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 lot of you guys know we're in Philippians. So turn to Philippians. I will be preaching out of

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 Philippians 18 to the end of the chapter. But I'm just going to give a brief overview of the chapter,

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 everything that is the priest on already. I'm going to get into it. So just note on verse 1,

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 Paul and Timothy, you can find where Paul meets the Philippians in Acts chapter 16.

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 A great thing also is that you can find where Paul meets Timothy in Acts chapter 15.

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 Paul and Timothy together, the first church planting that they did was the Philippians church,

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 which is amazing because now Paul and Timothy can ride back together to the Philippians church.

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 Philippi was a hub in Alexander the Great's empire. Then it was conquered by the Romans

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 and now it's a very militaristic place. It was almost a fort. It was a colony. It was where

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 a lot of Roman soldiers went to retire. It's a colony of the Romans. And so you're sending people there

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 to start the city, basically, to start a village, right? A lot of prominent people there.

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 Chapter 16, you learn of Lydia, who's a dealer in purple cloth,

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 which is mainly with kings and nobles. You learn of the jailer who gets saved. So the letter of

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 Philippians, bring all that up because Paul uses a lot of militaristic language whenever he's

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 addressing the Philippians. And then when Seth was preaching, one of the things that he highlighted was

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 partnership. We see that in verse 4, the partnership in the gospel. Then onward,

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 I have you in my heart. You are all partners with me in grace. Partnership is littered throughout this letter

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 because this is a modern day missionary support letter, right? The Philippians is providing funds

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 to Paul so that he can further his mission. And Paul, in turn, is also praying for them and partnering

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 with them in this regards as he prays for them there and as he prays for them in the section that

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 I'll read from. And then what Sam preached on is the advance of the gospel. The gospel is going forth.

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 Paul is in prison. Sam challenged us in how are we also not in chains, advancing the gospel.

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 So it's a brief introduction. Now we get to my section. I'll start reading from verse 18 onwards

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 and then begin. What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether from false motives or true,

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 Christ has proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, I will continue to rejoice because I know this will

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 lead to my salvation through your prayers and help from the spirit of Jesus Christ. My eager expectation,

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 hope, is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now, as always, with all courage,

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 Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For me to live is Christ and to

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 die is gain. Now, if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful work for me, and I don't know which

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 one I should choose. I'm torn between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ, which is far

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 better, but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake. Since I'm persuaded of this, I know

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 that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and join the faith so that because

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 of my coming to you again, your boasting in Christ Jesus may bound. Just one thing, as citizens of

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 heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then whether I come to you and see you

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 or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, in one accord,

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 contending together for the faith of the gospel, not being frightened away by your opponents.

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 This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your salvation, and this is from God. For it has

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 been granted to you on Christ's behalf, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him. Since

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 you're engaged in the same struggle that you saw I had, and now hear that I have.

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 What a great passage. It's kind of like two porterhouse that I was given to preach on. It's so rich.

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 So we might be spending a lot of time on this. Hopefully not. So verse 18b, starting in yes,

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 I will continue to rejoice. To verse 19. Yes, I will continue to rejoice because I know

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 this will lead to my salvation through your prayers and help from the spirit of Jesus Christ.

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 In Paul's life right now, he's in chains. He is under house arrest. He is awaiting trial

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 in front of Caesar, either to be free or to be executed. So he writes this asking for prayer. But he also says,

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 I know this will lead to my salvation through your prayers and help from the Holy Spirit. This

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 shows two different things. One is, Paul is asking for prayer as the elite apostle, but also saying that

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 the Holy Spirit works through our prayers. It's not like God can freely act however he chooses,

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 but one of his modes of acting is by our prayers. Paul knows this. Say, I need your prayers because

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 it's how God acts. The word there, salvation or deliverance is not a means of being saved, right?

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 Paul's already saved. Whenever the Lord is revealed to him, he is saved there. But this is just

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 deliverance from his chains, from his house arrest, right? From prison is what he's meaning.

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 And this is reminiscent of many that have gone before Paul for the sake of God, such as Daniel in the

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 lion's den, right? Daniel, betrayed by some of his fellow co-workers in a law that he could only pray

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 to the emperor. He prays to God and then is thrown into a den of lions. But the Lord delivers him.

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 Right? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego commanded to bow before a golden idol. But the Lord delivers them

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 in the fire. In the New Testament, the apostles are imprisoned, but then freed by an angel. And then Peter

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 is thrown into prison, but then freed by an angel again, comes, knocks on the door. And in their joy,

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 the people greet him and rejoice. This isn't abnormal to happen of someone being thrown into prison.

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 And Paul knows that he can be delivered by the help of the Spirit because it's happened before

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 many times. This form and Paul wanting prayers from these sins, right? Paul desiring their prayers to be

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 saved from his chains should drive us also to our knees to pray for God as well, to pray for ourselves,

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 to pray for fellow believers. Because it's how God chooses to act. Right? Prayer is how God chooses to

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 act. I would rather you all pray for my marriage, my kids' salvation, my leadership, freedom from sin,

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 than to be invited to your house for a meal. I would much rather that. Because it's how God chooses to act.

