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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Amen. Thank you all.

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 There are a lot of people here this morning who've known me a long time.

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 That's exciting and fun for me.

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 One who's known me longer than almost all of those is my dad, who is here to open God's Word for us this morning.

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 I got to introduce you to him this summer when he preached and told you then that he is not only the one from whom I learned what it meant to be a man and a husband and a father,

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 but also learned of the love of God for me and of what it looks like to share that love with others.

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 He's been my pastor since I was born. I guess it kind of works that way.

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 And delighted that he is here to open God's Word for us this morning.

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 Billy Spink.

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 I always marvel at how the service fits together, and I had nothing to do with the selection of that offertory,

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 but I think it was chosen for me.

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 I need thee every hour, and I certainly need the Lord's help as we move forward in this service.

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 It's a special occasion for us as a family.

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 Many of us have gathered to celebrate with you as Will is installed here,

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 and it's a special joy for us to be able to be together with you at Southwood today,

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 and especially for me to be able to open God's Word to you this morning.

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 I would invite you to turn in your Bibles or in the Pew Bible to the book of Acts chapter 20,

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 and I've picked somewhat of an awkward passage to use this morning,

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 but I hope at the end of the sermon you'll realize it's not quite as awkward as it might at first appear.

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 We are making history today, and it's a rare opportunity for us to actually say that we are a part of history.

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 History is such a special thing, and most of it happens before our time or after our time or somewhere else,

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 but rarely do we feel like we are actually making history.

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 But we are.

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 History is marked by special dates,

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 dates that are remembered because of special occasions.

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 Let me get some audience participation here for a moment.

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 How many of you recognize the date October 31, 1517?

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 October 31, 1517.

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 That's not Halloween.

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 That is when the Reformation was essentially started through Martin Luther's work.

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 How about July 4, 1776?

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 Anybody kind of recognize?

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 Oh, yeah, I figured we'd get a few that would know that.

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 How about in Huntsville, Alabama,

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 the date of July 21, 1969?

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 Ah, okay, when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.

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 How about December 2, 1972?

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 December 2, 1972.

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 The famous Punt Bama Punt Iron Bowl.

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 Now, I just thrilled some of you and the rest of you have just left.

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 September 11, 2001.

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 We all recognize that date.

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 February 14, 2016.

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 February 14, 2016.

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 A day that will go down in history,

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 at least Southwood history,

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 as the beginning of a new chapter

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 in your church's ministry.

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 Imagine you're holding in your hand a book

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 that tells the history of Southwood Presbyterian Church.

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 Well, today you move into a new chapter in that book.

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 What names will be included in this chapter?

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 What events will be described?

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 Whose weddings or baptisms will be celebrated?

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 Will a revival come to Southwood and to Huntsville

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 and to this presbytery during this chapter?

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 What staff will be added?

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 What new faces will appear in the Southwood family portrait?

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 What ministries will be offered to children and youth

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 and men and women?

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 Only God knows the answer to those questions.

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 But isn't it exciting to think

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 that we are on the cusp of history today?

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 We are opening a new chapter of ministry

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 at Southwood Presbyterian Church.

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 Now, if you're interested in thinking about church ministry

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 and church growth,

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 there are lots of books waiting for your attention.

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 Everyone seems to have his opinion about what to do

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 and what not to do.

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 What to sing and what not to sing.

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 What to preach and what not to preach.

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 Some will suggest that to reach the world,

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 the church must be more of a reflection of the world.

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 Others will vehemently disagree with that statement.

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 What I would like to do this morning

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 is let the Scriptures be our guide

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 to the type of ministry God desires to see

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 in the local church.

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 This local church.

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 Acts 20 tells the story of the church at Ephesus.

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 The Apostle Paul had been there for three plus years.

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 He had ministered effectively there,

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 but compelled by the Holy Spirit,

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 he is moving on to Jerusalem.

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 So as he bids them farewell,

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 he calls for the elders to gather

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 and he shares his heart with them.

