A People of Harmony
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Spin-off: 2009 a cappella singing competition
Pentatonix: 2011 winners
Pitch Perfect: 2012 a cappella movie
Harmony - The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect. (1.2 - the state of being in agreement or concord)
Sister Act clip
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Live in Harmony
Live in Harmony
Call to live in sync with those around us
Why is it important that the church live in harmony with one another?
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
We are the messengers of the GOSPEL
Needs to be a synchronization of God’s people - this is a mark!
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians
no anger
no rivalries
no envy
no slander
no gossip
no divisiveness
There is a harmony rooted in Christ
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
No divisions
No boastings
Nothing that we can loiter over anyone
Your Nose Cannot be in the Clouds
Your Nose Cannot be in the Clouds
Hypselos (hoop say loss) - arrogant, proud, highly valued
Stuck up picture
Don’t do this rather be a humbled servant
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Only Christ is worthy to look down on anyone
He doesn’t
He serves
He dies in place of
Live Peaceably
Live Peaceably
18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
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Romans 12:
The call is for you to live at peace with others as much as it depends on you
How do I live peaceably?
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:3-