
\n00:57:37,880 –> 00:57:40,480
\nAnd this is exactly the issue
\nthat Paul is addressing here. <\/p>\n
986
\n00:57:40,480 –> 00:57:42,920
\nWe’ve convinced ourselves that
\nwhat we’re doing is lawful. <\/p>\n
987
\n00:57:43,600 –> 00:57:46,920
\nWe build up our argument that
\nit’s lawful and and right and we<\/p>\n
988
\n00:57:46,920 –> 00:57:51,120
\njustify ourselves.
\nYou know, this issue of self <\/p>\n
989
\n00:57:51,120 –> 00:57:54,520
\njustification encompasses every
\nspectrum of a collegial life <\/p>\n
990
\n00:57:55,200 –> 00:57:59,440
\nfrom liberal to legalistic is
\ncovered by this statement. <\/p>\n
991
\n00:57:59,440 –> 00:58:02,120
\nI can justify myself and my own
\napproach. <\/p>\n
992
\n00:58:03,040 –> 00:58:06,520
\nWhichever approach we take or
\nhowever we approach our life, it<\/p>\n
993
\n00:58:06,520 –> 00:58:10,680
\nis possible for us to defend our
\nactions, to find someone else <\/p>\n
994
\n00:58:10,680 –> 00:58:13,360
\nwho is more extreme on one end
\nor the other, and therefore to <\/p>\n
995
\n00:58:13,360 –> 00:58:19,080
\nsee ourselves in the balance.
\nAnd to say, I can do what I’m <\/p>\n
996
\n00:58:19,080 –> 00:58:21,560
\nsaying is right here.
\nI’ve justified myself. <\/p>\n
997
\n00:58:23,720 –> 00:58:30,520
\nBut the point is that both of
\nthese approaches are on the <\/p>\n
998
\n00:58:30,520 –> 00:58:36,240
\nbasis of law.
\nIf we are in a process of self <\/p>\n
999
\n00:58:36,240 –> 00:58:41,480
\njustification, no matter what
\nour approach to ecclesial life, <\/p>\n
1000
\n00:58:42,880 –> 00:58:45,760
\nwe are living life on the basis
\nof law. <\/p>\n
1001
\n00:58:46,960 –> 00:58:50,360
\nWe are living life on the basis
\nof all things are lawful to me, <\/p>\n
1002
\n00:58:50,360 –> 00:58:53,520
\nI’ve come up with a
\njustification that justifies my <\/p>\n
1003
\n00:58:53,520 –> 00:58:57,000
\nposition.
\nIt’s the refrain of the <\/p>\n
1004
\n00:58:57,000 –> 00:58:59,040
\nCorinthian ecclesia that Paul
\nwas quoting back to them. <\/p>\n
1005
\n00:58:59,040 –> 00:59:02,560
\nAll things are lawful for me.
\nCan’t you just see that bursting<\/p>\n
1006
\n00:59:02,560 –> 00:59:04,160
\nthrough the pages of of this
\nbook? <\/p>\n
1007
\n00:59:05,600 –> 00:59:07,200
\nSo what can we do about that
\nthen? <\/p>\n
1008
\n00:59:08,160 –> 00:59:10,920
\nHow can we ever get to a point
\nwhere we are able to say whether<\/p>\n
1009
\n00:59:10,920 –> 00:59:12,760
\nwhat we’re doing is right or is
\nwrong? <\/p>\n
1010
\n00:59:13,960 –> 00:59:17,960
\nAnd the answer to this is
\nabsolutely incredible because <\/p>\n
1011
\n00:59:17,960 –> 00:59:22,320
\nwhat Paul says is it’s not a
\nquestion of self justification. <\/p>\n
1012
\n00:59:23,120 –> 00:59:27,360
\nIt’s not a question of can I
\njustify the position, put the <\/p>\n
1013
\n00:59:27,360 –> 00:59:32,280
\nconcept of law to one side, put
\nthe concept of can I rationally <\/p>\n
1014
\n00:59:32,280 –> 00:59:34,840
\nfind an argument as to why I’m
\nright to one side? <\/p>\n
1015
\n00:59:35,240 –> 00:59:40,080
\nThe answer is not am I right or
\nwrong from the basis of law? <\/p>\n
1016
\n00:59:42,080 –> 00:59:45,560
\nIt’s not.
