[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.55,0:00:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the goal of this conference? Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.17,0:00:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the goal? Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.59,0:00:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal of our instruction is love. Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.34,0:00:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The overarching aim that Paul gives Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.56,0:00:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for sitting under sound teaching. Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.07,0:00:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For coming aside to a place like this, Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.66,0:00:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hearing men open \Nthe Word of God to you, Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.08,0:00:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you would be compelled Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.16,0:00:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to greater and greater degrees Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.19,0:00:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of love to God Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.95,0:00:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and love to men. Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.79,0:00:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the aim of this conference Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.23,0:00:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that is the aim Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.74,0:00:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the whole Christian life. Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.43,0:00:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole Christian life can be summed up Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.80,0:00:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in love to God and love to men. Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.48,0:00:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will also make you a \Nlight of the nations, Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.34,0:00:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that My \Nsalvation may reach Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.98,0:00:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the end of the earth. Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.88,0:00:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too small for Christ \Njust to be glorified Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.14,0:01:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in one place. Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.36,0:01:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's worthy of more. Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.93,0:01:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more we find out about the Lord, Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.73,0:01:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we grow \Nin our own relationship Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.65,0:01:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Lord and love for the Lord. Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.85,0:01:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our hearts ought to break when Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.84,0:01:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see people just living for vanity. Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.59,0:01:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we know that there are places Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.93,0:01:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where nobody worships Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.55,0:01:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a longing in our \Nhearts for far more. Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.78,0:01:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what kind of \Nexperience we've had, Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.92,0:01:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in mighty preaching, Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.06,0:01:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in glorious singing, Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.67,0:01:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in times of prayer, Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.15,0:01:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, the truth is, Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.66,0:01:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not present with Him. Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.24,0:01:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we've had is just small Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.88,0:01:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tips of an iceberg Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.20,0:01:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is so eternal Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.35,0:01:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will take us out \Ninto the ages to come. Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.42,0:01:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been crucified with Christ Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.68,0:01:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I no longer live, Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.24,0:01:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Christ lives in me. Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.10,0:01:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing this, that our old self, Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.89,0:01:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our old man, Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.86,0:02:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the person that I used to be in Adam, Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.19,0:02:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been crucified with Him, Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.91,0:02:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I'd no longer be a slave of sin. Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.25,0:02:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The body of sin has been Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.83,0:02:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rendered powerless, he said. Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.34,0:02:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loving the church Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.09,0:02:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Lord Jesus Christ Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.59,0:02:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loves the church. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.16,0:02:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The compromised, worldly, Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.62,0:02:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Protestant Evangelical mess Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.48,0:02:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the professing church world, Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.99,0:02:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not to be equated with the Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.61,0:02:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true church of Jesus Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.68,0:02:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not the same thing. Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.66,0:02:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His church Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.82,0:02:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a spiritual temple of living stones. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A chosen people. Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.68,0:02:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A royal priesthood. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.32,0:02:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A holy nation. Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.73,0:02:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The apple of His eye. Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.67,0:02:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A people, the Bible says, Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.61,0:02:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His own possession. Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.15,0:02:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Answer this honestly. Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.36,0:03:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I love the church as Christ does? Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.02,0:03:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I view the church as Christ does? Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.44,0:03:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I live for her as Paul did? Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.19,0:03:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If not, then we should not claim Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.07,0:03:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be Biblical Christians. Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.50,0:03:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the church is at the center Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.32,0:03:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the heart of God's economy. Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.44,0:03:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal of the conference is this, Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.40,0:03:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with this I close, Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.72,0:03:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever God sends you Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.92,0:03:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the days and weeks to come, Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.73,0:03:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of context and position, Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.15,0:03:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be found sacrificing your life Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.95,0:03:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the altar of love to God and to men. Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.97,0:03:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the goal of our instruction. Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.72,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the goal of this conference. Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the goal \Nof the Christian life.