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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Kids, you are excused to your King's Kids classes.

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 For you yourselves know, brothers, sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain.

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 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know,

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 we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.

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 For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive.

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 But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak.

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 Not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.

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 For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed, God

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 is witness.

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 Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have

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 made demands as apostles of Christ.

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 But we were gentle among you, like babes among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her

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 own children.

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 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel

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 of God, but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

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 For you remember, brothers, sisters, our labor and toil.

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 We work night and day, but that we might not be a burden to any of you while we proclaim

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 to you the gospel of God.

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 You are witnesses.

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 And God also, how holy and righteous and blameless we conducted our conduct towards you believers.

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 Was our conduct towards you believers.

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 For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you

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 and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and

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 glory.

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 And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which

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 you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as what it really is,

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 the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

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 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are

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 in Judea.

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 For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, who

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 killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and drove us out and displeased God and opposed

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 all mankind by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved.

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 So as always, to fill up the measure of their sins, what wrath has come upon them at last.

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 May God bless the hearing of his word.

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 Lord, is anybody changing?

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 Has all my sacrifices for the advancement of the kingdom been all for naught?

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 Have all my efforts in my ministries or marriage or parenting or attempts to share the gospel

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 with non-Christians, have they all been gospel efforts in vain?

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 Maybe you're a teacher in King's Kids or a mentor in King's Place or a leader in our youth ministry.

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 Maybe you are serving on the worship team, on the Connect team.

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 You're involved in the Sunday breakfast, in the women's or men's ministry.

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 You're a life group leader or you're a deacon or you're teaching a TDI class or you're an elder.

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 Maybe you've been wondering, am I making any kind of difference in anybody's life for Christ?

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 Has all this sacrifice been for nothing?

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 Maybe you're serving on multiple ministry teams.

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 You go to life group.

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 You gather Sunday after Sunday.

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 You're trying to share the gospel with non-Christians in your life.

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 But has it all been worth anything?

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 Have you found yourself asking that question?

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 If you look at chapter 2, verse 1,

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 For you yourselves know, brothers, that are coming to you was not in vain.

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 Not in vain.

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 1 Thessalonians was originally a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Thessalonica

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 around 4951 A.D.

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 He probably wrote it from Corinth.

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 And what you need to know about this letter that is now the book of 1 Thessalonians

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 is that this letter was to a brand new church just months old.

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 And right out of the gate, this church suffered hardship.

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 They were being afflicted because they were followers of Jesus.

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 And they were being afflicted by those who rejected the gospel.

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 They were hindering them.

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 Making life hard for them.

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 And on top of it all, just weeks, maybe months, after this church has been established,

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 Paul, Silas, and Timothy, this apostolic band, PST,

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 they leave all of a sudden under the cover of night.

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 So just imagine it.

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 This, these baby Christians of a brand new church in a hostile environment

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 are now experiencing an abrupt leadership vacuum.

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 It's ripe for all sorts of challenges.

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 Maybe there are influencers from those who had rejected the gospel,

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 and they're influencing this church,

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 and people in the church are maybe,

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 well, maybe they are right.

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 Maybe, maybe the gospel of Jesus Christ isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

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 Maybe it's not the only way to salvation.

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 Maybe they have a point.

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 Maybe Jesus isn't who Paul, Silas, and Timothy claimed him to be.

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 Or maybe you're in this church, and you're like,

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 why did they leave?

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 Were they in it for themselves?

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 Or maybe you're thinking,

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 you know what?

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 Were we just being naive?

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 Maybe there's more to the story than what we're hearing.

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 Here's what I want to convince you of this morning.

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 Our gospel efforts are never in vain.

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 Our gospel efforts are never in vain.

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 And from this passage, there are three reasons.

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 Reason number one, the gospel of God is the power of God.

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 That's reason number one.

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 Reason number two is that the gospel shapes how we go about gospel ministry.

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 Reason number three is the gospel shapes even how we receive the word of God.

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 It's all about the gospel.

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 So what I want to do is help you.

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 If you are wondering if your efforts are all in vain,

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 you're discouraged, disappointed, frustrated,

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 you're like, maybe I just need to be less involved.

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 Your gospel efforts are never in vain.

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 Because the gospel is God's power unto salvation.

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 So let's look at this first point.

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 The gospel of God is the power of God.

