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 Well, good morning.

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 Once again, happy mothers today to you who are mothers.

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! My name is Tom Zentz.

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 My wife Carrie and her mother are actually on their way back from Chicago this morning.

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! They were there visiting her aunt who turned 100 years old this weekend.

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 Carrie and I have been married for 39 years.

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 We have six children, seven grandchildren.

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 We've been members of Maranatha since 1984.

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 Over these 40 years, we've had the privilege of ministering to this body in various ways,

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 including now, one, as your deacon.

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 I want to say that it's our joy to see what God is doing here at this church.

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 It is a blessing.

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 When Pastor Andrew asked if I would preach on Mother's Day, I confess, there was some apprehension.

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 This day has often been met with mixed feelings for me.

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 And my own mother was only in my life until I was eight years old.

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 I was the oldest of four boys.

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 We were eight, four, six, and two.

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 When my mother battled an invisible enemy, a brain tumor.

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 That tumor caused her to change her personality, become even violent.

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 My father divorced my mother.

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 He remarried three more times.

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 That ended at three more divorces.

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 And then my mother, at her age of 40, she died of that tumor.

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 So while I'm grateful to God for other Christian mothers, those ladies in churches who have influenced me and my brothers,

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 this was a day we really did not celebrate.

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 Not until I married Carrie 39 years ago and gained a new godly mother-in-law.

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 So whether this day is a celebration for you personally or not,

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 this is the Lord's Day.

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 And the message is from God's word.

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 And it's for our good.

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 It's for his glory.

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 It is a pleasure to look at the scriptures with you today.

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 Our text is going to be 2 Timothy chapter 1.

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 I invite you to open your Bibles there.

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 If you're using the Pew Bible, it's page 995.

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 We're going to be looking at verses 1 through 14,

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 but I'm going to confess to you that we're actually going to be looking at the whole letter of 2 Timothy.

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 Don't get worried.

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 It's not going to be that deep of a look.

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 But we're going to be tracing three themes that Paul threads throughout the letter of 2 Timothy.

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 Before I read this passage here in 2 Timothy 1,

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 let me just say again, thank you, mothers,

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 for your faithful ministries to your children, your family.

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 The emotional and the physical rollercoaster of life can be exhausting,

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 and it can be overwhelming.

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 And I'm praying that the Lord would encourage your hearts today,

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 that you might be renewed and refreshed as you hear the word of God.

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 Please follow along as I read.

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 This is 2 Timothy chapter 1, starting at verse 1.

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 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,

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 according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,

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 to Timothy, my beloved child,

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 grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience,

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 as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.

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 As I remember your tears,

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 I long to see you that I may be filled with joy.

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 I am reminded of your sincere faith,

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 a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice,

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 and now I'm sure dwells in you as well.

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 For this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God,

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 which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

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 For God gave us a spirit, not of fear,

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 but of power and love and self-control.

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 Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord,

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 nor of me as prisoner,

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 but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,

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 who saved us and called us to a holy calling,

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 not because of our works,

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 but because of his own purpose and grace,

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 which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

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 and which now have been manifested through the appearing of our Savior,

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 Christ Jesus,

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 who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

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 for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,

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 which is why I suffer as I do.

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 But I am not ashamed,

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 for I know whom I have believed,

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 and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.

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 Follow the pattern of sound words that you have heard from me

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 in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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 By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us,

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 guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

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 Would you join me in prayer?

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 Our Heavenly Father,

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 You are so faithful.

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 You are loyal to your own character.

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 And we can trust you.

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 You are a good Heavenly Father.

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 Thank you for the blessings that are ours through Jesus Christ.

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 Thank you for allowing your Son to go through what he did for our sake.

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 Thank you for the rich gospel and the salvation that we cherish.

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 Lord, we confess to you,

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 we don't love you as deeply as we ought to.

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 Would you help us to love you more and more, day by day,

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 even as we come under the teaching of your word this morning.

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 May your spirit make Christ a little bit more clearer in our lives.

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 Help us to reflect him, to reflect your glory among our families,

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 among our neighborhoods, at our places of work,

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 wherever you have us.

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 This morning as we see your word

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 and your spirit brings things to our attention,

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 help us not to discard it.

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 I pray, Father, that you would have your work and your will done in our lives.

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 I'm guessing that there are some individuals here today

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 who come with some heavy burdens.

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 Some come with doubts and maybe wondering what you are doing.

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 Would you help them to know that your word is sure

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 and your hope, it's eternal.

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 God, I pray that we would be refreshed

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 through the preaching of your word this morning.

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 We want to give you praise.

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 We want to say thank you again for your Son, Jesus,

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 and we pray in his name.

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 Amen.

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 The title of the message this morning,

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 and there's no outline.

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 That's on me.

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 It's a mother's greatest gift.

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 And I would say mothers,

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 and when I say mothers,

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 all of you in here know that the things

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 that we're going to be talking to mothers about,

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 most of it applies to all of us.

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 So mothers and fathers,

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 especially now as Christian parents,

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 mothers and fathers,

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 the most necessary thing as a Christian parent

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 is your own life in Jesus Christ.

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 And it may seem simplistic.

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 It may seem so fundamental.

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 But as Christian parents,

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 our own lives need to be marked by godliness and faith.

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 Godliness and faith are manifested in various ways.

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 But one of the chief ways is a love for

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 and a trust in God and in his word.

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 A godly mother steeped in God's truth

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 is powerfully effective

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 as an instrument of God in the lives of her family.

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 The challenge this morning from our text

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 is to delight your own selves,

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 mothers,

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 in the word of God.

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 That affection that you have for God and his word

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 is what your children are going to see.

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 Your faith in the scriptures

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 to guide you,

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 to encourage you through the challenges of life,

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 that will be evident.

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 You see,

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 we can only share what we possess.

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 Christian mothers who know little of Christ

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 will have little of Christ

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 to share with their children.

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 Christian mothers who delight little in Christ

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 will instill little delight in their children.

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 Christian mothers who speak little of Christ

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 will have children who speak little of Christ.

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 Our children are sponges.

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 Their little souls are inclined to soak up

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 what floods forth from our lives.

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 As we delight in the Lord and in his word

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 and we display that delight to our children,

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 they do take note.

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 Generally speaking,

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 the things that capture your hearts,

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 they capture the hearts of your children.

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 If you would allow me,

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 I was walking out this morning

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 from our entryway in the house

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 and I saw this.

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 And I thought,

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 I'll just bring this.

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 My daughter-in-law,

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 a few years ago,

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 created this for us.

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 And as she began to understand

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 the Zenz family

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 and what we like

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 and what we like to do,

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 she created this.

