1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:06,880 All right, well we have been in this community series for the 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,400 last bit and I'm super excited to get back into that. 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,000 Last week we had one of my friends from out of town 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,520 planning a church in Scotland and man, he just wrecked me with 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,280 the word. I'm so thankful for that, it was 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,520 really good for me. I hope that you've heard that. 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,400 If not, our stuff is available online. 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,920 You can go and listen to it on there while we get into our 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,560 community series today. You can turn your Bibles to 1st 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,480 Corinthians chapter 12 and we're going to get into our time of 11 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:41,280 Bible study as we do. Let me share this with you. 12 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:49,120 On February 22nd in 2022, the Sikorsky S 61 N helicopter 13 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,320 departed U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range 14 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:57,520 Facility in Kauai, HI. They were conducting a sling 15 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,040 load operation for torpedo recovery. 30 minutes after 16 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,200 takeoff the crew began to experience problems calling out 17 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:12,960 stick stick, stick. Witnesses reported seeing the 18 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:17,720 helicopter flying 200 feet above ground gradually pitch nose down 19 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:22,840 into a near vertical altitude. The helicopter impacted with the 20 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,360 ground nose first overturned and the cockpit was consumed in 21 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,360 flames. 2 pilots and two crew members died. 22 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,560 Upon investigation of the crash site, there was a 'cause that 23 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,760 was determined. The wreckage revealed that the 24 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:46,040 Flight control A4 four or aft servo rod was only partially 25 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,800 connected to the input cleavises there. 26 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,280 There's a bolt there that's supposed to be in a place that 27 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:58,240 it's not. The bolt had no evidence of 28 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,760 fracture or deformation, no thread wear. 29 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,280 This means that the bolt likely backed out of its normally 30 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,960 installed position due to the absence of its nut and Cotter 31 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,840 pin. This would have resulted in a 32 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:18,800 lack of command to the four aft servo causing an uncontrollable 33 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,680 nose down altitude. As you can see, that's the 34 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,600 linkage that allows the pilot to steer. 35 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,760 Upon further investigation into the maintenance records, it was 36 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,880 determined that only a few months prior a mechanic had 37 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,160 recorded, removed and installed forward and NAFT servo. 38 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,520 The most likely cause of this accident was negligence to 39 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,800 reinstall the necessary nut and Cotter pin. 40 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,400 I know that's kind of a heavy illustration to begin our time 41 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,280 with today. Perhaps appropriately, it is 42 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,760 Memorial Day and many service members have given their lives 43 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:06,000 to defend our country and some unfortunately due to error. 44 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,640 What we'll see today in our time of Bible study is that every 45 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:20,440 member of the community matters. Even something as small as the 46 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:27,120 nut in Cotter pin, something so small that we wouldn't normally 47 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,520 consider. So as we come to God's Word, 48 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,240 we're going to read it. Today will be in First 49 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:37,160 Corinthians 12/21 to 27. I want to remind you that when 50 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,720 we come to the Scriptures, the Bible says that the Word of God 51 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,200 is profitable. And one of the things that it 52 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,360 does for us is it instructs us in righteousness. 53 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,400 It gives us direction for how we operate as God's people. 54 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,440 We also know that the Word of God is a lamp to my my feet, a 55 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,200 light to my path. It's directive to us. 56 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,480 And so I want us to just take a moment and pray, settle 57 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,160 ourselves and ask the Lord to direct us as individuals, but 58 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:13,400 also as a church to how we can make every member matter in 59 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,240 Portland Gospel Church. So I'm going to give you just a 60 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,200 few moments to pray and then I'll lead us in a prayer. 61 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:44,720 God, we pray that you'd speak to us today. 62 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:48,880 We come to your word, we surrender. 