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 Turn to the book of 2 Thessalonians, chapter 3.

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 I'll tell you a little bit about the preaching plan over the coming months,

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! Just to kind of give you some bearing on where we are and what we're doing even this morning.

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 I am taking, starting next Monday, a sabbatical, so beginning on the 15th, and I'll be gone for four weeks.

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 As such, Caleb is going to come and preach on Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, which is the 21st,

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 about that very topic, defending the unborn.

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 And in the following three weeks, Clay Naylor is going to preach out of John 17, three weeks on the high priestly prayer.

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 So I hope you'll anticipate that, that you'll be praying for them as they're getting ready to do that very thing.

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 When I come back, I'm going to do 11 weeks in Exodus chapter 20,

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 which is where the Ten Commandments are first received and recorded for us in the Scripture,

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 to talk about antinomianism, which means without the law.

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 So we need to understand as Christians what the place of the law is in our life.

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 So it'll be 11 weeks of antinomianism, that the law does in fact still have a bearing on who we are,

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 having been rescued by Christ.

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 And so it kind of left us with these three in-between weeks.

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 And we said, hmm, what should we do with three in-between weeks?

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 And so last week, I decided to do just a sermon on resolutions,

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 how to make resolves that are God-honoring.

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 And today, I'm going to preach a sermon on work.

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 Having asked last week, do you work hard?

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 What most about you needs to change?

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 And one of the questions I asked was, do you work hard?

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 And then I asked a follow-up question to that, which was, do you rest well?

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 And so this week, we're going to consider together work, work to the glory of God.

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 And I've provided for you an outline on the back of your bulletin.

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 If you have that with you, I'll also try to give you the points very carefully

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 so that you can write them down.

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 If not, and then next week, so just to give you some balance and maybe ease some anxiety

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 as we're talking about work, next week, we're going to talk about rest

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 and how to rest to the glory of God as well.

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 And I'm eager, I'm looking forward to continuing to prep for that

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 and then preaching as I'm going to take some time to do some resting.

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 So that's the game plan.

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 That's where we're going.

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 Beyond that, as a church, we have typically done verse-by-verse exposition

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 and often through larger texts of the Bible.

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 So if you're new with us or if you're not and you're scratching your head

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 about why we've not been doing that,

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 the intention is to get back to that in the summer.

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 Be praying for us.

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 You're welcome to suggest a book that you may want for us to preach to.

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 Right now I'm thinking 1 Corinthians and then possibly 2nd on beyond that,

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 but we don't know just yet.

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 So that'll be the plan beginning in the summer.

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 But for this morning, 2 Thessalonians chapter 3 in our text for this morning

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 is verses 6 through 15.

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 Beloved, this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Beginning in verse 6.

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 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness

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 and not in accord with the tradition that you receive from us.

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 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us,

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 because we were not idle when we were with you,

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 nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it.

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 But with toil and labor we work night and day,

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

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 It was not because we do not have that right,

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 but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.

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 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command,

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 If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

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 For we hear that some among you walk in idleness,

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 not busy at work, but busy bodies.

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 Now such a persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

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 As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

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 If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter,

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 take note of that person and have nothing to do with him,

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 that he may be ashamed.

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 Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

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 And so in today's text, there are a series of exhortations about work.

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 And I must say that this morning I couldn't possibly take the time

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 to give you a complete doctrine of work in the Scripture.

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 So it's going to be kind of sweeping,

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 and we're going to pull points specifically from this text,

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 but hopefully it'll get the pump primed and get you thinking about

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 and studying and having a clear grasp on the biblical doctrine of work.

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 But in our text today, we have these exhortations that are stated in the negative,

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 by which I mean Paul saying,

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 do not do such and such.

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 But every negative exhortation has a reflexive, positive implication.

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 So we will take the two together to better understand what Paul here is saying

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 to the Thessalonian believers and in turn to us in the following six points.

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 So number one,

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 Paul exhort us to not be idle,

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 but to work diligently.

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 Do not be idle,

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 but work diligently.

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 Paul has a concern

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 in the closing of a second letter to the Thessalonians

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 that some of those in the church were being lazy.

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 Why would this concern him?

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 Note verse 10.

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 For even when we were with you,

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 we would give you this command.

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 If anyone is not willing to work,

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 let him not eat.

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 So a rather serious matter that people not belated.

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 And it's concerning enough to him

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 that it has been a repeated teaching, right?

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 When Paul was with the church,

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 verse 10 tells us,

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 the command was given,

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 if anyone is not willing to work,

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 let him not eat.

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 Here in Paul's second letter,

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 he reminds them of this command that was given to them.

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 And in Paul's first letter to the church,

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 he also commands the church to work.

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 And here we can see why Paul

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 has such a concern

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 that they not be idle.

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 So turn back just a couple pages

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 to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4,

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 and I'll show you what I mean.

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 The last half of verse 11,

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 Paul exhorts them to work with your hands

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 as we instructed you.

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 Why?

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 So that you may walk properly

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 before outsiders.

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 So you see,

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 Paul is aware

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 that God created men to work.

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 So those who make claim

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 to worship the one true and living God

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 who revealed himself in Jesus Christ

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 ought to be the most diligent of workers.

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 Now, how did Paul know this?

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 Is Paul grasping this out of the air?

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 He's not.

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 Turn with me to Genesis chapter 1,

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 and I will show you

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 why Paul believed

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 this very important doctrine to be true.

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 Genesis chapter 1.

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 And I want you to see three things

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 from the beginning of the book of Genesis.

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 Number one,

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 God works.

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 Genesis 1.1 says,

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens and the earth.

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 Right?

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 He did so for six days.

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 He worked.

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 He is the creator.

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 He made things out of nothing.

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 And you may say,

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 Well, that wasn't work.

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 He spoke it into existence.

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 And I agree.

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 He did speak it into existence.

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 But Genesis 2.2 tells us,

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 And on the seventh day,

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 God finished his work that he had done.

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 And he rested on the seventh day

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 from all his work that he had done.

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 Certainly, he did that work

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 with mighty, powerful words.

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 Not great labor of his muscles.

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 But they were strong words.

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 Right?

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 They were powerful, working words

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 in the creation of the world.

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 Not only that,

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 when God finished creating the world,

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 he did not stop working.

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 He set for us a model in resting a day.

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 But then he didn't cease working altogether.

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 He didn't sit back

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 and now he's just letting the world

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 play itself out.

