1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:05,060 Well we’re continuing our series entitled the Anatomy of Faith in which we were learning 2 00:00:05,060 –> 00:00:12,140 that faith is the bond of a living union between the believer and Jesus Christ in which a man 3 00:00:12,140 –> 00:00:19,340 or a woman comes to trust Christ, to love Christ, and to serve Christ. 4 00:00:19,340 –> 00:00:23,320 We’re remembering that we are not saved by the strength of our trust, or the depth of 5 00:00:23,320 –> 00:00:25,639 our love, or the consistency of our service. 6 00:00:25,639 –> 00:00:27,799 We are saved by Christ. 7 00:00:27,799 –> 00:00:32,560 But Christ is ours and we are his through the bond of faith. 8 00:00:32,560 –> 00:00:38,160 And therefore we are learning to pray this prayer, Lord increase my faith and then together 9 00:00:38,160 –> 00:00:42,500 we’re praying, Lord increase our faith. 10 00:00:42,500 –> 00:00:47,799 And in this series, we are learning how that can happen for us. 11 00:00:47,799 –> 00:00:54,560 We began last time in Romans chapter 10 and verse 17 where God says to us there by the 12 00:00:54,619 –> 00:01:01,400 Holy Spirit, faith comes through hearing. 13 00:01:01,400 –> 00:01:04,900 So we’re praying, Lord increase my faith, Lord increase our faith, how is that going 14 00:01:04,900 –> 00:01:09,760 to happen, and the scripture says to us faith comes through hearing. 15 00:01:09,760 –> 00:01:15,379 So Jesus says be very careful as to how you hear the Word of God because God creates faith 16 00:01:15,379 –> 00:01:18,980 and he sustains faith by his Word. 17 00:01:18,980 –> 00:01:23,559 And so as we think about this image of the anatomy of faith, we began by seeing that 18 00:01:23,559 –> 00:01:29,199 faith has ears, ears hearing the Word of Christ. 19 00:01:29,199 –> 00:01:35,300 Today we’re going to move forward with the anatomy and think of our faith as hands, hands 20 00:01:35,300 –> 00:01:38,180 serving with the love of Christ. 21 00:01:38,180 –> 00:01:42,099 And I’d like to turn please to 1 Timothy in chapter 3 and verse 15. 22 00:01:42,099 –> 00:01:47,180 There are several scriptures here today, but this one is the first. 23 00:01:47,180 –> 00:01:51,660 We’re taking a second step in learning how to grow in faith. 24 00:01:52,639 –> 00:01:57,459 Really praying, Lord increase my faith, Lord increase our faith. 25 00:01:57,459 –> 00:02:00,540 Here’s how it happens. 26 00:02:00,540 –> 00:02:06,860 Those who have served well, I’m sorry it’s verse 13. 27 00:02:06,860 –> 00:02:15,919 Those who have served well gain in excellent standing and great assurance in their faith 28 00:02:15,919 –> 00:02:18,520 in Christ Jesus verse 13. 29 00:02:18,520 –> 00:02:23,860 Those who have served well gain in excellent standing and great assurance in their faith 30 00:02:23,860 –> 00:02:25,059 in Christ Jesus. 31 00:02:25,059 –> 00:02:29,759 I want to draw your attention to the second part of the verse, so let’s put it together 32 00:02:29,759 –> 00:02:31,320 this way. 33 00:02:31,320 –> 00:02:34,559 Those who have served well gain something. 34 00:02:34,559 –> 00:02:35,559 And what do they gain? 35 00:02:35,559 –> 00:02:42,179 They gain great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus. 36 00:02:42,179 –> 00:02:48,039 So in the scripture then Paul is putting together two things, faith and serving and he’s saying 37 00:02:48,300 –> 00:02:54,740 connected in this way, that those who serve well gain great assurance in their faith. 38 00:02:54,740 –> 00:02:55,899 There’s a confidence. 39 00:02:55,899 –> 00:02:56,899 There’s a growth. 40 00:02:56,899 –> 00:02:57,899 There’s an assurance. 41 00:02:57,899 –> 00:03:02,580 There’s a joy in regard to faith that comes to those who serve well. 42 00:03:02,580 –> 00:03:04,660 They gain it, that’s what he says. 43 00:03:04,660 –> 00:03:10,660 Now I want us to explore together today from the Bible the connection between faith and 44 00:03:10,660 –> 00:03:11,779 serving. 45 00:03:12,320 –> 00:03:21,440 Why is it that serving well brings great assurance in your faith in Christ Jesus? 46 00:03:21,440 –> 00:03:27,660 And if we are really praying Lord increased my faith, then this will be an important part 47 00:03:27,660 –> 00:03:29,320 of God’s answer to our prayer. 48 00:03:29,320 –> 00:03:34,380 He says to us, well now, those who serve well gain great assurance in their faith. 49 00:03:34,380 –> 00:03:39,899 So this is showing us the path in which faith advances and grows. 50 00:03:39,919 –> 00:03:42,440 So why does serving well give great assurance in our faith? 51 00:03:42,440 –> 00:03:44,080 That’s the question. 52 00:03:44,080 –> 00:03:48,160 I want to take four steps to answer that question. 53 00:03:48,160 –> 00:03:51,839 Here’s the first. 54 00:03:51,839 –> 00:03:58,720 The Scripture makes it clear that a faith that does not serve, is completely useless. 55 00:03:58,720 –> 00:04:03,139 A faith that does not serve, is completely useless. 56 00:04:03,139 –> 00:04:09,119 Now, no passage of Scripture puts this more clearly than James in chapter 2 which has 57 00:04:09,240 –> 00:04:10,080 been read to us. 58 00:04:10,080 –> 00:04:12,699 We’re going to come to that in a moment. 59 00:04:12,699 –> 00:04:17,019 But I want to show you that this is not only the emphasis of James as if he was somehow 60 00:04:17,019 –> 00:04:18,839 unique in saying this. 61 00:04:18,839 –> 00:04:24,880 It’s of course the unanimous testimony of the entire New Testament. 