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 Please join me in turning your copy of God's Word to Paul's letter to the Colossians.

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 Our text for today is Colossians 1-24.

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 But before we get there, I want to catch you up to where we've been just beginning at verse 15 and working our way up to verse 23.

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 Two weeks ago, we looked at this great cosmic Christological hymn found in verses 15-20 which reads,

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 He, being Jesus Christ, is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

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 For by Him, all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities.

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 All things were created through Him and for Him.

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 And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

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 And He is the head of the body, the church.

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 He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything He might be preeminent.

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 For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

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 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven,

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 making peace by the blood of the cross.

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 And we saw that Jesus Christ is supreme in a number of different ways.

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 But finally, the fourth way in which He is supreme is that He has made a way of reconciliation by the cross.

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 And we talked about that at greater length last week, verses 21-23.

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 Stating the condition that all of humanity finds themselves in apart from Christ,

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 and the way in which we are once enemies of God, but made friends with God.

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 Verse 21 reads,

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 And you who were once alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

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 He is now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death,

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 in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him.

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 If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast,

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 not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard,

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 which had been proclaimed in all creation under heaven,

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 and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

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 So you see there in verse 23, Paul has this ministry now of reconciliation,

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 as do we all.

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 And now we find in the next four verses,

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 verses 24-27, a bit of a fleshing out of that very ministry.

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 So I want us to see today the aim of Paul's ministry,

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 and also the means of Paul's ministry.

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 And I'm front-loading you here, and I'm aware of this,

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 but the means of Paul's ministry is suffering.

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 The means of Paul's ministry is suffering.

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 And this is such a weighty topic.

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 There's so much to this.

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 And I feel this week that I've been rushed right into the midst of something

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 that I can't possibly unravel in the next 30-45 minutes.

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 There's a great breadth of teaching in the Scripture concerning suffering.

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 Today's sermon will be just a small piece of the pie.

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 My head is a jumbled mess,

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 and my heart is wrestling still with the implications of such teaching.

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 Specifically, what does it mean for me?

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 For my life?

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 And specifically, what does it mean for the life of our church?

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 There's so much here.

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 In this example of Paul's ministry,

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 the means by which he is carrying out this ministry of reconciliation.

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 And it's very easy for us to just run past this type of teaching.

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 Give it a little wave or a tip of the hat as we go by.

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 Sure, suffering, yeah, doctrine about that.

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 We get it.

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 When that's a reality someday for us,

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 we'll have the knowledge to deal with it.

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 And we fail to really engage it.

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 To really work out its meaning

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 and all of its subsequent requirements of our life.

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 So I want to invite you to do that with me today.

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 To encourage you that sitting here for this bit of time

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 and thinking about these things while I'm talking about it

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 is not nearly enough.

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 But you need to go from this place and continue conversations.

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 You need to wrestle with it in your own heart.

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 You need to go back and read and re-read and re-read

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 and allow it to read you this particular text.

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 And so I read, beginning in verse 24.

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 Paul writes,

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 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake.

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 And in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions

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 for the sake of His body, that is, the church.

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 Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God

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 that was given to me for you,

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 to make the Word of God fully known.

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 The mystery hidden for ages and generations,

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 but now revealed to a saint.

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 To them God chose to make known

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 how great among the Gentiles

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 are the riches of the glory of this mystery,

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 which is Christ in you,

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 the hope of glory.

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 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 this morning

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 to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and to obey its commands.

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 Firstly, let's see the aim of Paul's ministry.

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 Verse 25, 26, and 27.

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 I hope you'll allow me to work backwards

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 and that won't bother you too much.

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 What is the aim of Paul's ministry?

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 A couple of key phrases here

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 to make the Word of God fully known.

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 He talks about this mystery that's been hidden for generations.

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 And what he's talking about is the way in which

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 the Gospel of God was meant to come

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 and extend to the entire world.

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 Not just a salvation for Israel,

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 but to go much further beyond.

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 And the way in which that would happen

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 in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 Verse 27,

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 To them God chose to make known

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 how great among the Gentiles

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 the saints get to know

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 this great work among the Gentiles,

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 the riches of His glory,

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 which is Christ in you.

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 The hope of glory.

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 This Gospel of reconciliation,

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 bringing people back into right relationship with God

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 that was intended from the very beginning

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 to extend to the nations.

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 The purpose of God in history

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 is that the Gospel of reconciliation

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 spread to all peoples of the world

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 and yield God-centered,

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 Christ-exalting churches.

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 This is the purpose of God in human history.

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 This redemptive story is about

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 spreading the Gospel of reconciliation

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 to all the peoples of the world

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 to yield God-centered,

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 Christ-exalting churches.

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 This was the promise of the Old Testament.

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 Psalm 22, verse 27 and 28.

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 All the ends of the earth

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 shall remember and turn to the Lord,

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 and all the families of the nations

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 shall worship before you.

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 For kingship belongs to the Lord

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 and He rules over the nations.

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 This was the promise of Jesus

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 to His disciples.

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 Matthew 24, verse 14.

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 And this Gospel of the Kingdom

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 will be proclaimed throughout the whole world

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 as a testimony to all nations.

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 And then the end will come.

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 This was the design of God in the cross.

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 As heaven's worship proclaims

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 in Revelation 5-9,

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 you were slain,

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 and by your blood you ransomed people

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 for God from every tribe

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 and language and people and nation.

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 This was the final command

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 of our risen Lord.

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 Matthew 28, 18-20.

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 All authority in heaven and on earth

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 has been given to me.

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 Go therefore and make disciples

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 of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father

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 and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe

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 all that I have commanded you.

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 And behold,

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 I am with you always

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 to the end of the age.

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 This was the God-given aim

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 of Paul's apostleship.

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 Romans 1-5.

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 Through Christ we have received grace

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 and apostleship

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 to bring about the obedience of faith

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 for the sake of His name

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 among all the nations.

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 This was Paul's holy ambition.

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 It was rooted not just in a unique apostolic call

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 to Paul to go to the Gentiles,

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 but also in the Old Testament promise

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 that is still valid today.

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 Paul writes in Romans 15, 20-21,

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 citing from Isaiah 52-15,

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 I make it my ambition to preach the Gospel,

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 not where Christ has already been named,

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 lest I build on someone else's foundation,

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 but as it is written,

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 those who have never been told of Him will see,

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 and those who have never heard

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 will understand.

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 Also in Acts 13-47,

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 citing from Isaiah 42-6,

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 the Lord has commanded us, saying,

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 I have made you a light for the Gentiles

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 that you may bring salvation

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 This was the purpose of the sending

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Acts 1-8.

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 You will receive power

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 when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,

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 and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem

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 and in all Judea and Samaria

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 and to the end of the earth.

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 Again, the purpose of God in history

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 is that the Gospel of reconciliation,

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 the ability for people to be reconciled

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 to God through Christ,

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 be spread to all the peoples of the world

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 and yield God-centered,

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 Christ-exalting churches.

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 And this is the aim of Paul's ministry

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 as we see in those last three verses

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 of our text today,

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 25, 26, and 27.

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 This is the goal of his ministry,

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 that these peoples might know Christ,

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 the hope of glory.

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 Secondly, though,

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 what is the means of Paul's ministry?

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 What is the vehicle that carries along

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 this great, high, divine call

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 on Paul's life?

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 And this is where we'll spend

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 the rest of our time in v. 24,

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 where he says,

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 Now I rejoice in my sufferings

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 for your sake.

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 And in my flesh I am filling up

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 what is lacking in Christ's afflictions

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 for the sake of the body,

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 that is, the church.