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 And it says,

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 in this house,

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 we forgive,

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 we give grace,

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 we say prayers,

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 we do Sunday family lunch,

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 we give hugs,

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 we choose joy,

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 we love really well,

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 we play games,

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 we reminisce about Japan,

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 we live there for more than 10 years,

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 we do puzzles,

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 and we drink milk nog.

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 You'll have to ask me about that one later.

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 We serve the Lord.

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 It dawned on me that

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 for her,

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 not having grown up in my family,

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 as she began to observe

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 what we like and do,

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 those began the things

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 that she began to like and to do.

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 And as we think about ministering

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 to our children,

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 it is the scriptures

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 that give us the wisdom

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 and the means to do so.

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 Of course,

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 we will never do so perfectly,

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 but if we would seek to do it well,

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 our lives must be filled

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 with the scriptures.

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 The word is how we are made wise

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 into salvation,

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 and how we accomplish ministry

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 for the good of those around us,

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 including our children.

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 Lois and Eunice serve as two great examples

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 of this in our text this morning.

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 There in 2 Timothy 1, 5,

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 Paul says to Timothy,

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 I'm reminded of your sincere faith,

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 a faith that dwelt first

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 in your grandmother Lois

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 and your mother Eunice,

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 and now I am sure dwells in you as well.

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 That word sincere

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 is very interesting to me.

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 If you take that Greek word,

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 it literally means

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 not hypocritical.

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 And the word hypocritical,

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 some of you remember,

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 it's from the Greek drama,

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 and as that mask was put on,

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 and the person behind the mask

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 is speaking as if they're this person,

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 that person is disguised.

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 They are hypocritical.

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 Not hypocritical is removing the mask,

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 being true.

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 And so Paul is saying about his faith

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 that your faith is true.

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 It's sincere.

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 I also like the English word sincere.

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 That comes from another cool word

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 that's from the Latin.

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 That word sincere,

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 the first part of it,

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 the sin,

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 it's really sign.

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 That means without.

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 And the serra,

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 that means wax.

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 And so in Greek culture,

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 a merchant that sold pottery,

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 maybe he's putting things out on the table

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 and he drops a vase.

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 It doesn't shatter,

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 but maybe it gets a crack.

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 What he can do

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 is put a little wax on that

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 and then touch it up with paint

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 and set it out as if it's okay.

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 And if you're coming alongside to buy that,

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 you'll take that vase

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 if you're a good,

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 shrewd purchaser

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 and you'll hold it up against the light.

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 And what you're looking to see

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 if it is without wax,

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 if it's true

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 and if it's the real thing.

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 And that's what Paul is saying to Timothy here.

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 Your faith, Timothy,

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 it is sincere.

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 It's true.

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 I'm reminded of your sincere faith,

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 a faith that dwelt first

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 in your grandmother Lois

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 and in your mother Eunice

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 and now I'm sure dwells in you.

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 What a lineage.

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 Here are two women of the word,

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 women who loved the scriptures

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 and made sure to obey their son

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 and their grandson in the truth.

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 Talk about a godly example.

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 I confess at this point,

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 I was very tempted to name this message

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 a mother's faith.

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 And while there may be some merit in that,

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 I think both Lois and Eunice

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 would agree that

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 the knowledge of divine things,

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 especially the salvation

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 that Timothy enjoyed,

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 it was not derived from their faith.

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 It has only come through

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 the holy scriptures

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 and through God himself.

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 Remember what Paul said

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 to the church in Rome

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 in chapter 10, verse 17.

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 Faith comes from hearing the message.

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 And hearing the message

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 is through the word about Christ.

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 It is through the word of God

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 that salvation comes.

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 Here's our key theme this morning.

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 Mothers and the rest of us,

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 your most important task,

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 your greatest gift,

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 is to delight yourself in the Lord

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 and in his word

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 and model that before

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 and pray that for your family.

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 That should be encouragement

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 because it's not up to you

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 to save your children.

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 It is yours

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 to faithfully live,

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 love and live the scriptures

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 before your family.

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 I want to start by considering

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 the background of this second letter

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 to Timothy, if I may.

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 Paul's in Rome.

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 He's in prison for the gospel.

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 The letter,

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 this letter will be his last

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 before his execution in AD 67.

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 It's filled with affection for Timothy,

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 his son of the faith.

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 And with urgency and concern

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 for the state of the church

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 after his death,

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 he's going to write this letter.

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 It reveals a man

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 who is coming to grips

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 that he's going to soon die.

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 Timothy was born

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 in the town of Lystra.

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 That's the southern part of Galatia.

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 If you're able to imagine,

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 remember the Mediterranean Sea

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 and you've got Israel over here

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 and you've got the Boots country,

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 Italy over here.

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 You've got a body of water,

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 the Adriatic Sea,

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 and then you've got this peninsula

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 at the bottom of that peninsula.

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 You've got Greece.

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 Another body of water,

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 the Aegean Sea,

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 and then you have this piece of land

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 that kind of juts out this way.

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 The very end of that land,

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 that's modern Turkey,

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 but that was Asia Minor.

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 When you're reading Revelation,

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 you see the seven churches there.

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 That was in that piece of land.

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 And then if you just go further east,

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 there's another fairly big piece of,

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 that's a big region,

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 and that's Galatia.

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 And in the southern part of that region

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 is Lystra,

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 and that's where Timothy was born.

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 His mother and his grandmother

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 were both Jews,

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 and they had come to know

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Acts 16.1 tells us,

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 however,

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 that his father was a Greek.

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 And the way that it's constructed there,

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 it sort of implies

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 that his father did not know

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Imagine the potential tension then

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 for a mother wanting to participate

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 in the Jewish traditions,

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 and not having the support of her husband.

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 Not having the praise,

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 and the influence of a godly husband.

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 Or the tension of parenting Timothy

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 in the ways of the Lord,

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 and not having that affirmation.

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 No details of how dysfunctional home life was

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 is mentioned in the word of God,

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 but it's easy to assume

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 there were challenges.

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 It may be that Lois,

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 the grandmother,

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 first,

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 and perhaps then Eunice,

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 heard the gospel preached

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 when Paul came to Lystra

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 during his first missionary journey

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 there in Acts chapter 14.

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 If you recall that story,

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 Paul and Barnabas

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 came into the city of Lystra,

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 and they met a man who was lame,

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 and through the power of God,

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 they healed that man.

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 And immediately,

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 the townspeople,

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 they're like,

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 whoa!

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 And they said,

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 the gods have come to us.

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 And they praised

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 Paul and Barnabas

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 as gods.

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 And immediately,

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 Paul and Barnabas said,

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 no, no, no.

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 They deflected that praise,

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 and they said,

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 no,

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 that belongs to Jesus Christ.

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 And they ministered

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 in the city of Lystra.