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 In verses 1 through 16, 1 through 12 primarily,

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 there are a number of things said about the gospel,

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 and it serves us well to be reminded of what the gospel actually is.

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 So the first thing I want you to notice is a prepositional phrase.

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 And I need your participation.

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 Here's the prepositional phrase.

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 It's just two words.

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 Of God.

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 Can you say that?

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 Okay, so I'm going to point you to a series of little phrases,

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 and then I'm going to look to you like this.

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 And then you're going to say, of God.

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 You ready?

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 There's a test.

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 2-2.

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 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi,

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 as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel.

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 Excellent.

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 Look at 2-8.

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 So, being affectionately desirous of you,

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 we were ready to share with you not only the gospel.

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 Oh, excellent.

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 Verse 9.

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 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil,

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 we work night and day,

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 that we might not be a burden to any of you,

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 while we proclaim to you the gospel.

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 Oh, we've got a pattern here.

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 Verse 13.

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 And we also thank God constantly for this,

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 that when you receive the word which you heard from us,

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 you accepted it not as the word of men,

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 but as what it really is, the word of God,

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 which is at work in you believers.

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 That of God is talking about the source of this message.

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 The Christian gospel has not been conceived originally in the minds of men.

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 The Christian gospel originated in the mind of God.

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 The source of the gospel is God.

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 It is His message, His announcement of salvation to all of mankind.

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 That's why in 2 Corinthians 5.20,

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 the apostle Paul, in talking about his own ministry,

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 he talks about the gospel as God making His appeal through us.

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 When we're talking about the gospel,

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 we're talking about God addressing people through the gospel,

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 calling for a response.

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 So what I want you to see in this first little prepositional phrase is

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 that the gospel is of God, not of man.

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 The second thing I want you to notice is that this is an appeal.

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 Did you see in verse 3?

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 For our appeal?

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 Our appeal!

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 This is a spoken appeal.

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 The Christian gospel is something that you proclaim,

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 something that you speak.

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 It's heard.

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 It calls for a response.

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 Maybe you've heard the St. Francis of Assisi quote,

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 preach the gospel always and sometimes use words.

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 Sounds great.

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 It's not true.

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 No matter how good your conduct is,

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 it will not save anybody.

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 There's only one thing that can save a sinner,

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 and that is the good news,

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 That's the only thing that can save.

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 Now, your conduct matters.

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 We'll get to that in a little bit.

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 But you need to understand that this gospel calls for a response.

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 It's spoken, and it's to be responded to.

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 It's not just to fall empty.

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 The third thing I want you to notice is what this gospel of God actually is.

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 Just a little background.

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 That word gospel, the Greek word, you want to know it?

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 Euangelion.

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 Can you say it?

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 Euangelion.

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 English speakers aren't used to saying things like that.

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 You know what a eulogy is?

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 That means a good word.

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 That little eu at the beginning of euangelion, that means good.

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 It means good news.

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 And back in antiquity, it was bigger than a religious use.

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 So, for example, there are these ancient records of the gospel being proclaimed,

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 the gospel of the birth of Caesar,

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 the gospel of the birth of a new Roman emperor.

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 And so they would send out messengers all around the Roman Empire,

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 and they'd go into towns,

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 hear ye, hear ye, I have good news of the gospel,

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 of the birth of a Roman emperor.

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 Emperor.

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 Or let's say the Romans,

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 they send out a legion to battle the barbarian horde in the area of Goth.

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 And they'd defeat the barbarian horde.

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 They would send messengers out to different places in the empire,

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 announcing a victory.

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 It was good news.

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 It was the gospel of a victory.

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 It was used in a variety of ways, this word gospel.

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 We even see it around World War II in these announcements of VE Day,

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 victory over Europe.

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 Can you imagine that on a picture of a newspaper?

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 That's the announcement of good news, victory over Europe.

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 VJ Day, victory over Japan.

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 It's good news.

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 It's a declaration of something that has happened.

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 Here's what that means.

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 There can be a variety of gospels.

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 There are different gospels.

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 There are different good newses.

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 And our world is full of man-made, counterfeit gospels.

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 If you were to sum up the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 you could sum it up in four moves, with four words.

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 God, man, Christ, respond.

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 If you want to unpack it more, I would recommend this book by Greg Gilbert.

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 It's a Nine Marks book, What is the Gospel?

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 It talks about God as your creator.