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 God is still at work.

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 Jesus said in John 5.17,

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 My father is working until now

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 and I am working.

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 So Jesus, as a representative

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 of his father on earth,

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 also is working.

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 Just as a fun side note for you,

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 if you like these types of things,

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 Jonathan Edwards had a theory

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 about God's creation of the world

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 that he called progressive creationism.

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 And he suggested in it

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 that God was continually

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 speaking the world into existence.

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 This morning, for example,

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 would play out like a movie in scenes

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 and God is constantly speaking

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 what's happening into existence.

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 We see it as a reality

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 all strung together,

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 but God sees it as a reality

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 that has its moments

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 that he is creating.

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 There's no way to prove

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 this kind of thing.

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 And then if that makes

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 your head explode, me too.

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 But just as a fun aside,

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 Edwards was taking this idea,

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 right, my father is working

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 until now that he still

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 is speaking mighty words

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 that are progressing creation along

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 and that if he were to cease to speak,

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 we would cease to be.

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 So God works, number one.

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 Number two, man was created

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 in God's image to work.

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 Genesis 2.5.

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 When no bush of the field

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 was yet in the land

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 and no small plant of the field

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 had yet sprung up,

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 for the Lord God

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 had not caused it to rain on the land

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 and there was no man

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 to work the ground.

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 So God intended, right,

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 from the very beginning

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 that part of his creation process

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 would include man.

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 So man is an integral part

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 of God's creation work.

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 We back up to Genesis 1.

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 Now, Genesis 1 is a stating

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 of the creation of the world

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 and Genesis 2 is a restating of it.

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 So we can kind of come back and forth

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 between the two

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 and learn some things

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 about each of the telling.

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 Genesis 1.26.

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 Verse 26 and following,

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 Then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image

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 after our likeness

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 and let them have dominion

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 over the fish of the sea

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 and over the birds of the heavens

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 and over the livestock

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 and over all the earth

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 and over every creeping thing

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 that creeps on the earth.

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 So God created man

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 in his own image.

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 In the image of God,

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 he created him male and female.

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 He created them.

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 And God blessed them.

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 And God said to them,

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 Be fruitful and multiply

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 and fill the earth

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 and subdue it

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 and have dominion

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 over the fish of the sea

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 and over the birds of the heavens

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 and over every living thing

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 that moves on the earth.

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 So God intended to give to us

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 the earth under his reign

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 to rule over it.

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 To make it after his likeness.

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 Genesis 2.15 says,

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 The Lord God took the man

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 and put him in the Garden of Eden

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 to work it and to keep it.

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 This mandate then in the world

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 to protect the world

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 and to progress the world around us.

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 We're intended to be workers

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 as bearers of God's image.

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 And then third from Genesis.

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 Remember, I'm trying to tie this for you.

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 Paul knows these things

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 as he's exhorting

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 the Thessalonian believers and us.

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 Thirdly, sin made work into work.

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 Sin made work into work.

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 Made it hard.

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 Brought about great challenge in its doing.

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 Genesis 3.17 and following.

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 This is after the fall.

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 God says to Adam,

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 Because you have listened

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 to the voice of your wife

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 and have eaten of the tree

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 of which I commanded you,

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 you shall not eat of it.

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 Cursed is the ground because of you.

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 In pain you shall eat of it

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 all the days of your life.

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 Thorns and thistles

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 shall bring forth for you.

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 And you shall eat the plants

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 of the field.

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 By the sweat of your face

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 you shall eat bread

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 till you return to the ground.

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 For out of it you are taken.

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 For you are dust.

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 And to dust you shall return.

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 So we see that work

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 was intended to happen

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 but it was this joyful,

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 this resting in the garden

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 and working.

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 And sin made that

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 immensely difficult.

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 Right?

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 Weeds come forth.

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 If you have ever tried to garden,

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 it is not an easy thing

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 to keep weeds out of your garden.

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 This is a result of sin.

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 You can curse the ground for sin

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 when you're trying to garden.

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 And this work has become work.

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 Right?

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 It's become this challenging

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 and difficult thing

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 that we undertake.

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 So we have a God who works

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 and as image bearers of God

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 redeemed by the blood of His Son,

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 we work.

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 We work under the curse

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 but we work that our God

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 would be known.

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 So it does not matter what you do.

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 Whether you are a school teacher,

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 a nurse,

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 an accountant,

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 a truck driver,

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 a construction worker,

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 a social service provider,

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 a salesman,

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 a fast food employee,

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 a student,

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 a housewife,

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 a missionary,

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 or a pastor,

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 God intends for you

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 to bear His image

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 in the way you do what you do.

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 Beloved,

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 we ought to be the very best of workers.

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 Our employers ought to be so pleased

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 to have us on their team

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 and lament the day

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 that we move on to different work.

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 In all of our working,

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 we ought to seek the betterment

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 of the world in which we live.

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 Like,

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 as if,

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 we are pushing back

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 the effects of the curse.

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 And we are to do this

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 to the glory of God.

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 Paul wrote in Colossians 3,

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 verse 23,

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 whatever you do,

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 work heartily,

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 that is to say,

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 with all of yourself,

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 with every part of your being.

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 Work heartily

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 as for the Lord

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 and not for men.

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 You can do the most mundane

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 of things

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 to the glory of God.

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 Verse 24,

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 Paul goes on to say

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 in Colossians 3,

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 knowing

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 that from the Lord

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 you will receive

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 the inheritance

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 as your reward.

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 You are serving

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 the Lord

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 Christ.

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 And it doesn't matter

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 in what thing

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 you do this.

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 Martin Luther famously said,

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 a milkmaid

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 can milk cows

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 to the glory

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 of God.

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 Your work

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 is not insignificant

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 and your work

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 rightly done

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 has heavenly

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 reward.

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 Richard Baxter,

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 who was a Puritan

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 pastor,

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 and if you want

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 to read about

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 work and work ethic,

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 the Puritans

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 are wonderful,

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 wonderful people

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 to read.

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 He said,

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 and this is on the front

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 of your bulletin,

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 be laborious

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 and diligent

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 in your callings.

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 He means your work,

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 wherever God has placed

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 you to do work.

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 And if you cheerfully

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 serve God

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 in the labor

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 of your hands

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 with a heavenly

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 and obedient mind,

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 it will be as

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 acceptable to him

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 as if you had spent

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 all that time

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 in more

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 spiritual

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 exercises.

