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 to you, to you all.

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 So let's read from 1 Thessalonians.

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 Chapter 4, verse 1.

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 Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God.

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 And as in fact you are living,

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 now we ask and urge you in the Lord...

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 Sorry.

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 Now we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

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 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

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 It is God's will that you should be sanctified,

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 that you should avoid sexual immorality,

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 that each of you should learn to control his own body

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 in a way that is holy and honourable,

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 not in passionate lust like the heathen who do not know God,

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 and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him.

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 The Lord will punish men for all such sins,

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 as we have already told you and warned you.

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 For God did not call us to be impure,

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 but to live a holy life.

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 Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man,

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 but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

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 Now about brotherly love,

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 we do not need to write to you,

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 for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.

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 And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia.

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 Yet we urge you, brothers,

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 to do so more and more.

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 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life,

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 to mind your own business,

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 and to work with your hands,

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 just as we told you,

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 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders,

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 and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

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 Amen.

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 Thanks, Nick.

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 I'll just ask Mike to come up now.

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 And before Mike speaks to us,

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 I just want to pray for him.

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 Mike, you're very, very welcome.

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 And we look forward to hearing what God is going to say

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 to us through you this morning.

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 Just before you start, we'll pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, we just thank you for those you give to us

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 who are able to speak to us through your word, Lord,

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 about your word, and about what it has to say to us.

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 We pray that you would help us

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 as we listen to Mike this morning, Lord,

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 that you would teach us

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 and that you would show us

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 what it is you want us to learn from your word this morning.

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 We pray for Mike, Lord,

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 that you would anoint him with your Holy Spirit

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 and just help him as he speaks to us.

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 We ask these things, Lord Jesus, in your name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.

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 Well, it's nice to be here in my son's place.

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 It's normally the place that he occupies.

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 You'll know the difference between him and me.

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 I'm the one who still has some hair.

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 Well, we want to look together at God's word

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 and so we're going to be looking, as you've heard already,

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 at 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 through verses 1 to 12.

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 Do you believe that you can be perfect in this life?

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 Do you actually can arrive at a state of perfection?

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 Well, that's a question that has been debated

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 by Christians down through the years.

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 John Wesley thought it was possible.

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 George Whitefield believed it to be impossible.

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 I asked you this morning,

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 have you ever met a perfect person?

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 I think it was Spurgeon who said,

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 my experience of perfect people

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 has been most unfortunate.

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 And I think we understand exactly what he meant by that.

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 But where do we stand on the issue?

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 Do you believe in absolute perfection

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 in the here and now?

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 Well, what do the scriptures teach?

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 Well, I would suggest that the passage before us

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 will put to bed once and for all,

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 or it should do,

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 the idea that we can be perfect in this life.

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 There's always room for improvement.

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 There's always a need in each one of us

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 to increase in our holiness of life.

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 To please God, as Paul says in verse 1,

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 more and more.

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 He reminds them also of how they might love

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 the brothers locally and in all of Macedonia.

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 But he urges them to love them more and more

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 in verse 9.

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 So are we loving more and more?

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 Are we increasing in holiness?

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 Now we should want to increase in holiness

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 in light of the Lord's return.

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 As you know, in 1 Thessalonians chapter 1,

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 and indeed throughout the whole book,

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 you have this continual returning

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 to the theme of the Lord's return.

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 In verse 12 of the previous chapter,

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 as I gather you looked at last week,

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 we find the apostle saying,

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 May the Lord make your love increase

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 and overflow for each other

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 and for everyone else,

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 just as ours does for you.

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 May he strengthen your hearts

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 so that you may be blameless

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 and holy in the presence of God and Father

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 when our Lord Jesus Christ comes

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 with all his holy ones.

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 So we should want to increase

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 for this reason alone

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 that the Lord Jesus Christ

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 is coming back

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 to receive us to himself.

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 Now when we speak about holiness,

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 we're not speaking about a legalism,

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 the kind of legalism

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 that will lock up the budgie's swing

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 on a Sunday.

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 We're not calling that kind of legalism.

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 What we're speaking about tonight

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 is this morning

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 is not just morality.