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 And this is what happens.

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 Acts 20 verse 17.

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 Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus

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 and called the elders of the church to come to him.

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 And when they came to him, he said to them,

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 you yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time

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 from the first day I set foot in Asia,

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 serving the Lord with all humility

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 and with tears and with trials that happened to me

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 through the plots of the Jews.

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 How I did not shrink from declaring to you

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 anything that was profitable

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 and teaching you in public and from house to house,

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 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks

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 of repentance toward God

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 and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And now behold, I am going to Jerusalem,

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 constrained by the Spirit,

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 not knowing what will happen to me there,

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 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me

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 in every city that imprisonment

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 and afflictions await me.

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 But I do not count my life of any value

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 nor as precious to myself.

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 If only I may finish my course

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 in the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus

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 to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

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 And now behold, I know that none of you

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 among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom

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 will see my face again.

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 Therefore, I testify to you this day

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 that I am innocent of the blood of all,

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 for I did not shrink from declaring to you

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 the whole counsel of God.

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 Pay careful attention to yourselves

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 and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit

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 has made you overseers,

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 to care for the church of God

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 which he obtained with his own blood.

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 I know that after my departure,

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 fierce wolves will come in among you,

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 not sparing the flock.

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 And from among your own selves

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 will arise men speaking twisted things

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 to draw away the disciples after them.

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 Therefore, be alert,

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 remembering that for three years

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 I did not cease night or day

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 to admonish everyone with tears.

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 And now I commend you to God

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 and to the word of his grace

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 which is able to build you up

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 and to give you the inheritance

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 among all those who are sanctified.

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 I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.

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 You yourselves know that these hands

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 ministered to my necessities

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 and to those who were with me.

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 In all things I have shown you

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 that by working hard in this way

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 we must help the weak

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 and remember the words of the Lord Jesus

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 how he said himself,

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 it is more blessed to give than to receive.

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 And when he had said these things

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 he knelt down and prayed with them all.

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 And there was much weeping on the part of all.

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 They embraced Paul and kissed him

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 being sorrowful most of all

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 because of the word he had spoken

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 that they would not see his face again.

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 And they accompanied him to the ship.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, these are your words

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 and we believe they are living and active

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 sharper than any two-edged sword

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 and we pray that by your Holy Spirit

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 you would take the truth contained therein

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 and write it upon our hearts and minds

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 as this new chapter of history

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 at Southwood Presbyterian Church unfolds

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 that it would unfold according to

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 your words prescription

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 and not our own desires.

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 Do a mighty work here we pray, oh God.

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 To your glory through Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 There is plenty in this text.

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 It's a very long text

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 and there is plenty that we could

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 spend lots of time on

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 but I would like to take from this text

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 four principles that I feel are critical

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 for the next phase of history

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 for Southwood Presbyterian Church.

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 Four things that I believe

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 the word of God would tell you

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 that you need to remember

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 as you move forward

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 and make the kind of history

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 that brings glory to God.

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 The first of those

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 is that we are to be alert

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 to the reality of spiritual warfare.

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 And I had to decide

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 which of these principles to put first

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 and I didn't originally plan

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 to put this first

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 but I thought this provides the context.

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 This provides the environment.

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 This establishes the climate

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 in which everything else comes

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 and it is my friends

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 that ministry happens

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 in the midst of spiritual warfare.

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 My wife and I enjoy receiving

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 our monthly copy of Branches.

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 We love to see and read

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 about what's going on here

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 at Southwood

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 and it is really a wonderful place to be

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 whether it's Trunk or Treat

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 or a Half K

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 or Falla Lodge

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 or Hay Day.

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 If I were living in Huntsville

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 this is where I'd be.

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 You all know what it is

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 to have a really good time.

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 But don't forget

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 that true biblical ministry

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 is done

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 in the context

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 of spiritual warfare.

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 It is a battle

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 to do ministry

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 not a picnic.