62 00:04:24,880 –> 00:04:28,019 And so, let’s begin with the Apostle Paul. 63 00:04:28,019 –> 00:04:34,959 Galatians chapter 5 and verse 6, Paul says, In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision 64 00:04:34,959 –> 00:04:36,760 has any value. 65 00:04:36,760 –> 00:04:44,040 The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. 66 00:04:44,040 –> 00:04:47,959 Faith expressing itself through love. 67 00:04:47,959 –> 00:04:52,959 Now it was through the Apostle Paul that the Holy Spirit gave us the great statements in 68 00:04:52,959 –> 00:04:56,920 the New Testament about justification by faith. 69 00:04:56,920 –> 00:05:01,119 And you will know that these statements come especially in the letter of Romans and also 70 00:05:01,119 –> 00:05:03,480 Galatians. 71 00:05:03,480 –> 00:05:09,579 So right here in Galatians you might expect Paul to say that the only thing that counts 72 00:05:09,579 –> 00:05:14,579 is faith, but that is not what the Apostle Paul says. 73 00:05:14,579 –> 00:05:20,679 Galatians chapter 5 and verse 6, he says the only thing that counts is faith expressing 74 00:05:20,679 –> 00:05:22,640 itself through love. 75 00:05:22,640 –> 00:05:23,899 Why does he say that? 76 00:05:23,899 –> 00:05:28,000 Because faith that doesn’t express itself through love is not the real deal. 77 00:05:28,519 –> 00:05:35,640 He’s saying the same as is said in James chapter 2. 78 00:05:35,640 –> 00:05:38,920 You get the same thing in 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and verse 2. 79 00:05:38,920 –> 00:05:41,000 We know this well. 80 00:05:41,000 –> 00:05:52,700 Paul says if I have faith that can move mountains, but I don’t have love, I am nothing. 81 00:05:52,700 –> 00:05:57,720 In other words, a faith that does not express itself in love, it has no value, it is completely 82 00:05:58,239 –> 00:05:59,600 useless, it amounts to nothing. 83 00:05:59,600 –> 00:06:01,220 That’s his word. 84 00:06:01,220 –> 00:06:06,380 Love is the evidence of being united to Jesus Christ by faith. 85 00:06:06,380 –> 00:06:11,619 If Christ is in us then love is in us. 86 00:06:11,619 –> 00:06:16,940 And that is why moving from Paul to the apostle John, John puts it this way, if anyone has 87 00:06:16,940 –> 00:06:22,500 material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the 88 00:06:22,500 –> 00:06:26,299 love of God be in him? 89 00:06:26,559 –> 00:06:32,540 And so now please turn to James in chapter two. 90 00:06:32,540 –> 00:06:39,200 And James expresses the same truth as Paul and John when he says in verse 14, what good 91 00:06:39,200 –> 00:06:49,299 is it my brothers if a man claims to have faith but he has no deeds? 92 00:06:49,299 –> 00:06:51,799 So try to picture this man with me. 93 00:06:51,799 –> 00:06:55,200 He claims to have faith. 94 00:06:55,220 –> 00:07:01,760 He says he’s a Christian, talks about believing in Christ. 95 00:07:01,760 –> 00:07:07,859 But James says he has no deeds, no deeds. 96 00:07:07,859 –> 00:07:12,959 In other words, there isn’t anything distinctively Christ-like about his behavior. 97 00:07:12,959 –> 00:07:17,040 There is nothing that makes him obviously different from other men in the world, except 98 00:07:17,040 –> 00:07:18,040 what he says. 99 00:07:18,040 –> 00:07:20,040 His faith is only in words. 100 00:07:20,040 –> 00:07:21,040 It is a claim. 101 00:07:21,040 –> 00:07:24,500 It is something that he says. 102 00:07:24,519 –> 00:07:29,899 Now, James is telling us that a faith like that is completely useless, of no value at 103 00:07:29,899 –> 00:07:30,899 all. 104 00:07:30,899 –> 00:07:35,739 He’s saying the same thing as Paul when he says, if I have faith but not love, I am 105 00:07:35,739 –> 00:07:36,739 nothing. 106 00:07:37,540 –> 00:07:39,640 And James gives us an illustration. 107 00:07:39,660 –> 00:07:46,359 He says, let me tell you how useless this faith that is just words but is not deeds 108 00:07:46,359 –> 00:07:47,859 really is. 109 00:07:47,859 –> 00:07:49,079 Suppose there’s a man who is hungry. 110 00:07:49,079 –> 00:07:52,220 Or suppose there’s a man who is cold. 111 00:07:52,779 –> 00:08:00,160 If someone just goes up to him and says, hey, be fed or be warm, what use is that? 112 00:08:00,160 –> 00:08:01,739 It’s obviously completely useless. 113 00:08:01,739 –> 00:08:10,559 Now, James says a faith that is just a claim and has no deeds that flow from it is as useless 114 00:08:10,559 –> 00:08:16,480 as saying to a hungry man be fed or saying to a man who is cold be warm. 115 00:08:16,480 –> 00:08:18,980 And he’s saying a faith like that will not save you. 116 00:08:18,980 –> 00:08:24,100 It is completely useless because, verse 19, it leaves you in precisely the same position 117 00:08:24,100 –> 00:08:26,000 as the devil himself. 118 00:08:26,000 –> 00:08:29,000 Because, the devil knows that Jesus is the Son of God. 119 00:08:29,000 –> 00:08:32,440 The devil believes, and knows that Jesus died on the cross. 120 00:08:32,440 –> 00:08:34,159 He was there at the time. 121 00:08:34,159 –> 00:08:39,880 The devil knows that Jesus rose from the dead to his horror and he shudders because of it. 122 00:08:39,880 –> 00:08:42,200 What the devil does not do is he does not trust Christ. 123 00:08:42,200 –> 00:08:43,200 He does not love Christ. 124 00:08:43,200 –> 00:08:44,460 He does not serve Christ. 125 00:08:44,919 –> 00:08:48,919 So, if your faith is only words, if it is only a claim to say I’m a Christian, but it 126 00:08:48,919 –> 00:08:53,020 is not evidenced in loving Christ, and serving Christ, and trusting Christ, you are in the 127 00:08:53,020 –> 00:08:54,479 same position as the devil. 