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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.42,0:00:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brother Geoff spoke to us last night
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.45,0:00:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the privileges of the Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.35,0:00:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he mentioned to us that privileges
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.88,0:00:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come with responsibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.63,0:00:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I'll be speaking more
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.72,0:00:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the responsibilities that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.45,0:00:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Christian life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.14,0:00:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'll open your Bibles
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.08,0:00:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the first letter to \Nthe church at Corinth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.43,0:00:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in chapter 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.52,0:00:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to begin by stating \Na concern that I see.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.14,0:00:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a concern that's \Nrepeated in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.75,0:00:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in numerous places.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.100,0:00:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a concern that's prevalent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.25,0:00:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the church today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.08,0:00:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The concern pointedly is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.80,0:00:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we handle our differences
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.46,0:00:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our local churches?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.30,0:00:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a concern that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.07,0:00:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all too often view ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.94,0:00:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more spiritually mature
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.53,0:01:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.11,0:01:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the evidence of our immaturity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.96,0:01:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is revealed in our lack of love
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.48,0:01:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.94,0:01:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demonstrated in how we \Nrespond to one another
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.80,0:01:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and handle our differences
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.08,0:01:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our local churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.36,0:01:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm concerned this is especially true
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.42,0:01:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us in the reformed church
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.66,0:01:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the area of doctrinal differences
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.66,0:01:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the area of how we live out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.36,0:01:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our convictions in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.40,0:01:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reformed churches and reformed Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.98,0:01:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are known for their focus
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.33,0:01:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their emphasis on doctrine and truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.14,0:01:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And praise God for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.67,0:01:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is commendable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.58,0:01:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me say from the start,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.43,0:01:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every Christian and every true church
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.48,0:01:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be known and marked
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.90,0:01:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their careful attention
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.85,0:02:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to right doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.90,0:02:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, after all,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.62,0:02:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Scriptures tell us that the church
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.65,0:02:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a pillar and buttress of truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.39,0:02:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of you who are here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.23,0:02:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the churches represented here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.22,0:02:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in those because you love
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.17,0:02:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doctrine and truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.75,0:02:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in those churches
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.06,0:02:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the pastors of those churches
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.66,0:02:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unashamedly proclaim truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.48,0:02:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uphold truth, and defend truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.71,0:02:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole counsel of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.100,0:02:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beloved, we should thank \NGod for those pastors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.36,0:02:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should thank God for those churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.27,0:02:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.77,0:02:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who long for truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.23,0:02:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proclaim truth, and defend truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.65,0:02:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years, I've gotten \Nto know many of you here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.05,0:02:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that you're a people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.46,0:02:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who individually study doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.78,0:03:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your desire is to glorify God
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.07,0:03:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to take \Nthe truths of Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.17,0:03:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apply them in all areas of life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.71,0:03:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be ever conformed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.41,0:03:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Word of God for the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.73,0:03:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we must be careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.56,0:03:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time that we are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.32,0:03:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our pursuit of truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.43,0:03:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the application of truth -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.21,0:03:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individually and corporately -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.11,0:03:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as local churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.09,0:03:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we don't fail to heed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.03,0:03:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very important call in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.07,0:03:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is to maintain the \Nunity of the Spirit in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.23,0:03:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This unity of the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.80,0:03:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have in Christ is wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.02,0:03:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what we love to experience
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.40,0:03:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we gather together
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.73,0:03:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fellowships like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.56,0:03:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that unity of Spirit \Nthat we've all had
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.61,0:04:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where maybe we are on\Na plane trip somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.20,0:04:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we sit down next to someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.75,0:04:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we begin a conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.98,0:04:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we feel a bond to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.06,0:04:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel a oneness with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.73,0:04:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we go further in the conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.77,0:04:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we begin to realize,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.01,0:04:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a brother or sister in the faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.19,0:04:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we may not even know their name,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.61,0:04:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we love them and \Nwe're drawn to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.56,0:04:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even want to be with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.46,0:04:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is that oneness of spirit \Nthat we have in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.27,0:04:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know this, church,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.43,0:04:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the church of Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.39,0:04:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is united together supernaturally.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.70,0:04:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not called in \NScripture to create unity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.03,0:04:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.09,0:04:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are called in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.71,0:04:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maintain and preserve the unity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.03,0:04:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God Himself has created in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.02,0:05:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maintaining our unity in \NChrist is vitally important
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.02,0:05:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the church's unity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.43,0:05:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a living witness to the lost world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.55,0:05:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the saving and uniting power
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.34,0:05:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.100,0:05:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ, through the gospel,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.63,0:05:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings together a diverse people -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.37,0:05:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a people from every nation, tribe,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.43,0:05:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tongue, and language.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.93,0:05:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and makes them one in Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.46,0:05:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Christ, we are one body.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.29,0:05:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are one spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.43,0:05:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have one hope.\NWe have one Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.69,0:05:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have one common faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.34,0:05:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have one common object of our faith
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.96,0:05:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and affection of our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.74,0:05:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.00,0:05:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our churches;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.84,0:05:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our families of faith
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.09,0:05:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our unity though is tested.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.89,0:06:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's tested in the midst of our diversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.97,0:06:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I speak of diversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.26,0:06:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not just speaking about
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.58,0:06:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cultural diversity here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.97,0:06:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although, there is cultural diversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.64,0:06:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The diversity I'm speaking about
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.30,0:06:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the diversity, maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.82,0:06:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in maturity in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.65,0:06:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, our growth in the understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.16,0:06:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of truth and doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.69,0:06:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, the diversity in our convictions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.32,0:06:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we apply the Scriptures
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.67,0:06:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.46,0:06:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we live out those understandings.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.83,0:06:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.24,0:06:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we just set doctrine aside?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.58,0:06:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find the lowest common denominator?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.66,0:06:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just rally around that?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.97,0:06:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course not.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.78,0:06:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course that's not what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.66,0:06:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do see that happening in some places;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.80,0:06:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the professing churches
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.30,0:06:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who set aside doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.00,0:06:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sake of unity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.52,0:07:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a fake unity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.81,0:07:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no, we don't set aside doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.30,0:07:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, the church is the \Npillar and buttress of truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.11,0:07:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must all be consistently growing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.03,0:07:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding, defending,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.59,0:07:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and proclaiming truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.83,0:07:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must be conforming to truth
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.85,0:07:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personally in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.01,0:07:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must maintain that unity \Nthat we have in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.98,0:07:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the witness that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.54,0:07:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a lost and dying world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.99,0:07:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me summarize it in one question
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.03,0:07:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it before you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.15,0:07:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then try to answer it for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.12,0:07:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we as local churches here
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.24,0:07:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with such diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.92,0:07:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintain our unity in Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.31,0:07:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while we vigilantly \Npursue and defend truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.31,0:07:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the question I want \Nto put before us today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.90,0:07:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think Paul in 1 Corinthians 13,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.02,0:07:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he gives us the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.70,0:08:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's read 1 Corinthians 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.24,0:08:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please follow along as we read
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.93,0:08:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's holy and inerrant Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.53,0:08:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I speak in the tongues of men
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.36,0:08:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of angels but have not love,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.25,0:08:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.66,0:08:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I have prophetic powers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.32,0:08:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understand all \Nmysteries and all knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.28,0:08:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I have all faith
