WEBVTT - Rick Warren - Oct 20 - 8:00 pm

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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone, we'd like to welcome you to Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope with Rick Warren. And today we're continuing in

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<v Speaker 1>a series called This Is Us. You know, in this world,

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many people that feel disconnected and uncertain. So

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<v Speaker 1>Rick is sharing biblical truths that will help you find

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<v Speaker 1>your place in God's family, grow your faith, and live

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<v Speaker 1>with greater purpose and hope. And now, here's part two

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<v Speaker 1>of a message called The Only Family That Will Last Forever.

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<v Speaker 2>1 Corinthians 12, 25 to 27. The members, notice how

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<v Speaker 2>many times this word member comes up in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>The members must have the same care for each other.

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<v Speaker 2>That means I gotta care about you, you gotta care

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<v Speaker 2>about me. We have to care about each other. If

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<v Speaker 2>we are in the family of God, if we are

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<v Speaker 2>in the body of Christ called Saddleback or whatever, there

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<v Speaker 2>are lots of good churches, just choose one. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>saying just this church, I'm just saying just choose a

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<v Speaker 2>place that's gonna be my family. The members must have

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<v Speaker 2>the same care for each other. If one member is

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<v Speaker 2>hurt or suffers, then all suffer together. And if one

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<v Speaker 2>member is honored, all the others rejoice. In other words,

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<v Speaker 2>you get a raise, you get promoted, the whole church

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<v Speaker 2>should celebrate with you. You get the word dreaded word cancer,

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<v Speaker 2>the whole church should support you when you're going through

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<v Speaker 2>those protocols. You are the body of Christ, and each

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<v Speaker 2>one of you is a necessary part of it. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no unnecessary part. People say, well, I'm not very necessary

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<v Speaker 2>in my church. Oh, how wrong you are. If I

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<v Speaker 2>don't use my gifts, you get hurt. If you don't

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<v Speaker 2>use your gifts, I get hurt. So does everybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>We all have a different role to play. Now, let

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<v Speaker 2>me pause here and review what I've said about what

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<v Speaker 2>is the church. First, I said it's spiritual. God's family

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<v Speaker 2>that's in heaven and on earth. Some's in heaven, some's

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<v Speaker 2>on earth. I said it's composed of saved and baptized believers.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're not saved, you're not baptized, you're not a

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<v Speaker 2>part of the church. Number three, they're committed to Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>and each other. We commit to him and we commit

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<v Speaker 2>to each other. But then there's one other fourth part.

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<v Speaker 2>Write this down. These are people who are preparing for

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<v Speaker 2>heaven or Christ's return. Preparing for heaven or Christ's return.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what the church is doing. So either Jesus comes

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<v Speaker 2>back before I die or he doesn't come back before

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<v Speaker 2>I die and I go to heaven first. Either way,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preparing for eternity with him. Hebrews chapter 12 verse

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<v Speaker 2>23 is an important verse. It says this. You are

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<v Speaker 2>the church of God's children. Okay, remember it's the family

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<v Speaker 2>of God. You are the church of God's children whose

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<v Speaker 2>names are registered in heaven. You ought to be grateful

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<v Speaker 2>for that. Because you have come to God himself. And

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<v Speaker 2>you have come to Jesus. Now notice this, your names

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<v Speaker 2>are registered in heaven. You know, I've met a few

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<v Speaker 2>of these Hollywood types and done some Bible studies for

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<v Speaker 2>producers and stuff like that up in Hollywood. And the

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<v Speaker 2>big deal in Hollywood is to get on the A list.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if you're on the A list, you get invited

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<v Speaker 2>to all the A list parties. You don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be on the B list or the C list or

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<v Speaker 2>like some of us, the Z list, okay? Because you

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<v Speaker 2>really want to be, because the A list are the

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<v Speaker 2>best parties after the Oscars and stuff like that. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>let me tell you something. There's something better than being

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<v Speaker 2>on the A list. It's being on God's registered of

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<v Speaker 2>names in heaven. Hello? Hello? That is a big deal, okay?

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<v Speaker 2>That is a very exclusive list. Not everybody's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>on that list. Only those who've been saved and baptized

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<v Speaker 2>and joined a part of God's family. Only God's family

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna be in heaven. But that's a very exclusive list.

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<v Speaker 2>Most important invitation list you wanna be a part of.