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 It talks about man as sinful, that our Savior is Jesus Christ,

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 and that the response is repentance and faith.

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 That's the gospel.

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 That's the gospel of God.

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 But we're living in a culture of different man-made, counterfeit gospels.

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 There's the political gospel.

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 The good news of conservatism.

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 The good news of pragmatism.

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 My concern about the MAGA movement is that it's being presented as a gospel.

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 There's moral gospels.

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 The gospel of what is right in your own eyes.

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 The gospel according to, if it's not hurting anybody else, don't worry about it.

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 There's the self-helper therapy gospels, which make counselors new priests.

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 There's the gospel of, I just need to be the best version of myself.

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 What is the gospel of Jesus Christ?

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 What is the gospel of God?

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 It's very simple.

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 It is God is the creator.

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 Man are sinners.

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 Christ is the Savior.

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 And then we must respond in repentance of faith.

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 You know, brings me to the last thing I want you to notice.

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 And that's got to do with power.

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 These man-made gospels, one of the things that is a problem about them is that, well, they're conceived in the minds of men.

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 And they have absolutely no power to rescue you from your sin.

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 None.

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 And another way that you can spot a false gospel is by paying attention to what that gospel is telling you to trust for your rescue, for your deliverance, for your salvation.

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 If that gospel is telling you to trust in an organization, or a human being, or yourself, there's no power there.

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 But if that gospel is telling you to trust in the God of the Bible for your salvation, we're getting to the gospel, the real gospel, the genuine gospel.

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 So none of these counterfeit gospels has the power to convert a sinner who is worshiping idols into a worshiper of the one and true God.

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 There's no man-made gospel that can transform your heart from living for things that are made to living for the creator.

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 There's no man-made gospel that can change a rebel to God into a child of God.

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 Only the gospel of Jesus Christ can do that.

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 The gospel of God is the power of God.

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 And so if you're like, hey, I'm just wondering if what I've been doing is all in vain.

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 The answer is no.

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 No!

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 Not if you're preaching this gospel.

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 It is the power of God to change people.

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 And to change people's eternity, change their standing with God.

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 It is radical in its power.

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 You know, when my dad taught me how to drive a golf ball,

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 he would say, Michael, let the club do the work.

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 The power is not in you, Mike.

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 The power is let the club do the work.

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 In a similar way, it's the gospel of God that does the power in changing people.

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 Not in our ability to persuade people.

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 Not in our ability to win an argument.

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 It's in the plain facts of the gospel.

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 It's in the plain facts of the gospel.

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 That God is our creator.

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 That man are rebels.

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 That Jesus is the savior.

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 And that our response is repentance and faith.

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 It's that simple.

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 It's that simple.

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 There's nothing in vain about that.

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 The second area, second reason why our gospel efforts are not in vain,

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 is what the gospel does in us.

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 The gospel shapes how we go about gospel ministry.

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 The gospel shapes our motives of why we tell other people about Jesus.

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 You see, this same gospel that saves us shapes the way we proclaim it.

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 There's the gospel message itself.

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 God is the creator.

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 Man is a rebel.

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 Jesus is the savior.

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 Our response is repentance and faith.

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 And then there's the way we communicate it.

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 One of the things we need to be aware of when we're talking to other people about Jesus

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 is we need to get the facts of the gospel right.

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 And we need to make sure our motives are right.

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 In verses 2 through 12, we have a listing out of different kinds of motives

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 in sharing the gospel.

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 You can lump them into two categories.

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 Not this way, but this way.

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 Don't share the gospel this way.

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 Share the gospel this way.

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 Let me just point them out.

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 In verse 3,

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 for our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive.

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 This is having to do with the content of the gospel.

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 We're not going to present a false gospel.

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 We're not going to present a partially true gospel.

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 We're not going to intentionally deceive people.

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 No, that's not how we do that.

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 One of my concerns in our telling other people about Jesus

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 is that we are doing some kind of adjustment, modifying of the gospel.

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 For example, there is a temptation for us to tell other people about Jesus,

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 but leave out sin.

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 To leave out our rebellion.

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 To leave out the consequences,

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 the eternal consequences of sinning against a holy God.

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 And we leave it out

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 because we don't want to offend people.

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 The sad thing, though, is

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 when you present a modified gospel like that,

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 it leaves people thinking,

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 well, what's the point?

