WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.940
 Please take out your Bibles and turn with me to Philippians chapter 1.

00:00:07.379 --> 00:00:12.200
 For quite a few weeks now, we've had a pop in the sound system, and it's only one.

00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:18.400
 John and I were up here on Friday trying to diagnose it, and we could not recreate it, no matter what we tried to do.

00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:25.719
 We couldn't make it happen again, but this past Monday I had the opportunity to go to a conference in Atlanta,

00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:32.219
 at a well-funded, a well-equipped church, and I was so encouraged.

00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:33.840
 The same thing happened to them.

00:00:36.859 --> 00:00:39.659
 In fact, I went and told the sound guy, I know you didn't do anything wrong,

00:00:39.739 --> 00:00:43.679
 but I just want you to know that I was encouraged, because that happens to us sometimes,

00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:48.359
 and it's quite all right, isn't it? Wake you up a little bit.

00:00:48.879 --> 00:00:54.239
 Our text for today is Philippians chapter 1, verses 27 through 30.

00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:58.240
 Before I read it, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us.

00:00:58.900 --> 00:01:06.040
 It was written for his glory and our good, so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.659
 and to obey its commands.

00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:11.060
 Beginning in verse 27, Paul writes,

00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:36.760
 This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation and that from God.

00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:41.680
 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him,

00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:44.200
 but also suffer for his sake.

00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:50.900
 Engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:58.740
 The gospel, or good news, of Jesus Christ is truly good news.

00:01:58.739 --> 00:02:03.319
 It is the greatest declaration that this world has ever heard.

00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:09.079
 It is the news that people who have rejected the good reign of the creator God

00:02:09.079 --> 00:02:12.099
 and deserve eternal death

00:02:12.099 --> 00:02:18.500
 can be made alive because of the perfect life and substitutionary death of Jesus Christ.

00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:23.780
 Jesus lived the life required by the law of God,

00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:29.060
 a life that we could never and will never live,

00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:33.120
 so that in him we might be counted as righteous.

00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.000
 Jesus died the death that we deserved.

00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:41.719
 He bore the wrath of God that was due to us,

00:02:41.939 --> 00:02:46.580
 so that in him we might have all our sins forgiven.

00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:50.040
 For those who believe the gospel,

00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:56.640
 we add nothing to the equation of our salvation but our unholiness.

00:02:57.040 --> 00:02:59.880
 We only bring our sin.

00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:02.780
 It is God who does the saving.

00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:04.580
 He justifies.

00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:05.580
 He redeems.

00:03:06.300 --> 00:03:07.920
 He adopts.

00:03:08.460 --> 00:03:11.640
 And he does not do this on our merit,

00:03:11.939 --> 00:03:13.620
 but on the merit of Christ.

00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:16.400
 We are saved by grace alone,

00:03:16.580 --> 00:03:18.180
 through faith alone,

00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:20.319
 in Christ alone.

00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:24.060
 So, in that sense,

00:03:24.420 --> 00:03:26.640
 salvation is free.

00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:29.800
 Paul wrote in Romans chapter 6 and verse 23,

00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:31.180
 For the wages of sin is death,

00:03:31.259 --> 00:03:33.240
 but the free gift of God

00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:34.719
 is eternal life

00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:36.759
 in Christ Jesus our Lord.

00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:38.439
 But,

00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:40.680
 in another sense,

00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:42.540
 it is costly.

00:03:43.460 --> 00:03:44.180
 You see,

00:03:44.300 --> 00:03:46.159
 when Jesus becomes your Savior,

00:03:46.939 --> 00:03:50.420
 he also becomes your Lord.

00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.920
 You cannot separate out the true.

00:03:54.040 --> 00:03:55.020
 And those who are,

00:03:55.180 --> 00:03:55.780
 in fact,

00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:56.819
 in Christ Jesus

00:03:56.819 --> 00:03:58.580
 will willingly follow him

00:03:58.580 --> 00:04:01.180
 wherever he leads.

00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.200
 Where is it that our Savior and Lord

00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:07.040
 leads us?

00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:08.739
 He leads us

00:04:08.739 --> 00:04:11.039
 to radical self-denial

00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.000
 and to suffering.

00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:15.139
 Let me show you some

00:04:15.139 --> 00:04:16.959
 parallel texts

00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:17.899
 to this one.

00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:19.699
 Mark chapter 8,

00:04:20.259 --> 00:04:21.659
 verse 34 and following.

00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:22.599
 Jesus said,

00:04:22.699 --> 00:04:23.180
 If anyone

00:04:23.180 --> 00:04:24.939
 would come after me,

00:04:25.659 --> 00:04:27.120
 let him deny himself

00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:28.860
 and take up his cross

00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:30.500
 and follow me.

00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:32.459
 The cross is not a place

00:04:32.459 --> 00:04:33.560
 of mild discomfort.

00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:35.120
 The cross is a place

00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:36.500
 of death.

00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:38.139
 Verse 35,

00:04:38.259 --> 00:04:39.740
 For whoever would save his life

00:04:39.740 --> 00:04:40.360
 will lose it,

00:04:40.420 --> 00:04:42.040
 but whoever loses his life

00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:43.480
 for my sake

00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:45.040
 and the Gospels

00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:46.680
 will save it.

00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:49.420
 It's a costly call

00:04:49.420 --> 00:04:51.680
 to follow Jesus.

00:04:52.420 --> 00:04:54.420
 John chapter 15,

00:04:54.540 --> 00:04:55.579
 beginning in verse 18

00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:56.420
 and following.

00:04:56.579 --> 00:04:56.819
 Again,

00:04:57.300 --> 00:04:57.579
 here,

00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:58.399
 Jesus says,

00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:00.699
 If the world hates you,

00:05:00.699 --> 00:05:03.060
 know that it has hated me

00:05:03.060 --> 00:05:05.420
 before it hated you.

00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:07.759
 If you were of the world,

00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:08.839
 the world would love you

00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:09.759
 as its own,

00:05:09.819 --> 00:05:10.979
 but because you are not

00:05:10.979 --> 00:05:12.180
 of the world,

00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:13.240
 but I chose you

00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:14.959
 out of the world,

00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:16.180
 therefore,

00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:18.399
 the world hates you.

00:05:19.539 --> 00:05:21.060
 Remember the word I said to you,

00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:22.959
 a servant is not greater

00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:24.419
 than his master.

00:05:25.159 --> 00:05:26.439
 If they persecuted me,

00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:29.079
 they will also persecute you.

00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:30.839
 If they kept my word,

00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.500
 they will also keep yours.

00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:36.199
 I think a lot of people today

00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:38.319
 think subconsciously

00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:39.959
 that they are greater

00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:41.839
 than their master.

00:05:42.699 --> 00:05:44.220
 Those who follow Christ

00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:47.579
 follow him wherever he leads.

00:05:47.980 --> 00:05:49.259
 Radical self-denial

00:05:49.259 --> 00:05:51.399
 and suffering.

00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:53.500
 If we are to receive

00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:54.180
 the free gift

00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:55.420
 of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,

00:05:55.420 --> 00:05:57.460
 it is going to cost us

00:05:57.460 --> 00:05:59.060
 everything.

00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:00.800
 But beloved,

00:06:01.460 --> 00:06:03.280
 this is a trade

00:06:03.280 --> 00:06:05.360
 worth making.

00:06:06.020 --> 00:06:08.040
 It is far more excellent

00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:09.939
 to give up everything

00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:12.240
 that we might gain

00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:13.819
 Christ.

00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:16.740
 Jim Elliot very famously said,

00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:18.180
 I hope that this quotation

00:06:18.180 --> 00:06:19.020
 popped into your head

00:06:19.020 --> 00:06:20.160
 as I said those things.

00:06:20.300 --> 00:06:20.580
 Jim Elliot,

00:06:20.660 --> 00:06:21.160
 if you don't know,

00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:23.100
 was one of a couple

00:06:23.100 --> 00:06:24.080
 of Christian missionaries

00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:24.740
 who were martyred

00:06:24.740 --> 00:06:25.219
 in an effort

00:06:25.219 --> 00:06:26.379
 to preach the Gospel

00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:27.899
 to the Harani.

00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:29.139
 Somebody's going to

00:06:29.139 --> 00:06:29.939
 correct me on that.

00:06:30.039 --> 00:06:30.779
 People of Ecuador.

00:06:31.459 --> 00:06:32.159
 He said this,

00:06:32.719 --> 00:06:34.180
 he is no fool

00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:35.539
 who gives

00:06:35.539 --> 00:06:36.819
 what he cannot keep

00:06:36.819 --> 00:06:38.060
 to gain

00:06:38.060 --> 00:06:39.579
 what he cannot

00:06:39.579 --> 00:06:40.719
 lose.

00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:50.320
 If we are going to answer

00:06:50.320 --> 00:06:51.460
 the costly call

00:06:51.460 --> 00:06:52.200
 of the Gospel,

00:06:52.700 --> 00:06:54.600
 we are going to need

00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:56.580
 a robust theology

00:06:56.580 --> 00:06:57.960
 of suffering.

00:06:59.080 --> 00:07:00.460
 I am so grateful

00:07:00.460 --> 00:07:01.120
 that the Bible

00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:02.660
 is not silent

00:07:02.660 --> 00:07:03.940
 on this topic.

00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:05.620
 I am thankful

00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:06.720
 that we did not

00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:07.480
 have to have

00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:09.400
 some grand wisdom

00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:10.399
 to think that we

00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:11.159
 needed to prepare

00:07:11.159 --> 00:07:11.659
 the church

00:07:11.659 --> 00:07:13.079
 for suffering,

00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:14.079
 but the Bible

00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:15.719
 does it for us.

00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:16.599
 And as we open it

00:07:16.599 --> 00:07:17.099
 and read it

00:07:17.099 --> 00:07:17.979
 and get into it

00:07:17.979 --> 00:07:18.679
 and teach it

00:07:18.679 --> 00:07:19.439
 bit by bit

00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:19.959
 by bit

00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:21.560
 across the years,

00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:22.139
 I am grateful

00:07:22.139 --> 00:07:22.939
 that we have

00:07:22.939 --> 00:07:23.839
 some foundation

00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:24.560
 for this

00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:25.239
 in the life

00:07:25.239 --> 00:07:26.959
 of our church.