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 It's what I need. I need my marriage to be secured. I need you to be praying for me.

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 I need that more than I need a free meal.

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 Of course, I love fellowship.

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 So keep inviting me.

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 But my encouragement is to you to pray.

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 And if you're already praying for the saints on a daily basis, praise God.

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 Please keep doing that. I need that. We all need that.

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 But if you're convicted because you haven't been praying, please pray.

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 This is a new church plant. We need prayer.

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 And then keep on moving. Moving on to verse 20.

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 Again, Paul's under house arrest.

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 There's either salvation to come or death to come.

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 That I will be highly honored, whether that Christ will be highly honored, whether by life or by death.

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 Christ's greatest desire is not necessarily freedom.

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 It's not his greatest desire. He says it right there, Mike.

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 His greatest desire is that Christ will be honored in this body.

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 Right?

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 That Christ, supreme, would be honored.

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 That we would all forget about Paul, honestly.

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 And that Christ would be going forward.

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 As he says, even in the advance of the gospel.

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 Like, some preach out of just wanting to gain money.

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 But he rejoices because the gospel goes forth.

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 Because Christ is proclaimed.

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 We'll explore more of what Paul kind of means by life.

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 But if Paul dies at the hands of Caesar, he honors Christ in his martyrdom.

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 Right?

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 Whether by life or by death.

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 Because if we think about persecution, martyrdom, the gospel always spreads even more because of persecution and martyrdom.

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 Think about Stephen.

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 Stephen is preaching against and for all of these Jews.

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 Um, he, he, he's like, he's tearing them a new one, basically.

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 Um, but he, he wants them to repent and believe in the gospel.

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 Right?

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 Uh, but he is, they're enraged.

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 Right?

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 They cover their ears, rush Stephen and stone him to death.

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 And then in Acts it says, devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentations over him.

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 But Saul was ravaging the church, entering house after house.

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 He dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

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 Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.

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 The martyrdom of Stephen caused the word to go forth.

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 It caused, uh, Philip, Philip the evangelist to preach to Ethiopian eunuch to be saved.

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 Paul's death honors Christ because it will, it will spread the gospel.

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 So, on to verse, uh, 21.

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 Don't forget.

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 I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll preach more on life.

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 For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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 So much to unpack in these 11 verses or words.

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 For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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 Uh, the first thing I want to note is that in the original language, uh, there's no verb

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 used in, um, this verse.

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 Uh, it's just, uh, they added a verb, which is the word is to better help, uh, the reader.

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 So it should be read for me to live Christ and to die gain.

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 Um, make this a note of is because one signifies purpose.

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 Like you could say for me to live is my family, uh, which signifies my purpose is my family.

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 I live to work for my family.

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 I live to provide for my kids.

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 If you said to live family.

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 It's, it's weird.

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 It doesn't make a lot of sense.

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 But when Paul says that he signifies existence, whole being to live Christ, right?

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 Paul exists because of Christ.

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 He acts beyond the behalf of Christ.

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 He does everything because of Christ.

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 It's not merely purpose.

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 I'm just, you know, doing all these things for Christ.

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 It's in all of life, Christ.

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 One commentator says to live Christ, the absence of the verb may be filled in many ways.

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 To live is Christ.

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 To live means Christ.

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 To depend on Christ.

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 To live honors Christ.

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 The foundation, center, purpose, direction, power, and meaning of Paul's life is Christ.

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 It's nothing else.

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 Certainly life so transformed and empowered by Christ's life is on a higher level and on a different quality than common, ordinary human life.

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 If your life is just for family or just for work, you're not, you're not different from anyone else.

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 Right?

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 But the spiritual man and woman whose life is Christ, whose life, Christ, exists, works, does all these things in light of Christ.

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 To live Christ means that you must be dynamic and not static.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 A good example is imagine you're talking to someone who went skiing.

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 Right?

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 I've never been skiing before.

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 So I'm talking to them.

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 I'm like, how?

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 How do you?

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 Like, do you enjoy it?

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 Like, yeah, I love it.

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 They're like, I do like the double black diamonds.

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 You know, I started at the intermediate and beginner.

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 It was kind of hard.

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 It was a little scary.

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 But I, I like, love the black diamonds.

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 It's like expert level.

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 So much fun.

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 Then you're like, well, how's it like, like going down on the skis and stuff like that?

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 And then they're like, what do you mean?

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 Like, well, aren't there skis involved that you have to like go down the mountain?

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 He's like, no, I ride the gondola up.

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 And then ride it back down.

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 And you say, what do you mean?

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 But I'm like, what do you mean by that?

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 You just ride it up and down.