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 So these two broadening objects

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 of his ministry.

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 The sake of the Colossian believers.

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 I rejoice in my suffering for your sake.

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 And all believers,

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 for the body of Christ,

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 the church.

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 He's speaking in large terms here.

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 The entirety of the church.

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 And in my flesh I am filling up

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 what is lacking in Christ's afflictions

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 for the sake of the body.

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 That is, the church.

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 The vehicle by which

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 his ministry is being carried along

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 is suffering.

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 It's very interesting, isn't it?

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 Very curious that we ought to really

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 stop and pay attention

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 to what's being said here.

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 If God's historical,

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 global purposes still stand,

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 which they do,

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 and we are part of that process,

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 now given as ministers of reconciliation,

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 we really need to look

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 at Paul's example

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 for the means by which

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 we are to carry the gospel

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 to the world.

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 The suffering of Paul

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 was not a consequence

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 of his ministry.

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 Some would look at it that way.

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 Here, the suffering he's referring to

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 is his imprisonment.

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 He is right now in prison

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 writing this letter.

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 Likely a Roman prison.

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 He's referring to that

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 specifically,

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 but it's not a consequence

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 of his ministry,

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 but rather

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 a strategy

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 of his ministry.

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 A God-given,

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 a divine

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 strategy

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 of his ministry.

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 Suffering was a primary means

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 by which Paul spread

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 the gospel of reconciliation

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 to all peoples of the world

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 in order to yield

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 God-centered,

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 Christ-exalting churches.

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 Hear me say that again.

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 Suffering

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 was a primary means,

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 not the only,

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 but a primary means

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 by which Paul spread

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 the gospel of reconciliation

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 to all the peoples of the world

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 in order to yield

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 God-centered,

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 Christ-exalting churches.

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 And nothing has changed.

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 If you believe that it has,

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 then you have failed

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 to believe the gospel rightly.

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 You have discarded

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 the sufficiency

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 of the Scriptures.

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 You think in some way

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 we live beyond this age.

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 That this wasn't really written

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 for us

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 as Americans.

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 But it was.

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 Let me assure you

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 of that.

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 This is the era

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 of much modern preaching.

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 And it is very Achan

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 to the prosperity gospel

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 which I hope all of you

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 reject fully.

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 Rather than saying

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 believe in Jesus

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 and He will make you

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 wealthy and healthy.

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 This type of teaching says

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 believe in Jesus

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 and you can keep your wealth

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 and your health.

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 You've already got it.

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 Just hang on to it.

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 Jesus is a little addition

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 to that.

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 Fire insurance policy.

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 Stick in your back pocket.

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 It also says

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 change isn't necessary

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 to follow Jesus.

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 Go about your life

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 as an American Christian.

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 It's fine and good.

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 Just add a little bit

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 of extra activity

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 and everything will be okay

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 in the end.

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 Beloved,

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 this is not the call

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 of the gospel.

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 And this is the great error

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 of our day.

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 It's cheap grace.

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 The gospel is a free gift to us,

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 but then it requires of us

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 our lives.

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 All of who we are.

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 Let's look at the call

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 of the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Matthew 8, 34 and 35.

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 If you've been with us,

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 you should be familiar with us.

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 If anyone would come after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross

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 and follow me.

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 For whoever would save his life

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 will lose it.

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 But whoever loses his life

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 for my sake

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 and the gospels will save it.

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 The cross was not a beautiful thing.

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 The cross was not some little burden

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 you have to bear day to day.

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 The cross was a place of death.

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 The cross was a place of sacrifice.

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 The cross was a place

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 where we lay down everything

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 in order to gain Jesus.

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 Matthew 10, 16.

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 Jesus says,

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 Behold, I am sending you out

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 as sheep in the midst of wolves.

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 So be wise as serpent

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 and innocent as doves.

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 In Romans 8, 36,

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 Paul writes,

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 citing from Psalm 44, 22,

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 As it is written,

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 For your sake we are being killed

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 all the day long.

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 We are regarded as sheep

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 to be slaughtered.

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 Look at the portion granted

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 to those in Christ in 8, 35.

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 Proceeding this, Romans 8, 36.

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 Romans 8, 35.

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 Tribulation, distress,

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 persecution, famine,

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 nakedness, danger,

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 and sword.

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 Jesus goes on in Matthew 10, 17, and 18.

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 Beware of men,

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 for they will deliver you over

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 to courts and flog you

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 in their synagogues,

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 and you will be dragged

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 before governors and kings

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 for my sake.

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 Why?

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 At the end of verse 18.

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 To bear witness before them

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 and the Gentiles.

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 The very purposes of God

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 are being carried out

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 in the suffering

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 of His people.

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 Verse 24,

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 this phrase is so very,

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 very fascinating.

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 It should draw our attention.

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 In my flesh,

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 I am filling up

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 what is lacking

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 in Christ's afflictions.

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 It's an interesting phrasing,

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 is it not?

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 We must be very careful

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 at this point

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 to not think

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 that the affliction

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 of the saints

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 is somehow salvific.

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 That Christ's suffering

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 and death on the cross

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 wasn't enough

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 for the salvation of people,

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 and so we also

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 bring about redemptive work

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 in our suffering.

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 That there's somehow

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 some kind of holiness

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 propitiated to people

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 who believe

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 because of our suffering.

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 Right?

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 Our suffering has

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 nothing to do

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 with the remediation

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 of sin.

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 Christ's suffering

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 was sufficient

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 for that.

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 Turn to the book of Hebrews

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 with me,

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 beginning in chapter 7.

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 I'm having you turn here

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 because I really want you

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 to see this.

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 I can't rattle past this.

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 I know so often

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 I just spit Scripture

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 at you.

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 It's my hope

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 that you go back

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 and listen to a recording

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 or that you're taking

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 fast notes.

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 For the sake of time,

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 I try not to have you

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 turn everywhere we go.

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 But you need to see this.

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 The blood of Jesus Christ

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 was enough

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 to pay for the sins

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 of the church.

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 For all of those

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 who would believe in Him,

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 it was sufficient.

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 It was not lacking

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 in that sense.

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 Right?

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 Make sure you get this right.

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 Hebrews 7.27

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 He has no need,

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 Jesus,

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 has no need

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 like those high priests

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 to offer sacrifices daily.

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 First for His own sins

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 and then for those

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 of the people

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 since He did this

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 once for all

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 when He offered up Himself.

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 A completed work.

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 The temple sacrificial system

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 was an ongoing,

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 a constantly ongoing work

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 happening.

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 But Jesus Christ

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 accomplished this

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 once for all

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 when He offered up Himself.

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 Hebrews 9.12

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 Jesus entered once for all

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 into the holy places.

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 Not by means of the blood

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 of goats and calves,

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 but by means of His own blood.

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 Thus securing

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 an eternal redemption.

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 A completed work.

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 A final thing.

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 Once for all.

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 Hebrews 9.26

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 The second part of it.

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 Jesus has appeared

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 once for all

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 at the end of the ages

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 to put away sin

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 by the sacrifice

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 of Himself.

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 Hebrews 10.14

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 For by a single offering

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 Jesus has perfected

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 for all time

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 those who are being

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 sanctified.

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 Not sacrificed.

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 Those who are being

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 sanctified.

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 Those who have believed

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 in the work of Jesus Christ

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 on the cross

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 are saved

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 for all time.

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 Okay?

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 This message

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 is the thing

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 that we believe in.

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 It's the way

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 in which the Word

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 comes to us.

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 So do not be mistaken.

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 Jesus' sacrifice

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 was not lacking

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 in its power

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 to redeem the church

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 from its sin.