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 The Pharisees were very moral,

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 but they were not right

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 in their relationship with God.

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 We want to be holy,

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 not just because the Lord is returning.

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 We want to please God.

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 We want to give glory to him.

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 We want to honor him

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 in the way we live.

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 And we want to be a witness

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 to a watching world

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 that we are different,

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 that there is something in us

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 that is not out there

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 in the world in which we live.

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 So let's look at this passage together.

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 And I want you to notice,

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 first of all,

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 that Paul does call for holy living

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 in verses 1 to 8.

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 And he calls us to be holy in the world.

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 To be holy in the world

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 in which we live.

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 As he called them

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 in that day and generation,

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 as he speaks to the Thessalonians,

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 that they too were to live

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 in the world

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 as holy people.

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 And how does he do this?

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 Well, first of all,

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 he reminds them

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 of past instructions.

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 He refers to those instructions

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 in verse 1.

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 We instructed you, he says,

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 how to live

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 in order to please God.

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 In verse 2 he says,

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 for you know

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 what instructions we gave you

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 by the authority

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 What were those instructions?

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 Well, certainly we know

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 that Paul,

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 when he visited Thessalonica,

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 was able to give instructions.

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 It doesn't say a great deal

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 in the account of Paul's visit

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 in Acts chapter 17.

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 Only that he was there

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 for a few Sabbaths.

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 But it's evident

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 that the work of God

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 took place.

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 We read in Acts 17

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 and verse 4

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 that the Jews

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 were persuaded.

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 Large numbers

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 of God-fearing Greeks

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 and not a few prominent women

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 came to believe,

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 came to understand

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 that the Lord Jesus Christ

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 had come into the world

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 to save sinners.

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 They entered into

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 a relationship with God

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 through the Lord Jesus.

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 And they were called

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 in this light

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 to live

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 holy lives.

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 Paul must have

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 instructed them then.

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 But Paul also

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 left people behind

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 in order that they

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 might be instructed

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 further

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 as to how

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 they ought

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 to live.

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 of course,

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 Paul would have

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 wanted to obey

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 the biblical mandate

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 to preach the gospel,

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 yes,

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 but also to

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 make disciples,

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 to instruct people

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 in the way.

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 Elsewhere,

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 Paul says,

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 I am free

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 from the blood

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 of all men

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 for I have not

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 shunned to declare

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 unto them

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 all the counsel

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 of God.

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 so instruction

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 would have

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 been given.

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 And Paul's

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 visit

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 and the visit

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 of others

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 and the talking

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 with others

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 instructed

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 the people.

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 They came

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 under deep

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 conviction.

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 We know that

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 from chapter 1

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 and verse 4

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 of Thessalonians.

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 We know that

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 they turned to God

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 from idols

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 as what chapter 1

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 and verse 9

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 tells us.

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 And we know

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 also

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 that they were

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 encouraged

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 and comforted

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 as they were

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 urged to live

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 lives

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 worthy of God

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 who had called

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 them into

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 his kingdom.

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 Chapter 2

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 and verses

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 12 and 13.

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 We know

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 also that

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 Timothy

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 was with them

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 in order to

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 strengthen

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 and encourage

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 them in

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 their faith.

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 So in various

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 ways,

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 they received

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 instruction

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 and Paul

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 reminds the

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 people

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 of the

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 instruction

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 that they

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 had received

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 regarding

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 living

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 holy lives

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 pleasing

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 unto God.

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 And we

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 have it.

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 It wasn't

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 just Paul's

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 instruction.

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 It wasn't

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 Timothy

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 and others

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 alone.

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 No,

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 it was God

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 speaking to

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 them.

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 It was the

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 Lord coming

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 to them

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 and speaking

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 to them

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 making it

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 very clear

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 how they

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 ought to

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 live.

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 As chapter

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 4 and

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 the latter

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 part of

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 verse 2

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 tells us,

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 by the

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 authority

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 of the

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 Lord Jesus

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 were these

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 instructions

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 given.

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 And in

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 verse 3

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 he says,

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 it is

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 God's

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 will

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 that you

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 should be

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 sanctified,

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 that you

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 should be

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 holy,

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 that you

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 should be

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 set apart

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 so the

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 reminder

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 that they

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 had.