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 So,

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 Paul exhorts us

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 in 2 Thessalonians

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 chapter 3

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 to not be idle,

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 but to work

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 diligently.

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 Secondly,

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 do not reject

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 apostolic teaching

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 and example,

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 but be doers

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 of the Word.

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 Now,

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 you may see

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 why I gave you notes.

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 Do not reject

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 apostolic teaching

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 and example,

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 but be doers

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 of the Word.

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 The Lord God

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 has spoken

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 by the pens

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 and the lives

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 of the apostles,

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 and we ought

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 to be very careful

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 not to reject

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 their teaching.

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 Some in the Thessalonian

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 church were doing

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 this very thing.

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 Paul says

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 in verse 6,

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 we should keep

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 away from any

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 brother who

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 is walking

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 in idleness

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 and,

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 what,

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 not in accord

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 with the tradition

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 that you received

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 from us.

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 And then in verse 7,

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 he says that we

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 ought to imitate

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 them.

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 Paul,

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 Silvanus,

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 and Timothy

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 set an example

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 for the Thessalonian

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 believers

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 and for us.

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 In verse 9,

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 Paul says

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 that they had

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 a right

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 to be paid

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 for their work,

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 but that they

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 earned

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 their own way.

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 Why?

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 To give you

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 in ourselves

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 an example

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 to imitate.

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 Paul,

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 as an apostle,

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 was commissioned

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.779
 by Jesus

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.339
 himself

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 to preach

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 and set

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.720
 in writing

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.900
 doctrines

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:09.259
 for the church.

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.819
 We do well

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 when we take up

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:13.720
 and read

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.160
 and obey.

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.359
 So,

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.379
 do not reject

00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.379
 apostolic teaching

00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:19.119
 and example.

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.299
 Be doers

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.039
 of the word.

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 This is a weighty

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.900
 thing that's been

00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:23.559
 given to us.

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 Third,

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:27.720
 do not be

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.319
 a freeloader,

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 but pay

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.819
 your own way.

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 I can think

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 of all kinds

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.220
 of application

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 in a group

00:19:36.159 --> 00:19:37.099
 of college students.

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 Do not be

00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.439
 a freeloader,

00:19:41.939 --> 00:19:42.819
 but pay

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.879
 your own way.

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:45.119
 Paul exhorts

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 that anyone

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 who is able

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 to work

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:49.439
 ought

00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:50.599
 to work.

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 Now,

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.239
 just to be clear,

00:19:54.199 --> 00:19:54.779
 your schooling

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.659
 can be work.

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 You are

00:19:57.199 --> 00:19:58.919
 in a place

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 preparing,

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 working

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.359
 for the next

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.139
 thing you're doing.

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 But,

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.399
 verse 8 states,

00:20:04.679 --> 00:20:05.500
 we did not

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.459
 eat anyone's bread

00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:07.799
 without paying

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.279
 for it.

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 And,

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.319
 verse 10,

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 if anyone is not

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 willing to work,

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 let him not eat.

00:20:13.479 --> 00:20:13.699
 And,

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.639
 in verse 11,

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 the idle person

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 is commanded

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 and encouraged

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.319
 to do their work

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 quietly

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 and to earn

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 their own

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 living.

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 And,

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 in verse 12,

00:20:25.439 --> 00:20:26.199
 the one who is

00:20:26.199 --> 00:20:27.659
 earning their own

00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:28.679
 living is encouraged

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 to not grow weary

00:20:29.979 --> 00:20:30.979
 in doing good.

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 Not grow weary

00:20:31.919 --> 00:20:32.699
 of doing this

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 good thing

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.839
 of earning

00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:35.199
 your own

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 way.

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 Now,

00:20:37.719 --> 00:20:38.539
 Paul's concern

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.139
 at this point

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.599
 is not for the one

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 who is unable

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:43.559
 to work.

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 There are many

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:46.099
 varied reasons

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.759
 that a person

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.660
 may be unable

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.500
 to work

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.900
 and we won't

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.880
 get into those

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 reasons.

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 His concern

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.420
 is not for those

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:52.720
 people.

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 His concern

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.779
 is for those

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.799
 who can work

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:56.039
 but won't.

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 In 2 Corinthians

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.519
 chapter 8

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.120
 verses 1

00:20:59.120 --> 00:21:00.120
 through 5,

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.660
 Paul commends

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.440
 the generosity

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.799
 of the Macedonian

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 churches.

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 Listen to

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.980
 verse 1

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.460
 following

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.640
 2 Corinthians 8.

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 We want you

00:21:09.780 --> 00:21:10.020
 to know,

00:21:10.020 --> 00:21:10.340
 brothers,

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.960
 about the grace

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.320
 of God

00:21:11.320 --> 00:21:11.680
 that has been

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.300
 given among

00:21:12.300 --> 00:21:12.860
 the churches

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 of Macedonia.

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 For in a severe

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.440
 test of affliction,

00:21:16.560 --> 00:21:17.200
 their abundance

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.020
 of joy

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 and their extreme

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.480
 poverty

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:21.340
 have overflowed

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:22.020
 in a wealth

00:21:22.020 --> 00:21:22.780
 of generosity

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 on their part.

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 So we have

00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:25.580
 the Macedonian

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 churches

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.980
 who are impoverished

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 giving generously.

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 Verse 3,

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 And this,

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.320
 not as we expected,

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:45.860
 but they gave

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.560
 themselves first

00:21:46.560 --> 00:21:47.000
 to the Lord

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 and then by the

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.460
 will of God

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 to us.

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 And so what

00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:50.800
 Paul is referring

00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:52.100
 to is the great

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:53.020
 deal of suffering

00:21:53.020 --> 00:21:53.560
 that was going

00:21:53.560 --> 00:21:54.680
 on in Jerusalem,

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.500
 the persecution

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.040
 that had already

00:21:56.040 --> 00:21:57.240
 come upon Christians

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.000
 there.

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.820
 They were losing

00:21:58.820 --> 00:21:59.280
 homes.

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.280
 They were jailed.

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.899
 people unable

00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.960
 to work

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.019
 were being provided

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:05.960
 for by churches

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.660
 in the region.

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.639
 And the Macedonian

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.279
 churches,

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.619
 even out of their

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.240
 poverty,

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.680
 gave with great

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:13.480
 generosity for this.