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 Paul didn't know

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 exactly what would happen

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 when he left Ephesus

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 but he says

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 I know this

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 verse 29

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 I know

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 that after my departure

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 fierce wolves

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 will come in among you

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 not sparing the flock

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 and from among your own selves

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 will arise men

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 speaking twisted things

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 to draw away the disciples

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 after them.

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 He says

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 I can't tell you

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 what's going to happen

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 specifically

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 but I know this

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 I know this

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 from the outside

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 and from the inside

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 ministry

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 is going to be all about

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 spiritual warfare.

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 It may be the consequence

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 of disobedience

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 or it may be

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 in the very midst

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 of obedience

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 but it will come.

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 Adam and Eve

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 didn't have to wait long

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 before the tempter

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 came to them.

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 The Lord Jesus

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 began his ministry

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 in the wilderness

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 being tempted

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 by the devil.

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 Paul will later

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 write a letter

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 back to these Ephesians

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 in which in the 6th chapter

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 he will talk about what?

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 Spiritual warfare

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 and the armor of God.

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 In fact

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 in this particular passage

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 he says

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 the Holy Spirit

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 testifies to me

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 in every city

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 that imprisonment

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 and afflictions

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 await me.

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 Spiritual ministry

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 happens in the context

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 of spiritual warfare.

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 Most of us would agree

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 that 9-11

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 has changed a lot

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 about the way we live.

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 The threat of terrorism

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 of the unknown

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 the unforeseen

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 the unexpected

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 is now just a way

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 of life for us

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 in this world

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 and safety

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 and security

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 are on our radar

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 all the time.

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 But if that's how we live

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 in a general way

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 how much more

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 should the church

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 understand

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 that as we move forward

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 in ministry

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 we should expect

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 anticipate

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 prepare for

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 and respond to

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 any form of opposition

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 that should come to us

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 from the outside

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 or again

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 from the inside.

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 Paul wanted the Ephesians

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 to remember that

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 and to tread

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 carefully

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 and prayerfully.

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 I love the words

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 of the hymn

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 lead on

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 O King Eternal

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 the day of March

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 has come

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 henceforth

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 in fields of conquest

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 thy tent

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 shall be our home

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 through days

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 of preparation

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 your grace

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 has made us strong

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 and now

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 O King Eternal

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 we lift

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 our battle

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 song.

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 May that be

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 the theme

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 of Southwood

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 as it goes forward

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 in the days ahead.

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 Principle number two

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 be convinced

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 of the centrality

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 of the gospel.

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 What the heart

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 is to the body

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 the gospel

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 is to the ministry

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 of the church.

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 Neglect your physical heart

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 and you will pay

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 the consequences.

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 You will reap

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 the benefits

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 or the lack

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 of benefits.

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 Nurture it

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 treasure it

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 preach it

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 live it

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 the gospel

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 and the power

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 of God

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 may be unleashed

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 among you.

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 Listen to what

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 Paul says

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 in verse 24.

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 He says

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 I don't account

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 my life

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 of any value

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 nor as precious

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 to myself

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 if only I may

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 finish my course

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 in the ministry

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 that I receive

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 from the Lord Jesus

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 to testify

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 to the gospel

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 of the grace

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 of God.

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 Why was he

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 on this planet?

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 Not to accumulate

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 a portfolio

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 of funds

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 and resources

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 and mutual funds?

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 He was on

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 this planet

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 to testify

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 to the grace

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 of God

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 the gospel

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 of the grace

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 of God.

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 It was the gospel

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 that consumed

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 his focus

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 and his energy

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 it was the gospel

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 that burned

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 in his heart

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 it didn't matter

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 what else he accomplished

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 if he failed

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 to herald

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 the gospel.

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 And so when he

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 writes to the Romans

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 he said

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 it's the gospel

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 that's the power

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 of God

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 unto salvation

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 to the Jew first

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 and also to the Greek.

