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 Now y'all didn't miss a beat. Was that a new song for some of y'all?

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 It's a very old song. Y'all sounded like you knew it.

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 It's a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful picture of the work of Christ for His people.

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 Let's remain standing if you've taken a seat.

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 That was too early. Too early.

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 Because we're going to stand in honor of the reading of God's Word this morning.

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 We're starting a new book this morning.

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 It's always exciting for me to open up a new book of God's Word and begin into a new section of the Word of God.

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 We're in the book of Philippians this morning.

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 Our passage this morning is going to be Philippians 1, verses 1-11.

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 We always encourage you to have a copy of God's Word open,

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 whether that's the scripture journal that I hope you have a copy of to take notes in,

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 or your own copy of God's Word.

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 Or if you don't have a copy of God's Word at all,

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 you can find that in the Bibles in the seat back in front of you.

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 It's going to be on page 921 in that Bible.

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 If you don't own a Bible, take that copy home with you.

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 It's our gift to you.

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 We want you to have a copy of God's Word.

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 It's going to be necessary as we go through this series in the book of Philippians.

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 Philippians 1, verses 1-11.

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 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,

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 to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi with the overseers and deacons,

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 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

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 always in every prayer of mine for you all,

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 making my prayer with joy because of your partnership in the gospel

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 from the first day until now.

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 And I am sure of this,

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 that he who began a good work in you

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 will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

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 It is right for me to feel this way about you all

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 because I hold you in my heart.

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 For you are all partakers with me of grace,

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 both in my imprisonment

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 and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.

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 For God is my witness,

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 how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more

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 with knowledge and all discernment,

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 so that you may approve what is excellent

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 and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

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 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ

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 to the glory and praise of God.

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 Father, we praise you again for your word.

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 We praise you for the good news of the gospel of Christ.

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 And we pray now as we open up the book of Philippians,

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 would you teach us,

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 would you lead us in awe and in worship

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 for all you are and what you've done in Christ.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Most of you know last week I traveled up to Wake Forest

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 for the annual Pillar Network conference.

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 Our church is part of the Pillar Network.

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 That's a group within the Southern Baptist Convention

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 that plants and strengthens and establishes churches all over the globe.

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 And I came away as usual from that time,

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 both very tired and very encouraged.

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 And one of the things that I always come away encouraged by when I go

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 is meaningful gospel partnership.

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 Meaningful gospel partnership.

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 Between like-minded churches,

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 churches that share the same convictions and beliefs,

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 churches that love the Lord and love each other,

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 and churches that want to see the gospel advanced,

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 not just in their own church and in their own community,

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 but want to see the gospel advanced all over the world.

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 And I'm always encouraged because it is a beautiful thing

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 to partner together for the advance of the gospel.

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 Well, this past conference,

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 I was surprised to see a pastor friend from Asheville

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 there at the conference.

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 As you know, Asheville was one of the areas

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 that was hit hardest by Hurricane Helene.

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 And my friend got up on stage.

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 They invited him up there and he shared two things.

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 For one, he shared the incredible level of need

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 that's there in the area.

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 His area has just been totally wrecked by Helene.

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 There are physical needs, of course,

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 water, food supplies, cold weather supplies,

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 these needs that we're collecting for,

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 these physical needs.

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 And there's spiritual needs as well.

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 And by the grace of God,

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 their church is well positioned to be a source of grace

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 for both spiritual and physical needs.

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 And these needs are going to continue for a long time.

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 All right, long after the news cycle

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 has moved on to the next thing,

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 these needs are going to continue.

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 But then he shared, second,

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 how thankful he was for the ways

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 that other churches like ours,

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 other churches within our network,

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 churches from Greenville,

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 churches from Charlotte,

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 churches from Mount Pleasant,

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 he rattled off six or seven other churches

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 that came together to help in his time of need.

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 And he praised God for the evident grace

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 that he saw through gospel partnership.

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 And as he spoke,

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 and as I reflected on what he said,

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 I thought, you know what,

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 that is exactly what we see happening

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 here in the book of Philippians.

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 The book of Philippians is a beautiful picture

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 of gospel partnership.

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 Paul, the apostle Paul,

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 has planted the church in Philippi.

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 He has since moved on to another location

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 to go continue the message of the gospel

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 spreading throughout the areas.

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 He's continued planting

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 and strengthening other churches.

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 And now he's found himself in prison

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 because of the ministry of the gospel.

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 He has a tendency to do that.

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 And in his time of need,

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 who comes to help him?

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 Who comes to encourage him?

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 Who comes to strengthen him?

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 But a member of the church at Philippi.

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 Epaphroditus.

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 And he comes not just with words of encouragement,

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 but Epaphroditus comes with a financial gift

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 from the church.

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 And he comes to say,

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 Paul, we believe in what you're doing.

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 We love you.

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 We love the Lord.

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 We love the gospel.

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 We love the mission.

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 And we want to be your partners in the gospel.

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 So in response to this gift,

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 Paul writes the letter to the book,

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 the letter of Philippians,

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 to all the saints in Christ Jesus

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 who are at Philippi

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 with the overseers and the deacons.

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 This passage is,

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 y'all get ready for this, okay?

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 This passage is Paul's prayer of praise

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 for gospel progress through partners.

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 Y'all follow that?

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 Y'all say it again, okay?

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 This is Paul's prayer of praise

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 for progress,

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 you could say,

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 through his Philippian partners.

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 And what it shows us here

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 is the beautiful picture

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 of what comes through gospel partnership.

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 And so what I want to do this morning

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 as we look to verses 1 through 11

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 is I want to ask the question,

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 what does gospel partnership produce?

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 What does gospel partnership produce?

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 And we'll see two answers

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 to that question this morning.

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 This will be our outline.