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.22,0:08:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as to remove mountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.85,0:08:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have not love, I am nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.60,0:08:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I give away all I have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.35,0:08:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I deliver up my body to be burned,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.34,0:08:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have not love,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.99,0:08:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gain nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.80,0:08:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is patient and kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.03,0:08:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love does not envy or boast.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.32,0:08:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not arrogant or rude.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.61,0:08:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not insist on its own way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.01,0:08:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not irritable or resentful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.77,0:08:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not rejoice at wrongdoing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.87,0:08:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rejoices with the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.48,0:08:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love bears all things;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.64,0:09:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believes all things;\Nhopes all thing;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.86,0:09:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,endures all things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.66,0:09:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love never fails.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.76,0:09:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for prophecies, they will pass away.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.30,0:09:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for tongues, they will cease.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.72,0:09:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for knowledge, it will pass away.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.63,0:09:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For we know in part \Nand we prophesy in part,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.65,0:09:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when the perfect comes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.74,0:09:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the partial will pass away.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.92,0:09:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.99,0:09:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spoke like a child;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.50,0:09:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought like a child;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.70,0:09:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I reasoned like a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.60,0:09:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I became a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.57,0:09:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave up childish ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.82,0:09:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For now we see dimly in a mirror,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.84,0:09:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then face to face.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.91,0:09:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I know in part,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.87,0:09:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I shall know fully
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.52,0:09:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as I have been fully known.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.86,0:09:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now, faith, hope, and love abide
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.03,0:09:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these three,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.02,0:09:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the greatest of these is love."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.24,0:09:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll be focusing on verses 1-7,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.32,0:10:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I won't even be able to cover them all
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.45,0:10:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this short period of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.73,0:10:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In verses 1 - 3,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.91,0:10:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope to convince us all
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.78,0:10:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the essential need for love
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.41,0:10:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our local churches
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.05,0:10:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of our differences.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.50,0:10:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In verses 4 - 7,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.23,0:10:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will look at the picture
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.50,0:10:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Paul paints for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.71,0:10:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is nothing less than a portrait
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.01,0:10:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jesus Christ Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.66,0:10:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that we will all
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.25,0:10:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at this portrait of love;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.99,0:10:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this portrait of Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.15,0:10:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think we're all going to see
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.79,0:10:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are falling short.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.16,0:10:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we will all see is
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.80,0:10:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the genuineness and the depth
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.26,0:10:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our love towards one another
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.57,0:10:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be found lacking.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.10,0:10:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think we're going to discover
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.87,0:10:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're not quite as mature
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.73,0:10:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we think we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.83,0:10:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Paul said,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.14,0:10:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was a child, \Nhe thought like a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.42,0:11:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He reasoned like a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.75,0:11:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's talking about the maturing process.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.43,0:11:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beloved, I think many of us think
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.18,0:11:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're men or women,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.60,0:11:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by how we handle our differences
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.77,0:11:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our local churches,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.13,0:11:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're proving to still be children.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.30,0:11:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's no secret that the answer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.15,0:11:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how do we maintain our unity
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.98,0:11:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Jesus Christ in the \Nmidst of our diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.62,0:11:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our local churches is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.50,0:11:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we walk through these verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.27,0:11:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know about you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.46,0:11:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I find it very interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.86,0:11:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the greatest treatise on love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.02,0:11:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the entire Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.21,0:11:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not written to a man and a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.94,0:11:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing at an altar with rings in hand
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.36,0:11:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about to exchange vows.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.61,0:11:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's written pointedly
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.02,0:12:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.13,0:12:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A local church - and we've all read
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.04,0:12:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the book of Corinthians who no doubt
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.50,0:12:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the face of diversity;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.76,0:12:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has some differences.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.77,0:12:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the unity that they have \Nsupernaturally in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.85,0:12:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now is at stake
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.72,0:12:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.48,0:12:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I will tell you, that's true
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.32,0:12:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of us sitting here right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.29,0:12:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The context again is that this is written
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.96,0:12:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a local church
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.94,0:12:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had experienced wonderful fellowship
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.78,0:12:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their union of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.99,0:12:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now that fellowship,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.45,0:12:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that unity in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.05,0:12:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in danger.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.31,0:12:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at verse 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.24,0:12:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I speak in the tongues \Nof men and of angels,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.54,0:12:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have not love,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.75,0:12:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.73,0:12:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know from chapter 12 that there
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.52,0:12:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a division sprouting up \Nin the church of Corinth
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.13,0:12:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over spiritual gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.86,0:13:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're priding themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.22,0:13:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what gifts they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.79,0:13:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems people are creating
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.32,0:13:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you might call subcultures
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.72,0:13:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.77,0:13:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on what?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.57,0:13:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on what spiritual gifts they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.07,0:13:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're creating spiritual hierarchies
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.53,0:13:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within their local church it seems.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.86,0:13:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different classes of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.96,0:13:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Treating some people with \Npreferential treatment
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.67,0:13:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or elevated treatment over other people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.40,0:13:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on which gifts they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.97,0:13:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Paul will have none of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.82,0:13:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in chapter 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.16,0:13:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that he spent time
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.70,0:13:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straightening that out.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.37,0:13:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He helped them all see
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.65,0:13:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the body of Christ is one body
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.01,0:13:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with many different parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.14,0:13:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the gifts within the church
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.86,0:13:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are distributed by God,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.36,0:13:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're not to boast in those,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.95,0:13:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're to be \Nused for the edification
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.05,0:13:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the building up of \Nthe church as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.35,0:13:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here in chapter 13,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.95,0:13:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says something different.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.50,0:14:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says essentially
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.26,0:14:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're finding your identity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.55,0:14:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in believing that you are something;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.10,0:14:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believing that you have something to offer
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.67,0:14:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on what gifts God has given to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.59,0:14:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I speak in the tongues \Nof men and of angels,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.56,0:14:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have not love,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.18,0:14:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.02,0:14:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that Paul's doing here?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.30,0:14:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, please know this, beloved.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.88,0:14:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is not minimizing the importance
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.38,0:14:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of spiritual gifts in the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.78,0:14:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just spent an entire chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.96,0:14:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,letting them know spiritual gifts
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.25,0:14:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are important and vital
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.42,0:14:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.74,0:14:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if he's not minimizing \Nthe importance
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.96,0:14:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of spiritual gifts,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.25,0:14:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it that Paul is doing here then?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.89,0:14:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's maximizing the necessity of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.30,0:15:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is not minimizing \Nthe importance of gifts,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.41,0:15:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maximizing the necessity of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.82,0:15:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's essentially saying this,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.39,0:15:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have gifts -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.51,0:15:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the ones you're all boasting about -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.56,0:15:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gift of tongues maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.98,0:15:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not rooted in love;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.76,0:15:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not used and governed by love,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.02,0:15:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then your gifts do not help the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.76,0:15:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They distract from the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.31,0:15:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They hurt the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.55,0:15:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.41,0:15:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And if I have prophetic powers
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.10,0:15:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understand all mysteries \Nand all knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.83,0:15:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I have all faith
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.13,0:15:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as to remove mountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.69,0:15:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have not love,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.08,0:15:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am nothing."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.29,0:15:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think is where we'll focus our time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.69,0:15:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where we in the reformed church
