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 Thank you, Ben. And thank you, Nathan, for such a great introduction to Advent. I can totally skip my introduction, so we'll save time.

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! So please turn with me to 1 Timothy chapter 4. 1 Timothy chapter 4.

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 We will be talking about hope, the hope candle.

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 And with Advent, you have hope, joy, peace, love, and then Christ.

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 But I'm going to change it a bit, and I'm going to change it to more of a hopefulness.

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 And as we go through the text, I hope that becomes more clear why that's the case.

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 So hope, hopefulness, and being in a state of hopefulness during this season and in this life, this present life.

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 So before you do, consider, and as you turn to 1 Timothy 4, we're going to be in just two verses.

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 I'll be reading from 6 through 10, but we'll just be looking at 9 and 10 together this morning.

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 So as you turn there, I want you to consider, how would you define being hopeful right now?

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 Would you see it as temporal? Do you see it as more temporary?

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 What I mean by this is, is hope based upon your current circumstances?

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 Or do you see it temporal as hope that can come and go depending on you or others?

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 Is it fleeting?

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 Or do you see hope as more of something that's in the future?

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 Maybe you say things like, I will be more hopeful when?

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 Fill in the blank.

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 Or maybe it's something that feels distant.

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 Do you feel hopeless in your situation?

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 Well, I hope you are encouraged this morning with our text.

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 Because real hopefulness is something that is not distant.

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 It is not based on your current circumstances or future circumstances or others around you.

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 But it is founded upon God for those who have faith.

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 And that is real hopefulness.

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 So please, look with me in the text to 1 Timothy chapter 4.

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 I'll be reading 6 through 10.

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 And I'll do a slower reading.

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 I'm going to make some comments as we go through to catch us up to verses 9 and 10.

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 So look with me.

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 If you put these things, that is, he's talking about in context,

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 the sound doctrine and healthy teaching outlined above in the previous chapters.

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 If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus,

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 being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

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 This is Paul writing to Timothy.

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 Have nothing to do with irreverent silly myths.

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 This is classic Paul where he's saying, not that, but this.

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 So have nothing to do with irreverent silly myths.

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 And here's the but this.

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 Rather, train yourself for godliness.

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 For while bodily training is of some value, think limited, idea of limited,

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 godliness is of value in every way, unlimited.

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 As it, meaning godliness, holds promise.

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 This is looking forward to our text in verse 10.

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 As it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

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 Notice the contrast of not myths, but godliness.

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 Limited value versus unlimited value.

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 promise and hope in our text.

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 In this present life, the life to come.

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 Verse 9.

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 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.

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 For to this end we toil and strive,

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 because we have our hope set on the living God,

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 who is the savior of all people,

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 especially of those who believe.

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 So, the big idea here.

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 Those who believe, or those who have faith,

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 are hopeful people.

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 Or are in a state of hopefulness.

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 So, my outline, if you are a note taker,

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 there's three points,

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 and the second point has three points.

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 So, hopefully that makes sense.

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 But there's three main points,

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 and it's, the first one is hopeful word.

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 I'm sorry.

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 Fateful word.

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 The fateful word is first.

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 Second is fateful hope.

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 Hope.

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 The third main point we'll be looking at

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 is fateful assurance.

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 So, those are the three main divisions

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 I've divided this text up into.

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 And it's fateful word,

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 fateful hope,

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 and fateful assurance.

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 Now, the second,

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 fateful hope,

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 I'm going to divide that into three.

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 And it's a how,

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 what,

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 and who.

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 Three points.

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 The fateful hope is going to be,

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 we're going to divide that up.

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 Into how, what, and who.

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 So, I know what you're thinking.

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 At the very end,

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 what in the world does that mean?

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 But please,

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 don't be distracted.

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 We'll get there.

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 So, if that's what you're thinking,

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 if you looked at the text

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 during this week,

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 you were like,

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 I wonder what he's going to say.

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 But hold on.

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 Let's have hope as the center.

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 And so,

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 look with me in the text.

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 The first,

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 first point is fateful word.

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 The saying,

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 or the word,

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 is trustworthy.

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 Or we can say fateful.

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 It's trustworthy,

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 faithful.

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 And deserving of full,

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 or complete,

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 acceptance.

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 That's,

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 that's the fateful word.

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 So, in this,

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 there are two things

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 that the saying is.

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 The saying is both

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 trustworthy,

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 and full,

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 deserving of full,

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 acceptance.

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 So, the first,

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 trustworthy.

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 So, the reason why I

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 put fateful,

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 fateful,

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 fateful,

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 is that,

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 the faith language,

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 is used in the first word.

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 So,

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 trustworthy,

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 is faith.

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 Trust,

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 belief.

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 It's that word.

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 It's a small word,

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 but has massive implications.

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 It's a big,

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 theme in scripture.

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 So,

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 when you see faith,

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 trust,

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 belief,

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 in,

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 in,

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 the Bible,

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 think,

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 of the,

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 it's probably

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 the same word.

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 So, for example,

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 the first word is,

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 it opens with,

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 trustworthy,

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 in our text,

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 and it ends,

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 the last word,

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 those who believe,

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 or,

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 those of faith.

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 It's the same word.

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 And so,

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 it's two bookends.

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 And in the middle,

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 is hope.

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 So,

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 it works out perfect.

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 Paul is very,

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 very clear,

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 and I really appreciate it.

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 So,

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 faith,

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 think,

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 faith,

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 belief,

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 trust,

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 they're all related.

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 And I challenge you to,

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 as you read scripture,

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 look out for that small word.

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 The second thing is,

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 full,

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 or deserving of full,

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 and complete acceptance.

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 This evokes a response

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 to something perceived,

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 to have value.

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 It has value,

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 it deserves something,

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 and it deserves an action,

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 and that is acceptance.