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 What does gospel partnership produce?

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 Gospel partnership produces,

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 first,

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 praise for God's grace.

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 See that in verses 3 through 8.

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 And second,

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 prayer for more.

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 See that in verses 9 through 11.

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 First, gospel partnership produces

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 praise for God's abundant grace.

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 Gospel partnership is evidence

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 of God's grace at work.

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 It's reason to give Him glory and praise.

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 And I think it's helpful here for us

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 as we begin the book of Philippians

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 to remember how the church in Philippi

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 even came to exist in the first place.

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 Let's zoom out here from our passage

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 and think about the origins

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 of the church at Philippi.

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 You read verse 1 here,

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 and it seems clear to me

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 that this is an organized gospel church.

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 They have a group of saints there

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 that Paul's writing to.

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 Those who have come to know the Lord

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 who have been baptized into membership

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 of the local church there in Philippi.

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 They've installed officers.

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 They have the two offices

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 of the New Testament church,

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 overseers,

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 that's another word for elders

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 or pastors,

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 and deacons.

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 This is a functioning,

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 organized gospel church.

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 But zoom out for a minute

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 from this book

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 and ask,

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 how in the world did we get here?

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 How in the world did we get here?

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 How did this happen?

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 Well, Acts chapter 16

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 tells the story.

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 You can flip there if you like.

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 You don't have to.

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 But all of this

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 is a work of God's grace.

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 Paul,

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 as far as we can tell,

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 had no intention

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 of coming to Philippi,

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 but the Lord gave him

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 a vision in the night.

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 A man from Macedonia

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 was calling out to Paul,

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 urging him,

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 saying,

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 come over to Macedonia

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 and help us.

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 Come here,

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 help us.

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 And I love how Luke

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 puts it in Acts.

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 He says,

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 Paul concluded

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 that maybe God

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 was calling him

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 to preach the gospel

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 in Macedonia.

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 And so he went.

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 Immediately,

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 it says,

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 they sought to go

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 to Macedonia,

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 concluding that God

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 had called them

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 to preach the gospel

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 to them.

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 This is grace.

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 God has sovereignly

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 intervened

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 and providentially

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 guided the steps

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 of Paul

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 to come to the area

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 of Macedonia.

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 And when they come there,

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 they arrive at a city

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 called Philippi

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 in the rest of the chapter.

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 It tells the story

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 of how Paul goes

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 and preaches the gospel

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 and this hodgepodge group

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 of unlikely converts

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 come to faith in Christ.

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 First is Lydia,

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 the seller of purple goods.

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 She listens to Paul

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 teach and preach

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 and the passage says

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 that the Lord

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 opened up her ears

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 and she might hear

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 and perceive

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 what Paul was speaking about.

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 This is grace.

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 There's the girl

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 who's possessed

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 by a spirit

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 and she's delivered.

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 And then there's

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 the Philippian jailer

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 and his family

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 who come to faith

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 there in Philippi.

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 Slowly but surely

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 as seeds are planted

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 here and there

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 as the word of the gospel

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 is spread,

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 God builds the church

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 in Philippi.

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 So now,

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 now I imagine

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 Paul as he's sitting there

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 in a jail cell,

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 he has a lot of time

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 on his hands, right,

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 while he's there in prison

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 and he sees Epaphroditus

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 coming to him

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 with words of encouragement,

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 a member of the church

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 of Philippi

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 coming to him

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 with a financial gift

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 of support.

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 I imagine him thinking

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 back on all of this

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 and just marveling

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 at the grace of God.

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 Look what God

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 has done here.

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 Look what God

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 has done

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 with these people.

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 I had no idea

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 what God was about

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 to do in this place.

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 God has taken

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 strangers,

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 enemies of the gospel

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 of God,

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 enemies of Christ.

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 He's brought them

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 to faith in Jesus.

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 He's opened up

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 their ears

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 to hear the gospel.

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 He has established

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 a church.

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 They're growing,

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 they're maturing

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 and now they're

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 at the point

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 where they are

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 sending support

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 out to more gospel

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 mission,

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 more gospel ministry.

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 This is a work

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 of God's grace.

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 And so he says,

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 verse 3,

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 Philippians chapter 1,

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 I thank my God

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 in all my remembrance

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 of you,

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 always in every prayer

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 of mine for you,

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 making my prayer

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 with joy.

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 Why?

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 Because of your

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 partnership

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 in the gospel

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 from the first day

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 until now.

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 Gospel partnership

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 produces praise

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 for God's grace.

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 So let me ask

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 just a couple of

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 questions here

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 because I want to

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 make sure that we're

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 all on the same page.

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 We're talking about

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 gospel partnership.

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 I need to ask a couple

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 questions of you.

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 First,

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 what is the gospel?

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 And second,

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 why do we need

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 partners

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 in the gospel?

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 What is the gospel

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 and why do we need

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 partners?

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 Well,

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 what is the gospel?

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 You may have come

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 to church all your life

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 and never really understood

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 what the gospel is.

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 What is the gospel?

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 I'm so glad you asked.

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 The gospel

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 is the good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 If you're a visitor

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 with us this morning,

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 you should know

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 that our church,

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 our aim is to make

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 a really,

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 really big deal

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 about the gospel.

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 This isn't an

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 unusual sermon

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 where we're preaching

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 about the gospel

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 right now.

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 This is every single

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 week that we gather here.

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 We want to make

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 a big deal

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 about the gospel.

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 In fact,

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 our mission statement

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 as a church family,

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 do you all remember

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 what it is?

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 We exist

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 to magnify

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 the glory

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 of God

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 in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 It's a message

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 that's seen

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 and experienced

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 and demonstrated

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 and manifested

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 most clearly

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 in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 It's a message.

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 So what's the message?