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 It's like, yeah, so much fun.

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 It's thrilling.

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 You're like, what?

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 What do you mean by that?

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 And what I'm trying to say by that is that the life of a Christian is not just riding the

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 gondola up and then back down.

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 It's dynamic and not static.

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 We're not just sitting there going through the motions of life.

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 Right?

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 There's intense and scary things about life.

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 As a double black diamond is.

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 But we're meant to go down that hill, not back down with the gondola.

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 Right?

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 So what about us?

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 Right?

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 How are we living this Christian life?

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 Right?

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 Are we going through the motions?

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 Are we just reacting to stuff that happens?

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 Sometimes we have to react because we don't know the future.

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 But is our life just static?

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 Like gestational?

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 To live Christ, to die again.

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 Is your life saturated with Christ?

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 Is it?

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 Is your life saturated with preaching the gospel to those you know and those you don't know?

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 Like we're commanded to God to preach the gospel.

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 New church plan.

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 Right?

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 Your wife.

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 Right?

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 To live as Christ is all of life.

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 Your wife.

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 Do you love her as you should?

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 In an understanding way.

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 Seeking to live in a quiet and peaceful way with her.

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 Your husband.

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 What's your submission like to your husband?

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 Christ-like?

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 Is it in a way that you can say to live Christ?

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 Are you constantly nagging your husband?

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 He might want to live in the corner of a roof.

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 Your kids.

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 Do you give them time of day?

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 Do you love them?

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 Fathers, are you exasperating your kids?

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 Moms, most of your times are spent with kids.

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 Are you annoyed by them?

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 Or are they a blessing from the Lord?

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 Kids.

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 You kids.

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 Are you obedient to your parents?

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 Do you...

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 Do you...

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 Do you like say no when they ask you to do something?

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 Do you talk back to your parents?

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 Obey your parents.

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 Your work.

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 Are you lazy in your work?

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 Are you lazy in how you work?

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 Do you work too much to not take care of your family or not give them time as it ought to be?

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 There's a balance in all of these things, but your life, Christ, is all of life.

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 It's pervasive in everything.

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 It's not church worship.

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 And then work is kind of like my own thing.

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 That's not really spiritual.

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 No, God created work.

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 God created kids.

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 God created you.

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 So everything you do reflects Christ.

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 And if you call yourself a Christian, which is a disciple of Christ, which is a follower of Christ, then all of life is what you do.

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 Reflects who God is.

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 Is it a good reflection of being a disciple of Christ?

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 To die is gain, right?

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 As we live this life of suffering and hardship and toil and death, we receive what we've lived for.

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 Right?

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 If we're living for ourselves, what we receive is hell.

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 If we're living for the next paycheck, really what we will receive is hell.

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 If we're living for the next experience, the next bottle off the shelf, the next hit, what we gain is hell.

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 But if to live Christ, then to die is Christ.

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 What we gain in death is Christ.

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 In 1 Corinthians 13, it says,

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 Of these, faith, hope, and love were made.

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 But the greatest of these is love.

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.599
 Now, why is that?

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:23.259
 Why is the greatest of these love?

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 Primarily because God is love.

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 But when we die and go to heaven, our faith is realized.

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:34.079
 Our hope is realized.

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 But the love of God still remains.

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 And in this, I want you to realize this, that when we die, we will receive something.

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:50.479
 Either eternal paradise with God or hell.

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:52.219
 Hell's a real place.

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 But as we talked about earlier, in Paul's martyrdom, and in all of his hardships, he says to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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 You would think someone who suffers hardship, like all the hardship Paul has suffered, would kind of want to die in that way.

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:26.400
 Paul has gone through multiple floggings.

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:30.900
 In Philippi, in fact, he had a severe flogging.

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:33.640
 He has been in shipwrecked.

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:33.940
 Right?

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:36.640
 He has been in countless trials.

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:42.380
 You would think that death, I mean, he believes in Christ, would be a freedom from all death.

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:47.660
 But in verse 22, he says,

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 Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful work for me.

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 And I don't know which one I should choose.

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 Guys, Paul has been flopped.

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.699
 Flogged.

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.339
 Many times.

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.759
 Shipwrecked.

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.919
 Faced hunger.

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.000
 Toil.

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:27.139
 Deceit amongst the brothers.

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.399
 Right?

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.919
 And he says,

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:33.500
 I'm torn between the two.

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:36.679
 I don't know which one I should choose.

00:23:38.199 --> 00:23:40.000
 A life full of hardship.

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:42.559
 Or death and be with Christ.

00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:44.019
 I'm torn between the two.

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.859
 But he says,

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:48.399
 I live on in the flesh.

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:50.280
 This means fruitful work for me.

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 And I don't know which one I should choose.

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 Isn't that astounding?

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.240
 Right?

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.360
 In this,

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:04.880
 it's just a hard decision for him.

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:11.160
 And I want to just note on Paul's love for the Philippians and his partnership with them.