\nAm I allowed to do this because <\/p>\n
1017
\n00:59:45,560 –> 00:59:48,560
\nI’ve managed to justify my my
\nposition on this. <\/p>\n
1018
\n00:59:50,360 –> 00:59:52,320
\nHe hasn’t.
\nHe hasn’t told us to do this at <\/p>\n
1019
\n00:59:52,320 –> 00:59:55,120
\nall.
\nHe completely turns his, this <\/p>\n
1020
\n00:59:55,120 –> 00:59:58,120
\nwhole thing on its head.
\nAnd he says rather than finding <\/p>\n
1021
\n00:59:58,120 –> 01:00:04,800
\na justification for your life,
\nhe says all things are not <\/p>\n
1022
\n01:00:04,800 –> 01:00:09,160
\nexpedient.
\nThis idea of expedient is the <\/p>\n
1023
\n01:00:09,160 –> 01:00:14,280
\nidea to bear up, to bear
\ntogether, to contribute, to be <\/p>\n
1024
\n01:00:14,280 –> 01:00:19,320
\nconducive, to give advantage.
\nAnd in this concept, in this <\/p>\n
1025
\n01:00:19,320 –> 01:00:23,120
\nprinciple, is the powerful
\nprinciple that can transform <\/p>\n
1026
\n01:00:23,240 –> 01:00:27,040
\nutterly our ecclesial life.
\nPaul is saying that when we’re <\/p>\n
1027
\n01:00:27,040 –> 01:00:30,960
\nfaced with a, a decision in life
\nor a position on how we act or <\/p>\n
1028
\n01:00:30,960 –> 01:00:35,200
\nhow we walk, the question is not
\ncan I justify myself on the <\/p>\n
1029
\n01:00:35,200 –> 01:00:40,520
\nbasis of law or of rational
\nreasoning, so much as how will <\/p>\n
1030
\n01:00:40,520 –> 01:00:42,840
\nthis action contribute to my
\ngrowth? <\/p>\n
1031
\n01:00:42,880 –> 01:00:46,880
\nAnd more particularly, how will
\nthis action allow me to <\/p>\n
1032
\n01:00:46,880 –> 01:00:49,720
\ncontribute to beer together or
\nbe conducive to the ecclesial <\/p>\n
1033
\n01:00:49,720 –> 01:00:52,400
\nenvironment?
\nWhat advantage will this action <\/p>\n
1034
\n01:00:52,400 –> 01:00:54,440
\ngive me in my contribution to
\necclesial life? <\/p>\n
1035
\n01:00:54,800 –> 01:00:56,360
\nNow, we need to be careful even
\nwith that, don’t we? <\/p>\n
1036
\n01:00:56,360 –> 01:01:00,360
\nBecause it’s then possible to,
\nto argue that to, to use exactly<\/p>\n
1037
\n01:01:00,360 –> 01:01:02,960
\nthe process of self
\njustification and to argue that <\/p>\n
1038
\n01:01:03,080 –> 01:01:05,120
\nthat what we’re doing is right
\nwhen it’s clearly wrong from <\/p>\n
1039
\n01:01:05,120 –> 01:01:07,760
\nGod’s perspective.
\nBut can you see the transforming<\/p>\n
1040
\n01:01:07,760 –> 01:01:11,520
\npower of of this argument here?
\nIt’s not what can I justify my <\/p>\n
1041
\n01:01:11,520 –> 01:01:17,440
\nfor myself, but in an honest
\nhumble approach, what is going <\/p>\n
1042
\n01:01:17,440 –> 01:01:20,400
\nto do the best for my brothers
\nand sisters to build them up. <\/p>\n
1043
\n01:01:21,040 –> 01:01:24,360
\nThis is an expansion of the
\nconcept we saw yesterday where <\/p>\n
1044
\n01:01:24,360 –> 01:01:27,440
\nwhere God was talking about our
\nour Co labouring together with <\/p>\n
1045
\n01:01:27,440 –> 01:01:30,280
\nGod, that our focus and our
\nreward as it were, is to build <\/p>\n
1046
\n01:01:30,280 –> 01:01:32,600
\nup and to contribute to the
\ngrowth of the ecclesial <\/p>\n
1047
\n01:01:32,600 –> 01:01:35,000
\nenvironment.