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 In no way

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 was it lacking for that.

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 Jesus' life and death

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 was fully sufficient

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 to save for all time

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 those who have placed

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 and will place

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 believing faith

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 in Him.

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 Accomplished work.

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 It is fully sufficient

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 for that.

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 So how then

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 are Christ's afflictions

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 lacking?

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 Because they seem to be

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 in some way, right?

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 Paul's saying that

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 he's filling up

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 what is lacking

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 in the afflictions

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 of Christ.

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 Let me read to you

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 a quote

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 from John Piper's

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 great book

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 he wrote called

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 Filling Up

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 the Afflictions of Christ

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 in which he wrote,

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 What is lacking

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 in the afflictions

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 of Christ

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 is not that they

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 are deficient

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 in worth

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 as though they

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 could not sufficiently

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 cover the sins

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 of all who believe.

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 What is lacking

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 is that the infinite

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 value of Christ's

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 afflictions

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 is not known

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 and trusted

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 in the world.

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 These afflictions

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 and what they mean

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 are still hidden

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 to most peoples.

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 And God's intention

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 is that the mystery

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 be revealed

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 to all nations

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 as I proved

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 to you previously.

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 So the afflictions

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 of Christ

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 are lacking

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 quote unquote

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 in the sense

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 that they are not

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 seen and known

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 and loved

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 among the nations.

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 So they must be

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 carried by us.

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 The afflictions

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 must be taken

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 by us

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 and put on display

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 by us.

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 And in so doing

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 we complete

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 what is lacking

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 in the afflictions

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 of Christ

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 by extending

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 them to others.

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 We put on display

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 what Christ

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 accomplished

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 accomplished

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 for those

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 who would believe

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 in His person

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 and His work.

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 A little help in this

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 for us

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 from a man named

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 Epaphroditus.

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 Those of you

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 who are part of

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 community outreach groups

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 you're meeting last week

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 you studied this.

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 If you'll turn to

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 Philippians chapter 2

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 I'll show you quickly

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 the similar language

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 that Paul is using

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 to help us understand

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 what he means here.

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 I'm going to read

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 this for you quickly

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 just to set the stage

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 for you.

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 We're really trying

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 to get to verse 30

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 so hang with me

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 if it drives you crazy

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 I'd read fast

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 I apologize.

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 Philippians 2

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 verse 25

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 I have thought it necessary

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 to send to you

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 Epaphroditus

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 my brother

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 and fellow worker

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 and fellow soldier

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 and your messenger

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 and minister to my need

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 for he has been longing

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 for you all

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 and has been distressed

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 because you heard

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 that he was ill

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 indeed he was ill

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 near to death

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 but God had mercy on him

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 and not only on him

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 but me also

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 lest I should have sorrow

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 upon sorrow

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 I am the more eager

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 to send him

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 therefore that you may rejoice

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 at seeing him again

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 and that I may be less anxious

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 so receive him in the Lord

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 with all joy

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 and honor such men

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 for he nearly died

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 for the work of Christ

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 risking his life

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 to complete

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 what was lacking

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 in your service

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 to me.

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 Okay so this man

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 named Epaphroditus

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 was sent by the Philippian believers

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 to bring some gift

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 money

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 food

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 books

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 something of that sort

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 to Paul

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 and on the journey there

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 it would seem

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 he became

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 really ill

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 almost to death

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 of interesting note

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 Epaphroditus

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 is really worried

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 about what they think

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 about that

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 not so much

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 about his physical state

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 God spares him

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 of that

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 and as Paul

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 is going to send him back

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 he's saying

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 honor this man

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 for the way

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 in which he has lived

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 for your sake

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 and he has come

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 he's almost died

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 risking his life

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 gone through some affliction

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 some suffering

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 risking his life

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 to complete

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 what was lacking

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 in your service

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 to me

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 and that is to say

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 that it would have been ideal