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 What's the message?

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 The message is

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 that there is

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 a God

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 in heaven

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 who is

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 good

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 and holy

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 and just

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 who has created

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 all things

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 including me,

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 including you,

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 but it's the bad news

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 that you and I

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 both

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 and everybody else

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 have rebelled

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 against this holy God.

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 We have sinned

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 against Him.

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 We have earned

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 separation

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 from Him

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 left to ourselves.

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 His wrath

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 is against us

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 in our sin.

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 This is bad news.

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 Praise God.

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 The gospel

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 is a message

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 that God

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 is a God

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 of grace

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 and a God

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 of mercy

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 and He has

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 made a way

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 to be made right

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 with Him

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 through the blood

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 of His own Son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Christ Jesus

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 has come,

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 has lived

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 perfectly

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 in our place

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 where we've all

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 failed.

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 Christ Jesus

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 has died,

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 on the cross

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 bearing the wrath

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 of God

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 against our sin.

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 Christ Jesus

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 has risen

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 from the grave

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 defeating sin

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 and death,

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 defeating all

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 of our greatest enemies

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 so that

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 any sinner

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 who turns to Him

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 in faith

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 may have eternal life.

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 That's the gospel.

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 If you found

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 your way

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 into this place

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 this morning

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 and you've not

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 put your faith

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 in Christ,

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 this is all you need

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 to hear this morning.

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 Repent and believe

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 the gospel.

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 You too

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 will be saved.

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 This is

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 the message

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 and the ministry

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 of the church.

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 If you ever

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 have a friend

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 to ask you,

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 well what is

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 Sea Wee Bay

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 about?

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 What do y'all do?

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 What's your ministry

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 at this church?

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 You can respond

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 very simply,

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 we hold out

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 the gospel

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 to sinners.

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 We preach

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 Christ crucified.

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 We lift up

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 the name

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 of Jesus.

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 Why?

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 Because that's

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 how sinners

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 are saved

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 and that's

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 how the church

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 is built.

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 No gimmicks,

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 no fluff.

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 Our ministry

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 is the message

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 of the gospel.

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 Jesus Himself

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 defined the mission

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 of the church.

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 Matthew 28,

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 18-20.

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 What does He say?

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 All authority

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 has been given

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 to me.

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 Therefore,

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 go and make

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 disciples

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 of all nations,

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 baptizing them

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 in the name

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 of the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them

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 to obey all

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 that I've commanded

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 you and surely

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 I am with you

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 until the end

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 of the age.

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 So question

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 number two,

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 why in the world

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 do we need

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 partners

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 to do it?

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 Why do we need

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 partners to go

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 about this

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 great commission

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 task that Christ

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 has given the church?

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 Well,

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 the mission

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 of the church

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 is required

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 of each individual

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 church,

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 but it is never

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 dependent on

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 each individual

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 church alone

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 to do it.

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 The great commission

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 is required

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:34.159
 of every individual

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 Christian.

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 We are all

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 required,

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 called to preach

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 the gospel,

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 but it is never

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 dependent entirely

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 on any one

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 individual Christian

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 to fulfill it.

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 In other words,

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 gospel progress

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 requires

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 gospel partners.

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 Christians ought

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 to link arms

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 with other

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 Christians

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 to evangelize

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 their neighbors,

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 their co-workers,

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 their family members,

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 and churches

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 ought to link arms

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 with other churches

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 to see more

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 gospel preaching

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 churches established.

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 This is how

00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.539
 the great commission

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.680
 will be fulfilled.

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 world.

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 We should know

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 this better

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 than anybody,

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 Siwe Bay,

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 shouldn't we?

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 Siwe Bay Baptist

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 Church probably,

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 and I only say

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 probably because

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 God can do

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 what He wants,

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 right?

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 But Siwe Bay Baptist

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 Church probably

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 would not be here

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 right now

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 apart from

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 partners in the

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 gospel.

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 First Baptist

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 Church,

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 Mount Pleasant,

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 Oakhurst Baptist

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 Church in Charlotte,

00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:49.900
 Lakeside Baptist

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 Church in North

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 Myrtle Beach,

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 Grace Baptist

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 Church in Asheville,

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 Life Church in

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 Athens, Georgia,

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 McDonough Road

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 Baptist Church in

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 Georgia,

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 Life Park Church

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 down the road

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 along with

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 dozens of

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 other individuals,

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 some of whom

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 you have met,

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 many of whom

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 you have not met.

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 these people

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 have seen a

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 need for a

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 gospel witness

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 here in this

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 community,

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 and so they

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 have partnered

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 with us to

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 make it happen.

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 You know what

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 that is?

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 That is the

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 abundant grace

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 of God on

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 display.

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 It is

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 evidenced,

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 it is seen,

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 it is manifested

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 visibly,

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 made visible

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 through their

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 partnership,

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 and you know

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 what I do

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 when I think

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 about these

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 partners in

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 the gospel?

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 I marvel at

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 the grace of

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 God.

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 See,

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 one reason why

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 we are called

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 to partner

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 together and

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 to link arms

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 together is so

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 that we might

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 see God's

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 power and

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 His grace at

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 work in the

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 lives of our

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 brothers and

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 sisters in

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 Christ.

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 Paul sees

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 it.

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 He thanks

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 God, but he

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 doesn't stop

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 there.

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 Look with me

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 there.

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 Look what he

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 does in verse

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 six.

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 He not

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 only prays

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 and thanks

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 God for

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 them, he

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 also sends

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 back some

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 encouragement

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 to them.

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 He lets

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 them know

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 that in

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 their partnership

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 he sees

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 evidence of

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 God's grace

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 at work in

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 them.

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 Look what

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 he says.