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 What do I need to be saved from?

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 If there's no danger, if there's no rescue,

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 what's the point?

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 We face a huge temptation in our culture

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 to soften the gospel,

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 to make it palatable,

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 to make it unoffensive.

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 But that's not the gospel of God, gang.

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 The gospel of God will be offensive to people

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 because we're confronting people

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 in love for them with their sinfulness.

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 Here are some other not this ways.

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 In verse 5,

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 for we never came with words of flattery,

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 as you know.

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 Words of flattery,

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 you're using your words to manipulate people.

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 You're trying to praise someone

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 in order to gain some kind of credibility with them.

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 You're flattering them

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 so that you can be well thought of

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 with the hope that you will be less offensive.

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 Flattery is a manipulation.

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 Nor with a pretext for greed,

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 God is witness.

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 At this time that Paul's writing this,

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 there were charlatan preachers

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 cruising around the empire,

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 preaching a counterfeit gospel

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 with the hope of making a quick buck

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 and then moving on to another town.

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 They exist today.

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 Some are religious,

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 some are non-religious.

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 They're declaring to you

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 some kind of false hope.

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 It's not God is the creator,

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 man is a rebel,

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 Jesus is the savior,

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 and we must respond in repentance of faith.

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 Paul's very clear here.

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 We weren't there

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 to make money from you.

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 We'll see that come up

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 in a little bit again.

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 Verse 6,

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 nor did we seek glory from people,

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 whether from you or from others,

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 though we could have

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 made demands as apostles of Christ.

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 We did not seek glory from people.

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 We weren't in it for fame.

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 We weren't in it for power.

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 We weren't in it to get likes.

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 We weren't in it

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 in order to get some kind of esteem

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 and be well thought of.

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 You see,

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 all of these motives

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 that we're looking at here,

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 this flattery and greed

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 and vain glory,

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 it's all selfishness.

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 It's all a preaching of the gospel

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 for your own gain.

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 Fear of man would be another one in here

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 related to flattery.

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 And usually the fear of man shows up

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 in our not telling people about Jesus.

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 We don't proclaim the full gospel

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 because we fear being rejected.

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 And what that amounts to

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 is a quiet shame

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 over the gospel.

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 So we modify it.

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 Or we just stay quiet about it.

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 We are not to speak the gospel

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 in error

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 or from selfish motives.

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 Those are not of faith.

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 There's a better way.

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 But this way.

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 Verse 2.

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 Though we had already suffered

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 and been shamefully treated

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 at Philippi, as you know,

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 we had boldness

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 in our God

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 to declare to you

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 the gospel of God

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 in the midst of much affliction.

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 Boldness.

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 Not shame.

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 Spirit-born courage.

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 Remember what Paul said

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 Romans 1.16?

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 I am not ashamed of the gospel

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 for it is the power of God

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 unto salvation.

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 His confidence

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 in his unashamedness

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 was because he was convinced

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 of what the gospel was

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 and is able to do.

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 There's another reason

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 to make you bold.

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 If you look at the end

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 of this passage

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 in verse 16,

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 Paul is actually trying

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 to comfort the Thessalonians

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 and saying,

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 hey, those who oppose you,

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 God's wrath will fall upon him.

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 Vengeance is God's.

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 But it's a reminder for us.

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 God's wrath is coming.

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 There is a judgment day

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 when Jesus returns.

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 This is Matthew 25.

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 He will sit upon his throne

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 and all billions of the people

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 that have ever walked the earth

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 will be gathered before him

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 and he will divide them

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 into two massive groups.

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 The sheep and the goats.

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 One group are those people

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 who believe that Jesus

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 is the Christ for salvation

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 and the other group of people

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 are those who rejected it.

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 There's coming a day.

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 Most of the eight point

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 whatever billion people

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 on the planet right now

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 aren't typically thinking

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 that God's wrath is coming.

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 But we are.

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 And it makes us bold.

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 It helps us to cut through

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 the hype,

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.579
 the distractions

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 to what matters most.

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 In verse 9,

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 there's another,

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 but this way.

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 For you remember,

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.000
 brothers,

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 our labor and toil,

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 we work night and day

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.739
 that we might not

00:28:01.739 --> 00:28:04.019
 be a burden to any of you.

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 The work that he's talking about

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 is being a tent maker.