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 Soon after that,

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 some Jewish teachers

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 from nearby Antioch

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 and Iconium came,

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 and they began to spread lies

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 about Paul and Barnabas.

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 And they changed the hearts

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 of the people of Lystra.

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 In fact,

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 what they did was

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 they ended up stoning Paul.

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 They drug him outside the city

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 and left him for dead.

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 And the Bible says

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 he was revived,

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 and guess what he did?

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 He went right back

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 into the city of Lystra,

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 and he ministered

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 the gospel there.

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 And he made sure

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 the churches were strengthened,

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 and leadership

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 was in position.

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 As you're reading

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 through the book of Acts,

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 chapter 15,

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 Paul goes back

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 to give report

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 in Jerusalem,

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 and then in chapter 16,

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 he's going on

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 a second missionary journey.

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 And he's taking Silas

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 with him.

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 And you know where

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 he makes a beeline for?

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 He goes right back

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 to Lystra.

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 And in Lystra,

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 in Acts 16,

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 verses 2 and 3,

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 I'm going to read it for you.

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 It says this.

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 This is regarding

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 Timothy's character.

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 He was well spoken of

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 by the brothers at Lystra

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 and Iconium.

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 Paul wanted Timothy

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 to accompany him.

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 When Paul went back

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 to revisit Lystra,

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 he met Timothy.

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 He met a young man,

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 probably a teenager,

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 not unlike some of you here.

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 And there was something

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 about Timothy

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 that the people

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 saw him.

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 And they noticed,

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 and they remarked

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 about his character.

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 He was probably

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 still a new believer,

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 but he was making

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 a mark for the gospel.

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 And I think it's because

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 of his grandmother's

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 and his mother's influence

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 in training him

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 in the truth.

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 You're in 2 Timothy.

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 You just flip over

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 to chapter 3.

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 Look at verses 14 and 15.

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 It says here,

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 But as for you,

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 continue what you have learned

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 and have firmly believed,

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 knowing from whom

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 you learned it.

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 And how from childhood

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 you have been acquainted

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 with the sacred writings,

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 which are able to make you

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 wise for salvation

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 through faith in Christ Jesus.

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 The Greek here

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 for the word for whom

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 is actually plural.

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 There in verse 14.

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 It seems to imply

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 that this influence

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 was from Timothy's

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 grandmother and mother.

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 It was their teaching

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 in the scripture

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 that helped Timothy

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 to grow

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 in the spiritual disciplines.

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 He observed

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 their devotion

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 to Christ

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 and his word

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 while living at home.

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 That famous verse

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 in chapter 3,

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 verse 16,

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 that says,

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 All scripture

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 is breathed out by God

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 and is profitable

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 for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 for training in righteousness,

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 that the man of God

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 may be complete,

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 equipped for every good work.

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 When Timothy read that,

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 he's like,

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 I know that.

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 I experienced that.

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 So by the time

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 Paul writes this second letter

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 then to Timothy,

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 this young pastor

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 had been ministering

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 there at the church

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 of Ephesus.

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 He had been pastor

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 at the church of Ephesus

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 for about four years.

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 It had been almost

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 just as long

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 since he received

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 the first letter

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 of Timothy

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 to him.

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 Timothy had been

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 a faithful servant

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 to Paul

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 ever since he left home

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 with the apostle

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 about a decade earlier

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 there in Acts 16.

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 And since that time,

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 he had ministered

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 alongside Paul

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 for the duration

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 of the second

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 and third missionary journeys.

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 He had visited places

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 like Troas,

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 Philippi,

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 Corinth.

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 Timothy was not unfamiliar

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 to the Ephesians

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 when he settled

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 in Ephesus

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 to be the pastor there

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 because he had been

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 with Paul

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 for almost three years

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 ministering alongside Paul

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 to the church there.

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 And now Paul writes

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 this second letter

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 to this young pastor.

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 He's going to provide

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 him encouragement

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 and strength

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 to face the difficulties

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 and trials

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 that would surely come

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 after Paul's own death.

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 As Paul lays out

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 what he considered

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 the most important

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 last words

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 for Timothy

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 to hear and to live by,

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 we have the benefit

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 of gleaning from that.

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 There are some rich takeaways.

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 I'm just going to give you three.

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 And if you're taking notes,

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 the first point would be this.

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 And guys,

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 this is like

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 the most important thing,

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 Paul,

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 is this is what's on his heart.

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 And here it is.

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 Salvation comes

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 from God alone.

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 You look back

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 at chapter one,

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 verse one of 2 Timothy.

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 Just follow along.

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 I'm going to kind of

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 take this thread

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 through the letter.

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 In verse one,

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 the promise of the life

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.680
 that is in Christ Jesus.

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.259
 Timothy,

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.620
 remember where your salvation

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.280
 comes from.

00:22:57.020 --> 00:22:57.940
 It's nothing you've earned.

00:22:58.020 --> 00:22:59.680
 It's only in Jesus Christ.

00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:00.880
 Look at verse two.

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.220
 Grace,

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.640
 mercy,

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.180
 and peace

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.680
 from God the Father

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.960
 and Christ Jesus

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.720
 our Lord.

00:23:06.780 --> 00:23:08.100
 Go down to verse nine.

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.380
 Who saved us

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.180
 and called us

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.280
 to a holy calling.

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:13.300
 Not because of our works,

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.860
 but because of his own purpose

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.580
 and grace

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:17.759
 which he gave us

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.980
 in Christ Jesus

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:20.299
 before the ages began.

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.839
 And the next verse,

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:22.639
 verse 10.

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:24.839
 Our Savior Christ Jesus

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.539
 who abolished death

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.699
 and brought life

00:23:27.699 --> 00:23:29.059
 and immortality to light

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.879
 through the gospel.

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.480
 And there in verse 12,

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.220
 for I know

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:35.759
 whom I have believed

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:37.519
 and I am convinced

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.740
 that he is able to guard

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.699
 until that day

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 what has been entrusted to me.

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 I'm just going to take

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.659
 a little bit of a pause.

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 That was the English Standard Version.

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:50.560
 The literal translation,

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.500
 if you go back,

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.100
 it says this,

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.740
 I'm convinced

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.779
 that he is able to guard

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.620
 until that day

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 the word is my deposit.

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 That's all it is.

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 And there are godly men

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 and women

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 on both sides of this.

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 The ESV says

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.340
 that deposit

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:06.700
 that was entrusted to me.

00:24:07.560 --> 00:24:08.519
 The King James

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:10.120
 and the Legacy Standard Bible,

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.320
 the New American Standard Bible

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:12.259
 says it this way.

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:16.300
 What I have entrusted to him.

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 The difference is this.

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.460
 Not only does God

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.920
 source me with salvation

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:24.640
 and shower me with salvation,

00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:26.540
 he is the one

00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:29.040
 who secures my salvation.