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 I am

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 sure of

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 this,

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 certain of

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 it, that

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 he who

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 began a

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 good work

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 in you

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 will bring

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 it to

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 completion

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 at the

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 day of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 One of the

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 most beautiful

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 verses of

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 assurance and

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 confidence in

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 all the

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 scriptures.

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 It is right

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 for me to

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 feel this

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 way about

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 you all

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 because I

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 hold you

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 in my

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 heart.

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 Why?

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 For you

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 are all

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 partakers

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 with me

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 of grace,

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 both in

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 my imprisonment

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 and in the

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 defense and

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 confirmation of

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 the gospel.

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 You know,

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 Paul knew a

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 little bit

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 about grace,

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 didn't he?

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 He was a

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 Pharisee,

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 a persecutor

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 of the

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 church.

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 He hated

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 the name

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 But what

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 happened?

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 How did we

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 get from

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 there to

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.519
 here?

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 Grace.

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 Christ

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 himself,

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.480
 the risen

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 Lord Jesus,

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 appears to

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 Paul,

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 revealed himself

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 to him.

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 He saved

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 him.

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 He gave

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 him a new

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 identity,

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 gave him a

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 new purpose

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 in life to

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 give it away

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 for the glory

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 of God.

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 to no

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 longer tear

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 down the

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 church,

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 but to

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 serve and

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 to build

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 the church,

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 to advance

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 the gospel.

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 And Paul

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 says,

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 that same

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 grace that

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 took me out

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 of my sin

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 and opened

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 up my eyes

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 that I might

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 see the worth

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 of Christ,

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 that same

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.660
 grace that

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 has changed

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 me, I see

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 it at work

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 in you.

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 And what

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 God started

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 in you,

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 church, he

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 is going to

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 complete it

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 at the day

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 You know,

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 we just

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 sang this

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 hymn.

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 I hope

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 you listened

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 to the

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 words,

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 complete in

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 thee.

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 Did you

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 notice this?

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 Yea,

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 justified,

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 O blessed

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 thought,

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 and sanctified

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.659
 salvation

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 wrought,

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.739
 thy blood

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 hath pardon

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 bought for

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 me,

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 and glorified

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 I too

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 shall be.

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 All three

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 pictures are

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 here in

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 this text.

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 Do you see

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:16.819
 it?

00:21:17.679 --> 00:21:18.059
 For the

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.919
 Philippians

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.779
 and for

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 you,

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.339
 this is

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 true.

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 The moment

00:21:22.219 --> 00:21:23.059
 the Philippians

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:24.019
 heard the

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.799
 gospel of

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.639
 Jesus Christ

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:26.680
 and believed,

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.480
 they are

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:29.019
 justified in

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 the sight of

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 God.

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 Declared

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.359
 righteous.

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.259
 God looks

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.799
 at them and

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.740
 he sees all

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.480
 the perfection

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.200
 of Christ.

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 They are

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.559
 legally,

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.879
 objectively,

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.900
 truly righteous,

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.000
 perfect in the

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.639
 sight of God,

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.279
 justified.

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 And yet we

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.519
 all know this,

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:50.980
 we're not

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.400
 perfect.

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.500
 God sees us

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.279
 as perfect,

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.960
 covered by the

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.279
 blood of

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.539
 Christ,

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.720
 but truly,

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.779
 experientially,

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.279
 really,

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.740
 in our day-to-day

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.019
 lives,

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.299
 are you

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.680
 perfect?

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 I'm not.

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.259
 We're not

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.720
 perfect.

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.839
 We are being

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:07.180
 sanctified.

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.139
 We are being

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:09.240
 made like

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.740
 Jesus.

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.900
 We are seeing

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.879
 the fruit of

00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.839
 our justification

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:14.480
 played out

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.960
 through

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.240
 sanctification.

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.759
 and Paul

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.019
 says,

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.120
 I see that

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.700
 in you

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.519
 through your

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.039
 partnership.

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.740
 I see that

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.299
 in you

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.960
 through your

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.559
 generosity.

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.220
 I see that

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.720
 in you

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.380
 through the

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.900
 ways the

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.299
 Lord is

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.140
 shaping your

00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.759
 mind and

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.079
 your heart

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.620
 to be more

00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.220
 like Christ.

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:30.640
 Your

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.440
 sanctification

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.339
 is proof

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.779
 of your

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.460
 justification

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.440
 and it

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.779
 gives me

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.279
 confidence

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.720
 in your

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.420
 glorification

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.900
 to come.

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.620
 We are

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.140
 declared

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.859
 righteous.

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.500
 We are

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.460
 being made

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.380
 righteous and

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:42.880
 one day,

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.500
 Paul says,

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.200
 you will

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.839
 truly,

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.839
 finally,

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.559
 be

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:48.119
 righteous,

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.679
 glorified,

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.159
 complete

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:53.399
 in thee.

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:53.959
 Here's the

00:22:53.959 --> 00:22:54.399
 good news,

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:54.699
 church.

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.919
 God finishes

00:22:55.919 --> 00:22:56.259
 what he

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.659
 starts.

00:22:58.419 --> 00:22:59.139
 God has

00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.699
 a no man

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.259
 left behind

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.799
 policy.

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.819
 He is

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.439
 not like

00:23:03.439 --> 00:23:04.079
 us where

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:05.000
 he starts

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.459
 a project

00:23:05.459 --> 00:23:05.859
 and it

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.259
 doesn't get

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.799
 done until

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.919
 months down

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.319
 the road.

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:08.699
 He doesn't

00:23:08.699 --> 00:23:09.119
 leave any

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.599
 projects

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.039
 unfinished.