00:07:27.179 --> 00:07:27.859
 The Bible

00:07:27.859 --> 00:07:28.779
 instructs us

00:07:28.779 --> 00:07:30.679
 again and again

00:07:30.679 --> 00:07:32.359
 in this matter.

00:07:32.859 --> 00:07:33.779
 You cannot be

00:07:33.779 --> 00:07:34.939
 a reader of the Bible

00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:35.859
 and not see

00:07:35.859 --> 00:07:36.759
 that it is

00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:37.920
 teaching Christians

00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:39.439
 how they ought

00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:40.659
 to suffer.

00:07:41.719 --> 00:07:42.699
 So with all this

00:07:42.699 --> 00:07:43.099
 in mind,

00:07:43.180 --> 00:07:44.639
 let's study today's text

00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:45.339
 in the following

00:07:45.339 --> 00:07:46.620
 simple outline.

00:07:46.699 --> 00:07:47.599
 Two main points.

00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:48.079
 Number one,

00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:50.879
 the consistent conduct

00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:52.860
 the Gospel demands.

00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:55.699
 And number two,

00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:57.639
 the togetherness

00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:00.039
 the Gospel affords.

00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:01.779
 And of course,

00:08:01.819 --> 00:08:02.740
 I've got some sub points,

00:08:02.740 --> 00:08:05.120
 but the consistent conduct

00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:06.199
 the Gospel demands.

00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:08.720
 The togetherness

00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:10.579
 the Gospel affords.

00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:11.160
 So number one,

00:08:11.420 --> 00:08:12.340
 the consistent conduct

00:08:12.340 --> 00:08:15.060
 the Gospel demands.

00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:15.780
 And we see this

00:08:15.780 --> 00:08:17.379
 in verse 27.

00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:19.900
 Paul begins this section

00:08:19.900 --> 00:08:21.180
 by telling the Philippians

00:08:21.180 --> 00:08:22.680
 that they must live

00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:23.259
 in a manner

00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:24.460
 consistent

00:08:24.460 --> 00:08:25.980
 with the Gospel.

00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:28.160
 He begins the sentence

00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:28.980
 with the word

00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:30.040
 only,

00:08:30.460 --> 00:08:31.379
 which means that

00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:32.639
 if they are recipients

00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:33.860
 of the good news,

00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:35.200
 then they have

00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:36.480
 no latitude

00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:37.720
 but to live

00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:38.379
 in light

00:08:38.379 --> 00:08:39.379
 of it.

00:08:40.179 --> 00:08:41.019
 Our lives

00:08:41.019 --> 00:08:42.059
 are meant to model

00:08:42.059 --> 00:08:42.879
 the message

00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:44.259
 that we have embraced.

00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:46.279
 We began

00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:47.399
 by absolute

00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:48.240
 surrender

00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:48.960
 to Christ.

00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:50.759
 We threw ourselves

00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:51.759
 on His person

00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:52.639
 and work.

00:08:52.820 --> 00:08:53.679
 You become convicted

00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:54.399
 of your sin

00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:54.939
 and you see it

00:08:54.939 --> 00:08:55.299
 in the light

00:08:55.299 --> 00:08:56.259
 of God's holiness.

00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:57.539
 You know you have

00:08:57.539 --> 00:08:59.159
 a huge problem.

00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:01.279
 You know you need

00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:02.139
 as Savior.

00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:04.139
 And if this is true

00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:04.419
 of you,

00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.699
 you throw yourself

00:09:05.699 --> 00:09:06.939
 the mercy of God

00:09:06.939 --> 00:09:07.759
 found in the person

00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:08.159
 and work

00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:09.539
 of Christ.

00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:11.839
 We asked for it.

00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:12.059
 We said,

00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:12.959
 Lord, I know

00:09:12.959 --> 00:09:13.539
 you're merciful.

00:09:13.659 --> 00:09:14.519
 I know you will

00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:15.159
 supply it

00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:16.339
 in Christ.

00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:17.740
 And with that

00:09:17.740 --> 00:09:18.779
 kind of abandon,

00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:20.100
 we must

00:09:20.100 --> 00:09:21.559
 continue.

00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:24.319
 His phrase then,

00:09:24.539 --> 00:09:25.620
 only let

00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:26.839
 your manner

00:09:26.839 --> 00:09:28.259
 of life.

00:09:28.779 --> 00:09:29.379
 Let your manner

00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:29.779
 of life

00:09:29.779 --> 00:09:30.939
 is a single

00:09:30.939 --> 00:09:32.580
 Greek word.

00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:34.080
 You could also

00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:34.759
 render this

00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:36.620
 conduct yourselves.

00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:38.659
 Greek allows

00:09:38.659 --> 00:09:39.860
 for a high

00:09:39.860 --> 00:09:40.720
 level of

00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:41.759
 nuance.

00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:43.500
 I'm grateful

00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:44.220
 for a lot of

00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:45.399
 things in my life.

00:09:45.659 --> 00:09:46.320
 One of the things

00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:46.879
 that I'm thankful

00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:47.639
 for is that

00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:48.279
 I don't have

00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:48.740
 the task

00:09:48.740 --> 00:09:49.460
 of translating

00:09:49.460 --> 00:09:49.860
 the Bible

00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:50.419
 from Greek

00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:51.879
 into English.

00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:52.840
 I'm glad

00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:53.279
 that there are

00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:54.480
 more brilliant men

00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:55.019
 than I

00:09:55.019 --> 00:09:55.980
 that do this

00:09:55.980 --> 00:09:56.600
 work.

00:09:56.659 --> 00:09:57.220
 And in this case,

00:09:57.220 --> 00:09:57.800
 there's a single

00:09:57.800 --> 00:09:58.879
 word that they

00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:00.300
 expand out

00:10:00.300 --> 00:10:01.779
 in one case

00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:02.519
 into two words

00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:03.860
 and the ESV,

00:10:03.980 --> 00:10:04.420
 which I'm looking

00:10:04.420 --> 00:10:04.920
 at now,

00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.360
 into five.

00:10:06.680 --> 00:10:07.320
 There's a lot

00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:08.540
 of nuance

00:10:08.540 --> 00:10:09.160
 that Greek

00:10:09.160 --> 00:10:10.160
 allows for.

00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:11.180
 And so there's

00:10:11.180 --> 00:10:11.620
 some things to

00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:12.259
 point out about

00:10:12.259 --> 00:10:13.060
 this particular

00:10:13.060 --> 00:10:13.980
 verb.

00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:15.519
 I'm going to do

00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:16.399
 it fast and

00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:17.300
 not be nerdy

00:10:17.300 --> 00:10:17.860
 about it.

00:10:18.980 --> 00:10:19.460
 First,

00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:20.220
 it's in the

00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:21.240
 present tense,

00:10:21.620 --> 00:10:22.420
 which means

00:10:22.420 --> 00:10:23.259
 the exhortation

00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:24.800
 is always

00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:25.460
 active.

00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:26.240
 It's not a

00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:27.139
 one-time thing.

00:10:27.220 --> 00:10:27.500
 It's an

00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.060
 ongoing,

00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:29.040
 continual thing.

00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:29.379
 It's a

00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:30.200
 now and

00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:30.940
 forward

00:10:30.940 --> 00:10:32.019
 thing.

00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:34.060
 It's in the

00:10:34.060 --> 00:10:34.759
 middle voice

00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:36.160
 and it is

00:10:36.160 --> 00:10:37.160
 second person

00:10:37.160 --> 00:10:38.040
 plural,

00:10:38.400 --> 00:10:38.879
 which means

00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:39.820
 it's an

00:10:39.820 --> 00:10:40.420
 exhortation

00:10:40.420 --> 00:10:42.019
 for every

00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:42.920
 believer.

00:10:43.300 --> 00:10:43.680
 It's always

00:10:43.680 --> 00:10:44.320
 active and

00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:44.680
 it's for

00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:46.500
 every believer.

00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:48.139
 Steve Lawson,

00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:48.460
 who's a

00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:48.860
 contemporary

00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:49.620
 preacher and

00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:50.200
 commentator,

00:10:50.920 --> 00:10:52.040
 said this.

00:10:52.040 --> 00:10:52.920
 This could be

00:10:52.920 --> 00:10:53.800
 translated this

00:10:53.800 --> 00:10:54.220
 way.

00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:55.440
 It's a

00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:56.340
 grand

00:10:56.340 --> 00:10:57.540
 expansion.

00:10:58.600 --> 00:10:58.880
 He wrote

00:10:58.880 --> 00:10:59.220
 this.

00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:00.020
 Live

00:11:00.020 --> 00:11:00.700
 consistent

00:11:00.700 --> 00:11:03.460
 with the

00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:04.620
 gospel always.

00:11:05.400 --> 00:11:06.060
 Take action

00:11:06.060 --> 00:11:06.580
 with this,

00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:07.340
 all of you,

00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:08.140
 and that is

00:11:08.140 --> 00:11:08.640
 God's

00:11:08.640 --> 00:11:09.200
 command.

00:11:10.780 --> 00:11:11.340
 Live

00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:11.780
 consistent

00:11:11.780 --> 00:11:12.260
 with the

00:11:12.260 --> 00:11:13.140
 gospel always.

00:11:13.280 --> 00:11:14.220
 Take action

00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:14.800
 with this,

00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:15.600
 all of you,

00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:16.320
 and that

00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:17.920
 is God's

00:11:17.920 --> 00:11:18.920
 command.

00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:20.320
 So the

00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:20.680
 command to

00:11:20.680 --> 00:11:21.300
 only let

00:11:21.300 --> 00:11:21.640
 your manner

00:11:21.640 --> 00:11:22.160
 of life be

00:11:22.160 --> 00:11:22.920
 worthy of

00:11:22.920 --> 00:11:23.500
 the gospel

00:11:23.500 --> 00:11:24.299
 of Christ

00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:25.259
 is a

00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:25.559
 command

00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:26.259
 for every

00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:26.539
 believer

00:11:26.539 --> 00:11:28.179
 always.