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 The saying,

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 or the word,

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 is trustworthy and faithful.

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 Therefore,

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 the saying and word

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 deserves to be accepted

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 on its own terms.

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 So,

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 but what is the identity

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 of this faithful saying?

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 What's the saying?

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 Well,

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 it's debated,

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 but it could be talking

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 about something previously,

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 verse 8.

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 It could be talking about

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 just verse 10,

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 or it could be both.

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 But I,

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 I'm going to say

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 verse 10,

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 based,

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 it could go either way,

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 but I just couldn't

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 preach verse 8 also.

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 You'd be here for

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 even longer.

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 So,

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 we'll just have to

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 wait for that sermon

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 in the future.

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 But for,

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 the reason I picked

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 verse 10,

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 so,

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 I'm,

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 I'm taking the faithful saying

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 pointing to verse 10,

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 is in chapter 1,

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 you can flip there

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 if you want,

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 of 1 Timothy.

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 Chapter 1,

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 15,

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 verse 15,

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 he points forward

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 in using the exact

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 same phrase.

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 So,

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 look with me

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 in verse 15,

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 chapter 1.

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 The saying is

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 trustworthy

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 and deserving

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 of full acceptance.

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 Sounds familiar.

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 That,

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 Christ Jesus

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 came into the world

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 to save sinners

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 of whom I am

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 the foremost.

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 So,

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 this,

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 he's pointing forward

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 to that Christ Jesus

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 came into the world.

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 And he's using

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 this faithful saying,

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 this trustworthy saying

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 in that way.

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 And also,

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 for verse 10

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 that we're about

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 to launch into,

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 he uses four,

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 which is a direction.

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 So,

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 that's why I'm taking

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 these 9 and 10

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 together.

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 So,

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 let's think about this.

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 With this verse,

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 the saying is

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 trustworthy

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 and deserving

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 of full acceptance.

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 In this small verse,

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 we should,

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 the text forces us

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 to stop

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 and to ask

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 ourselves questions.

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 So,

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 as you read scripture,

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 as an aside,

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 when you are provoked

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 by the spirit

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 to stop,

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 ask questions

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 of text,

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 please do.

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 So,

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 here,

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 we could say,

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 we could ask ourselves,

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 how often do you dwell

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 on the faithfulness

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 of God

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 and his word?

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 Do you see faith

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 as

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 when you just read it

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 through

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 and don't dwell on it?

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 Or do you

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 see faith,

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 trust,

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 belief

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 here

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 as something

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 that draws you

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 closer to the Lord?

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 Does it provoke

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 a response

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 of fear

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 and awe

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 that draws you

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 closer to him?

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 Are there things

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 in your life

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 that are preventing

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 you to connect

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 both knowing

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 that God's word

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 is faithful

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 and also

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 evoking a response

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 in your daily life?

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 Is there something

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 that's preventing you

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 that you know

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 immediately

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 when I ask that question?

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 Ask yourself

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 these questions.

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 Ask them,

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 answer them,

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 and bring those things

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 to the Lord.

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 That's what the text

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 forces us to do here.

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 So,

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 next,

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 verse 10,

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 faithful hope.

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 That's the big point

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 and this is the first

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 of three points

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 of faithful hope.

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 So,

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 look with me.

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 this is the how,

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 the how of hope.

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 For to this end,

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 or we could say

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 for this reason,

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 we toil

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 and labor.

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 Toil

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 or labor.

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 And

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 strive.

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 Or we could say

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 engage

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 and struggle.

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 So,

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 for to this end,

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 we toil

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 and strive.

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 Now,

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 I'm going to

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 give you

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 an

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 alternative

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 translation here

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 that I really like.

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 I tend to

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 use this

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 for toward

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 this,

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 we work

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 and compete.

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 For

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 toward

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 this,

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 pointing

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 to the next

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 point

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 of hope.

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 For toward

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 this,

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 we work

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 and we

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 compete.

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 And

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 I like this

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 because it

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 captures the

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 direction,

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 the preposition

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 for this.

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 for this

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 could be

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 a direction

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 moving forward

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 to our next

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 verse,

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 or the next

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 part of the

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 verse.

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 For toward

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 this,

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 we work

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 and compete.

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 So,

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 these two

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 verbs,

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 it's one

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 idea,

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 but there's

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 two verbs.

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 They have

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 two different

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 nuances,

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 but the same

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 idea.

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 So,

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 let's look at

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 both.

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 Toil.

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 Toil,

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 we could say

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 labor,

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 we could say

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 work.

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 This is

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 more of the

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 idea of

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 laboring

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 to the

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 point of

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 exhaustion.

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 And this

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 has an

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 emphasis,

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 if you take

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 notes,

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 this is

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 importance.

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 You could

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 say,

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 you could

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 write

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 external

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 above it

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 if you

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 would like.

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 This has

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 an external

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 challenge

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 to the

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 nuance.

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 So,

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 let's think.

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 What's

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 external

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 challenge and

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 struggle?

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 Marriage,

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 it could be,

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 it could be

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 parenting,

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 it could be

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 providing.

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 the list

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 could go

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 on.

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 Your

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 workplace

00:13:35.380 --> 00:13:35.740
 could be

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 an external

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 struggle and

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 work for

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 you.

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 The next

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 verb is

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 strive.

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 Strive could

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 be struggle,

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 engage in

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 struggle,

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 compete.

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 This is

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 metaphorically

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 used for

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 athletic

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 competition,

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 but in

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 context,

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 this is more

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 of a moral

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 struggle.

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 So,

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 this is

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 involving

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 oneself,

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 and this

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 is,

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 if you

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 want to

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 write,

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 if you

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 wrote

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 external

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 above

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 the

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 first

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 verb,

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 second

00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:05.020
 verb,

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 you could

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 say

00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:06.540
 internal.