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 it would have been

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 most perfect

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 for the Philippians

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 themselves

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 to have been there

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 but instead

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 Epaphroditus

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 was sent

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 as an ambassador

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 he filled up

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 what was lacking

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 he himself

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 came

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 and presented it

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 before Paul

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 and it's the exact

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 same phrasing

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 the exact same

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 Greek phrase

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 that's used

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 in both places

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 to help us

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 understand this

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 so suffering

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 was a primary

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 means

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 by which

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 Paul spread

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 the gospel

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 of reconciliation

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 to all peoples

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 in the world

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 in order to yield

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 God-centered

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 Christ

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 exalting

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 churches

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 again

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 a divine

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 strategy

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 not merely

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 a consequence

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 this is the way

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 God

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 has worked

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 and is continuing

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 to work

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 in the world

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 in the advance

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 of his kingdom

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 Tertullian

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 who was a Christian

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 who lived from

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 about

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 AD 160

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 to about

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 AD 225

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 said of Roman

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 persecution

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 the oftener

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 we are mown

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 down by you

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 the more

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 in number

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 we grow

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 the blood

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 of Christians

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 is seed

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 the way

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 in which

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 the gospel

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 advanced

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 so very

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 rapidly

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 in the very

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 early days

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 of the church

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 was through

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.559
 the persecution

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 of the church

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 it had

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 saving effect

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 not that it was

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 powerful for that

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 but people

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 looked at

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 a people

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 who were

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 so strange

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 who had

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 their gaze

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 so fixed

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 heavenward

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 who worshipped

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 God in such

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 a way

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 that even

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 to the point

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 of death

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 they remained

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 true

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 to him

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 this is a

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 phenomenal

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 thing

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 John Piper

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.620
 adds to

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.160
 Tertullian's

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.380
 statement

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 for almost

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 300 years

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 Christians

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 grew in

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 soil

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 that was

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 wet

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 with the

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.579
 blood

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:24.360
 of martyrs

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:26.380
 the suffering

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.019
 of God's

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.440
 saints

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.980
 ought to

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 be the

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 norm

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 not the

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 exception

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 it ought

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 to be

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 the norm

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.180
 not the

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.519
 exception

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:34.880
 it should

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.140
 be

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.980
 normative

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.860
 not

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:38.740
 exceptional

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.580
 and it's

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.039
 really difficult

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.380
 to know

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.799
 what this

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.420
 may look

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.700
 like

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.160
 in our

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 American

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.680
 setting

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.779
 it's a

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.360
 place where

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:47.200
 praise God

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.340
 our religious

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.080
 freedoms are

00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:49.900
 protected

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.539
 or at least

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.380
 are supposed

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:51.799
 to be

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.580
 protected

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:54.460
 we are

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.080
 reaping the

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.539
 benefit of

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.039
 that now

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.440
 getting to

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.840
 drive onto

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.519
 this property

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.599
 with a

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:58.839
 sign

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.359
 kind of

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.480
 and meeting

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.879
 at a certain

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.699
 time in a

00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:02.299
 very public

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.759
 manner

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.480
 the fact that

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.000
 my preaching

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.439
 will be

00:26:05.439 --> 00:26:06.179
 recorded and

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:07.240
 posted online

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.759
 I have no

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.599
 fear of

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:10.059
 somebody kicking

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.720
 in my door

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.339
 as a result

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.339
 of this

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.240
 we reap

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:14.299
 benefit of

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.419
 this type of

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:15.919
 thing so it's

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.639
 hard to know

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.439
 exactly what

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:18.139
 this is supposed

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:18.740
 to look like

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.079
 what does

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:20.279
 persecution look

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.779
 like for

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.819
 the American

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.839
 Christian

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.220
 I'm not sure

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.980
 I completely

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.379
 know

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.220
 this is where

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.740
 my heart

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.620
 is wrestling

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.280
 and turning

00:26:28.280 --> 00:26:28.600
 over

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.040
 I do

00:26:29.040 --> 00:26:29.540
 believe that

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:29.920
 we're not

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.480
 there though

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:32.860
 maybe it's

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.220
 just a bit

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.820
 of discomfort

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.740
 maybe just a

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.640
 tiny bit of

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.300
 derision

00:26:36.300 --> 00:26:36.780
 you may not

00:26:36.780 --> 00:26:37.240
 be the cool

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.780
 person at

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.260
 your work

00:26:38.260 --> 00:26:38.740
 or in your

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.680
 class

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:41.400
 but I think

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.800
 there's got to

00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:42.280
 be more to

00:26:42.280 --> 00:26:42.900
 it than that

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:45.760
 I wonder how

00:26:45.760 --> 00:26:46.040
 we would

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.560
 respond

00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:48.340
 our church

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:49.060
 how we would

00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:49.540
 respond

00:26:49.540 --> 00:26:51.100
 if there were

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.760
 picketers at

00:26:51.760 --> 00:26:52.120
 the front of

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.640
 our property

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.560
 on a Sunday

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:53.960
 morning

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.259
 people with

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.680
 signs

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.259
 saying that

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.560
 we're

00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:57.500
 hateful

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.740
 or that

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:57.900
 we're

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.259
 evil

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.700
 because we

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.140
 pursue the

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.480
 ways

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.440
 of God

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:02.360
 worse yet

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.780
 what if there

00:27:02.780 --> 00:27:03.320
 were threats

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:04.120
 made on our

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.500
 lives

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.600
 what if I got

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.040
 an email

00:27:06.040 --> 00:27:06.640
 this past

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:06.960
 week

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.440
 that said

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.840
 that those

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.259
 who show

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.820
 up to

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.500
 this property

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.060
 on this

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:10.500
 day

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.540
 will certainly

00:27:11.540 --> 00:27:12.740
 be killed

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.960
 how do we

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.840
 respond to

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.340
 that type

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:15.880
 of threat

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:17.800
 would you

00:27:17.800 --> 00:27:18.360
 all gather

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:19.220
 at dawn

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.740
 in a secret

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.300
 place

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.779
 because you're

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.639
 so hungry

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.220
 for Christian

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.680
 fellowship

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.480
 and for the

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.980
 word of God

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.539
 preached

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.299
 that you

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.139
 would make

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.579
 the effort

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:28.899
 to do

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.220
 that

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.539
 you wouldn't

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.259
 just show up

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.720
 to church

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.319
 when it's

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.519
 convenient for

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.759
 you

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.099
 when there's

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.720
 nothing else

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.279
 going on

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.899
 that weekend

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.720
 you decide

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.200
 to pop

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.519
 in

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:39.519
 would you

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.480
 so desire

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.019
 Christian

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.519
 fellowship

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.240
 to be part

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.519
 of the

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.859
 work

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.359
 of the

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.619
 kingdom

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.159
 of God

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.680
 that you

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:44.879
 would

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:46.319
 work hard

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.579
 to get

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.220
 enough rest

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.960
 on Saturday

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.240
 night

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.559
 so you're

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.940
 ready to

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.220
 go

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.919
 at the

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.440
 very crack

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.899
 of dawn

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.600
 on Sunday

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:52.000
 morning

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.759
 rather than

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.019
 just

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.759
 incidentally

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.280
 you happen

00:27:54.280 --> 00:27:54.640
 to get

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.340
 enough sleep

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:56.220
 that evening

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.500
 would you

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.040
 arrange your

00:27:58.040 --> 00:27:58.740
 week around

00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:00.040
 such activity

00:28:00.040 --> 00:28:00.560
 to get to

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.120
 be with

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.519
 the people

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.040
 of God

00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.280
 to be

00:28:02.280 --> 00:28:02.740
 encouraged

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.080
 by them

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.360
 to go

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.180
 back out

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.880
 into a

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.180
 world

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.480
 that is

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.060
 hostile

00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:06.820
 towards who

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.360
 you are

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:07.900
 and to

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.180
 what you

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.560
 believe

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:13.580
 I hope

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:13.800
 that you

00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.200
 can answer

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.500
 with a

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.920
 resounding

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.560
 yes

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:18.160
 it would

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.500
 be foolish

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.800
 for us

00:28:18.800 --> 00:28:19.019
 to meet

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.280
 early

00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:19.680
 but if I

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:19.940
 said

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.560
 next week

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.559
 we have

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:21.799
 to

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.500
 there's

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.980
 no way

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.379
 around

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.659
 some

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.019