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 When he writes

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 to the Corinthians

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 and he talks

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 about all the issues

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 that they're dealing

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 with in Corinth

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 he says

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 I determined

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 to know nothing

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 among you

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 except Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified.

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 When he writes

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 from a Roman prison

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 to the Philippians

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 he says

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 I'm surrounded

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 by people

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 that speak

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 the gospel

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 from envy

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 or selfishness

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 but hey

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 I rejoice

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 that the gospel

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 is going forth.

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 And to those

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 same Philippians

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 he says

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 only let your manner

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 of life

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 be worthy

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 of the gospel

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 of Christ

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 so that whether

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 I come and see you

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 or am absent

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 I may hear of you

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 that you are standing

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 firm in one spirit

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 with one mind

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 striving side by side

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 for the faith

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 of the gospel.

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 What a glorious

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 statement to make

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 as those of us

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 who leave town today

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 we go back

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 our separate ways

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 we say

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 I pray

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 that you will stand

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 arm in arm

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 side by side

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 hand in hand

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 for the message

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 of the gospel.

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 Sometimes we take

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 the gospel for granted

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 and act as if

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 we can graduate

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 from gospel application

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 to deeper things

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 and higher things.

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 I can assure you

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 when we think that way

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 the devil

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 smiles.

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 Principle number three

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 never forget

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 the identity

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 of the people

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 you serve.

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 Never forget

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 the identity

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 of the people

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 that surround you.

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 Look around you

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 at the people

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 in this congregation

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 this morning.

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 Who are they?

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 How many times

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 do we distinguish

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 ourselves

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 or identify

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 ourselves

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 by age

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 or vocation

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 or background

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 or college allegiance

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 or something else?

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 Sometimes we want

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 to be defined

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 by our successes

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 and sometimes

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 unfortunately

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 we are defined

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 by our failures.

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 But in the ministry

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 of God's church

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 all of that

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 is secondary.

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 Paul tells

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 these elders

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 in verse 28

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 pay careful attention

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 to yourselves

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 and to all the flock

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 in which the Holy Spirit

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 has made you overseers

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 to care for the church

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 of God

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 which he obtained

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 or purchased

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 with his own blood.

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 The people around you

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 are a flock.

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 Psalm 100 says

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 we are his people

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 the sheep

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 of his pasture.

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 Jesus saw people

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 as sheep

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 without a shepherd

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 and he had compassion

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 on them.

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 He said he was

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 the good shepherd

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 and he would lay down

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 his life for his sheep.

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 Verse 28 says

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 that he would purchase

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 the church of God

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 with his own blood.

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 We are not to be defined

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 by our job

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 or our age

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 or our position

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 or our allegiance

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 to this school

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 or that school.

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 We are to be defined

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 by our relationship

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 to God

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 through the gospel.

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 These sheep about you

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 will need tenderness

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 and patience

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 but they will also need

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 instruction

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 and correction.

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 They will demand

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 all the time

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 that you can give

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 to them

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 but they will then

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 bless you

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 in ways

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 that you could

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 never anticipate.

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 You know

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 it doesn't really matter

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 where you come from

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 in Huntsville.

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 What part of Huntsville

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 you've come from today

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 to be here at Southwood.

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 It doesn't matter

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 if you're still

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 an intact nuclear family

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 or whether that family

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 blew up some time ago.

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 It doesn't matter

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 if you appear

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 squeaky clean

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 on the outside

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 or have battle scars

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 on your faces.

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 When you come

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 through these doors

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 we all come

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 as sinners

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 in need of a savior

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 as sheep

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 in need of a shepherd

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 as broken

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 in need of healing

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 as strugglers

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 in need of help.

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 The diversity

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 that we see

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 among us

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.220
 is trumped

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 by our common need

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:14.319
 grace

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 and our common hope

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:18.059
 Christ.

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 And so Paul said

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 to the Galatians

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:22.220
 in Christ Jesus

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 you are all sons

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 of God

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 through faith.

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 There is neither

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 Jew nor Greek

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 slave nor free

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 male nor female

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 for you are all

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 one in Christ.