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 This has

00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:08.020
 an internal

00:14:08.020 --> 00:14:09.540
 challenge to

00:14:09.540 --> 00:14:10.040
 the nuance.

00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:11.080
 So,

00:14:11.280 --> 00:14:11.740
 think about

00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:12.800
 fighting sin,

00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:14.220
 repenting,

00:14:14.900 --> 00:14:15.460
 godliness,

00:14:17.020 --> 00:14:17.620
 sanctification.

00:14:19.020 --> 00:14:19.760
 These two

00:14:19.760 --> 00:14:20.640
 verbs repeat

00:14:20.640 --> 00:14:21.720
 for emphasis

00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:22.660
 the idea

00:14:22.660 --> 00:14:23.140
 that the

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 Christian life

00:14:23.780 --> 00:14:24.680
 is a

00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:26.420
 work and

00:14:26.420 --> 00:14:26.860
 struggle,

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:28.100
 whether due

00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:28.660
 to internal

00:14:28.660 --> 00:14:29.200
 or external

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.760
 challenges.

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 challenges.

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 And we

00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:32.899
 could stop

00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:33.399
 and we

00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:34.319
 could easily

00:14:34.319 --> 00:14:35.019
 see some

00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:35.500
 application

00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:35.819
 here.

00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:36.700
 So,

00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:37.360
 toiling,

00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:38.120
 external

00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.740
 struggle,

00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:40.039
 striving,

00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:41.000
 internal

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.419
 struggle.

00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:42.980
 And,

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.439
 ask yourself

00:14:44.439 --> 00:14:44.840
 this question,

00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.080
 do you

00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:46.860
 over or

00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:47.340
 under

00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:48.200
 emphasize

00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:49.159
 one or

00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:49.519
 the other?

00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.059
 Do you

00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:51.639
 think more

00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.179
 about your

00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:52.559
 challenges

00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:52.960
 that are

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.779
 external to

00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:53.960
 you?

00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:55.740
 or do

00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.080
 you think

00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.500
 about the

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:56.900
 challenges

00:14:56.900 --> 00:14:57.259
 that are

00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:57.580
 more

00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:58.040
 internal?

00:15:01.040 --> 00:15:01.759
 We are

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.360
 called to

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:02.800
 balance

00:15:02.800 --> 00:15:03.220
 both.

00:15:05.160 --> 00:15:05.920
 I like

00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:06.660
 the

00:15:06.660 --> 00:15:07.420
 metaphor

00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:07.860
 that

00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.580
 Acts

00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:09.180
 uses for

00:15:09.180 --> 00:15:09.280
 the

00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:09.519
 Christian

00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:09.879
 life

00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:10.740
 as the

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.019
 way

00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:11.860
 or

00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.500
 the

00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:12.900
 road.

00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:14.280
 And if

00:15:14.280 --> 00:15:14.379
 the

00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:14.560
 Christian

00:15:14.560 --> 00:15:14.940
 life is

00:15:14.940 --> 00:15:15.340
 a road,

00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.220
 there are

00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:16.800
 two sides

00:15:16.800 --> 00:15:17.379
 of every

00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:17.680
 road.

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:18.620
 And there

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:18.920
 are two

00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:19.420
 ditches

00:15:19.420 --> 00:15:20.720
 to this

00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.019
 road.

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:22.220
 And we

00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:23.659
 could have

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:24.120
 good

00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:24.699
 intentions,

00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.699
 but we

00:15:25.699 --> 00:15:25.819
 could

00:15:25.819 --> 00:15:26.699
 overemphasize

00:15:26.699 --> 00:15:27.279
 things to

00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:28.000
 where we

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.199
 become more

00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:29.740
 in one

00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.819
 ditch than

00:15:30.819 --> 00:15:32.259
 on our

00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.379
 road of

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.659
 the Christian

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:33.980
 life.

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.579
 So,

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.159
 we need

00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:37.159
 to avoid

00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:40.799
 toiling in

00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:41.480
 our external,

00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:43.139
 making our

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:44.059
 external life

00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:46.139
 godly,

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.199
 but not

00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:48.199
 emphasizing the

00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:49.240
 internal struggle

00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:49.699
 of our

00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.399
 internal sin.

00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:52.319
 And vice

00:15:52.319 --> 00:15:52.579
 versa.

00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.620
 But,

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.179
 I want to

00:15:55.179 --> 00:15:55.500
 be careful.

00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:56.399
 We do

00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:57.120
 not bring

00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:58.139
 about hope

00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:58.980
 ourselves.

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:00.980
 None of

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.500
 this toiling

00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.439
 or striving

00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:03.159
 is really

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.220
 only to

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.559
 us.

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.579
 We do

00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:08.159
 not hope

00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:08.480
 to this

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.819
 end because

00:16:09.819 --> 00:16:10.079
 of our

00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:10.419
 work.

00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.039
 But Paul

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.579
 is pointing

00:16:11.579 --> 00:16:13.100
 out the

00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.139
 struggle in

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:15.100
 this present

00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.460
 life.

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:15.699
 He's

00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:16.439
 acknowledging

00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:17.559
 that this

00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:18.519
 is hard.

00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:19.720
 Hoping

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.639
 in God

00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:21.139
 is

00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.559
 difficult

00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:22.039
 in this

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.259
 present

00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.580
 life.

00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.059
 But,

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.840
 be encouraged.

00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:27.519
 Notice

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:27.819
 the,

00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:31.120
 notice that

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.860
 I said

00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.699
 that we

00:16:32.699 --> 00:16:33.699
 work and

00:16:33.699 --> 00:16:34.500
 we compete.

00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:36.919
 There's a

00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:37.879
 we here,

00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:39.699
 which means

00:16:39.699 --> 00:16:41.340
 you are not

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.679
 alone.