 threat

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.220
 that's

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.399
 been

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:24.659
 given

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:24.859
 to

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.019
 our

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.279
 church

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.799
 we have

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.179
 to meet

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:27.019
 at dawn

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.759
 next week

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.159
 that every

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.720
 one of you

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.460
 would be

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.859
 there with

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.279
 us

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.839
 that all

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.099
 of us

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.000
 would boldly

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.480
 proclaim

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.599
 the gospel

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.240
 come what

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.659
 may

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:38.139
 Paul writes

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.539
 in 2nd

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.079
 Timothy 3

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.500
 12

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.059
 let this

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.460
 stick in

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.000
 your mind

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.619
 indeed

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.240
 all who

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.679
 desire to

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:44.980
 live a

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.700
 godly life

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.339
 in Christ

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.720
 Jesus

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.839
 will

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:47.839


00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.759
 be

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:50.240
 persecuted

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.959
 not

00:28:51.959 --> 00:28:52.379
 maybe

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.859
 but will

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.539
 be

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:56.279
 persecuted

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.939
 it's not

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.439
 something held

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:57.980
 for a

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.819
 select few

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.139
 for those

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.419
 who are to

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:01.000
 be the

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.459
 loudest

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:01.879
 but anyone

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.599
 who desires

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.199
 to live

00:29:03.199 --> 00:29:03.699
 a godly

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.220
 life in

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.459
 Christ

00:29:04.459 --> 00:29:04.759
 Jesus

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.240
 and beloved

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.779
 anyone

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.079
 who has

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.659
 been saved

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.199
 by Christ

00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:07.459
 Jesus

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:08.179
 wants to

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.639
 do that

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.599
 wants to

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.099
 follow him

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.839
 wants to

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.259
 pick up the

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.599
 cross

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.259
 wants to

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.919
 go wherever

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.860
 he leads

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.480
 wants to

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.019
 turn away

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.380
 from the

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.580
 world

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:15.960
 and turn

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.480
 towards

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.200
 righteousness

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:19.820
 will be

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:21.160
 persecuted

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.460
 will be

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.060
 hated

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:24.039
 in some

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.680
 respect

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.200
 this shouldn't

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.600
 be some

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.779
 far removed

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.560
 foreign

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:28.440
 theory of

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.820
 the Christian

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.360
 life

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.620
 oh that's

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.240
 true of so

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.680
 many other

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.279
 places and

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.880
 so many other

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.300
 people but

00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:33.900
 not us

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.200
 because we

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.820
 live here

00:29:34.820 --> 00:29:35.680
 in America

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:38.240
 you have to

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.820
 ask yourself

00:29:38.820 --> 00:29:39.160
 what is

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.800
 missing in

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.460
 your life

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.920
 that prevents

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.360
 your

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.079
 affliction

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:44.839
 what thing

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.159
 are you

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:46.639
 not doing

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.559
 or thing

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:47.819
 that you

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.519
 are doing

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.939
 that is

00:29:48.939 --> 00:29:49.679
 preventing

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.159
 your

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:51.279
 affliction

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.219
 what comfort

00:29:52.219 --> 00:29:53.079
 in this

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.579
 world do

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.000
 you hide

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.439
 behind

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:56.599
 what sacrifice

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.119
 do you need

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.639
 to make

00:29:57.639 --> 00:30:00.359
 I think

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:00.699
 that if our

00:30:00.699 --> 00:30:01.219
 lives looked

00:30:01.219 --> 00:30:01.939
 much more

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.679
 sacrificial

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.099
 than they

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.419
 do

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:04.619
 the way

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:04.859
 in which

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.019
 we are

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.299
 treated

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.559
 in this

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.699
 world

00:30:05.699 --> 00:30:05.919
 would be

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.179
 much

00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:06.519
 different

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.000
 some

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.599
 would

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.019
 love

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.399
 us

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.879
 those

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.339
 people

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.240
 who love

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.740
 Christ

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.059
 would be

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.539
 drawn

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.139
 to us

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:14.319
 those

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.500
 people

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.839
 who don't

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:14.980
 will

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.279
 hate

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.700
 us

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.619
 that

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:16.759
 should

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:16.859
 be

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.000
 the

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.579
 response

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.940
 not this

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.899
 lukewarmness

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.359
 not this

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.359
 you're okay

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.960
 I'm okay

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.379
 kind of

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.919
 response

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:23.039
 but some

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.539
 people should

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.279
 absolutely

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.059
 hate us

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.639
 and what we

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.139
 stand for

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.339
 and this

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.559
 should be

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.240
 no surprise

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.839
 to us

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.960
 and others

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.539
 should love

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.819
 us

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.159
 we would

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.359
 be an

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.839
 aroma

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.319
 to them

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.299
 of

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.740
 Christ

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:34.579
 the

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.039
 contemporary

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.579
 Romanian

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.119
 pastor

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.559
 Joseph

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.019
 San

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.639
 who

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.019
 suffered

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.480
 greatly

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.000
 at the

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.299
 hand

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.460
 of

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.860
 Russian

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.680
 communists

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.120
 stated

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:42.880
 Christ's

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.279
 suffering

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.440
 is for

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.259
 propitiation

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.920
 our

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.480
 suffering

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.680
 is for

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.279
 propagation

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.779
 God

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.240
 has always

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.480
 used

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.900
 suffering

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.720
 in this

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.079
 way

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:54.240
 and he

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.380
 has

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:54.740
 promised

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.079
 it to

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.220
 us

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.400
 the

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.960
 seed

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.440
 of

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.620
 the

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.079
 gospel

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.339
 is

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.900
 sown

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.420
 through

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.620
 the

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:59.000
 suffering

00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:00.000
 of his

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.400
 people

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.839
 and the

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.120
 way

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.579
 in which

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.120
 we

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.500
 suffer

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.460
 as well

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.660
 it's

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.140
 not just

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.440
 enough

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.740
 that we

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.120
 suffer

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.500
 but that

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.719
 we

00:31:05.719 --> 00:31:06.559
 experience

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.599
 proclaim

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.959
 and display

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:09.539
 the

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.859
 supremacy

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.239
 of Jesus

00:31:10.239 --> 00:31:10.639
 Christ

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.119
 in

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.079
 our

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.679
 suffering

00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:14.339
 in

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.500
 John

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.019
 12

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.859
 24

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.139
 and

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.659
 25

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.319
 Jesus

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.719
 said

00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:18.419
 truly

00:31:18.419 --> 00:31:18.659
 truly

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:18.839
 I

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.039
 say

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.199
 to

00:31:19.199 --> 00:31:19.439
 you

00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:20.619
 unless

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:20.819
 a

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.019
 grain

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.199
 of

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.419
 wheat

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:21.919
 falls

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.139
 into

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.299
 the

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.519
 earth

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.699
 and

00:31:22.699 --> 00:31:23.119
 dies

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.319
 it

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.659
 remains

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.079
 alone

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.859
 but

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:24.979
 if

00:31:24.979 --> 00:31:25.139
 it

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.519
 dies

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.739
 it

00:31:25.739 --> 00:31:26.059
 bears

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.599
 much

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.459
 fruit

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:28.419
 whoever

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:28.839
 loses

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.119
 his

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.579
 life

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:31.859
 I'm

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.039
 sorry

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.319
 whoever

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.739
 loves

00:31:32.739 --> 00:31:32.919
 his

00:31:32.919 --> 00:31:33.239
 life

00:31:33.239 --> 00:31:33.679
 loses

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.000
 it

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.659
 and

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:34.880
 whoever

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.300
 hates

00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:35.519
 his

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.800
 life

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:35.920
 in

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.080
 this

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.420
 world

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.000
 will

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.300
 keep

00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:37.600
 it

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.440
 for

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.740
 eternal

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.240
 life

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.880
 he's

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.040
 not

00:31:41.040 --> 00:31:41.320
 just

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:41.680
 talking

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:41.960
 about

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.500
 martyrs

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.759
 at this

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.060
 point

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.340
 the

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.180
 seed

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.380
 that

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.580
 falls

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:44.779
 into

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:44.940
 the

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.279
 ground

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.740
 and

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.060
 dies

00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:46.440
 certainly

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.060
 refers

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:47.560
 to

00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:47.940
 martyrs

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.019
 and

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.120
 the

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.580
 martyrs

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:48.600
!

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:48.940
 death

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.920
 but

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.040
 he's

00:31:50.040 --> 00:31:50.240
 referring

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.360
 to

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:50.500
 the

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.800
 daily

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.279
 dying

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.500
 of

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.940
 disciples

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.600
 of

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:52.800
 Jesus

00:31:52.800 --> 00:31:53.360
 Christ

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.240
 the

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.680
 putting

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.120
 aside

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.340
 of

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.820
 our

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.340
 desire

00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:56.600
 and

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:56.880
 our

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.400
 direction

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.880
 the

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.200
 comfort

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.420
 of

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.620
 this

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.040
 world

00:31:59.040 --> 00:31:59.420
 and

00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.660
 living

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.580
 sacrificially

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:00.560
!