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.60,0:15:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our emphasis on doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.37,0:15:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem to struggle a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.84,0:15:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Praise God again that we study doctrine,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.90,0:15:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we seek to live it out
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.15,0:15:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apply it in all of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.82,0:16:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's something we must be doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.49,0:16:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for many in the reformed church,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.76,0:16:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.14,0:16:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has become everything to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.66,0:16:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At any time I begin to discuss
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.40,0:16:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this type of subject,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.46,0:16:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Paul's discussing here in v. 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.82,0:16:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not long before I hear from someone,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.29,0:16:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Jesse, you're minimizing doctrine,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.48,0:16:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doctrine is from God's Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.47,0:16:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't minimize doctrine."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.41,0:16:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me say loudly and clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.74,0:16:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will repeat myself \Nthroughout the entire sermon,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.62,0:16:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not minimizing doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.31,0:16:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I agree with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.43,0:16:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of doctrine is of vital importance
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.14,0:16:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it comes from the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.93,0:16:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not minimizing doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.21,0:16:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not suggesting that \Nwe set doctrine aside.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.97,0:16:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a pastor, I'll tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.68,0:16:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've given myself to doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.33,0:16:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the study of doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.25,0:17:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the teaching and preaching of doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.59,0:17:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the defending of doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.90,0:17:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Week after week, year after year.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.10,0:17:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not minimizing doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.01,0:17:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm maximizing the need for love.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.71,0:17:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The need for love in our doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.90,0:17:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The need for love in our \Ndoctrinal differences.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.15,0:17:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look what Paul is saying here.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.14,0:17:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I have prophetic powers
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.93,0:17:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understand all mysteries \Nand all knowledge..."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.30,0:17:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All mysteries.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.95,0:17:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite portions of Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.89,0:17:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in Luke 24
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.10,0:17:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the resurrection of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.72,0:17:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the road with the disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.90,0:17:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's speaking to the disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.15,0:17:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus unlocks all mysteries for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.34,0:17:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He helps them to see
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.84,0:17:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how He is the fulfillment,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.33,0:18:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how all of Scripture \Nfinds its fulfillment
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.30,0:18:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.69,0:18:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus who understands all mysteries.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.53,0:18:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a value that would be to the church!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.89,0:18:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have an individual \Nor people in our church
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.26,0:18:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who understood all \Nthe mysteries in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.10,0:18:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how they find their \Nfulfillment in Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.88,0:18:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about the one who has all knowledge?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.66,0:18:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deep doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.45,0:18:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This may be the person who has
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.12,0:18:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the covenant issues
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.53,0:18:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorted out perfectly.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.82,0:18:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have all their eschatology down.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.15,0:18:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says here they have all knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.74,0:18:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's giving them credit.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.24,0:18:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You understand all mysteries.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.91,0:18:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have all the knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.11,0:18:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you have not love,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.17,0:19:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.69,0:19:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, I think this is where
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.07,0:19:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rubber meets the road for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.08,0:19:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe these churches represented here.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.14,0:19:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some of us who believe
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.87,0:19:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have all the mysteries and knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.71,0:19:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figured out.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.70,0:19:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think if we're honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.13,0:19:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to confess
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.05,0:19:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have it all figured out.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.08,0:19:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all still growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.67,0:19:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These men who have walked in the faith
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.88,0:19:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,40, 50, 60 years faithfully,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.60,0:19:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could bring them up here one by one
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.55,0:19:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would acknowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.90,0:19:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen, I'm still growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.50,0:19:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Word of God is still sharpening
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.25,0:19:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shaping my \Nunderstanding of who God is.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.87,0:19:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mysteries are still \Nbeing unlocked to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.44,0:19:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The knowledge and the \Ndeeper things of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.05,0:19:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are still being revealed to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.57,0:19:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And praise God, we never stop growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.75,0:19:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what Paul says here is,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.19,0:19:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if you did \Nunderstand all the mysteries
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.22,0:19:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have all the knowledge?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.88,0:20:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even then, without love you're nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.54,0:20:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In verse 3, Paul goes on to say this:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.67,0:20:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I give away all I have
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.93,0:20:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deliver up my body to be burned
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.82,0:20:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have not love, I gain nothing."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.56,0:20:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, I've talked to so many of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.40,0:20:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're living self-sacrificing lives
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.15,0:20:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can be more faithful to Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.92,0:20:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give more.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.68,0:20:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, aren't you the kind of people
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.51,0:20:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to see in our church?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.21,0:20:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones who are gifted by God?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.00,0:20:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones who have and \Nare studying doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.09,0:20:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have knowledge and understanding?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.00,0:20:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones who are living sacrificially
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.78,0:20:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the glory of the Kingdom of God?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.51,0:20:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aren't these the people \Nwe want in our church?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.87,0:20:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the answer is yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.42,0:20:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And don't they bring value?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.54,0:20:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't they help edify and \Nbuild up the church?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.74,0:20:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the answer is maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.24,0:20:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe not.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.66,0:20:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see the progression that happened
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.74,0:21:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these first three verses?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.09,0:21:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without love, we accomplish nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.100,0:21:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without love, we are nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.72,0:21:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And without love, we gain nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.72,0:21:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the conclusion \Nthat we must come to?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.34,0:21:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In measuring our Christian maturity,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.77,0:21:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we have everything without love,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.15,0:21:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.78,0:21:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.92,0:21:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.60,0:21:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, how important the use of gifts are
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.39,0:21:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.76,0:21:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, how important doctrine is
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.59,0:21:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.33,0:21:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, how important sacrificial living
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.02,0:21:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.78,0:21:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But apart from love, beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.24,0:22:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.34,0:22:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right away, some of you \Nmay begin to struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.60,0:22:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we talk about doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.100,0:22:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to ask a question like,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.04,0:22:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So, are you saying that we should
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.91,0:22:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let go of doctrine and pursue love?"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.22,0:22:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you to know this: No.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.17,0:22:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not truth or love.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.32,0:22:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's truth in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.55,0:22:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often, we have that pendulum swing
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.68,0:22:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our life, don't we?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.55,0:22:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where, okay, I'm pursuing truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.58,0:22:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm given to truth.\NI'm studying.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.11,0:22:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm reading systematic theology.\NI'm going through all these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.100,0:22:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm growing in truth;\Ngrowing in truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.98,0:22:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we begin to neglect \Nother areas of our life,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.32,0:22:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize, wait a minute,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.31,0:22:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm lacking in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.79,0:22:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do we often do?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.27,0:22:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We overcompensate and we set truth down,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.98,0:22:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we walk over here
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.57,0:22:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to pursue love.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.63,0:22:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saints, it's not truth or love.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.02,0:22:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's truth in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.36,0:22:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not 50% of truth and 50% of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.55,0:23:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 100% of truth and 100% of love
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.37,0:23:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working together.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.88,0:23:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not either/or; it's both/and.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.100,0:23:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's at this point that some of you
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.08,0:23:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may say, okay, I'm pursuing truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.43,0:23:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I believe that I'm loving.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.68,0:23:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you may believe that you're loving
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.53,0:23:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all too often, we find -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.66,0:23:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in reformed circles -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.03,0:23:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,statements like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.83,0:23:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, I'm loving. \NI told them the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.35,0:23:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the most loving thing you can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.04,0:23:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it is loving to share \Ntruth with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.70,0:23:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Paul now in verse 4
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.21,0:23:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to help you see
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.62,0:23:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does love look like
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.73,0:23:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually lived out.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.33,0:23:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to help us see that
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.00,0:23:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love is not just sharing the right,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.49,0:23:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,correct doctrine,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.94,0:23:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the spirit in which \Nyou share that doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.88,0:23:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is vital.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.78,0:24:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what Paul's going to show us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.13,0:24:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The genuineness and depth of our love