00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:29.299
 And Paul

00:11:29.299 --> 00:11:30.080
 emphasizes this

00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:30.620
 by saying

00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:30.919
 so that

00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:31.360
 whether I

00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:32.080
 come and

00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:32.700
 see you

00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:34.340
 or am

00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:34.759
 absent,

00:11:35.659 --> 00:11:36.059
 we are to

00:11:36.059 --> 00:11:36.659
 live in a

00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:36.960
 manner

00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:37.779
 consistent

00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:38.620
 with the

00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.059
 gospel

00:11:39.059 --> 00:11:40.600
 consistently

00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:41.980
 all the

00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:42.299
 time.

00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:42.580
 We are

00:11:42.580 --> 00:11:43.240
 supposed to

00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:43.740
 be doing

00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:45.419
 this work.

00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:46.899
 Beloved,

00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:48.379
 obedience is

00:11:48.379 --> 00:11:49.120
 never

00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:50.560
 optional.

00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:52.240
 We are

00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:53.320
 not saved

00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:54.179
 by our

00:11:54.179 --> 00:11:54.919
 works.

00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:55.580
 We're

00:11:55.580 --> 00:11:55.919
 saved by

00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:56.200
 the work

00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:56.580
 of Christ.

00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:56.759
 We're

00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:57.360
 not saved

00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.019
 by our

00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:58.759
 works.

00:11:58.879 --> 00:11:59.419
 But people

00:11:59.419 --> 00:12:00.080
 who have

00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.100
 been saved

00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:01.960
 by the

00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:02.700
 works of

00:12:02.700 --> 00:12:03.139
 Christ

00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:04.700
 work to

00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:05.600
 live lives

00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:06.500
 of grateful

00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:07.360
 obedience.

00:12:07.700 --> 00:12:08.340
 We're called

00:12:08.340 --> 00:12:08.980
 to holiness.

00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:09.379
 We're meant

00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:09.879
 to be putting

00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:10.500
 off our

00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:11.500
 old selves

00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:12.240
 and putting

00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.259
 on our

00:12:13.259 --> 00:12:13.940
 new selves,

00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:14.740
 this reality

00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:15.620
 of who we

00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:16.539
 are in

00:12:16.539 --> 00:12:17.419
 Jesus.

00:12:17.560 --> 00:12:17.779
 We're supposed

00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:18.480
 to be growing

00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:20.039
 in that

00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:20.659
 truth.

00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:21.759
 We've been

00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:22.920
 set free

00:12:22.920 --> 00:12:24.139
 from bondage

00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:25.100
 to sin.

00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:25.399
 Do we

00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:26.220
 believe that?

00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:27.820
 We no

00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:29.080
 longer have

00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:30.139
 to by the

00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:31.100
 power that

00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:31.960
 Christ provides

00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:32.360
 by his

00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:32.759
 spirit.

00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:33.279
 Sin.

00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:33.659
 And we

00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:34.920
 can grow

00:12:34.920 --> 00:12:36.820
 in holiness.

00:12:37.940 --> 00:12:38.600
 Paul had

00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:39.240
 observed this

00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.159
 reality with

00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:40.899
 the Philippian

00:12:40.899 --> 00:12:41.759
 believers,

00:12:41.920 --> 00:12:42.100
 right?

00:12:42.180 --> 00:12:42.539
 He's not

00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:43.060
 rebuking

00:12:43.060 --> 00:12:43.399
 them here.

00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:44.080
 He's actually

00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:44.920
 encouraging them

00:12:44.920 --> 00:12:45.620
 to press

00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.580
 on.

00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.019
 And we see

00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:47.300
 this in

00:12:47.300 --> 00:12:47.620
 Philippians

00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:48.240
 chapter 2

00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:48.899
 verse 12,

00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:49.419
 the first

00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:49.740
 half of

00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:49.860
 it.

00:12:50.180 --> 00:12:50.360
 He says,

00:12:50.419 --> 00:12:50.580
 therefore,

00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:51.080
 my beloved,

00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:51.419
 as you

00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:52.139
 have always

00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:52.919
 obeyed,

00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:53.899
 so now,

00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:54.960
 not only

00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:55.539
 as in my

00:12:55.539 --> 00:12:56.080
 presence,

00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:57.820
 but much

00:12:57.820 --> 00:12:58.659
 more in

00:12:58.659 --> 00:13:00.519
 my absence.

00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:00.960
 And then he

00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:01.539
 tells them,

00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:02.139
 continue,

00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:02.759
 work out your

00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:03.340
 salvation with

00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:04.740
 fear and

00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:06.200
 with trembling.

00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:07.639
 We are

00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:08.320
 meant to

00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:09.539
 live lives

00:13:09.539 --> 00:13:10.720
 that respond

00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:11.639
 to the

00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.120
 gospel of

00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:13.820
 Jesus Christ.

00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:15.600
 God

00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:16.040
 secondly,

00:13:16.040 --> 00:13:16.720
 the

00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:17.540
 togetherness

00:13:17.540 --> 00:13:18.860
 the gospel

00:13:18.860 --> 00:13:20.040
 affords.

00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:20.660
 The

00:13:20.660 --> 00:13:21.260
 togetherness

00:13:21.260 --> 00:13:21.720
 the gospel

00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:22.080
 affords.

00:13:22.740 --> 00:13:23.080
 The gospel

00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:23.379
 of Jesus

00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:24.520
 Christ does

00:13:24.520 --> 00:13:25.160
 not save

00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:25.860
 us to

00:13:25.860 --> 00:13:26.540
 solitariness,

00:13:26.800 --> 00:13:27.740
 but saves,

00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:28.900
 purchases

00:13:28.900 --> 00:13:30.600
 us a

00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:30.960
 people.

00:13:31.640 --> 00:13:32.500
 We're not

00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:33.280
 saved by

00:13:33.280 --> 00:13:33.680
 ourselves.

00:13:33.760 --> 00:13:33.920
 We are

00:13:33.920 --> 00:13:34.240
 saved as

00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:34.620
 individuals,

00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:35.140
 but we are

00:13:35.140 --> 00:13:36.240
 saved as

00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:37.040
 a

00:13:37.040 --> 00:13:38.240
 people.

00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:39.720
 it's an

00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:40.039
 imperfect

00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:40.480
 people,

00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:41.779
 but it's

00:13:41.779 --> 00:13:42.200
 a people

00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:42.500
 who are

00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:43.100
 meant to

00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:43.759
 be a

00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.340
 wonderful

00:13:44.340 --> 00:13:45.919
 grace to

00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:46.279
 us.

00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:47.440
 If you've

00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:47.820
 been here

00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:48.240
 for very

00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:48.500
 long,

00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:48.759
 you have

00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:49.000
 heard me

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.240
 said,

00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:49.759
 the more

00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.379
 I mature

00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:51.259
 in Christ,

00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:52.320
 the more

00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:53.180
 I recognize

00:13:53.180 --> 00:13:54.120
 my great

00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:55.419
 need of

00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:55.940
 the church.

00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:56.940
 I am

00:13:56.940 --> 00:13:58.279
 not outgrowing

00:13:58.279 --> 00:13:59.100
 you.

00:13:59.560 --> 00:14:00.600
 I'm growing

00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.000
 in my

00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.580
 realization

00:14:01.580 --> 00:14:02.120
 of how

00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:03.820
 much I

00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:04.220
 need you.

00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:04.680
 What a

00:14:04.680 --> 00:14:05.340
 grace you

00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:07.000
 are to

00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.340
 me.

00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:08.460
 And it

00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:08.899
 troubles me

00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:09.100
 that there

00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:09.379
 are so

00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:09.820
 many people

00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:10.139
 in our

00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:10.639
 day that

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.420
 seem to

00:14:11.420 --> 00:14:11.920
 mature a

00:14:11.920 --> 00:14:12.080
 bit.

00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:12.440
 They seem

00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:13.320
 to understand

00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:13.639
 some of

00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.220
 the commands

00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:15.180
 of Scripture.

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:15.800
 They seem

00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:17.080
 to see a

00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:18.000
 healthy picture

00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.540
 of what the

00:14:18.540 --> 00:14:19.519
 church might

00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.480
 look like,

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.300
 and they

00:14:21.300 --> 00:14:21.840
 get frustrated

00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:22.240
 and they

00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:22.740
 abandon

00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:23.320
 church

00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.259
 altogether.

00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.379
 Other than

00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:26.399
 lending that

00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:27.100
 maturity and

00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:27.780
 helping people

00:14:27.780 --> 00:14:28.720
 see and grow

00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.040
 up in

00:14:29.040 --> 00:14:29.560
 faithfulness

00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:30.580
 to Christ,

00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:31.500
 they dip

00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:33.019
 out altogether.

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.500
 And again,

00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:35.620
 and again,

00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:36.960
 and again,

00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:37.700
 I see

00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:38.360
 these people

00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:39.960
 no longer

00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:40.460
 mature,

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.200
 and in

00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:41.340
 fact,

00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:41.639
 in many

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.040
 cases,

00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:44.120
 regress as

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.780
 they deny

00:14:44.780 --> 00:14:45.379
 themselves the

00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:45.920
 grace that

00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:46.379
 can be given

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.200
 to them in

00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:48.960
 the life of

00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:49.480
 a church.

00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:50.800
 We are an

00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:52.220
 imperfect people,

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:52.800
 but we have a

00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:53.660
 God who works

00:14:53.660 --> 00:14:55.160
 mightily as

00:14:55.160 --> 00:14:55.879
 we meet

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.259
 together.

00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:57.740
 We have

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.180
 noted over the

00:14:58.180 --> 00:14:58.560
 past few

00:14:58.560 --> 00:14:58.940
 weeks that

00:14:58.940 --> 00:14:59.399
 Paul's letter

00:14:59.399 --> 00:14:59.639
 to the

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.820
 Philippians is

00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:01.379
 deeply

00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:02.019
 personal.

00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.120
 This letter

00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:03.460
 does not

00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:04.360
 contain rebuke,

00:15:04.420 --> 00:15:04.680
 he's not

00:15:04.680 --> 00:15:05.120
 writing to

00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:06.060
 correct anything,

00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:07.519
 but only

00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.679
 encouragement.