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 To the Corinthians

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 he would say

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 for just as the body

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 is one and as many members

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 and all the members

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 of the body

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 though many

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.579
 are one body

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.759
 so it is with Christ

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:40.440
 for in one spirit

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 we were all baptized

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 into one body

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:43.599
 whether Jew or Greek

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.879
 slave or free

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:46.160
 and all were made

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:47.460
 to drink of one spirit.

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.660
 The unity

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 that we have

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.420
 in Jesus Christ

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.640
 trumps all the diversity

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.759
 that would separate us

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.480
 from one another.

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.680
 And Southwood

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.660
 Presbyterian Church

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.619
 needs to move forward

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.339
 with that sense

00:19:59.339 --> 00:19:59.859
 of unity

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:02.000
 where rich

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.000
 and poor

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 black

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 and white

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 young

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 and old

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 tied

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 and war eagle

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 all find

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 in Jesus Christ

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 a unity

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 that propels you

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 forward

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 in ministry

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 to one another

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 and through this church

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 to the community.

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 Finally

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 principle four

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 remain devoted

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 to the priority

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 of faithful

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 biblical

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 instruction.

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 There are always

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 temptations

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 in ministry

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 to bounce

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 from one

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 contemporary issue

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 to the next

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 to always want

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 to sound relevant

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 and in touch

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 and to make

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 the congregation

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 feel like

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 they're on the

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 cutting edge

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 of current debate.

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 I confess

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 the fear

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 that I have

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 in my own heart

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 after 34 years

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 in the same place

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 is that someone

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 would describe

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 my ministry

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 as miles wide

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 and inches deep.

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 Miles wide

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 inches deep.

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 Paul certainly

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 seemed devoted

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 to faithful teaching.

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 He says in verse 20

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 I did not shrink

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 from declaring

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 to you anything

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 that was profitable

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 and teaching you

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 in public

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 and from house

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 to house.

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 I didn't back off

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 from anything

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 whether it was

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 public or private.

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 He says in verse 27

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 I did not shrink

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 from declaring

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 to you

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 the whole

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 counsel

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 of God.

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 That's a strong

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 statement.

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 The whole

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 counsel of God.

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 There wasn't anything

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 I was afraid

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 to talk about.

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 No issue

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 that I wouldn't raise.

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 He didn't hesitate

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 to demand

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 that people think.

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 He didn't apologize

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 for apologetics.

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 He valued

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 sound doctrine

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 and he appealed

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 for a response

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 to biblical truth.

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 Notice verse 21

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 testifying both

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 to Jews

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 and to Greeks

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 of repentance

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 toward God

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 and of faith

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 in our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Repentance

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 toward God

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 and faith

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 in the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 He said I pounded

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 that over and over

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 again.

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 Why?

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 Because it is

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 through repentance

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 and faith

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 that one comes

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 into the kingdom

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 and it is true

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 that through repentance

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 and faith

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 one walks

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 and travels

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 in the kingdom.

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 we cannot assume

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 that a busy church

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 is necessarily

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 a solid church.

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 There are lots

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 of churches today

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 that are keeping

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 their people

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 very busy

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 and very tired

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 but building

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 on a very sandy

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 foundation.

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 Theologian David

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 Wells recently

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 examined the weaknesses

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 of today's

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 evangelical church

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 and prescribed

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 some steps

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 toward renewal.

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 Listen to what

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 he says.

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 We must recover

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.600
 the lost word

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 of God.

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 If we do not

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 recover the

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:53.780
 sufficiency

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 of the word

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 of God

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 in our time

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 if we do not

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 relearn what it

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 means to be

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 sustained by it

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 nourished by it

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 disciplined by it

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 and unless our

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 preachers find

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 the courage

00:23:04.800 --> 00:23:05.540
 again to preach

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 its truth

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 we will lose

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 our right

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.980
 to call ourselves

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 Protestants.