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.95,0:24:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not seen in just sharing truth
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.39,0:24:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how we respond to people
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.60,0:24:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who agree with our doctrinal positions,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.31,0:24:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the genuineness and depth of our love
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.72,0:24:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is revealed in how you respond
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.66,0:24:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people who disagree
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.100,0:24:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your doctrinal positions.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.08,0:24:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I keep seeing in reformed circles
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.82,0:24:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is people pursuing truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.44,0:24:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And typically as I begin this discussion,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.18,0:24:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll see them pursuing truth
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.100,0:24:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it pertains to doctrines \Nthat we would call
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.39,0:24:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-salvific.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.68,0:25:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning, we're not usually struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.10,0:25:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the areas of whether Jesus is God
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.52,0:25:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we're saved by grace \Nthrough faith alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.05,0:25:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're dealing in doctrinal areas
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.18,0:25:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that although very important
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.18,0:25:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vital because they're \Nfrom the Word of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.42,0:25:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we know that some through the ages
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.09,0:25:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have disagreed upon
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.69,0:25:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come to different conclusions upon.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.06,0:25:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's kind of where I want to focus
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.03,0:25:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my effort and energy today if i could.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.65,0:25:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone begins to study \Na doctrinal position.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.42,0:25:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they were unaware of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.22,0:25:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't even on their radar before.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.76,0:25:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They become passionate about truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.55,0:25:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we all should be \Npassionate about truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.83,0:25:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they begin to talk with others
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.68,0:25:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their local church about this truth
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.49,0:25:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're excited about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.18,0:25:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They see how God can be glorified
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.79,0:25:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in it and through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.27,0:25:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is good.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.85,0:25:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then they find someone in the church
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.78,0:25:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or different people in the church
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.41,0:25:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who disagree with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.74,0:26:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's at this point that I begin to see
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.83,0:26:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that unity that we have in Jesus Christ -
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.06,0:26:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that supernatural bond that we have -
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.87,0:26:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is where I begin to see a disunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.58,0:26:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a working to preserve \Nand maintain that,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.00,0:26:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a division beginning to occur.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.36,0:26:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I see the divisions occurring really
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.32,0:26:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in two different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.06,0:26:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the divisions that may occur
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.88,0:26:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.19,0:26:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, if you're not going to side with me
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.01,0:26:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my beliefs, I'll just go find
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.68,0:26:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another group of Christians;
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.15,0:26:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another church who more \Nbelieves in these areas
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.08,0:26:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way I believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.80,0:26:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll go be with them."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.26,0:26:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But another division I'm actually seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.17,0:26:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more likely happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.71,0:26:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and probably more prominent
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.16,0:26:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our churches represented here
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.72,0:26:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a division that stays \Nin the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.09,0:26:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what this division looks like is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.60,0:26:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I find someone who doesn't agree
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.58,0:26:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my new study of doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.40,0:26:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my new arrival of understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.20,0:26:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I find someone who doesn't
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.65,0:26:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live out their convictions
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.47,0:27:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same way that I do,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.86,0:27:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's division within the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.86,0:27:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that happens by treating
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.36,0:27:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other Christians in the church \Nwho disagree with me
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.94,0:27:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as second-class Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.36,0:27:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're not as spiritual as I am."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.92,0:27:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You clearly don't love holiness \Nand God as much as I do."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.65,0:27:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There's something wrong with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.41,0:27:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you would come to the same conclusions
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.40,0:27:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have come to."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.48,0:27:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would live out your convictions
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.22,0:27:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same way I live out my convictions."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.21,0:27:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This person that we once had
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.60,0:27:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such intimate fellowship with;
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.62,0:27:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we shared the joy and union
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.88,0:27:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fellowship and union \Nin Christ together -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.67,0:27:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my brother and sister in the Lord -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.86,0:27:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone who, like me, \Nhas been blood-bought,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.64,0:27:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, I realize has come to \Na different conclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.32,0:27:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an area of doctrine,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.54,0:27:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't even treat them
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.88,0:27:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a brother or sister anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.82,0:28:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want everyone in here to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.40,0:28:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially myself is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.32,0:28:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not loving.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.67,0:28:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That works directly against our call
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.03,0:28:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maintain the unity that \Nwe have in Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.94,0:28:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see this played out \Nin churches all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.49,0:28:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you come to a conviction
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.78,0:28:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how you should \Neducate your children.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.44,0:28:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that never was \Neven on the radar.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.82,0:28:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then your eye diffused that \Nquickening ray in the dungeon.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.100,0:28:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the light came in \Nand Christ became real.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.82,0:28:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then everything in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.37,0:28:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to look through \Nthe lens of the gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.61,0:28:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Scriptures as we should do.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.37,0:28:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you've come to convictions\Nyou've never even thought about.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.54,0:28:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How should I educate my children?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.14,0:28:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you arrive at a conclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.78,0:28:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the best way \Nfor me to live this out
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.04,0:28:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be for me to homeschool my children.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.88,0:28:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you become \Nconvinced that's the only way
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.15,0:28:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can educate your children
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.91,0:29:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're seeking to glorify God.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.59,0:29:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you begin to look at other people
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.60,0:29:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who don't follow the conviction
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.05,0:29:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you follow there.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.68,0:29:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you begin to categorize \Nthem in your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.48,0:29:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't love Jesus like I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.16,0:29:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not willing to make the sacrifices
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.18,0:29:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm willing to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.02,0:29:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see the spiritual pride?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.27,0:29:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see the classes of Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.09,0:29:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning to divide?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.43,0:29:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see that the basis
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.13,0:29:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our fellowship,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.72,0:29:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was once the sweet union
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.06,0:29:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jesus Christ and the gospel,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.06,0:29:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now becomes the basis of:
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.99,0:29:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, how do you educate your children?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.20,0:29:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens when we do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.86,0:29:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inevitably, whether we mean to or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.09,0:29:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we begin to minimize \Nthe gospel of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.78,0:29:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We begin to minimize the power
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.93,0:29:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the purchasing blood of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.22,0:29:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We begin to find fellowship
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.82,0:29:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in something other than Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.36,0:29:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We begin to find our unity
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.59,0:30:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in something other than Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.24,0:30:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saints, it's dividing our churches up.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.10,0:30:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That does not work to maintain
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.98,0:30:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unity that we have in Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.38,0:30:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How you respond to that person
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.66,0:30:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who disagrees with \Nyour doctrinal position;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.34,0:30:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you respond to that person
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.20,0:30:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who comes to a different conclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.30,0:30:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how you should educate your children
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.79,0:30:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what premarital \Nrelationships should look like -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.20,0:30:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you respond to that person
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.56,0:30:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the evidence and depth of your love
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.01,0:30:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.04,0:30:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, if we just keep \Nsurrounding ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.43,0:30:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.72,0:30:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with little subcultures -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.46,0:30:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're the homeschooling group;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.71,0:30:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're the courtship group;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.64,0:30:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're the amillenial group;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.67,0:30:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're this group;\Nwe're that group;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.58,0:30:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anyone who doesn't agree with you
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.37,0:30:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those areas, although you do have
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.23,0:30:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,union with them in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.77,0:30:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not good enough \Nfor fellowship anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.24,0:31:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't let my kids be around anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.16,0:31:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who doesn't homeschool.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.46,0:31:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you teaching your children?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.72,0:31:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That homeschool is more important
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.41,0:31:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than union in Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.10,0:31:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think some of us are \Ngoing to wake up one day
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.46,0:31:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realize we put all \Nof our hope and faith
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.79,0:31:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in educating our \Nchildren in our home.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.06,0:31:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homeschooling doesn't save anybody!