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 And we

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 too need

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 to be

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 reminded

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 of what

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 we have

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 heard

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 in the

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 past.

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 Remember

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 the various

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 things that

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 you were

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 taught

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 perhaps

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 in Sunday

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 school,

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 or those

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 things that

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 you were

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 taught when

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 you first

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 became a

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 Christian,

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 instruction,

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 the

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 things that

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 you heard

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 last week,

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 the

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 instruction

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 that you

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 have

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 received.

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 It's good

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 to be

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 reminded of

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 past

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 instructions.

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 We should

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 all have

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 listening ears.

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 We should

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 all know

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 without a

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 shadow of

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 doubt that

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 God has

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 spoken to

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 us through

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 his word.

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 And it is

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 through his

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 word that

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 we become

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 the people

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 that we

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 ought to

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 be,

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 namely

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 holy

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 people.

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 Remember

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 the Lord

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 Jesus?

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 As he

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 prays for

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 his disciples

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 who are

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 living in

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 a real

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 world,

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 sanctify

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 them,

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 he says,

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 by the

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 truth.

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 Your

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 word is

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 truth.

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 The

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 instruction

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 that we

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 receive from

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 God's own

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 holy word,

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 as we're

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 reminded in

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 Hebrews 4

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 and verse

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 12,

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 is living

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 and is

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 active.

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 It's

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 sharper than

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 any

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 double-edged

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 sword.

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 It

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 penetrates

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 even to

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 the dividing

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 of soul

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 and spirit,

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 joints and

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 marrow.

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 It judges

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 the thoughts

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 and attitudes

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 of the

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 heart.

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 So

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 remember the

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 instructions

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 that you

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 have received

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 in the

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 past.

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 don't

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 let the

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 devil take

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 them away.

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 Don't

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 listen to

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 those new

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 ideas that

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 say it

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 doesn't matter

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 how you

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 live.

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 Instructions

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 are important

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 as they

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 come to

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 us from

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 the word

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 of God.

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 So Paul

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 calls for

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 holy living

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 by reminding

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 them of

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 past

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 instructions.

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 But he

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 also does

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 it in

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 another way,

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 by encouraging

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 them to

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 continue.

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 To continue

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 in the way

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 that they

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 were going.

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 Now he's

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 treating them

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 very gently.

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 Paul,

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 you cannot

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 accuse him

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 of not

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 having a

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 pastoral

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 concern.

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 He's like

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 a father

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 dealing with

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 his children.

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 As we

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 see from

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 chapter 2

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 and verse

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 11.

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 For you

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 know that

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 we doubt

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 with each

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 of you

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 as a

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 father

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 deals

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 with his

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 own

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 children

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 encouraging,

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 comforting,

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 and urging

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 you to

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 live lives

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 worthy of

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 God who

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 calls you

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 into his

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 kingdom

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 and glory.

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 He says

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 in chapter

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 2 and

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 verse 8,

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 we love

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 you so

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 much that

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 we were

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 delighted to

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 share with

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 you not

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 only the

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 gospel of

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 God,

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 but our

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 lives as

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 well,

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 because you

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 had become

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 so dear

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 to us.

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 And it's

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 because he

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 had this

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 intimate

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 relationship

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 with them,

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 this loving

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 relationship

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 with them,

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 he can

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 speak as

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 he does.

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 You were

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 living as

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 you should

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 do.

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 Now we

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 ask you to

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 do it

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 more and

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 more.

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 He wants

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 them to

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 overflow

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 in holiness.

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 He wants

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 them to

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 excel in

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 holiness.

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 He wants

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 them to

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 abound

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 in

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 pleasing

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 God.

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 There's a

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 tender

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 firmness

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 here as

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 he exhorts

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 them to

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 live

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 sanctified

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 lives.

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 Are you

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 Christian here

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 this morning?

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 continue on.

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 Seek to

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 become more

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 Christ-like.

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 Live your

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 life in

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 the light

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 of the

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 Lord's

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 return.