128 00:08:54,479 –> 00:08:55,739 It’s completely hopeless. 129 00:08:55,739 –> 00:08:59,900 That is the argument of James and chapter two. 130 00:08:59,900 –> 00:09:06,719 Now let me try give you a picture that will help us, I hope, here. 131 00:09:06,719 –> 00:09:12,979 For those of us who are artistically gifted and inclined, which is definitely not me. 132 00:09:12,979 –> 00:09:17,419 I was never any use at drawing, but some of you are great at it. 133 00:09:17,419 –> 00:09:26,200 If I was to ask you to draw a picture that represents sin, I wonder what you would draw. 134 00:09:26,200 –> 00:09:29,820 Now of course, you have a lot of options. 135 00:09:29,820 –> 00:09:36,580 You could draw a target and an arrow falling short of it because sin is falling short of 136 00:09:36,580 –> 00:09:39,179 the glory of God. 137 00:09:39,200 –> 00:09:46,500 You could draw a clenched fist because sin is rebellion against God. 138 00:09:46,500 –> 00:09:50,840 But I want to suggest to you another picture that you could draw that gets to the heart 139 00:09:50,840 –> 00:09:57,700 of what sin does in the human condition, and Augustine, the great Christian teacher, developed 140 00:09:57,700 –> 00:10:05,599 this showing how in the Scriptures sin has this effect on us. 141 00:10:05,599 –> 00:10:14,739 You could draw the picture of a man or a woman bent over so that they are looking inwards 142 00:10:14,739 –> 00:10:15,919 to themselves. 143 00:10:15,919 –> 00:10:21,039 Let me explain that picture to you. 144 00:10:21,039 –> 00:10:25,780 When Adam and Eve were created by God and wonderfully placed in the Garden of Eden, 145 00:10:25,780 –> 00:10:34,000 they walked upright and were able face-to-face to have fellowship with Almighty God. 146 00:10:34,000 –> 00:10:39,039 He made Himself visible so that they walked with Him in the Garden in the cool of the 147 00:10:39,039 –> 00:10:40,760 day. 148 00:10:40,760 –> 00:10:43,679 They looked to God. 149 00:10:43,679 –> 00:10:49,219 But you remember that Satan came into the Garden and he said to the man and to the woman, 150 00:10:49,219 –> 00:10:52,280 You can be as god. 151 00:10:52,280 –> 00:10:56,119 You don’t need to be looking to God, he said to tell you what is good and what is evil. 152 00:10:56,119 –> 00:11:00,619 You don’t need to be a worshiper of God, you don’t need to be trusting Him and loving Him 153 00:11:00,619 –> 00:11:01,880 and serving Him. 154 00:11:01,880 –> 00:11:03,299 You can be your own God. 155 00:11:03,400 –> 00:11:04,940 And you can trust yourself. 156 00:11:04,940 –> 00:11:06,559 You can love yourself. 157 00:11:06,559 –> 00:11:08,239 You can serve yourself. 158 00:11:08,239 –> 00:11:12,419 And in their disobedience in the Garden, that is exactly 159 00:11:12,419 –> 00:11:13,520 what happened. 160 00:11:13,520 –> 00:11:19,340 So that the human condition has moved from being one that is upright in which we look 161 00:11:19,340 –> 00:11:24,460 into the face of God loving and trusting and serving Him to a condition in which we are 162 00:11:24,460 –> 00:11:27,719 bent over on ourselves. 163 00:11:27,719 –> 00:11:29,520 Loving ourselves. 164 00:11:29,520 –> 00:11:30,979 Trusting ourselves. 165 00:11:30,979 –> 00:11:31,979 Serving ourselves. 166 00:11:31,979 –> 00:11:32,979 Living on my impulse. 167 00:11:32,979 –> 00:11:37,919 Doing what I think and doing my thing. 168 00:11:37,919 –> 00:11:41,559 That is what sin does to us. 169 00:11:41,559 –> 00:11:46,020 Which is why James is describing this man who says he has faith, 170 00:11:46,020 –> 00:11:49,840 but when there is someone who is hungry, and someone who is cold over here, this man doesn’t 171 00:11:49,840 –> 00:11:50,840 want to get involved. 172 00:11:50,840 –> 00:11:53,719 He says, well be fed and keep yourself warm. 173 00:11:53,719 –> 00:11:54,760 Why does he say that? 174 00:11:54,760 –> 00:11:55,880 He doesn’t want to get involved. 175 00:11:55,880 –> 00:11:56,880 Why? 176 00:11:56,880 –> 00:11:59,039 Because he is bent in on himself. 177 00:11:59,739 –> 00:12:03,780 He is consumed with his own life, his own problems, his own deal. 178 00:12:03,780 –> 00:12:09,520 And James says, can a faith like that save a man? 179 00:12:09,520 –> 00:12:10,679 No. 180 00:12:10,679 –> 00:12:14,840 The Spirit of Christ is not in this man. 181 00:12:14,840 –> 00:12:18,119 For whatever he says about himself, he is not a Christian. 182 00:12:18,119 –> 00:12:19,219 He is still in his sins. 183 00:12:19,219 –> 00:12:21,440 He is bent over on himself. 184 00:12:21,440 –> 00:12:25,919 He does not care about his brother. 185 00:12:25,960 –> 00:12:29,760 So James is challenging, as the whole New Testament challenges, 186 00:12:29,760 –> 00:12:38,099 the easy Believism that is rampant in the church today, 187 00:12:38,099 –> 00:12:41,979 by which many people have come to think that they are Christians 188 00:12:41,979 –> 00:12:43,039 when they really are not. 189 00:12:43,039 –> 00:12:48,859 And this has happened through an emaciated Gospel that offers 190 00:12:48,859 –> 00:12:53,500 Christ as Savior but not Lord, invites people to receive him by 191 00:12:54,280 –> 00:12:57,799 turning to him in repentance in order to be saved 192 00:12:57,799 –> 00:13:00,039 from hell without being saved from sin. 193 00:13:00,039 –> 00:13:06,200 And James says that a faith like that is completely useless. 194 00:13:06,200 –> 00:13:08,440 Can bring any change in a person’s life, 195 00:13:08,440 –> 00:13:10,200 it’s merely a belief. 