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.699
 If God

00:23:10.699 --> 00:23:11.720
 has begun

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.419
 a work

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.139
 in you,

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.000
 you can be

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.699
 absolutely

00:23:14.699 --> 00:23:15.299
 certain

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.019
 that at

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.559
 the day

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.519
 of Christ,

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:18.700
 when the

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.200
 Lord Jesus

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.720
 returns,

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.079
 he will

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.700
 bring that

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.819
 work to

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.019
 his

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.599
 completion.

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 Gospel

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:24.859
 partnership

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.379
 produces

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.619
 praise for

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.159
 God's

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:27.799
 grace.

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.159
 But not

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.700
 only this,

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.319
 second,

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.740
 second,

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.180
 when we

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.159
 see God's

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.940
 grace at

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:34.000
 work through

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.139
 gospel partners,

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.500
 look what

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.839
 happens.

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.079
 We pray

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.759
 for more.

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:39.819
 We pray

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.339
 for more.

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.480
 Now,

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.379
 this is

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:41.799
 interesting,

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.259
 isn't it?

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.519
 Because,

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.019
 I mean,

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.440
 Paul has

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.000
 seen God

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.639
 do a lot.

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.059
 He's

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:47.279
 seen God

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.200
 save these

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.920
 Philippians in

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.740
 unthinkable,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.879
 miraculous ways.

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.420
 He's seen them

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.200
 grow up in

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.160
 Christ-likeness.

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.299
 He's seen them

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.119
 now share his

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.579
 heart for

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.039
 ministry.

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.639
 He's seen

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.599
 them give

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.519
 generously out

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:58.879
 of their own

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.440
 pocket to

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.220
 support him

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.700
 sacrificially for

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.220
 the cause of

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.680
 the gospel.

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.139
 And what does

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:03.400
 he do?

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.799
 He doesn't

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.019
 say,

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.639
 thank you,

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:04.839
 God,

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.359
 that's enough.

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.079
 He asks

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.759
 God to

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.759
 do even

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.519
 more.

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.399
 He says,

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.119
 I want to

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.519
 see God

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.539
 continue to

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.220
 shape you

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.720
 by his

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.059
 grace.

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.839
 If you

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.519
 will one

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.279
 day be

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.159
 complete at

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.500
 the return

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.119
 of Christ,

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.299
 and if that

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.059
 work of

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.720
 transforming

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.279
 grace has

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.379
 already begun

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.799
 in you,

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.579
 and I see

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:25.819
 it,

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.480
 and if I'm

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.159
 praising God

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.859
 for it right

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.460
 now,

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.879
 then I want

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.279
 to see it

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.299
 grow more

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.960
 and more

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.500
 and more.

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:31.839
 I want to

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.139
 see you

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.059
 shaped more

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.899
 and more

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.339
 and more

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.000
 by the grace

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.539
 of God

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.019
 so that I

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.139
 might magnify

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.780
 the glory

00:24:37.780 --> 00:24:38.220
 of God

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.860
 because of

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.100
 you,

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.520
 because of

00:24:40.520 --> 00:24:41.120
 God's grace

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.600
 in you.

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.460
 I want to

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.840
 see you

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.700
 become who

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.520
 you are

00:24:44.520 --> 00:24:45.360
 in Christ

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:45.700
 and who

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.040
 you will

00:24:46.040 --> 00:24:47.400
 be when

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.060
 he returns.

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:50.240
 Look with

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.540
 me at what

00:24:50.540 --> 00:24:51.060
 he prays

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.420
 for God

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.720
 to do

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.000
 in them.

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.420
 We see

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.060
 his prayer

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.520
 in verse

00:24:54.520 --> 00:24:55.000
 9,

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.340
 and then

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.440
 the result,

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.320
 the outcome

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.140
 of his

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.560
 prayer in

00:24:59.560 --> 00:25:00.380
 verses 10

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.200
 and 11.

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:01.759
 So here's

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.660
 what he

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:02.980
 prays.

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.380
 He prays

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.880
 verse 9,

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.160
 look there

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.500
 with me.

00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:05.780
 He prays

00:25:05.780 --> 00:25:06.300
 that God

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:06.880
 would work

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.600
 in them

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:09.020
 abounding,

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:11.120
 truth-rooted,

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.700
 discerning

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.580
 love.

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.760
 You see

00:25:14.760 --> 00:25:15.460
 all three

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.780
 of those

00:25:15.780 --> 00:25:16.200
 there?

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.460
 Look there

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.700
 with me

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.160
 to verse 9.

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.340
 It is my

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:19.720
 prayer

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:21.080
 that your

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.860
 love may

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.660
 abound

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.780
 more and

00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.200
 more

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.600
 with knowledge

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.440
 and all

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.060
 discernment.

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.320
 You see

00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:28.040
 each part

00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:28.260
 there.

00:25:29.020 --> 00:25:29.760
 Each phrase

00:25:29.760 --> 00:25:31.360
 is loaded

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:32.740
 with meaning

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.100
 for us

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.540
 to unpack

00:25:33.540 --> 00:25:34.040
 this morning.

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.920
 Abounding,

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.640
 truth-rooted,

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.960
 discerning

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.780
 love.

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.020
 And you

00:25:39.020 --> 00:25:39.160
 know,

00:25:40.020 --> 00:25:40.620
 this is

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.020
 really a

00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:41.280
 helpful

00:25:41.280 --> 00:25:41.820
 description

00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:42.560
 for us

00:25:42.560 --> 00:25:43.040
 as we

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:44.160
 think about

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.500
 how we

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.880
 can pray

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.420
 for our

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.920
 partners

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.740
 and even

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.680
 as we

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.600
 consider

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.520
 partnering

00:25:50.520 --> 00:25:51.240
 with other

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.840
 works.

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:53.860
 We want

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.200
 to be

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.620
 marked

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.880
 by abounding,

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.740
 truth-rooted,

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.300
 discerning

00:25:59.300 --> 00:26:00.600
 love.