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.039
 Recall

00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:10.459
 Philippians

00:15:10.459 --> 00:15:11.119
 chapter 1

00:15:11.119 --> 00:15:11.639
 verse 3

00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.339
 through 5

00:15:12.339 --> 00:15:12.679
 where he

00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:12.919
 wrote,

00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:13.439
 I thank

00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:14.239
 my God

00:15:14.239 --> 00:15:14.939
 in all

00:15:14.939 --> 00:15:15.179
 my

00:15:15.179 --> 00:15:15.559
 remembrance

00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:15.939
 of you,

00:15:16.359 --> 00:15:17.019
 always in

00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:17.799
 every prayer

00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:18.119
 of mine

00:15:18.119 --> 00:15:18.439
 for you

00:15:18.439 --> 00:15:18.939
 all making

00:15:18.939 --> 00:15:19.619
 my prayer

00:15:19.619 --> 00:15:20.719
 with joy

00:15:20.719 --> 00:15:21.759
 because of

00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.299
 your partnership

00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:22.919
 in the gospel

00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:23.659
 from the first

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:25.279
 day until

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:25.699
 now.

00:15:26.339 --> 00:15:27.559
 Paul is so

00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:28.919
 encouraging

00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.959
 toward them.

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:32.279
 But even

00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:32.779
 when Paul

00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.939
 was writing

00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:34.919
 to rebuke,

00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:36.179
 he also

00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:36.819
 found

00:15:36.819 --> 00:15:37.679
 opportunity

00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:39.259
 to encourage,

00:15:39.339 --> 00:15:39.639
 to be

00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.299
 grateful

00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:41.699
 for the

00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:42.159
 church.

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.019
 You begin

00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.559
 to read

00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:43.959
 Paul's

00:15:43.959 --> 00:15:44.559
 letters in

00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:45.120
 this way.

00:15:45.219 --> 00:15:45.339
 I mean,

00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:46.079
 he's really

00:15:46.079 --> 00:15:46.899
 harsh

00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.919
 things,

00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:49.000
 but he

00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:49.740
 is so

00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:50.899
 positive

00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.500
 about the

00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:51.959
 people that

00:15:51.959 --> 00:15:52.439
 he's writing

00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:53.539
 these things

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:54.559
 to.

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.559
 And Paul

00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:55.919
 wrote a

00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.439
 scathing

00:15:56.439 --> 00:15:56.839
 letter to

00:15:56.839 --> 00:15:57.360
 the Corinthian

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.800
 church,

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.820
 which

00:15:58.820 --> 00:15:59.399
 purposed

00:15:59.399 --> 00:15:59.879
 to bring

00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.340
 them

00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:01.419
 some

00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:01.740
 harsh

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.240
 correction,

00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:02.539
 right?

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.120
 They were

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.940
 an absolute

00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:04.960
 mess.

00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.019
 They were

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.580
 allowing for

00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.279
 unrepentant,

00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.440
 really gross

00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.060
 unrepentant

00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:09.440
 sin.

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:10.320
 They were

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:11.000
 factitious.

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:11.300
 They were

00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:12.060
 dividing over

00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:12.960
 silly things.

00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.379
 I follow

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:13.639
 Paul.

00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.080
 I follow

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:15.120
 Apollos.

00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:15.580
 They were

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.159
 unloving

00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.659
 toward one

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.000
 another.

00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:17.580
 They were

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.480
 proud.

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.159
 But listen

00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:20.620
 to Paul's

00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.440
 opening words

00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:22.639
 to them.

00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:23.320
 First

00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:23.620
 Corinthians

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.360
 chapter one

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.860
 beginning in

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.820
 verse four.

00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.240
 Sounds a

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:27.759
 little familiar

00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.220
 to our

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.580
 Philippian

00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:29.019
 text.

00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.419
 He wrote,

00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:31.779
 I give

00:16:31.779 --> 00:16:32.700
 thanks to

00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:33.139
 my God

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.860
 always for

00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:35.180
 you because

00:16:35.180 --> 00:16:35.539
 of the

00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:36.100
 grace of

00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:36.500
 God that

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:36.919
 was given

00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:37.580
 you in

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.539
 Christ Jesus

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.720
 that in

00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.100
 every way

00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.480
 you were

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.220
 enriched in

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:41.500
 him in

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.240
 all speech

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.840
 and knowledge

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.360
 even as

00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:43.980
 the testimony

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.620
 about Christ

00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:45.279
 was confirmed

00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:45.980
 among you

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.980
 so that you

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.220
 were not

00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:47.759
 lacking in

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.340
 any gift

00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:48.779
 as you

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.440
 wait for

00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.100
 the revealing

00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.539
 of our

00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:51.000
 Lord Jesus

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.340
 Christ who

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:52.840
 will sustain

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.259
 you to the

00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:53.940
 end guiltless

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.220
 in the day

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.419
 of our

00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:54.759
 Lord Jesus

00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.220
 Christ.

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.560
 God is

00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:56.980
 faithful.

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:58.200
 by whom

00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:58.720
 you were

00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.279
 called into

00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.620
 fellowship

00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.500
 of his

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:01.220
 son Jesus

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.879
 Christ our

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.220
 Lord.

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:04.900
 He's going

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.099
 to spend

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.740
 some chapters

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:07.380
 telling them

00:17:07.380 --> 00:17:07.700
 all the

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.039
 things that

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.920
 they did

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.279
 wrong but

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.880
 he begins

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.200
 in this

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.539
 way.

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.200
 Why was

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.960
 Paul so

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.720
 positive

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.860
 about a

00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:14.880
 people who

00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.200
 were such

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.880
 a mess?

00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:17.660
 Because

00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:19.579
 Paul gloried

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.440
 not in

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.079
 them but

00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.420
 in the

00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:23.039
 God who

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.480
 had saved

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.759
 them.

00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:24.720
 He had

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.440
 given evidence

00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.480
 God's

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.660
 grace to

00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:28.019
 them and

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.600
 so therefore

00:17:28.600 --> 00:17:29.220
 he was

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:30.059
 thankful

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:31.759
 for them.

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.240
 Further

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.980
 Paul knew

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.840
 what wretchedness

00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.660
 he had been

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:37.279
 saved from.

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:37.779
 He called

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.380
 himself the

00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:39.220
 chief of

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:40.180
 sinners.

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.500
 So he was

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.400
 humble and

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:42.860
 he bore

00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:42.880
!

00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:42.880


00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:43.820
 patiently

00:17:43.820 --> 00:17:44.759
 with the

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.160
 sinfulness

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.140
 of others.

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.039
 I wonder

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.700
 how different

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.180
 the church

00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:49.799
 might be

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.579
 if we

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.819
 became more

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.299
 concerned

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.440
 with our

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:53.680
 own

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:54.059
 sinfulness

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:55.379
 and less

00:17:55.379 --> 00:17:55.899
 concerned

00:17:55.899 --> 00:17:56.779
 with the

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.139
 sinfulness

00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:58.259
 of others.

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.059
 Not

00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.899
 unconcerned

00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:01.119
 but less

00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:01.680
 concerned.

00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:02.019
 More

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.519
 concerned with

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:02.819
 our own

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.159
 sinfulness

00:18:03.159 --> 00:18:03.720
 and less

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.220
 concerned

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:05.220
 with the

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.599
 sinfulness

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.940
 of others.

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.980
 Perhaps

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:10.159
 we would

00:18:10.159 --> 00:18:10.740
 see clearly

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.720
 to take

00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.240
 the speck

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.579
 out of our

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:12.919
 brother's

00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:13.940
 eye if

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.539
 the plank

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.819
 was removed

00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.339
 from ours.

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.679
 I think

00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:18.240
 the church

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:18.699
 would look

00:18:18.699 --> 00:18:20.399
 so different

00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:21.339
 if we

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.439
 extended the

00:18:22.439 --> 00:18:23.019
 kind of

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.419
 grace to

00:18:23.419 --> 00:18:24.019
 others that

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.659
 Christ

00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:25.500
 extends

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.859
 to us.

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.099
 So the

00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:29.559
 gospel affords

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.019
 us this

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.559
 togetherness.

00:18:30.679 --> 00:18:31.279
 It brings

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.879
 us together.

00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.299
 Let's look

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:33.559
 at some

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.279
 ways that

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:34.599
 it does

00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:34.799
 that.

00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.199
 So here's

00:18:35.199 --> 00:18:35.899
 your sub

00:18:35.899 --> 00:18:36.199
 points.

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.399
 Number

00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:36.879
 one,

00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:39.519
 the gospel

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:39.980
 affords us

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.799
 togetherness

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.819
 in standing

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.639
 firm and

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.980
 striving for

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.259
 the faith

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.480
 of the

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.799
 gospel.

00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:45.539
 Standing

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.119
 firm

00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:48.059
 and

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.579
 striving.

00:18:48.879 --> 00:18:49.219
 Again,

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:50.139
 verse 27,

00:18:50.239 --> 00:18:50.439
 I may

00:18:50.439 --> 00:18:50.979
 hear of

00:18:50.979 --> 00:18:51.319
 you that

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:51.739
 you are

00:18:51.739 --> 00:18:52.459
 standing

00:18:52.459 --> 00:18:52.959
 firm in

00:18:52.959 --> 00:18:53.519
 one spirit

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.139
 with one

00:18:54.139 --> 00:18:54.679
 mind,

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.399
 striving

00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:56.199
 side by

00:18:56.199 --> 00:18:57.679
 side for

00:18:57.679 --> 00:18:58.219
 the faith

00:18:58.219 --> 00:18:58.779
 of the

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.139
 gospel.

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.979
 Standing

00:19:00.979 --> 00:19:01.839
 firm means

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.379
 to be

00:19:02.379 --> 00:19:03.519
 stationary,

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.399
 to be

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:06.679
 unmoved.

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.819
 This is a

00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.500
 Greek military

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.500
 term commonly

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.539
 used of

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.379
 the front

00:19:11.379 --> 00:19:11.899
 line.

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.539
 It pictures

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:13.259
 a soldier

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:14.279
 not being

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.359
 pushed or

00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:16.099
 swayed.