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 The point I'm making

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.879
 is that Paul

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.720
 is not talking

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.359
 about those

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:19.460
 unable to work.

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.279
 He's talking

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.139
 about those

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:22.740
 who can

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:24.379
 but won't.

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.460
 There's a general

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.619
 reality built

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.639
 into the fabric

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.759
 of our world

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.180
 that our provision

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:33.339
 comes through

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.799
 work.

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:35.079
 And if we

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:36.160
 enable someone

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.160
 by giving them

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.579
 a handout

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.960
 who can work

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.279
 for themselves,

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.900
 we're not

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.879
 helping them.

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.299
 A couple of

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.640
 examples.

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.759
 Proverbs 12.11

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.119
 says,

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.720
 whoever works

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.140
 his land

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.400
 will have

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.140
 plenty of bread,

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.000
 but he who

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.000
 follows worthless

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.680
 pursuits

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:52.200
 lacks sense.

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:54.819
 Proverbs 13.4,

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.879
 the soul

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.539
 of the sluggard

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.240
 craves

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.700
 and gets

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.159
 nothing

00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:59.399
 while the soul

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.119
 of the diligent

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:01.319
 is richly

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.339
 supplied.

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 So,

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:05.519
 do not be a

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.980
 freeloader,

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 but as long

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.519
 as you can

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.339
 and you're able

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.000
 to do so,

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.720
 pay your own

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.799
 way.

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 Number four,

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.639
 do not be

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.259
 burdensome,

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.759
 but be generous.

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.500
 Do not be

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.059
 burdensome,

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.599
 but be generous.

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.339
 Now,

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:22.740
 this point

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.959
 is closely

00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:24.539
 related to

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.939
 the previous

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.240
 one.

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:27.099
 We could say,

00:23:27.719 --> 00:23:28.279
 do not be

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.500
 a burdensome

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.000
 freeloader,

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.059
 but here I

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.719
 want to add

00:23:32.719 --> 00:23:33.539
 the positive

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.699
 exhortation

00:23:34.699 --> 00:23:36.019
 to be generous.

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.799
 Work diligently

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:39.000
 to earn a

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.079
 living for

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.899
 yourself,

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.419
 but also

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:43.859
 to give

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.959
 and to give

00:23:44.959 --> 00:23:45.980
 well to

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.599
 meet the

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.199
 needs of

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:48.519
 those who

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.859
 cannot.

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:50.459
 Please,

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.079
 by all

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.559
 means,

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.339
 go and

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.199
 make lots

00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:53.839
 and lots

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.459
 and lots

00:23:54.459 --> 00:23:54.939
 of money

00:23:54.939 --> 00:23:55.740
 and spend

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.579
 it on

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.000
 the kingdom

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.859
 of God.

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.899
 We need,

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.399
 in the church,

00:23:59.579 --> 00:23:59.959
 people who

00:23:59.959 --> 00:24:00.659
 will do

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.939
 this work.

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.359
 The negative

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.419
 part of

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:05.240
 the exhortation

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.699
 is found

00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:06.219
 in verse

00:24:06.219 --> 00:24:06.740
 8.

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.740
 In their

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.839
 setting example,

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.759
 they intended

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.799
 that we might

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.759
 not be a

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.159
 burden

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:13.059
 to any

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.319
 of you,

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.799
 so do

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.480
 not be

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.899
 burdensome.

00:24:16.699 --> 00:24:17.619
 To establish

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.779
 the positive

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.359
 part of the

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.980
 exhortation,

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.839
 we need to

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.559
 step outside

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.119
 of our

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.819
 text a

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.899
 bit and

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.159
 look at

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.500
 some of

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.000
 Paul's

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.460
 other

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:25.899
 teachings.

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.299
 So,

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.859
 it's

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.359
 implied

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.659
 there.

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:27.919
 We don't

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:28.099
 want to

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.339
 be a

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.579
 burden

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:28.980
 to any

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.440
 of you.

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.319
 We could

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.019
 then give

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.460
 instead,

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:31.839
 but let's

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.039
 look at

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.440
 some other

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.940
 places where

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.960
 Paul teaches

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.179
 this.

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.480
 So,

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:34.899
 Acts

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.679
 chapter 20,

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.639
 verse 34

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.619
 and 35,

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.720
 Paul is

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.240
 saying his

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.200
 farewell to

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.720
 the Ephesian

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.879
 elders and

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.519
 says,

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.200
 you

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.700
 yourselves

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.420
 know that

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.740
 these

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.220
 hands

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.160
 ministered

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.619
 to my

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.240
 necessities

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.379
 and to

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.299
 those who

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.700
 were with

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:51.879
 me.

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.440
 Paul was

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.139
 a maker

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.799
 of tents,

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.180
 so he

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.879
 did this

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.639
 along his

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.619
 missionary

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.460
 journeying.

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.920
 Verse 35,

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.360
 in all

00:24:59.360 --> 00:24:59.620
 these

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.140
 things,

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.019
 I have

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.560
 shown you

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:01.880
 that by

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.300
 working

00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:03.100
 hard in

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.800
 this way,

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:04.720
 we must

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.300
 help the

00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:05.840
 weak and

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.460
 remember the

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.940
 words of

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.259
 the Lord

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.620
 Jesus,

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.240
 how he

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.019
 himself

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.580
 said,

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.220
 it is

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.380
 more

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.759
 blessed

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.980
 to give

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.900
 than to

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.460
 receive.

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.860
 Another

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.279
 place,

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.200
 in Ephesians

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.759
 4,

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.220
 28,

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.660
 Paul

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.240
 exhorts,

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.240
 let the

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.960
 thief no

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.440
 longer

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.240
 steal,

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.660
 but rather

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.480
 let him

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.560
 labor.

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.060
 Now,

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.420
 there's a

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.880
 lot of

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.519
 conjecture

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.360
 about who

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.539
 is specifically

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.199
 being referred

00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:31.000
 to here,

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.859
 the general

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.359
 thief,

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.719
 but many

00:25:34.719 --> 00:25:35.399
 understand,

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.099
 believe,

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:36.579
 that who

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:36.939
 Paul is

00:25:36.939 --> 00:25:37.319
 addressing

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.419
 are those

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:39.019
 within the

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.099
 church that

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.039
 were being

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.819
 idle and

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.779
 receiving benefit

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.139
 from the

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.839
 church financially,

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.319
 but they

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.299
 could work.