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.220
 What does

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.640
 this mean?

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.920
 He first

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.740
 prays that

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.120
 their love

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:05.120
 may abound

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.680
 more and

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:06.980
 more.

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.820
 This is

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.480
 horizontal

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.340
 love.

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.880
 This is

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.720
 one another

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.640
 love.

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.180
 This is

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.540
 sacrificial,

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:15.880
 humble,

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.759
 selfless

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.340
 love for the

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.820
 sake of

00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.420
 the gospel.

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.480
 And church,

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.840
 love has

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.520
 to be at

00:26:21.520 --> 00:26:22.120
 the heart

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.000
 of any

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.460
 meaningful

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.040
 partnership

00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:24.460
 in order

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.860
 for it to

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.380
 last and

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.680
 in order

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.000
 for it to

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.540
 honor God.

00:26:27.780 --> 00:26:28.240
 You all

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.700
 know this.

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:30.360
 It's one

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.900
 thing just

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.559
 to check

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.940
 off a

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.360
 box,

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.000
 to write

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.700
 a check,

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.920
 to feel

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.279
 like you've

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.740
 done your

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.440
 duty,

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:37.840
 your good

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.140
 deed,

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.759
 but that's

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.100
 not necessarily

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:41.059
 love.

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.940
 That could

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.519
 just be

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.600
 obligation

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:46.440
 or duty

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.400
 or just a

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.900
 sense of

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.740
 I feel like

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.100
 I've done

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.559
 a good

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.080
 thing.

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.819
 Paul knows

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.120
 that these

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.500
 Philippians

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.880
 went out

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.059
 of their

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.460
 way to

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.880
 support

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.160
 his

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.640
 ministry

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.279
 and they

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.160
 sent people

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.680
 over there

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.640
 to fund

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.180
 the mission,

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.820
 to encourage

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.200
 him,

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.039
 but he

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.539
 knows that

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.500
 they did

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.900
 this not

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.400
 because they

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.759
 just wanted

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.160
 to do a

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.580
 good deed,

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.080
 but because

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.860
 they loved

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.340
 Paul.

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.799
 And they

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.640
 loved the

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.039
 gospel.

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.660
 They loved

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.580
 the mission.

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.019
 He says

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:12.039
 abound in

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.820
 this love,

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.360
 but not just

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.779
 any old

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.220
 love.

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.460
 Not just

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.860
 any old

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.060
 love.

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.440
 There's a

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.500
 shape to

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.940
 the love,

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.400
 isn't there?

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.100
 It's grounded

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.900
 and it's

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.820
 rooted in

00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:22.900
 the truth.

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.440
 This is

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.220
 abounding

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.120
 love with

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.420
 what?

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.220
 With

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.640
 knowledge.

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.900
 knowledge.

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.560
 He doesn't

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.160
 just want

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.700
 them to

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.380
 do,

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.460
 he wants

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.799
 them to

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.920
 know why

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.680
 they do.

00:27:36.820 --> 00:27:37.039
 That's

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.680
 knowledge.

00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:38.759
 Listen,

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.340
 love and

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.000
 knowledge are

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.880
 friends.

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.680
 We shouldn't

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.480
 pit them

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.980
 against each

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.180
 other.

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.720
 They go

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.360
 together.

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.640
 It's not

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:47.259
 good just

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.980
 to stroke

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.460
 a check

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.580
 and send

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:49.880
 it off

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.400
 to Paul

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.279
 or to

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.940
 Seawee Bay

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.440
 or to

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.539
 any gospel

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.360
 partner and

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.820
 not actually

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.980
 know why

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.579
 you're doing

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.000
 what you're

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.339
 doing.

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.759
 Other than

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.059
 you just

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.460
 think it's

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.660
 a good

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:00.940
 thing to

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.160
 do.

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.440
 I mean,

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.700
 it is a

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.019
 good thing

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.360
 to do,

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.240
 but why?

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.460
 Paul wants

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.759
 them to

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.740
 know why

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.360
 they're giving

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.920
 him this

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.240
 gift.

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.620
 He wants

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.900
 their love

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.279
 and their

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.299
 loving actions

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.200
 to be rooted

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.240
 in knowledge.

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.819
 And again,

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.460
 ultimately,

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.940
 this is knowledge

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:18.079
 of the gospel.

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:19.960
 I mean,

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.500
 Seawee Bay,

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:20.980
 if I could say

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.819
 anything about

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.200
 you,

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.099
 you are a

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:24.839
 big-hearted,

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:27.119
 loving-to-a-fault,

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.599
 generous,

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.339
 kind-hearted

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.099
 people.

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.700
 And I praise

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.419
 God for that,

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.899
 but listen,

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.240
 our love

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.799
 needs to be

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.859
 rooted in

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.500
 the truth

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.099
 of the gospel.

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.079
 Our actions

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.700
 of love

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.240
 need to be

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.539
 rooted in

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.980
 knowledge

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.419
 of the gospel.

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.299
 Why do

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.299
 Christians love

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.939
 one another?

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.279
 Well,

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.220
 we love

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.079
 because what?

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.559
 Because he

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.439
 first loved

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.759
 us.

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.539
 That's the

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.980
 gospel.

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.799
 Why do

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.259
 husbands,

00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:56.940
 why are we

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.259
 called to

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.759
 love your

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.220
 wives?

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.580
 We're called

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:58.960
 to love

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.360
 our wives

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.019
 as Christ

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.539
 loved the

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.900
 church.

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.240
 How?

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.200
 He gave

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.860
 himself up

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.240
 for her.

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.360
 That's why

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.799
 and how

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.200
 you love

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.740
 your wife.