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:17.299
 but holding

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.219
 his

00:19:18.219 --> 00:19:19.319
 position.

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.519
 He's got

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.239
 a spot

00:19:21.239 --> 00:19:21.979
 to stand

00:19:21.979 --> 00:19:22.299
 in where

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.939
 he will

00:19:22.939 --> 00:19:23.959
 not be

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:25.299
 moved.

00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.359
 Sometime

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:26.939
 ask Clay

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.619
 about Roman

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.259
 military

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.959
 tactics.

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.199
 I'll spare

00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:30.699
 you my

00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.859
 horrible.

00:19:32.159 --> 00:19:32.699
 He'll

00:19:32.699 --> 00:19:33.299
 enthrall you

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.559
 with it.

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.099
 I'll bore

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.099


00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.099


00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:35.439
 you with

00:19:35.439 --> 00:19:35.659
 it.

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.839
 But they

00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.519
 were trained

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.919
 for a

00:19:37.919 --> 00:19:38.439
 position.

00:19:38.739 --> 00:19:38.939
 And if

00:19:38.939 --> 00:19:39.359
 they gave

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:39.639
 up their

00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:40.159
 position,

00:19:40.459 --> 00:19:40.959
 it all

00:19:40.959 --> 00:19:41.419
 fell apart.

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:41.959
 The tactic

00:19:41.959 --> 00:19:42.819
 totally fell

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.139
 apart.

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.100
 They had

00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:45.000
 to stand

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.860
 firm.

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.620
 They had

00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.340
 to stay

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:48.380
 in their

00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:49.620
 spot.

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:50.740
 They didn't

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.040
 do it

00:19:51.040 --> 00:19:51.500
 alone.

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.220
 They did

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.860
 it shoulder

00:19:52.860 --> 00:19:53.740
 to shoulder

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:55.480
 to shoulder.

00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:57.560
 Striving

00:19:57.560 --> 00:19:57.940
 is from

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.660
 the Greek.

00:20:00.020 --> 00:20:00.560
 Here I go.

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.000
 Sunathleo,

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.100
 I think,

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.160
 from which

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.640
 we get

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.540
 the words

00:20:05.540 --> 00:20:06.600
 athlete

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.380
 or

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.420
 athletic.

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:10.240
 it pictures

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.400
 a maximum

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.460
 effort.

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.680
 If we

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.120
 were running

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.680
 a race,

00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:15.100
 this would

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.600
 be a word

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:15.960
 that would

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.500
 help us

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.039
 think of

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.240
 sprinting,

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.400
 not jogging.

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.160
 This is

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.880
 maximum

00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:21.940
 effort.

00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:22.840
 Standing

00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:23.300
 firm

00:20:23.300 --> 00:20:24.060
 and

00:20:24.060 --> 00:20:25.259
 striving

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.400
 together.

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.320
 What are

00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:28.600
 we to

00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:29.580
 stand firm

00:20:29.580 --> 00:20:30.440
 and strive

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.820
 in?

00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:32.220
 One

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.759
 spirit

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:34.200
 and in

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.539
 one

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.820
 mind.

00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:37.120
 Paul

00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.560
 uses these

00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.240
 two phrases

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.940
 to express

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.759
 the entire

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.559
 inner working

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.920
 of a human

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.279
 being.

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.339
 We are to

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.920
 stand firm

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.539
 and strive

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.859
 with all

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.880
 of our

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:48.319
 being.

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:49.559
 And don't

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:49.940
 lose that

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.380
 we're meant

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.000
 to do

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:52.039
 so

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.240
 together.

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.980
 William

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.579
 Hendrickson,

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.079
 a 20th

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.720
 century New

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.019
 Testament

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.500
 scholar,

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:59.120
 wrote of

00:20:59.120 --> 00:20:59.539
 these two

00:20:59.539 --> 00:20:59.980
 words,

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.680
 the unity

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.880
 here envisioned

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.599
 is one of

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:04.000
 striving and

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.400
 struggling

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.279
 side by

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.120
 side like

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:07.400
 gladiators.

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.680
 against a

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.100
 common

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:11.580
 foe.

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:13.080
 We don't

00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:13.720
 need to

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.480
 stand firm

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.580
 and strive

00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:16.540
 if there's

00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.200
 not something

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.780
 to stand

00:21:17.780 --> 00:21:18.420
 firm and

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.019
 strive

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:20.120
 against.

00:21:21.060 --> 00:21:21.720
 There's a

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.400
 foe.

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:22.920
 There's a

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.800
 common

00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:25.320
 foe

00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:26.580
 because we're

00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:26.860
 meant to

00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.220
 stand firm

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.680
 and strive

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.340
 for the

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.280
 faith

00:21:29.280 --> 00:21:30.780
 of the

00:21:30.780 --> 00:21:31.100
 gospel.

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:33.079
 So anything

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.740
 that is

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:35.139
 pressing

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.619
 against

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.019
 is a

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.419
 foe

00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:36.859
 to the

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:37.119
 faith

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.459
 of the

00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:37.859
 gospel.

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.419
 It's

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:38.719
 what we're

00:21:38.719 --> 00:21:39.079
 meant to

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.859
 stand firm

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.919
 and strive

00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.459
 together

00:21:41.459 --> 00:21:43.419
 against so

00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:43.659
 that we're

00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.119
 doing it

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:45.159
 for the

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.659
 faith

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.899
 of the

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.299
 gospel.

00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:48.659
 Paul here

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.039
 is referring

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.519
 to the

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.279
 objective

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.759
 truth

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.480
 of the

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.759
 gospel.

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.879
 We're

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.179
 to stand

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.619
 firm and

00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:55.319
 strive for

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.059
 the

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.439
 apostles

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:56.959
 teaching,

00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:57.659
 Acts chapter

00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.000
 2 and

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.659
 verse 42,

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.880
 for sound

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.560
 doctrine,

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.400
 Titus chapter

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.259
 2 and

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.800
 verse 1,

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.779
 and for

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.220
 the faith

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.560
 that was

00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:05.019
 once for

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.779
 all delivered

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.940
 to the

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.320
 saints,

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:09.440
 Jude chapter

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.860
 3.

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.440
 Now as

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.040
 an aside,

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:12.820
 this is not

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.580
 found in

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.140
 our text,

00:22:14.540 --> 00:22:15.420
 I think the

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.840
 church in

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.480
 our day is

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.920
 going to

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.420
 need to

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.779
 learn,

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.820
 so expect

00:22:18.820 --> 00:22:19.460
 this coming

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.100
 in the

00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:20.680
 coming months,

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.000
 how to do

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.800
 theological

00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:24.320
 triage.

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.320
 I know that

00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:25.660
 most of you

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:26.080
 don't work

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.320
 in an

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:26.840
 emergency room,

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:28.480
 maybe one

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.700
 of you

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.240
 does,

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.420
 but if a

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.819
 bus full

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.160
 of people

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:31.440
 were in

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.960
 an accident,

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.059
 all of those

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.420
 people would

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.640
 be in

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.019
 various

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.900
 conditions

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.860
 as they're

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.579
 rushed into

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.000
 the emergency

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.380
 room,

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.319
 and what

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.079
 doctors,

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.880
 sometimes charge

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.420
 nurses do,

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.960
 is they very

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.500
 quickly do

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:41.940
 triage,

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.900
 they establish

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.460
 who is

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.519
 most severely

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.120
 injured and

00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:46.099
 who is less

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.420
 severely injured,

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.860
 so they can

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.380
 address the

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.440
 needs of the

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.579
 room.