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:45.859
 They were

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:48.279
 getting welfare

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.099
 checked from

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.699
 the church,

00:25:49.699 --> 00:25:50.399
 but they

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.000
 could offer

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.839
 something to

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.859
 God's

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.240
 society.

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.699
 So let the

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.099
 thief no

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.599
 longer steal,

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.019
 but rather

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.419
 let him

00:25:55.419 --> 00:25:55.799
 labor,

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.000
 doing honest

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.519
 work with

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.979
 his own

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.539
 hands,

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.079
 and I

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.700
 love the

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.059
 why,

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.799
 so that

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.799
 he may

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.000
 have

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.380
 something

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.339
 to share

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.460
 with anyone

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:06.019
 in need.

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.360
 So Paul

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.039
 exhorts here,

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.000
 the Thessalonian

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.579
 believers and

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.019
 us,

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.480
 to not be

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.980
 burdensome,

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.900
 but to be

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.019
 generous.

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.940
 Fifth,

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:20.559
 do not be

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.460
 a busybody,

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:23.279
 but build

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.480
 up others.

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.240
 Do not

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.799
 be a busybody,

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.340
 but build

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:29.019
 up others.

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.120
 Not

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.640
 busying

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.200
 themselves

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.519
 with work,

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.320
 some of the

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:35.059
 Thessalonians

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.960
 were becoming

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.279
 meddlesome.

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.720
 Verse 11

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.059
 states,

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.799
 for we hear

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.200
 that some

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.660
 among you

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.700
 walk in

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.600
 idleness.

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.180
 It's a way

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.720
 of life

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.320
 for you.

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.639
 Not busy

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.359
 at work,

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.679
 but busy

00:26:47.679 --> 00:26:48.059
 bodies.

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.399
 The original

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.119
 language could be

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.720
 translated,

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.939
 not busy,

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.059
 but busy

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.399
 bodies.

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:54.159
 I think the

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.879
 ESV translators

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.319
 are trying to

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.599
 help us

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.460
 understand what

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.939
 they're supposed

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.519
 to be busy

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.259
 with, right?

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.079
 In the context,

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.480
 they're supposed

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.919
 to be busy

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:01.599
 with work

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.819
 rather than

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.879
 with other

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.679
 things.

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.480
 But in the

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.720
 Greek,

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.359
 not busy,

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.960
 but busy

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.460
 bodies,

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.539
 and it's a

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.659
 play on words,

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.359
 and Paul is

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.220
 clever and likes

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.779
 to do these

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.419
 types of things.

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.300
 So he's

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.620
 saying,

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.120
 not ergo

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.840
 zomenos,

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.900
 but peri

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.700
 ergo zomenos.

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.120
 That's what he's

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.600
 saying to them.

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.200
 He's playing

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.920
 with two words

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.600
 that are

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.140
 similar,

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.660
 but twisted

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.120
 on them.

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.920
 So you're

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.400
 not being

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:25.880
 busy.

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.580
 Rather than

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:26.800
 that,

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.320
 you're being

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.460
 busy bodies.

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.400
 These busy

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.960
 bodies were

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.480
 becoming

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.380
 troublesome.

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:31.820
 They were

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.620
 not building

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:32.880
 up the

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.200
 church,

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.160
 but busying

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:35.039
 themselves

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.000
 in other

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.880
 people's

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.700
 business.

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.360
 In 1

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.500
 Timothy 5,

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.279
 Paul instructs

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.920
 Timothy not

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.840
 to enroll

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.960
 young widows

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.400
 in the

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.080
 financial care

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.380
 of the

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.680
 church.

00:27:45.800 --> 00:27:45.960
 And I

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.400
 kind of

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.700
 love that

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.000
 it's

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.480
 anyone

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.180
 under 60.

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:50.000
 So the

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.460
 young widows

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.740
 should not

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.100
 be enrolled

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.340
 in the

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.980
 financial care

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.200
 of the

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.420
 church

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.180
 because,

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.900
 he says

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.160
 in 1

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.920
 Timothy 5,

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.740
 13,

00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.100
 they learn

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.480
 to be

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.000
 idlers,

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.380
 going about

00:27:59.380 --> 00:27:59.860
 from house

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.440
 to house,

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.060
 and not

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.820
 only idlers,

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.400
 but also

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.380
 gossips and

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.140
 busy bodies,

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.440
 saying what

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.900
 they should

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.320
 not.

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:06.900
 He's

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.300
 saying if

00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:07.759
 you free

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.100
 up their

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:09.600
 time by

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.720
 providing for

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.140
 them,

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.180
 rather than

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.900
 them being

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.560
 remarried,

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.240
 having a

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.759
 livelihood in

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.240
 that way,

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.980
 you free up

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.220
 all their

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.660
 time by

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.360
 just writing

00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:18.800
 the checks

00:28:18.800 --> 00:28:19.060
 for their

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:19.480
 bills for

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.759
 them.

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.620
 This is what

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.000
 they're learning

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.420
 how to do.

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.860
 We're seeing

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.259
 this as a

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.880
 pattern of

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.240
 a thing

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.259
 that's happening.

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.540
 Ladies,

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.020
 this is not an

00:28:25.020 --> 00:28:25.460
 indictment on

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.100
 you particularly.

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:27.240
 This is for

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.940
 all of us.

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.180
 Don't be

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:31.660
 idle because

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:31.940
 you're going to

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:33.500
 become a

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.040
 busybody.

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.320
 So,

00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:36.580
 work.

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:38.599
 make yourself

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.960
 too busy to

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.599
 trouble yourself

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.019
 with the

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.579
 matters that

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.819
 are not

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.220
 yours to

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.559
 be troubled

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.059
 with.

00:28:44.199 --> 00:28:45.000
 I have

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:46.299
 seen time

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.220
 and time

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.579
 again in

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.139
 this fellowship

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:50.599
 people with

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.579
 way too

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.480
 much time

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.939
 on their

00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:54.019
 hands causing

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.480
 so much

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.819
 trouble.

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.539
 If you're

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.139
 having a

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.059
 difficult time

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.619
 busying

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.159
 yourself,

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.500
 let me

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.799
 know.

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.299
 I have

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.059
 work that

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.379
 you can

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.940
 be busy

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.139
 with.

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.059
 People will

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.639
 come to me

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.319
 with troubles

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.940
 and I say,

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.680
 what do you

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.159
 want me to

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.799
 do about

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.159
 that?