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.559
 Christ humbled

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.460
 himself to

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.400
 bring eternal

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.000
 life to the

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.299
 lost,

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.380
 and so we

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.200
 go and

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.140
 follow in his

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.940
 footsteps and

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.480
 bring the

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.240
 gospel to the

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.779
 lost and to

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.320
 the perishing.

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.960
 God has been

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:19.160
 generous to us.

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.580
 What do you

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.240
 have that you've

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.000
 not received?

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.279
 God has been

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.180
 generous and

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.980
 gracious to us,

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:25.380
 and so we

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.420
 are generous

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.240
 for the sake

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.259
 of the glory

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.880
 of God.

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.160
 The deeper

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.840
 your knowledge

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.460
 of the truth,

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.160
 the greater

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.000
 your love

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.840
 should be for

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.220
 your brothers

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.920
 and sisters in

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.140
 Christ.

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.600
 They go

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.580
 together,

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.220
 Paul says.

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.160
 Grow in your

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.779
 knowledge of the

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.100
 truth so that

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.460
 you might

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.759
 grow and

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.920
 abound in

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.400
 your love.

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.779
 And with

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.420
 that knowledge,

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.200
 he prays,

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.840
 will come

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:48.299
 discernment.

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.700
 Now,

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.700
 when we

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.180
 talk about

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.759
 partnering for

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.319
 the sake of

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.859
 the gospel,

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.919
 partnering with

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.680
 other good

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.139
 works,

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.879
 this is

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.480
 incredibly

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:01.619
 necessary because

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.659
 the needs are

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.339
 so many.

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.720
 There are more

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.659
 needs than we

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.419
 can possibly

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.259
 begin to meet.

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.659
 And again,

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.399
 I know your

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:09.680
 heart,

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:09.899
 church,

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.339
 we're big

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.899
 heart people.

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.339
 We want to

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.139
 meet needs.

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.259
 We want to

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.019
 help people.

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:16.879
 But here's a

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.480
 word of caution

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.220
 for big

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.819
 hearted people.

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.519
 Not everybody

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.160
 can meet

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.879
 every need.

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.400
 Not every

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:27.259
 church can

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.579
 meet every

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.400
 need.

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.119
 I had a

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.460
 seminary

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.279
 professor who

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.079
 cautioned us

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.859
 as a room

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.319
 full of

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.759
 ministry

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.440
 trainees

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.139
 getting ready

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:37.400
 to go into

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.319
 churches and

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.639
 college campuses

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.539
 and communities

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:42.200
 and go bring

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.900
 the gospel.

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.420
 And he said,

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.380
 you need to

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.180
 know that the

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.279
 need is not

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.259
 necessarily the

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.560
 call.

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:52.279
 You may hear

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.580
 that a church

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:55.039
 needs help in

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.980
 the area of

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.980
 children's ministry.

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.759
 And you may

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.980
 love that church,

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.800
 abounding love.

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.140
 You may know

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.779
 that children

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:05.039
 need the gospel,

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.300
 but you need to

00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:07.100
 discern whether

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:08.180
 or not you are

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.060
 called to fill

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.960
 that need.

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.500
 The need is not

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:13.060
 necessarily the

00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.420
 call.

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.420
 We need love

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.560
 with knowledge

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.480
 and with

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.140
 discernment.

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.480
 And so

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:21.779
 here's where

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.259
 this applies

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.800
 to us,

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.300
 church.

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.420
 Over the

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.860
 past two

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.279
 years,

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.539
 we've given

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:29.140
 generously

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:30.500
 out of our

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.200
 budget to some

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.640
 excellent

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.500
 organizations.

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.180
 We've given

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.200
 to the

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.840
 Pillar Network.

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.480
 We've given

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.360
 through the

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:36.800
 cooperative

00:31:36.800 --> 00:31:37.759
 program to

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.279
 see churches

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.279
 established and

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.120
 the gospel

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.900
 advance throughout

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.519
 the nations.

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:43.319
 as we move

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.039
 into next

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.680
 year,

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.339
 you should

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.839
 know that

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:47.460
 we're prayerfully

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:49.579
 discerning how

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.579
 we might partner

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:52.079
 more directly

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.139
 with a gospel

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:54.660
 work to see

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.359
 other churches

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.019
 established.

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.500
 I came back

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.019
 from the

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.579
 Pillar Conference

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.720
 this past week

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.379
 with invitations

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.240
 to go to

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.480
 Colombia and

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.059
 to go to the

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.720
 United Kingdom.

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:08.339
 you imagine

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.819
 two more

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.680
 different areas

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.380
 of the world.

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.700
 But why?

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.279
 Why?

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:14.019
 Because churches

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.539
 are being

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.420
 established in

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.039
 these areas.

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.680
 Pastors need

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.220
 theological

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.019
 education.

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.319
 These churches

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:21.700
 need resourcing.

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.940
 They need help.

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.079
 There are needs,

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.720
 but the need

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:26.120
 is not necessarily

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:27.600
 the call.

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.940
 We need

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.559
 discernment.

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.319
 And for us

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.900
 to partner well,

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.440
 we need to ask

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.860
 good,

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.360
 good,

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.860
 discerning

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.819
 questions like,

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:34.979
 well,

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.259
 is this a gospel

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.679
 work?

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.019
 Is this something

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.500
 that would carry

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.339
 on if the gospel

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.000
 were removed

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.679
 from it tomorrow?

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.899
 Are we

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.639
 theologically

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:45.599
 and missiologically

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.719
 aligned with

00:32:46.719 --> 00:32:47.339
 this partner?

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.479
 Do I understand

00:32:48.479 --> 00:32:49.599
 the need that's

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:49.839
 here?

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.799
 Do I understand

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.659
 how we can

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.199
 contribute?

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:53.319
 Is this open-ended?