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.079
 That's why

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.339
 if you've

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.660
 ever broken

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.180
 your arm and

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.460
 gone to the

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:52.960
 emergency room,

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.599
 you sit for

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.940
 hours,

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.519
 because you're

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.799
 alright,

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.980
 you're going

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.460
 to be okay,

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.759
 they're going

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.180
 to take care

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.460
 of you,

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.140
 if you go

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.620
 in with a

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.240
 one-hoe-two

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.640
 fever,

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.319
 they're going

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.640
 to make you

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.259
 sit for a

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.500
 really,

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.240
 really long

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.740
 time,

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.579
 but somebody

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.059
 with a

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.680
 bullet wound

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:05.960
 is going

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.140
 to get

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:07.019
 rushed into

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.319
 the back,

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:07.740
 so this is

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.180
 what happens

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.980
 in an

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.460
 emergency room,

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.500
 triage,

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.259
 and we need

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.660
 to learn how

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.180
 to do that

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.000
 theologically,

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.000
 what are

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.259
 what are the

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.720
 things that

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.940
 first order

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:17.119
 issues for

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.559
 Christians,

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:20.299
 what are the

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.579
 things we're

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:20.740
 going to

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.400
 stand firm

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.039
 and strive

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.380
 together

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.460
 because they're

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.279
 under attack,

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.099
 it's those

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.579
 first,

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.500
 those primary

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.259
 doctrines that

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.140
 were meant to

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.140
 battle about,

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.660
 that's the

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:30.900
 stuff,

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.400
 all we've got

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.759
 to get in

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:31.880
 there,

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.559
 we've got to

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.099
 make sure the

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.779
 purity of the

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.900
 gospel is

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.779
 preserved,

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.700
 that's a fight

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.460
 worth fighting,

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.880
 right,

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.799
 that's a

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.360
 thing to

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:40.579
 die for,

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.279
 so many

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.100
 Christians today

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.759
 are in

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.700
 battles over

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:46.500
 tertiary

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.440
 issues,

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.279
 unimportant

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.900
 things,

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.180
 they don't

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.740
 matter at

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.500
 all,

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.240
 just

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.380
 embittered

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.440
 toward one

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.039
 another over

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.860
 stuff that

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:57.220
 does not

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.500
 matter,

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.299
 and there's a

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:00.039
 lot that matters

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.460
 in these

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.380
 first order

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.120
 doctrines,

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.220
 there's plenty

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.600
 for us to

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.000
 be standing

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.539
 firm and

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:07.440
 striving for,

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:09.259
 that stuff

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.220
 needs to be

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.440
 laid aside,

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.559
 so we're to

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.340
 do this work,

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.680
 this is an

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.880
 important work

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.480
 for us to

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.840
 be doing,

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.440
 and I'm

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.519
 going to

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.860
 take you to

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.279
 a parallel

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.680
 text,

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.180
 it's a bit

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.680
 lengthy,

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.120
 so if you'll

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.480
 turn there

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.819
 with me,

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.600
 keep yourself

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.019
 marked in

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.460
 Philippians,

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.059
 go to

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.620
 Ephesians

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.600
 chapter 4,

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.380
 I'm going to

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.620
 read you

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.220
 16 verses,

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.000
 I'm going

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.160
 to do it

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.380
 with some

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.360
 haste,

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.000
 with a

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.140
 couple

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.299
 little

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.680
 comments,

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.740
 beginning in

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.100
 verse 1,

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.799
 Ephesians 4,

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.579
 Paul writes,

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.079
 I therefore,

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.700
 a prisoner for

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.000
 the Lord,

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.600
 urge you to

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.019
 walk in a

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.559
 manner worthy

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:48.779
 of the

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.100
 calling to

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.360
 which you

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.620
 have been

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:49.920
 called,

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.460
 similar

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.920
 language,

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.340
 yes,

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.039
 with all

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.620
 humility

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:55.360
 and gentleness,

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:57.160
 with patience,

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.100
 bearing with one

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.220
 another in

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.640
 love,

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.000
 eager to

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.980
 maintain the

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.600
 unity of the

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.940
 spirit in the

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.640
 bond of peace,

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:04.880
 right,

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.180
 it's a

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.660
 unity that

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.520
 exists because

00:25:06.520 --> 00:25:07.120
 we're in

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.500
 Christ,

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.080
 we have the

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.520
 spirit,

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.020
 therefore,

00:25:09.520 --> 00:25:09.960
 and that's the

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.340
 thing we have

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:10.900
 to work to

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.240
 preserve,

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.660
 there is one

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.200
 body and one

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.440
 spirit,

00:25:13.540 --> 00:25:13.820
 just as you

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.340
 are called to

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.020
 the one hope

00:25:15.020 --> 00:25:15.680
 that belongs to

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.100
 your call,

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.960
 one Lord,

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.600
 one faith,

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.560
 one baptism,

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.380
 one God and

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.920
 father of all,

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.620
 who is over all

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.420
 and through all

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.800
 and in all,

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.159
 but grace was

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.619
 given to each

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.000
 one of us

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.419
 according to

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:25.919
 the measure of

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.539
 Christ's gift,

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.079
 therefore it

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.339
 says,

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:27.879
 when he ascended

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:28.279
 on high,

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.000
 he led a host

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.519
 of captives

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.720
 and gave gifts

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.579
 to men,

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.720
 and saying he

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.019
 ascended,

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.440
 what does it

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.819
 mean but that

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.659
 he also descended

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.039
 into the lower

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.440
 regions,

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.200
 the earth,

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.240
 he who descended

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.759
 is the one who

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.639
 also ascended

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.379
 far above all

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.940
 the heavens that

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.700
 he might fill

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.960
 all things,

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.639
 and I love that

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.859
 parenthetical

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.720
 insertion because

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.819
 Paul just loves

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.319
 to speak about

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.759
 the glory of

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.079
 Christ,

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.460
 right,

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.740
 inserts that

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.299
 into the middle

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.839
 of this,

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.899
 verse 11,

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.960
 and he gave

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.519
 the apostles,

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.500
 the prophets,

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.259
 the evangelists,

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.940
 the shepherds,

00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:56.280
 and teachers,

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.200
 I would argue,

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.040
 although not at

00:25:58.040 --> 00:25:58.620
 length now,

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.700
 that the apostles

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.180
 and prophets,

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.400
 we have as a

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.720
 gift to the

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.380
 church in the

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.960
 form of the

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.220
 scripture,

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:03.740
 right,

00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:04.300
 we've got the

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:04.800
 Old Testament

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:05.340
 and we've got

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.680
 the New Testament,

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.580
 we have people

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:07.980
 who are gifted

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.780
 in evangelism,

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.040
 who are meant

00:26:09.040 --> 00:26:09.660
 to help all

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.180
 of us be

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.780
 evangelists,

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.560
 and we have

00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:12.420
 shepherd teachers,

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.280
 pastors who

00:26:13.280 --> 00:26:14.120
 shepherd the

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.440
 flock,

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.620
 for what purpose,

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:15.960
 why,

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.600
 why were the

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.019
 gifts given

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.880
 to the church,

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.920
 verse 12,

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.460
 to equip the

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.220
 saints for the

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.860
 work of ministry,

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.560
 your work,

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.019
 the work of

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.259
 ministry,

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.400
 for building up

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.000
 the body of

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.480
 Christ,

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.880
 until we all

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.680
 attain to the

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:30.140
 unity of the

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.660
 faith,

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.460
 the word there,

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.000
 the faith,

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.800
 and of the

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.680
 knowledge of the

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.440
 Son of God,

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.620
 to mature manhood,

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.259
 to the measure

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:37.380
 of the stature

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.800
 of the fullness

00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:40.380
 of Christ,

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.460
 why,

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.480
 so that we may

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.160
 no longer be

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.680
 children,

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.779
 tossed to

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:48.320
 and fro,

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:50.960
 standing firm,

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.359
 striving together,

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:52.919
 is the opposite

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.379
 of this,

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.059
 being tossed

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:56.200
 to and fro

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.139
 by the waves

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.720
 and carried

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.460
 about by

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.720
 every wind

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.980
 of doctrine,

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.939
 by human

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.399
 cunning,

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.599
 by craftiness

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:05.099
 and deceitful

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.659
 schemes.

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.399
 Together,

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.379
 together,

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.240
 we're meant

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.059
 to stand firm,

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.619
 together,

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.059
 we're meant

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.759
 to strive so

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.399
 that this

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:14.299
 isn't happening.

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.720
 How?

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:16.819
 Paul says,

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.139
 rather,

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.140
 speaking the truth

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.800
 in love,

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.360
 we are to grow

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.400
 up in every way

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.940
 into him

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.780
 who is the head

00:27:22.780 --> 00:27:24.100
 into Christ,

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.180
 from whom the

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.700
 whole body,

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.460
 joined and held

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.940
 together by

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.600
 every joint

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.240
 with which it

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.800
 is equipped,

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.620
 when each part

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.300
 is working

00:27:30.300 --> 00:27:31.300
 properly,

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.740
 makes the body

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.700
 grow so that

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.460
 it builds itself

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.280
 up in love.

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.300
 So just picture,

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.040
 so the reason I

00:27:39.040 --> 00:27:39.420
 pulled you there,

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.880
 you can go back

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.300
 to Philippians

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:40.820
 now if you'd

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.200
 like to,

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.600
 right?

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.500
 We are being

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.080
 exhorted to

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.980
 stand firm

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.680
 and strive

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.560
 together for

00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:46.080
 the faith

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.919
 of the gospel.

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.579
 And Paul is

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.099
 using these

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.839
 strong,

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.460
 this really

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.460
 strong language,

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.460
 this military

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.980
 type of language,

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.879
 but how are we

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.659
 doing that,

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:54.960
 though?

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.539
 How do we

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:57.399
 do that work?

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.439
 I think Ephesians

00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:59.439
 helps us

00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.579
 see it.

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.759
 Humility

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:04.539
 and gentleness

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:06.539
 and patience

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:08.939
 and forbearance

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:10.799
 and eagerness.

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:13.039
 we're meant

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.680
 to speak

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.279
 the truth

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.039
 to one another.

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.960
 It's a much

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.039
 different picture

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.919
 of a lot

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.539
 of what I

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.599
 see going on

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.859
 out around

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.119
 us,

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.659
 the type

00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:26.139
 of contention

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.839
 that we see

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.319
 happening

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:29.059
 around us.

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.419
 It's troubling

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:30.919
 to me

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.440
 and I hope

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.859
 it's not

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.279
 true

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.919
 of us.

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.099
 I hope

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.419
 it's not

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:35.759
 true

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.559
 of us.

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.980
 Paul goes

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.000
 on to say

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.960
 in verse 28,

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.380
 this is the

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.940
 second sub

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.200
 point,

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.960
 togetherness

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:43.640
 in sanctification.

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.279
 He says,

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:46.059
 and not

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.759
 frightened

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.900
 in anything

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:49.079
 by your

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.680
 opponents.

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.079
 We don't

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.539
 have to

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.360
 rage against

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:54.039
 the machine

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.660
 because our

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.740
 God reigns

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.539
 providentially

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.120
 over the

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.700
 machine.

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:58.480
 Right?

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.460
 We are

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.200
 secure

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.380
 in him.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.000
 Paul says

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.519
 this is a

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.240
 clear sign

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.740
 to them

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.079
 of their

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.640
 destruction,

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.079
 but of

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.460
 your

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.819
 salvation

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.900
 and that

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:10.580
 from God.

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:12.300
 Beloved,

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.720
 as I made

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.000
 the point

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.320
 already,

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.900
 opposition

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.360
 to the

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:14.680
 gospel

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.280
 should

00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:15.900
 be

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:17.080
 expected.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.100
 Peter wrote

00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.900
 1 Peter

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.340
 chapter 4

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:19.840
 verse 12,

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.140
 beloved,

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:20.480
 do not

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.400
 be surprised

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.259
 at the

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.920
 fiery trial

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.200
 when it

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.680
 comes upon

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:23.960
 you to

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.440
 test you

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.759
 as though

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.220
 something

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.259
 strange

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.320
 were happening

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:27.940
 to you.

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.820
 Of course

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.640
 opposition

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.280
 comes to

00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:31.620
 those who

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:31.960
 are followers

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.480
 of Christ

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.960
 because the

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.220
 world

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.940
 crucified

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.640
 Christ.

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.160
 2 Timothy

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.799
 chapter 3

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.220
 and verse

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.180
 12.

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.680
 It surprises

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.640
 me how many

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.460
 Christ followers

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.380
 have never

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.700
 heard this

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.160
 verse.

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.259
 You can

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.759
 count yourself

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.400
 in a minority,

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:49.180
 I think,

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.799
 in a moment.