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:11.860
 Right?

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:14.680
 He's so torn in this because he loves them.

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:20.519
 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.279
 Like...

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.519
 More necessary for the Philippians.

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.400
 That's such love and partnership.

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:32.840
 They are providing for him a means of which he can further the advancement of the gospel.

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:37.240
 But his love and partnership stretches so far that he would say,

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:41.819
 I want to be with Christ, but it's more necessary for me to be with you.

00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:43.500
 Because I love you.

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:45.619
 Because I'm a partner with you.

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:48.019
 Because it's necessary for your sake.

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 And he's confident in this, that he knows that it would be fruitful work.

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:57.539
 And then partnership and the bonds of love.

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 I almost cried just studying those verses because of how much he loves them.

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:08.839
 There's so much evidence, I think, in partnership in this letter,

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:10.799
 but I don't think anything like this.

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.579
 Of his love for them.

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 Is there love like that for one another?

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 Are we seeking to love one another like that?

00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:32.939
 This is a relatively new church plant.

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:36.439
 Are we...

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:38.259
 I don't think we're there yet,

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:40.119
 but are we striving for that?

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:44.819
 Are we striving to love one another like that?

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:50.719
 Is most of our time spent with people outside of this body?

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.579
 It's not a bad thing.

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.299
 We're not a cult.

00:25:56.879 --> 00:26:01.179
 But we're striving for strong partnerships and bonds of love.

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.599
 Right?

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:06.659
 We're striving for this type of partnership,

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:08.759
 which we could also say,

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:12.300
 but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.779
 Right?

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:17.040
 What is our partnership like with one another?

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.400
 What does that mean to you guys?

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:21.259
 Does it mean that we just come on a Sunday?

00:26:21.540 --> 00:26:22.960
 Like we make coffee?

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:24.759
 Like, is it just responsibility

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:27.460
 in those things on a Sunday morning?

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.680
 Or is it all of life?

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.440
 Right?

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.500
 Right?

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:36.380
 Continue on to verse 27.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.960
 Just one thing,

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.299
 as citizens of heaven,

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.980
 live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ.

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.940
 In this verse,

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:48.619
 we should hear echoes of verse 20 and 21.

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:52.519
 It's keeping in Paul's theme of life and death.

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:52.920
 Right?

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.340
 21,

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:58.680
 for me to live as Christ since die is gain.

00:26:59.060 --> 00:26:59.500
 20,

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:02.900
 Christ will be highly honored in my body,

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:05.240
 whether by life or by death.

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:08.360
 And then he says to the Philippians,

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.000
 just one thing,

00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:10.420
 as citizens of heaven,

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:14.019
 live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ.

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.720
 And those other two,

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.940
 it's kind of his ethos,

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:18.240
 right?

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:19.300
 His goal,

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.420
 his way of life.

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:22.279
 And now this is a command

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:24.779
 that he's giving the church.

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.360
 And if we believe

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:30.380
 that all of God's word

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:33.100
 is God breathed,

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:34.680
 then it's a command from God.

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:37.620
 For us to live

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:40.840
 as citizens of heaven,

00:27:41.300 --> 00:27:43.420
 live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ.

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.360
 Right?

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.259
 An imperative,

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:47.019
 a command from Paul

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.440
 and from God.

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:51.279
 Just a note really quickly

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.480
 on the original language.

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.519
 There is,

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:56.620
 the word heaven

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:58.299
 is not included

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.779
 in that verse.

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.600
 Some translator

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.360
 choose to add it

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:03.299
 due to

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.740
 Philippians 3.20,

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:09.299
 which says,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:12.539
 but our citizenship

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.419
 is in heaven

00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:15.200
 and we eagerly await

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.879
 for a savior

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:17.019
 from there,

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.099
 the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.399
 But I think here,

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.099
 Paul

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:22.599
 chooses to admit

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.500
 the word heaven

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.680
 because of

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:27.000
 Roman pride

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.599
 in their citizenship.

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.440
 And really,

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.779
 their dual citizenship

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.899
 is what Paul

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.859
 is focusing on.

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:37.419
 to live their lives

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:39.500
 as Roman citizens

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:41.559
 worthy of the gospel of Christ,

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.939
 but also

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:44.279
 to live their lives

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:46.459
 as heavenly citizens

00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:48.500
 worthy of the gospel of Christ.

00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:50.259
 Right?

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.279
 As we live here

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.059
 on this earth,

00:28:54.479 --> 00:28:56.119
 we're to live our lives

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:57.599
 worthy of the gospel of Christ.

00:28:57.599 --> 00:29:00.099
 in this United States of America

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.679
 where we have

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.419
 all the freedom

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:02.079
 that we can't,

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.279
 we're not to take pride in it,

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:05.079
 we're not to rejoice in this,

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.379
 but we're to live our lives

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.480
 worthy of the gospel of Christ.