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.100
 You are in

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.600
 community,

00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:45.039
 and the church

00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:45.819
 is a community

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.680
 of sinners,

00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:47.560
 and we

00:16:47.560 --> 00:16:48.060
 are both

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 trying to

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 walk that

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 narrow way

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 together.

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 So,

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 be encouraged

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 you are not

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 alone in

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 this struggle.

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 We have

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 our hope

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 set on the

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 living God.

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 And here's our

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 central,

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 if we're going to

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 be in the

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 middle,

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 this is our

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 middle.

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 because we

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 have our

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 hope set

00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:18.200
 on the

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 living God.

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 Another

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.620
 translation can

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 be because we

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 have hope

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 based in

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 God who

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 lives.

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 And then

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 the one I

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 like,

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.640
 just to mix

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 things up,

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 is that we

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 are hopeful

00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:37.039
 upon the

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 living God.

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:39.019
 That we

00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:39.579
 are hopeful

00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.660
 upon the

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 living God.

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 And this is

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 the middle

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:44.359
 central of

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 our text

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 here.

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 And there

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 are four

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 sections to

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 this,

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 and we'll

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 take one

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 by one.

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 So,

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 let's look at

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 because.

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 I like that

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 more of

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 because.

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 Think of

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 less of

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 because,

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 but more of

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 the idea of

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 that.

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 And when I

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 say that,

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 small

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.400
 nuance,

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 but it's

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 important.

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 We are

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 to be

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 working and

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 competing

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 toward this

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 objective,

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 that we

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 are hopeful

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.580
 upon the

00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:16.200
 living God.

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 And that

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 right there

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 is that.

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 And then

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 second,

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 we are

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 hopeful.

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 That's the

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 second division

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 here.

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 We are

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 hopeful.

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 And here

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 is the

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 verb that's

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 in the

00:18:27.100 --> 00:18:27.259
 middle.

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 We are

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 hopeful

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.680
 is in

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 a form

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 that

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 is more

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 of a

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.220
 state.

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 It's a

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 state

00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:38.720
 of

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 hopefulness

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 with regard

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 to expectation.

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 So,

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 think of

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 state of

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 hopefulness.

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 The point

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 is not

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 that we

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 have hoped

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.980
 and continue

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 to hope,

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 but that

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.819
 we who

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.539
 have faith

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.319
 are in

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.039
 a hopeful

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 state.

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 As hopeful

00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.720
 people in

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 our orientation

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:02.200
 toward

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:02.720
 God.

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 You see

00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.179
 the state

00:19:04.179 --> 00:19:04.960
 of being

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.259
 hopeful.

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 And then

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.399
 you see

00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:07.819
 toward

00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.259
 God.

00:19:09.139 --> 00:19:09.899
 We are

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 hopeful.

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 The verb

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 suggests an

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:15.460
 existing state

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.980
 of hope

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.779
 in God

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.619
 based upon

00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:18.379
 the promise

00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:19.079
 of life.

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 And remember

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.099
 the promise

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.919
 in earlier

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 verse that I

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 pointed out.

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 And think of

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.659
 a more

00:19:23.659 --> 00:19:24.859
 complete hope,

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:26.319
 state of

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:27.500
 hopefulness,

00:19:27.919 --> 00:19:29.039
 than an

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.159
 ongoing hope.

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 And that's

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 where hope

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.119
 is not

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:35.659
 fleeting.

00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:36.519
 Hope is

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.899
 not

00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:38.659
 depending on

00:19:38.659 --> 00:19:39.299
 your circumstances,

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 but it is

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:41.419
 always there

00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:42.440
 in God.

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 So,

00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:44.519
 the third,

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.899
 look at me,

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.539
 set on,

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:48.519
 set on,

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 based in,

00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:50.919
 upon,

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.440
 the living

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.779
 God.

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 So,

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.059
 set on

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:56.419
 is metaphorically

00:19:56.419 --> 00:19:57.519
 applied to the

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.339
 placing of

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.919
 hope upon

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.340
 God,

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.560
 or set

00:20:01.560 --> 00:20:02.640
 on the

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.480
 living God.

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 And this,

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.960
 the fourth

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.500
 and final,

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.800
 the living

00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:09.200
 God,

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.820
 is kind

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:11.240
 of odd.

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 We don't

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.800
 normally say

00:20:12.800 --> 00:20:13.360
 the living

00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.779
 God,

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:16.320
 but I

00:20:16.320 --> 00:20:16.700
 believe that

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.740
 Paul adds

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.300
 a small

00:20:18.300 --> 00:20:19.539
 detail to

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.060
 remind us

00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:20.940
 that God

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:22.160
 is who

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.759
 both is

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.680
 life and

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.460
 gives life

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.120
 to his

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.460
 followers.

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.600
 followers,

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 and he

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.019
 is a

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.579
 God who

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.500
 is involved

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.299
 in our

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.680
 lives,

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.140
 and he

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.779
 brings

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.480
 life.

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:36.039
 Small

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.600
 word that

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:36.799
 we could

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.400
 easily pass

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:37.700
 through,

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.579
 that he

00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:39.920
 is the

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.779
 living God

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:42.740
 in our

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.299
 daily lives.

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.360
 So,

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:44.740
 it might be

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.220
 summarized like

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.480
 this,

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.980
 the what

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.480
 and the

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.299
 content of

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:50.380
 our hope.

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.500
 Might be

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.960
 summarized like

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.220
 this,

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.420
 the content

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:53.799
 of our

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:55.100
 working and

00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:56.140
 competing is

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:57.160
 a hopefulness

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.740
 toward God,

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.319
 that God

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.900
 will do

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.740
 what he

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.700
 has promised.

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:05.259
 And God

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.579
 will do

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:05.920
 what he

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.319
 has promised

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.920
 because he

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.240
 is the

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.860
 living God.