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<v Speaker 2>How do I get on that list? Well, that verse said,

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<v Speaker 2>get to know, you've come to know God and you've

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<v Speaker 2>come to know Jesus. You come to God and you

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<v Speaker 2>come to Jesus. Now, there are 67 different metaphors in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible. The metaphors are names of the church. What

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<v Speaker 2>I wanna do in the last few minutes here is

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you about five of them and show you

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<v Speaker 2>the benefits. What are the benefits of belonging? So the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible calls the church many different things, but let's just

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<v Speaker 2>look at five. Would you write these down? The first

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<v Speaker 2>metaphor is the most well-known one, which is the church

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<v Speaker 2>is a family. Okay, it's a family. And there are many,

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<v Speaker 2>many implications for that. But the one thing I want

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<v Speaker 2>to focus on is that in a healthy family, you

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<v Speaker 2>learn who you are. So write this down. Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>in God's family, I learn my true identity. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>first benefit of actually being a member of a local church.

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<v Speaker 2>In God's family, I learned my true identity. Have you

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<v Speaker 2>ever thought about why people wear brands? You know, it'll

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<v Speaker 2>say Ralph Lauren or Ruka or Vans or Tommy Hilfiger

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever. Why do people wear brands? To identify, to

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<v Speaker 2>feel like they belong to something. They like, they think

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<v Speaker 2>that this is a cool brand. If I wear this brand,

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<v Speaker 2>then I'm cool. And so we identify with brands because

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<v Speaker 2>it helps us identify. But in reality, your primary identity

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't come from what you wear. Your primary identity comes

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<v Speaker 2>from relationships. I am a son, I am a brother, &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt; &lt;HAL&gt;

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<v Speaker 2>It's not how I look, it's not how little or

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<v Speaker 2>much money I've got, it's what are my relationships, you're

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<v Speaker 2>defined by relationships. If my connections are bad, or my

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<v Speaker 2>connections are broken, then my identity suffers. If I just

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<v Speaker 2>got fired, or I just got divorced, or my spouse dies,

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<v Speaker 2>if something changes in my relationships, it causes me to

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<v Speaker 2>pause and go, who am I? Who am I? Because

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<v Speaker 2>your primary identity comes from your relationships. Now, I know

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<v Speaker 2>what some of you think. You say, Rick, that's terrible

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<v Speaker 2>news for me because my family was dysfunctional, my family

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<v Speaker 2>was broken, or maybe my family was nonexistent. Well, I

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<v Speaker 2>got good news for you. The next verse on your outline,

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<v Speaker 2>Ephesians 2.19. You are a member of, there's that word member,

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<v Speaker 2>you are a member of God's very own family and

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<v Speaker 2>you belong in God's household with every other Christian. This

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<v Speaker 2>is your family name. This, you belong here, you fit here.

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<v Speaker 2>Now actually, hear me out on this. Your spiritual family

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<v Speaker 2>is far more important even than your physical family. God

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<v Speaker 2>used your physical family to bring you into the world

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<v Speaker 2>so you could become a part of his spiritual family.

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<v Speaker 2>You should be grateful that your physical family got together.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever the circumstances are, doesn't matter. God wanted you alive

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<v Speaker 2>because he wanted you to be a part of his

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual family. Why is my spiritual family, the church, more

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<v Speaker 2>important than my physical family? Because your physical family doesn't last.

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<v Speaker 2>People die, people grow old, people move away, people divorce,

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<v Speaker 2>there's all kinds of different things, it doesn't last. But

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<v Speaker 2>God's family is gonna last forever and ever and ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Our relationship, I have people in my family I never met,

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<v Speaker 2>great grandparents and other relatives that I've never met. My

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<v Speaker 2>dad was number 18 of 20 kids. Yeah, can you

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<v Speaker 2>imagine that? I'd have to rent the Superdome if I

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<v Speaker 2>had a family reunion. I've never met most of those relatives.

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<v Speaker 2>But if they know the Lord, they're in God's family,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna be in heaven together. And your spiritual family

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna be permanent. It's going on for thousands and

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<v Speaker 2>thousands and thousands and thousands of years. God used your

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<v Speaker 2>physical family to get you into the world. You ought

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<v Speaker 2>to be grateful for that. But his real goal is

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<v Speaker 2>to get you into his spiritual family. You're a member

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<v Speaker 2>of God's very only family. And the world uses superficial identifiers.