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.699
 Like,

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:10.019
 if persecution comes

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.119
 to the American church,

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.740
 like,

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:14.099
 would we be able to stand?

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:18.019
 As it is

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.099
 in the rest of the world

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.519
 right now.

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.980
 Of course we will.

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.099
 Because Christ is our head.

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:32.019
 In verse 27,

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.699
 the end of it,

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.959
 then whether I come

00:29:33.959 --> 00:29:34.859
 and see you

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.599
 or am absent,

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.759
 I will hear about you

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.319
 that you are standing firm

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:40.359
 in one spirit

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.359
 and one accord

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.379
 contending together

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.059
 for the faith

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.699
 of the gospel.

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.000
 Paul is not

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.019
 threatening them

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:49.459
 in what he says.

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.779
 It's in regards

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.659
 to how they're living.

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.879
 He's more holding them

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.459
 accountable

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:56.319
 as adult children.

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:59.139
 He's talking

00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:01.879
 to adult children

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.659
 in this letter.

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:05.019
 In Corinthians,

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:07.139
 he's talking to them

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.819
 like children.

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.500
 Here he's talking to them

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.179
 like adults.

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.079
 Right?

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.799
 And so he's holding

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.619
 them accountable.

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.119
 He's not threatening them.

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.980
 And I hope that

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:18.000
 distinction is clear.

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.119
 But he presents

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:20.000
 three things

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.579
 a life worthy

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.119
 of the gospel

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:23.059
 of Christ produces.

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:24.859
 The first

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.579
 is that you're

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.200
 standing firm

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.859
 in one spirit.

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.179
 The Holy Spirit

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:30.019
 that we received

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:33.579
 means that we've

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.659
 believed in the gospel

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:36.500
 and that we've been

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.919
 sealed by the spirit.

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.220
 Right?

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.440
 To stand firm

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.220
 in one spirit

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.980
 means to stand firm

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.099
 in the Holy Spirit.

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:46.500
 But this confidence

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.039
 can only be done

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.019
 if we're trusting

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.559
 in God

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.759
 and trusting

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.980
 in his spirit.

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.819
 In Ephesians,

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.240
 it says,

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.019
 to put on

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.259
 the whole armor

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.679
 of God

00:30:56.679 --> 00:30:57.539
 that you may be able

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.179
 to stand

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:59.700
 against the schemes

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.319
 of the devil.

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:02.539
 Take up the whole armor

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.919
 of God

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:04.240
 so you can withstand

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.379
 in the evil day.

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.659
 Stand,

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.139
 therefore,

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.919
 having fastened

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.480
 on the belt

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.919
 of truth

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.879
 and having put on

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:12.980
 the breastplate

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.599
 of righteousness.

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.419
 Right?

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:16.300
 standing in what

00:31:16.300 --> 00:31:17.300
 God has provided.

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.539
 Standing in the confidence

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.759
 of God.

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.980
 Are we standing

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:23.120
 in the confidence

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.720
 of God?

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.440
 Right?

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.740
 Standing in the Holy Spirit.

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.279
 Trusting

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:29.100
 in the Holy Spirit.

00:31:29.300 --> 00:31:29.500
 Right?

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.519
 We cannot stand

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:33.460
 against cosmic powers

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:35.200
 if we are not standing

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:37.060
 in God's protection.

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.740
 In the armor,

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.279
 in and with the armor

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.820
 of God.

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:43.340
 And then the second one,

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.539
 with one mind,

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:46.359
 strive side by side

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.000
 for the faith

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.619
 of the gospel.

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:49.139
 One mind

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.559
 can also be translated

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.419
 one soul

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:53.099
 or one psyche.

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.759
 We need unity

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.919
 and we cannot

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.699
 get unity

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:59.439
 if we are not

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.220
 unified

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.799
 in the Spirit.

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:02.179
 Right?

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.339
 The Spirit

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.559
 is granted to us

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.359
 when we are

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.259
 believers,

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.879
 but this striving

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:09.059
 is an effort

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:10.240
 that we have to make.

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.039
 It's a toiling.

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:12.879
 To strive

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.960
 means to struggle

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.760
 or fight vigorously.

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.240
 Right?

00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:18.160
 This is what Paul

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.340
 is telling us to do.

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.700
 But are we doing that?

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.220
 Are we striving

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.240
 side by side

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:29.000
 vigorously?

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.600
 Right?

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.160
 Fighting,

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.720
 linking arms together.

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:31.779
 together.

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.440
 The third one

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.779
 is,

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.519
 and not be frightened

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:40.100
 in verse 28

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:41.279
 in anything

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.240
 by your opponents.

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.960
 Imagine like

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.579
 an ancient

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.319
 battle line.

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:46.960
 Right?

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.920
 Kind of like

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.640
 Lord of the Rings

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.440
 or something.