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.78,0:31:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Jesus Christ that saves.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.16,0:31:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I homeschool my kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.17,0:31:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, I'm not implying
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.98,0:31:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the love you have
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.81,0:31:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the group of people you \Nhave surrounded yourself with
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.07,0:31:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hold to those same convictions -
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.54,0:31:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying it's not love.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.12,0:31:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is love. I think it's love.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.17,0:31:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want us to look at is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.45,0:31:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what is the depth of my love?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.80,0:31:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Paul seems to think
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.51,0:31:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the depth of your love is revealed
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.84,0:32:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not with those you've \Ngathered around yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.52,0:32:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who affirm you all day,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.44,0:32:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the one who doesn't \Nsee it the same way
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.27,0:32:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how you treat that brother or sister
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.67,0:32:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the reality of the depth of your love
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.82,0:32:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.92,0:32:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at it in verse 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.35,0:32:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says, "Love is patient."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.87,0:32:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love suffers long.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.52,0:32:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assumed in this first \Ncharacteristic of love
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.61,0:32:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is offense.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.88,0:32:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He assumes that there's provocation here
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.18,0:32:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between two people.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.34,0:32:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He assumes there's differences
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.99,0:32:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disagreements here.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.96,0:32:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we say that?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.50,0:32:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because know this,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.75,0:32:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have to \Nsuffer long with people
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.08,0:32:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who agree with you in \Nevery point of doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.25,0:32:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live out the same way you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.08,0:32:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't suffer with those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.79,0:32:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just sit around and affirm each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.43,0:32:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look how spiritual we are!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.77,0:33:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look how unspiritual they are!
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.88,0:33:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't suffer long if you \Njust build me up all day
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.72,0:33:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and agree with me in every area.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.74,0:33:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.92,0:33:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Paul says genuine love suffers long.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.39,0:33:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genuine love is revealed \Nin the face of adversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.17,0:33:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the face of disagreement.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.78,0:33:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how long are we suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.80,0:33:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those who disagree with us
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.39,0:33:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have offended us
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.75,0:33:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they haven't come \Nto the same conclusions?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.24,0:33:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's the reality of \Nthe depth of your love.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.40,0:33:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's assumed in the characteristic
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.11,0:33:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again is provocation.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.29,0:33:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It assumes someone has provoked you here.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.32,0:33:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've provoked you
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.39,0:33:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by not seeing it the way that you see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.87,0:33:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I showed it to them in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.07,0:33:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.01,0:34:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can't they see it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.39,0:34:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love when they've been provoked,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.32,0:34:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not provoke back.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.71,0:34:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it suffers long with the other person.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.51,0:34:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What becomes very clear in Paul's
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.43,0:34:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definition of love here
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.70,0:34:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the love Paul is speaking about
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.00,0:34:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the love the world speaks about.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.33,0:34:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The love the world speaks about
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.28,0:34:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is emotion-driven;
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.62,0:34:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feelings-based.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.78,0:34:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And know this, genuine love
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.11,0:34:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is full of emotion and feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.88,0:34:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not feelings-driven \Nor feelings-based.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.04,0:34:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beloved, the love that \NPaul is calling you and I to
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.97,0:34:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to preserve the unity we \Nhave in Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.96,0:34:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nothing less than the love \Nof Jesus Christ in the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.70,0:34:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the love that you \Nand I are being called to.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.70,0:35:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a love in word only.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.12,0:35:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a love in deed and action.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.68,0:35:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a love in the face of provocation
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.34,0:35:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that suffers long.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.89,0:35:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's apply this first \Ncharacteristic again here.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.15,0:35:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering long.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.15,0:35:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone in the church disagrees
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.42,0:35:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a doctrinal position you \Nspent the last six months
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.34,0:35:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading three books on and \Nlistening to 25 sermons on.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.02,0:35:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're convinced you've \Ncome to the right conclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.80,0:35:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've sat down with them\Nand you've shown it to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.37,0:35:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they just don't see \Nwhat you're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.89,0:35:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they see the other side of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.62,0:35:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we become passionate about truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.46,0:35:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Christians should be \Npassionate about truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.24,0:35:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what this love does
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.03,0:35:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it's patient with that person.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.03,0:35:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever noticed -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.27,0:35:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've seen this in my own life -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.50,0:35:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll begin to study
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.58,0:35:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and focus on an area of doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.24,0:36:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that maybe \Nwasn't even on the radar
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.06,0:36:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first ten years \Nin your Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.73,0:36:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You spend six months studying on it
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.95,0:36:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're an expert on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.54,0:36:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You dogmatically go to other \Npeople in your church,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.15,0:36:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't stop talking about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.20,0:36:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you struggle that they can't see it
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.51,0:36:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way you've explained it.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.59,0:36:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You forget that it was \Nten years in the faith -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.40,0:36:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wasn't even on your radar.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.24,0:36:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now if they don't come
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.59,0:36:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the same conclusion \Nas you've come to,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.40,0:36:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't even be in \Nfellowship with them anymore
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.56,0:36:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the local church.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.82,0:36:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know this, saints, suffering long
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.45,0:36:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more than just biting your tongue
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.18,0:36:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when someone disagrees with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.64,0:36:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and distancing yourself from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.56,0:36:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because one of the things \Nwe need to see here