63 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,720 We want to do community your way. 64 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,280 Pray that you'd open our eyes. Help us to see the way that you 65 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:00,120 see. Help us to love the way that you 66 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,680 love. Use this time in Jesus name, 67 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,840 Amen. If we begin reading in First 68 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:13,120 Corinthians chapter 12, starting in verse 21, the Bible says, And 69 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,880 the I cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee, nor 70 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,440 again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 71 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,360 Nay, much more, those members of the body which seem to be more 72 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:31,120 feeble are necessary, and those members of the body which we 73 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:36,520 think to be less honorable upon these we bestow more abundant 74 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,880 honor in. Our uncomely parts have more 75 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,600 abundant comeliness, for our comely parts have no need. 76 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,600 But God hath tempered the body together, having giving more 77 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,520 abundant honor to that part which lacked. 78 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,080 That there should be no schism in the body, but that the 79 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,560 members should have the same care one for another. 80 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,000 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it 81 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,160 or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it. 82 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,480 Now ye are the body of Christ and members in particular. 83 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,400 So today we continue, we have seen in previous weeks in 84 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,760 community that you have something to to contribute. 85 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,400 We have spiritual gifts that are there. 86 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,560 Every person in the body can give something to the body. 87 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,480 We you have something I need, I have something you need. 88 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,560 We saw that illustration last week or two weeks ago that we 89 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,640 have unity and diversity. We're very different and 90 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,440 community doesn't mean that we're all exactly the same, but 91 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,880 we value each other. And today we're going to see 92 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:49,880 these interesting parts, the less comely parts and how every 93 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,480 part of the body is going to matter. 94 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,320 So let's begin. If you're taking notes that we 95 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:02,720 need the weak, we see here in verse 21 the I cannot say to the 96 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:08,320 hand, I have no need of thee. We have no part in the body that 97 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,640 is unnecessary as we're going to see every part matters. 98 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:17,960 And we see this word used here. The word is feeble, and feeble 99 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,360 is perhaps not a word that you use all the time. 100 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,840 So I have a definition for you of the word feeble is to be 101 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:31,440 weak, destitute of much physical strength as an infant. 102 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,960 That's a really good example. Something that is I think Amber 103 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,320 would call a little squish. You know, there isn't a whole 104 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:39,800 lot there. Don't drop it. 105 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,600 It's it's very vulnerable. It doesn't it doesn't have 106 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,400 strength. It can't hurt you. 107 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:50,120 And this is some of the parts of the body. 108 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,600 Some members are more weak than others. 109 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,160 The there's a Bible use of this word. 110 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:02,040 There's many, but there's a use in Second Samuel chapter 4, it 111 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,800 says when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his 112 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,600 hands were feeble. So he got some news that really 113 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,360 scared him for the situation that happened. 114 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,200 And his hands were weak, He was shaking. 115 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,840 Maybe you've had those moments where you're just your hands are 116 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,880 wet and you're you feel like you're just going to fall apart. 117 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,080 And it's related here to trouble. 118 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,440 Everyone was troubled in that situation. 119 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,040 So we have members in the body like this, but we need to know 120 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:39,679 the weaker necessary. It says in verse 22, nay, much 121 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:44,000 more, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are 122 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,960 necessary. And I know what you're thinking. 123 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,880 You're thinking the necessary, do I have to kind of necessary, 124 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,280 right? This is what Urban Dictionary 125 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,720 says about necessary. The word necessary means do you 126 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:04,920 really have to, but shorter, isn't that how we at times treat 127 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,560 something that's necessary? Well, you know, we have to 128 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,680 include them because that's what we're supposed to do. 129 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:14,680 We got to make sure everybody is welcome or whatever. 130 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,560 And that's not the Bible's use of the word necessary. 