196 00:13:10,200 –> 00:13:15,179 And what use is that when even the devil 197 00:13:15,179 –> 00:13:17,880 knows these things to be true. 198 00:13:17,880 –> 00:13:21,179 So that’s the first thing for us to establish, 199 00:13:21,179 –> 00:13:22,979 we’ve gotta be clear about what faith is. 200 00:13:23,000 –> 00:13:25,719 And it goes to the heart of our whole series. 201 00:13:25,719 –> 00:13:27,960 A faith that does not serve, 202 00:13:27,960 –> 00:13:29,200 a faith that does not have deeds, 203 00:13:29,200 –> 00:13:31,000 a faith that does not issue in love 204 00:13:31,000 –> 00:13:36,919 is absolutely, completely and utterly useless. 205 00:13:36,919 –> 00:13:40,340 Now that’s the first step, here’s the second. 206 00:13:40,340 –> 00:13:42,200 Jesus Christ came into the world 207 00:13:42,200 –> 00:13:46,080 not to be served but to serve. 208 00:13:46,080 –> 00:13:47,940 And our Lord states this beautifully 209 00:13:47,940 –> 00:13:51,099 in Mark 10 in verse 45. 210 00:13:51,099 –> 00:13:54,200 The Son of Man did not come to be served 211 00:13:54,200 –> 00:13:59,400 but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. 212 00:13:59,400 –> 00:14:00,900 The Lord Jesus Christ did not come 213 00:14:00,900 –> 00:14:02,640 into the world to be served. 214 00:14:02,640 –> 00:14:05,000 He did not come in order to get other people 215 00:14:05,000 –> 00:14:07,099 to do things for him. 216 00:14:07,099 –> 00:14:08,419 You said I’ve come into the world 217 00:14:08,419 –> 00:14:10,299 so that I can do something for you 218 00:14:10,299 –> 00:14:12,059 that you cannot do for yourself. 219 00:14:12,059 –> 00:14:14,679 I’ve come to minister for you. 220 00:14:16,520 –> 00:14:20,599 And service was not something that Jesus added to his life. 221 00:14:22,099 –> 00:14:24,119 Service was his life. 222 00:14:25,359 –> 00:14:28,380 He says to the Father, my food is to do your will. 223 00:14:28,380 –> 00:14:30,640 That’s what I am, that’s what I’m about. 224 00:14:30,640 –> 00:14:32,059 That is my life. 225 00:14:34,260 –> 00:14:37,599 Jesus Christ was not bent in on himself. 226 00:14:39,140 –> 00:14:41,080 He looks up into the face of the Father 227 00:14:41,080 –> 00:14:44,539 and he says my food is to do your will. 228 00:14:44,539 –> 00:14:47,260 And so you read in the Gospels how he spent his days, 229 00:14:47,260 –> 00:14:49,440 how he poured out his life, 230 00:14:49,500 –> 00:14:51,080 giving himself to the disciples, 231 00:14:51,080 –> 00:14:52,940 giving himself to the crowds. 232 00:14:53,880 –> 00:14:56,080 How when he was confronted with human need, 233 00:14:56,080 –> 00:14:57,760 he was not bent in on himself 234 00:14:57,760 –> 00:15:01,039 so that he just said something trite and walked away, 235 00:15:01,039 –> 00:15:04,140 he moved towards it, he ministered 236 00:15:04,140 –> 00:15:07,799 to those who were sorrowing in bereavement. 237 00:15:08,539 –> 00:15:11,599 He served children. 238 00:15:12,900 –> 00:15:13,739 Think of this. 239 00:15:13,739 –> 00:15:15,619 When the disciples said the children should go away 240 00:15:15,619 –> 00:15:17,200 because other things were more important, 241 00:15:17,239 –> 00:15:19,419 Jesus said no, let the children come to me. 242 00:15:19,419 –> 00:15:21,039 And can you picture this in your mind? 243 00:15:21,039 –> 00:15:22,679 The Lord Jesus Christ 244 00:15:23,960 –> 00:15:26,940 connecting with these children, 245 00:15:26,940 –> 00:15:28,640 loving these children, 246 00:15:29,679 –> 00:15:31,380 ministering to these children, 247 00:15:31,380 –> 00:15:35,239 teaching these children as an army of you 248 00:15:35,239 –> 00:15:39,159 here in this congregation do week in and week out. 249 00:15:39,159 –> 00:15:41,780 So that’s a reflection of Jesus. 250 00:15:42,919 –> 00:15:44,940 Think of how the Lord Jesus Christ 251 00:15:44,940 –> 00:15:46,739 in the extremity of his own suffering 252 00:15:46,739 –> 00:15:48,219 is still caring for his mother, 253 00:15:48,219 –> 00:15:50,359 providing for her to be cared for, 254 00:15:51,559 –> 00:15:53,140 appointing John to the task. 255 00:15:53,140 –> 00:15:54,460 Think of how wherever he goes, 256 00:15:54,460 –> 00:15:56,659 he proclaims good news, and he brings hope, 257 00:15:56,659 –> 00:15:58,400 and he speaks the word of life. 258 00:15:58,400 –> 00:16:03,020 And this Jesus says I come among you as one who serves. 259 00:16:03,020 –> 00:16:04,659 It’s who I am. 260 00:16:04,659 –> 00:16:06,219 That’s what I’m about. 261 00:16:06,219 –> 00:16:09,479 That’s my life, not something added to me. 262 00:16:09,479 –> 00:16:12,419 It’s the very nature of the way that I live. 263 00:16:12,419 –> 00:16:15,539 It is my life, I did not come to be served. 264 00:16:15,539 –> 00:16:17,320 I am not sitting back saying 265 00:16:17,320 –> 00:16:19,179 what are people going to do for me? 266 00:16:19,179 –> 00:16:24,119 I am stepping forward, and I spend my life serving 267 00:16:24,119 –> 00:16:26,940 and giving my life as a ransom for many. 268 00:16:27,840 –> 00:16:32,659 So this is the wonderful truth about the Lord Jesus Christ. 269 00:16:32,659 –> 00:16:36,119 He came into the world, not for himself, but for us. 270 00:16:36,119 –> 00:16:37,039 He lived his life. 271 00:16:37,039 –> 00:16:38,020 He died his death. 272 00:16:38,020 –> 00:16:40,900 He rose again, not for himself, but for us. 273 00:16:40,900 –> 00:16:43,580 He ascended into heaven, not for himself, but for us. 274 00:16:43,659 –> 00:16:45,640 And when he comes again in power and glory, 275 00:16:45,640 –> 00:16:50,640 he will not be coming for himself, but for us. 276 00:16:50,739 –> 00:16:52,559 So we’ve put two steps together. 