00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:30.900
 It's not up to me

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 to hold it

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.380
 and then to hang on

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.340
 as tight as I can.

00:24:34.540 --> 00:24:35.779
 My salvation

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:37.840
 rests in the power of God

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.700
 to secure it.

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 You go down to verse 13.

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.200
 We're still looking

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.920
 that salvation

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:45.400
 comes from God alone

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:47.140
 in the faith and love

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:48.880
 that are in Christ Jesus.

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 Verse 18.

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 May the Lord grant him,

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:53.140
 O Neciferus,

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.180
 to find mercy

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.920
 from the Lord

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 on that day.

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 And then,

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.539
 we're just going to do this.

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 Go to chapter 2.

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.380
 Look at verse 10.

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 That they,

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 that is the elect,

00:25:04.800 --> 00:25:06.380
 may obtain the salvation

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:08.520
 that is in Christ Jesus

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 with eternal glory.

00:25:10.760 --> 00:25:11.780
 In chapter 3,

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.700
 verse 15.

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.400
 For salvation

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 through faith

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.520
 in Christ Jesus.

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:19.060
 In chapter 4,

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.780
 verse 8.

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 Henceforth,

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.319
 there is laid up for me

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.819
 the crown of righteousness.

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 The,

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:26.240
 the laurel

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.279
 of righteousness

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 and not my righteousness

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.259
 but the righteousness

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.059
 of Christ.

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 And how did I get it?

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 What does it say there?

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 It was awarded

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 to me.

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 It was given

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.799
 to me

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 by my righteous judge

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 Jesus Christ

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 on that day.

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 And guys,

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.859
 it's not because

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.799
 I've earned it.

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 It's not because

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.460
 of anything

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.339
 I have done.

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 It is a free gift.

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 from our Savior

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.740
 Jesus Christ.

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 Not to me only

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:55.099
 but also to all

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.200
 who love his appearing.

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:58.019
 Timothy was well grounded

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.680
 in the scriptures.

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.639
 His theology

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.539
 was pretty good.

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.799
 But he still needed

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.680
 to be reminded of this.

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 We all do.

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 There are times

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.960
 in our lives

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:11.180
 we take our eyes

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.480
 off the Lord Jesus Christ

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.379
 and we begin to look

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.379
 at the circumstances

00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:15.119
 around us

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.399
 and we begin to sink

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.119
 like Peter did.

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:19.359
 We begin to wonder

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 in doubt.

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 We all need

00:26:22.719 --> 00:26:23.500
 to be reminded.

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 By the way,

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.299
 we live in a broken

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.779
 sin infested world too.

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.599
 But don't we rejoice

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.559
 that we've been delivered

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.179
 from this?

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.699
 This darkness?

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.919
 We've been freed

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:39.639
 from the chains

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.659
 of sin and death.

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.179
 We've been rescued

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.839
 out of the kingdom

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.319
 of Satan.

00:26:43.419 --> 00:26:44.039
 We've been delivered

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.699
 into the kingdom

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.500
 of his dear son

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.360
 Jesus Christ.

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 We've been made

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.920
 children and heirs

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:50.279
 of God our Father

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.920
 and we're going to

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.940
 spend eternity

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.620
 with him.

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:54.299
 That's good news.

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.920
 That's great news.

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.640
 Nevertheless,

00:26:58.039 --> 00:27:00.340
 we and our families

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.000
 are not immune

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.640
 to the heartaches

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.259
 of this world

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.900
 or the attacks

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.480
 of the enemy

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.680
 or even our own

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.200
 tendencies.

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.620
 just to doubt

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.880
 and to wonder

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.940
 and to wander.

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 Christ is our only hope

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.440
 and his word

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:15.200
 is our sure foundation.

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.100
 Mothers,

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:20.559
 believe this

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:22.039
 for your own selves

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.519
 and then gently

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.319
 remind those

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.180
 under your care

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.640
 of the beauty

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:28.160
 and the glory

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:29.180
 of salvation

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.960
 that comes through

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.580
 Jesus Christ alone.

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:35.240
 As Paul's considering

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.139
 what he must tell

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.659
 Timothy,

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.399
 I think the second thing

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:39.259
 I am reading through

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.019
 this letter

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.619
 is this.

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.859
 The word of God

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:44.559
 is our ultimate passion.

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:47.019
 The word of God

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.059
 is our ultimate passion.

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.159
 Go back to chapter 1.

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:51.139
 Look at verse 8 please.

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:55.179
 Do not be ashamed

00:27:55.179 --> 00:27:56.159
 of the testimony

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:57.599
 about our Lord.

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.220
 The testimony

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.179
 about our Lord,

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.279
 that's the gospel message

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.160
 of Jesus Christ.

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.279
 That's the word of God.

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.220
 Don't be ashamed.

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.259
 To be ashamed

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:08.079
 is to feel that guilt

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.240
 or disgrace.

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.359
 I think it also,

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.859
 there's a measure

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.559
 of fear

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.200
 that comes

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.220
 with being ashamed.

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.680
 What's the opposite

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.259
 of fear?

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.440
 What is it

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.440
 that casts out fear?

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.139
 It's love.

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:28.500
 Don't be ashamed

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.960
 of the word of God.

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.720
 Paul's going to use

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.680
 this word a lot,

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.240
 especially in this letter.

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.240
 Love the word of God.

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.380
 Love the God

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.019
 of the word.

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.779
 Don't be ashamed

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.480
 of the testimony

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.340
 about our Lord,

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.900
 but share in suffering

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.660
 for the gospel.

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.340
 Look at verses 11

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:48.900
 through 12

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.799
 there in chapter 1.

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.799
 For which I was appointed

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.360
 a preacher

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.019
 and apostle

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.600
 and teacher,

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.740
 which is why

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.200
 I suffer as I do.

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.940
 Here it is.

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:58.940
 I am not ashamed.

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.440
 Verse 13.

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.059
 Follow the pattern

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.100
 of sound words

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:06.019
 that you have heard

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.539
 from me.

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.740
 That's the word of God.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.840
 In the faith

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.640
 and love

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:11.000
 that are in Christ Jesus.

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.620
 Verse 14.

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.440
 Guard the good deposit

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.580
 entrusted to you.

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.240
 Now this echoes

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.759
 1 Timothy chapter 6

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.360
 verse 20.

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.559
 Paul says there

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.380
 in his first letter,

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.299
 O Timothy,

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.519
 Timothy,

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:25.279
 guard that deposit

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.240
 entrusted to you.

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:28.700
 This is the deposit

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.759
 coming from God

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.480
 to Timothy.

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:32.059
 It's not the same deposit

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.000
 as in verse 12.

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.680
 Here,

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.519
 this deposit.