131 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:24,480 Perhaps a better definition is something that cannot be 132 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:29,800 excluded if it's necessary. Just think about the helicopter 133 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:34,720 introduction. If it's a necessary part, it 134 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,640 better be there. It's not possible that it should 135 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:43,000 be excluded. Now, one of the best ways that 136 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,840 we can come up with a definition for a word, this is a Bible 137 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,800 study principle as we look at the uses of the word throughout 138 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,160 the Scripture. So I have a couple times today 139 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,640 that I want to do this together. So the word necessary is used 140 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:57,680 throughout the Scriptures. There's probably a few more 141 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:01,040 references than this, but it gives us an overall picture. 142 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,040 Job said that his food was necessary. 143 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,320 He said he esteemed the words of God more than his necessary 144 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,480 food. In Acts 13, we see that 145 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,480 something was necessary, was the right thing to do. 146 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:18,600 It's frequently something that's needed or needful. 147 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:24,120 But lastly, in Hebrews, it says that it's a part of God's plan, 148 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,360 like it was necessary. God was accomplishing things, 149 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,760 things needed to happen. And there are people in the 150 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,560 church that are necessary in such a way. 151 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,120 They are needful. Perhaps God even placed them 152 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,760 there for a reason. They're a part of this body, and 153 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,880 we want them to stay attached. We want everything to be healthy 154 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:52,240 and functional. So if something is necessary, it 155 00:10:52,240 --> 00:11:01,960 must be cared for at all costs. If something is necessary, it 156 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:07,520 must be cared for at all costs. I do want to bring back up to 157 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:12,880 you the illustration that I opened our cert or sermon up 158 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,400 with and I gave a Riddle to the kids a little bit ago and I 159 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:22,120 asked something like what is made of metal. 160 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,160 It's small, it's on almost everything. 161 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,880 It's flexible. And without it, someone's going 162 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:33,280 to die. And this is the Cotter pin right 163 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,600 here. This is what a Cotter pin is. 164 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,040 Maybe you've seen one of these it maybe you've seen you've been 165 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,560 to IKEA and you've seen something similar to this. 166 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,000 And you assemble some furniture and you miss one of these little 167 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,880 pieces, and you're like, Oh, no, can we still use it without the 168 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,000 safety pin? And I think we all know, no, 169 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,720 that's not what you want to do, right? 170 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,240 This is how it works. It's flexible. 171 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,840 You stick it through something. It does not retain the weight. 172 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,160 It does not have a strength function. 173 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,400 But without it being there, the thing that is strong falls 174 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,600 apart. It becomes very, very dangerous. 175 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,160 They're really small. They're all over there in your 176 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,400 vehicle, all over the place. The Cotter pin. 177 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,960 I know this because I used to be an illustrator for six or seven 178 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,200 years. I drew a lot of pictures and I 179 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,560 learned the difference in a Cotter pin, a cleavus pin, and 180 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:29,560 all these different machine head screws and assembly drawings and 181 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:32,280 that sort of thing. But these things are so small, 182 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:34,240 but without them, they fall apart. 183 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,880 This is also like members in the church body. 184 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,600 They're small, but they're necessary. 185 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:49,120 You see, God honors the weak things verse 23 says, and those 186 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:54,120 members of the body which we think to be less honorable upon 187 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:59,360 these we'd bestow more abundant honor, and our uncomely parts 188 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,960 have more abundant comeliness. So we'll get into what that word 189 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,680 means for just a moment. But quite simply, we have things 190 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:11,760 that we would honor that we'd say, hey, I really like this 191 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:16,880 part, the engine or the bicep. You know, we we all have things 192 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,040 we think get gets more work done than something else. 193 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,960 It's maybe easier to check on maintenance wise, or it's more 194 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,840 obvious it's coming from the front of the room instead of 195 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,400 from a backroom somewhere else, right? 196 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:37,320 But here we see our uncomely parts, the Bible says have more 197 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,120 abundant comeliness. So let's look at this word 198 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,600 comely. The word comely. 199 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,880 This is my summation for you, that it is upright. 200 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,840 It's not necessarily just righteous. 201 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,320 It's something that's doing right. 