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.519
 And I have

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.879
 no answer

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.159
 for that

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.399
 kind of

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.619
 thing,

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.099
 but they

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.379
 just want

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.779
 to share

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.379
 this is

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.559
 what's

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.200
 going on.

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.680
 Okay,

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.159
 well let's

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.500
 pray for

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.980
 this person

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.899
 and if

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.200
 you think

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.799
 you have

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.259
 a responsibility

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.399
 you can

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.680
 act.

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.019
 I don't

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.259
 think you

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.619
 do though.

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.559
 We need

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.759
 to be

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.180
 busier

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.960
 very often.

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.240
 We are

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.759
 meant to

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.240
 build each

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.960
 other up,

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.379
 not tear

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.360
 each other

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:32.900
 down.

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:33.640
 So,

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.720
 do not

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.520
 be a

00:29:35.520 --> 00:29:35.740
 busy

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.080
 body,

00:29:36.760 --> 00:29:37.220
 but build

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.960
 up others.

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.300
 And

00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.680
 sixth,

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.380
 do not

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.900
 tolerate

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.240
 what

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.780
 dishonors

00:29:43.780 --> 00:29:44.260
 God,

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.280
 but

00:29:45.280 --> 00:29:46.020
 admonish

00:29:46.020 --> 00:29:46.800
 the

00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:47.040
 idol.

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.240
 Do not

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.760
 tolerate

00:29:48.760 --> 00:29:49.120
 what

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.900
 dishonors

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.700
 God,

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.360
 but

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.780
 admonish

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:52.940
 the

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.160
 idol.

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.360
 And

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:53.920
 this is

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.520
 Paul's

00:29:54.520 --> 00:29:55.180
 primary

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.080
 exhortation

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.400
 in this

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.720
 text.

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.300
 It's

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:57.980
 really the

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.480
 big picture

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.740
 of what

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:58.980
 he's

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.600
 trying to

00:29:59.600 --> 00:29:59.900
 say

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.700
 here to

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:00.820
 the

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.340
 Thessalonians

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.899
 believers.

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.779
 He is

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.279
 concerned

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.839
 that those

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.339
 who claim

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.699
 to follow

00:30:04.699 --> 00:30:05.259
 Christ

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.899
 are not

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.259
 living in

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.619
 a way

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.240
 that is

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.599
 honoring

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.079
 to him

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.759
 and he

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.019
 takes

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.220
 this

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.599
 matter

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.639
 very

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.679
 seriously.

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:12.879
 So,

00:30:12.959 --> 00:30:13.159
 a couple

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.619
 of verses

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.500
 kind of

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.119
 in cap

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.899
 our text.

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.059
 Verse 6

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.419
 and then

00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:18.119
 verses 14

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.959
 and 15.

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:19.899
 Verse 6

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.199
 he says,

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.480
 Now we

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.859
 command you

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.119
 brothers

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.480
 in the

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.679
 name of

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:21.779
 our

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:21.899
 Lord

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.079
 Jesus

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.559
 Christ

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.439
 that you

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:23.779
 keep

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.220
 away

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.480
 from

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.659
 any

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:24.939
 brother

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:25.119
 who

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.240
 is

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.619
 walking

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:25.779
 in

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.079
 idleness

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.599
 and not

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.980
 in

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.220
 accord

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.379
 with

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.459
 the

00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:27.819
 tradition

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.179
 that you

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:28.759
 received

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.740
 from us.

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:29.859
 So,

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.140
 here's a

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.460
 person

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.859
 not

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.279
 obeying

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.500
 the

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.920
 command.

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.019
 Keep

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.240
 away

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.440
 from

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.640
 them.

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:34.579
 In

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.279
 verse 14

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.819
 and 15,

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.319
 if anyone

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.799
 does not

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.180
 obey what

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.440
 we say

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.680
 in this

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:37.960
 letter,

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.799
 again,

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.220
 not

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.539
 obeying

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.839
 the

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.200
 command,

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.599
 take

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:40.940
 note

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.099
 of

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.240
 that

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.680
 person

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.339
 and

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.460
 have

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.779
 nothing

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.180
 to do

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.359
 with

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.539
 him

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.700
 that

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:43.859
 he

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.099
 may

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.440
 be

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.420
 ashamed.

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.900
 Do

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.400
 not

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.759
 regard

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:46.980
 him

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.359
 as

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.640
 an

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:47.960
 enemy,

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.359
 but

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.799
 warn

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.240
 him

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.259
 as

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.400
 a

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.779
 brother.

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:51.779
 And

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:51.900
 the

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.359
 church

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.099
 should

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.799
 discipline

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.299
 the

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.740
 idol

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.599
 for

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:55.839
 the

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.259
 sake

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.720
 of the

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:56.980
!

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.900
 the

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.339
 church

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.640
 in the

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.019
 world.

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.180
 Out

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.420
 of

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.599
 fear

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:01.880
 that

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.180
 someone

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.539
 here

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.860
 does

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.220
 not

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.740
 know

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.140
 what

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.660
 proper

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.299
 discipline

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.900
 looks

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.299
 like.

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.220
 Maybe

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.980
 church

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.299
 discipline

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.960
 is a

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.700
 distant

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.220
 concept

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.680
 for you.

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:10.880
 It's

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.240
 likely

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.819
 in our

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.059
 current

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.339
 church

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.740
 culture

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.339
 that it

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.720
 is.

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.559
 Or

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.620
 possibly

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:16.160
 you've

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.440
 been part

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.640
 of a

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:16.880
 church

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.339
 that's

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.680
 really

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.180
 tried

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.380
 but

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.799
 handled

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.039
 it

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.500
 so

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.620
 poorly.

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.660
 I

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:21.779
 want

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:21.860
 to

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.180
 talk

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.339
 you

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.680
 through

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.039
 the

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.539
 proper

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.200
 process

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.680
 of

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.279
 church

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.700
 discipline

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.259
 which is

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.740
 found in

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.079
 Matthew

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.460
 chapter

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.200
 18

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.079
 verses

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.500
 15

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.660
 through

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:29.980
 17

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.160
 so

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.319
 please

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.519
 join

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.620
 me

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:30.900
 there.

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.900
 Here's

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:36.980
 a

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.279
 Paul's

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.920
 exhortation

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.680
 do not

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.099
 tolerate

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.259
 what

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.660
 dishonors

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:39.940
 God

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.099
 but

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.940
 admonish

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.380
 the

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.599
 idol.

