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PJ: Well, as you're being seated,
as you're taking your seat, if

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you can grab your Bibles and
open up to Romans chapter 12.

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Romans chapter 12 is going to be
part of our text this morning.

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This is week 2 in this three week
mini series on the type of church that

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I believe that God wants us to be.

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In fact, not just wants us to be,
the type of church we must be.

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Our mission here at Compass Bible
Church is that we would be a church that

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is reaching, teaching, and training.

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That is, that we are You Carrying
out the great commission in the lives

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of our flock and those around us.

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And if we're going to do that, then
we envision being a church that, as

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we talked about last week, is Christ
exalting this week, church equipping,

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and then next week culture engaging.

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And so as we come to this.

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that is well equipped, that's
going to be our focus this morning.

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As we get there, though, I don't know
if you've heard of this individual on

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the screen, but he is the only member
of the United States Coast Guard

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ever to receive the Medal of Honor.

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And it was awarded to him in
1943 for actions that took

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place in September of 1942.

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September of 1942, in the Pacific
Theater, it was the Guadalcanal

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campaign, uh, Coast Guard Douglas Monroe.

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Was involved in transporting troops from
the the ships the Marines from the ships

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to the the shores to the island there
in the Solomon Islands and There was

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a particular excursion that they were
going on to take what they termed Hill

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84 And as they were going up Hill 84 the
the Marines got Stranded atop Hill 84

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because what had happened is two Japanese
forces had come in on either side of

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their path back down to the water And,
and so the Marines radioed in for help

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and they began to get artillery, uh,
bombardments coming in from off the shore

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on either side of the main thoroughfare
there to, to try to, to distract and,

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and keep the Japanese at base so that
the Marines could get off the island.

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Well, meanwhile, back on the boats in
safety, as they're firing these cannons,

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uh, the, the Coast Guard was mobilized
again and they said, Hey, we need to

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get those marines off that island.

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And so Douglas Munro, who had just driven
one of the transports to get them to the

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island, stepped forward and said, I'll
drive one to get them off the island.

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As they were driving back to the
island, and as they approached the

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island, there was fire coming off
of the island from the Japanese who

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saw what was happening and wanted to
prevent these Marines from escaping.

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And so these boats, as they were
coming close to the island, they

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were taking fire from the enemy.

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And Douglas Munro was one of those boats
taking fire from the enemy and he noticed

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as he was drawing near to the shore
that one of their other troop transport

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boats had become stranded on a reef.

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And so Munro took his transport boat
and he placed his boat between the

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enemy fire, And the boat that was
stranded there on the reef, and he

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got out and got into the machine gun
position and began to fire on the enemy.

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And he was doing this
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Number one, being able to free that
one boat so that it could get back

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with the troops that were on board.

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And number two, to try to finish the
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off the island and back to safety.

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As he was there and as he was firing,
Monroe didn't notice that there was

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a stream of machine gun fire from
one of the Japanese that was coursing

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across the water straight at his boat.

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And sure enough, that machine gun fire,
one of those bullets came up and hit

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him right at the base of the skull,
where the skull meets the neck there.

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Monroe dropped unconscious
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One of the fellow soldiers there grabbed
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they were driving back to safety, back to
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in previously and could have stayed in and
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And as he's going back, Monroe
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look at the troops that were around
him and say, Did they get off?

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That was his question.

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Did they get off?

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And the troops around him said,
yeah, we, we, we got them to safety.

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When he heard that Monroe slipped back
into unconsciousness and never recovered.

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So the medal of honor was actually awarded
posthumously in 1943 to his mom and dad as

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the only member of the United States coast
guard ever to receive the medal of honor.

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What made him do that?

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What produced that in him?

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I think The answer is he was
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He knew what the purpose was, and he
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the Marines from the boats to the island.

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And then he understood after that,
that the purpose was to get the Marines

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from the island back to the boats.

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And again, when the call came to say,
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to go after them, Monroe, on the safety
of his ship, on the safety of his

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boat, could have stepped back and said,
somebody else will step forward and do

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this, I don't need to volunteer again.

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I was the one that took them
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Somebody else will do this.

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And, and then on top of that, as
he's going and sees the boat that

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stranded, he could have thought to
himself, wow, how unfortunate for

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that person in, in this place of need.

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And, and, and they're in
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I'm, I'm just glad I'm not them.

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And he could have probably kept himself
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was at stake and he knew the mission
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the role that he needed to play in that.

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Monroe was willing to go to the furthest
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order to see the mission accomplished.

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Church, we don't have enemy
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Monroe did, but be not deceived.

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There's an enemy firing
at the church today.

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There's an enemy active in
the world all around us.

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that doesn't want to see the
mission of the church succeed.

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And right now we have a mission
reaching, teaching and training.

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We have a mission.

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We have a purpose to see lost
people saved in Christ exalted.

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As we talked about last week,
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church, we will not succeed in.

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And so as we come to Romans 12 verses
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think about church I want you to think
about this and it's cheesy albeit But it

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hopefully will stick with you a church.

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That's all in is a church that will
win a Church, that's all in is a

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church that will win That will win
in the eyes of Christ that will win

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more souls to Christ that will win
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mission That we have A church that's
all in is a church that will win.

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What does a church that
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We're going to look at that from
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First Corinthians chapter 12.

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Romans chapter 12 verses 4 through 6
says this, For as in one body we have

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many members and the members do not all
have the same function, so we though many

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are one body in Christ and individually
members of one another, having gifts that

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differ according to the grace given to us.

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Let us use them.

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Let us use them.

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That's where we're going
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In Romans 12 4 through 6 and then also in
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think we see if we're gonna be a church
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gonna win There's three commitments
that we need from the church and these

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aren't just commitments broad level
These are commitments and this is gonna

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be a sermon this morning church if I
can put it this way I'm gonna get in

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your kitchen a little bit this morning
Okay, I'm gonna step on some toes But

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hopefully in love this morning With what
we're gonna talk about as far as what I

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believe that the Bible teaches and that's
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don't take my word for it, but hold
me accountable to what Scripture says.

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Turn to the passages that we're going
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Ask yourself, what does this actually
look like in action this morning?

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But these are commitments that we're
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to need commitments from each and
every single believer, follower

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of Jesus Christ in this room.

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If we're going to accomplish the
mission that God has for this church.

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First commitment is this, number one,
commit to us by getting connected.

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That's point number one this morning.

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Commit to us by getting connected.

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Back in Romans 12, four says this for
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Okay.

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There's diversity, but unity in the body.

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There's a cohesiveness, many
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And then look at verse five.

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He says, so we though many
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And then this phrase and
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See, y'all, God has designed the
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of many people who are all committed
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We are members of one another.

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Paul addresses this in 1
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In 1 Corinthians chapter
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1 Corinthians 14 says this, For just as
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and all members of the body, though
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For in one spirit we were all
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Greeks or slaves or free, and all
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For the body, does not consist
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Okay.

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So Paul's talking about the same thing
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talking about in Romans chapter 12.

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He's talking about the body is diverse
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Now you may be tempted to say, or
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have thought in the past, okay, sure.

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Universal church, right?

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The church capital C, many
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And that's what he's talking about here.

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Pastor, he's talking about
the universal church.

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He's not anywhere here saying that
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Well, I disagree, and I disagree
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Look at verse 18.

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If you're in 1 Corinthians chapter
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screen, verses 18 through 20.

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Paul goes on and says this, but as it is.

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God has arranged the members in the body,
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here, each one of them as He chose.

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If all were a single member,
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As it is, there are many
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Listen, this makes no sense if Paul just
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What in the world does it mean if all
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there's no focus on the local church
at all here, what does it mean that God

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has arranged each member as he chose?

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And what does it mean that
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member, where would the body be?

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As it is, there are
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Why would it matter if this is simply
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church that he's talking about?

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But I would argue instead, and I
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about in Romans 12 as well, that
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He's talking about this body right here
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a multi faceted, multi diverse group
that all comes together as one group

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because we are committed to each other.

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And so that's why commit
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Now let me flesh out that
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Here at Compass Bible Church, a lot of
people will come and say, what does it

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look like to be a part of the church?

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What does it look like for me
to be a member of the church?

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And right now we don't have
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this is what we'll tell you.

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If this is your church home, if this
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I'm all in and I'm going to commit
here and this is where Pastor Rob,

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Pastor PJ, they are my pastors.

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Then to be a part of our
church looks like this.

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You attend, you connect, and you serve.

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You attend, you connect, and you serve.

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attending is what you're doing right now.

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So congratulations.

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Check the box on that, right?

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But connection, right?

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And that's where I want to dive
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the bread and butter here.

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And you're like, but wait a
minute, I thought this was a

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sermon on getting equipped.

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It is about getting equipped, but we
can't effectively equip the church.

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If we're dealing with the church that's
not committed, that's not all in,

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that's not connected to one another.

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And so the second component of connection
here, and this is where I'm going to

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begin to, to, to, to meddle a little bit.

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And here's what I want to say,
church, if you're not connecting,

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you are missing a vital component of
God's purpose for having you here.

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And we are missing a vital component
of God's purpose for having you here.

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Connection, building relationships,
getting involved in community

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is integral to finding your
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Again, I go back to 18.

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God has arranged each member as he chose.

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You are here because God has placed
you here, and God has placed you

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here to be in community with other
brothers and sisters in Christ.

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I tried to highlight the language, but
here it is literally highlighted for you.

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Romans 12, 5, We though
many are one body in Christ.

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And listen to this language.

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Individually, we are
members of one another.

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We are members of one another.

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That is intimate language that
Paul is using here for the church.

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This is not Sunday only language here.

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This is doing life within
community with each other.

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This is weeping.

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In fact, that's the context in Romans 12.

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Romans 12 9, let love be genuine, abhor
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love one another with brotherly affection.

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How can you do that without
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Love one another with brotherly affection.

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He goes on, he says, Rejoice,
verse 15, rejoice with those who

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rejoice, weep with those who weep,
live in harmony with one another.

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These are all descriptors.

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These are all things meant to
be carried out and lived out

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within the body of Christ.

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And you can't do that if you're on the
outside, not, not connected, not committed

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in the community of the body of Christ.

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Ephesians 4.

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25, he uses the same language here.

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He says, Therefore, having put away
falsehood, let each of you who speak

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the truth, or let each one of you
speak the truth with his neighbor,

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for we are members of one another.

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We're members of one another.

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This is the church membership
that matters, y'all.

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This right here, being members
of one another, being committed

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in community with one another,
being many members, but one body.

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Realized here in the local church, and
so we wanted to see you commit to us by

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getting connected, but here's the thing
y'all It's not just about committing to

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those to your left and and your right
It's it's about committing to God's

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design for the church There is I'm gonna
argue no such thing in the New Testament

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as a Sunday only Christian Now those of
you who have community group on Sundays

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you guys are exempt from that statement
not really though Because we still want

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more than just, you know, showing up at
church and going to a community group.