202 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,240 It's appealing. It's not just attractive, but it 203 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,440 is like it's goodly to look upon. 204 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,520 It's handsome where it's graceful in some way. 205 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,440 There's a skill or an excellence or a lightness to it. 206 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,960 This is what something is comely is. 207 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,560 It's appropriate in appealing so we, we can develop this 208 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:15,320 definition from the Scriptures. I have a few references for you. 209 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:22,440 The Bible in first Samuel 16 of King David said that David was a 210 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,400 comely person. He, he was an excellent 211 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,160 musician. He was valiant in war. 212 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,040 He was prudent in his business and comely. 213 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,640 He was good in appearance and he seemed to have a lot of things 214 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,640 together. I quoted early earlier to you 215 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:50,200 that Psalm, Psalm 147 says that I'll just read the whole thing. 216 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,440 Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing praises unto our 217 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,720 God, for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. 218 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,760 So this is the appropriate upright thing to do for us to 219 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,560 praise God, perhaps to the antithesis of this Jesus. 220 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:10,640 And Isaiah 53 is said to have no form nor comeliness. 221 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,760 Maybe you've seen pictures of like sexy Mormon Jesus. 222 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,120 He's got cute hair, everything's bright and glistening and he 223 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,120 looks like real attractive, like Brad Pitt's playing Jesus or 224 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,720 something. And this is not the Jesus of the 225 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,400 Bible. It says he's not comely not not 226 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,480 in an unrighteous sense, but it says there's no beauty that we 227 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,840 should desire him. It like you would have just 228 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,480 passed over him and perhaps chosen somebody else if you 229 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:40,600 thought that's the Son of God. It wasn't about physical 230 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,800 appearance. And perhaps that is something we 231 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,400 need to learn in the church as well, that comeliness isn't 232 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,800 necessarily just appearance. But I put it to you this way, 233 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,040 the church doesn't dispose of the weak. 234 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:06,360 We probably have more attractive, more productive 235 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:11,440 members of the body. And in a sense, as we grow, 236 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,480 certain individuals should start to take on more leadership or 237 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,120 more things. But for us to be healthy, God 238 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:24,400 says we need to have some internal uncomely parts. 239 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,720 They make us better. Really, They make us strong. 240 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:36,080 Just think right now the way the Bible uses the uncomely parts, 241 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,800 it's talking about the parts you don't see inside of the body. 242 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,080 Are there any organs in your body that you want to sacrifice 243 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,400 right now? I mean, maybe you could live 244 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,600 without a couple of them, but would you choose to? 245 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:58,400 I'd prefer not to. So the Bible says in verse 24, 246 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,160 for our comely parts have no need, but God hath tempered the 247 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:08,880 body together, having giving more abundant honor to that part 248 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,640 which lacked. So it says that the body is 249 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,800 tempered together by some of these uncomely parts. 250 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,319 So let's look at this word tempered. 251 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:24,800 The word tempered is to be mixed together into some kind of 252 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:30,120 permanent, proper state. And frequently when something's 253 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:33,040 tempered, we believe it to be hardened like tempered steel. 254 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,280 So we have the combination of ingredients that makes a better, 255 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,680 more stable state. Let me show you a few Bible 256 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,600 verses. Exodus 29. 257 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,560 You know this if you've ever baked anything, especially if 258 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,280 you've made a cake unleavened bread and cakes unleavened, 259 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:54,960 tempered with oil. There are only a handful of 260 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,760 ingredients that really matter in a cake. 261 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,880 If you don't have the main ingredients that temper the cake 262 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,640 together, it turns into something else. 263 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,480 The next thing you know, you're eating a vegan cracker, right? 264 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,240 And do you know what emergency cake is? 265 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,280 You can make cake without some of the main ingredients, but you 266 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:18,160 probably don't want to leave out like milk, eggs, butter, sugar. 267 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,520 There's a there's a handful of things that are just 268 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,040 irreplaceable when it comes to tempering the cake together. 269 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:25,360 Otherwise, it just comes out weird. 270 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,880 The same is true with here. The Bible uses apothecary. 