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 We will lose

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 our capacity

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.460
 to be the people

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 of God

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 and we will

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 set ourselves

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 on a path

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 that leads

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 right into

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 the old

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.960
 discredited

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.420
 liberal

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.380
 Protestantism.

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 we have to

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.880
 recover a vivid

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 otherworldliness

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 by making

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 ourselves once

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.620
 again captives

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.360
 to the truth

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 of God

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 regardless of

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 the cultural

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 consequences.

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 That is

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 the first

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.220
 thing.

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 May Southwood's

00:23:36.520 --> 00:23:37.520
 reputation be in

00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:38.320
 this next chapter

00:23:38.320 --> 00:23:39.080
 of its history

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 that this is

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.560
 where the word

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.260
 of God

00:23:42.260 --> 00:23:43.760
 is faithfully

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 thoroughly

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.019
 and carefully

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.660
 taught

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 and if people

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.059
 want to come

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.680
 and leave

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.379
 because you

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:50.980
 take the word

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.379
 of God

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:52.240
 too seriously

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.940
 let that not

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.740
 distract you

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.339
 from the call

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.359
 to make disciples

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:58.259
 presenting everyone

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.279
 mature

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.599
 in Christ.

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.720
 So Paul

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.779
 leaves Ephesus

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.599
 wondering

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.700
 what's going

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.220
 to become

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.980
 of his beloved

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.099
 Ephesian church

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:10.779
 but he does

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.519
 not wonder

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.900
 without hope.

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.579
 In verse 32

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.220
 it says

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.700
 and now

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.319
 Paul says

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.960
 I commend

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.720
 you to God

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.559
 and to the

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.019
 word of his

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.519
 grace

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.480
 which is able

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.099
 to build you

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.559
 up and to

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:21.859
 give you

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.519
 the inheritance

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.200
 among all

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.700
 those who

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.599
 are sanctified.