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.880
 Do you

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.440
 see the

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.740
 Christian

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.160
 life,

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.640
 your life,

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.940
 if you

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.400
 have faith,

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.799
 as marked

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.440
 by being

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.299
 in a state

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:21.819
 of hopefulness?

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:25.660
 Do you

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.200
 see hope

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.819
 as something

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.660
 only in the

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:27.940
 future,

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.360
 like we

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:28.860
 asked before?

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.819
 This text

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.839
 teaches that

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.240
 it is a

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.680
 perpetual

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:34.259
 state of

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.680
 hope that

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.039
 is in the

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.380
 present,

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.480
 that is

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.240
 now.

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.160
 I hope

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.319
 that's

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.640
 encouraging

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.039
 to you.

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:44.279
 As you

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.160
 know and

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.839
 see the

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.680
 work of

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.019
 the living

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.500
 God in

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.860
 your daily

00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:48.240
 life,

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.860
 let this

00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.519
 text remind

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.880
 you that

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.440
 we who

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.079
 have faith

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.960
 and trust

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.879
 in God

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:55.000
 are a

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.399
 hopeful

00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.379
 people today,

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.500
 no matter

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.439
 what our

00:21:58.439 --> 00:21:59.019
 circumstances.

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:00.839
 So,

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.439
 how would

00:22:02.439 --> 00:22:04.019
 this might

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.720
 be applied

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.019
 to our

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.279
 life?

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.419
 We

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:06.759
 actually

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.619
 have a

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.319
 concrete

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.379
 example of

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.879
 applying this

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.559
 teaching,

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.359
 this saying,

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.579
 to a

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:13.919
 specific

00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.500
 situation

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.859
 in 1

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.220
 Timothy.

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.679
 So,

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.019
 turn with

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.539
 me to

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.439
 the end

00:22:18.439 --> 00:22:18.720
 of 1

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.039
 Timothy,

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.319
 chapter 5,

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.319


00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:21.519
 Real

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.759
 quick.

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.159
 1

00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:25.399
 Timothy,

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:25.980
 chapter 5,

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.200
 and we'll

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.700
 be reading

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.639
 verses 3

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.599
 and 6.

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.899
 And this

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.819
 is specific

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.439
 instructions

00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:33.619
 from Paul

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.319
 to Timothy

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.659
 in the

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:34.939
 church.

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.460
 And that

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.500
 notice,

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:39.339
 he applies

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:40.039
 this text,

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.279
 or,

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.639
 well,

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.119
 we could

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.419
 say,

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.339
 the women

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:44.159
 in the

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:44.480
 church

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.720
 have already

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.899
 applied this

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.420
 in their

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.700
 life.

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.560
 So,

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:48.940
 read with

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.060
 me.

00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:50.500
 Chapter 5,

00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:50.940
 verse 3,

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.800
 honor widows

00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.519
 who are

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.480
 truly widows.

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.700
 But if a

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.160
 widow has

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.620
 children or

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:56.980
 grandchildren,

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.519
 let them

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.180
 first learn

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.680
 to show

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.180
 godliness

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.580
 in their

00:22:59.580 --> 00:22:59.759
 own

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.160
 household,

00:23:00.300 --> 00:23:00.620
 and to

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.080
 make some

00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.759
 return to

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.280
 their parents.

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.420
 For this

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.019
 is pleasing

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.560
 in the sight

00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:04.900
 of God.

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:07.259
 She who

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.019
 is truly

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.480
 a widow,

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.580
 left all

00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:09.960
 alone,

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.259
 has set

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.940
 her hope

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.700
 on God,

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.300
 and continues

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:15.160
 in supplications

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.180
 and prayers,

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.400
 night and

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.620
 day.

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:18.600
 But she

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:18.980
 who is

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.600
 self-indulgent

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:20.300
 is dead

00:23:20.300 --> 00:23:21.220
 even while

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.900
 she lives.

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:22.759
 Notice,

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.500
 she who

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.200
 is truly

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.620
 a widow,

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.620
 left all

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:27.960
 alone,

00:23:29.040 --> 00:23:29.660
 has set

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.519
 her hope

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.500
 on God.

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:33.720
 This is

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:35.960
 an application

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.880
 of what Paul

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.540
 has already

00:23:37.540 --> 00:23:38.040
 taught Timothy

00:23:38.040 --> 00:23:39.440
 in the

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.140
 previous chapter.

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 Are you

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.380
 in a life

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.920
 circumstance

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.759
 that leaves

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.379
 you feeling

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:45.779
 alone?

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.660
 Be

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.140
 encouraged.

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.599
 Hopefulness

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.500
 toward the

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.440
 triune God

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.559
 leads to

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.319
 continuous

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:56.559
 supplication

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.200
 and prayer

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.119
 for God's

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.559
 glory,

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.059
 even in the

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:01.019
 midst of

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.420
 loneliness.

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.819
 Be

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.180
 encouraged.

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.680
 You can

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.680
 have a

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.220
 state of

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.240
 hopefulness

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.839
 that is

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.960
 outside your

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.539
 circumstances,

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.119
 but only

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:13.700
 upon the

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.160
 living God.

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.160
 hope.

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:17.160
 Now for

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.140
 the third

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.860
 and final

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:23.400
 point of

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.740
 the second

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.640
 of the

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.660
 fateful hope

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.200
 point.

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.019
 So,

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.400
 who?

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.320
 The who?

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:30.080
 Who is

00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:30.900
 the Savior

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.200
 of all

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.600
 people?

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:35.080
 Who is

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.540
 the Savior

00:24:35.540 --> 00:24:36.279
 of all

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.980
 people?

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.660
 God?