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:41.839
 This

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:41.980
 is

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.299
 how

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.539
 we

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.740
 do

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.059
 that.

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.099
 Jesus

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.680
 instructs

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:44.799
 us

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.079
 how

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.279
 it

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.539
 is

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.680
 that

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:45.839
 we're

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.279
 meant

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.819
 to

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.279
 discipline

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.079
 one

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.539
 another

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.240
 in

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.359
 the

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.599
 church

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:49.759
 for

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:49.940
 the

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.180
 sake

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.980
 of

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.299
 holiness

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.720
 and

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:51.920
 it's

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.200
 a

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.640
 multi

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:52.980
 step

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.579
 process

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:53.859
 it's

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.039
 a

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.779
 four

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.039
 step

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.620
 process

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.579
 in

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:56.959
 fact.

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:57.759
 So

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:57.959
 beginning

00:31:57.959 --> 00:31:58.099
 in

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.319
 verse

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.099
 15

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.299
 Jesus

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.579
 says

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.799
 if

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.079
 your

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:02.079
 brother

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.439
 sins

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:02.799
 against

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.139
 you

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.419
 now

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:04.099
 I

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.639
 believe

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.099
 that

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.659
 that

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.099
 he's

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.419
 he's

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:07.819
 referring

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.259
 to

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.679
 both

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:08.959
 sins

00:32:08.959 --> 00:32:09.099
 that

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.259
 are

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.959
 directly

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.639
 against

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.159
 you

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.500
 right

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.619
 it

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:11.719
 would

00:32:11.719 --> 00:32:11.859
 be

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.219
 my

00:32:12.219 --> 00:32:12.799
 responsibility

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.179
 to

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:13.659
 handle

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.399
 somebody's

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.679
 sin

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.559
 against

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.079
 me

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.319
 somebody

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.519
 gets

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.779
 angry

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:16.959
 with

00:32:16.959 --> 00:32:17.099
 me

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.259
 and

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.500
 yells

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.639
 at

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:17.839
 me

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.279
 that

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.539
 I

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:18.739
 should

00:32:18.739 --> 00:32:18.819
 be

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:18.939
 the

00:32:18.939 --> 00:32:19.059
 one

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.219
 that

00:32:19.219 --> 00:32:19.559
 goes

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:19.739
 to

00:32:19.739 --> 00:32:19.959
 them

00:32:19.959 --> 00:32:20.119
 and

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:20.219
 is

00:32:20.219 --> 00:32:20.779
 restorative

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:20.979
 and

00:32:20.979 --> 00:32:21.479
 corrective

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.960
 but

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.039
 I

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.240
 also

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.420
 think

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.519
 that

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.960
 includes

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.120
 in

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.259
 a

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.860
 broader

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.319
 sense

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.039
 those

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.519
 sins

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.680
 that

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:25.799
 are

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.019
 just

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.559
 egregious

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:26.740
 to

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:26.920
 the

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.180
 Lord

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.480
 right

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.660
 that

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:27.819
 we

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.019
 are

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.559
 we're

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.980
 brothers

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.140
 we're

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.319
 part

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.400
 of

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.539
 this

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.900
 family

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.460
 fellowship

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.079
 and

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.200
 if

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.299
 there

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.420
 are

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.779
 things

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:31.880
 that

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:31.980
 are

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.360
 happening

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.599
 in

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.059
 somebody's

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.500
 life

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.039
 that

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.339
 are

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:35.700
 tearing

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:35.900
 at

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.259
 my

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.740
 witness

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.039
 then

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.440
 that's

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.700
 a

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:37.960
 sin

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.620
 against

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.079
 me

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.180
 you

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.500
 could

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.740
 disagree

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:40.920
 with

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.059
 me

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.319
 on

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.680
 that

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:41.960
 point

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.200
 but

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.380
 I

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.579
 do

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:42.819
 think

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.039
 that

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.539
 Jesus

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.000
 means

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.180
 to

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.640
 include

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.380
 those

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.740
 with

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:51.839
 the

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.180
 particular

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.980
 situation

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.240
 so

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.380
 if

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.480
 your

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:53.660
 brother

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.019
 sins

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.980
 against

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.380
 you

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.500
 step

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.740
 one

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.059
 go

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.559
 and

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:57.940
 tell

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.099
 him

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.240
 his

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.579
 fault

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.500
 between

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.799
 you

00:32:59.799 --> 00:32:59.940
 and

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.240
 him

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.259
 alone

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.299
 if

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.400
 he

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.660
 listens

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:02.880
 to

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.180
 you

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.779
 you

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:03.900
 have

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.180
 gained

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.339
 your

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.680
 brother

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.200
 right

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.759
 so

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.360
 this

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:07.220
 step

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.420
 in

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.880
 discipline

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.559
 in a

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.799
 healthy

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.099
 church

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.480
 happens

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.880
 all

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.079
 the

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.599
 time

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.420
 all

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.620
 the

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.039
 time

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.319
 we're

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.940
 going

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.099
 to

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.279
 one

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.640
 another

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.259
 we're

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.660
 helping

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:14.920
 each

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.160
 other

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.579
 check

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:15.779
 our

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.200
 own

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.759
 blind

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.200
 spots

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.539
 so

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.980
 often

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.180
 we

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.360
 don't

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:18.660
 see

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:18.860
 our

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.299
 own

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.079
!