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.440
 He says

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.900
 I commend

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.400
 you to God

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.059
 because after

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.639
 all it is

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.220
 God who

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.220
 bought his

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.599
 church

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.039
 and it's

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.420
 God who

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.039
 builds his

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.440
 church

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.299
 it's God

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.759
 who makes

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.420
 things grow

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.019
 it is God

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.480
 who works

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.879
 in us

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:36.559
 both to will

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.000
 and to do

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.599
 for his good

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:37.980
 pleasure

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.160
 it is God

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.660
 who is able

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.480
 to do exceeding

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.940
 abundantly

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.420
 above all

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.700
 that we

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.140
 ask or

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.580
 imagine

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.580
 it is God

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:44.039
 who is able

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.360
 to make

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:45.000
 all grace

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.640
 abound to

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.220
 us

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:48.600
 Paul says

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.019
 I commend

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.680
 you to God

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.980
 and to

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.320
 the word

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:52.559
 of his

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.059
 grace

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.900
 not just

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.340
 to the

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.680
 word

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.259
 grace

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.740
 we're

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.519
 great

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.140
 at taking

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.700
 the word

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.240
 grace

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.059
 and throwing

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.539
 it around

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.160
 all the time

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.860
 using it

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.420
 all the time

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.759
 so that it

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.420
 means relatively

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.880
 nothing

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:05.940
 but Paul

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.620
 says I commend

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.180
 you to the

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.460
 word of his

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.080
 grace

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.059
 for it

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.339
 is the

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.779
 word of

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:10.919
 his

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:11.319
 grace

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.519
 that

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.980
 revives

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.599
 the soul

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.619
 and makes

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:13.980
 wise

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.599
 the simple

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.759
 and rejoices

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.319
 the heart

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.980
 and enlightens

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.599
 the eyes

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.319
 and endures

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.119
 forever

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.980
 it is the

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.399
 word of

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.079
 his grace

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.899
 which is

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.359
 living and

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.679
 active

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.119
 sharper

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.579
 than any

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.240
 two-edged

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.119
 sword

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.059
 the word

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.299
 of his

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.619
 grace

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.019
 does not

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.500
 eliminate

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.159
 spiritual

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.779
 disciplines

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.439
 like prayer

00:25:29.439 --> 00:25:29.919
 and bible

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.379
 study

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.659
 it promotes

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.139
 those

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.799
 disciplines

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:34.019
 not in a

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.460
 have to

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.159
 mentality

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.220
 but in a

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.640
 want to

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.340
 mentality

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.140
 not to

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.640
 satisfy

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.300
 somebody's

00:25:39.300 --> 00:25:39.560
 list

00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:39.720
 of

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:39.980
 do's

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.120
 and

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.620
 don'ts

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.279
 but to

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.640
 build a

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.259
 relationship

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.920
 that satisfies

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.519
 you

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.779
 in the

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.400
 Lord Jesus

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.060
 himself

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.980
 how does

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.519
 that happen

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.580
 because the

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.040
 word of his

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.820
 grace always

00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:51.779
 points us

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 in one

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 direction

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 not to

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 ourselves

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 and not

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 to each

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 other

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 but to

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 the word

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 of grace

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 made

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 flesh

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 the lamb

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 of God

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 who takes

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 away the

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 sin of the

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 world

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 the one

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 from whom

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 we have

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 all received

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 grace

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 upon grace

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 God

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 and his

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 word of

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 grace

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 are able

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 to build

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 you up

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 and give

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 you an

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 inheritance

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 among all

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 those

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 who are

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 sanctified

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 February

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 14th

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 2016

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 a day

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 in history

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 you were

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 here

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 you were

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 here when

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 it began

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 this new

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 chapter of

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 Southwood

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 Presbyterian

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 Church history

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 is to

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 begin

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 to be

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 written

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 today

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 and I

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 would

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 hope

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 that the

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 pages

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 of this

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 chapter

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 will be

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 stained

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 by the

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 same

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 thing

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 that

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 marked

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 Paul's

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 labor

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 among

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 the

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 Ephesians

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 see if

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 you can

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 detect

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 it

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 Paul said

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 you

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 yourselves

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 know

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 how I

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 lived

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 among you

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 the whole

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 time

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 from the

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 first

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 day

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 that I

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 set

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 foot

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 in

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 Asia

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 serving

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 the

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 Lord

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 with

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 all

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 humility

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 and

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 with

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 tears

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 tears

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 therefore

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 be

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 alert

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 remembering

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 that

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 for

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 three

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 years

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 I

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 did

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 not

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 cease

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 night

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 or

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 day

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 to