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<v Speaker 2>You have brown hair. You weigh such and such. Your

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<v Speaker 2>height is this. You're Asian or you're Caucasian or you're

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<v Speaker 2>African American or you're educated or you're rich or you're whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are all superficial identifiers for you. And people today,

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<v Speaker 2>when they don't know their identity in Christ, they look

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<v Speaker 2>for identity in something else, like a political party. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a this, or I'm a that. And they find

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<v Speaker 2>their identity in the team that they root for, or

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<v Speaker 2>they find their identity in the celebrity that they identify with,

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<v Speaker 2>or they find their identity in the political person they

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<v Speaker 2>think's gonna be the savior of the world. But none

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<v Speaker 2>of that. It matters, it's superficial. What matters most is

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<v Speaker 2>your spiritual identity. Look on the screen, Hebrews 2.11. Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>and the people he makes holy all belong to the

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<v Speaker 2>same family. That's a connection. You're in the family of God.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why he isn't ashamed to call them his brothers

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<v Speaker 2>and sisters. Now, you may have had some relatives you

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<v Speaker 2>were ashamed of, but God, Jesus says, I'm not ashamed

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<v Speaker 2>of you I'm your brother. I'm your elder brother in

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<v Speaker 2>the family of God. By belonging to Christ, you discover

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<v Speaker 2>your true identity. Now, you know, I used to work

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<v Speaker 2>up in inner city LA as a youth pastor many,

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<v Speaker 2>many years ago. And gangs would get gang tattoos so

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<v Speaker 2>they could identify who they belong to, okay? What's the

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<v Speaker 2>tattoo of a Christian? Baptism. Baptism says, I'm in. I'm in,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not ashamed to say to the world, Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>is my Savior and my Lord. Now that's the first metaphor,

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<v Speaker 2>it's family. Let's go quickly to these others. Second metaphor,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says the church is a temple. It's a temple,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like a building erected to hold the presence of God.

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<v Speaker 2>And God says his presence wants to be in you.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a temple and together, we form the temple of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Look here on the screen. First Corinthians 3.16 says this.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you realize that all of you together, together are

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<v Speaker 2>the temple of God and his spirit lives in you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not the temple of God just by myself. You're

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<v Speaker 2>not the temple of God just by yourself. Together we

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<v Speaker 2>are the temple of God. That's a metaphor for God's family,

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<v Speaker 2>for God's church, And like a strong structure of a building,

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<v Speaker 2>we each hold each other up. Okay, this is an

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<v Speaker 2>important thing. We each hold each other up. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I remember when we were building all these buildings on

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<v Speaker 2>the Lake Forest campus and how fascinating it was that

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<v Speaker 2>it took thousands and thousands and thousands of parts to

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<v Speaker 2>erect the building. But the most important thing in a

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<v Speaker 2>building is that the parts have to fit together. If

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<v Speaker 2>they don't fit together, the parts are worthless. A beam

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<v Speaker 2>that is a quarter of an inch too short is worthless.

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<v Speaker 2>A pipe that is a foot too long is worthless.

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<v Speaker 2>The parts have to fit together or they lose their

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<v Speaker 2>meaning and purpose. And to be strong and to be stable,

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<v Speaker 2>everything has to connect. And that's what the metaphor of

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<v Speaker 2>the church as a temple is all about. Also, I

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<v Speaker 2>noticed when I would walk around in some of these

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<v Speaker 2>buildings that were being built before they were erected, is

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<v Speaker 2>that there was a lot of spare stuff laying around

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<v Speaker 2>on the ground. There were parts and wood and tools

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<v Speaker 2>and all kinds of things that were not used. And

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<v Speaker 2>what I noticed about that is that a piece of

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<v Speaker 2>pipe could be laying on the ground. It could be

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<v Speaker 2>in the building. Okay, it could be in the building,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was not a part of the building. You

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<v Speaker 2>understand what I'm saying? Just laying on the ground. It's

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<v Speaker 2>in the building, but it's not a part of the building.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you are in the church. You come every

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<v Speaker 2>week to service, but you're not a part of it

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<v Speaker 2>because you're not connected yet. You haven't made the commitment

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<v Speaker 2>of membership. You're in it. You're in it, but you're

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<v Speaker 2>not a part of it because you're not connected to

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<v Speaker 2>anybody yet. Many times. Why did God use this metaphor

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<v Speaker 2>of a building to illustrate the church. Because in a building,

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<v Speaker 2>the connected parts hold each other together. And there are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be many times in your life when you need

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<v Speaker 2>other people to hold you together. You're gonna need other

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<v Speaker 2>people in your life to hold you together. As the

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<v Speaker 2>pastor of this church, there have been many, many times

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<v Speaker 2>Over 40 years, I needed the members of this church

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<v Speaker 2>to hold me together. Because I'm just a person like you.