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.599
 Commentators,

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:40.019
 even MacArthur comments

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.440
 and he says

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.839
 this refers to the truth

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.200
 of divine revelation.

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:46.200
 God has entrusted

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.720
 Timothy

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.859
 with the truth

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:49.019
 of God's word.

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.900
 He is to care for it.

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:52.139
 He is to protect it,

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.839
 to guard it,

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.959
 to keep it pure.

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.459
 Chapter 1,

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.879
 verses 16 through 18.

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:04.199
 Let me just take a moment

00:30:04.199 --> 00:30:04.919
 to say this.

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.639
 Sometimes, friends,

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.879
 when you're pursuing

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:10.879
 God and his word,

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.919
 you can come to think

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:16.579
 that am I the only one

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.139
 doing this?

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:20.679
 Am I in it by myself?

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:24.000
 I would just encourage

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.599
 you to look around.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.220
 But for Timothy,

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.899
 Paul's going to give him

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.779
 an illustration.

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.379
 He says there,

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:33.359
 in verses 16 through 18,

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:35.199
 I want you to think

00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:35.879
 about somebody.

00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:37.459
 His name's Onesiphorus.

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:40.919
 For he often refreshed me

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:43.039
 and he was not ashamed,

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.920
 there it is again,

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.659
 of my chains.

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.039
 But when he arrived in Rome,

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.839
 he searched for me earnestly

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.680
 and found me.

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.139
 May the Lord grant him

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.899
 to find mercy

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.559
 from the Lord

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.259
 on that day

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.779
 and you well know

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.659
 all the service

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.740
 he rendered at Ephesus.

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.940
 The Apostle Paul

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:01.000
 had gone through a lot.

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.220
 I mean,

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.940
 you read his own writings

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.740
 and he talks about

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.460
 the shipwrecks

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.339
 and the heartaches

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.920
 and suffering

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.279
 and the stonings

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.099
 and I mean,

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.879
 what a list.

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:11.080
 What in the world

00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:12.840
 would then ever

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:14.780
 refresh the Apostle Paul?

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:17.000
 Here he is in chains.

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.180
 I mean,

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.960
 you're just talking about

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.680
 a damp cloth

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.520
 across the forehead?

00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:22.500
 I don't think so.

00:31:23.260 --> 00:31:23.740
 You're talking about

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.520
 a pat on the back

00:31:24.520 --> 00:31:25.500
 and a word of encouragement?

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:27.080
 I don't think so.

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:29.160
 There is something

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:31.000
 that I think Onesiphorus

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.940
 used to refresh Paul

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:34.040
 and I believe

00:31:34.040 --> 00:31:35.220
 it was the word of God.

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:38.300
 That's the only thing

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.139
 we can hope in

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:40.139
 and rely in.

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:44.139
 It reminds me of this.

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.119
 You are not alone

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.899
 in this pursuit.

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.539
 Look at chapter 2,

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.039
 verse 2.

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:54.180
 What you have heard

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.879
 from me

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:56.759
 entrust to faithful men

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.339
 who will be able

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.639
 to teach others also.

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.899
 And I can hear Timothy

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.259
 saying,

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.460
 yep,

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.240
 that's my mom.

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.919
 I didn't appreciate her

00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.299
 as much

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.079
 when I was younger

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:07.179
 but I'm so thankful

00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:08.339
 for her faithfulness

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.960
 to the scriptures

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.740
 and to me.

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.079
 Mothers,

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.759
 grandmothers,

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:15.579
 it is never too late

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:17.179
 to have this kind of passion

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:18.319
 for God and his word.

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:21.259
 I'm going to take a moment

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.599
 to brag on my mother-in-law.

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.439
 As she was approaching

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:27.359
 her 80s,

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:29.500
 she wanted to see

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.759
 the scriptures afresh.

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.419
 And so she committed

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:34.679
 to reading through her Bible

00:32:34.679 --> 00:32:35.599
 once again

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.799
 and this time

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.679
 having the commentary

00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.639
 of Matthew Henry.

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.759
 And she spent

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:43.059
 three and a half years

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.639
 going from Genesis

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.539
 through Revelation.

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:47.519
 and often

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.599
 she would come to us

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.240
 and she would just

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.839
 share with joy

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.639
 some of the nuggets

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.159
 of truth

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.799
 that she had learned

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.599
 from God's word.

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:54.500
 It is never too late

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:56.859
 to come back to God

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.240
 and say,

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:59.119
 help me to see you

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:00.460
 with fresh eyes,

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.639
 with fresh faith.

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:03.519
 Help me to see you

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.819
 for who you truly are.

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:07.259
 Help me to love your word

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:08.139
 even more deeply.

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.579
 In chapter 2,

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.799
 verses 3 through 6,

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.319
 what Paul's going to do

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.259
 is change a little bit.

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.960
 He's going to start

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.159
 giving some metaphors,

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:19.059
 some illustrations

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.899
 of what it means

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:23.079
 for those who are

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.619
 passionate for their craft.

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:27.599
 He wants to show Timothy,

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:29.099
 you model this

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:30.220
 just like these people

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.939
 are doing.

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.879
 And he gives,

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.419
 first of all,

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:33.179
 the good soldier.

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.339
 This good soldier

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.779
 is one who trains hard,

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.500
 knowing there's an enemy

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.740
 and that his own life

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.899
 might be required

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:42.679
 to protect others.

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:44.759
 be passionate

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.740
 for the word of God.

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:47.380
 He then talks about

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.840
 the crowned athlete,

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.560
 one who's focused

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.259
 and faithful

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.539
 in developing their skill,

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:54.440
 not allowing anything

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.759
 to sidetrack them

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:57.240
 in order to win the prize.

00:33:57.240 --> 00:34:02.039
 And this third one,

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.539
 the hard-working farmer,

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.799
 what a visionary.

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:10.280
 He looks at an empty field

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:12.639
 and he sees fruitfulness

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:14.380
 for the coming season

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:16.300
 even before he's sown.

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:19.719
 He rises early

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.539
 and he works late

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.480
 to make this happen.

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:24.039
 He trusts in God

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:25.219
 who alone controls

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:26.139
 the circumstances

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.980
 and the elements.

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:30.039
 Consider their sacrifice,

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.760
 their effort,

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.280
 their faith,

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.840
 their focus.

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.699
 Timothy,

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.659
 be passionate like they are

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.639
 for the word of God.

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:39.960
 In my preparation for this,

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:41.780
 I almost missed this.

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:45.059
 There's really not just

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.079
 three metaphors

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:47.820
 and three illustrations.

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.780
 There's a fourth one

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:50.559
 and it starts in verse eight.