271 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:35,400 This is the mixture of oils or perfume and ingredients together 272 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,600 that would be anointing the high priest. 273 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,000 It says that they were tempered together, a bunch of ingredients 274 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,120 coming together to be one thing, to serve one purpose. 275 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:50,520 This is biblical temperance and really the way that we gain this 276 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,200 is temperance is a fruit of the Spirit. 277 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,120 As the people of God submit to the Spirit of God and the Word 278 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:03,480 of God, we exercise this quality in our community. 279 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,200 We become tempered together. We are mixed together. 280 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,480 We are strengthened together for a singular purpose. 281 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,080 Even the weak parts are all in the mixture. 282 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:21,440 Remember, every member matters when the final concoction is 283 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,960 made. You're not likely saying, man, 284 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,280 what a wonderful ingredient that was in that cake. 285 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:32,360 You're just saying yummy. Unless it was a vegan cake, then 286 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,040 sorry Savannah, I know you work at a bakery, but I haven't had 287 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,320 many vegan things that I enjoy. I'm will. 288 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,120 I'm willing to try it, just it just doesn't come out quite the 289 00:19:40,120 --> 00:19:46,240 same for me. But God uses the weakness to 290 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,400 bind us together. We need weakness in our 291 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,400 community. I don't want our church to be 292 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,800 weak. I want to be strong. 293 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,920 But you know how the Bible uses these oxymoronic kind of 294 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,400 statements like when I'm weak, then he is strong. 295 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,360 We need these things. They actually help us as we're 296 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:09,000 going to see learn how to love and serve each other. 297 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:15,880 A basic example of this is. Some of you might know that, but 298 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:17,640 it's kind of hard for me really to say but. 299 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,560 Can I just say that if you want to be in ministry, you want to 300 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,840 lead people, you want to pastor, sometimes things are going to 301 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,680 happen in your life for you to learn a lesson or for someone 302 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:37,200 else to learn a lesson. And not long ago, I developed a 303 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,920 hernia, and I'm not particularly excited of that or proud of 304 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:42,760 that. I did turn 40 this year. 305 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,520 So I guess this is the new normal. 306 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,440 Yeah, that's right. Yeah. 307 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,200 But you know how that works, right? 308 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,920 There's muscles here that I do. I'd used to exercise. 309 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,680 I don't know what happened. I think God just decided, you 310 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,040 know, that's what's going to happen. 311 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,160 There's muscles here that are supposed to hold back things 312 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,680 that are important on the inside. 313 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,680 And when one of those is weak and there's a breech made, then 314 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,240 all of a sudden you walk around holding part of your body while 315 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:15,600 you're moving, right? And now my hand has to hold on 316 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,440 to me while I move around. For now. 317 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,480 That's hopefully going to be fixed soon. 318 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:25,800 But this weakness causes my body to remember, oh, yeah, I do have 319 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,480 other parts that are important, too. 320 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,240 One body part has to care for the other body part. 321 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,240 So we're going to learn that we need to work together. 322 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:45,000 Our weaknesses force us as a church, as a community, to 323 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:50,880 function together. Let's read verse 25. 324 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,800 This is that there should be no schism in the body, but that the 325 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,000 members should have the same care one for another. 326 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,760 So we are called to choose unity. 327 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,200 This is a choice that we make. I don't have this on the screen, 328 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:13,120 but Ephesians 43 says we endeavor to keep the unity of 329 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:14,680 the Spirit and the bond of peace. 330 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,120 Unity is an endeavor. It's a thing to pursue if we 331 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,880 surrender to the Spirit of God. It's the natural thing that will 332 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,640 happen in the people of God. But we see this, this phrase 333 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,560 here that no schism be in the body. 334 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,520 And just another helpful way for you to come up with a definition 335 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,280 of what does a word mean in the Bible. 