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But listen, there's no such thing
in, in the category of the church.

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You can read it, find it, bring it to us.

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Say, look, here, here's the example
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the two hour a week Christian.

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We, we talked about this last week
in the Christ exalting sermon.

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If Christ is going to have first place
in your life, and that right now for

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you looks like showing up for, for a two
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service on Sunday, then there's something
missing, a lot of something missing.

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Look at Acts chapter 2, look at the
birth of the church, look at how they

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were sharing all things in common.

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They were meeting together daily.

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You say, okay, well that's a unique stage
of the church, and I'll give you that.

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But how about 1 Corinthians 13?

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The great passage on loving.

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Love is kind, love is patient, love
does not boast, it does not rejoice in

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evil, it does not insist on its own way.

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You know what, we read that at weddings,
but you know what that was written to?

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That was written to this group right
here, that was written to the church.

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How can you be obedient to the
call to love the way that Paul

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calls us to in 1st Corinthians 13?

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By only showing up on Sunday mornings
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church or seeing anybody else from the
body of Christ the rest of the week.

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Or how about Galatians chapter 6?

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Paul says there that we are to bear
one another's burdens, that if we see

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a brother or sister in sin, we are
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of gentleness and love for them.

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Listen, it's easy for you to show
up this morning looking as best

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as you possibly can all week with
the facade on and looking like

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you've got the Instagram family.

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That's not hard to do.

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What gets hard is when you begin to let
somebody else into your literal kitchen

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because you're having them in your
house or you're going to their house.

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When you begin to get to know someone,
where they see you when you're showing up

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and man, your last nerve has been frayed.

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That's where relationship, accountability,
love for one another really takes off.

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Showing up on Sunday
morning is not hard to do.

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Showing up the rest of the time
and investing the way that God

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calls us to in the church, that's
where the bread and butter of true

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connecting and true commitment to
the bride of Christ looks like.

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We have a luxury in our society here
of saying, well, you know, I go to

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church on Sunday, isn't that enough?

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And the early Christians wouldn't
have even fathomed that luxury.

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And I don't think it's a good luxury.

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I don't think it's a good thing for us.

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Maybe you think, yeah, but they
were under intense persecution and

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they, they really felt that need.

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Okay.

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What happens when intense
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Do you think a switch is
going to flip for you?

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What relationships have you invested in
with other believers right now, that if

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tomorrow it was going to become illegal
to gather together as a church, you would

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have somebody that was going to care for
your soul, that was going to be there?

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So it's not just about your commitment
to one another, your commitment to

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the Lord, but also it's all about
your commitment to your, your pastors.

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This is something that Pastor Ron
and I spent a long time this week

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talking about and also with Mark.

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Hebrews 13, 17 says this.

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He says, Obey your leaders
and submit to them.

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But this is the part that I
want you to focus on here.

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For they are keeping watch over your souls
as those who will have to give an account.

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Let them do this with joy and
not with groaning for that

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would be of no advantage to you.

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Our primary means church of shepherding
the flock to this level is through

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you being committed to us through
community Here's what I mean by that if

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this is your church home and you would
say pastor rod and I are your pastors

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You need to be in a community group
And I'm not trying to be legalistic.

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I'm not saying you're not saved if
you're not in a community group I'm

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just saying if you're opting in to
us if you're saying you guys are my

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shepherd I want you to care for my soul
Then we need you in community groups.

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Here's the thing, Church.

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We have about 180 on
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There's two of us that are pastors.

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Mark is bearing some of the
shepherding load as well.

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But even if that's three of us,
that's 60 adults that are parsed

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out to each of the three of us.

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We only have about 120 of you, 127
of you involved in community group.

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Those numbers, You talk to any
other pastor to have 70 percent of

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a church body in community, they're
going to be like, that's amazing.

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It is amazing.

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And we love that, but we're
not satisfied with that.

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Because here's what I mean by that.

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When you plug in to community
group, here's how this helps me

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and Pastor Raj shepherd your soul.

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When I'm able to reach out to our
community group leaders and say, Hey,

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how's, how are things going in your group?

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Are there any needs going on that it
would be helpful for me to be made aware

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of that, that I can be praying for?

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Are there any counseling issues
that I can help serve in?

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Are there any financial needs
that we can come alongside and

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help support as a church family?

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Are you guys doing okay?

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How are you doing?

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Then what's able, able to happen
there is they're able to take their

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group 15 20 people and they're able
to give me a rundown and help me

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understand the shepherding needs
that exist within the church.

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If all you're doing is coming here
on Sundays and then leaving, I,

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I can't effectively shepherd you.

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I can't know you to the level
of knowing what your needs are.

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But when you place yourself under
the care of undershepherds, then

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you are also placing your care
under, yourself under the care of

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your pastors and shepherds as well.

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Maybe I can try to give this
a little bit more thrust here.

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This phrase, give an account, is
the idea of being called in front of

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your employer and ask, hey, did you
do the job that you were assigned?

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That's the future that Pastor Rod and I
are going to face, and what's going to

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be the litmus test is, did you shepherd
this room, and how did you do with that?

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And so you help us to be able to
do that and do that effectively.

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And for us as pastors to be obedient
to Christ, as you commit to us by

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getting connected and Pastor Ron, I
desire to be obedient to Christ in this.

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We want to be effective at
being able to shepherd you.

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And the way that we're going to
do that is when you commit to us.

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Now, maybe you need a
little bit more than this.

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Here's what commitment looks like.

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Here's some of the benefits to you.

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You may be saying okay, Yeah,
but what do I get out of this by

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being committed to a community
group other than losing some time?

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And I confess that this is super small.

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I apologize for that.

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It's not the best.

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So let me read them out for you.

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First, your needs are gonna be
made known and provided for.

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When you plug into community,
And you get connected with other

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brothers and sisters in Christ.

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You're able to bring your needs to
a group of people that are able to

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care for you, provide for you, and
if necessary, raise those concerns up

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the flagpole and help the pastors to
get involved in that as well, or the

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church at large to get involved in that.

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Second, counseling takes place
in the context of community.

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You have situations, again, like I said,
it's easy for you to show up this morning

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looking nice with the church facade on.

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But community is where you begin to build
relationships and trust is transferred

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from one to another, where you are able
to sit down with someone and say, you

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know what, I know it looks like we have
it all put together on Sundays, but, man,

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our marriage is struggling right now.

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Can I meet with you?

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Can I talk with you?

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You get that in community.

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You don't get that through showing up once
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Accountability takes place.

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You're going to be able to form
relationships with people where

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they're going to get to know you
and get to know how you're doing.

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And you're going to be able to say, Hey,
can you help me in my pursuit of Jesus?

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Can you hold me accountable to this
and hold me accountable to this?

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The sermon, also, is going
to be applied in community.

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If all you're doing is showing up here,
and then you're leaving, and you're

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not involved in the community of the
church, then I'm effectively your

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podcast pastor, just a worse one, because
you can find better ones out there.

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Honestly.

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I mean, John MacArthur can preach
circles around me, obviously.

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That's not a newsflash.

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John Piper, find your favorite
podcast pastor, go listen to them

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and free up your Sunday morning.

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But when you get involved in community
and you connect in community within

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the church, then you're able to take
the sermon, you're able to apply it

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with brothers and sisters in Christ,
you're able to talk through, okay,

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hey, when he was talking about that one
point, what does that look like in you?

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I'm trying to figure that out for me.

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And our small groups, our
community groups are built on that

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foundation and around that as well.

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Fourth, questions are raised and answered.

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You have questions, you're doing
the daily Bible reading, you've

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got something come up, you're
like, hey, I'm curious about this.

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Community and being connected to other
brothers and sisters in Christ, great way

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to get your questions asked and also maybe
you have answers that some people need.

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Future leaders are identified.

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And we're excited about what God's doing
at the church and as God grows the church

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We're going to need to raise up more
leaders and getting you getting known

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by other believers is a way for you to
be identified As somebody that we're

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saying hey, this is a future leader.

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We want to develop them.

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We want to invest in them You're
next you're prayed for Your community

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group, that's gonna be, those are
our brothers and sisters in Christ

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that will be praying for you.

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But also, your pastors are
gonna be praying for you.

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We're gonna take our roster of our
community group, like we did this last

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week, and we're gonna break it out.

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We're gonna say, hey, these are
the souls, check in with these

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people, check in with the leaders.

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Hey, be praying for them.

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You're gonna be prayed for when you're
committed with us and connected with us.

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And then finally, mutual
commitment is expressed.

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You're saying, I'm in.

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And we're looking at you saying, we're in.

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Right?

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Mutual commitment is expressed.

446
00:22:56,689 --> 00:22:57,959
So commit to us by getting connected.

447
00:22:58,089 --> 00:22:59,949
There may be some roadblocks
to that, and I get that.

448
00:23:00,479 --> 00:23:03,829
There may be some things that you're
sitting there going, man, I, I, there's

449
00:23:03,829 --> 00:23:05,879
some impediments to me getting plugged in.

450
00:23:05,879 --> 00:23:09,429
So I want you to think about those
things and think about what's keeping

451
00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:13,039
you from getting connected and saying,
What can I do to overcome those things?

452
00:23:14,579 --> 00:23:15,649
Some questions for you to consider.

453
00:23:15,649 --> 00:23:17,109
Number one, where are you moving?

454
00:23:17,109 --> 00:23:17,869
Where are you buying a house?

455
00:23:19,239 --> 00:23:21,349
Are you buying a house in a place
that's gonna take you out of community?

456
00:23:22,759 --> 00:23:26,019
out of connection that as we're talking
about this, which again, I think is

457
00:23:26,019 --> 00:23:28,919
the biblical picture of what we see
in scripture, the one another's the

458
00:23:28,919 --> 00:23:30,349
loving all the stuff being expressed.

459
00:23:30,689 --> 00:23:34,349
Are you going to be found in a
place where your mortgage may

460
00:23:34,349 --> 00:23:37,469
lessen, but man, your spiritual
oversight is going to lessen too.

461
00:23:39,159 --> 00:23:39,629
Is it worth it?

462
00:23:39,679 --> 00:23:40,799
What job are you taking?

463
00:23:41,169 --> 00:23:44,409
Are you taking a job that you have
no time to be able to invest in the

464
00:23:44,409 --> 00:23:45,579
community of the body of Christ?

465
00:23:48,419 --> 00:23:50,899
What extracurricular activities
are you committing to?

466
00:23:50,899 --> 00:23:51,959
What do you fill in your calendar with?