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:01.320
 to

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:01.660
 them

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.620
 those

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:02.779
 who

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:02.980
 take

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.080
 up

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.220
 their

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.600
 crosses

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:03.840
 and

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.140
 follow

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.460
 him

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.320
 follow

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:05.519
 the

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.980
 example

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.200
 of

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.340
 his

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.759
 life

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.400
 and

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.580
 his

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:08.019
 death

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.420
 I

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.560
 feel

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:09.700
 the

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:09.860
 same

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.040
 way

00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:10.240
 about

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.380
 it

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.660
 Graham

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:16.160
 our

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.600
 Lord

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.040
 was a

00:32:17.040 --> 00:32:17.300
 suffering

00:32:17.300 --> 00:32:17.740
 servant

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:20.120
 servant

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:24.839
 he

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.000
 didn't

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.240
 come

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.400
 and

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.660
 live

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.140
 a

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.859
 pleasure

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.460
 life

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:29.680
 John

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.039
 13

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.500
 16

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.940
 he

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.200
 says

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.460
 truly

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.720
 truly

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:32.900
 I

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.059
 say

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.200
 to

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.440
 you

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.259
 a

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.579
 servant

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.920
 is

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.120
 not

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.579
 greater

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.500
 than

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.640
 his

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.099
 master

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.960
 nor

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.079
 is

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.220
 a

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.559
 messenger

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.019
 greater

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.279
 than

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.440
 the

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.779
 one

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.259
 who

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.539
 sent

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.819
 him

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:43.500
 the

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.940
 proper

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.359
 Christian

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.819
 life

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.140
 is

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.579
 one

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.299
 of

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.880
 daily

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:48.120
 death

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:49.760
 it's

00:32:49.760 --> 00:32:49.900
 one

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.040
 of

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:50.380
 daily

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.760
 death

00:32:50.760 --> 00:32:51.400
 putting

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.740
 aside

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.380
 ourselves

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.600
 and

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:53.920
 pursuing

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.160
 with

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.560
 all

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:54.740
 that

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:54.880
 we

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.200
 are

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.140
 our

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.320
 Lord

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.480
 and

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.800
 Savior

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.800
 Jesus

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.320
 Christ

00:32:58.320 --> 00:33:00.360
 Paul

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.560
 gives

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:00.940
 example

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.140
 of

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.400
 this

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.620
 in

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.840
 this

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.100
 way

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.420
 2nd

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.720
 Corinthians

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.200
 4

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.400
 8

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.560
 through

00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:04.960
 12

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.680
 he

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:06.820
 says

00:33:06.820 --> 00:33:06.940
 we

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.040
 are

00:33:07.040 --> 00:33:07.520
 afflicted

00:33:07.520 --> 00:33:07.640
 in

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:07.920
 every

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.300
 way

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:08.580
 but

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:08.800
 not

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:09.380
 crushed

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.420
!

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.520
 Perplexed

00:33:10.520 --> 00:33:10.620
 but

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:10.800
 not

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:11.020
 driven

00:33:11.020 --> 00:33:11.220
 to

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.740
 despair

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.880
 persecuted

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.240
 but

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.480
 not

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.080
 forsaken

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:15.020
 struck

00:33:15.020 --> 00:33:15.520
 down

00:33:15.520 --> 00:33:15.840
 but

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.040
 not

00:33:16.040 --> 00:33:16.600
 destroyed

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.799
 always

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.579
 carrying

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:18.980
 in

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.139
 the

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.500
 body

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.719
 the

00:33:19.719 --> 00:33:20.139
 death

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.439
 of

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:20.839
 Jesus

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.799
 so

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.000
 that

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.179
 the

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.519
 life

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.699
 of

00:33:22.699 --> 00:33:22.980
 Jesus

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.219
 may

00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:23.659
 also

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:23.899
 be

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.539
 manifested

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.279
 in

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.439
 our

00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:25.839
 bodies

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.879
 for

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.099
 we

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.319
 who

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.639
 live

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:27.819
 are

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.199
 always

00:33:28.199 --> 00:33:28.439
 being

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:28.740
 given

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.159
 over

00:33:29.159 --> 00:33:29.439
 to

00:33:29.439 --> 00:33:29.740
 death

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:29.919
 for

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.219
 Jesus

00:33:30.219 --> 00:33:30.719
 sake

00:33:30.719 --> 00:33:30.959
 so

00:33:30.959 --> 00:33:31.079
 that

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.259
 the

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.579
 life

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.740
 of

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.059
 Jesus

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.919
 also

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.139
 may

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.279
 be

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.799
 manifested

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.099
 in

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.240
 our

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.500
 mortal

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.000
 flesh

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.699
 so

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.059
 death

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.199
 is

00:33:36.199 --> 00:33:36.339
 at

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.559
 work

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.839
 in

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.199
 us

00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:38.039
 but

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.480
 life

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.119
 in

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.419
 you

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:40.159
 and

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:40.279
 what

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.419
 he's

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:40.579
 just

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.859
 saying

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:40.980
 is

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.079
 that

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.179
!

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.199
 the

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:41.419
 way

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.579
 in

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.759
!