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.400
 There's one force

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.799
 that's like

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.579
 running with

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.640
 swords

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.600
 and spears

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.319
 towards

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.740
 another army

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.500
 that's just

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.100
 lined up

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.799
 and there's

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.339
 people just

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.959
 standing there.

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.059
 They've got

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.799
 pipes or

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.399
 shields up

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:03.919
 or something.

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.959
 The battle line

00:33:06.959 --> 00:33:08.199
 can usually fail

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:09.279
 because of one guy.

00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:11.679
 Because everyone

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:12.639
 standing there

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:14.699
 is nervous

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:15.879
 at that force

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.799
 coming at them.

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.779
 But one guy

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.839
 who starts running

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.219
 ensues mass chaos

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.620
 and everyone

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.319
 starts running.

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.100
 That's why you can

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:27.059
 see in the Old Testament

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.839
 and they fled

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.400
 before them.

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.259
 They're running away.

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.900
 Christ Church,

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.759
 there's some scary

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.380
 stuff out there.

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.339
 One of them

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.000
 is named Satan.

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.460
 He is,

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:44.100
 his goal

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.740
 is to steal,

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.120
 kill,

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.640
 and destroy.

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.299
 And he does

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.720
 all of that.

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.720
 He steals,

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.779
 he kills,

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.900
 and he destroys.

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:52.420
 He destroys marriages,

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.840
 he destroys lives.

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.940
 He whispers lies

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.900
 into the ears

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.600
 of believers.

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.620
 He kills,

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.120
 seeks to kill

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.880
 many babies

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.420
 in the womb.

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.680
 He prowls

00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:13.320
 around

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.300
 seeking

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.920
 whomever

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.920
 he may devour.

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:20.920
 And on our own,

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.840
 a Christian

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.559
 isolated

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.500
 will be frightened.

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.260
 We need

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.099
 the Holy Spirit

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.760
 to stand

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.760
 and we need

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.240
 unity

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.099
 in the body

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.099
 to strive

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.519
 together

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.340
 to not be frightened.

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.780
 We cannot be,

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:36.500
 we will be frightened

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.500
 if we don't

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.440
 have the Holy Spirit

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.300
 and if we don't

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:40.019
 link arms

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.680
 with one another.

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:44.139
 A man isolated

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.460
 is not a good thing.

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.359
 A woman isolated

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:47.659
 is not a good thing.

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.940
 And continue

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.739
 in verse 28

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.199
 it says,

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:56.519
 not being frightened

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.739
 away by your opponents.

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.460
 We don't,

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.119
 we're not sure

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:01.399
 who the Philippians

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:02.399
 opponents are.

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.940
 And Paul,

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:05.159
 Paul calls them

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.859
 the dogs

00:35:05.859 --> 00:35:07.859
 in Philippians 3-2.

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:08.779
 Not sure

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:09.379
 who they are.

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:12.039
 could be

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.980
 the same people

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.099
 who flogged

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.760
 and persecuted

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.140
 Paul,

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.880
 but we're not sure.

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.579
 But

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:21.119
 the rest of that,

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.660
 this is a sign

00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:24.380
 of destruction

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.960
 of them

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.220
 but of your salvation

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:27.500
 and this is from God.

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.860
 Essentially saying,

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:30.340
 they will be destroyed

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:32.320
 and you are to be saved.

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.539
 This is from God.

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.220
 If you

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:36.240
 stand firm

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:37.200
 in the Holy Spirit,

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:38.519
 if you

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.900
 rely and depend

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.699
 on one another,

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:42.039
 you will not be frightened

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:43.900
 but not only this,

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.840
 they will be destroyed

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.960
 and you will be saved.

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.300
 This is from God.

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.380
 That's a promise.

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.559
 And so,

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:56.000
 just application

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.940
 really quickly on that.

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.179
 We must be

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.000
 on the battle lines

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.360
 together.

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.739
 We can't be isolated

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:03.000
 doing this by ourself.

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:05.460
 holding firm

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.320
 to the promises

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.000
 of God,

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.639
 trusting

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.619
 in the Spirit

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.360
 and relying

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.280
 on one another.

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.420
 All necessary.

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.099
 Can I rely

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.639
 on you

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.420
 to strive together?

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:21.159
 are we reliable?

00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:28.039
 Like,

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:30.180
 if I call you

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:30.940
 and I really need you,

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.579
 will you be there?

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.280
 Like,

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.960
 can I call you

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.519
 at any time?

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:33.740
 Like,

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.599
 I'm really struggling.

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.860
 Or do you pick up

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.680
 the phone and call

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.840
 and want to just

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.559
 fight by yourself?

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.500
 If we're not trusting

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.380
 in the Holy Spirit,

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:49.619
 if we're not relying

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.739
 on one another together

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:52.579
 and we're isolated,

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.880
 we will be terrified

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:57.460
 because Satan

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:59.039
 is a cosmic force.