467
00:23:52,949 --> 00:23:55,379
We talked about this last week
with a Christ exalting person.

468
00:23:55,419 --> 00:23:57,329
Is Christ preeminent over your calendar?

469
00:23:58,149 --> 00:24:01,029
Such that you were saying, I'm going
to commit to the bride of Christ.

470
00:24:01,929 --> 00:24:04,429
And then finally, what attitudes
may need to be changed?

471
00:24:06,059 --> 00:24:07,859
Some don't want to get
involved in community.

472
00:24:07,859 --> 00:24:14,159
If I can just be blunt because of pride,
you don't feel like you need it, or you

473
00:24:14,159 --> 00:24:16,439
feel like you're going to be smarter than
everybody else in your community group.

474
00:24:17,629 --> 00:24:19,369
If you are great, they need you.

475
00:24:20,704 --> 00:24:23,374
To bring your wisdom that God's
giving you to bear in their lives.

476
00:24:24,304 --> 00:24:25,724
But my guess is you're
gonna be encouraged to.

477
00:24:25,725 --> 00:24:31,824
So maybe there's some attitudes that
need to be changed with this connection.

478
00:24:32,399 --> 00:24:33,909
Commit to us by getting connected.

479
00:24:34,089 --> 00:24:35,109
You might say, what does that look like?

480
00:24:35,109 --> 00:24:35,669
How do I do that?

481
00:24:35,969 --> 00:24:38,329
These are the groups that are available
right now, that are open right now.

482
00:24:38,329 --> 00:24:40,099
We hope to, to multiply these groups.

483
00:24:40,379 --> 00:24:41,479
And again, I confess, they're small.

484
00:24:41,479 --> 00:24:43,889
We've got the Bradleys, they're
meeting on Sundays at 4.

485
00:24:43,889 --> 00:24:44,689
30 over in Salina.

486
00:24:44,719 --> 00:24:46,769
We've got the Kim group,
they meet on Sundays at 4.

487
00:24:46,770 --> 00:24:47,579
30 in Little Elm.

488
00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:50,139
Kogans meet on Mondays at 6 in McKinney.

489
00:24:50,369 --> 00:24:52,020
The Kellys meet on Tuesdays at 6.

490
00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:53,079
30 in Aubrey.

491
00:24:53,079 --> 00:24:54,909
And the Littles meet on Thursdays at 6.

492
00:24:54,910 --> 00:24:55,559
30 in Salina.

493
00:24:55,879 --> 00:25:00,199
Now, This, we understand
we're gonna need more groups.

494
00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:00,959
We do have more groups.

495
00:25:00,969 --> 00:25:03,359
Some of them are just already full and
that's why they're not up on the list.

496
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,989
But if you go to our website and
you go to get connected, they're

497
00:25:05,989 --> 00:25:07,279
gonna, there's a drop down menu.

498
00:25:07,299 --> 00:25:09,349
You can find one of these
groups and get connected.

499
00:25:09,349 --> 00:25:10,119
So here's the thing.

500
00:25:10,479 --> 00:25:13,269
Again, we're at about 70 percent
participation of our church body.

501
00:25:13,464 --> 00:25:14,794
It's connected in community groups.

502
00:25:14,794 --> 00:25:15,554
That's great.

503
00:25:15,784 --> 00:25:18,404
And that also means for those of you
who are not, you're not going to have

504
00:25:18,404 --> 00:25:21,834
to look very long or far after service
to find somebody who is and talk to

505
00:25:21,834 --> 00:25:24,494
them about the benefits that they've
experienced by being in community.

506
00:25:25,084 --> 00:25:27,394
And so that's homework
step one after church.

507
00:25:27,394 --> 00:25:28,704
Find somebody who's been
in a community group.

508
00:25:28,704 --> 00:25:29,204
Talk to them.

509
00:25:29,204 --> 00:25:30,084
Say, hey, what's it like?

510
00:25:30,084 --> 00:25:31,404
What are the benefits
that you've experienced?

511
00:25:31,714 --> 00:25:33,794
And then homework step
number two, you guessed it.

512
00:25:34,214 --> 00:25:35,264
Register for a community group.

513
00:25:35,474 --> 00:25:39,824
I warned our leaders as we talked about
the sermon, as I sent them the, the

514
00:25:39,824 --> 00:25:43,614
recap, or the, the precap of the sermon,
uh, before, uh, yesterday, I said,

515
00:25:43,614 --> 00:25:45,224
look, we may, we may get an influx.

516
00:25:45,274 --> 00:25:47,844
Lord willing, we will get an influx
of people signing up to be in

517
00:25:47,904 --> 00:25:49,074
community groups after this sermon.

518
00:25:49,394 --> 00:25:51,374
Be ready for more people to get involved.

519
00:25:51,434 --> 00:25:54,364
We would love to have that be the result.

520
00:25:54,444 --> 00:25:57,894
If this is your church home, if I'm your
pastor, if Pastor Rod's your pastor,

521
00:25:58,774 --> 00:26:00,464
then you need to be in a community group.

522
00:26:01,364 --> 00:26:02,954
You say, but I thought this
was about being equipped.

523
00:26:02,984 --> 00:26:03,824
We're about to get there.

524
00:26:04,804 --> 00:26:07,794
But we can't effectively equip
you if you're not all in with us.

525
00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:12,884
We can't effectively train you up
and, and, and be a church that's

526
00:26:12,884 --> 00:26:16,804
serving to the capacity that we want
to serve as effectively as we would

527
00:26:16,834 --> 00:26:18,794
if you first are all in with us.

528
00:26:19,504 --> 00:26:22,344
It's like this, you see a little
old lady at a stoplight getting

529
00:26:22,344 --> 00:26:23,244
ready to cross the street.

530
00:26:23,274 --> 00:26:24,814
I've never found that by the way.

531
00:26:25,619 --> 00:26:28,479
I don't know if any of you have ever seen
the random little old lady by herself

532
00:26:28,479 --> 00:26:30,679
at the stoplight getting ready to cross
the street and been like, I've been

533
00:26:30,679 --> 00:26:32,509
waiting for this moment my whole life.

534
00:26:33,739 --> 00:26:34,289
Never seen her.

535
00:26:35,269 --> 00:26:38,509
But my guess is, because I believe the
best about this group, that you would,

536
00:26:38,509 --> 00:26:41,459
out of the goodness of your heart,
you would help her cross the street.

537
00:26:41,709 --> 00:26:43,689
If nothing else other than that's
what you're supposed to do.

538
00:26:43,689 --> 00:26:45,529
That's the reason why
it's a cliche, right?

539
00:26:47,329 --> 00:26:49,529
There's a difference in the way you
would help her across the street.

540
00:26:50,219 --> 00:26:52,779
And if it was your grandmother
that was at the street corner.

541
00:26:54,149 --> 00:26:57,389
All of a sudden, as you're helping your
grandma across the street, you have a, you

542
00:26:57,389 --> 00:27:00,079
have an investment in her, her well being.

543
00:27:01,019 --> 00:27:04,789
That, that, in essence, her well being is
your well being, as you're helping your

544
00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:06,359
grandmother to cross the busy street.

545
00:27:06,979 --> 00:27:07,299
Why?

546
00:27:07,399 --> 00:27:08,599
Because you're committed to her.

547
00:27:08,669 --> 00:27:09,549
You're all in with her.

548
00:27:09,559 --> 00:27:10,359
You've got community.

549
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:11,599
You've got relationship with her.

550
00:27:12,329 --> 00:27:16,329
We have to first be all in with each
other, if we're gonna be effective as a

551
00:27:16,329 --> 00:27:19,319
church at doing the work in the ministry
that God is gonna equip us to do.

552
00:27:19,819 --> 00:27:20,049
Okay?

553
00:27:21,164 --> 00:27:23,444
So commit to us by getting connected.

554
00:27:24,254 --> 00:27:27,964
There's another commitment though,
and, and again, this is, I think,

555
00:27:27,964 --> 00:27:29,914
what, what Scripture teaches us here.

556
00:27:29,914 --> 00:27:33,544
What Paul teaches, Romans 6, 4, he
says this, For as in one body we

557
00:27:33,544 --> 00:27:37,179
have many members, And the members
do not all have the same function.

558
00:27:37,229 --> 00:27:37,979
Look at verse 6.

559
00:27:38,239 --> 00:27:41,469
Having gifts that differ
according to the grace given us.

560
00:27:41,639 --> 00:27:41,849
Okay?

561
00:27:42,109 --> 00:27:43,759
So not all members have the same function.

562
00:27:43,949 --> 00:27:46,659
There are gifts that differ
according to the grace given us.

563
00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:48,279
That would imply that, what?

564
00:27:48,309 --> 00:27:51,029
That there's a variety of different
ways that we can be useful to the

565
00:27:51,029 --> 00:27:52,899
bride of Christ in here this morning.

566
00:27:53,209 --> 00:27:53,899
And that means this.

567
00:27:53,909 --> 00:27:58,089
If you are in Christ, If you are
a Christian, you have something to

568
00:27:58,089 --> 00:28:00,749
contribute to the overall health
of the bride of Christ here at

569
00:28:00,779 --> 00:28:01,869
Compass Bible Church this morning.

570
00:28:01,869 --> 00:28:04,829
Point number two, commit secondly
to contribute, not just to consume.

571
00:28:06,459 --> 00:28:08,039
Commit to contribute, not just to consume.

572
00:28:08,039 --> 00:28:10,229
So commit to us by
getting connected, right?

573
00:28:10,479 --> 00:28:13,969
And then it's, man, and commit to
contribute to the common good of the

574
00:28:13,969 --> 00:28:17,939
body of Christ, the building up of the
body of Christ, not just to consume.

575
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:23,419
1 Corinthians 12, 4 7, Paul
expands upon this idea.

576
00:28:23,429 --> 00:28:28,219
He says this, he says, Now there are
varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

577
00:28:28,939 --> 00:28:31,519
There are varieties of
service, but the same Lord.

578
00:28:31,819 --> 00:28:34,489
There are varieties of activities,
but it's the same God who

579
00:28:34,489 --> 00:28:36,849
empowers them all in everyone.

580
00:28:36,849 --> 00:28:38,079
Notice that, in everyone.

581
00:28:38,429 --> 00:28:41,089
To each, to each what?

582
00:28:41,349 --> 00:28:42,159
To each Christian.

583
00:28:42,569 --> 00:28:46,569
To each individual is given the
manifestation of the Spirit.

584
00:28:46,839 --> 00:28:48,489
For the common good.

585
00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:50,029
Now you've heard me say this before.

586
00:28:50,339 --> 00:28:52,079
I'm going to say it again,
and I'll say it again.

587
00:28:52,429 --> 00:28:54,599
If you are in Christ, you have the Spirit.