336 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:40,120 Sometimes a word is only used one time in the whole book, the 337 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:43,120 whole Bible, and that's this word right here. 338 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,840 Schism doesn't show up anywhere else and it's interesting to see 339 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,760 how God uses a word. He places this word in the most 340 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:57,400 body conscious part of the Bible, but it is translated in a 341 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,520 couple of other places. And maybe if you've been to 342 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,040 Bible study, we've taught you how to use Blue Letter Bible to 343 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,800 do searches. And the King James Bible has 344 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,560 honesty to be able to tell you what was the word translated 345 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,040 from Greek to English or from Hebrew to English. 346 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,760 And sometimes we can go find that word and see how else was 347 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,640 it translated. And it develops A broader sense 348 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,000 of, OK, now I'm getting the picture of what this word means. 349 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Most of the time, context will do well to help you understand a 350 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,640 word. But let's look at this word and 351 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,760 a few other places in this same epistle, First Corinthians 352 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,520 chapter 1, Paul addressed this church and he said that they 353 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,440 should speak the same things and that there be no divisions. 354 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,600 That's how he uses the word here in the same book. 355 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,400 Later on in Chapter 11, he says, when you come together in the 356 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,160 church, I hear that there be divisions among you. 357 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,320 And he says, I believe it. Now I've been to Corinth. 358 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,920 I believe you knuckleheads aren't ever getting along. 359 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,760 I've been there. I've heard reports. 360 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:04,000 This is a church that Paul planted. 361 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,320 He went to Corinth and labored there. 362 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,360 But we see that this word has a churchy kind of a context is 363 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,600 Webster would say it's a breach of unity among people of a 364 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,920 religious faith. A schism isn't just a 365 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,760 disagreement. It seems to be amongst the 366 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:28,760 church crowd. And Webster goes on to say the 367 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,680 in Scripture, the word seems to denote a breach of charity 368 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,440 rather than a difference of doctrine. 369 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,440 So a schism isn't just like someone preaching heresy or we 370 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,160 got to fix what somebody's saying that's wrong. 371 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,800 It's more about how we function together. 372 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,560 Are we choosing to, in honor, prefer each other and take care 373 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:55,560 of the weak parts and all of the members of the body? 374 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:02,080 It's kind of like an autoimmune disorder when the body gets a 375 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,760 signal that says, hey, this thing, let's attack it, but that 376 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,160 thing actually is a good, normal part of your body. 377 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:12,120 That's not healthy, that's dysfunctional. 378 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,320 And that's what can happen in the church. 379 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:19,920 So to fix this, we have to care for each other. 380 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:28,480 We have to learn how to not attack each other, but how to 381 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:33,000 care as it says in verse 25, one for another. 382 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,360 You know this, Jesus said this is the commandment that I give 383 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:38,800 you. Listen, you want to summarize 384 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:46,520 some of Jesus's words, Love one another as I have loved you. 385 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,400 Love one another. We have some of these famous 386 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:55,280 words out of Romans chapter 12. Be kindly affectionate. 1 to 387 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,280 another. Now I could go through all of 388 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,840 these and honestly I don't have the time to read them all, but I 389 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,800 did give you a list and it's not on there. 390 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,960 But this next slide you might want to take a picture of that 391 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,200 because it didn't want to print that for you and you might need 392 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,360 to zoom in, but there may be other references. 393 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:19,960 This is a pretty good summary of the use of the phrase one 394 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:25,320 another in the scripture. If we were meeting midweek this 395 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,080 week, I would probably have you read all these and talk about 396 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,280 them. It'd be good for us. 397 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,880 But if we just look here, pretty simply, the first one's probably 398 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:37,560 my wife's favorite, being kind one to another, right? 399 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,440 That's they say that's free, isn't it? 400 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,480 So when we come together, remember this is a church kind 401 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,080 of charity. We're together. 402 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,200 We should at least be able to be nice to each other. 