\nAnd he’s saying, absolutely take<\/p>\n
1048
\n01:01:35,000 –> 01:01:37,720
\nthat concept and make that your
\nlife. <\/p>\n
1049
\n01:01:39,440 –> 01:01:42,640
\nAnd the reality is, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, that <\/p>\n
1050
\n01:01:42,640 –> 01:01:48,000
\nthat test will result in far
\ngreater care in what we do in <\/p>\n
1051
\n01:01:48,000 –> 01:01:51,840
\nour life than if we try and
\njustify on the basis of law. <\/p>\n
1052
\n01:01:52,840 –> 01:01:55,920
\nIt’s a care that is based not on
\nour own strength. <\/p>\n
1053
\n01:01:56,560 –> 01:01:59,760
\nBut is it a desire then to
\ncontribute to Beer Up and to <\/p>\n
1054
\n01:01:59,760 –> 01:02:03,760
\nhelp others?
\nAnd Paul’s point screams us to <\/p>\n
1055
\n01:02:04,080 –> 01:02:06,280
\nout to us, doesn’t it?
\nLoud and clear here in the midst<\/p>\n
1056
\n01:02:06,280 –> 01:02:09,160
\nof all the horror that he has to
\ndeal with in that ecclesia, in <\/p>\n
1057
\n01:02:09,160 –> 01:02:11,600
\nthat in that environment where
\npeople were taking each other to<\/p>\n
1058
\n01:02:11,600 –> 01:02:14,480
\nlaw with fornication, with a
\nfather’s wife, severe matters <\/p>\n
1059
\n01:02:14,480 –> 01:02:16,640
\nhe’s dealing with.
\nHe turns them around and he <\/p>\n
1060
\n01:02:16,640 –> 01:02:21,640
\nsays, understand that it’s not
\nabout being puffed up, not <\/p>\n
1061
\n01:02:21,640 –> 01:02:27,320
\nglorying in your own strength.
\nBut that is individuals I want <\/p>\n
1062
\n01:02:27,320 –> 01:02:30,520
\nto build up.
\nWill it assist? <\/p>\n
1063
\n01:02:31,480 –> 01:02:34,560
\nWill it develop my brothers and
\nsisters and young people? <\/p>\n
1064
\n01:02:36,920 –> 01:02:40,280
\nWhen he talks about us taking
\nout the living to examine <\/p>\n
1065
\n01:02:40,280 –> 01:02:43,320
\nourselves and to remove the
\nliving, that is the test we <\/p>\n
1066
\n01:02:43,320 –> 01:02:47,440
\nshould be using.
\nIt’s not self examination on the<\/p>\n
1067
\n01:02:47,440 –> 01:02:52,640
\nbasis of can I justify my
\nposition, but a self examination<\/p>\n
1068
\n01:02:52,640 –> 01:02:58,760
\nthat says have my actions Co
\nlaboured together with God to <\/p>\n
1069
\n01:02:58,760 –> 01:03:00,840
\nbuild up and grow his ecclesial
\nenvironment. <\/p>\n
1070
\n01:03:02,880 –> 01:03:06,320
\nIt’s not a question of can I
\njustify because we do don’t we <\/p>\n
1071
\n01:03:07,160 –> 01:03:09,240
\nyoung people particularly, but
\nall of us really. <\/p>\n
1072
\n01:03:10,440 –> 01:03:15,400
\nWe take the world into our life
\nin so many ways and we justify <\/p>\n
1073
\n01:03:15,400 –> 01:03:17,240
\nit on the basis of a legal
\nargument. <\/p>\n
1074
\n01:03:19,200 –> 01:03:23,200
\nBut there is no way we can
\njustify that on the question of <\/p>\n
1075
\n01:03:23,200 –> 01:03:26,840
\nexpedience.
\nIs what we’re doing going to <\/p>\n
1076
\n01:03:26,840 –> 01:03:29,600
\nassist our brothers and sisters
\nor fellow young people to the <\/p>\n
1077
\n01:03:29,600 –> 01:03:33,720
\nKingdom?
\nAnd is it going to assist us to <\/p>\n
1078
\n01:03:33,720 –> 01:03:37,320
\nshine forth the glory and the
\nsplendor of the Father in all <\/p>\n
1079
\n01:03:37,320 –> 01:03:41,640
\nits light?