588
00:28:54,639 --> 00:28:55,879
Romans 8, 9.

589
00:28:55,879 --> 00:28:56,169
Okay?

590
00:28:56,609 --> 00:28:58,949
Romans 8, 9, Paul says if anyone
does not have the Spirit of

591
00:28:58,949 --> 00:29:01,629
Christ, they do not have Christ.

592
00:29:02,009 --> 00:29:04,069
There's no such thing as a
Christian without the Holy Spirit.

593
00:29:04,530 --> 00:29:04,820
Okay?

594
00:29:05,309 --> 00:29:08,529
So if you are in Christ, you have the
Spirit, and that means you've been

595
00:29:08,539 --> 00:29:12,349
gifted by the Spirit for the common good
of building up of the body of Christ.

596
00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:12,629
Amen.

597
00:29:13,659 --> 00:29:18,069
That is only expressed locally
in the local Bride of Christ.

598
00:29:18,739 --> 00:29:22,189
You can't apply your spiritual gift
universally to the universal church.

599
00:29:23,099 --> 00:29:28,169
It happens and it's seen and it's
realized within the local Body of Christ.

600
00:29:29,009 --> 00:29:33,879
Paul says in 1 kind of this metaphor
building on the body imagery here.

601
00:29:33,879 --> 00:29:36,509
He says, if the foot should say
to the hand, I'm not a hand,

602
00:29:36,539 --> 00:29:37,649
I don't belong to the body.

603
00:29:37,879 --> 00:29:39,509
It wouldn't make it any
less a part of the body.

604
00:29:39,814 --> 00:29:42,204
And if the ear should say, because
I'm not an eye, I don't belong

605
00:29:42,204 --> 00:29:44,414
to the body, that would not make
it any less a part of the body.

606
00:29:44,664 --> 00:29:46,954
If the whole body were an eye,
where would the sense of hearing be?

607
00:29:47,274 --> 00:29:49,534
If the whole body were an ear,
where would the sense of smell be?

608
00:29:50,479 --> 00:29:54,089
And so Paul's addressing the idea
that just because you're not this

609
00:29:54,089 --> 00:29:56,739
gift doesn't mean that you don't
have something to bring to the table.

610
00:29:57,039 --> 00:29:57,219
Okay.

611
00:29:57,549 --> 00:30:00,469
The human body has parts
of it that we don't need.

612
00:30:00,499 --> 00:30:03,009
That's crazy to me, right?

613
00:30:03,499 --> 00:30:06,739
Like the one we often think
of the most is the appendix.

614
00:30:07,279 --> 00:30:08,659
You can live without your appendix.

615
00:30:08,679 --> 00:30:09,379
You don't need it.

616
00:30:09,389 --> 00:30:11,759
Some of you in this room, if I were
to ask for a show of hands, which

617
00:30:11,809 --> 00:30:13,119
HIPAA, we don't need to do that.

618
00:30:13,129 --> 00:30:13,419
Okay.

619
00:30:14,269 --> 00:30:16,059
Keep your, your lost
body parts to yourselves.

620
00:30:17,979 --> 00:30:19,379
Some of you in this room
don't have an appendix.

621
00:30:19,999 --> 00:30:20,719
And here you are.

622
00:30:20,939 --> 00:30:21,629
Congratulations.

623
00:30:21,649 --> 00:30:22,029
Good job.

624
00:30:23,219 --> 00:30:24,409
Uh, your gallbladder.

625
00:30:24,549 --> 00:30:25,699
That's gonna change some things.

626
00:30:25,699 --> 00:30:26,789
Maybe change your diet a little bit.

627
00:30:26,789 --> 00:30:28,589
But you're okay without your gallbladder.

628
00:30:28,959 --> 00:30:30,129
Um, your tonsils.

629
00:30:30,609 --> 00:30:32,669
Some of you are better off because
you don't have your tonsils.

630
00:30:33,109 --> 00:30:35,029
And, and so you're not getting
strep throat all the time anymore.

631
00:30:35,219 --> 00:30:36,469
You can live without your tonsils.

632
00:30:36,489 --> 00:30:37,989
You don't need your tonsils.

633
00:30:38,479 --> 00:30:39,339
Your spleen.

634
00:30:39,349 --> 00:30:40,189
I didn't know that one.

635
00:30:40,269 --> 00:30:41,909
Apparently you don't need your spleen.

636
00:30:42,009 --> 00:30:44,639
Which when people's spleen
ruptures, that's good news for them.

637
00:30:45,379 --> 00:30:46,399
Hey, we're good.

638
00:30:46,399 --> 00:30:47,199
You don't need your spleen.

639
00:30:47,199 --> 00:30:49,619
We're going to go ahead and
take that one out for you.

640
00:30:49,619 --> 00:30:50,769
You can live without your spleen.

641
00:30:51,609 --> 00:30:53,779
Uh, even, okay, we're getting
into more intense territory here.

642
00:30:54,069 --> 00:30:55,499
You don't need both kidneys.

643
00:30:56,179 --> 00:30:58,759
You can, in some kidney
transplants have taken place.

644
00:30:58,819 --> 00:31:00,769
Maybe some in the room here have
given a kidney to a loved one.

645
00:31:00,999 --> 00:31:03,479
You can function, your body
can with, with one kidney.

646
00:31:04,069 --> 00:31:05,859
Did you know your body can
function with one lung?

647
00:31:06,489 --> 00:31:07,729
You don't need both lungs even.

648
00:31:08,289 --> 00:31:09,409
That's shocking.

649
00:31:09,439 --> 00:31:12,909
Your other lung will expand and
cover the, the territory there.

650
00:31:13,219 --> 00:31:14,289
I wouldn't recommend trying that one.

651
00:31:14,459 --> 00:31:16,294
Um, Two lungs are better.

652
00:31:17,014 --> 00:31:18,494
You don't need part of your liver.

653
00:31:18,534 --> 00:31:20,034
You can't lose your whole liver.

654
00:31:20,074 --> 00:31:23,004
You need some liver, but you
don't need all your liver.

655
00:31:23,364 --> 00:31:25,664
You can lose part of your
liver and still live.

656
00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:29,844
Part of your intestines, those
can be gone and you'll be okay.

657
00:31:30,144 --> 00:31:32,464
Your thyroid gland,
apparently, you don't need it.

658
00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:33,744
You'll be okay.

659
00:31:34,804 --> 00:31:40,534
Listen, in the church, in the local
body of Christ, there are no appendices,

660
00:31:40,874 --> 00:31:48,399
tonsils, gallbladders, spleens, extra
kidneys, extra lungs, parts of liver

661
00:31:48,399 --> 00:31:52,119
that you don't need, parts of your
intestines or thyroid glands, okay?

662
00:31:52,759 --> 00:31:54,359
Those parts don't exist here.

663
00:31:54,359 --> 00:31:54,689
Why?

664
00:31:54,699 --> 00:31:56,239
Because we need every single one of you.

665
00:31:57,309 --> 00:32:01,769
Every single one of you have a vital
role to play in us accomplishing the

666
00:32:01,779 --> 00:32:03,259
mission that God has for our church.

667
00:32:03,279 --> 00:32:06,239
Again, the church that all, that's
all in is the church that's gonna win.

668
00:32:06,769 --> 00:32:09,589
And, and Paul's gonna say in Ephesians,
and we're gonna get there, that when

669
00:32:09,589 --> 00:32:14,709
the body of Christ works properly, The
way that the church works properly is

670
00:32:14,709 --> 00:32:16,709
when everybody is doing their part.

671
00:32:17,349 --> 00:32:20,769
When all the parts are functioning
properly, the body of Christ functions

672
00:32:20,809 --> 00:32:22,039
as it's designed to function.

673
00:32:22,369 --> 00:32:25,549
So we need you to commit to contribute,
not just to consume, because for

674
00:32:25,549 --> 00:32:30,029
us to be the church effectively,
we need everybody working together

675
00:32:30,069 --> 00:32:31,719
as God has equipped us to work.

676
00:32:33,049 --> 00:32:33,470
1 Peter 4.

677
00:32:33,470 --> 00:32:36,399
10 puts it this way, he says,
As each has received a gift.

678
00:32:36,409 --> 00:32:37,219
Notice, each.

679
00:32:37,869 --> 00:32:42,089
As each person, each Christian
has received a gift, use it

680
00:32:42,089 --> 00:32:46,079
to serve one another as good
stewards of God's varied grace.

681
00:32:47,169 --> 00:32:48,249
God's varied grace.

682
00:32:48,279 --> 00:32:49,979
There are all kinds of different gifts.

683
00:32:50,519 --> 00:32:52,539
You think about this, it's
gonna be even smaller, right?

684
00:32:52,809 --> 00:32:55,249
Just trust me, there's words that
are English up there on the screen.

685
00:32:55,969 --> 00:32:56,829
And they come from the Bible.

686
00:32:57,139 --> 00:32:59,489
These are the gifts that
we find in the Bible, okay?

687
00:32:59,869 --> 00:33:03,849
The gifts, and I would say
they're more category, categories.

688
00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:04,794
Yup.

689
00:33:05,684 --> 00:33:06,234
Categories.

690
00:33:06,234 --> 00:33:07,864
Wrong emphasis on the wrong syllable.

691
00:33:08,334 --> 00:33:08,734
Category.

692
00:33:08,754 --> 00:33:10,804
There are categories of gifts
that we find in the Bible.

693
00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:11,924
Gifts of wisdom.

694
00:33:12,174 --> 00:33:13,004
Gifts of knowledge.

695
00:33:13,404 --> 00:33:14,024
Gifts of faith.

696
00:33:14,054 --> 00:33:14,814
Gifts of healing.

697
00:33:15,214 --> 00:33:15,934
Gifts of miracles.

698
00:33:15,934 --> 00:33:16,604
Gifts of prophecy.

699
00:33:16,604 --> 00:33:17,454
Gifts of discernment.

700
00:33:17,474 --> 00:33:18,134
Gifts of tongues.

701
00:33:18,154 --> 00:33:19,584
Gifts of interpretation of tongues.

702
00:33:19,994 --> 00:33:21,114
Gifts of apostleship.

703
00:33:21,114 --> 00:33:21,744
Gifts of teaching.

704
00:33:21,754 --> 00:33:22,804
Gifts of administration.

705
00:33:23,104 --> 00:33:23,814
Gifts of helping.

706
00:33:23,824 --> 00:33:24,854
Gifts of exhortation.

707
00:33:24,874 --> 00:33:25,784
Gifts of evangelism.

708
00:33:25,824 --> 00:33:26,934
Gifts of hospitality.

709
00:33:27,194 --> 00:33:28,034
Gifts of mercy.

710
00:33:28,064 --> 00:33:29,484
Gifts of leadership and gifts of giving.