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 admonish

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 everyone

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 with

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 tears

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 and when

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 he had

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 said all

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 these

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 things

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 he knelt

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 down

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 and prayed

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 with them

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 all

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 and there

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 was much

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 weeping

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 on the

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 part

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 of all

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 as they

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 embraced

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 Paul

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 and kissed

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 him

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 tears

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 you see

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 Paul's

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 warnings

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 were

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 sounded

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 in

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 love

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 the

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 gospel

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 was

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 declared

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 in

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 love

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 the

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 church

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 identity

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 was

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 cultivated

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 in

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 love

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 his

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.420
 instruction

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 was

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 given

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 and

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 received

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 in

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 love

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 the

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 important

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 thing

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 is not

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 ultimately

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 how

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 big

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 Southwood

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.380
 becomes

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 but

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.720
 how

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 deep

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 not

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 what

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.400
 the

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.779
 community

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.279
 thinks

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.640
 about

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 you

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:41.160
 but

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.320
 how

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.580
 much

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:41.880
 love

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.060
 the

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:42.480
 community

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.120
 sees

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.799
 in

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.100
 you

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.880
 not

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.060
 who

00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:45.500
 rises

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.880
 to

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.380
 lead

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.620
 but

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:47.799
 who

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.199
 bows

00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:48.439
 to

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:48.919
 serve

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.339
 not

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.539
 how

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.819
 much

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.179
 truth

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:50.359
 you

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.939
 accumulate

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.559
 but

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:51.739
 how

00:27:51.739 --> 00:27:52.000
 much

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.319
 love

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.479
 you

00:27:52.479 --> 00:27:53.039
 demonstrate

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.299
 not

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.500
 even

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.699
 how

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:54.939
 much

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.459
 recognition

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:55.759
 you

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.019
 gain

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.139
 in

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.259
 the

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.739
 community

00:27:56.739 --> 00:27:57.719
 but

00:27:57.719 --> 00:27:57.919
 how

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.179
 much

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.799
 glory

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.819
 God

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.679
 receives

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:01.979
 may

00:28:01.979 --> 00:28:02.219
 this

00:28:02.219 --> 00:28:02.659
 chapter

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.079
 end

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.359
 as

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:03.839
 Paul's

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.179
 did

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:05.039
 with

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.399
 tears

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.619
 of

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:05.939
 joy

00:28:05.939 --> 00:28:06.159
 for

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.519
 all

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.719
 that

00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:07.000
 God

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.199
 did

00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:07.419
 by

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:07.639
 his

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.159
 power

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:08.659
 and

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:08.859
 for

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.079
 his

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.579
 glory

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.219
 in

00:28:10.219 --> 00:28:10.379
 the

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:10.839
 lives

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.119
 of

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.619
 ordinary

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.299
 people

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.879
 who

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.199
 met

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.519
 an

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.119
 extraordinary

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:17.139
 savior

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.259
 in the

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.920
 classrooms

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.320
 and

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.120
 hallways

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.380
 and

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.040
 nurseries

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.360
 and

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.640
 youth

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.020
 rooms

00:28:22.020 --> 00:28:22.280
 and

00:28:22.280 --> 00:28:23.020
 sanctuary

00:28:23.020 --> 00:28:23.860
 of

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.520
 Southwood

00:28:24.520 --> 00:28:25.400
 Presbyterian

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.980
 Church

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:27.560
 and in

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:27.980
 the hearts

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.400
 of each

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.840
 of you

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.600
 as you

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:29.880
 begin

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.240
 today

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.660
 to write

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.120
 the next

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.620
 chapter

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.640
 in the

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:32.980
 history

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.380
 of your

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.960
 church

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.759
 write

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.220
 well

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.500
 my

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.120
 friends

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:38.240
 write

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.759
 well

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.920
 with the

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.420
 gospel

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.780
 before

00:28:41.780 --> 00:28:42.080
 you

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.600
 let's

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.820
 pray

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.360
 father in

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.520
 heaven

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.079
 thank you

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.359
 for

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.599
 this

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:44.960
 special

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.240
 day

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.759
 as we

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.519
 mark

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.960
 a new

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.319
 chapter

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.660
 in the

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.000
 history

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.200
 of

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.599
 Southwood

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.359
 Presbyterian

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.839
 Church

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.740
 a history

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.099
 that we

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.420
 are all

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.859
 excited

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.319
 to see

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.759
 develop

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.740
 before us

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.720
 may it

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.059
 be a

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.519
 history

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.900
 that is

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.240
 marked

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.619
 by the

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.079
 gospel

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.480
 of the

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.759
 grace

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.299
 of God

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.720
 may it

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.000
 be a

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.279
 history

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.660
 that is

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.099
 marked

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:02.200
 by impact

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.500
 for the

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.819
 glory

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.279
 of God

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.539
 and the

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.980
 extension

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.559
 of God's

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:04.879
 kingdom

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:06.900
 may it

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.160
 be a

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.480
 history

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.920
 in which

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.339
 ordinary

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.960
 people

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:10.720
 fall in

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:10.940
 love

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.299
 with an

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.819
 extraordinary

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.480
 savior

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.720
 and tell

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.299
 the world

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.900
 all about

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.200
 him

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.240
 for we

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.740
 pray this

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.200
 in Jesus

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.700
 name

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.920
 amen

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:25.980
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