277 00:16:54,260 –> 00:16:57,320 Why is it that serving well gives us great confidence 278 00:16:57,320 –> 00:16:59,340 in our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ? 279 00:16:59,340 –> 00:17:02,419 Well, step one of faith that 280 00:17:02,419 –> 00:17:05,500 does not serve is completely useless. 281 00:17:05,500 –> 00:17:09,500 Don’t be deceived about this, it is just useless. 282 00:17:09,500 –> 00:17:14,500 Second, Jesus Christ came not to be served, but to serve. 283 00:17:16,420 –> 00:17:19,119 Now here’s the third step, and the most important one. 284 00:17:19,939 –> 00:17:24,839 Faith that unites us to Christ will show itself in serving. 285 00:17:25,719 –> 00:17:26,560 You see this. 286 00:17:26,560 –> 00:17:29,020 If it was really true that faith is a bond of living union 287 00:17:29,020 –> 00:17:32,420 with Jesus Christ, in which, like the vine and the branches, 288 00:17:32,420 –> 00:17:33,540 his life is in us. 289 00:17:33,540 –> 00:17:35,900 If it’s really true that Christ is in me. 290 00:17:36,640 –> 00:17:41,380 If faith unites me to the Christ who serves 291 00:17:41,380 –> 00:17:44,479 and His life is in me, the way that I will see evidence 292 00:17:44,479 –> 00:17:46,099 of that life is by my serving. 293 00:17:48,099 –> 00:17:51,199 That is, of course, precisely why it is the case 294 00:17:51,199 –> 00:17:53,819 that faith that does not serve is completely useless 295 00:17:53,819 –> 00:17:56,219 because it is evidently not a living bond 296 00:17:56,219 –> 00:17:57,780 with the Christ who does serve. 297 00:17:59,699 –> 00:18:00,819 It’s just words. 298 00:18:01,979 –> 00:18:04,579 But a living faith that bonds me to Jesus Christ 299 00:18:04,579 –> 00:18:06,619 and came into the world to serve 300 00:18:06,619 –> 00:18:08,420 is going to manifest itself, 301 00:18:08,420 –> 00:18:11,800 it’s going to give evidence of itself in serving. 302 00:18:13,619 –> 00:18:16,180 So think of that picture of sin one more time 303 00:18:16,180 –> 00:18:18,660 and think of what it is that Jesus Christ does for us 304 00:18:18,660 –> 00:18:21,300 when we come to living faith in Him. 305 00:18:21,300 –> 00:18:22,119 What is sin? 306 00:18:22,119 –> 00:18:25,939 It is to be bent in on myself. 307 00:18:25,939 –> 00:18:27,819 It’s to be going through life consumed 308 00:18:27,819 –> 00:18:30,319 with my own problems, my own needs. 309 00:18:31,459 –> 00:18:34,119 There’s this man, he’s bent in on himself 310 00:18:34,119 –> 00:18:36,780 and he’s consumed with how people have let him down 311 00:18:36,780 –> 00:18:39,239 and how he’s going to make his mark in the world 312 00:18:39,239 –> 00:18:40,520 and when he’s going to get the break 313 00:18:40,520 –> 00:18:42,280 that he thinks he deserves and so forth. 314 00:18:42,280 –> 00:18:45,119 Sin has us bent in on ourselves. 315 00:18:45,119 –> 00:18:48,520 But when Jesus Christ, who is not bent in on himself, 316 00:18:48,520 –> 00:18:49,900 comes into a human life, 317 00:18:49,900 –> 00:18:51,800 what is the effect of the Spirit of Christ 318 00:18:51,800 –> 00:18:53,020 coming into human life? 319 00:18:53,020 –> 00:18:55,280 It straightens us up. 320 00:18:55,280 –> 00:18:57,079 It gets us away from loving self, 321 00:18:57,079 –> 00:18:59,339 and trusting self, and serving self, 322 00:18:59,339 –> 00:19:00,680 and brings us to the position 323 00:19:00,680 –> 00:19:03,560 of looking up with faith into the face of Almighty God 324 00:19:03,579 –> 00:19:05,920 and saying, I love you. 325 00:19:05,920 –> 00:19:09,500 I serve you, I trust you. 326 00:19:09,500 –> 00:19:12,939 You’ve delivered me and saved me from being my own God. 327 00:19:12,939 –> 00:19:16,239 And now that my eyes are open to live upright 328 00:19:16,239 –> 00:19:20,199 in relation to you, I see a world of need around me. 329 00:19:21,040 –> 00:19:24,439 And because the Spirit of the one who serves is in me, 330 00:19:24,439 –> 00:19:27,680 I have a new desire to move in that direction. 331 00:19:27,680 –> 00:19:29,800 One of the most beautiful descriptions 332 00:19:29,800 –> 00:19:32,319 of the life change Jesus Christ brings 333 00:19:32,319 –> 00:19:34,719 is in Psalm three and verse three. 334 00:19:34,719 –> 00:19:37,959 David is consumed with his own problems 335 00:19:37,959 –> 00:19:42,760 and then he says of God, you are the lifter up of my head. 336 00:19:42,760 –> 00:19:43,920 Isn’t that beautiful? 337 00:19:43,920 –> 00:19:45,420 That’s what God does. 338 00:19:45,420 –> 00:19:47,880 He gets us away from navel gazing. 339 00:19:47,880 –> 00:19:49,420 You know what I mean by that? 340 00:19:49,420 –> 00:19:54,420 You’re the lifter up of my head. 341 00:19:56,619 –> 00:19:58,800 And when we are joined to Christ 342 00:19:58,880 –> 00:20:02,699 in this living union of faith, 343 00:20:02,699 –> 00:20:05,239 faith unites us to Christ who serves 344 00:20:05,239 –> 00:20:10,040 so true faith will show itself in serving. 345 00:20:10,040 –> 00:20:12,540 And that principle is all over the New Testament. 346 00:20:13,760 –> 00:20:15,479 Christ died for all that those who live 347 00:20:15,479 –> 00:20:16,920 should no longer live for themselves 348 00:20:16,920 –> 00:20:20,280 but for him who died for them and was raised to life. 349 00:20:21,239 –> 00:20:23,880 If you have any encouragement from being united to Christ, 350 00:20:23,880 –> 00:20:25,979 if you have any fellowship in the spirit, 351 00:20:26,839 –> 00:20:29,099 then live not for your own interests 352 00:20:29,099 –> 00:20:30,739 but also for the interests of others. 