711
00:33:29,574 --> 00:33:32,345
Now, some of those we believe
are no longer in operation.

712
00:33:32,345 --> 00:33:33,464
That's a different sermon.

713
00:33:34,204 --> 00:33:35,584
But these are categories.

714
00:33:36,199 --> 00:33:38,959
of the way that God has equipped his
church to be able to serve the church.

715
00:33:39,169 --> 00:33:40,419
And why do I say they're categories?

716
00:33:40,439 --> 00:33:41,799
I say they're categories because of this.

717
00:33:42,019 --> 00:33:44,049
Notice the gift of
hospitality is up there.

718
00:33:44,339 --> 00:33:47,599
Maybe you're, whatever you
picture of hospitality, having

719
00:33:47,599 --> 00:33:49,229
somebody over for dinner, right?

720
00:33:49,419 --> 00:33:50,489
You've got the gift of that.

721
00:33:50,719 --> 00:33:52,649
You make a welcoming, welcoming place.

722
00:33:52,659 --> 00:33:53,739
You enjoy that.

723
00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:54,239
You're warm.

724
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:54,789
You're friendly.

725
00:33:54,789 --> 00:33:55,599
You're generous.

726
00:33:56,449 --> 00:33:57,689
Part of the gifts of hospitality.

727
00:33:57,939 --> 00:34:01,929
Now, Now, you may take that gift of
hospitality and that may be realized

728
00:34:01,929 --> 00:34:05,019
in the service of the church through
you serving on our welcome team or our

729
00:34:05,199 --> 00:34:08,518
hospitality team and making coffee for
the bride of Christ in the morning.

730
00:34:08,529 --> 00:34:10,498
You say, is making
coffee a spiritual gift?

731
00:34:10,819 --> 00:34:11,679
Yes.

732
00:34:12,819 --> 00:34:13,478
Chapter and verse.

733
00:34:13,498 --> 00:34:14,179
It's not there.

734
00:34:15,049 --> 00:34:18,149
But it's an expression of the gift
of hospitality, which is a way for

735
00:34:18,149 --> 00:34:19,369
you to serve the body of Christ.

736
00:34:20,494 --> 00:34:23,174
Gifts of service, you setting up
chairs, you tearing down chairs.

737
00:34:23,414 --> 00:34:25,333
These are all ways that you can serve.

738
00:34:25,333 --> 00:34:27,904
And so all that to say, if you're
looking at that list going,

739
00:34:27,904 --> 00:34:29,914
well, I don't know that I have
anything specific on that list.

740
00:34:30,123 --> 00:34:31,884
That's not an exhaustive list.

741
00:34:31,884 --> 00:34:34,764
There are other ways that God uses
your giftedness, your strengths to be

742
00:34:34,764 --> 00:34:37,893
able to serve and build up the body of
Christ, which is the point of the gifts.

743
00:34:38,393 --> 00:34:40,393
And so here's the phrase that
I want you to think about.

744
00:34:40,813 --> 00:34:41,514
We're after this.

745
00:34:41,514 --> 00:34:44,134
We're after you serving the
body of Christ in whatever your

746
00:34:44,134 --> 00:34:46,224
role of maximum effectiveness.

747
00:34:46,234 --> 00:34:46,534
Okay.

748
00:34:47,114 --> 00:34:50,654
We want everybody in the church, every
Christian in the church, serving the bride

749
00:34:50,664 --> 00:34:53,154
in the role of maximum effectiveness.

750
00:34:53,524 --> 00:34:56,234
You say, okay, how do I
determine what that is for me?

751
00:34:56,744 --> 00:35:00,184
Here's some questions, some diagnostic
questions for you to think about

752
00:35:00,194 --> 00:35:03,734
diagnosing and understanding where you
will be most effective in the church.

753
00:35:03,734 --> 00:35:05,394
Number one, what are your strengths?

754
00:35:06,014 --> 00:35:09,124
A lot of times your strengths coincide
with the gifts that God has given you.

755
00:35:10,024 --> 00:35:11,134
So what are your strengths?

756
00:35:11,864 --> 00:35:14,724
But second, and just as important, what
are the needs that exist in the church?

757
00:35:16,439 --> 00:35:20,489
If, if you feel like, man, my giftedness
is I'm an excellent facilities manager.

758
00:35:20,499 --> 00:35:23,529
I manage a facility and a
facilities team so well.

759
00:35:23,569 --> 00:35:24,189
That's great.

760
00:35:24,189 --> 00:35:25,019
We don't have a facility.

761
00:35:27,469 --> 00:35:30,039
That doesn't mean that you
can't be maximally effective

762
00:35:30,039 --> 00:35:30,969
still in the bride of Christ.

763
00:35:31,959 --> 00:35:34,269
Because you can take the gifts
that you have as a facilities

764
00:35:34,269 --> 00:35:36,529
manager and begin to bring them
into our set up and teardown team.

765
00:35:37,139 --> 00:35:40,849
And say, let me help in organizing that
and in executing these things, right?

766
00:35:41,489 --> 00:35:42,869
So what needs exist in the church?

767
00:35:42,889 --> 00:35:46,549
And then third, where might you
maximize your usefulness to the body?

768
00:35:47,919 --> 00:35:50,769
Maybe you're out there and you've had
preaching and teaching experience.

769
00:35:51,559 --> 00:35:54,469
Right now, where we're at as a
church plant, with the ministries

770
00:35:54,479 --> 00:35:57,309
that we have, we have, we don't
have a lot of opportunities or

771
00:35:57,309 --> 00:35:58,459
options for preaching and teaching.

772
00:35:58,469 --> 00:36:01,609
That may change as we continue to grow
and add a second service and things like

773
00:36:01,609 --> 00:36:03,419
that with Sunday school class or whatever.

774
00:36:03,759 --> 00:36:04,799
That may change down the road.

775
00:36:04,799 --> 00:36:06,509
Right now, those
opportunities are limited.

776
00:36:06,789 --> 00:36:09,839
That doesn't mean that you're
not able to be maximally

777
00:36:09,849 --> 00:36:11,219
useful to the bride of Christ.

778
00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:13,699
It may just look different
than what you would say.

779
00:36:13,739 --> 00:36:15,009
This is my primary gifting.

780
00:36:15,039 --> 00:36:17,959
Okay, great But what are your other
gifts that God has provided for you?

781
00:36:18,229 --> 00:36:19,179
Where else can you serve?

782
00:36:19,989 --> 00:36:21,369
And then finally, what's
your availability?

783
00:36:22,169 --> 00:36:23,019
What's your availability?

784
00:36:23,969 --> 00:36:24,989
What can you do?

785
00:36:24,999 --> 00:36:28,699
These are good questions to diagnose
how you can be maximally effective in

786
00:36:28,699 --> 00:36:32,259
serving the bride of christ Committing
to contribute not just to consume saying

787
00:36:32,499 --> 00:36:34,189
i've got something to bring to the table.

788
00:36:34,199 --> 00:36:39,254
I'm going to do that I preached on this
same idea during our pre launch meetings.

789
00:36:39,294 --> 00:36:41,774
In fact, it was the first sermon
that I preached from this room.

790
00:36:41,774 --> 00:36:44,624
I preached on being useful to
the bride, being, being somebody

791
00:36:44,624 --> 00:36:45,754
that's serving the church.

792
00:36:45,754 --> 00:36:47,334
And I gave the illustration of Lego.

793
00:36:48,734 --> 00:36:52,174
Lego is, is, is frustrating because
they always put extra pieces in

794
00:36:52,174 --> 00:36:55,424
the bag to cause you to second
guess while you're building it.

795
00:36:55,454 --> 00:36:56,450
Did I miss something?

796
00:36:57,694 --> 00:37:00,064
And yet, if you've built enough
Lego, you know that there are always

797
00:37:00,064 --> 00:37:01,614
extra pieces in the bag, right?

798
00:37:01,934 --> 00:37:04,464
There's no extra pieces in the bag
when it comes to the body of Christ.

799
00:37:05,134 --> 00:37:06,244
Every piece has a place.

800
00:37:07,119 --> 00:37:09,249
We want you to be able to
figure out where that place is.

801
00:37:10,669 --> 00:37:14,779
Church, we're doing a lot for a church
plant, but there's more we want to do.

802
00:37:15,789 --> 00:37:18,899
There are ministries that we have
percolating that we're going, man,

803
00:37:18,899 --> 00:37:21,629
we want to pull the trigger on
this, but we just need more people.

804
00:37:22,249 --> 00:37:25,819
We need more people engaged, more people
serving, more people jumping in, doing

805
00:37:26,479 --> 00:37:30,439
the work of the ministry, committing to
contribute to the work of the ministry.

806
00:37:31,409 --> 00:37:32,189
I'll show my hands.

807
00:37:32,209 --> 00:37:35,509
It's probably not long from now that we
are looking at going to two services.

808
00:37:36,004 --> 00:37:39,374
Probably within the next calendar year,
certainly, we'll go to two services.

809
00:37:39,374 --> 00:37:42,514
That's going to create a heavy
tax on our need for more people

810
00:37:42,514 --> 00:37:43,954
to serve the Bride of Christ.

811
00:37:44,694 --> 00:37:47,554
And so, there are things that we
anticipate doing, things that we want to

812
00:37:47,554 --> 00:37:49,794
do, that we're going to need deep lines.

813
00:37:49,804 --> 00:37:53,384
Now, outside of baseball, the second
greatest sport that God has ever

814
00:37:53,384 --> 00:37:54,914
created is the sport of hockey.

815
00:37:55,164 --> 00:37:55,514
Okay?

816
00:37:56,864 --> 00:38:01,114
And in hockey, hockey is a unique
sport because in football, in

817
00:38:01,114 --> 00:38:05,514
baseball and in basketball,
there's, there's starters, right?

818
00:38:05,534 --> 00:38:06,934
And those starters, those are
the ones that are going to

819
00:38:06,934 --> 00:38:08,404
play the majority of the game.

820
00:38:08,834 --> 00:38:10,014
Especially think about football.

821
00:38:10,024 --> 00:38:14,014
Your first line, they're the ones that
are on the field the majority of the time,

822
00:38:14,034 --> 00:38:15,554
unless it's a blowout or they get hurt.

823
00:38:16,244 --> 00:38:17,684
Outside of that, they're
going to be out there.

824
00:38:18,014 --> 00:38:21,544
Nobody's subbing out Patrick
Mahomes, because he needs a breather.

825
00:38:21,544 --> 00:38:23,854
You want to get playing time for your
backup when the game's on the line.

826
00:38:24,429 --> 00:38:25,699
Your starters are the one out there.

827
00:38:26,209 --> 00:38:27,079
Hockey's different.