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.120
 You might

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:39.640
 have some

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.299
 questions about

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.680
 the very

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.380
 end of

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.220
 verse 10

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.660
 when it

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.200
 says,

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.860
 especially

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.420
 of those

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.900
 who believe

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.599
 or even

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.460
 of all

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.860
 people.

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.680
 And to

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.940
 understand this

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.259
 correctly,

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.720
 we'll have

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.779
 to ask,

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.700
 who is the

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.360
 Savior in

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.779
 this verse?

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.579
 And what

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.059
 does the

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.839
 Savior mean?

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.640
 And we'll do

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:58.900
 this right

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.039
 now.

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.599
 So,

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.860
 Savior in

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.460
 this context

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.579
 is God.

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.819
 Pretty simple.

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.220
 But,

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.179
 he actually

00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:06.819
 repeats this.

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:07.859
 So,

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.859
 if you flip

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.319
 over to

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.240
 chapter 1,

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.879
 verse 1,

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.700
 the very

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.339
 first verse

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.899
 of this

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.079
 book,

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:14.740
 1 Timothy,

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.659
 if you flip

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:15.899
 there,

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.579
 it says,

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.939
 Paul writes,

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.200
 Paul,

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.480
 an apostle

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.939
 of Christ

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.339
 Jesus,

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.519
 by command

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.139
 of God,

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.279
 our Savior,

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.500
 and of

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.939
 Christ

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.559
 Jesus,

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.399
 our hope.

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.799
 Notice,

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.559
 Paul is

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:36.819
 connecting

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.720
 Jesus with

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.419
 hope as

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:39.299
 well as

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:40.379
 God is

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:40.839
 our Savior.

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.319
 If you

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.619
 turn to

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.279
 chapter 2,

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.339
 flip over,

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.639
 chapter 2,

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.960
 verses 3

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.279
 and 4,

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.359
 he writes,

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.419
 this is good

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:50.960
 and it is

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.639
 pleasing in

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.299
 the sight of

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.639
 God,

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.259
 our Savior,

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.799
 who desires

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.379
 all people to

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:55.939
 be saved

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:56.399
 and to

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:56.939
 come to

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.460
 the knowledge

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.879
 of the

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.139
 truth.

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.220
 And you

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.519
 don't have

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.819
 to turn

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.039
 here,

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.740
 but in

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.119
 John,

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.399
 you can

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:02.740
 write this

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.200
 down,

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.400
 John,

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.519
 chapter 4,

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.100
 39 and

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.519
 42.

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.400
 This is

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.720
 Jesus and

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.019
 the woman

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.480
 of Samaria.

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.039
 I'll read

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.559
 this for you.

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:14.819
 Many

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.500
 Samaritans

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.600
 came from

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.200
 that town,

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.220
 believed in

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.720
 him because

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.759
 of the woman's

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.059
 testimony.

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.720
 He told me

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.400
 all that I

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.840
 ever did.

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.680
 So when the

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.059
 Samaritans

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.519
 came to him,

00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:27.039
 they asked him

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.580
 to stay with

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:27.759
 him,

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.240
 and he

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.640
 stayed there

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.160
 two days,

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.700
 and many

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.519
 more believed

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.099
 because of

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.639
 his word.

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:32.700
 They said

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.059
 to the woman,

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.819
 it is no

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.379
 longer because

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:34.759
 of what

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.279
 you said

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.099
 that we

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.500
 believe,

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.240
 for we

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.639
 have heard

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.559
 for ourselves,

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:39.940
 and we

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.759
 know that

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.599
 this is

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.099
 indeed

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.920
 the Savior

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.759
 of the

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.079
 world.

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.680
 This is

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.599
 just one

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:45.879
 of many

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:47.019
 examples we

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.319
 could come

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.599
 up with.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.460
 But notice,

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.839
 Paul uses

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.400
 the same

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.940
 title for

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.279
 God

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:53.019
 in 1

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.299
 Timothy

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.720
 as John

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.940
 uses for

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.240
 Jesus.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:58.000
 So you

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.299
 see this

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.980
 Trinitarian

00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:01.460
 means here.

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.180
 So what

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.640
 does Savior

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.480
 mean?

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.880
 This requires

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.420
 a close

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.960
 reading of

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.180
 scripture,

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.380
 so let us

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.120
 be close

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.660
 readers now.

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.559
 So it

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.720
 may sound

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.880
 universal,

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.180
 especially

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.859
 all people,

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:20.120
 but God

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.759
 can mean

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.240
 two things

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.140
 in this

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.380
 verse.

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:22.960
 It can

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.500
 either be

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.880
 God can

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.120
 be the

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.680
 preserver

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.799
 and sustainer

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.539
 and giver

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.160
 of life.

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.160
 This is

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.440
 good,

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.200
 and it

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.720
 is true,

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.480
 and it

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.900
 is biblical,

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.840
 but not

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.400
 from this

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:35.900
 text,

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.620
 not in

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.299
 the context

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.640
 of this

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:38.980
 letter.

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.720
 So the

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:40.920
 actual

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.279
 context,

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.500
 if we

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.779
 think about

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:41.880
 it,

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.160
 Paul is

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.560
 speaking to

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:42.880
 those who

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.420
 are rejecting

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.820
 the good

00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:44.600
 doctrine from

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.420
 God to

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.920
 the apostles,

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:46.740
 and in

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.080
 turn,

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.500
 he's talking

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:51.500
 to Timothy

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:53.160
 and those

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.900
 rejecting the

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.740
 gospel message.

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.339
 So this

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.200
 forces us,

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.160
 Savior,

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.599
 I propose,

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:03.240
 means one

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.220
 who saves

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.599
 or saves

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.680
 or potentially

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.359
 saves all

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.720
 people.

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.740
 So you

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.160
 see this

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:11.059
 actuality and

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:12.019
 potentiality

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:15.220
 concept here.