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 The apostle Paul would travel

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 and he had a skill

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.359
 of making tents.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.759
 Apparently,

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:15.000
 people needed a lot of tents

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 at this time.

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 But he would set up

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.980
 kind of a shop

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:21.440
 and he would make tents

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.119
 out of leather

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 and canvas apparently

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:25.139
 or other things

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:26.299
 and people would come

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.000
 into the shop,

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.440
 share the gospel with them.

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.220
 Silas would share

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 the gospel,

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.180
 Timothy.

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 And when they weren't

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.359
 making tents,

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.639
 they were out sharing

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.139
 the gospel.

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.779
 But the reason why

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.619
 they did that

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:40.819
 was to provide

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.579
 for themselves

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:43.739
 so they didn't charge

00:28:43.739 --> 00:28:46.639
 those hearing the gospel

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:48.500
 any kind of a fee.

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 It allowed them

00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:53.159
 to stay very clear

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.939
 of an accusation

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:55.159
 of being for the money.

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 They were sacrificial

00:28:59.439 --> 00:29:03.279
 in their hard work

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.899
 to not be a burden to them.

00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:06.000
 Verse 10,

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 we learn of other motives.

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 You are witnesses

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:10.039
 and God also,

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:11.539
 how holy and righteous

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.699
 and blameless

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:13.599
 was our conduct

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.539
 toward you believers.

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:17.059
 Holy, righteous, blameless.

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 Don't misunderstand that

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:20.379
 as a claim to perfection,

00:29:21.699 --> 00:29:22.579
 but it's claiming

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.619
 that they've been changed

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.079
 by God.

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 That they are being conformed

00:29:27.459 --> 00:29:28.259
 to the very image

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:29.319
 of Jesus Christ.

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 Holy, righteous,

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.339
 and blameless.

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 And that kind of life

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:36.220
 validated the gospel

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.139
 that they were preaching.

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.480
 That's where the Francis

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.720
 of Assisi quote

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.600
 is helpful.

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:42.340
 Preach the gospel always

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:44.480
 and make sure your life

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.520
 adorns it.

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.980
 We all know

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.780
 what happens

00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:52.000
 when your life

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:53.280
 communicates

00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:54.560
 a different message

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:56.100
 than the gospel itself.

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:58.259
 you will be either

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.159
 thought of as a fraud

00:29:59.159 --> 00:30:00.859
 or the gospel

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.539
 will be thought of

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.000
 as a fraud.

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:03.579
 One of the things

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.859
 we need to pay attention to

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:06.059
 is how we're living

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.740
 our lives.

00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:08.179
 We're not perfect,

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.500
 but are we striving

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.259
 to be holy

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.899
 and righteous

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.639
 and blameless?

00:30:11.959 --> 00:30:12.659
 Are we striving

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.779
 to be like Jesus?

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:16.240
 It will adorn

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.740
 the gospel.

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:16.779
 people.

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.960
 In verses 7, 8,

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.440
 and 11,

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.500
 Paul shifts gears.

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.920
 He makes a different

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.519
 kind of appeal.

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.180
 He talks about

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.420
 their relationships.

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.460
 In verse 7,

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.819
 he says,

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.019
 but we were gentle

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.480
 among you.

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.059
 Now,

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:36.059
 that word gentle

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.400
 in the original language

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.599
 actually means infant.

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 It actually means

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.519
 we were babes

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.079
 among you.

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.700
 We were infants

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.099
 among you.

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.899
 And the way

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.500
 it's being used

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.480
 is saying that

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.500
 we were innocent

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.419
 among you all.

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.819
 We're blameless.

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.639
 And then we read,

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.179
 like a nursing mother

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.799
 taking care

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.599
 of her own children,

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.119
 so being affectionately

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.899
 desirous of you,

00:30:56.959 --> 00:30:57.679
 we are ready to share

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.240
 with you not only

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.659
 the gospel,

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:00.019
 but also our own selves

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.219
 because you'd become

00:31:01.219 --> 00:31:02.559
 very dear to us.

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.000
 And so here is this picture.

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.579
 We've gone from

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.939
 an innocent baby

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:07.000
 among you

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.399
 to now a mom

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:09.939
 who's affectionate

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:11.099
 and desirous,

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.619
 a nurturer,

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.799
 trying to help

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.439
 and grow

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:15.500
 her own children.

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.839
 It's quite a picture.