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:46.799
 you

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.159
 is

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:47.279
 that

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.439
 we

00:33:47.439 --> 00:33:47.980
 suffer

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.439
 and

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.579
 we

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.000
 die

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.559
 it's

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:49.699
 the

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.179
 cycle

00:33:50.179 --> 00:33:50.439
 that's

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:50.740
 happening

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:50.919
 in

00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:51.059
 our

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.500
 lives

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.519
 of

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.740
 all

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:52.879
 of

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.019
 the

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.740
 comfort

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:53.939
 and

00:33:53.939 --> 00:33:54.119
 all

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.259
 the

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.459
 things

00:33:54.459 --> 00:33:54.539
 of

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.639
 this

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:54.779
 world

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.039
 being

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.599
 stripped

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.240
 away

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.559
 from

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:56.980
 us

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:58.019
 that

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.139
 we

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.359
 might

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.539
 have

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.899
 more

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.879
 of

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.319
 Christ

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:02.919
 now

00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:03.000
 there

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.059
 are

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.259
 people

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.379
 in

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:03.480
 this

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.679
 world

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:03.879
 that

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.379
 seek

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:05.099
 suffering

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.379
 just

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.539
 for

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.240
 suffering's

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.599
 sake

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:08.119
 there

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.199
 are

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.440
 people

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.599
 in

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.759
 this

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.159
 world

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.719
 that

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.039
 are

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.559
 rightly

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.239
 persecuted

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.299
 for the

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:13.500
 wrong

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.940
 reasons

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.159
 though

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.360
 they're

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.539
 just

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.099
 dumb

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.900
 about

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.039
 the

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.179
 way

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.340
 they

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.480
 go

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.759
 about

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.079
 doing

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.599
 things

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:17.860
 we

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.319
 should

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:18.579
 be

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.679
 wise

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:19.840
 as

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.259
 serpents

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.519
 and

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.279
 harmless

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:21.659
 as

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.500
 doves

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:25.019
 Sam

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.420
 Storms

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:25.559
 wrote

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.699
 in his

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.059
 devotional

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.279
 book

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:26.440
 on

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.019
 Colossians

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.840
 entitled

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.000
 The

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.179
 Hope

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.319
 of

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.659
 Glory

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:30.779
 Suffering

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.039
 for

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.500
 sin

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.839
 is

00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:31.960
 a

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.659
 reproach

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.759
 suffering

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:33.980
 for

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.579
 suffering's

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.899
 sake

00:34:34.899 --> 00:34:35.319
 is

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:35.859
 perverted

00:34:35.859 --> 00:34:37.159
 suffering

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.539
 for

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.699
 the

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:37.920
 sake

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.119
 of

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.619
 Christ

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:38.980
 and

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.139
 his

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.639
 people

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.759
 is

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.259
 grounds

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:42.139
 for

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.519
 joy

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:44.399
 1

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:44.579
 Peter

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.839
 4

00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.159
 13

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.679
 16

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.299
 Peter

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:46.679
 writes

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.899
 rejoice

00:34:47.899 --> 00:34:48.359
 in so

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:48.619
 far

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:48.759
 as

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:48.859
 you

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:49.119
 share

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.579
 Christ's

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.119
 sufferings

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.739
 that

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:50.819
 you

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:50.960
 may

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.319
 also

00:34:51.319 --> 00:34:51.759
 rejoice

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:51.960
 and

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.079
 be

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.379
 glad

00:34:52.379 --> 00:34:52.559
 when

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.739
 his

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.000
 glory

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.179
 is

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.579
 revealed

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.679
 if

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:54.799
 you

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:54.899
 are

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.359
 insulted

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:55.739
 for

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:55.839
 the

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.000
 name

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.159
 of

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.519
 Christ

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.699
 you

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:56.819
 are

00:34:56.819 --> 00:34:57.199
 blessed

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.199


00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.420
 because

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.619
 the

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.839
 spirit

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:57.980
 of

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.319
 glory

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.600
 and

00:34:58.600 --> 00:34:58.740
 of

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.019
 God

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.380
 rests

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.640
 upon

00:34:59.640 --> 00:34:59.920
 you

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.700
 but

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:00.820
 let

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.019
 none

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.120
 of

00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:01.220
 you

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:01.480
 suffer

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.640
 as

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:01.780
 a

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.080
 murderer

00:35:02.080 --> 00:35:02.360
 or

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.580
 a

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:02.880
 thief

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.100
 or

00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:03.280
 an

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.800
 evildoer

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.000
 or

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.140
 as

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:04.320
 a

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.600
 meddler

00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:04.760
 he's

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:04.860
 saying

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.100
 don't

00:35:05.100 --> 00:35:05.559
 pervert

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:05.840
 that

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.140
 kind

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.280
 of

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.780
 suffering

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.140
 to be

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:07.600
 about

00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:08.640
 suffering

00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:08.860
 for

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.019
 the

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.260
 name

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:09.400
 of

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.840
 Christ

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.400
 verse

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.780
 16

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:10.960
 yet

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.080
 if

00:35:11.080 --> 00:35:11.260
 anyone

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.580
 suffers

00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:11.720
 as

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:11.840
 a

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.200
 Christian

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.800
 let

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:12.940
 him

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.280
 not

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.800
 be

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.200
 ashamed

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.380
 but

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.559
 let

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.700
 him

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.160
 glorify

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.720
 God

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.720
 in

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:16.900
 that

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.220
 name

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:18.780
 and

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:18.940
 all

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.160
 this

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.280
 is

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.480
 why

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.840
 Paul

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.039
 was

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.239
 able

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.420
 to

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.800
 say

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.759
 now

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.380
 I

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.940
 rejoice

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.119
!

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:24.119
 in

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.279
 my

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:24.940
 sufferings

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.559
 how

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.139
 odd

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.900
 right

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.279
 he's

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:27.440
 able

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.699
 to

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.579
 rejoice

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.539
 in

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.719
 his

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.219
 suffering

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:31.119
 suffering

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.300
 for the

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.420
 name

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.579
 of

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.099
 Christ

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.940
 is

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.079
 to

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.360
 join

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.860
 Christ

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.019
 in

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.179
 his

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.539
 suffering

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.880
 and

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.000
 this

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.119
 is

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.440
 why

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.619
 this

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:35.739
 was

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:35.920
 so

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.300
 precious

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.940
 to

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.360
 Paul

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.039
 right

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.360
 there's

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.460
 a

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.739
 wonderful

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.139
 example

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.360
 of

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.440
 it

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.519
 in

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.599
 the

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:39.800
 beginning

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:39.960
 of

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.199
 Acts

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.460
 chapter

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.940
 5

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.659
 we

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:41.840
 see

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.259
 the

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.739
 apostles

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.159
 taken

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.619
 before

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.039
 a

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.400
 council

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.599
 a

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:44.900
 Jewish

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.659
 council

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:45.879
 and

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.299
 verse

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.579
 40

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:46.899
 says

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.000
 and

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.099
 when

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.199
 they

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.359
 had

00:35:47.359 --> 00:35:47.679
 called

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:47.859
 in

00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:47.980
 the

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.339
 apostles

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:48.559
 they

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.899
 beat

00:35:48.899 --> 00:35:49.179
 them

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.699
 and

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.019
 charged

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.159
 them

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.319
 not

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.440
 to

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.639
 speak

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:50.739
 in

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:50.819
 the

00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:50.960
 name

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.079
 of

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.359
 Jesus

00:35:51.359 --> 00:35:51.940
 and

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.059
 they

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.259
 let

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.420
 them

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.739
 go

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.399
 put

00:35:53.399 --> 00:35:53.699
 yourself

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:53.859
 in

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.000
 that

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.339
 position

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.699
 for a

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:54.960
 moment

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.559
 you're

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.500
 caught

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.879
 speaking

00:35:56.879 --> 00:35:57.179
 about

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:57.460
 Jesus

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.980
 Christ

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.639
 you're

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:58.839
 called

00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.019
 into

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.179
 a

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.480
 council

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.779
 you're

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.039
 beat

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.179
 and

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.639
 charged

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:00.819
 to

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.039
 not

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.199
 do

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.319
 it

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:01.679
 anymore

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.440
 what

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.579
 would

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:02.679
 be

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:02.839
 your

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.279
 response

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:03.480
 to

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.739
 that

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.559
 how

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:04.679
 would

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:04.779
 you

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.099
 feel

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.399
 about

00:36:05.399 --> 00:36:05.719
!

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:05.719


00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:35.719
 that

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.419
 verse 42

00:36:36.419 --> 00:36:36.739
 says

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:36.839
 and

00:36:36.839 --> 00:36:37.039
 every

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.379
 day

00:36:37.379 --> 00:36:37.619
 in

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:37.779
 the

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.099
 temple

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.359
 which

00:36:38.359 --> 00:36:38.480
 would

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.539
 have

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.659
 been

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:38.819
 in

00:36:38.819 --> 00:36:39.000
 the

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.339
 very

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.759
 face

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:39.879
 of

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.059
 this

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.480
 council

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.259
 and

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:41.419
 from

00:36:41.419 --> 00:36:41.699
 house

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:41.859
 to

00:36:41.859 --> 00:36:42.079
 house

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.219
 they

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.379
 did

00:36:42.379 --> 00:36:42.539
 not

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.819
 cease

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.339
 teaching

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:43.879
 and

00:36:43.879 --> 00:36:44.259
 preaching

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:44.959
 that

00:36:44.959 --> 00:36:45.099
 the

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.619
 Christ

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.379
 is

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:47.699
 Jesus

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:50.980
 beloved

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.299
 if you're

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:51.480
 not

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.959
 okay

00:36:51.959 --> 00:36:53.000
 with

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.179
 this

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.579
 teaching

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.819
 then

00:36:54.819 --> 00:36:54.959
 you

00:36:54.959 --> 00:36:55.139
 do

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.439
 not

00:36:55.439 --> 00:36:55.739
 treasure

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.259
 Christ

00:36:56.259 --> 00:36:56.980
 the

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.099
 way

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.239
 you

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.419
 ought

00:36:57.419 --> 00:36:57.639
 to

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:59.559
 if

00:36:59.559 --> 00:36:59.779
 you're

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.059
 sitting

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.339
 here

00:37:00.339 --> 00:37:00.519
 and

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:00.659
 you're

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:00.899
 saying

00:37:00.899 --> 00:37:01.159
 wait

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.159


00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.299
 a

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.500
 second

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.500


00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.519
!

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.039
 what

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.199
 you're

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.480
!

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.859
 if

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.019
 I'm

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.260
 really

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.400
 going

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.480
 to

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.680
 follow

00:37:03.680 --> 00:37:03.940
 Jesus

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.340
 Christ

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.740
 that

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:04.860
 I'm

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.460
 inviting

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.820
 suffering

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.039
 I'm

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.480
 inviting

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.079
 affliction

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.360
 that's

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.539
 going

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:08.660
 to

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:08.780
 be

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:08.920
 a

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.380
 reality

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.559
 of

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.720
 my

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:10.000
 life

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.099
 and

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.220
 my

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.519
 response

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.640
 to

00:37:10.640 --> 00:37:10.740
 you

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:10.920
 is

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.680
 assuredly

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.180
 yes

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:13.500
 if

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.599
 you're

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:13.780
 not

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.320
 experiencing

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.840
 suffering

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.300
 something's

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:15.660
 wrong

00:37:15.660 --> 00:37:16.099
 something's

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.559
 amiss

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.079
 in your

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.500
 life

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.079
 we need

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.420
 to be

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.340
 observing

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.780
 that

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.160
 we need

00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:21.300
 to be

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.059
 introspective

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.280
 about

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.500
 that

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.700
 we need

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:22.860
 to be

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.140
 asking

00:37:23.140 --> 00:37:23.160
!