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.099
 Ephesians says

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.760
 we're not against

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:03.780
 flesh and blood,

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.219
 but against

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:06.000
 the cosmic powers.

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.719
 Do you know

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.239
 how vast

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:09.059
 the cosmos are?

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.820
 Can you grasp

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.840
 how vast

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.739
 the universe is?

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:16.079
 Satan is a cosmic force.

00:37:16.959 --> 00:37:18.339
 He's not like us,

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.139
 flesh and blood.

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:21.339
 We need God

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:22.379
 and we need each other

00:37:22.379 --> 00:37:22.919
 to withstand.

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:26.019
 And then just

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:28.179
 verse 29-30,

00:37:29.459 --> 00:37:30.299
 for it is granted

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:31.159
 to you

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:32.099
 on Christ's behalf

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.359
 not only to believe

00:37:33.359 --> 00:37:33.699
 in him,

00:37:33.859 --> 00:37:34.699
 but also to suffer

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.159
 for him,

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.639
 since you are engaged

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.199
 in the same struggle

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.399
 that you saw

00:37:39.399 --> 00:37:39.899
 I had

00:37:39.899 --> 00:37:40.899
 and now here I have.

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:45.500
 one of the great lies

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.780
 of the prosperity gospel,

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.860
 which is a false gospel,

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.720
 is

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:52.860
 you can get the crown

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:54.160
 of life without the cross.

00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:55.619
 Right?

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:57.099
 You can get the crown

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:58.980
 of life without the cross.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.440
 It's a great lie.

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.740
 Do better.

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:02.840
 Right?

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.320
 Do better.

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:05.559
 Give more money

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.780
 and your life

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.680
 will be

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:09.080
 free of heartaches

00:38:09.080 --> 00:38:10.340
 and trials

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.019
 and troubles,

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:12.420
 but that's not true

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:14.240
 because it's a false gospel.

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:18.380
 We are to believe

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:19.039
 in him

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.980
 and the cross

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:22.200
 and suffer

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:23.140
 for him

00:38:23.140 --> 00:38:24.580
 to live

00:38:24.580 --> 00:38:25.420
 Christ

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.019
 to die

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.800
 gain.

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.680
 We're to take up

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:28.500
 our cross daily.

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:30.320
 Right?

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.880
 Paul's just reiterating this.

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:36.119
 Not only to believe in him,

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:37.480
 but also to suffer for him.

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:39.360
 We're told to suffer.

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.679
 The Christian life

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:42.079
 is a life of suffering.

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.860
 And to promise

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.679
 that we will suffer.

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.320
 Paul,

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.239
 and at the end,

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.159
 since you are engaged

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:55.059
 in the same struggle

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.099
 that you saw

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.659
 I had

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.380
 and now here

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.980
 that I have,

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:59.039
 the Philippians

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.699
 knows

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:01.420
 Paul's suffering

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.360
 firsthand

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:03.000
 and they have

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.940
 a similar struggle.

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.159
 Right?

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:07.360
 When Paul was in Philippi

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.920
 in Acts,

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.539
 this is what it says.

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.820
 Oh,

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:12.159
 there was a slave girl.

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.219
 Paul cast a demon

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.780
 out of her

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:16.179
 and

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:17.380
 pick up here.

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.460
 But when the owners

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.639
 saw that their hope

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:19.880
 was

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:21.179
 of gain

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:21.679
 was gone,

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.260
 they seized

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.119
 Paul and Silas

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.139
 and dragged them

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.940
 into the marketplace

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.980
 before the rulers.

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:27.219
 When they had brought them

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:28.039
 to the magistrate,

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.500
 they say,

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:30.159
 these men are Jews.

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.519
 They are disturbing

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.059
 our city.

00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:34.759
 They advocate customs

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.679
 that are not lawful

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.500
 for us Romans

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.619
 to accept or practice.

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:39.199
 The crowd joined

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:40.059
 in attacking them

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:41.199
 and the magistrate

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:42.019
 tore the garments

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.519
 off them

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:44.079
 and gave orders

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.639
 to beat them

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.179
 with rods.

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.239
 And when they had

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:47.699
 inflicted many blows

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.279
 on them,

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:49.239
 they threw them

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:49.859
 into prison,

00:39:50.319 --> 00:39:51.279
 ordering the jailers

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:52.079
 to keep them safe.

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:53.860
 having received

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.360
 this order,

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.319
 he put them

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:56.559
 in the inner prisons

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.699
 and fastened

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.279
 their feet

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:59.319
 in stocks.

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:02.239
 Paul says,

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:04.239
 you are engaged

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:05.299
 in the same struggle

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:06.360
 you saw I had

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:07.259
 and now hear

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:08.000
 that I have.

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:11.199
 Don't know everything

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.819
 that's happening

00:40:11.819 --> 00:40:12.440
 in Philippi,

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:13.779
 but we can tell

00:40:13.779 --> 00:40:14.259
 from that

00:40:14.259 --> 00:40:15.719
 there's persecution

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.460
 happening there

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.920
 from people

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.819
 in Philippi.