\nI believe Paul’s principle here <\/p>\n
1080
\n01:03:41,640 –> 01:03:45,240
\nis a fundamental change to the
\nprinciple of life we should be <\/p>\n
1081
\n01:03:45,240 –> 01:03:48,920
\nliving by.
\nIt’s not living law by self, <\/p>\n
1082
\n01:03:49,280 –> 01:03:51,360
\nliving life by self
\njustification. <\/p>\n
1083
\n01:03:52,280 –> 01:03:54,680
\nIt’s not what is the minimum I
\ncan get away with. <\/p>\n
1084
\n01:03:55,400 –> 01:03:58,240
\nIt’s not what is the benchmark
\nso that I can attain this in my <\/p>\n
1085
\n01:03:58,240 –> 01:04:01,320
\nown strength.
\nIt is what will assist me to <\/p>\n
1086
\n01:04:01,320 –> 01:04:06,040
\ncontribute, to bear together and
\nto grow our eclesial <\/p>\n
1087
\n01:04:06,040 –> 01:04:10,320
\nenvironment.
\nAnd so by way of conclusion then<\/p>\n
1088
\n01:04:10,320 –> 01:04:16,040
\nPaul comes in verse 19 to
\nanother beautiful principle of <\/p>\n
1089
\n01:04:16,040 –> 01:04:21,840
\nour life before God.
\nWhat know ye not that your body <\/p>\n
1090
\n01:04:21,920 –> 01:04:25,400
\nis the temple of the Holy
\nSpirit, which is in you, which <\/p>\n
1091
\n01:04:25,400 –> 01:04:27,040
\nHe have of God, and ye are not
\nyour own? <\/p>\n
1092
\n01:04:28,960 –> 01:04:33,640
\nAll introduces us or or brings
\nus again to the concept of our <\/p>\n
1093
\n01:04:33,640 –> 01:04:37,480
\nbody as the living temple of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
1094
\n01:04:39,040 –> 01:04:42,160
\nJust stop and contemplate for a
\nmoment what He is saying. <\/p>\n
1095
\n01:04:43,160 –> 01:04:49,480
\nPicture here the temple, the
\nouter court, making way to the <\/p>\n
1096
\n01:04:49,480 –> 01:04:55,520
\ninnermost sanctum, through the
\nholy place, to the Most Holy <\/p>\n
1097
\n01:04:55,520 –> 01:04:58,880
\nplace where the Father Himself
\ngrows with his people. <\/p>\n
1098
\n01:05:00,080 –> 01:05:03,280
\nIt’s a beautiful picture of God
\ndescending and dwelling with his<\/p>\n
1099
\n01:05:03,280 –> 01:05:05,800
\npeople in the spirit of
\nholiness, in the beauty of <\/p>\n
1100
\n01:05:05,800 –> 01:05:09,560
\nholiness as it’s described, and
\nthe absolute joy of fellowship <\/p>\n
1101
\n01:05:09,560 –> 01:05:11,160
\nbetween the Father and his
\npeople. <\/p>\n
1102
\n01:05:13,040 –> 01:05:18,000
\nBut Paul is telling us in this
\nverse that that beauty of <\/p>\n
1103
\n01:05:18,000 –> 01:05:22,320
\nholiness, that that place where
\nthe Father will come down and <\/p>\n
1104
\n01:05:22,320 –> 01:05:25,320
\ndwell with his people is our
\nbody. <\/p>\n
1105
\n01:05:26,840 –> 01:05:29,600
\nThat our body is actually the
\nenvironment where the Father <\/p>\n
1106
\n01:05:29,760 –> 01:05:34,880
\nhimself will come and dwell.
\nThat we are the holy temple in <\/p>\n
1107
\n01:05:34,880 –> 01:05:41,080
\nwhich God chooses to dwell.
\nJust stop for a moment and <\/p>\n
1108
\n01:05:41,080 –> 01:05:45,640
\ncontemplate the power of this.
\nIt’s the answer to all of the <\/p>\n
1109
\n01:05:45,640 –> 01:05:48,440
\nissues that Paul was dealing
\nwith and that ecclesial <\/p>\n
1110
\n01:05:48,440 –> 01:05:51,520
\nenvironment.