403 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,480 We should be good for our word. We shouldn't be judging other 404 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,440 people. We should have a level of 405 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,240 openness between us that says, hey, how are you, Let's talk. 406 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:04,320 We should be able to caution and advise others to say, hey man, I 407 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,960 see this. How are you doing with that? 408 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,400 We should be able to at very least greet and welcome, Hey, 409 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,440 hi, how are you doing? If we can't say hi to each other 410 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,400 in the room because something's between us, we got to figure 411 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,480 that out. We need to help each other out, 412 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,720 not attack each other, not self promoting, patiently responding. 413 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:31,560 Ephesians 432 be kind one to another, tender hearted, 414 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,520 forgiving one another, right? We need to love each. 415 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,360 No, this is an Awana song that my kids, I know I didn't finish 416 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:40,520 it. I'm sorry Sheldon. 417 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,640 If you ever watch The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon would not be 418 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:43,840 happy. He'd have to finish it. 419 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,600 Loving one another, comforting, building up. 420 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,760 You get the picture right? And if not, you can take a 421 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,360 picture. You go study it later. 422 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,920 Be good for you to look it up, but this is the way that we're 423 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,440 called to function together, the people of God. 424 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,920 We have to have this kind of care. 425 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,480 So I ask you this, who wouldn't want to be a part of a community 426 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:10,680 like that? Isn't that what you would want 427 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,560 out of a church to say? I don't. 428 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:19,400 I'm not only valued based on how much I'm doing, like what if we 429 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:23,760 get sick? What if, what if I'm not doing 430 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:28,320 well? What if somebody in this room or 431 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,280 somebody that God gives us has a terminal diagnosis? 432 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,680 Would they still matter? What if you're 6 or 8 or 10 and 433 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:42,440 you can't go out and evangelize? I saw this modeled from my 434 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:46,400 pastor. I learned so much being on staff 435 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,640 and not being the guy in charge. I'm so thankful for my pastor 436 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:50,800 James. He was, he's awesome. 437 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,120 And I watched him the way that he cared for. 438 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,400 There was a group of old ladies in our church, which I think we 439 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,440 call them the widows or the ladies class. 440 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,320 And they could sometimes be a point of frustration for us 441 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:09,200 because they were the old group that had been doing things like 442 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,240 for 50 years. And we were trying to be the 443 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,840 newer group and let's, you know, we're doing this discipleship 444 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,960 stuff. And they never really got on 445 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,600 board with any of that. But even in a closed door 446 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,720 meeting when they weren't around, he was always trying to 447 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,440 look out for them and take care of them. 448 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,040 They met in a classroom they were used to. 449 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,160 It was way too big for them, but it was theirs. 450 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,280 And we wanted to do other things with it. 451 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,960 And he's like, leave them alone. No. 452 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:43,200 And I saw him with some of these ladies sing songs to them on 453 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:48,200 their deathbed. Does a dying person matter? 454 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,600 Is that what a senior pastor should be doing? 455 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:59,960 Caring for the weak? I learned a lot from James. 456 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,200 And this week I got to confess. I don't know what how the Lord 457 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,320 will answer this prayer. I'm afraid to even pray it. 458 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,000 But I've been praying. I've been praying that God would 459 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,800 give us the week. What if we had some elderly 460 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,320 people in our church? Wouldn't that be sweet? 461 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,160 I mean, what if they couldn't go hard and get after, but they 462 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,440 would just be here and we'd love on them and they'd love on us? 463 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,240 Wouldn't that be sweet? What if we did have some people 464 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,600 that maybe did need more care than we're used to? 465 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,520 It would definitely cause us to like have to hold on and figure 466 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:40,840 out how do I love something inconveniently sometimes That's 467 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,600 a good, healthy kind of community. 468 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,920 Lastly, let's end with this, we win and lose together. 