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.120
 2 Timothy

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.519
 chapter 3

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.000
 verse 12.

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.640
 Indeed,

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:55.019
 all who desire

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.600
 to live a

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.240
 godly life

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.100
 in Christ

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.580
 Jesus

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:59.180
 will be

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.680
 persecuted.

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.220
 And I don't

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.799
 find any

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.440
 wiggle room

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.079
 in that.

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.299
 How do we

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.259
 escape that?

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.620
 By an overly

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.319
 strict definition

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.900
 of persecution,

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.600
 possibly.

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.600
 It's possible

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.259
 that we think

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.720
 of persecution

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.539
 only as

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.680
 being burned

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.120
 alive in a

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.620
 fire or

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.079
 being put

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.579
 in an arena

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.180
 with lions,

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.680
 which certainly

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.339
 is persecution.

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.019
 Maybe that's

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.539
 the only way

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.880
 we think

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.319
 about it.

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.380
 I think we

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.620
 need to

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.420
 broaden the

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.860
 definition,

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.259
 though,

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.539
 to see that

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.740
 not being

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.460
 liked,

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.519
 being passed

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.140
 over for

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.700
 a promotion,

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.700
 having to

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.319
 leave a job

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.500
 altogether,

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.960
 being uncomfortable

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.559
 at a family

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.099
 gathering.

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.599
 These kinds

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.380
 of things

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:38.140
 are a

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.519
 rejection

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.640
 of the

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:41.160
 gospel of

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.980
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.000
 For to be

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.839
 godly in

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.779
 this world,

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.759
 many are

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.759
 not going

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.299
 to want

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.839
 to hear

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.519
 what we

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.079
 have to

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.480
 say.

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.859
 I read it

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.039
 to you

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.400
 already,

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.880
 John chapter

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.440
 15,

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.220
 verse 18

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.039
 and following.

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.720
 Do we

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.819
 really think

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.319
 that we're

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.880
 greater

00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:00.359
 than our

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.779
 master?

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.500
 I hope

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.839
 not.

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.099
 I hope

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.420
 not.

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.640
 But Paul

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.119
 says that we

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.519
 shouldn't be

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.279
 frightened in

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:09.079
 anything by

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.640
 our opponents,

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:09.900
 and we

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.220
 should not

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.740
 be frightened

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.420
 because if

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.440
 God is for

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:15.380
 us, who

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.660
 can be

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.299
 against us?

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.920
 If God

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.539
 is on our

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.940
 side, who

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:22.900
 cares what

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.539
 other people

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.660
 think?

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.019
 William

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.339
 Gurnall,

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.660
 who's a

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.299
 17th century

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.720
 Anglican

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:28.960
 preacher,

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.500
 this is the

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.099
 quotation on

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.500
 your bulletin

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.880
 this morning,

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.180
 said,

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.000
 let your

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.539
 hope of

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.619
 heaven master

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.339
 your fear

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.420
 of death.

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.019
 We have

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.599
 the promise

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.039
 of heaven

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.420
 if we're

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.940
 in Christ.

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.619
 God is

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.940
 our God.

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.420
 Why should

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.759
 you be

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.480
 afraid to

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.079
 die who

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.940
 hope to

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.240
 live by

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.640
 dying?

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.640
 Paul says

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:49.920
 that the

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.660
 immovable

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.319
 nature of

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.900
 the believer's

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:53.259
 faith gives

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.779
 testimony to

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.319
 our God.

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:57.220
 It speaks

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.000
 to the

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.120
 guilt of

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.279
 our

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.000
 persecutors

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.920
 and it

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.519
 speaks to

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.900
 our

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.819
 confidence

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.880
 in our

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:05.200
 deliverer.

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.740
 Christians

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.700
 await an

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.539
 unshakable

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.960
 city and

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.880
 recognize that

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.039
 this world

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.900
 is not

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.100
 our home.

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.380
 This is

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.920
 temporary.

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.799
 This is

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.360
 fleeting.

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.460
 This is

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:20.400
 not our

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.680
 dwelling

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.140
 place.

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.600
 I'm going to

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:22.759
 give you

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.500
 another long

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.160
 cross-reference.

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.559
 Return with

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:24.799
 me, if you

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.079
 will, to

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.079
 Romans chapter

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.440
 8.

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.039
 I can't

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.579
 bear to

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.259
 begin reading

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.720
 this without

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.460
 finishing the

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.759
 chapter.

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.500
 That's why

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.899
 this is a

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.139
 little bit

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.440
 long.

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.599
 You're

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.279
 likely familiar

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.759
 with verse

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.259
 28.

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.879
 I think

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.200
 the college

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.639
 students right

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.099
 now are

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.720
 studying

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.180
 Providence

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.440
 and this

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.899
 is the

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.200
 theme,

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.919
 this verse

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.319
 for them

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.759
 as they're

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.240
 thinking about

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.579
 the life

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.180
 of Joseph.

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.599
 Paul writes,

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:57.879
 and we

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.279
 know that

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.640
 for those

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.980
 who love

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.700
 God, all

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.400
 things work

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.960
 together for

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.539
 good, for

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.180
 those who

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.680
 are called

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:04.539
 according to

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.119
 his purpose.

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.700
 And I

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.220
 think a lot

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.740
 of Christians

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.339
 then go,

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.640
 well, then

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:09.960
 I've got to

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.440
 figure out,

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.180
 in all of the

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.759
 trouble that I

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.099
 have in my

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.500
 life, I've

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.879
 got to figure

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.440
 out what the

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.099
 good is that

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.519
 he's working.

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.240
 No, you

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.460
 don't.

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.460
 Paul tells

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.599
 you.

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.259
 Don't be

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.559
 confused.

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:18.900
 Don't pull

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.379
 this out and

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.640
 misunderstand

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.140
 it.

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.640
 Right?

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.420
 What's the

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.839
 purpose?

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.960
 Verse 29,

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.039
 for those whom

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.539
 he foreknew,

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.599
 don't get

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.359
 distracted by

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.859
 these words,

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.940
 make your brain

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.240
 spin,

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.740
 those whom

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.000
 he foreknew,

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.480
 he also

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.599
 predestined for

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.940
 what?

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.819
 To be

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.259
 conformed to

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.960
 the image

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:35.180
 of his

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.420
 son.

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.240
 That we

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.819
 would grow

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.460
 up in

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.240
 Christlikeness.

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.799
 Isn't this

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.059
 what we've

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.420
 been talking

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:39.759
 about?

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.559
 This is what

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.899
 we've been

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:42.000
 talking about.

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.159
 This together

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:44.379
 in sanctification,

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:45.299
 this suffering

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.099
 is about

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:47.019
 bringing about

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:48.139
 Christlikeness

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.859
 in God's

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:50.440
 people to

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.839
 the praise of

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.359
 his name in

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:52.319
 order that he

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.940
 might be the

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:54.039
 firstborn among

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.599
 many brothers.

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.359
 Verse 30,

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.819
 and those whom

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.359
 he predestined,

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.099
 he also called,

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.460
 and those whom

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.839
 he called,

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.759
 he also justified,

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.559
 and those whom

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.099
 he justified,

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:05.139
 he also glorified.

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.779
 He guaranteed

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.659
 everything will

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.740
 come to pass,

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:07.960
 right?

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.619
 Paul says,

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.699
 look,

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.019
 it's one,

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.739
 six,

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.400
 I'm confident

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.659
 of this,

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.300
 he who began a

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.820
 good work in you

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.320
 will bring it to

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.940
 completion at the

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.259
 day of Christ.

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.779
 He's saying the

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.519
 same thing here,

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.759
 verse 30,

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:19.220
 what then shall

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:20.140
 we say to

00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:21.740
 these things?

00:34:22.660 --> 00:34:23.500
 If God is for

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.860
 us,

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.300
 who can be

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.980
 against us?

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.580
 Who could be

00:34:27.580 --> 00:34:28.200
 against us?

00:34:29.560 --> 00:34:30.360
 Just to speak

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.880
 to our cultural

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.300
 moment,

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.660
 not the

00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:33.260
 Democratic Party.

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:35.060
 Y'all calm down.

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.540
 If God is for

00:34:36.540 --> 00:34:36.900
 us,

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:39.180
 who could be

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.800
 against us?

00:34:40.520 --> 00:34:41.380
 He who did not

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.240
 spare his own

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.180
 son but gave him

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:44.000
 up for us all,

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:44.760
 how will he not

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.880
 also with him

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.000
 graciously give us

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.000
 all things?

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.080
 He gave us his

00:34:49.080 --> 00:34:49.620
 son.

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.120
 Why would he not

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:52.000
 also give us

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.380
 all things?

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.980
 Verse 33,

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:54.740
 who shall bring

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.560
 any charge

00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:56.180
 against God's

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:56.560
 elect?

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.780
 It is God

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:59.000
 who justifies.

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.440
 Who is to

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.020
 condemn?

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.100
 Christ Jesus

00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:02.720
 is the one who

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.020
 died.

00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:03.620
 More than that,

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.280
 who was raised,

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.700
 who was at the

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.360
 right hand of

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.660
 God,

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.540
 who indeed

00:35:06.540 --> 00:35:07.820
 is interceding

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.780
 for us,

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.060
 praying for us.

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.520
 Verse 35,

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:14.000
 who shall

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.660
 separate us

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.059
 from the love

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.619
 of Christ?

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:16.899
 Shall

00:35:16.899 --> 00:35:17.399
 tribulation,

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.920
 or distress,

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.719
 or persecution,

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.420
 or famine,

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.199
 or nakedness,

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:20.799
 or danger,

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.599
 or sword?

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.019
 As it is

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.259
 written,

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:24.639
 for your sake

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.099
 we are being

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.119
 killed all the

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.559
 day long.

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.279
 We are regarded

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:28.339
 as sheep to

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:29.159
 be slaughtered.

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:30.799
 No,

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:33.119
 in all these

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.859
 things we are

00:35:33.859 --> 00:35:34.839
 more than

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.699
 conquerors through

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:37.519
 him who loved

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.960
 us.