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.83,0:36:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that these first two characteristics -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.22,0:36:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patience and kindness -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.18,0:36:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually go together.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.94,0:36:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One's the other side of \Nthe coin of the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.38,0:36:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me put them together with you
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.67,0:37:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show you what this really looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.58,0:37:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is patient. It suffers long
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.34,0:37:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the face of provocation.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.33,0:37:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than that, love is kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.50,0:37:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The root word here in "kind" has the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.85,0:37:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being "fit for use."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.55,0:37:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usefulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.40,0:37:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serving each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.93,0:37:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think with me for a moment here.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.26,0:37:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True love is demonstrated
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.06,0:37:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when someone disagrees with you
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.66,0:37:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or offends you,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.96,0:37:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead of responding back to them
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.23,0:37:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provoking them back,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:38.15,0:37:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do not respond back to them with that,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.87,0:37:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather you show them patience.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.66,0:37:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:46.81,0:37:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you move towards that person
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.88,0:37:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve them in kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.95,0:37:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know about you, \Nbut that's really hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.84,0:38:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so convinced I'm right.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.26,0:38:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so passionate
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.24,0:38:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is about the glory of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.12,0:38:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think they're robbing \Nthe glory of God in their life,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.78,0:38:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm trying to show them,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.82,0:38:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to sit with them \Nand work with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.63,0:38:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've walked them through \Nevery Scripture in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.30,0:38:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They still don't see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.53,0:38:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're getting a \Nlittle frustrated with me
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.31,0:38:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I won't stop talking \Nabout my doctrinal points so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.14,0:38:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what this says is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.36,0:38:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That even if I'm right in \Nthe doctrinal position,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.88,0:38:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be patient \Nwith this brother or sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.98,0:38:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than that, I'm going to begin
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.93,0:38:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to move towards them
Dialogue: 0,0:38:33.96,0:38:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and serve them in kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.62,0:38:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I see happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.51,0:38:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I shared truth with you \Nand you didn't get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.42,0:38:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to be \Nin the circle anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.69,0:38:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to fellowship with you
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.49,0:38:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as I used to anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.36,0:38:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one thing to bite your lip
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.45,0:38:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not respond when \Nyou've been provoked.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.14,0:38:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a whole other thing to move
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.72,0:38:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards that person you disagree with
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.88,0:39:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find ways to serve them
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.87,0:39:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and welcome them in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.70,0:39:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I ask you something?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.33,0:39:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that what Jesus Christ did to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.92,0:39:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weren't you and I provoking Jesus Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.04,0:39:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I think the only \Nthing we were doing
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.52,0:39:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was provoking Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.85,0:39:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And didn't He pointedly and individually
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.27,0:39:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only not give you what you deserved
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.49,0:39:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was His wrath?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.45,0:39:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did not. He was \Nlong suffering with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.33,0:39:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than just \Nsuffering long with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.68,0:39:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't Jesus Christ move towards you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.45,0:39:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seek you out
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.98,0:39:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look to serve you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.35,0:39:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by laying His life down for you?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.92,0:39:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And isn't this exactly what we need to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.63,0:39:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're going to maintain the unity
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.46,0:39:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have in our local churches
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.04,0:39:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of our diversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.55,0:40:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to respond with Christ-like,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.88,0:40:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gospel-centered love
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.41,0:40:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move towards those \Npeople we disagree with
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.18,0:40:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and serve them.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.43,0:40:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a testimony that would be to them
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.11,0:40:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to those outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.57,0:40:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the love we're called to.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.97,0:40:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gospel-centered love.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:22.22,0:40:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask yourself right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.50,0:40:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those in your local church
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.31,0:40:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who view premarital relationships \Ndifferent than you,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.72,0:40:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who view how to educate your \Nchildren different than you,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.55,0:40:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've arrived at different \Nconclusions of your favorite doctrines,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.42,0:40:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are you moving towards that person
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.93,0:40:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve them and welcome them?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.28,0:40:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's the genuine \Ndepth of your love
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.94,0:40:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the local church right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.48,0:40:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.66,0:40:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you like so many that I see
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.40,0:41:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that say, well, I'm only \Ngoing to associate
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.21,0:41:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the people who homeschool like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.44,0:41:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want their lack of seriousness
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.80,0:41:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rub off on me or my children.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.72,0:41:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you forget all along
Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.00,0:41:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're speaking about someone
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.68,0:41:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purchased with the blood of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.44,0:41:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not being patient.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.10,0:41:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not being kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.83,0:41:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is unloving.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.51,0:41:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.16,0:41:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know that \Nloveless orthodoxy is sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.65,0:41:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Revelation 2, Jesus warned a church
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.31,0:41:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seemed to have \Nall their doctrine right,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.75,0:41:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,debated it, stood in the \Nface of false teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:40.56,0:41:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hated evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.20,0:41:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He commended them for all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:45.70,0:41:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then He turned to them and said this:
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.77,0:41:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to repent though.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.26,0:41:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, well, they had \Nleft their first love
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.84,0:41:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's referring to Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.13,0:41:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.38,0:42:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But can I ask you this question?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.75,0:42:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is the evidence of your love \Nfor Jesus Christ most revealed?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.34,0:42:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In love for His church.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.82,0:42:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you love Him \Nwhom you have not seen
Dialogue: 0,0:42:11.05,0:42:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can't love your brother \Nor sister who you do see?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.22,0:42:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I love Jesus!"