828
00:38:27,289 --> 00:38:29,139
Hockey has multiple lines.

829
00:38:29,809 --> 00:38:33,349
And the lines all rotate on the ice
and off the ice throughout the game.

830
00:38:33,629 --> 00:38:36,369
The average shift for a hockey
player is anywhere from one and

831
00:38:36,369 --> 00:38:37,639
a half to two minutes on the ice.

832
00:38:38,659 --> 00:38:40,719
That's as long as the superstars.

833
00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:42,989
Conor McDavid, Austin
Matthews, those guys.

834
00:38:43,189 --> 00:38:43,939
Rupert Hintz.

835
00:38:44,149 --> 00:38:45,929
The longest they're on the
ice is about two minutes.

836
00:38:45,929 --> 00:38:47,049
That's a long shift.

837
00:38:47,309 --> 00:38:47,639
Okay?

838
00:38:47,939 --> 00:38:48,769
And then what does he need?

839
00:38:48,769 --> 00:38:49,909
He needs to rotate off.

840
00:38:49,909 --> 00:38:51,959
And he needs somebody else
to be on the ice in his spot.

841
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:51,974
That's it.

842
00:38:52,444 --> 00:38:55,064
And that person that takes the
ice in his spot, they're going to

843
00:38:55,064 --> 00:38:57,564
trust that that person is going to
do the job that needs to get done.

844
00:38:57,954 --> 00:38:59,124
That person is going to contribute.

845
00:38:59,664 --> 00:39:03,504
The only person there at the game
to consume is the backup goalie.

846
00:39:04,144 --> 00:39:06,454
And even then, sometimes
he's got to get on the ice.

847
00:39:07,034 --> 00:39:09,904
But he's the only one that's not
rotating on the ice of the players.

848
00:39:10,474 --> 00:39:13,074
Everybody else that's on that
bench is going to be on the ice

849
00:39:13,144 --> 00:39:15,814
multiple times throughout the game,
contributing and not just consuming.

850
00:39:16,314 --> 00:39:17,964
We want to be a church of hockey players.

851
00:39:18,324 --> 00:39:20,664
Okay, hopefully a church of hockey
players is like the greatest

852
00:39:20,664 --> 00:39:22,204
team on ice, the Dallas Stars.

853
00:39:23,634 --> 00:39:26,814
And if we do that, and if
we're all in, then we will win.

854
00:39:28,014 --> 00:39:30,454
But we need everybody, because
we need deep lines, we need

855
00:39:30,464 --> 00:39:33,174
excellent lines, we need quality
lines serving the Bride of Christ.

856
00:39:33,914 --> 00:39:36,414
So commit to contribute,
not just to consume.

857
00:39:37,064 --> 00:39:39,874
You have a place on one of our lines,
and we want you to find out where

858
00:39:39,874 --> 00:39:42,044
that maximum role of effectiveness is.

859
00:39:42,969 --> 00:39:45,469
Finally, look back at verse
six, the last part of it.

860
00:39:45,479 --> 00:39:47,359
He says, Having gifts that
differ according to the grace

861
00:39:47,389 --> 00:39:49,689
given to us, let us use them.

862
00:39:50,779 --> 00:39:51,549
Let's use them.

863
00:39:51,559 --> 00:39:52,389
Let's get after it.

864
00:39:52,619 --> 00:39:52,909
Okay.

865
00:39:53,109 --> 00:39:54,069
First Peter 4.

866
00:39:54,070 --> 00:39:54,079
10.

867
00:39:54,079 --> 00:39:58,219
Again, as each has received a
gift, use it to serve one another.

868
00:39:58,219 --> 00:39:59,799
Our third point, final
point this morning is this.

869
00:39:59,819 --> 00:40:02,249
Commit to steward God's investment in you.

870
00:40:03,539 --> 00:40:05,439
Commit to steward God's investment in you.

871
00:40:05,439 --> 00:40:07,309
This is building off of
the second point here.

872
00:40:08,279 --> 00:40:10,189
Once you commit to say,
I want to contribute.

873
00:40:11,354 --> 00:40:13,834
then you need to understand you're,
you're contributing not just because the

874
00:40:13,834 --> 00:40:16,554
pastor stood up and preached a sermon
that maybe made you feel a little bit

875
00:40:16,554 --> 00:40:18,224
guilty for not, that's not my goal here.

876
00:40:18,964 --> 00:40:21,624
And you're contributing not just
because the need is there and

877
00:40:21,624 --> 00:40:23,004
we're saying, Hey, we need you.

878
00:40:23,724 --> 00:40:24,264
We do.

879
00:40:24,764 --> 00:40:28,034
But ultimately you're contributing
for this reason, because your

880
00:40:28,034 --> 00:40:31,044
contribution to the body of
Christ is an exercise of worship.

881
00:40:31,704 --> 00:40:33,274
It's exalting Jesus.

882
00:40:33,824 --> 00:40:38,474
It's giving him first place in your role
in the church by saying, I'm all in.

883
00:40:39,449 --> 00:40:41,759
I'm all in here, and
I'm gonna jump in here.

884
00:40:41,759 --> 00:40:45,739
In fact, again, 1 Peter 4, 10, as each
has received a gift, he says, use it

885
00:40:45,939 --> 00:40:49,289
to serve one another as good stewards.

886
00:40:50,069 --> 00:40:55,379
A steward is one who uses something
that someone gave them as it

887
00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:57,090
was intended to be used, right?

888
00:40:57,699 --> 00:40:58,849
You know this idea.

889
00:40:59,289 --> 00:41:00,479
We're coming off of Christmas.

890
00:41:00,659 --> 00:41:04,129
Parents, you bought a present
or two for your kids, I assume.

891
00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:06,299
You gave that to your kids.

892
00:41:07,104 --> 00:41:09,304
And what if your kid said,
Mom and Dad, thanks so much.

893
00:41:09,304 --> 00:41:10,154
This is awesome.

894
00:41:10,404 --> 00:41:11,194
I love it.

895
00:41:11,454 --> 00:41:13,324
And then they, they never
took it out of the box.

896
00:41:14,564 --> 00:41:18,344
You would assume they weren't
very, what rhymes with shmateful

897
00:41:18,354 --> 00:41:21,114
starts with a gr, grateful, right?

898
00:41:21,754 --> 00:41:22,134
Grateful.

899
00:41:22,144 --> 00:41:24,234
You, you would be like, do
you even like that thing?

900
00:41:24,634 --> 00:41:25,274
Yeah, mom and dad.

901
00:41:25,274 --> 00:41:25,694
I love it.

902
00:41:25,694 --> 00:41:26,454
I'm so thankful.

903
00:41:26,454 --> 00:41:30,404
You're such a generous mom and dad
for giving me this gift that I have.

904
00:41:30,404 --> 00:41:31,074
I'm so thankful.

905
00:41:31,074 --> 00:41:31,504
And you know what?

906
00:41:31,554 --> 00:41:36,184
I tell all my other friends, I have
this gift, but you never use it.

907
00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:37,169
Well, yeah.

908
00:41:37,839 --> 00:41:38,209
Why?

909
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:39,849
Well, I don't know.

910
00:41:39,899 --> 00:41:42,029
I don't know where I would start
with trying to use that gift.

911
00:41:43,209 --> 00:41:45,639
Some of us are doing that with the
spiritual gift that God has given to you.

912
00:41:47,349 --> 00:41:49,519
And if you want to show that you are
thankful for the gift that God has given

913
00:41:49,519 --> 00:41:54,239
you, then be a good steward of it by
using it to serve the body of Christ.

914
00:41:54,809 --> 00:41:59,449
Again, 1 Corinthians 12 addresses this,
1 Corinthians 12, 7 says, To each is

915
00:41:59,459 --> 00:42:04,449
given the manifestation of the Spirit
for the common good, for the common good

916
00:42:04,449 --> 00:42:06,019
of the bride, of the body of Christ.

917
00:42:07,254 --> 00:42:08,614
All right, do me a favor.

918
00:42:08,634 --> 00:42:12,784
Take your Bible over to Ephesians chapter
four with me, Ephesians chapter four.

919
00:42:15,564 --> 00:42:17,344
I want you to see this in action here.

920
00:42:19,154 --> 00:42:21,034
Maybe you've been waiting
for me to get to this text.

921
00:42:21,034 --> 00:42:22,924
You're like, he's preaching a sermon
on equipping and he hasn't even

922
00:42:22,924 --> 00:42:24,394
used the main text on equipping.

923
00:42:25,954 --> 00:42:26,534
Here you go.

924
00:42:26,694 --> 00:42:28,174
Okay, Ephesians four.

925
00:42:30,214 --> 00:42:31,114
Let's start in verse 11.

926
00:42:31,594 --> 00:42:34,634
And He, God, gave the apostles, and
the prophets, and the evangelists,

927
00:42:34,634 --> 00:42:38,844
and the shepherds, and the teachers,
notice, to equip the saints.

928
00:42:38,844 --> 00:42:39,904
That's what we're talking about here.

929
00:42:40,194 --> 00:42:44,664
To equip the saints for the
work of ministry, for building

930
00:42:44,664 --> 00:42:45,934
up the body of Christ.

931
00:42:45,944 --> 00:42:47,564
Okay, this is what
we've been preaching on.

932
00:42:47,564 --> 00:42:48,555
This is what we've been talking about.

933
00:42:48,874 --> 00:42:49,574
Until when?

934
00:42:49,844 --> 00:42:53,254
Until we all attain to the unity
of faith and the knowledge of the

935
00:42:53,254 --> 00:42:57,524
Son of God to mature manhood to the
measure of the stature of the fullness

936
00:42:57,544 --> 00:43:01,624
of Christ, aka until Jesus comes
back or you're in the ground, okay?

937
00:43:02,279 --> 00:43:03,899
That's how long we need to be doing this.

938
00:43:04,189 --> 00:43:06,549
That's how long we need to be
serving, committed to the bride of

939
00:43:06,549 --> 00:43:07,869
Christ, doing the work of ministry.

940
00:43:08,279 --> 00:43:11,299
Until we all attain to the
stature, the fullness of Christ.

941
00:43:11,559 --> 00:43:12,439
Notice verse 14.

942
00:43:12,579 --> 00:43:14,419
So that, with the result that.

943
00:43:14,499 --> 00:43:15,999
The reason that we want to do this.

944
00:43:15,999 --> 00:43:18,439
The reason why it's important
for you to be stewarding the

945
00:43:18,439 --> 00:43:19,469
gift that God has given you.

946
00:43:19,799 --> 00:43:20,714
For you to be equipped.

947
00:43:20,714 --> 00:43:25,144
To do the work of ministry in the church,
the reason why here he goes so that we

948
00:43:25,144 --> 00:43:28,104
may no longer be children tossed to and
fro by the waves and carried about by

949
00:43:28,104 --> 00:43:32,784
every wind of doctrine by human cunning
and craftiness and deceitful schemes.