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.859
 And then,

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.659
 verse 11,

00:31:20.959 --> 00:31:21.879
 for you know how,

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.879
 like a father

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:23.959
 with his children,

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.799
 we exhorted

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.639
 each one of you

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.519
 and encouraged you

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.539
 and charged you

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.259
 to walk in a manner

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.000
 worthy of God

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.559
 who calls you

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.939
 into his own kingdom

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.479
 and glory

00:31:31.479 --> 00:31:32.719
 like a stern father.

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.839
 So we have

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:36.019
 innocent baby,

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:38.119
 nurturing affectionate

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.459
 mother,

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.399
 stern dad.

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.440
 God.

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.880
 And it's not just

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:43.980
 one of these

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.240
 that characterized

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.320
 their relationship

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:47.380
 with the Thessalonians,

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.720
 but all of them.

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.120
 It was rich

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:53.940
 and it's familial.

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:56.080
 It's family.

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.420
 It's loving.

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.320
 It's good.

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:02.240
 And so what Paul

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.259
 is getting at here

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:05.500
 is how the gospel

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:07.839
 shaped his interactions

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:10.200
 with the Thessalonians

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:12.359
 to adorn the gospel

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.960
 preaching.

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.599
 There's one more

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:19.740
 aspect of this

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.559
 I want you to see

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:23.099
 and it's the driving

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:24.319
 motive

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:26.259
 for sharing the gospel.

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:28.259
 You ready?

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.460
 Verse 4.

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.240
 But just as we have

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.220
 been approved by God

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.859
 to be entrusted

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.500
 with the gospel,

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.740
 so we speak.

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:40.559
 Not to please men,

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:43.579
 but to please God

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:46.579
 who tests our heart.

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.759
 Who is Paul?

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.319
 What's motivating him

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.079
 to share the gospel

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.559
 with people?

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.160
 To please God.

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.200
 God.

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.000
 He's the one

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.960
 who tests hearts.

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.960
 He's the one

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.060
 who will hold Paul

00:32:59.060 --> 00:33:00.160
 to account one day.

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:02.519
 That is why Paul

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:04.040
 is sharing the gospel.

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:06.000
 We see it again

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.040
 in verse 5.

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.560
 But we never came

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:09.460
 with words of flattery

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.019
 as you know,

00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:11.380
 nor with a pretext

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:11.840
 for greed.

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:13.940
 God is witness.

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:16.440
 He is very aware

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.759
 that God

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.740
 is witnessing

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:20.320
 all of his actions

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:21.000
 in terms of

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.900
 representing God.

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:21.940
 God.

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.759
 Verse 10.

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.840
 Again,

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.620
 we read,

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.900
 you are witnesses

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:29.000
 and God also.

00:33:29.060 --> 00:33:29.660
 Another reference

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.660
 to God as witness.

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.259
 That is really unusual

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.880
 in the New Testament.

00:33:35.540 --> 00:33:35.940
 12.

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.200
 We exhorted each one

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.460
 of you

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.380
 and encourage you

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.000
 and charge you

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.840
 to walk in a manner

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.759
 worthy of God

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.920
 who calls you

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.820
 into his own kingdom

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.240
 and glory.

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:44.740
 Again,

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:46.519
 what was driving Paul

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.220
 in his faithful

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.800
 proclamation

00:33:48.800 --> 00:33:49.680
 of the gospel

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:51.299
 was not what men

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.039
 thought of him.

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.279
 It's what God

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.160
 thought of him

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.880
 and moving people

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:57.860
 to live their lives

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:59.360
 for the glory of God,

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.900
 advancing his kingdom.

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:03.160
 That's what was driving Paul.

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:05.779
 It was not selfishness,

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.480
 not that way.

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.599
 It was God's glory

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.940
 that way.

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.820
 And if you

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.579
 are engaging

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.760
 in gospel ministry,

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.720
 pursuing your marriage,

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:19.360
 raising your kids,

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:21.340
 and your motives

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.579
 are for God

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.500
 to be exalted,

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:25.140
 it is never in vain.

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.620
 It's never in vain.

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:30.059
 God is our witness.

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:33.539
 We proclaim

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:35.160
 the gospel of God

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:38.440
 in the way

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.820
 that pleases God.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:44.180
 The last reason

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:46.899
 is that the gospel

00:34:46.899 --> 00:34:47.379
 of God

00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:48.099
 shapes

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:50.940
 how it's received.