00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:23.280
 if

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.400
 the

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.559
 Lord

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:23.740
 would

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.079
 show

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.480
 us

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.340
 ways

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.500
 in

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 which

00:37:25.620 --> 00:37:25.740
 we're

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:25.940
 being

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.720
 disobedient

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.139
 to

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.300
 his

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:27.659
 call

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.000
 in

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.119
 the

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.460
 gospel

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.980
 ways

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.119
 in

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.280
 which

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:29.559
 we

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.159
 don't

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.659
 carry

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:30.940
 our

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.380
 cross

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.860
 this

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:32.980
 is

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.079
 what

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.200
 I'm

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:33.420
 saying

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.619
 to

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:33.760
 you

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:33.880
 and

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.000
 if

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.099
 you're

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.519
 not

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.880
 okay

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.119
 with

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.420
 that

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.139
 then

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.300
 you

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.639
 don't

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:36.880
 love

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.159
 Jesus

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.360
 the

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.480
 way

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.619
 you

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:37.840
 should

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:39.039
 you

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.240
 don't

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.599
 treasure

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:39.900
 him

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.460
 the

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.780
 way

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.280
 that

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.400
 you

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.619
 ought

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:41.840
 to

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.760
 you

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.000
 have

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.400
 not

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:43.900
 counted

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.159
 the

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.760
 cost

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.260
 of

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:45.659
 following

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.360
 Jesus

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.860
 Christ

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.220
 it

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:47.360
 will

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.820
 cost

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.200
 you

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:49.619
 everything

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:52.200
 Matthew

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:52.559
 13

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.099
 44

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.840
 Jesus

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.039
 said

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.139
 the

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.320
 kingdom

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.500
 of

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.800
 heaven

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.079
 treasure

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.360
 hidden

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.480
 in

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:56.639
 a

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:56.980
 field

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.720
 which

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:57.860
 a

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.059
 man

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.639
 found

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.039
 and

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.320
 covered

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.720
 up

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.659
 then

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:00.860
 in

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.059
 his

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.440
 joy

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.639
 he

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.860
 goes

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.059
 and

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.360
 sells

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:03.179
 all

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.380
 that

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.480
 he

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.820
 has

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.440
 and

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.559
 he

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.860
 buys

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.139
 that

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.539
 field

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:07.019
 Christ

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.360
 is a

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:07.579
 more

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.380
 supreme

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.960
 thing

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.760
 so

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.000
 much

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.420
 higher

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.619
 and

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.920
 cannot

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.179
 be

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.760
 lost

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.480
 so

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.639
 we

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:12.820
 give

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.119
 away

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.500
 all

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.820
 those

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.119
 things

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.260
 that

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:14.380
 are

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.720
 temporal

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:14.940
 in

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.059
 our

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.579
 lives

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.240
 all

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:16.380
 of

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.519
 our

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:16.940
 wealth

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.280
 and

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.460
 all

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.559
 of

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.700
 our

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.019
 health

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.539
 all

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.700
 of

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:18.820
 the

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.200
 comfort

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.599
 in

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:19.900
 order

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.119
 to

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.480
 have

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.940
 more

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:22.220
 of

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.599
 him

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:25.659
 Paul

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.319
 rejoiced

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:26.659
 in his

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.319
 sufferings

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:28.559
 because

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.279
 he knew

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:29.739
 that it

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.019
 was for

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.659
 the gain

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.539
 of the

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.939
 Colossian

00:38:31.939 --> 00:38:32.399
 church

00:38:32.399 --> 00:38:34.319
 he knew

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:34.659
 that it

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.399
 was best

00:38:35.399 --> 00:38:35.699
 it was

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.119
 part of

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.719
 God's

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.299
 purpose

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:38.059
 in

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.619
 Christ

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.279
 for the

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.679
 Colossian

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.079
 church

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.319
 to

00:38:40.319 --> 00:38:40.959
 witness

00:38:40.959 --> 00:38:41.500
 his

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:41.959
 suffering

00:38:41.959 --> 00:38:42.239
 and he

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:42.379
 could

00:38:42.379 --> 00:38:42.839
 rejoice

00:38:42.839 --> 00:38:43.339
 in that

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:44.079
 these

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.799
 larger

00:38:44.799 --> 00:38:45.359
 things

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:45.579
 this

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.299
 heavenward

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.980
 perspective

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:51.079
 in

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.519
 conclusion

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:53.740
 suffering

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:54.039
 is a

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.480
 primary

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.119
 means

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.980
 by

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.199
 which

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:56.740
 we

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:57.519
 are to

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:57.760
 spread

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:57.920
 the

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.199
 gospel

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.360
 of

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.820
 reconciliation

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.679
 to

00:38:59.679 --> 00:38:59.880
 all

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.039
 the

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.260
 peoples

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.440
 of

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.579
 the

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.900
 world

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.719
 in

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:01.880
 order

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.039
 to

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.340
 yield

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:02.820
 God

00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.240
 centered

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:04.139
 Christ

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.800
 exalting

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:06.059
 churches

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:07.880
 after

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.300
 all

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.920
 Christ

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.079
 family

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.320
 church

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.699
 exists

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:10.880
 to

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.179
 glorify

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.599
 God

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.740
 by

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.400
 experiencing

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.260
 proclaiming

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:14.760
 and

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.240
 displaying

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:16.099
 the

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.659
 supremacy

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.039
 of

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.279
 Jesus

00:39:17.279 --> 00:39:17.799
 Christ

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.239
 in

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.460
 all

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.079
 things

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.659
 to

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:20.859
 all

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.440
 peoples

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:23.719
 beloved

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.039
 we must

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.339
 ask

00:39:24.339 --> 00:39:24.659
 ourselves

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:24.839
 if we

00:39:24.839 --> 00:39:24.960
 are

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.299
 living

00:39:25.299 --> 00:39:25.980
 to

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.359
 this

00:39:26.359 --> 00:39:26.779
 high

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.219
 mark

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.399
 as

00:39:27.399 --> 00:39:27.500
 a

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.819
 community

00:39:27.819 --> 00:39:28.079
 of

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.440
 faith

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:30.099
 I'm

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.500
 confident

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.779
 that we

00:39:30.779 --> 00:39:30.960
 have

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.420
 much

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:31.960
 work

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.539
 to

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.799
 do

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:34.819
 let

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:34.960
 us

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.159
 then

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.719
 together

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.420
 yield

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.899
 ourselves

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.059
 to

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.179
 the

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.319
 will

00:39:37.319 --> 00:39:37.440
 of

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:37.559
 the

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.859
 Father

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.899
 live

00:39:38.899 --> 00:39:39.159
 such

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.799
 radically

00:39:39.799 --> 00:39:40.500
 God

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.119
 oriented

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.739
 lives

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.699
 that

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:43.079
 come

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.299
 what

00:39:43.299 --> 00:39:43.659
 may

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.119
 we

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.279
 will

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:44.519
 hold

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:44.899
 high

00:39:44.899 --> 00:39:45.059
 the

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.420
 supremacy

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.639
 of

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:45.819
 Jesus

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:46.359
 Christ

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.900
 so

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:47.039
 that

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.280
 God

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.420
 will

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.599
 draw

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:47.960
 men

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.860
 to

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.320
 himself

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:50.599
 let's

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:50.740
 pray

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:51.059
 together