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.56,0:42:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The depth of your love for Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.32,0:42:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is revealed in how you love His bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.14,0:42:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality of love is not just
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.99,0:42:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those who agree with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.26,0:42:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but those who have disagreed with you
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.39,0:42:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and offended you.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.10,0:42:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not suggesting in any way, beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.10,0:42:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we do not discuss these doctrines
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.04,0:42:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or our convictions in our local churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:48.08,0:42:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.43,0:42:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the means of grace
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.100,0:42:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God has used to \Ngrow us and sharpen us.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.46,0:42:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I am suggesting that we discuss them
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.46,0:42:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the context of gospel-centered unity
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.28,0:43:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clothed in Christlike \Nhumility and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.32,0:43:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we allow something \Nother than Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.66,0:43:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the basis of our \Nunity and our fellowship,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.10,0:43:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, we inevitably minimize \NJesus Christ and the gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.84,0:43:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the work against the unity
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.05,0:43:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He's given to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:24.00,0:43:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of this statement \Nand see if it just
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.38,0:43:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rings wrong for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.02,0:43:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, you're my brother in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.46,0:43:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both saved and redeemed \Nby the grace of Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.34,0:43:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have that in common
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.67,0:43:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we agree on those things,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.71,0:43:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we've come to a \Ndifferent place eschatalogically,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.32,0:43:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can't even be in \Nfellowship with you anymore."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.88,0:43:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not minimizing the importance
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.95,0:43:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of any other doctrines.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.82,0:43:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm saying that the unity
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.52,0:43:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we share in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.07,0:43:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the love within that unity
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.40,0:44:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should help us be able to work together,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.62,0:44:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have these discussions,\Nencourage each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.68,0:44:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharpen each other
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.32,0:44:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without breaking the \Nfellowship and unity we have
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.67,0:44:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our local churches
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.00,0:44:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is centered upon Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.83,0:44:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yes, discuss these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.74,0:44:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, encourage and build up each other
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.78,0:44:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.99,0:44:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, sharpen each other in these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.48,0:44:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do it clothed in love and humility.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.44,0:44:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when others disagree with you
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.80,0:44:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do it differently,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.12,0:44:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffer long with them
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.44,0:44:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move towards them
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.23,0:44:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in kindness and service.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.45,0:44:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we don't treat them \Nlike second-class Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.59,0:44:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because know this,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.05,0:44:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are no second-class Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.49,0:44:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that our \Nrallying point is a cross
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.91,0:45:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says one thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.08,0:45:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the playing field is level.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.84,0:45:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only reason why any of \Nus are getting in is grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.95,0:45:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.54,0:45:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you make something
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.85,0:45:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than the cross and Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.26,0:45:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basis of our fellowship,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.34,0:45:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you minimize the work of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.16,0:45:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ identifies
Dialogue: 0,0:45:23.81,0:45:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the lowest of \Nunderstanding doctrine Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.60,0:45:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will be welcomed in
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.46,0:45:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the same degree that you will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.100,0:45:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are loved by Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.03,0:45:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the same way that you are loved,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.23,0:45:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the basis of His love
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.59,0:45:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not rooted in you, \Nit's rooted in Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.69,0:45:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not condoning immaturity in doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.91,0:45:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not condoning indifference
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.47,0:45:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how we live out our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.91,0:45:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jesus Christ is not either.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.69,0:46:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But again, Jesus Christ \Nidentifies with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:05.13,0:46:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be careful how we speak
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.78,0:46:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the body of Christ;
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.73,0:46:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we treat the body of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.51,0:46:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said to Saul,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.92,0:46:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.09,0:46:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was persecuting the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.77,0:46:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus so identifies with His church
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.03,0:46:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that how you treat them,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.06,0:46:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He views it as how you treat Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.84,0:46:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know this, we can have our doctrine right,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.99,0:46:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the doctrine that we \Nbelieve we have right
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.42,0:46:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has not had its full work in us
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.53,0:46:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it manifests in Christlike love
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.83,0:46:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.44,0:46:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can have your doctrine right,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.41,0:46:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that doctrine has not \Nhad its full work in you
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.31,0:46:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it manifests itself through you
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.91,0:46:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Christ-centered love.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.57,0:47:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This love we're called \Nto is patient and kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.27,0:47:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One more here.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.36,0:47:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says this love \N"does not envy or boast,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.06,0:47:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not arrogant or rude."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.51,0:47:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I tell you that nothing works faster
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.58,0:47:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at causing disunity in the local church
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.70,0:47:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as spiritual pride?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.70,0:47:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Corinthians thought:
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.49,0:47:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are something.\NWe have these gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.90,0:47:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We understand this doctrine.\NWe've arrived.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:24.30,0:47:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're living sacrificially. Look at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.53,0:47:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Paul didn't deny any of \Nthose things were important,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.35,0:47:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he knew without love,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.100,0:47:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those things would divide the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.99,0:47:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The genuineness and depth of my love
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.72,0:47:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not seen with those who agree with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.05,0:47:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with those who disagree with me
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.08,0:47:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how I respond to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.55,0:47:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've often referred to the local church
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.57,0:47:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a brewing pot of sanctification.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.37,0:47:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I find people just leaving
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.10,0:47:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local church after local church,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.85,0:48:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for people who are \Nexactly like themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.07,0:48:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the reasons God put you in churches
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.33,0:48:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with such diversity culturally
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.11,0:48:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maturity-wise is to abound you
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.54,0:48:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Christlike love.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.22,0:48:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.58,0:48:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot more comfortable and easy
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.44,0:48:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to keep finding \Nsubgroups of Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.64,0:48:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who believe all that you believe
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.28,0:48:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it all the way you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.95,0:48:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not how He made the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.58,0:48:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He made the church diverse,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.60,0:48:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we could abound in love
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.10,0:48:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we show patience and kindness
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.81,0:48:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those who disagree with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.96,0:48:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I give you one test that you're being
Dialogue: 0,0:48:33.21,0:48:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boastful or arrogant?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.11,0:48:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you constantly feel the need
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.80,0:48:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk about your doctrinal positions
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.77,0:48:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with everyone in the local church,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.20,0:48:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a sign of arrogance and boasting.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.18,0:48:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you view everyone in your local church
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.68,0:48:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as positions rather than people,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.19,0:48:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your goal is just to win everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.96,0:48:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over to your position -
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.11,0:48:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not even asking people anymore:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.99,0:48:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey, how are you doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.48,0:49:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going on at work?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.31,0:49:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I be praying for you?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.69,0:49:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If every time they walk up to \Nyou all they hear about is
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.37,0:49:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why they should be doing it this way
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.19,0:49:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or why they should believe this doctrine,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.52,0:49:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're in a dangerous place.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:15.57,0:49:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look down at others
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.85,0:49:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who disagree with you
Dialogue: 0,0:49:17.95,0:49:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only surround yourself with people
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.93,0:49:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who look like you and talk like you
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.74,0:49:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do like you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.04,0:49:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a sign of spiritual pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.88,0:49:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not preserving unity.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.01,0:49:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me ask us this question.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.42,0:49:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if Jesus Christ did that to us?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.90,0:49:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if Jesus said to us:
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.77,0:49:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I know we have \Nthis whole gospel thing
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.20,0:49:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we agree in,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.26,0:49:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in these areas of doctrine,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.78,0:49:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.92,0:49:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He began to treat you
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.34,0:49:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a second-class Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:56.78,0:49:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.27,0:50:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single one of us would be put out
Dialogue: 0,0:50:01.58,0:50:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His inner circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.50,0:50:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I tell you this?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.56,0:50:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ has never \Ndone that to you once.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.15,0:50:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He keeps moving towards you
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.16,0:50:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pursuing you in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.85,0:50:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we as Christians so freely receive
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.30,0:50:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this love from Christ \Non the basis of grace
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.10,0:50:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then treat others without love
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.16,0:50:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they differ from us