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.940
 And I'm going to be

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.299
 brief here

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:54.259
 just for the sake of time.

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.960
 Have you ever wondered

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:58.299
 what to be looking for

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:59.779
 when someone

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.659
 hears the gospel

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.579
 of whether or not

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:03.659
 it actually resulted

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.500
 in their conversion?

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:06.299
 Have you ever wondered that?

00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:07.779
 Parents,

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:08.659
 have you ever wondered,

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.139
 hey,

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:10.259
 what should I be looking for

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.960
 in my children

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:12.879
 to know whether or not

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.700
 they've become Christians

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.099
 or not?

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.000
 Well,

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.400
 we've got

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:18.460
 two pieces of evidence

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:20.660
 in verses 13 through 16.

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.400
 I'm not saying

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.940
 that they're the exhaustive,

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:24.820
 but we've got two.

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.599
 Let me point them out

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.920
 to you.

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:29.000
 The first

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.079
 in verse 13

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:32.660
 is,

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.640
 and we also

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:34.539
 thank God

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.920
 constantly for this,

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.079
 that when you receive

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.960
 the word of God,

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.619
 which you heard from us,

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.599
 remember the gospel

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:42.420
 is a spoken appeal,

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:44.480
 you accepted it

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.519
 not as the word of men,

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:50.119
 but for what it actually is,

00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:51.900
 the word of God.

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.839
 When you are

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:56.000
 talking to people

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.839
 about Jesus,

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.819
 what you are

00:35:58.819 --> 00:36:00.039
 paying attention to

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:02.279
 is how a certain person

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:05.259
 is hearing this news.

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:07.900
 Who are they hearing it from?

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:10.519
 We know that the

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:12.619
 Thessalonians,

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:14.519
 that they had received

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.440
 the gospel message

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.300
 in 1.5

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:18.360
 with full convictions.

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.099
 They were fully convinced

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:21.360
 that it was God

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.360
 appealing to them

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.360
 through Paul's preaching

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:24.220
 to repent

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:25.440
 and believe the gospel,

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.800
 that this was

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.059
 God at work.

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.880
 If someone

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:32.220
 hears the gospel

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.820
 of God

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.840
 and they think,

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:35.559
 this is interesting,

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.260
 but you know what,

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:37.560
 this is just one more take

00:36:37.560 --> 00:36:39.020
 on the whole religion thing

00:36:39.020 --> 00:36:41.540
 and it's just another attempt

00:36:41.540 --> 00:36:42.720
 man is trying to make sense

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.400
 of his own life

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.040
 in this world.

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:46.100
 They're not hearing it

00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:46.760
 as from God.

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:49.960
 The Spirit apparently

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:51.560
 is not at work

00:36:51.560 --> 00:36:52.460
 in them.

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:55.100
 But if a person,

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.820
 having heard the gospel,

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.640
 becomes acutely aware

00:36:59.640 --> 00:37:01.340
 of their real guilt

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.680
 for their real sin

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:04.880
 against a real holy God

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:06.780
 that has a real punishment

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:08.000
 for eternity

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:09.240
 by that God.

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.420
 And then they hear

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.860
 what God has done

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.860
 in his love,

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:16.180
 sending Jesus

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:17.539
 to pay

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:19.260
 for their sins

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.940
 in full,

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.740
 not in part,

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.780
 but the whole.

00:37:22.640 --> 00:37:23.660
 And they realize

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.900
 that this is God

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.840
 appealing to them

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.780
 in love.

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.360
 That this is God

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.300
 speaking to them.

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.420
 This is God saying,

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.940
 come to me.

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:34.300
 Be reconciled to me.

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.080
 I want to be

00:37:35.080 --> 00:37:35.880
 in a relationship

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.680
 with you.

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.280
 When they are hearing

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:39.360
 that and experiencing

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.539
 the Spirit of God

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.140
 is at work

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:42.019
 drawing them

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:43.240
 to himself.

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:47.920
 And if it's a true

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.740
 work of the Spirit,

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.640
 they will repent

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.519
 and believe

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.600
 in this gospel.

00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:53.220
 And at that moment,

00:37:53.580 --> 00:37:54.460
 they've crossed

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.260
 from death

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.039
 into life.