950
00:43:33,064 --> 00:43:36,914
Rather, here's what we want to
be, and this is the product of us

951
00:43:36,934 --> 00:43:39,284
doing this being all in together.

952
00:43:39,284 --> 00:43:44,314
Rather speaking the truth in love,
we are to grow up in every way into

953
00:43:44,324 --> 00:43:46,694
him who is the head into Christ.

954
00:43:47,299 --> 00:43:50,909
From whom the whole body, joined and
held together by every joint with

955
00:43:50,909 --> 00:43:56,369
which it is equipped, when each part is
working properly, makes the body grow

956
00:43:56,529 --> 00:43:59,039
so that it builds itself up in love.

957
00:44:00,489 --> 00:44:01,679
When we steward.

958
00:44:02,054 --> 00:44:04,864
The gifts that God has given
us, His investment in you.

959
00:44:05,334 --> 00:44:08,084
Then the church works the way
that God has intended it to work.

960
00:44:08,294 --> 00:44:12,134
Then when each part is working
properly, then we will be growing up

961
00:44:12,134 --> 00:44:14,254
in every way into Him who is the head.

962
00:44:14,254 --> 00:44:16,474
In other words, then Christ is exalted.

963
00:44:16,714 --> 00:44:18,924
Then Christ has first
place over His bride.

964
00:44:19,064 --> 00:44:22,634
When all of us are saying, I'm all in,
so that the church is going to win.

965
00:44:22,824 --> 00:44:27,754
When we are fully committed to the
bride of Christ, then We are doing what

966
00:44:27,754 --> 00:44:32,324
God has called us to do, then we will
be a fruitful and effective church.

967
00:44:32,584 --> 00:44:35,264
But if we got people that are
saying, I'm not there, I'm,

968
00:44:35,264 --> 00:44:37,134
I'm, I just don't have time.

969
00:44:37,154 --> 00:44:38,974
I'm not in, I'm on the outside.

970
00:44:39,124 --> 00:44:43,064
Man, we can't be everything that
God is calling us to be as a church.

971
00:44:44,754 --> 00:44:45,004
There you go.

972
00:44:45,004 --> 00:44:47,554
And Pastor PJ, are you really
after a thousand percent?

973
00:44:47,564 --> 00:44:51,604
Are you, you want everybody in on this
and everybody serving unashamedly?

974
00:44:51,604 --> 00:44:52,214
One hundred percent?

975
00:44:52,224 --> 00:44:52,734
Yes.

976
00:44:54,064 --> 00:44:55,404
Well, no church is like that.

977
00:44:56,334 --> 00:44:56,744
Okay.

978
00:44:56,784 --> 00:44:57,134
And.

979
00:44:59,044 --> 00:45:04,035
When, when, when Jesus said that we
should be perfect as our Heavenly Father

980
00:45:04,035 --> 00:45:08,845
is perfect, did He want our response to
be, well, nobody's perfect, so I'm not

981
00:45:09,095 --> 00:45:10,415
even going to try towards that goal?

982
00:45:12,014 --> 00:45:12,444
No.

983
00:45:14,044 --> 00:45:14,414
No.

984
00:45:15,204 --> 00:45:17,845
It may not be about perfection, but
it certainly is about direction.

985
00:45:19,524 --> 00:45:21,194
And that's what I want our
church to be about, too.

986
00:45:22,394 --> 00:45:23,274
Listen, I love you.

987
00:45:24,139 --> 00:45:27,519
And if you are here and you're not
involved in community group and

988
00:45:27,519 --> 00:45:28,879
you're not serving, I love you.

989
00:45:29,769 --> 00:45:30,729
I'm glad that you're here,

990
00:45:33,569 --> 00:45:35,979
but I just, I don't want
you to be comfortable here.

991
00:45:37,279 --> 00:45:41,159
If I can be honest, because
I think God has more for you.

992
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:45,979
I mean, here's, here's some
needs that we have right now.

993
00:45:45,979 --> 00:45:48,569
I highlighted some, did you notice there's
some that are highlighted up there?

994
00:45:49,059 --> 00:45:52,459
Do you see the ones that are yellow
up there set up and tear down?

995
00:45:52,460 --> 00:45:55,209
I mean, we, we always need
more people to help with that.

996
00:45:55,859 --> 00:45:56,759
Trailer drivers.

997
00:45:57,329 --> 00:45:59,249
Is trailer driving, is
that a spiritual gift?

998
00:45:59,279 --> 00:45:59,799
Uh huh.

999
00:46:00,659 --> 00:46:03,099
You're like, yeah, but an unbeliever
can hook up a trailer to a hitch.

1000
00:46:03,369 --> 00:46:05,029
Amen, he can, but not
for the glory of God.

1001
00:46:06,489 --> 00:46:09,639
You can, for the glory of God, and
you can serve the bride of Christ.

1002
00:46:10,339 --> 00:46:13,279
These are all available for you,
and if you go to our website and you

1003
00:46:13,529 --> 00:46:16,699
go to get connected, get involved,
you can fill out a service form.

1004
00:46:16,700 --> 00:46:19,109
And just like I said, hey, I
want people signed up and getting

1005
00:46:19,109 --> 00:46:20,079
in community group this week.

1006
00:46:20,079 --> 00:46:21,959
I want people signed up and
getting serving this week, too.

1007
00:46:22,919 --> 00:46:24,499
And maybe you're out there,
you're already serving.

1008
00:46:24,499 --> 00:46:26,279
You're going, I've got
more bandwidth here.

1009
00:46:26,279 --> 00:46:26,629
Great.

1010
00:46:27,430 --> 00:46:28,249
We'll take you.

1011
00:46:29,350 --> 00:46:32,080
But really we want everybody,
we want people to get back in.

1012
00:46:32,100 --> 00:46:35,060
You say, well, man, it's just
a hard season for me right now.

1013
00:46:35,350 --> 00:46:36,350
Life is difficult.

1014
00:46:36,379 --> 00:46:37,289
I'm feeling overwhelmed.

1015
00:46:37,289 --> 00:46:38,419
There's a lot going on.

1016
00:46:39,620 --> 00:46:40,179
We get that.

1017
00:46:40,180 --> 00:46:42,970
We understand that there's going
to be seasons for you to pull back

1018
00:46:42,970 --> 00:46:45,819
a little bit, but can I encourage
you not to pull back completely?

1019
00:46:47,410 --> 00:46:50,580
Because I think serving actually helps you
in the midst of those difficult seasons.

1020
00:46:50,580 --> 00:46:51,109
Here's why.

1021
00:46:52,079 --> 00:46:53,640
Serving gives you a sense of purpose.

1022
00:46:55,469 --> 00:46:58,409
Maybe you're struggling right now,
you feel like you're floating, you

1023
00:46:58,409 --> 00:47:01,139
feel like some things that had a
lot of purpose for you, your job,

1024
00:47:01,149 --> 00:47:04,749
or your marriage, or your parenting,
those are not super clear right now.

1025
00:47:05,089 --> 00:47:07,049
Man, serving the bride of Christ
is going to anchor you to a

1026
00:47:07,049 --> 00:47:08,229
sense of consistent purpose.

1027
00:47:08,899 --> 00:47:12,139
Second, it's going to take your
focus off your circumstances.

1028
00:47:13,129 --> 00:47:16,879
As you serve the bride of Christ, your
focus is not going to be on yourself.

1029
00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:21,579
And along those lines, third, it's
going to put your focus on other people.

1030
00:47:22,764 --> 00:47:23,384
That's so good.

1031
00:47:23,384 --> 00:47:25,814
When we're hurting, to be
able to think about how we can

1032
00:47:25,814 --> 00:47:26,904
come alongside other people.

1033
00:47:27,414 --> 00:47:30,484
Paul says in 2 Corinthians chapter
1, blessed be the God of all comfort

1034
00:47:30,494 --> 00:47:34,904
who comforts us in our affliction
so that we can comfort other people.

1035
00:47:36,064 --> 00:47:38,364
And so for you to serve other people
is going to be so good for you.

1036
00:47:38,564 --> 00:47:40,384
Fourth, it puts you in
the path of relationships.

1037
00:47:40,385 --> 00:47:43,734
I mean, you are going to build good
relationships by serving on teams

1038
00:47:43,734 --> 00:47:44,714
with people here at the church.

1039
00:47:45,804 --> 00:47:47,164
And you're going to need
that in those seasons.

1040
00:47:48,414 --> 00:47:49,954
Whatever number we're
on, it pleases the Lord.

1041
00:47:51,424 --> 00:47:55,314
It pleases the Lord for you to
be engaged in serving his bride.

1042
00:47:56,264 --> 00:47:57,754
And finally, it bears fruit.

1043
00:47:59,124 --> 00:47:59,794
It bears fruit.

1044
00:48:02,474 --> 00:48:06,954
We want everybody in this church,
again, we want everybody in this church

1045
00:48:07,024 --> 00:48:11,584
to steward God's investment in you,
to steward God's investment in you.

1046
00:48:11,584 --> 00:48:15,194
So committing to us by getting
connected, committing to contribute,

1047
00:48:15,214 --> 00:48:18,054
not just to consume and committing
to steward God's investment in you.

1048
00:48:20,514 --> 00:48:21,304
As we close.

1049
00:48:21,844 --> 00:48:23,034
I want you to picture this.

1050
00:48:23,034 --> 00:48:23,694
Do you know what these are?

1051
00:48:24,624 --> 00:48:25,284
Trash cans.

1052
00:48:25,284 --> 00:48:26,314
Yes, they are trash cans.

1053
00:48:26,314 --> 00:48:28,164
Do you know where these
trash cans are located?

1054
00:48:28,934 --> 00:48:29,694
Disneyland.

1055
00:48:29,794 --> 00:48:30,144
Right?

1056
00:48:30,614 --> 00:48:32,724
These trash cans are
trash cans in Disneyland.

1057
00:48:32,724 --> 00:48:35,004
You say, why in the world do we have
a picture of trash cans in Disneyland?

1058
00:48:35,124 --> 00:48:35,694
A couple of reasons.

1059
00:48:37,004 --> 00:48:38,614
Disneyland is famous for a lot of reasons.

1060
00:48:38,914 --> 00:48:40,904
I would challenge the notion
it's the happiest place on earth.

1061
00:48:40,934 --> 00:48:42,834
I can handle once a year at Disneyland.

1062
00:48:42,844 --> 00:48:44,404
And right now, I'm not missing it.

1063
00:48:44,434 --> 00:48:44,774
Okay?

1064
00:48:45,314 --> 00:48:47,194
Um, Teach them.