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.88,0:50:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in different areas of \Nconviction or doctrine?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.32,0:50:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what that's called?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.15,0:50:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gospel amnesia.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.64,0:50:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're forgetting how Christ has \Ntreated you in the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:42.76,0:50:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have right doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.41,0:50:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but lack love for one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.80,0:50:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.86,0:50:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's so much more we could say
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.54,0:50:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in Corinthians about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.91,0:50:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before I finish, I \Nwant to encourage you
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.87,0:51:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because saints, the hope we have
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.34,0:51:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of maintaining our unity in Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.18,0:51:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of our diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.62,0:51:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Jesus Christ's gospel-centered love
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.96,0:51:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards those who disagree.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.95,0:51:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, it's not love or truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.46,0:51:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's truth in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.67,0:51:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a love that suffers long.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.46,0:51:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a love that moves towards others
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.34,0:51:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who disagree; who provoke us.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.26,0:51:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's about that person -
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.93,0:51:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serving them in kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.96,0:51:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a love that keeps \Nno record of wrongs.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.10,0:51:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a love that believes \Nthe best about each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.02,0:51:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.70,0:51:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because this is the love that Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:51:35.87,0:51:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has shown to you
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.28,0:51:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continues to show you day after day,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.78,0:51:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,week after week,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.06,0:51:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,month after month,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.38,0:51:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,year after year.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.68,0:51:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will confess to you personally
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.25,0:51:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that as I studied this,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:49.73,0:51:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and preached six sermons \Non it in our church,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.54,0:51:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to the conclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.59,0:52:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm not quite as \Nloving as I thought I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.91,0:52:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I talked to some \Npeople in our church
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.34,0:52:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after we finished six sermons on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.76,0:52:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were discouraged.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.19,0:52:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said I thought I was loving,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.26,0:52:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I realize I've just surrounded myself
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.28,0:52:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people who think of the \Ndoctrines the way I think of them
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.43,0:52:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it the way I do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.30,0:52:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm struggling with those \Nwho disagree with me
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.81,0:52:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not as loving \Nas I thought I could be
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.99,0:52:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's really hard to love those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.37,0:52:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's you today,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.34,0:52:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you say if I'm going to be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.33,0:52:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't been treating people
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.15,0:52:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who disagree with me with kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:39.13,0:52:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking to move towards them,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.90,0:52:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve them and welcome them;
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.70,0:52:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've made the basis of my fellowship
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.65,0:52:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my local church those who
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.07,0:52:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agree with me and affirm me.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.62,0:52:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to love like \Nyou're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.59,0:52:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that's how Christ loves me,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.53,0:52:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to love like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.39,0:52:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm really struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.69,0:52:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to love like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.92,0:53:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.72,0:53:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, most of us have been taught
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.40,0:53:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our whole life
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.06,0:53:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus is our example.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.02,0:53:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He is.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.98,0:53:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that when you find \Nyourself struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.14,0:53:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in obedience to Him, to just try harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.06,0:53:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you keep falling down
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.70,0:53:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realizing I can't do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:22.04,0:53:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason why trying harder doesn't work
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.10,0:53:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because the love that \Nyou and I are called to
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.31,0:53:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not something we \Ncan produce on our own.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.11,0:53:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of Galatians 5 with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.17,0:53:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fruit of the Spirit is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.87,0:53:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that tell us?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.74,0:53:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The love you and I are \Ncalled to is a fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.75,0:53:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something I cannot \Ngrit my teeth and produce
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.84,0:53:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by trying harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:59.47,0:54:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something that must be produced
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.37,0:54:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in me and through me.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.60,0:54:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, does this mean I'm not responsible?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.66,0:54:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have a part in this?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.41,0:54:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, you are responsible in this area.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.53,0:54:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, how do we love like this then?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.07,0:54:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard an analogy that I'll close with
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.20,0:54:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think will be helpful for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.31,0:54:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we all look at the call
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.61,0:54:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Paul's put before us of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.24,0:54:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is nothing short of Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.35,0:54:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we become discouraged to see
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.88,0:54:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm struggling to love like this
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.45,0:54:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I fall short.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.49,0:54:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to emulate Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.21,0:54:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to love like He does,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.60,0:54:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm struggling so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.05,0:54:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What hope do I have?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.26,0:54:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it just try harder?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.87,0:54:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the analogy.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.22,0:54:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's say all of you love music.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.57,0:54:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you love beautiful music.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.59,0:54:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I come to you and I say,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.10,0:54:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I want you to begin to produce,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.81,0:54:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,write, and play music like Mozart.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.29,0:54:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's your example.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.30,0:54:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you say wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.72,0:54:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want that kind of music.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.12,0:55:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to produce that music;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.56,0:55:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,write that music; play that music.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.50,0:55:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you sit down and you study Mozart.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:04.83,0:55:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at Mozart.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.09,0:55:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You examine Mozart.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.56,0:55:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you try really hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.52,0:55:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you fall miserably on your face
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.61,0:55:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over again
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.73,0:55:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you become discouraged.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:19.26,0:55:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, I'm trying so hard
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.86,0:55:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to play music like Mozart;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.32,0:55:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to compose.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.24,0:55:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just don't find the strength to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.65,0:55:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would agree with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.82,0:55:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to play \Nlike Mozart if you try harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.88,0:55:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if I told you this?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.39,0:55:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit of Mozart was going to come
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.94,0:55:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reside inside of you?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.87,0:55:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And compose through you?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.25,0:55:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And write through you?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.91,0:55:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And empower you to write music?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.74,0:55:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To compose music?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:48.94,0:55:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to play music like him?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.81,0:55:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, you'd be mightily encouraged
Dialogue: 0,0:55:52.44,0:55:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say yes, I can play music!
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.74,0:55:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can compose like Mozart.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.17,0:55:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not because of my strength,\Nmy trying harder,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.57,0:56:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because the spirit \Nof Mozart lives in me.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:02.94,0:56:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, beloved, that's what \Nhappened in the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.89,0:56:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ not only forgives you and I
Dialogue: 0,0:56:08.52,0:56:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our lovelessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.21,0:56:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes up residence within us.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:13.36,0:56:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the Spirit of Christ \Nand His love in us
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.94,0:56:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working through us,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.22,0:56:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being produced for His glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.68,0:56:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where do we begin with that though?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:25.62,0:56:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to begin by confessing inability.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.92,0:56:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 15:5 - I can't do this, God.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.53,0:56:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then by faith, you abide in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.46,0:56:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You be led by the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.93,0:56:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You walk by the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.22,0:56:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you lay hold of \Nthe truth of the gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.100,0:56:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus Christ in us
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.05,0:56:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will produce His fruit through us
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.63,0:56:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it so we can maintain
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.99,0:56:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unity of Christ in our local churches
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.37,0:56:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.16,0:56:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.01,0:57:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It not only forgives, it empowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.76,0:57:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.60,0:57:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, in the name of Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.71,0:57:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray that You would help each of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.94,0:57:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, convict us of our lovelessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.69,0:57:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us to mark it for \Nwhat it is which is sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.90,0:57:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us believe the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.53,0:57:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That if we confess this sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.60,0:57:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're faithful and just to \Ncleanse us and forgive us.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.59,0:57:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But help us believe \Nthe rest of the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.42,0:57:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the Spirit of Christ is now in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.50,0:57:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That love that we so seek to emulate.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.60,0:57:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His power is towards us who believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.36,0:57:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, that we would abide more
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.94,0:57:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and appropriate the gospel more.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:51.44,0:57:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Led by the Spirit;\Nwalking by the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:53.56,0:57:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that Your fruit would be manifest
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.100,0:57:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in us and through us for Your glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.62,0:58:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, accomplish these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:01.72,0:58:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Preserve the unity in Your church
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.51,0:58:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the testimony of Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:58:05.64,0:58:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a lost and dying world.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:08.23,0:58:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the name of Jesus we pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:10.21,0:58:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.