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:20.280
 that's the struggle

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:21.400
 that Paul had there.

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.240
 That means that

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:23.039
 they're experiencing

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.900
 something similar,

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.559
 which is why

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.120
 the encouragement

00:40:26.120 --> 00:40:26.640
 it's giving

00:40:26.640 --> 00:40:28.340
 to live as Christ

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.380
 to die as gain.

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:36.700
 A few last points

00:40:36.700 --> 00:40:37.580
 and then I'll conclude.

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:40.580
 As we are living

00:40:40.580 --> 00:40:41.200
 right now,

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.059
 I don't think

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.980
 that any one of us

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.820
 are threatened

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.400
 by death.

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.680
 Right?

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:49.299
 A few last points

00:40:49.299 --> 00:40:50.059
 for basics

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.279
 in holy living.

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.440
 Communion with God,

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.699
 right?

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:55.279
 The first is prayer.

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:57.019
 We need to be praying

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.619
 for one another.

00:40:58.980 --> 00:41:00.279
 If you aren't doing that,

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:01.179
 please start doing it.

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.239
 We need it.

00:41:02.399 --> 00:41:03.219
 Price Church needs it.

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:03.799
 I need it.

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.119
 God's mercy

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:06.339
 is new every day.

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:09.119
 Yesterday's gone.

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.859
 Tomorrow's here.

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 I need to love my wife

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 today,

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 not yesterday.

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 fasting.

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 Fasting.

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 I'll say it.

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 I don't know how it works,

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 but it works.

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 Whenever we deprive

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 ourselves of food

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 or of something

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 and are depending

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 on God,

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 God's ears

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 are open to us.

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 It works.

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 Meditating

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 and studying

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 God's word,

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 not merely reading.

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 I've read

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 my Bible

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 many times

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 and just forgot

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 what I've read.

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 How are we

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 studying God's word,

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 not just merely

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 reading it,

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 right?

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 Like,

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 are we trying

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 to understand

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 what the text

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 is saying

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 instead of

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 checking off a box?

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 If you're just

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 trying to check off

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 a box

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 and just read it,

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 I don't think

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 that you're going

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 to get much.

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 I don't get much

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 doing that.

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 You need to meditate

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 and study God's word.

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 What does it mean

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 to study God's word?

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 If it means

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 to just read

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 and you're not

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 getting anything,

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 maybe you need

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 to redefine

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 what studying means.

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 Listening

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 and waiting

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 on his word.

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 Sometimes

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 we just do

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 so much

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 and podcasts

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 are going,

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 doing all

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 of these

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 different stuff

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 that we're not

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 just listening

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 and sitting

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 and waiting

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 on the word

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 to hear from him.

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 We need to do that.

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 The last thing

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 in communion

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 with God

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 is obedience.

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 We need to

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 obey God.

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 Obey his words.

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 And then

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 the next,

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 does communion

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 with God,

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 union with

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 God's people.

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 Love God

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 and love people.

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 We need to

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 fellowship

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 with God's people.

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 We need to

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 live in harmony

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 with God's people.

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 The psalm says,

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 how blessed

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 it is

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 when brothers

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 and sisters

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 live together

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 in harmony.

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 We need to

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 love

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 and sacrifice.

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 We need to

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 love one another,

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 sacrifice our time,

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 our finances,

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 our possessions

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 for one another.

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 We need to

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 spend ourselves

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 and be spent

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 for unity

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 within the body.

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 Are we doing

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 all that?

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 Paul says

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 three times,

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 Christ will be

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 highly honored

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 in my body

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 whether by life

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 or death

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 and then

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 for me to

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 live as Christ

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 and die as gain

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 and then

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 says to us,

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 live your life

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 worthy of the

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 gospel of Christ.

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 Brothers and

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 sisters,

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 we must

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 live our life

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 for Christ.

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 If we're not

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 living it for

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 Christ,

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 what we're

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 doing is

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 we're working

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 for hell.

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 And so

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 I leave you

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 with some

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 verses from

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 the song.

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 What is our

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 hope in life

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 and death?

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 Christ alone,

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 Christ alone.

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 what is our

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 only confidence

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 that our

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 souls belong

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 to him?

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 What truth

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 can calm

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 this troubled

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 soul?

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 God is good.

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 God is good.

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 Where is his

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 grace and goodness

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 known?

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 In our great

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 Redeemer's blood.

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 Unto the grave

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 what shall we sing?

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 Christ he lives.

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 Christ he lives.

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 And what reward

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 will heaven bring?

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 Everlasting

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 life with him.

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 There we will

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 rise to meet

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 the Lord

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 and sin and

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 death will be

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 destroyed.

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 And we will

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 feast in endless

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 joy when Christ

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 is ours

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 forevermore.

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 Thank you.

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 And we will

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