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.579
 He is

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:18.220
 actually the

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.759
 Savior for

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.420
 those who

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.980
 believe,

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.559
 and he

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:21.720
 is

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.440
 potentially

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:24.440
 Savior for

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.099
 those who

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.799
 have yet

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.799
 to believe.

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.460
 And that's

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.640
 how he

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.019
 can say,

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.759
 God,

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.339
 who is

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.920
 the Savior

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.799
 of all

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.079
 people.

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.480
 So,

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.099
 of all

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.460
 people,

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.720
 or humanity,

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.259
 let's look at

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.400
 that.

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.940
 This cannot

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.759
 mean not

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.559
 each and every

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.400
 human within

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.400
 humanity.

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:42.860
 It cannot

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.200
 mean that.

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:43.940
 Now,

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.860
 I don't know

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.460
 why I did

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.960
 this to myself,

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.579
 because last

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.360
 time I did

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:47.680
 an Advent

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:47.920
 sermon,

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.140
 it was

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.779
 John 3.16,

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.700
 and this

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.800
 same concept

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.360
 came up.

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:51.820
 So,

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.400
 this is

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.080
 straight from

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.400
 my sermon

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.720
 two years

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:54.920
 ago.

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.480
 But,

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:57.300
 all is

00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:57.580
 a very

00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:57.960
 important

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.440
 word in

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.640
 scripture.

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.640
 We have

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:00.820
 to be

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.120
 careful,

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:01.759
 because

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:04.680
 all does

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:06.039
 not mean

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.100
 all,

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.480
 and that's

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.920
 all all

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.200
 means,

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.720
 if you've

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.279
 heard that.

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.420
 It's actually

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.820
 not true in

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.100
 the biblical

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.420
 sense.

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.380
 So,

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:12.960
 we have to

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.300
 be careful

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:13.720
 with this,

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.019
 because that

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.279
 could lead

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.660
 us down

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:15.980
 some

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.640
 interesting

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:16.940
 roads.

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.180
 So,

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.860
 all

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:20.240
 without

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.900
 exception,

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.640
 or does

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:22.840
 it mean

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.700
 all without

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.320
 distinction?

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.279
 So,

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.100
 all without

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.620
 exception

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.519
 would be

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.940
 each and

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.200
 every

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.580
 individual

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:28.960
 human.

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:30.620
 But,

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:32.060
 I think

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:32.500
 that Paul

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.580
 and John

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.060
 and a lot

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.740
 of other

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.000
 texts,

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.200
 when it

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.860
 says all

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.160
 in this

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.720
 universal

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.360
 language

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.640
 that's

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.340
 being used,

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.060
 it's more

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:39.340
 of an

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:40.380
 all without

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.120
 distinction.

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:43.740
 And that

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.259
 is the

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.960
 gospel message.

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:46.480
 Think about

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.680
 it.

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:47.140
 In this

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.500
 context,

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.380
 Jew,

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.039
 Gentile.

00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:51.840
 Gentiles

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.400
 coming to

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.759
 know

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.779
 the Lord.

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.240
 This is

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.600
 the whole

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.039
 book of

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.720
 the message

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:56.960
 of the

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.200
 book of

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.519
 Acts

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.920
 that they're

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.140
 dealing

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.420
 with.

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.460
 Massive.

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.820
 That's why

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.200
 the Great

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.500
 Commission

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.460
 is such

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.019
 great news

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.880
 to the

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.200
 nations.

00:30:07.320 --> 00:30:08.460
 And we'll

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.840
 continue.

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.840
 We'll go

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.320
 straight into

00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:10.759
 the next

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.500
 section,

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.160
 because it's

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.700
 made even

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.279
 more clear

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.420
 by those

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:16.440
 who believe.

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.099
 So,

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.680
 the third

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.039
 and final

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.119
 point is

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.920
 faithful

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.740
 assurance.

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:22.779
 So,

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.119
 this is

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.799
 especially

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.619
 those who

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.119
 believe.

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.399
 I'm going

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:26.599
 to take

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.819
 this.

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.379
 Especially

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:29.119
 is totally

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.399
 fine.

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:30.740
 But,

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.720
 when you see

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.660
 especially here,

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.119
 if you write

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.440
 in your Bible

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.799
 or you take

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.079
 notes,

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.799
 put particularly.

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:39.000
 that's more

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.200
 of the

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.539
 ideal.

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.759
 It's to

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.740
 be precise,

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.519
 or namely,

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.480
 I mean.

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.059
 That's,

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:48.240
 I would

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.700
 have rather

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:50.339
 seen particularly

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.220
 those of

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.480
 faith.

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.379
 That makes

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.759
 more sense.

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.159
 Especially,

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.480
 it's okay.

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.500
 You can trust

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.799
 your Bibles.

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.960
 But,

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.740
 being close

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.240
 readers of

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.440
 Scripture,

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:58.960
 we can say

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.539
 particularly.

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.740
 So,

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.419
 particularly

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:03.200
 captures

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.359
 Paul's one,

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.159
 it's Paul's

00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:06.299
 desire that

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.339
 all humanity

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.879
 be saved,

00:31:07.959 --> 00:31:08.559
 his desire,

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:08.939
 and we see

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.220
 that in

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.619
 chapter 2,

00:31:09.699 --> 00:31:10.139
 we just read.

00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:11.059
 And also,

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:11.500
 Paul's

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.199
 recognition that

00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:12.819
 it is those

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.639
 of faith

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:14.679
 who will

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.259
 be saved.

00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.639
 This is

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:19.199
 the work

00:31:19.199 --> 00:31:20.079
 and competition

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.980
 we've seen

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.839
 earlier,

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:22.959
 that Paul

00:31:22.959 --> 00:31:23.599
 directs

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:23.919
 Timothy

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:25.240
 and potentially

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.259
 others of

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.819
 faith to

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.459
 be engaged

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:27.720
 with.