00:37:57.100 --> 00:37:57.780
 They've gone from

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.440
 being in the domain

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.960
 of darkness

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.280
 and being rescued

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.060
 into the kingdom

00:38:01.060 --> 00:38:02.060
 of the beloved Son.

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:03.259
 So one of the things

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.759
 that you're trying

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.639
 to pay attention to,

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.659
 one of the evidences

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.659
 of whether or not

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.980
 someone is saved or not

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:09.279
 is are they hearing

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:10.000
 this message

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.960
 as from God?

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.659
 That's who we're

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.239
 representing.

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.279
 We're ambassadors.

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:19.099
 The second piece

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.619
 of evidence

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:24.000
 is at the end

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.779
 of verse 13.

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:27.519
 But as what it really is,

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:28.199
 the Word of God,

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.440
 which is at work

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.119
 in you believers.

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.619
 You see,

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:32.259
 not only does the gospel

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:33.719
 make this initial

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.920
 converting impact

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.900
 in our lives,

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:37.199
 the gospel continues

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:38.900
 to work in us.

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:40.980
 It's like a nuclear reactor

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.779
 on a submarine.

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:43.659
 It just keeps on

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:45.500
 generating power,

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:47.500
 God's power in us

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.699
 to bring about

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.699
 lasting change.

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:51.099
 And the lasting change

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:52.239
 that the Apostle Paul

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:53.259
 points to here

00:38:53.259 --> 00:38:56.039
 is that the Thessalonians

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:58.219
 suffered gladly

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:59.500
 for Jesus.

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:02.579
 even as babes

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.380
 in Christ.

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:07.059
 That's why he can

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.719
 give thanks.

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.319
 He's fully confident

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:11.980
 that his coming

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:13.099
 to them was not in vain

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:14.880
 because the power

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.539
 of the gospel,

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.799
 because of the way

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.739
 that it was presented,

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:20.880
 and because of the way

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:22.940
 that it was received.

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:24.980
 If you're in the room

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:27.559
 and you've been wondering,

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:28.900
 hey,

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:30.559
 is my gospel effort

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.480
 in vain?

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.820
 The answer's no.

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.920
 Not if you're preaching

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:38.119
 the gospel of God

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:39.639
 as the power of God.

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:41.880
 Not if your motives

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 are being shaped

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 by this gospel,

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 and certainly not

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 if it's being received

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 in humility.

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 these are the things

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 that we're paying

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 attention to.

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 Now,

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 if you're not

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 a Christian,

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 and you're in the room

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 this morning,

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 the question is,

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 is God making

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 his appeal

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 to you today?

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 Is he calling you

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 to come to him

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 through Jesus?

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 And if you're like,

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 yes,

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 come find me

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 after the service.

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 We'll seal the deal.

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 Help you move

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 from death to life.

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 And live for him

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 forever.

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 Will you pray with me?

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 God,

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 we're so grateful

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 that this gospel

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 isn't just

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 a nice little

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 add-on to our lives.

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 That this gospel,

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 the gospel of God,

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 the true gospel,

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 the only gospel,

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 this is your power

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 of salvation

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 to all who believe,

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 and it radically

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 changes us.

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 It makes us

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 those who

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 once

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 lived for ourselves

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 into those

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 who now

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 live for you.

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 God,

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 forgive us

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 for

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 our fears.

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 Forgive us

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 for

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 modifying

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 your gospel.

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 Forgive us

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 for

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 shamefully

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 keeping silent.

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 Forgive us

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 for

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 thinking that

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 our salvation

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 is enough

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 and

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 all will be well.

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.320
 God,

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 we are so grateful

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 for the work

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 that you are doing

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 around the world

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 at this

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 very moment.

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 Father,

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 would you pour out

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 your spirit

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.880
 upon us,

00:42:00.660 --> 00:42:01.660
 Christ the King Church,

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 that you would

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 give us

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 clarity.

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 clarity of what

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 matters most

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 and that you

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 will give us

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 power,

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 boldness

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 to speak

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 and let the chips

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 fall where they may,

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 to live for you.

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:23.900
 God,

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 would you build

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:24.920
 your church?

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 Would you add

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 to your kingdom?

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 Would you bring

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 more and more

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 worshipers

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 into relationship

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 with you?

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 And we ask

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 this in the name

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 of Jesus,

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 our confidence,

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 our sufficiency,

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 our joy.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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