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.559
 Is it for a

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.500
 defined period of

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.819
 time?

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.839
 Do they exist

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.759
 to magnify the

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.500
 glory of God

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.099
 and the gospel

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:00.019
 just as we do?

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.479
 Or is their

00:33:00.479 --> 00:33:01.159
 mission something

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:01.919
 different?

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.240
 Church,

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.079
 we need

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:04.240
 discernment.

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:04.740
 And so,

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.699
 will you pray

00:33:06.699 --> 00:33:07.740
 this for our

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.039
 church?

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.039
 Will you

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.679
 pray this

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:13.480
 for me,

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.319
 for Treg?

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.039
 Will you

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.059
 pray that the

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.480
 Lord would

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.319
 grow us

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.899
 as a body

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.519
 in ever

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.599
 abounding,

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:22.000
 truth-rooted,

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:23.139
 discerning

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:24.039
 love?

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.379
 And let's

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.039
 trust that

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.199
 the result of

00:33:26.199 --> 00:33:26.740
 this will be

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.299
 verses 10

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.720
 and 11,

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:30.819
 that we might

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.599
 approve what is

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.399
 excellent and not

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.019
 what's false,

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:35.180
 that we will be

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.040
 blameless at the

00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:36.820
 day of Christ,

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.440
 that we will be

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.320
 filled with the

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:39.280
 fruit of righteousness

00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:40.320
 right now in the

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:40.660
 present,

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.300
 this righteousness

00:33:41.300 --> 00:33:42.200
 that comes not

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.120
 through us and

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:44.240
 our generosity and

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.900
 our sacrifice,

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.820
 but through Christ

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:46.840
 alone and above

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.360
 all,

00:33:48.540 --> 00:33:49.160
 above all,

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.360
 that God would

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:51.440
 receive all glory

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.460
 and praise

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:54.440
 for his work of

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.820
 grace.

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.140
 That's what

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.980
 gospel partnership

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.480
 produces.

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.599
 Jesus.

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.940
 I'll tell you

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.680
 one more story

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:03.380
 as we close.

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:03.920
 One of the most

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.779
 encouraging moments

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.460
 of my life,

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.240
 a couple years ago

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.319
 I was at the

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.000
 Pillar Conference

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.340
 and we had just

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.059
 arrived at

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.219
 Seaweed Bay a few

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:13.099
 months earlier

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:14.139
 and I went out

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.860
 to the tent

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.500
 for lunch.

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.240
 Everybody goes

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:17.360
 and we grab a

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.039
 sandwich and go

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.960
 sit outside under

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.780
 these big tents

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:21.460
 and around the

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.400
 table with me

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.400
 were four

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.860
 pastors.

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:27.420
 Dave from

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.120
 Oakhurst Baptist

00:34:28.120 --> 00:34:28.940
 Church in

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.760
 Charlotte where

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:31.260
 I served a few

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.760
 years out of

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.300
 seminary.

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.059
 There was Mike

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.860
 from Lakeside

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.800
 Baptist Church in

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.559
 North Myrtle Beach

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:38.320
 where I came from

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.320
 before arriving

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.140
 here who sent

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:41.240
 us here.

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.539
 There was Matt

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.440
 from First Baptist

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.620
 Church of Mount

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.539
 Pleasant and there

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.380
 was Treg Hallman

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:48.340
 from Seaweed Bay.

00:34:50.620 --> 00:34:51.500
 About ten years

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.660
 of my ministry

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.940
 assembled there

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.619
 in one table

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.299
 it was almost

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:56.099
 surreal to look

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.719
 around the table

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.819
 and say why are

00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:58.619
 we all sitting

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.879
 here right now?

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.639
 I'll tell you why.

00:35:01.379 --> 00:35:02.719
 Because these men,

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.119
 these churches

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.819
 have linked their

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:07.039
 arms together

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.399
 for the sake of

00:35:08.399 --> 00:35:09.239
 the gospel

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:10.179
 here in all

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.519
 and all.

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.779
 Here at Seaweed Bay

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.440
 and I'll tell you

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:15.319
 I praise God

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:16.119
 for his grace

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.940
 to our church

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.619
 through partnership

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:21.699
 and I pray for

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.039
 more.

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:24.259
 Let's do that

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:25.079
 now church.

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.519
 Father,

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.239
 would you grow

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.679
 us?

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.279
 Grow us in

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.139
 ever abounding

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:33.199
 truth rooted

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.799
 discerning love

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:37.139
 Father that we

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:38.079
 might know how

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.559
 you might use us

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.099
 for the advance

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.699
 of the gospel.

00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:43.839
 Lord we praise

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:44.440
 you for what

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.940
 you've done

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.399
 and what you're

00:35:45.399 --> 00:35:46.079
 doing here.

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.799
 We praise you

00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:48.299
 for our generous

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.480
 partners who have

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.719
 seen the need

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.259
 of the gospel

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.779
 here in this

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.119
 area.

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.859
 Lord we praise

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.919
 you for the

00:35:54.919 --> 00:35:56.239
 fruit that we're

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:57.019
 seeing reaped

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:58.319
 as the word is

00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:59.099
 proclaimed and the

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.939
 gospel is preached

00:35:59.939 --> 00:36:00.899
 and we pray for

00:36:00.899 --> 00:36:01.379
 more.

00:36:02.439 --> 00:36:03.519
 We want to see

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.559
 your grace in

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.139
 action.

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:05.739
 Lord,

00:36:06.459 --> 00:36:07.419
 sinners are saved

00:36:07.419 --> 00:36:08.039
 and the church is

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.299
 built.

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:09.799
 We pray all this

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.480
 to the glory and

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.159
 praise of God

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:12.199
 in the name of

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.579
 Christ.

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.839
 Amen.

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.000
 Amen.