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.539
 For I am sure

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.279
 that neither death

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:40.759
 nor life,

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.339
 nor angels,

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.819
 nor rulers,

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.699
 nor things present,

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.299
 nor things to

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:43.619
 come,

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.559
 nor powers,

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.139
 nor height,

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.900
 nor depth,

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.659
 nor anything

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.599
 else in all

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.599
 creation will

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.000
 be able to

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.639
 separate us

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.400
 from the love

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.359
 of God in

00:35:51.359 --> 00:35:52.139
 Christ Jesus,

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.819
 our Lord.

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:55.799
 Beloved,

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.579
 we have

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.579
 nothing to be

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:59.579
 afraid of.

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.559
 Nothing to

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:03.099
 be afraid of.

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.039
 And our

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:05.400
 lack of fear

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:07.759
 speaks judgment

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.240
 to those

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:10.140
 who are our

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:10.760
 persecutors.

00:36:12.040 --> 00:36:12.880
 God is for

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.180
 us.

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.420
 Who can be

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:17.340
 against us?

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.520
 And beloved,

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:19.540
 we will not

00:36:19.540 --> 00:36:20.780
 persevere to

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.500
 the end,

00:36:21.620 --> 00:36:21.860
 right?

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.600
 We will not

00:36:22.600 --> 00:36:23.640
 press on all

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:24.200
 the way to the

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:25.440
 end in the

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.480
 faith if we

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:28.220
 don't do it

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:29.420
 together.

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.320
 God supplies

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:32.980
 sanctifying power,

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:34.200
 helps us grow up

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:34.620
 into this

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:36.220
 Christ likeness.

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.819
 It is his

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.359
 provision,

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:39.239
 but he does

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:40.639
 so most

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:41.659
 often through

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.879
 graces.

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:43.899
 That's how he

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.579
 grows us up.

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.119
 That's how he's

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.980
 working in us

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.779
 through his

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:47.099
 word,

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:47.839
 prayer,

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:49.339
 and the

00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:49.699
 church.

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.899
 We are

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:51.619
 sanctified

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.859
 together.

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.619
 If we're going

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.299
 to stand firm,

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.799
 if we're going

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.119
 to strive,

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.500
 we're going to

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.179
 have to do it

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:57.319
 together.

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.799
 Third and

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.019
 finally,

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.839
 togetherness and

00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:00.219
 suffering.

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:02.500
 verse 29 and

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.039
 34 has been

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.639
 granted to you

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.259
 for the sake of

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.519
 Christ.

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.159
 You should not

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.919
 only believe in

00:37:05.919 --> 00:37:06.079
 him,

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.939
 but also suffer

00:37:06.939 --> 00:37:08.239
 for his sake,

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.319
 engaged in the

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:10.019
 same conflict

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.719
 that you saw I

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.219
 had and now

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:12.679
 hear that I

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.399
 still have.

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:16.139
 Salvation and

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.159
 suffering are

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:18.679
 inseparably bound

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.659
 together.

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.339
 Spiritual

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:22.500
 conflict is a

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.379
 sign that we

00:37:23.379 --> 00:37:23.980
 are identified

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:25.579
 with Christ.

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.899
 It's a sign

00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:27.839
 that people know

00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:28.339
 that we are

00:37:28.339 --> 00:37:29.139
 identified with

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.539
 Christ,

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:29.879
 right?

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.699
 The gospel

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.980
 has an enemy

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:33.559
 in the world.

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.259
 Paul was

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:36.000
 imprisoned for

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.039
 the very faith

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.920
 that he is

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.779
 exhorting the

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.460
 Philippians to

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.099
 stand firm

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.719
 and to strive

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.119
 for.

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.699
 He's riding

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.239
 this very

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:43.000
 lever from

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.779
 imprisonment

00:37:43.779 --> 00:37:45.179
 for that

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:46.619
 faith.

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:48.000
 And he

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:49.500
 says that

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.039
 it has been

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:51.359
 granted to

00:37:51.359 --> 00:37:51.819
 us,

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.759
 that it is

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:53.539
 given to

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.539
 us by

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.719
 God,

00:37:55.799 --> 00:37:56.119
 that it's

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.960
 a gift

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.559
 from God.

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.819
 That for

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.159
 the sake

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.719
 of Christ,

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.059
 you should

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.420
 not only

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.019
 believe in

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.379
 him,

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.179
 but also

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:04.379
 suffer for

00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:04.960
 his sake.

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.619
 Suffering for

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.059
 the sake

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:08.359
 of the

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:10.059
 gospel is

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.519
 a blessing.

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.500
 It's a

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.579
 gift given.

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.400
 Do you view

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.859
 it that way?

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.480
 Do you get

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.980
 all uncomfortable

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.480
 every time we

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:17.819
 talk about

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:18.139
 suffering?

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.420
 You're like,

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.900
 oh no,

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.239
 we're talking

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.779
 about suffering

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.940
 again.

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:22.820
 I think

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.380
 that most

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.960
 of us

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.179
 spend our

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:26.300
 time avoiding

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.179
 discomfort.

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.940
 Maybe as

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.480
 the highest

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:30.179
 value,

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:30.880
 I'm going

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.039
 to do

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.860
 everything I

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.360
 can to

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.659
 avoid

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.119
 discomfort

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.780
 and to

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:35.039
 find comfort.

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.619
 Think about

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:35.960
 how much of

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.400
 your life

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.139
 is oriented

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:38.220
 around being

00:38:38.220 --> 00:38:39.179
 comfortable

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.700
 and avoiding

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:40.240
 things that

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:41.920
 are uncomfortable.

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.200
 Perhaps

00:38:44.200 --> 00:38:44.900
 our lives

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.639
 are missing

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.420
 the joy

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.119
 that Paul

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.860
 calls us

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:49.179
 to because

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.699
 we have

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.319
 not suffered

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:51.099
 for the

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.399
 sake of

00:38:51.399 --> 00:38:51.739
 Christ.

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:52.980
 This letter

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.839
 is full

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:54.639
 of joy

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.440
 rejoicing.

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.279
 He is

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:58.000
 just overjoyed

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.859
 writing a

00:38:58.859 --> 00:39:00.139
 letter from

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.379
 a Roman

00:39:00.379 --> 00:39:00.719
 prison.

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.679
 Maybe we

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.199
 miss out

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.639
 on that.

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.319
 Maybe we

00:39:04.319 --> 00:39:04.779
 don't really

00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:05.679
 understand

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.980
 the goodness

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.279
 of Christ

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.839
 because we

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.539
 haven't really

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.519
 suffered

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.719
 for his

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.019
 sake.

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.879
 I want us

00:39:13.879 --> 00:39:14.480
 to have the

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.199
 faith that we

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.919
 can observe

00:39:15.919 --> 00:39:16.559
 in Paul

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.899
 as he

00:39:16.899 --> 00:39:17.279
 writes in

00:39:17.279 --> 00:39:17.579
 Philippians

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.219
 chapter 4

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:18.659
 verse 4

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.039
 and following

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:20.179
 rejoice in

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.619
 the Lord

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.500
 always.

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.059
 Again I

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.619
 will say

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.940
 rejoice.

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.199
 Let your

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.860
 reasonableness

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.500
 be known

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.239
 to everyone.

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:28.079
 The Lord

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:29.239
 is at

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.539
 hand.

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.219
 He is

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:31.759
 present.

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:32.779
 He is a

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:33.400
 help in

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:35.199
 times of

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.519
 trouble.

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.179
 I want us

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.480
 to have the

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.860
 faith that we

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.259
 can observe

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.519
 in the

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.159
 apostles as

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.579
 they stand

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.420
 trial before

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.659
 the Sanhedrin

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.679
 as recorded

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.139
 by Luke

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.619
 in Acts

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.759
 chapter 5.

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.599
 When they

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.159
 had called

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.519
 in the

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.980
 apostles,

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.559
 they beat

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.380
 them and

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:50.099
 charge them

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.619
 not to

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.039
 speak in

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.500
 the name

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.599
 of Jesus

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.820
 and let

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.420
 them go.

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.199
 Verse 41

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:57.599
 does not

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.119
 tell us that

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.539
 they then

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.239
 went and

00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:00.039
 made a

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.340
 woe is

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.920
 me post

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.799
 on all

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.039
 of their

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.579
 social media

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.139
 accounts.

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:09.099
 says this,

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.859
 then they

00:40:10.859 --> 00:40:11.639
 left the

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.239
 presence of

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.759
 the council

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:14.440
 rejoicing,

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:16.579
 rejoicing

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.339
 that they

00:40:17.339 --> 00:40:18.279
 were counted

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:20.219
 worthy to

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:21.359
 suffer dishonor

00:40:21.359 --> 00:40:22.639
 for the

00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:22.900
 name.

00:40:23.819 --> 00:40:24.079
 It had

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.819
 been granted

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.299
 to them,

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.219
 been granted

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:26.900
 salvation,

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.059
 and they

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.339
 had been

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:29.679
 granted the

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.920
 opportunity to

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:32.440
 suffer for

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:32.720
 the sake

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.300
 of Christ.

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.159
 Beloved,

00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:36.000
 our suffering

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:37.079
 puts on

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:38.180
 display the

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:39.539
 suffering of

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:41.119
 Jesus, a

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.680
 people who

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:43.180
 so love

00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:44.579
 God that

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:44.860
 they will

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.260
 give up

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:47.720
 everything for

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:47.940
 him.

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.579
 They'll pursue

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.240
 him through

00:40:50.240 --> 00:40:51.360
 a costly

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:53.619
 call to

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.099
 give up

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:55.320
 what they

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:55.860
 cannot keep,

00:40:56.680 --> 00:40:57.599
 to gain

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.039
 what they

00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:00.480
 cannot lose.

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.820
 I want us

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.220
 to have

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:03.880
 this kind

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.380
 of faith,

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:06.099
 and I want

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.619
 us to have

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.139
 it together.

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:09.079
 The gospel

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:10.200
 demands a

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.760
 consistent

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.559
 conduct,

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:12.519
 and it

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.460
 affords us

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.780
 togetherness.

00:41:15.700 --> 00:41:16.159
 Let's pray

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.619
 together for

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:16.980
 the grace

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.440
 to obey

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.480
 all that

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.780
 our God

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:19.220
 commands.