469 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,640 Verse 25 or I'm sorry, verse 26 says and whether one member 470 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:57,920 suffer, all the members suffer with it or one member be 471 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,240 honored, all the members rejoice with it. 472 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:07,240 Because you see, the body is 1. And just like, I'm sorry to 473 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,480 bring it up again, the illustration in the beginning, 474 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,800 we all are going to go down or we're all going to stay a flight 475 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,680 based on the care that we have for each individual member, even 476 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,720 the weak things. If we go down, we go down 477 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,120 together. And I don't I don't want to 478 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:29,080 bring anybody down. Roman says, rejoice with them 479 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,200 that rejoice and weep with them that weep. 480 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,240 This means when other people in the community get a thing that 481 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,960 we may want, we say, I got to figure out how to rejoice with 482 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,200 you. When other people in the 483 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,080 community suffer in a way that we don't understand, we say, you 484 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:47,640 know what? I don't, I don't understand it, 485 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,680 but I need to figure out how to get with you and how to love 486 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,800 you. This is how we need to be 487 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,760 treating each other. I promise you this will be 488 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,200 attractive to a world that has no concept of this. 489 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,600 Materialism or atheism has no value for weakness. 490 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,720 It's it's productivity. Value is based on what you do or 491 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,560 what somebody thinks of you. It's not intrinsic to your 492 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,240 nature because you're made in the image of God. 493 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,000 Only Christians have this kind of value. 494 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,600 Materialism has no no real value for the weak. 495 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,200 It's all just false value. It's it's loose and weak. 496 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:26,000 I do want to end with this really personal illustration. 497 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,600 My thing isn't working very often. 498 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,720 Does anybody know what this picture is of? 499 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,720 It's a famous moment in sports history that happened recently 500 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,840 in your lifetime in the last few years. 501 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:48,960 January of 2023 at the stroke of midnight as the ball dropped in 502 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:54,840 Times Square. This happened the NCAA playoffs. 503 00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:02,280 CJ Stroud throws 4 touchdowns for 348 yards, no interceptions. 504 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,640 2 receivers have 100 plus yard games. 505 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,960 I think Lathe Ransom had 9 tackles. 506 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,200 It's 4. I'm sorry, it's 3 seconds left 507 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:18,000 in the fourth quarter. It's 4th and 11, meaning it's 508 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:23,360 the last play. It's 41 to 42 Georgia. 509 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:28,040 I'm cheering for the Buckeyes. If you didn't know, 41 to 42, 510 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:32,040 Georgia, 3 seconds left, the last play we get to kick one 511 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:36,760 final field goal and Noah Ruggles kicks his career longest 512 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:43,000 or what would have been. And he missed wide left. 513 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:49,840 And every Buckeyes fan was like, I mean, it was, it was a great 514 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,080 game, but it was terrible to lose. 515 00:33:54,320 --> 00:34:01,280 It all came down to one kick and the whole team lost the whole 516 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:08,719 season because of 1 moment. Many other star players had 517 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,639 excellent games. I'm not blaming this guy, this 518 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:14,120 is just how football goes. It was. 519 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,239 It's a risk. Everybody's heightened emotions. 520 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,120 If you can imagine. I wouldn't want to be the guy 521 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,360 with three seconds left and the game's on you. 522 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,000 Let's win. Let's live or die right now. 523 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,760 Like no. Could we pay somebody else to do 524 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:29,520 that, please? But this is an example of how we 525 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:34,120 will be successful together or we will fail together. 526 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:41,080 We can't win as individuals. We went as a church and really 527 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,199 the winning is giving honor to the Lord. 528 00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:45,920 Seeing soul save, functioning together, being healthy. 529 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,280 That is a win. And we need every part. 530 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:54,560 Every part matters, so I'm going to give us a few moments to pray 531 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,800 and respond. We'll have a final song here in 532 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,000 a minute, but let me ask you a few questions. 533 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,760 If you just take a moment of quiet, bow your head and pray, 534 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:11,080 what is a step that you can take today towards helping weaker 535 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:21,370 members of our church? Or maybe you want to think about 536 00:35:21,370 --> 00:35:24,130 our church collectively? What is a way in which we're 537 00:35:24,130 --> 00:35:26,610 lacking in meeting each other's needs? 538 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,040 If nothing comes to mind, you can pray for us That as a 539 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:44,680 church, God strengthens us. Maybe He even gives us some 540 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:49,400 people that we need to care for, or He surfaces some things that 541 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:54,760 we need to get serious about. I want to give you 30 seconds or 542 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,760 so to pray, and then I'll lead us in a prayer. 543 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:58,280 We'll have one more song.