1065
00:48:47,474 --> 00:48:49,124
But Disneyland is famous
for a lot of reasons.

1066
00:48:49,134 --> 00:48:52,414
One of the reasons it's famous
is its cleanliness, right?

1067
00:48:52,634 --> 00:48:54,094
And part of that goes back to this.

1068
00:48:54,354 --> 00:48:57,704
When they bring people on staff at
Disneyland, they teach them something.

1069
00:48:57,724 --> 00:49:00,864
They say this, everyone is
a custodial cast member.

1070
00:49:01,464 --> 00:49:03,894
They'll ask the question when
they gather together, hey, who

1071
00:49:03,894 --> 00:49:05,394
are the custodial cast members?

1072
00:49:05,574 --> 00:49:08,184
Those responsible for the upkeep
and cleanliness of the grounds.

1073
00:49:08,524 --> 00:49:10,834
And the new hires are going, I don't
know, I didn't get hired for that.

1074
00:49:11,014 --> 00:49:13,264
Until they find out that
everybody responds, we all are.

1075
00:49:13,874 --> 00:49:15,634
All of us are custodial cast members.

1076
00:49:15,914 --> 00:49:19,714
And so what they do is they teach them
the Disney scoop is what they call it.

1077
00:49:20,294 --> 00:49:23,564
And the Disney scoop is how they teach
their various cast members where they're

1078
00:49:23,564 --> 00:49:27,814
a, whether they're a princess or they're
walking around with a dustbin, how to

1079
00:49:27,824 --> 00:49:32,354
scoop down and pick up a piece of trash
in motion and go to the nearest trash can.

1080
00:49:32,564 --> 00:49:34,974
Can, which by the way, all
of them are 30 steps apart.

1081
00:49:35,344 --> 00:49:37,924
That's the longest you're going to
walk to find a trash can in Disneyland.

1082
00:49:37,924 --> 00:49:39,814
It's 30 steps because they did
the research and they found

1083
00:49:39,814 --> 00:49:40,644
out that's most effective.

1084
00:49:41,074 --> 00:49:43,314
And so they teach them to do the
Disney scoop to pick up the trash

1085
00:49:43,344 --> 00:49:44,654
and to deposit in the trash can.

1086
00:49:44,934 --> 00:49:48,864
But they've conveyed the vision to the
church body or not to the church body.

1087
00:49:48,884 --> 00:49:49,254
Hello.

1088
00:49:52,594 --> 00:49:52,914
Yep.

1089
00:49:53,374 --> 00:49:55,464
They've conveyed the vision to
Disneyland there to say, hey,

1090
00:49:55,904 --> 00:49:57,354
all y'all need to buy into this.

1091
00:49:58,174 --> 00:50:00,714
And if we all buy into this,
it's going to make us who we are.

1092
00:50:01,269 --> 00:50:04,719
And if they didn't get the buy in,
Disneyland wouldn't be the place it is.

1093
00:50:04,729 --> 00:50:06,769
It wouldn't be nearly as
pleasant a place for us to be.

1094
00:50:07,059 --> 00:50:08,199
And that's what I'm trying to say, church.

1095
00:50:08,369 --> 00:50:11,649
If we want to be a church where people
walk in here and they say, Whoa, I've

1096
00:50:11,649 --> 00:50:13,239
never been to a place like this before.

1097
00:50:15,029 --> 00:50:18,699
If we will be this kind of a church,
if we will commit in community and

1098
00:50:18,699 --> 00:50:22,679
relationships with each other, if we will
commit to serving the bride of Christ,

1099
00:50:22,699 --> 00:50:25,809
to contributing, not just consuming,
if we will commit to stewarding God's

1100
00:50:25,809 --> 00:50:27,219
investment in us, it is going to pay off.

1101
00:50:27,219 --> 00:50:28,609
And here's what it will look like.

1102
00:50:28,610 --> 00:50:28,769
Amen.

1103
00:50:29,899 --> 00:50:32,289
the spiritual vibrancy in
our church will skyrocket.

1104
00:50:32,829 --> 00:50:35,779
People will come in here and they will
hear, overhear biblical discussions

1105
00:50:35,779 --> 00:50:38,549
taking place after service as
people are grabbing a cup of coffee.

1106
00:50:39,179 --> 00:50:41,259
They're going to show up and they're
going to see people praying together

1107
00:50:41,859 --> 00:50:43,059
because it's part of the DNA.

1108
00:50:43,059 --> 00:50:45,039
It's part of the fabric of our
relationships with each other.

1109
00:50:45,039 --> 00:50:46,489
We care about each other to that level.

1110
00:50:46,949 --> 00:50:50,489
They're going to show up and they're
going to be in, in, in confronted

1111
00:50:50,489 --> 00:50:52,119
with accountability opportunities.

1112
00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:54,059
After they're here for a little bit,
they're going to show up at a community

1113
00:50:54,059 --> 00:50:57,929
group and recognize that they're there
to do more than just check a box.

1114
00:50:59,164 --> 00:51:00,614
So spiritual vibrancy.

1115
00:51:00,634 --> 00:51:01,574
Next, ownership.

1116
00:51:02,384 --> 00:51:04,284
You're going to walk in here and this is
going to be a church where you're going

1117
00:51:04,284 --> 00:51:09,764
to be like, man, people, this is not just
the pastors, this body, this community,

1118
00:51:09,764 --> 00:51:11,504
these people, they love this church.

1119
00:51:11,504 --> 00:51:12,744
There's a sense of belonging.

1120
00:51:13,154 --> 00:51:14,864
There's a sense of supporting each other.

1121
00:51:15,284 --> 00:51:17,494
There's a sense of meaningful
relationships that I

1122
00:51:17,564 --> 00:51:18,464
see here in this church.

1123
00:51:18,464 --> 00:51:20,114
And, and man, I want to be a part of that.

1124
00:51:21,164 --> 00:51:23,714
It's also going to make us a
church where our impact skyrockets.

1125
00:51:24,229 --> 00:51:27,079
We're going to start to see less burnout
from people because we're going to

1126
00:51:27,089 --> 00:51:28,759
have deep lines like I talked about.

1127
00:51:29,209 --> 00:51:32,079
We're going to have a sense where
people are excited and joyful to be

1128
00:51:32,079 --> 00:51:34,409
here and serve because they're going
to know that this is a, an act of

1129
00:51:34,409 --> 00:51:36,339
stewardship, which is a joy for them.

1130
00:51:37,519 --> 00:51:40,460
And with that, we're going to have
increased resources as a church

1131
00:51:40,460 --> 00:51:43,789
to go out and do more than what
we've been able to do so far.

1132
00:51:44,489 --> 00:51:45,779
And so our impact is going to expand.

1133
00:51:45,939 --> 00:51:47,709
Our generosity is going
to go through the roof.

1134
00:51:48,519 --> 00:51:49,949
We're going to be a generous church.

1135
00:51:49,949 --> 00:51:51,609
There's going to be a sense of investment.

1136
00:51:52,229 --> 00:51:56,009
Community groups are going to become
a place of, of, of stewardship to take

1137
00:51:56,009 --> 00:51:57,859
place in our, our, our relationships.

1138
00:51:57,859 --> 00:51:59,739
But then that stewardship
is going to overflow.

1139
00:51:59,749 --> 00:52:02,029
We're going to have not just
increased resources to do more

1140
00:52:02,029 --> 00:52:04,739
ministry through the impact, but
also just in people's generosity.

1141
00:52:05,484 --> 00:52:06,274
I get it, church.

1142
00:52:06,284 --> 00:52:08,864
You're going to be more likely to want
to give to a church where you're seeing

1143
00:52:08,874 --> 00:52:12,274
God do things in the church than you
are just out of obligation because it's

1144
00:52:12,274 --> 00:52:13,624
something that we're supposed to do.

1145
00:52:14,334 --> 00:52:16,824
I mean, if we will do these things
and commit in this way, we're going

1146
00:52:16,824 --> 00:52:19,884
to see this church just blow up
and my goal is not for us to be a

1147
00:52:19,884 --> 00:52:21,714
church with an abundance of wealth.

1148
00:52:21,714 --> 00:52:24,434
My goal is for us to be a church
with an abundance of an impact.

1149
00:52:25,184 --> 00:52:27,024
And people's generosity
goes a long way in that.

1150
00:52:27,214 --> 00:52:28,874
Our evangelism, that's going to skyrocket.

1151
00:52:28,884 --> 00:52:30,014
That's going to go through the roof.

1152
00:52:30,474 --> 00:52:32,504
We begin to commit and invest this way.

1153
00:52:32,674 --> 00:52:34,854
Then we are going to have more
invitations for people to come to

1154
00:52:34,854 --> 00:52:36,534
church because we will love this place.

1155
00:52:36,934 --> 00:52:38,584
We're going to know what Spurgeon
meant when he said the church

1156
00:52:38,584 --> 00:52:39,774
is the dearest place on earth.

1157
00:52:40,364 --> 00:52:41,704
We're going to be like, you
have to come to my church.

1158
00:52:41,704 --> 00:52:43,134
You have to be around these people.

1159
00:52:44,445 --> 00:52:46,264
Our community groups,
they will become on ramps.

1160
00:52:46,264 --> 00:52:48,684
You're going to say, Hey, come to
my community group, get to know

1161
00:52:48,684 --> 00:52:50,074
our people in our group here.

1162
00:52:50,984 --> 00:52:53,234
We're going to have deepened
faith, which is going to lead

1163
00:52:53,234 --> 00:52:54,324
to more of an organic witness.

1164
00:52:54,334 --> 00:52:59,099
And then finally, Our joy is going
to go up to our joy in being a part

1165
00:52:59,099 --> 00:53:01,679
of this body is going to be tangible.

1166
00:53:02,179 --> 00:53:03,039
We will have purpose.

1167
00:53:03,039 --> 00:53:06,199
We will have family and we
will have celebration together.

1168
00:53:07,209 --> 00:53:08,899
And that's where I think we can be.

1169
00:53:09,389 --> 00:53:10,709
And it's within striking distance.

1170
00:53:11,379 --> 00:53:12,679
This is not impossible at all.

1171
00:53:12,719 --> 00:53:15,229
None of these things that we're
calling you to are impossible.

1172
00:53:17,869 --> 00:53:23,349
If you commit to us by getting connected,
commit to contribute, not just to consume,

1173
00:53:25,689 --> 00:53:27,839
And commit to steward
God's investment in you.

1174
00:53:28,889 --> 00:53:30,469
These things are going to take place.

1175
00:53:31,829 --> 00:53:37,899
The church that's all in that way is a
church, undoubtedly, that's going to win.

1176
00:53:39,109 --> 00:53:40,129
We stand with me as I pray.