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.779
 because what Paul does now

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.679
 is he says this,

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:56.579
 remember Jesus Christ.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:59.259
 Those were good,

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.719
 but now let me give you

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:02.199
 the best model

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.099
 of someone

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.139
 who is passionate

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:05.340
 for the word of God.

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:09.380
 It's the word of God,

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:11.199
 the word incarnate himself.

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.139
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.039
 Timothy,

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:16.139
 be passionate for his word.

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:19.059
 Remember Jesus Christ

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.900
 there in verse eight,

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:21.639
 as preached in my gospel

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:23.139
 for which I am suffering.

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.480
 Bound with chains

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.160
 is a criminal.

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.039
 The word of God

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.340
 is not bound.

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.480
 Therefore,

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:33.019
 I endure everything.

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.340
 Timothy,

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.559
 it's worth it.

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:39.019
 He is worthy.

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:43.280
 A familiar verse there

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.360
 if you've been in Awana

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.099
 in chapter two,

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.920
 verse 15.

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.039
 Do your best

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.480
 to present yourselves

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.079
 to God

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:51.440
 as one approved.

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.059
 This word approved

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.400
 means tested by God

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.259
 and found fit.

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:57.179
 If you want to see

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.259
 the opposite of that,

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.480
 Titus chapter one,

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.900
 verse 16.

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.880
 There's a word there

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.579
 that sometimes

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:06.539
 is translated reprobate,

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.980
 sometimes just unfit,

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.800
 but it does mean

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.860
 tested by God

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:12.280
 and found unfit.

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.980
 But here,

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.679
 do your best

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.659
 to present yourself

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.159
 to God

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:18.019
 as one who has been

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.840
 tested by God,

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.820
 found fit,

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:21.920
 a worker who has no need,

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.280
 again,

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.159
 to be ashamed,

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.360
 rightly handling

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.340
 the word of truth.

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.860
 Skip over to chapter three,

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.420
 verse 10.

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:32.019
 We're taking that thread

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:33.440
 through this second letter.

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:35.019
 You, however,

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.760
 have followed my teaching,

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.920
 my conduct,

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.860
 my aim in life,

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.400
 my faith,

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.019
 my patience,

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.760
 my love,

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.139
 my steadfastness,

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:44.159
 my persecutions

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.820
 and sufferings

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.460
 that happened to me

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.139
 at Antioch.

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.579
 And then skip down

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.420
 to verse 14.

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.639
 But as for you,

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.500
 continue in what

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.159
 you have learned

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.280
 and affirmatively believed,

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.500
 knowing from whom

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.079
 you learned it

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:56.139
 and how from childhood

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:57.300
 you have been acquainted

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:58.519
 with the sacred writings,

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.480
 which are able

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:00.280
 to make you wise

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.039
 for salvation

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.699
 through faith

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.719
 in Christ Jesus,

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.960
 all scripture

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.880
 is breathed out

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.400
 by God

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.279
 and profitable

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:06.960
 for teaching,

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.599
 for reproof,

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.119
 for correction,

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.480
 for training

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.079
 in righteousness

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:11.340
 that the man of God

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.179
 may be complete,

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.699
 equipped for every

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.460
 good work.

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:18.159
 To be a complete man

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.840
 or woman

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.779
 for God,

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.340
 it requires

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.380
 the right handling

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.440
 of the word of God,

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.199
 allowing the spirit

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.619
 of God

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.739
 to use his word

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:27.460
 to teach,

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.900
 reprove,

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.259
 correct,

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.639
 train,

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.420
 and equip us.

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:32.360
 Friends,

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:32.900
 to assume

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:34.679
 that we

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.779
 or our children

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:37.300
 will ever be complete

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:39.659
 by any other means

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:41.099
 makes God a liar.

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:44.139
 It has damnable

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.119
 effects

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:47.119
 in the lives

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.619
 of people.

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:51.179
 Is it a wonder

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:52.219
 then that his final

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:53.019
 word about this

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.900
 is in chapter 4,

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.440
 verse 2?

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.559
 Paul says this

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.539
 with such force,

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:59.300
 preach the word,

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:01.800
 herald the word,

00:38:02.560 --> 00:38:04.920
 be ready in season

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.840
 and out of season,

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.820
 reprove,

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.420
 rebuke,

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.080
 and exhort

00:38:08.080 --> 00:38:09.600
 with complete patience

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:10.220
 and teaching.

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:12.480
 You cannot do this

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.920
 if you do not

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.920
 have the scriptures

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:20.480
 as your center

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.620
 and Christ

00:38:21.620 --> 00:38:22.640
 is not your love.

00:38:24.600 --> 00:38:25.300
 Embrace them

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.039
 by faith.

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:29.099
 That third thread

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.599
 I think

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.019
 that we're going

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.360
 to see

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.779
 through this

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.400
 second letter,

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.699
 it's a bit somber.

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:35.159
 It's closely related

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:36.300
 to the second thread

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:38.039
 and here it is.

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.820
 Timothy,

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.460
 beware of misplaced

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:42.980
 passion

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:44.039
 for something

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:45.059
 other than God

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.440
 and his word.

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.059
 I'll say it again.

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.619
 Beware of misplaced

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.159
 passion

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:52.219
 for something

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.360
 other than God

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:54.940
 and his word.

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.700
 If you go back

00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:56.519
 to chapter 1,

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.800
 look at verse 15.

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.599
 Paul's going

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.619
 to mention two people.

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.940
 He says this,

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.639
 you are aware

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.700
 that all who are

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.320
 in Asia

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:07.579
 turned away from me

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.260
 among whom

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:09.179
 are Phygelus

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.599
 and Hermogenes.

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.340
 The word

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:13.220
 turned away there,

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:13.940
 that phrase,

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.619
 it's a disloyal

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.679
 desertion.

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:21.240
 It's a treacherous

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:22.220
 or a traitorous

00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:23.139
 abandonment.

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:26.599
 it's saying,

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:28.340
 I'm going to pursue

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.480
 something else.

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.780
 Something has captured

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.519
 my attention

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.519
 and it's not you,

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:36.900
 God.

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.720
 And it's not your word.

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:44.200
 Go to chapter 2.

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.079
 Look at verses 17

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.659
 through 18.

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:49.599
 Paul says this,

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:51.019
 and their talk

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:52.119
 will spread

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:53.519
 like gangrene.

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.599
 Among them

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.519
 are Hymenaeus

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.279
 and Philetus

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:59.099
 who have swerved

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.980
 from the truth.

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.579
 The word

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.019
 swerved

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.559
 from the truth

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.279
 means missed

00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:03.940
 the mark.

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:06.259
 Something

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:07.259
 has attracted

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:08.360
 their attention.

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.000
 Something

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.519
 has

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:12.920
 caused them

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.420
 to leave

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.199
 what is true

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:15.099
 and they have

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.579
 pursued

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:17.599
 something else.