353 00:20:30,739 –> 00:20:33,060 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ 354 00:20:33,060 –> 00:20:35,060 who took the nature of a servant. 355 00:20:35,060 –> 00:20:36,339 You see Paul’s argument. 356 00:20:36,339 –> 00:20:39,900 If his spirit’s in you, then the one who became a servant, 357 00:20:39,900 –> 00:20:42,680 his life is going to be manifest through you. 358 00:20:44,459 –> 00:20:48,140 So, Martin Luther puts this very, very beautifully. 359 00:20:48,140 –> 00:20:50,380 He says each one of us should become, as it were, 360 00:20:50,380 –> 00:20:52,140 a Christ to the other. 361 00:20:53,119 –> 00:20:55,280 That we may be truly Christians. 362 00:20:55,859 –> 00:20:57,699 Now, one more scripture reference here. 363 00:20:57,699 –> 00:21:01,699 Would you turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter one. 364 00:21:01,699 –> 00:21:03,459 1 Thessalonians chapter one. 365 00:21:04,479 –> 00:21:07,819 Here’s a beautiful description of the transformation 366 00:21:07,819 –> 00:21:09,819 that Christ brings in a human life. 367 00:21:11,579 –> 00:21:15,260 These folks in Thessalonica were idolaters. 368 00:21:15,260 –> 00:21:16,760 It says that in verse nine, 369 00:21:18,219 –> 00:21:20,280 Why? 370 00:21:20,280 –> 00:21:22,859 For their looks alone are significant. 371 00:21:23,800 –> 00:21:26,040 Verse nine. 372 00:21:26,040 –> 00:21:28,400 That means that they were basically loving themselves 373 00:21:28,400 –> 00:21:30,839 and trusting themselves and serving themselves 374 00:21:31,680 –> 00:21:34,319 but Paul came and brought the gospel 375 00:21:34,319 –> 00:21:37,479 and by God’s grace, their lives were changed. 376 00:21:37,479 –> 00:21:40,099 They were wonderful converted to faith in Jesus Christ. 377 00:21:40,099 –> 00:21:43,359 Paul says 1 Thessalonians one and I’ll read from verse two. 378 00:21:43,359 –> 00:21:45,239 We always thank God for all of you 379 00:21:45,239 –> 00:21:47,680 mentioning you in our prayers. 380 00:21:47,680 –> 00:21:51,000 We continually remember before our God and Father 381 00:21:51,060 –> 00:21:56,060 your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love 382 00:21:57,000 –> 00:22:00,380 and your endurance inspired by hope 383 00:22:00,380 –> 00:22:04,199 in the Lord Jesus Christ. 384 00:22:05,219 –> 00:22:07,619 You see, the faith that united these people 385 00:22:07,619 –> 00:22:10,099 who only a short time before were loving themselves, 386 00:22:10,099 –> 00:22:13,260 trusting themselves, and serving themselves 387 00:22:13,260 –> 00:22:16,319 brought them to an entirely new position 388 00:22:16,319 –> 00:22:18,560 in which they were now venturing in faith, 389 00:22:18,560 –> 00:22:21,439 the work of faith, they were laboring with love 390 00:22:21,439 –> 00:22:23,599 and they were persevering, they were continuing, 391 00:22:23,599 –> 00:22:26,599 enduring because of hope that they had found 392 00:22:26,599 –> 00:22:30,000 by this living union with the Lord Jesus Christ. 393 00:22:30,880 –> 00:22:34,099 And notice how when the spirit of Christ lives in a person, 394 00:22:34,099 –> 00:22:35,979 when you’re made one with Christ 395 00:22:35,979 –> 00:22:38,739 in this wonderful union of faith, 396 00:22:38,739 –> 00:22:41,160 serving isn’t something that you add to your life. 397 00:22:41,160 –> 00:22:43,479 It becomes your life because Christ is your life 398 00:22:43,479 –> 00:22:45,900 and he came not to be served, but to serve. 399 00:22:46,900 –> 00:22:51,199 And notice that right here, there’s a desire, 400 00:22:51,199 –> 00:22:52,359 the work that they do. 401 00:22:52,359 –> 00:22:53,260 Where does it come from? 402 00:22:53,260 –> 00:22:56,099 It’s produced by faith. 403 00:22:56,099 –> 00:22:58,640 This labor, this hard work that continues, 404 00:22:58,640 –> 00:22:59,520 where does it come from? 405 00:22:59,520 –> 00:23:01,959 It’s prompted by love. 406 00:23:01,959 –> 00:23:04,439 And this endurance, this going on, another year, 407 00:23:04,439 –> 00:23:07,060 another year and continuing and persevering 408 00:23:07,060 –> 00:23:09,119 in the long-term, where does it come from? 409 00:23:09,119 –> 00:23:11,900 It’s inside by hope. 410 00:23:14,099 –> 00:23:15,680 So, this is not the Apostle Paul 411 00:23:16,560 –> 00:23:19,619 trying to lay it on the people to say, 412 00:23:19,619 –> 00:23:20,699 hey, we’ve all got to serve. 413 00:23:20,699 –> 00:23:23,119 We’ve all gotta try and add something to our lives. 414 00:23:23,119 –> 00:23:24,020 What he’s saying is, 415 00:23:24,020 –> 00:23:25,479 because you’ve joined to Christ, 416 00:23:25,479 –> 00:23:28,079 who came not to be served, but to serve, 417 00:23:28,079 –> 00:23:29,780 because His spirit lives within you, 418 00:23:29,780 –> 00:23:31,819 it’s become your life also. 419 00:23:33,280 –> 00:23:34,900 And thank God, for the way in which 420 00:23:34,900 –> 00:23:37,239 that is manifest among us. 421 00:23:38,280 –> 00:23:40,060 A faith that is not word only, 422 00:23:40,060 –> 00:23:41,959 not just saying, I’m a Christian, 423 00:23:41,959 –> 00:23:45,280 not just saying that I believe certain things, 424 00:23:45,300 –> 00:23:48,040 but the evidence of a real, living union with Christ 425 00:23:48,040 –> 00:23:50,959 who came not to be served, but to serve, 426 00:23:52,599 –> 00:23:56,500 evidencing itself in a life of love. 427 00:23:57,760 –> 00:23:59,319 So, now you’re beginning to see 428 00:23:59,319 –> 00:24:02,739 the connection between serving and faith. 