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<v Speaker 2>And I needed people to hold me together when things

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<v Speaker 2>were falling apart in my life. If you don't have that,

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<v Speaker 2>you're lacking what the church offers. So, write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two, in God's temple, I'm supported by others. Like

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<v Speaker 2>a strong structure of a building, we hold each other up.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what the whole book of Ephesians teaches. Chapter two,

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<v Speaker 2>in God's temple, I'm supported by others. Ephesians chapter two

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<v Speaker 2>says this, verse 21 and 22. In Christ, the whole

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<v Speaker 2>building is joined together and it rises to become a

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<v Speaker 2>holy temple to the Lord. He's talking about the church.

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<v Speaker 2>And in him, you too are being built together. to

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<v Speaker 2>become a dwelling place in which God lives by his spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>by his spirit. Here's the point. In a building, a

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<v Speaker 2>disconnected frame has no support and has no stability, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna collapse on its own. And if you're not connected,

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<v Speaker 2>there will be times in your life when you collapse

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<v Speaker 2>because you have no stability and you have no support.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just out there on your own. You weren't meant

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<v Speaker 2>to go through life all by yourself. You weren't meant

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<v Speaker 2>to go through it all on your own. You need

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<v Speaker 2>physical and spiritual and emotional and mental support. You need

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<v Speaker 2>to belong. A few years back, I got, because of

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<v Speaker 2>my grandkids, got involved in Legos. It had been a

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<v Speaker 2>long time since I'd played with Legos. But we turned

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<v Speaker 2>my entire garage into Legoland. And we were building, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Fantasy World and Cowboys and Indians and Star Wars and

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<v Speaker 2>Jurassic Park and on and on and on. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what I discovered about Legos? Legos are created for connection.

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<v Speaker 2>They have no purpose if they're not connected. When you

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<v Speaker 2>connect them, you can really build some cool stuff. But

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<v Speaker 2>if they're not connected to anything else, they're just a

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<v Speaker 2>pile of plastic. They get in the way. And you

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<v Speaker 2>step on them, it hurts your bare foot. Anybody ever

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<v Speaker 2>stepped on a Lego? God bless you. Is there another?

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<v Speaker 2>God bless you. I see you. Thousands of you have

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<v Speaker 2>stepped on Legos. Thank you. God bless you. But when

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<v Speaker 2>you connect and you can create something cool. Here's what

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says. Romans chapter 1 verse 12. I want

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<v Speaker 2>us to help each other with the faith that we have. Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Your faith will help me and my faith will help you.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why we have church.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks so much for being with us today and

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. I hope that you

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<v Speaker 1>were just as blessed as I was from today's broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with a special message.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when I started Saddleback Church over 40 years

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<v Speaker 2>ago with just a handful of people in our living room,

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<v Speaker 2>I also began writing a simple devotional just for the

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<v Speaker 2>people in our church. to help them start each day

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<v Speaker 2>with hope and with truth and with peace that comes

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<v Speaker 2>from Jesus Christ. Well, you know, that little devotional grew

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<v Speaker 2>and grew and grew, and today, Daily Hope is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the largest email devotions in the whole world. And

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<v Speaker 2>each day, people all around the globe are reconnecting with

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<v Speaker 2>God's promises and finding fresh strength in his word to

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<v Speaker 2>face whatever comes their way. Now, here's the best part.

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<v Speaker 2>It's absolutely free, okay? We don't have any charge for this.

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<v Speaker 2>Every day you'll get a quick devotional read and a

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in a world that's more distracted and uncertain

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<v Speaker 2>than ever, I want to help you start your day

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<v Speaker 2>centered on what never changes. And what never changes is

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<v Speaker 2>a God's love, his unconditional love for you and his

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<v Speaker 2>promises to you. You know, if you'll just spend just

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<v Speaker 2>a few minutes a day in the morning with the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>it can bring so much more clarity, more purpose, more

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<v Speaker 2>peace to everything that happens in your day. Particularly, psychologists

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<v Speaker 2>have said that what you do with the first five

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<v Speaker 2>minutes of your day pretty much sets the tone. So friend,

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<v Speaker 2>you were never meant to go through life alone. I

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<v Speaker 1>If you'd like to sign up for the Daily Devotional,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.