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.919
 So,

00:31:30.459 --> 00:31:31.259
 to those

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.240
 of faith,

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.279
 if you have

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.199
 trust in the

00:31:34.199 --> 00:31:34.399
 Lord,

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.899
 this is a

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.539
 reminder of

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.199
 the Lord's

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.039
 grace and

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.960
 his patience

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:40.460
 towards us

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.840
 in this

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.519
 present life.

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.220
 Remember that

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.100
 the Lord

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:46.460
 has been

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.220
 patient towards

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.460
 you.

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.660
 But,

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.200
 if you

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.220
 do not

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.940
 have trust

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.279
 in the

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.500
 Lord,

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.360
 if you do

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:53.720
 not have

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.039
 faith,

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.980
 do you

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.620
 believe that

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.080
 God is

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.299
 Savior?

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.720
 Do you

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.140
 believe that

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.559
 God is

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.140
 the living

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.519
 God?

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.240
 This is

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.740
 calling you

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.700
 to believe

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.960
 and trust

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.700
 in the

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.299
 only Savior.

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.720
 This text

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.340
 today.

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:09.860
 And you

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.160
 can do

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.420
 this by

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.660
 turning from

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.319
 yourself

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.940
 repentance

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:16.640
 and turn

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.019
 to the

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.620
 triune,

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.000
 living God

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.819
 who saves

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:21.500
 with your

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.340
 whole heart,

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:24.500
 with your

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.980
 thoughts,

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.420
 your desires,

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.380
 and your

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.680
 choices.

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:30.039
 So we

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.820
 could summarize

00:32:30.820 --> 00:32:31.200
 this,

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.840
 this way.

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.140
 The faithful

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.580
 statement,

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.259
 the faithful

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.700
 saying,

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:37.920
 is this,

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.600
 that our

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.660
 struggle is

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.580
 to be as

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:42.779
 those who

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.560
 are hopeful.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.560
 That our

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:46.299
 struggle is to

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.980
 be those who

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.600
 are hopeful

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.120
 that the

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.799
 living God

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.640
 is not

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.480
 just the

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.060
 potential

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:52.420
 Savior of

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.680
 all,

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.680
 but actually

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:56.180
 the Savior

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.940
 of those

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.779
 who believe.

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.519
 See how

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.220
 this belief,

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:00.900
 trust,

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.860
 faith language

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.240
 is so

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.759
 central to

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.019
 hope.

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.720
 So let's

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.019
 conclude.

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.580
 The main

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:08.860
 idea,

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.400
 as we've

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.820
 said before,

00:33:10.820 --> 00:33:11.340
 are those

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:12.660
 who have

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.380
 faith,

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.840
 those who

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.240
 believe,

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.400
 are a

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.720
 hopeful

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.180
 people,

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.059
 and we

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.420
 are in a

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.320
 state of

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.980
 hopefulness.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.039
 We have

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.000
 seen through

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.519
 the faithful

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.059
 word,

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.860
 the faithful

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.340
 hope,

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.039
 the how,

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.259
 what,

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:24.559
 and who,

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.880
 and now

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.580
 the faithful

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.480
 assurance.

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.480
 Now,

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.819
 one last

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.379
 place I

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.659
 want you

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:32.980
 to turn.

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.879
 We actually

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.199
 have an

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:35.000
 example of

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.419
 this played

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:36.199
 out again

00:33:36.199 --> 00:33:37.480
 in 2 Timothy

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.419
 chapter 4.

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.000
 So turn

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.359
 with me.

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.139
 2 Timothy

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.799
 chapter 4

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.779
 is at the

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.299
 very end

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.839
 of Paul's

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.139
 life,

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.500
 in Paul's

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.399
 last days.

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.699
 He knows

00:33:50.699 --> 00:33:51.740
 he will be

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.480
 killed

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.519
 soon.

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:55.259
 and he

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.680
 writes to

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:55.940
 Timothy

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 this letter.

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 And at

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 the very

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 end,

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 in 2 Timothy

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 chapter 4

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 verses 6

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 through 8,

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 I'll read.

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 For I

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 am ready,

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 for I am

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 already being

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 poured out as

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 a drink

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 offering.

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 Think

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 toiling and

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 striving all

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 his life.

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 And the

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 time of my

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 departure has

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 come.

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 I have

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 fought the

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 good fight.

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 I have

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 finished the

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 race.

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 I have

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 kept the

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 faith.

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 Henceforth,

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 there is

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 laid up for

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 me the

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 crown of

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 righteousness,

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 which the

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 Lord, the

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 righteous judge,

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 will award

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 to me on

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 that day.

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 Think

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 hopefulness

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 in the

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 living God.

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 And not

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 only to me,

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 but also to

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 all who

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 have loved

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 his appearing.

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 Think

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 to those

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 who have

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 faith and

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 belief and

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 trust.

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 Look at

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 that.

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 There's

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 three verbs

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 here in

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 verse 7.

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 Fought,

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 finished,

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 kept.

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 We toil

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 or work

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 and strive

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 or fight

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 today so

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 that we can

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 say with

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 Paul,

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 I have

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 fought the

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 good fight.

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 I have

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 finished the

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 race.

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 faith,

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 we as

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 with Paul

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 can only

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 do this

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 by having

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 faith,

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 belief,

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 trust in

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 the living

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 God who

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 saves and

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 is the

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 only source

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 of our

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 hopefulness

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 in this

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 life as

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 well as

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 to the

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 life to

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 come.

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 He's the

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 only source

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 of our

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 hopefulness

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 in this

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 life as

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 well as

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 the life

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 to come.

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 Pray with

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 me.

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 Pray with

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 me.

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 Pray with

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 me.