429 00:24:04,119 –> 00:24:06,839 A faith that does not serve is completely useless. 430 00:24:07,839 –> 00:24:09,359 Christ did not come into the world 431 00:24:09,359 –> 00:24:11,079 to be served, but to serve, 432 00:24:11,079 –> 00:24:13,000 and faith that unites us to the Christ 433 00:24:13,119 –> 00:24:15,800 who came to serve is going to show itself in serving. 434 00:24:15,800 –> 00:24:17,699 Therefore, where serving abounds, 435 00:24:19,119 –> 00:24:23,119 this is the evidence of the reality of faith, 436 00:24:23,119 –> 00:24:24,780 and therefore, where it abounds, 437 00:24:24,780 –> 00:24:28,079 assurance and joy increases. 438 00:24:28,079 –> 00:24:30,540 Because it’s evident that this is the real thing, 439 00:24:31,839 –> 00:24:34,020 and not words only. 440 00:24:34,020 –> 00:24:36,359 So, it says Paul in 1 Timothy 3, in verse 13, 441 00:24:36,359 –> 00:24:41,000 those who serve well gain great assurance 442 00:24:41,900 –> 00:24:44,140 in their faith in Christ, Jesus. 443 00:24:45,880 –> 00:24:46,959 Folks, as a church, 444 00:24:46,959 –> 00:24:51,959 we are now being stretched in service as never before, 445 00:24:52,839 –> 00:24:55,680 as God opens up wonderful, wonderful 446 00:24:55,680 –> 00:24:58,180 new opportunities of ministry. 447 00:24:59,680 –> 00:25:03,380 And as we are stretched in serving, 448 00:25:03,380 –> 00:25:07,739 so we will grow in faith. 449 00:25:09,239 –> 00:25:10,939 So someone said to me last night, 450 00:25:11,300 –> 00:25:13,000 and then someone else said to me this morning 451 00:25:13,000 –> 00:25:14,020 after the first service, 452 00:25:14,020 –> 00:25:15,219 I presume there are a few others 453 00:25:15,219 –> 00:25:16,859 are thinking it is well. 454 00:25:16,859 –> 00:25:20,380 I’m just realizing this Lord increase my faith 455 00:25:20,380 –> 00:25:22,339 is quite a dangerous prayer to pray. 456 00:25:23,699 –> 00:25:27,500 Should have told us before the third message in the series. 457 00:25:27,500 –> 00:25:29,500 But oh what a wonderful prayer to pray. 458 00:25:30,380 –> 00:25:32,540 And oh how wonderful to be part of a body 459 00:25:32,540 –> 00:25:35,079 where serving like this that is the evidence 460 00:25:35,079 –> 00:25:37,699 of the reality of union with Christ 461 00:25:38,619 –> 00:25:40,699 is happening in such wonderful ways. 462 00:25:41,979 –> 00:25:43,859 Let me just share one testimony with you 463 00:25:43,859 –> 00:25:45,939 and then we’re through. 464 00:25:45,939 –> 00:25:50,060 Just last night after the Saturday night service 465 00:25:50,060 –> 00:25:52,380 a number of conversations 466 00:25:52,380 –> 00:25:54,300 I spoke at length with one lady 467 00:25:54,300 –> 00:25:55,380 who’d been greatly moved. 468 00:25:55,380 –> 00:25:57,920 She said I cannot tell you how much it means 469 00:25:57,920 –> 00:26:00,099 to me and to my family 470 00:26:00,099 –> 00:26:02,680 the way in which folks within the Orchard 471 00:26:02,680 –> 00:26:05,260 have ministered to us, 472 00:26:05,300 –> 00:26:08,060 particularly over the last year. 473 00:26:08,060 –> 00:26:09,339 She began to pour out, 474 00:26:09,339 –> 00:26:11,640 I know this lady’s circumstances well. 475 00:26:11,640 –> 00:26:13,180 I’m not going to detail either her name 476 00:26:13,180 –> 00:26:15,579 or her circumstances to you, 477 00:26:15,579 –> 00:26:19,699 but she poured out one way after another 478 00:26:19,699 –> 00:26:21,839 in which really practically 479 00:26:21,839 –> 00:26:23,459 members of the congregation here 480 00:26:23,459 –> 00:26:26,260 had served her and her six children 481 00:26:26,260 –> 00:26:30,020 from teenage years down to quite young. 482 00:26:31,579 –> 00:26:33,459 What she said was so rich 483 00:26:33,459 –> 00:26:36,339 and I wished I could just have captured it for you. 484 00:26:36,339 –> 00:26:37,180 So I said to her, 485 00:26:37,180 –> 00:26:39,579 would you be willing just to write down 486 00:26:39,579 –> 00:26:41,660 some of the things you just said to me 487 00:26:41,660 –> 00:26:43,260 so that I could share that with the people? 488 00:26:43,260 –> 00:26:44,500 She said I’d love to do that. 489 00:26:44,500 –> 00:26:45,800 So she wrote it down last night, 490 00:26:45,800 –> 00:26:47,459 sent it to me on the email. 491 00:26:47,459 –> 00:26:49,920 Can I just read you a few paragraphs for your encouragement 492 00:26:49,920 –> 00:26:52,400 because here’s just a little snapshot 493 00:26:52,400 –> 00:26:57,300 of the life of Christ manifest in the church. 494 00:26:57,300 –> 00:26:59,459 This last year, she writes, 495 00:26:59,959 –> 00:27:02,479 that has been absolutely earth-shattering 496 00:27:02,479 –> 00:27:03,500 for our family. 497 00:27:05,099 –> 00:27:07,060 We have experienced not one, 498 00:27:07,060 –> 00:27:09,579 but many calamities that have now shaken 499 00:27:09,579 –> 00:27:11,540 our once strong marriage, 500 00:27:11,540 –> 00:27:15,280 our children and each of our personal beliefs 501 00:27:15,280 –> 00:27:18,739 in the sovereignty of God and His love for us. 502 00:27:18,739 –> 00:27:20,819 A few of these events have included 503 00:27:20,819 –> 00:27:24,920 extreme and sudden financial loss, 504 00:27:24,920 –> 00:27:28,800 separation, then unemployment, 505 00:27:28,800 –> 00:27:31,979 underemployment, and now foreclosure 506 00:27:31,979 –> 00:27:33,880 in this volatile economy. 507 00:27:35,040 –> 00:27:38,660 The only hope we have clung to is Christ alone, 508 00:27:38,660 –> 00:27:42,439 each other and the body of Christ. 