\nWe are the temple of God. <\/p>\n
1111
\n01:05:53,040 –> 01:05:54,360
\nSo what are we doing with our
\nbody? <\/p>\n
1112
\n01:05:55,920 –> 01:05:58,800
\nAre we allowing the Father to
\nremain dwelling in our body? <\/p>\n
1113
\n01:06:00,320 –> 01:06:03,200
\nIt’s the process of self
\nexamination he’s asking us to do<\/p>\n
1114
\n01:06:03,200 –> 01:06:08,600
\nto to liven out the liven, to
\ntake out the liven to make sure <\/p>\n
1115
\n01:06:08,600 –> 01:06:11,600
\nthat we are doing things to
\nbuild up and for constructive <\/p>\n
1116
\n01:06:11,600 –> 01:06:13,040
\noutcomes.
\nNot because of self <\/p>\n
1117
\n01:06:13,040 –> 01:06:18,040
\njustification, but because we
\nunderstand that right inside <\/p>\n
1118
\n01:06:18,040 –> 01:06:21,200
\nourselves is the dwelling place
\nof God himself. <\/p>\n
1119
\n01:06:21,200 –> 01:06:26,280
\nLet’s come across in conclusion
\nto Isaiah 66 because Paul, Paul <\/p>\n
1120
\n01:06:26,280 –> 01:06:28,680
\nwas really picking out this
\nconcept that’s come from Isaiah <\/p>\n
1121
\n01:06:28,680 –> 01:06:32,480
\nhere of the of God dwelling in
\nhis people. <\/p>\n
1122
\n01:06:34,040 –> 01:06:40,400
\nIsaiah 66 and verse one and two.
\nThus saith Yahweh, the heaven is<\/p>\n
1123
\n01:06:40,400 –> 01:06:42,960
\nmy throne, and the earth is my
\nfootstool. <\/p>\n
1124
\n01:06:43,120 –> 01:06:45,760
\nWhere is the house that you
\nbuild unto me, and where is the <\/p>\n
1125
\n01:06:45,760 –> 01:06:49,200
\nplace of my rest?
\nFor all those things hath mine <\/p>\n
1126
\n01:06:49,200 –> 01:06:52,440
\nhandmade, and all those things
\nhath been saith Yahweh. <\/p>\n
1127
\n01:06:53,760 –> 01:06:56,680
\nThis is Yahweh who is the
\nCreator of the heavens and the <\/p>\n
1128
\n01:06:56,680 –> 01:06:59,800
\nearth.
\nThe earth, the massive expanse <\/p>\n
1129
\n01:06:59,800 –> 01:07:03,600
\nof the heavens is His throne,
\nthe full expanse of the heavens <\/p>\n
1130
\n01:07:03,600 –> 01:07:07,520
\nthere where God sits.
\nAnd the earth is just His <\/p>\n
1131
\n01:07:07,520 –> 01:07:10,080
\nfootstool.
\nAll the fullness of the earth is<\/p>\n
1132
\n01:07:10,080 –> 01:07:13,520
\njust His footstool where He
\nplaces his feet to rest. <\/p>\n
1133
\n01:07:14,360 –> 01:07:17,760
\nThat’s the enormity and the
\npower and the wonder of our <\/p>\n
1134
\n01:07:17,760 –> 01:07:20,040
\nFather is the Creator of the
\nheavens and the earth. <\/p>\n
1135
\n01:07:20,680 –> 01:07:22,160
\nWhere is the place that you
\nbuild unto me? <\/p>\n
1136
\n01:07:22,160 –> 01:07:24,200
\nHe says, Where is the place of
\nmy rest? <\/p>\n
1137
\n01:07:25,040 –> 01:07:27,880
\nYou know, there is no place that
\nwe can build that would be <\/p>\n
1138
\n01:07:27,880 –> 01:07:32,160
\nglorious enough or rich enough
\nor luxurious enough to justify <\/p>\n
1139
\n01:07:32,160 –> 01:07:34,320
\nthe Father coming down and
\ndeciding to dwell there. <\/p>\n
1140
\n01:07:34,320 –> 01:07:37,680
\nThere is nothing that we can
\ncreate like that. <\/p>\n
1141
\n01:07:38,240 –> 01:07:41,360
\nWe have no ability to require
\nthe Father to come in to dwell <\/p>\n
1142
\n01:07:41,360 –> 01:07:44,840
\nwith us.