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:20.219
 It wasn't

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.599
 God

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:22.099
 and it's

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.719
 not the word

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.239
 of God.

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.779
 Chapter 3.

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:28.360
 There's sort

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:28.839
 of a lengthy

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.539
 area here

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.179
 verses 1

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.559
 through 8.

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:30.920
 I'm not going

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.219
 to read the

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.679
 whole thing.

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:32.219
 Paul's going

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.659
 to help

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:33.159
 Timothy

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:33.759
 understand

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.079
 that in

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.480
 the last

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.779
 days

00:40:34.779 --> 00:40:35.519
 this is

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.880
 what you

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.539
 can expect.

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.279
 He says

00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:37.559
 there in

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:37.980
 verse 1

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.440
 in the last

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.880
 days

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.659
 there will

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.360
 come times

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.179
 of difficulty

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:43.480
 for people

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:43.879
 will be

00:40:43.879 --> 00:40:44.500
 lovers of

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.000
 self

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.440
 lovers of

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:46.819
 money

00:40:46.819 --> 00:40:48.299
 a little bit

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:48.879
 later on

00:40:48.879 --> 00:40:49.799
 not loving

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.299
 good

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:51.699
 further on

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.379
 lovers of

00:40:52.379 --> 00:40:52.879
 pleasure

00:40:52.879 --> 00:40:54.000
 rather than

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.559
 lovers of

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:54.940
 God

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:56.819
 always learning

00:40:56.819 --> 00:40:57.379
 and never

00:40:57.379 --> 00:40:57.960
 able to

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.719
 arrive at

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.239
 a knowledge

00:40:59.239 --> 00:40:59.639
 of the

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.019
 truth

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.859
 just as

00:41:00.859 --> 00:41:01.460
 Janice and

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:01.919
 Jambres

00:41:01.919 --> 00:41:02.779
 opposed

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.199
 Moses

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:04.239
 so these

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:05.139
 men also

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:06.039
 opposed

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.699
 the truth

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:09.119
 their

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.679
 affection

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:11.359
 was not

00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:12.239
 on God

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:12.739
 and his

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:13.199
 word

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:19.699
 chapter 4

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:21.219
 verse 2

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:23.399
 a time's

00:41:23.399 --> 00:41:23.659
 coming

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.119
 Timothy

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:25.659
 when people

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.259
 will not

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:26.819
 endure

00:41:26.819 --> 00:41:27.359
 sound

00:41:27.359 --> 00:41:27.879
 teaching

00:41:27.879 --> 00:41:28.359
 that is

00:41:28.359 --> 00:41:28.739
 the word

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.259
 of God

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:31.019
 but having

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.379
 itching

00:41:31.379 --> 00:41:31.779
 ears

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:33.000
 they will

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.460
 accumulate

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.159
 for themselves

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:34.679
 teachers

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.239
 to suit

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:35.539
 what

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:37.300
 their own

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:37.800
 passions

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:40.219
 and will

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:41.059
 turn away

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.059
 from listening

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.480
 to the

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:42.880
 truth

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.900
 and wander

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.480
 off into

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:44.880
 myths

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:46.340
 I'm going

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.699
 to ask

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:46.960
 you

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:48.000
 friends

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.380
 what's

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.779
 stealing

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:49.179
 your

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.639
 affection

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.219
 today

00:41:50.219 --> 00:41:52.300
 what is

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:52.759
 it that's

00:41:52.759 --> 00:41:53.259
 robbing

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:53.719
 you of

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.500
 making

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.139
 Christ

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:56.360
 and his

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:56.779
 word

00:41:56.779 --> 00:41:57.679
 the most

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:58.179
 important

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.579
 thing

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:59.000
 in your

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.380
 life

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:02.259
 what is

00:42:02.259 --> 00:42:02.759
 competing

00:42:02.759 --> 00:42:03.219
 for your

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.619
 love

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.960
 what's

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.259
 taking

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:05.480
 your

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.000
 time

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:07.220
 and your

00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:07.620
 joy

00:42:07.620 --> 00:42:11.660
 look down

00:42:11.660 --> 00:42:11.940
 at verse

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.320
 nine

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:14.460
 what a sad

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:14.920
 commentary

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.440
 on this

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:15.860
 gentleman

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:17.100
 I use

00:42:17.100 --> 00:42:17.320
 the word

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.680
 gentleman

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:18.880
 he did

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.180
 follow

00:42:19.180 --> 00:42:19.560
 Paul

00:42:19.560 --> 00:42:20.100
 for a

00:42:20.100 --> 00:42:20.400
 while

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:22.620
 Demas

00:42:22.620 --> 00:42:25.480
 in love

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.920
 with this

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.360
 present

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:26.800
 world

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.860
 has deserted

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:28.200
 me

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:32.980
 here's a

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.399
 person

00:42:33.399 --> 00:42:35.019
 that followed

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.539
 the apostle

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:35.980
 Paul

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:37.379
 that served

00:42:37.379 --> 00:42:37.819
 alongside

00:42:37.819 --> 00:42:38.339
 him

00:42:38.339 --> 00:42:39.139
 that

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.859
 ministered

00:42:39.859 --> 00:42:40.759
 with him

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:43.819
 says here

00:42:43.819 --> 00:42:44.259
 he loved

00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:44.859
 this present

00:42:44.859 --> 00:42:45.279
 world

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:46.559
 his affection

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:48.679
 turned

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:49.019
 away

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.699
 it swerved

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:50.079
 away

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:52.679
 don't

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.059
 be like

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.500
 this

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:56.920
 don't

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.179
 allow

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:57.940
 competition

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.460
 for your

00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.819
 love

00:42:58.819 --> 00:43:00.119
 to have

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:00.279
 any

00:43:00.279 --> 00:43:00.579
 place

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:00.860
 in your

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.239
 hearts

00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:03.039
 and I

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.239
 don't know

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:03.519
 what that

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.940
 means for

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:04.199
 you

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:05.619
 but I

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:06.019
 believe

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.360
 the Holy

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.799
 Spirit

00:43:06.799 --> 00:43:07.360
 will bring

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:07.679
 that to

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:07.779
 your

00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:08.219
 attention

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:11.340
 you know

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:11.659
 this was

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.059
 supposed to

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.279
 be an

00:43:12.279 --> 00:43:12.619
 encouraging

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.119
 message

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:15.139
 I think

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.659
 it is

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:17.099
 there's so

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.400
 much

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:18.299
 that's so

00:43:18.299 --> 00:43:18.940
 rich here

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:20.940
 I'm thinking

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.319
 mothers

00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:22.199
 I hope

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.599
 you've been

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:23.000
 encouraged

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.619
 this morning

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:25.440
 see what

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:26.000
 what God

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.460
 did for

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:26.839
 Timothy

00:43:26.839 --> 00:43:27.199
 here

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:28.839
 he can do

00:43:28.839 --> 00:43:29.279
 for every

00:43:29.279 --> 00:43:29.599
 one of

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:29.739
 your

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:30.119
 children

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:31.799
 no matter

00:43:31.799 --> 00:43:35.179
 no matter

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:35.940
 how scarred

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.380
 they are

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:37.159
 by sin