509 00:27:42,439 –> 00:27:45,39 The love, support and sacrifice we have received 510 00:27:45,319 –> 00:27:48,959 from the church body in the most unexpected ways 511 00:27:48,959 –> 00:27:53,099 have shown us that He truly is walking with us 512 00:27:53,099 –> 00:27:56,239 during these dark days. 513 00:27:56,239 –> 00:27:58,560 She then writes, expressing her thanks 514 00:27:58,599 –> 00:28:00,760 for the middle school and the high school ministry 515 00:28:00,760 –> 00:28:03,439 and particularly Pastor Tom and Pastor Bing. 516 00:28:04,479 –> 00:28:08,540 Then says, our toddlers absolutely love 517 00:28:08,540 –> 00:28:12,099 going to Sunday school and Awana each week. 518 00:28:12,099 –> 00:28:16,359 In fact, they continually ask if today is church day 519 00:28:16,359 –> 00:28:18,920 because they look forward to it so much. 520 00:28:18,920 –> 00:28:21,239 Not only do they have fun, 521 00:28:21,239 –> 00:28:25,300 but they are really learning God’s amazing truths each week, 522 00:28:25,300 –> 00:28:27,819 which they enthusiastically share with our family. 523 00:28:27,819 –> 00:28:30,920 It is so encouraging to know that they are in a safe 524 00:28:30,920 –> 00:28:34,160 and well run program which allows me 525 00:28:34,160 –> 00:28:37,239 to focus on the Sunday service and Bible study. 526 00:28:37,239 –> 00:28:40,359 The volunteers are amazing. 527 00:28:40,359 –> 00:28:45,000 They make each child feel so loved when they are there. 528 00:28:45,000 –> 00:28:47,959 The kids all know and experience Christ’s love 529 00:28:47,959 –> 00:28:51,560 in a very real way each week. 530 00:28:51,560 –> 00:28:54,859 She continues, God seems to answer our spiritual 531 00:28:55,040 –> 00:28:58,420 and practical needs through the many friends 532 00:28:58,420 –> 00:29:00,900 we have made at the orchard. 533 00:29:00,900 –> 00:29:05,619 Only a few know about our personal difficulties, 534 00:29:05,619 –> 00:29:09,819 but regardless, God still seems to mysteriously 535 00:29:09,819 –> 00:29:13,260 lay our needs upon their hearts. 536 00:29:13,260 –> 00:29:16,459 Blessings of childcare, hand me downs, 537 00:29:16,459 –> 00:29:19,800 cookies, and even birthday cakes for each of our kids 538 00:29:19,800 –> 00:29:22,619 have overwhelmed us with His love. 539 00:29:23,599 –> 00:29:27,939 Then she says, this season is teaching us 540 00:29:27,939 –> 00:29:30,239 to be more humble and sensitive 541 00:29:30,239 –> 00:29:32,979 to those who are hurting around us. 542 00:29:33,920 –> 00:29:37,079 And showing our family how to live out the Gospel 543 00:29:37,079 –> 00:29:40,359 with each other and invest in what is eternal, 544 00:29:40,359 –> 00:29:42,579 God’s word and other people, 545 00:29:42,579 –> 00:29:45,400 for we don’t know what tomorrow will bring. 546 00:29:47,160 –> 00:29:50,239 We just wanted to encourage and thank everyone 547 00:29:50,300 –> 00:29:52,839 at the orchard for their service 548 00:29:52,839 –> 00:29:57,140 and love to our family for being an arrow 549 00:29:57,140 –> 00:29:59,959 that points us to Christ. 550 00:30:01,079 –> 00:30:05,300 So glad to be planted at the orchard. 551 00:30:06,339 –> 00:30:09,880 And she signs it on behalf of all of the family. 552 00:30:12,020 –> 00:30:14,060 I read a letter like that and I say, 553 00:30:14,979 –> 00:30:19,439 Christ is here, that’s Christ at work. 554 00:30:20,359 –> 00:30:24,920 The life of Christ manifests in the body of Christ 555 00:30:24,920 –> 00:30:28,079 because of this union with Christ by faith. 556 00:30:30,339 –> 00:30:32,400 What greater assurance could you have 557 00:30:32,400 –> 00:30:35,359 of the presence and the work of Jesus Christ 558 00:30:35,359 –> 00:30:37,280 than the testimony of serving. 559 00:30:37,280 –> 00:30:41,359 Those who serve well gain great assurance 560 00:30:41,359 –> 00:30:45,479 of their faith in Christ Jesus and as we see serving 561 00:30:45,479 –> 00:30:48,040 multiplied in the body of Christ, 562 00:30:48,040 –> 00:30:49,959 it gives us great confidence 563 00:30:49,959 –> 00:30:52,640 that Christ is at work among us? 564 00:30:54,260 –> 00:30:58,719 So my simple question to you is how are you going to serve? 565 00:31:00,239 –> 00:31:04,760 Because faith not only has ears, faith has hands. 566 00:31:06,719 –> 00:31:07,760 Let’s pray together. 567 00:31:09,800 –> 00:31:11,959 Father in Heaven, we are so grateful 568 00:31:11,959 –> 00:31:14,560 for the privilege of serving you. 569 00:31:15,359 –> 00:31:17,680 Being united in the bond of faith 570 00:31:17,680 –> 00:31:20,859 to the one who came not to be served, 571 00:31:21,800 –> 00:31:24,099 not to say what are others gonna do for me, 572 00:31:26,160 –> 00:31:29,339 or the one who came saying I have come to serve others. 573 00:31:31,599 –> 00:31:34,239 We are asking you to increase our faith, 574 00:31:35,939 –> 00:31:39,079 and today we hear you saying that those who serve well 575 00:31:39,079 –> 00:31:43,199 gain great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus. 576 00:31:43,479 –> 00:31:46,780 In Christ Jesus, so we want to serve you well. 577 00:31:48,640 –> 00:31:51,479 We want to be filled with the Spirit of Jesus. 578 00:31:53,079 –> 00:31:55,339 So Lord, take my hands, 579 00:31:57,520 –> 00:32:01,000 and as Christ lives in me, let me be as Christ 580 00:32:02,719 –> 00:32:04,520 to those who you place around me. 581 00:32:05,959 –> 00:32:10,300 So that he may be glorified through Jesus Christ, 582 00:32:10,300 –> 00:32:12,239 our Lord, we pray, and everyone said. 583 00:32:13,199 –> 00:32:14,040 Amen.