\nThe Father looks about out upon <\/p>\n
1143
\n01:07:44,840 –> 01:07:48,880
\nall that He’s made and He’s and
\nall that His power has created. <\/p>\n
1144
\n01:07:48,880 –> 01:07:51,760
\nThe heavens is His throne and
\nand the earth is His footstool. <\/p>\n
1145
\n01:07:52,720 –> 01:08:00,160
\nWhat does He say but to this man
\nwill I look even to Him that is <\/p>\n
1146
\n01:08:00,160 –> 01:08:05,240
\npoor and of a contrite spirit,
\nand that trembleth at my word. <\/p>\n
1147
\n01:08:07,280 –> 01:08:11,560
\nHe looks across the expanse of
\nthe stars and the fullness of <\/p>\n
1148
\n01:08:11,560 –> 01:08:15,080
\nthe heavens.
\nHe looks at the fullness of the <\/p>\n
1149
\n01:08:15,120 –> 01:08:18,960
\nearth, and this morning,
\nbrothers and sisters and young <\/p>\n
1150
\n01:08:18,960 –> 01:08:23,399
\npeople, he comes across the seas
\nto the place of New Zealand. <\/p>\n
1151
\n01:08:25,000 –> 01:08:28,479
\nHe looks upon the country of New
\nZealand, and his eyes and his <\/p>\n
1152
\n01:08:28,479 –> 01:08:33,560
\nfocus come into Canterbury, to
\nKaipoy, into this hall. <\/p>\n
1153
\n01:08:35,040 –> 01:08:39,000
\nAnd he’s saying to this man,
\nWill I look even to him? <\/p>\n
1154
\n01:08:39,000 –> 01:08:42,840
\nThat is poor and of a contrite
\nspirit, and trembles at my word.<\/p>\n
1155
\n01:08:44,760 –> 01:08:49,760
\nWhen Paul says that we are the
\ntemple of God, that is what he <\/p>\n
1156
\n01:08:49,760 –> 01:08:53,240
\nmeans.
\nHe’s saying that the Father is <\/p>\n
1157
\n01:08:53,240 –> 01:08:56,479
\nlooking upon us as a place where
\nhe wants to dwell. <\/p>\n
1158
\n01:08:58,600 –> 01:09:02,040
\nBut he cannot do that if we’re
\npuffed up and dwelling in our <\/p>\n
1159
\n01:09:02,040 –> 01:09:05,040
\nown strength.
\nIf we’re there with the leaven <\/p>\n
1160
\n01:09:05,040 –> 01:09:10,120
\nof our own glory shining in US
\nand overwhelming us, He wants us<\/p>\n
1161
\n01:09:10,120 –> 01:09:14,520
\nto stop and to examine
\nourselves, to remove the leaven <\/p>\n
1162
\n01:09:14,520 –> 01:09:17,800
\nso that we can share the Feast
\nof the Passover with the Son <\/p>\n
1163
\n01:09:17,800 –> 01:09:21,120
\nHimself.
\nHe’s wanting us to consider the <\/p>\n
1164
\n01:09:21,120 –> 01:09:26,120
\nbasis of life as expedients
\ntowards others, as what is best <\/p>\n
1165
\n01:09:26,120 –> 01:09:29,240
\nfor the growth of His glory, for
\nthe assistance of our brothers <\/p>\n
1166
\n01:09:29,240 –> 01:09:32,240
\nand sisters in the strength of
\nour eclesional environment. <\/p>\n
1167
\n01:09:33,880 –> 01:09:37,600
\nBut to do that we have to learn
\nthe lesson of humility, to <\/p>\n
1168
\n01:09:37,600 –> 01:09:41,960
\nunderstand that we are nothing
\nof ourselves, that we are poor <\/p>\n
1169
\n01:09:42,600 –> 01:09:45,680
\nand broken.
\nWe learn to tremble at the <\/p>\n
1170
\n01:09:45,680 –> 01:09:52,080
\nwonder and the power of His
\nWord, because then, then He can <\/p>\n
1171
\n01:09:52,080 –> 01:09:56,320
\nelevate us to sit in the wonders
\nof heavenlies in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n
1172
\n01:09:57,400 –> 01:10:01,840
\nHe can take our hearts and make
\nthat the holiest of all. <\/p>\n
1173
\n01:10:03,520 –> 01:10:09,400
\nAnd Yahweh, the Creator of the
\nheavens and of the earth, will <\/p>\n
1174
\n01:10:09,400 –> 01:10:11,400
\nbe pleased to dwell in US.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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