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.859
 no matter

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:40.079
 the decisions

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.659
 that they've

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:41.039
 made

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:43.019
 no matter

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:44.079
 how rebellious

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.860
 they've

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.139
 been

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:48.219
 the gospel

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:49.759
 can change

00:43:49.759 --> 00:43:50.320
 their lives

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:52.820
 embrace the

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:53.360
 Lord and his

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:54.000
 word with all

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.539
 your hearts

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:56.960
 teach his

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.460
 principles

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.239
 live by them

00:43:58.239 --> 00:43:59.119
 by faith

00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:01.619
 pray by

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:02.259
 faith

00:44:02.259 --> 00:44:04.099
 like that

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.900
 farmer

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:07.460
 there is a

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:08.159
 barren field

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:08.739
 in front of

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:09.779
 him but he

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:10.659
 sees fruitfulness

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:10.839
 goodness

00:44:10.839 --> 00:44:12.579
 because by

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:13.139
 faith

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:14.299
 he's trusting

00:44:14.299 --> 00:44:14.879
 that God's

00:44:14.879 --> 00:44:15.299
 going to bring

00:44:15.299 --> 00:44:15.980
 that about

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:19.480
 work hard

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:19.779
 at your

00:44:19.779 --> 00:44:20.279
 craft

00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:21.619
 don't get

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:22.460
 sidetracked

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:25.319
 can I give

00:44:25.319 --> 00:44:25.679
 you a

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.179
 kind of a

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:26.759
 Paul Harvey

00:44:26.759 --> 00:44:27.519
 rest of the

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.239
 story moment

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:30.859
 after my

00:44:30.859 --> 00:44:31.519
 mother passed

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:31.879
 away

00:44:31.879 --> 00:44:32.719
 my father

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:33.119
 sent me

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:33.639
 something I

00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:33.980
 had never

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.699
 seen before

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.960
 my baby

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.299
 book

00:44:36.299 --> 00:44:37.219
 didn't even

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:37.619
 know I had

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:37.920
 one

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:39.380
 and in

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:39.619
 it were

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.139
 several

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:41.059
 things like

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.700
 how big

00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:42.139
 I was

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:42.760
 how long

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.119
 I was

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.400
 how much

00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:43.720
 I weighed

00:44:43.720 --> 00:44:44.180
 and so on

00:44:44.180 --> 00:44:45.240
 but there was

00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:45.780
 also this

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.119
 prayer

00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:47.360
 it goes like

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:47.639
 this

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.240
 dear Tommy

00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:50.099
 if anything

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.599
 should ever

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:51.099
 happen to

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:51.539
 mommy and

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.979
 daddy we

00:44:51.979 --> 00:44:52.479
 want you to

00:44:52.479 --> 00:44:52.799
 know that

00:44:52.799 --> 00:44:53.219
 we loved

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:53.599
 you so

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:53.959
 much

00:44:53.959 --> 00:44:55.299
 we love

00:44:55.299 --> 00:44:55.759
 each other

00:44:55.759 --> 00:44:56.159
 and are

00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:56.839
 very happy

00:44:56.839 --> 00:44:58.119
 we love

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:59.439
 God and

00:44:59.439 --> 00:44:59.799
 know he

00:44:59.799 --> 00:45:00.259
 sent you

00:45:00.259 --> 00:45:00.859
 to us

00:45:00.859 --> 00:45:02.519
 we want

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:02.839
 you to

00:45:02.839 --> 00:45:03.519
 love God

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.599
 and pray

00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:05.219
 every day

00:45:05.219 --> 00:45:05.879
 read your

00:45:05.879 --> 00:45:06.559
 Bible and

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:07.239
 ask God

00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:07.679
 to lead

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:07.979
 you in

00:45:07.979 --> 00:45:08.319
 the right

00:45:08.319 --> 00:45:08.679
 way

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:10.419
 and then

00:45:10.419 --> 00:45:10.679
 there was

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.079
 more about

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.679
 not drinking

00:45:11.679 --> 00:45:12.339
 and cussing

00:45:12.339 --> 00:45:12.679
 and going

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:12.919
 out with

00:45:12.919 --> 00:45:13.199
 the girls

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:13.519
 who do

00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:17.300
 but my

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:17.719
 mother's

00:45:17.719 --> 00:45:18.099
 prayer

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:19.679
 was that

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.079
 her son

00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:20.679
 grows up

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:21.960
 to love

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:22.320
 God

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.780
 and to

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:23.099
 love his

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:23.420
 word

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:24.719
 sometimes

00:45:24.719 --> 00:45:25.320
 I wonder

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.699
 if I'm

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:26.400
 here today

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:27.759
 because

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:28.400
 my mother

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 prayed that

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 prayer

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 and God

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 answered

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 he can do

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 that for you

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 let's pray

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 father we're

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 all here

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 by the

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 grace of

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 God

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 all the

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 glory

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 all the

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 worth

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 belongs to

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 there are

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 some

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 family members

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 that we

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 know

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 who know

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 who need

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 this gospel

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 and we

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 ask God

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 that in

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 gentleness

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 but also

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 in power

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 that your

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 word would

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 overwhelm them

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 with the

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 truths

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 that we

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 read here

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 in your

00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:14.940
 word

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 that they

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 would be

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 convicted

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 of their

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 sin

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 that you

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 would draw

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 them to

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 yourself

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 we have

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 neighbors

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 and co-workers

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 we have

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 friends

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 who don't

00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:27.519
 know the

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:28.039
 Lord Jesus

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 and we

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 pray for

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 their

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.400
 souls

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 God

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 save

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 them

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 we lift

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 them up

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 before you

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 God

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 even our

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:35.500
 own lives

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 at times

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 we're such

00:46:36.619 --> 00:46:37.139
 wretches

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 we rebel

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 we wander

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 and stray

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 we find

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 affections

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:42.879
 in other

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 things

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 would you

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 draw our

00:46:45.779 --> 00:46:46.359
 hearts back

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 to you

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 and what's

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 truly

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 important

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 loving you

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 and loving

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 your word

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 would you

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 do a

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 work in

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 us today

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 God

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:57.539
 would you

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 revive our

00:46:58.480 --> 00:46:58.879
 hearts

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 we ask

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 this in

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 Jesus name

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 amen

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 you're

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 dismissed

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 thank you

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 Thank you.