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.319
 so

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.539
 in

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.740
 our

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.419
 text

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:21.960
 today

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.720
 maybe

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.039
 you've

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.460
 found

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.919
 yourself

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.319
 being

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.779
 a bit

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.980
 lackadaisical

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.579
 and

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:26.919
 maybe

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.259
 that's

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.480
 because

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.859
 somebody

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.299
 pointed

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.500
 it

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.859
 out

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.439
 somebody

00:33:29.439 --> 00:33:29.740
 said

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.079
 hey

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.359
 man

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.699
 we're

00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:31.960
 working

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.359
 together

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.839
 and

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.159
 I

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.319
 just

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.519
 think

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.659
 that

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:33.799
 you're

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.119
 stealing

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.299
 from

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.439
 the

00:33:34.439 --> 00:33:34.779
 company

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.299
 you're

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.419
 on

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:35.759
 Facebook

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.240
 all

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.439
 the

00:33:36.439 --> 00:33:36.799
 time

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:36.939
 when

00:33:36.939 --> 00:33:37.059
 you're

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.299
 supposed

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.439
 to

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:37.539
 be

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:37.740
 making

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.159
 sales

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.659
 calls

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:39.960
 and

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.119
 you're

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.519
 corrected

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.879
 in

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.059
 this

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.339
 way

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.019
 and

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.339
 if

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.439
 you're

00:33:42.439 --> 00:33:42.519
 a

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.679
 follower

00:33:42.679 --> 00:33:42.819
 of

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:42.960
 Jesus

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.500
 Christ

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.939
 we

00:33:43.939 --> 00:33:44.379
 hope

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.139
 that

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.240
 you

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.679
 repent

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.819
 you're

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:50.379
 telling me

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:51.079
 about

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.319
 this

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.740
 thing

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.539
 so

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.220
 you've

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.579
 gained

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.379
 your

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:54.779
 brother

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 verse

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 15

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 Paul

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 says

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 in

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 our

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 text

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 sorry

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 not

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 Matthew

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 18

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 but

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 back

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 in

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 2

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 Thessalonians

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 chapter

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 3

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 he says

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 do not

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 regard

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 him

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 as

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 an

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 enemy

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 but

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 warn

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 him

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 as

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 a

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 brother

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 warn

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 him

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 tell

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 him

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 that

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 his

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 error

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 may

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 mean

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 that

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 he's

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 not

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 in

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 Christ

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 so

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 he

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 needs

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 to

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 repent

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 he

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 needs

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 to

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 see

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 this

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 in

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 his

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 life

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 1

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 Thessalonians

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 5

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 14

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 Paul

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 wrote

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 and we

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 urge

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 you

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 brothers

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 admonish

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 the

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 idle

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 encourage

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 the

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 faint

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 hearted

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 help

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 the

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 weak

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 be

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 patient

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 with

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 them

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 all

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 so

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 this

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 is

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 a

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 restorative

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 thing

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 right

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 we

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 do

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 it

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 out

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 of

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 love

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 and

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 concern

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 for

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 one

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 another

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 we

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 come

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 alongside

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 people

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 people

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 want

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 to

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 get

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 so

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 uptight

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 about

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 this

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 kind

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 of

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 stuff

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 don't

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 judge

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 unless

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 you

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 be

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 judged

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 they

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 take

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 scripture

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 out of

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 context

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 when

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 Jesus

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 goes

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 on

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 there

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 to

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 say

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 be

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 sure

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 to

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 remove

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 the

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 plank

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 from

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 your

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 own

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 eyes

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 so

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 that

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 you

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 see

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 clearly

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 you

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 remove

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 the

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 speck

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 from

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 your

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 brothers

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 right

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 there's

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 a

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 process

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 by which

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 we

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 are

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 meant

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 to be

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 encouraging

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 each

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 other

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 along

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 in

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 holiness

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 so

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 that's

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 step

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 one

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 if

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 your

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 brother

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 sins

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 against

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 you

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 go

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 tell

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 him

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 his

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 fault

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 secondly

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!

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 Jude

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 says

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 if

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 he

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 refuses

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 to

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 listen

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 to

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 them

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 we

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 come

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 to

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 the

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 third

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 step

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 which

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 is

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 to

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 tell

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 it

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 to

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 the

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 church

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 and

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 Paul

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 is

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 talking

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 about

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 a

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 local

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 congregation

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 covenanted

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 together

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 members of

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 a

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 fellowship

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 together

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 that

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 take

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God

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 seriously

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 and

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 take

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 sin

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 seriously

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 and

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 want

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.420
 to

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 see

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 people

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 restored

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!

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 in the process. They may not receive well the things that we say to them, but we want to seek

00:36:54.320 --> 00:37:02.380
 their restoration. And then if he refuses to listen even to the church, Jesus says,

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:10.320
 even this institution that I've created that has authority to do this work, if he refuses to listen

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:18.440
 even to the church, this is the fourth and final step, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:26.360
 collector. And Jesus there is saying, let him be to you as one outside of the faith. Paul says the same,

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:31.580
 right? So this is what Paul means in verse six, when he says, we command you brothers in the name

00:37:31.580 --> 00:37:37.059
 of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:42.820
 accord with the tradition that you receive from us. And in verse 14, if anyone does not obey what

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:48.380
 we say in this letter, take note of that person and have nothing to do with him, that he may be

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:56.659
 ashamed. And the point is that the church says to this person, we take your sin very seriously. And

00:37:56.659 --> 00:38:05.779
 as such, we cannot associate with you as the church. We can't allow you to bear the name of Jesus Christ

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:16.400
 any longer because we have concern for your soul. And so this process is an extremely healthy thing

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:22.019
 for the life of a church, right? I hope I'm speaking to you and you're a member of our church and you can

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:28.260
 say, yeah, it is. If you're not, you need to be part of a local fellowship, if not here, someplace else

00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:35.220
 that practices church discipline. It's an extremely important part of what even defines

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:44.039
 a local church. This particular sin that Paul is addressing, this one that needs to be

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:52.599
 corrected, it's not to be tolerated, right? It's so dishonoring to God, this form of idleness, right?

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:59.899
 This mooching off of others, the burdensome freeloading, this lack of generosity, this

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:10.820
 self-serving attitude, that it needs admonishment. He writes in 1 Timothy 5.8, to give you an idea of

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:17.320
 the seriousness of this. He says there, if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:23.760
 for members of his household. So here we have a person, he's speaking now of a man who is idle,

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:27.500
 not providing for his own household, right? Not providing for his own household or those that

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:34.140
 need help. So maybe an aged grandmother that needs his help. He's not providing for them. He says here,

00:39:34.520 --> 00:39:44.740
 he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever, right? Oh, he's got emotions about an idle man who

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:55.299
 doesn't provide for his family. And so it's a serious matter. And so we ought not tolerate what

00:39:55.299 --> 00:40:03.739
 dishonors God, but admonish the idle. We ought not be idle, but work diligently. We ought not reject

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:10.859
 apostolic teaching and example, but be doers of the word. We ought not be freeloaders, but pay our own

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:19.460
 ways. We ought not be burdensome, but rather be generous. We ought not be busybodies, but we ought

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:31.340
 to build up others. Beloved by God's grace, he is at work in our working, whatever that work may be.

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:36.840
 Let us be a people who work diligently to the glory of God. Let's pray together.