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 Live as

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 pleasing

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 God.

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 Present

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 yourselves

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 daily as

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 those living

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 sacrifices.

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 I encourage

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 you if

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 you're a

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 Christian and

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 feeling the

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 way hard

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 this morning

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 to continue

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 on in

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 your Christian

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 pathway.

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 Continue

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 on to be

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 more like

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 him who

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 has called

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 you out

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 of darkness

00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:51.580
 into his

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 marvelous

00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.200
 light.

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 Paul calls

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 for holy

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 living by

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 reminding them

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 of past

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 instructions,

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 by encouraging

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 them to

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 continue.

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 But also

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 he does it

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 by calling

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 them to

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 be different.

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 What were

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 the people

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.200
 of Thessalonica

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 like before

00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.799
 they heard

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 the gospel?

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 What was

00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.019
 their culture?

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 What was

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.099
 their way

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 of life?

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 Well we

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.279
 know that

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.839
 Paul didn't

00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.440
 have a warm

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 welcome when

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 he arrived

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 in Thessalonica.

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 In

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 particular

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 the Jews

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 made it

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 very difficult

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 for him.

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 They caused

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 a riot

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 in the city.

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 It was

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 a difficult

00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.640
 time for

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.220
 Paul there.

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 And that

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:45.820
 was from

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 people who

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 claimed to

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 be God

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 fears.

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 How about

00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.200
 the rest of

00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:51.700
 the people

00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:52.900
 of Thessalonica?

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 Those who

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 weren't Jews?

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 Well certainly

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.539
 we know that

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.700
 idolatry was

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 present.

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 Which must

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 have meant

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 that there

00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:03.180
 were heathen

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:03.759
 temples.

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 And heathen

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:07.360
 temples often

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 involved

00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:09.259
 prostitution

00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:09.900
 both of

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 male and

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 female variety.

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 It was a

00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:14.420
 seaport.

00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:15.480
 It was a

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.000
 place of

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 trade.

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 So there

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.600
 would have

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 been various

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.380
 vices there.

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 In other

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 words we're

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 talking about

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.160
 a heathen

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 city where

00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:26.039
 people would

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:26.600
 have lived

00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:28.000
 immoral lives.

00:18:30.219 --> 00:18:30.980
 What was

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.879
 said about

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.139
 the

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 Corinthians

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:34.500
 could have

00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.179
 also been

00:18:35.179 --> 00:18:36.079
 said about

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 the Thessalonicas.

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.299
 Thessalonians.

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 In 1

00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:41.099
 Corinthians

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 chapter 6

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 and verse 9

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 Paul reminds

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 the Corinthians

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 of what they

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 used to be

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 like.

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 He says

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 you were

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 sexually

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.339
 immoral.

00:18:50.679 --> 00:18:51.359
 Idolaters,

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 adulterers,

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:54.179
 male prostitutes,

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:55.720
 homosexual offenders,

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.640
 thieves,

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.180
 greedy,

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 drunkards,

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 slanderers,

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 swindlers.

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 That is what

00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:01.980
 you were he

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 says.

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 But you were

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 washed,

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 you were

00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:05.100
 sanctified,

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 you were

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.320
 justified.

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 And it

00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:08.620
 could equally

00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.019
 have been

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.779
 said of the

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.940
 people of

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 Thessalonica.

00:19:12.560 --> 00:19:12.900
 You see

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.740
 Paul wasn't

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:15.160
 writing into

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.880
 a vacuum.

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 He knows

00:19:17.840 --> 00:19:18.680
 what people

00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.480
 were like.

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 He knows

00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:21.900
 the temptations

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.860
 that were all

00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:23.740
 around them.

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 And he

00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:26.079
 knows that

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 these Christians,

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 these comparatively

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:30.859
 new Christians,

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:32.219
 the world

00:19:32.219 --> 00:19:32.599
 would be

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.399
 trying to

00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:34.379
 squeeze them

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 into its

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.319
 mould.

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 So he

00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:38.479
 says to

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 them,

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 avoid

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 sexual

00:19:41.219 --> 00:19:42.099
 immorality.

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 Learn to

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 control your

00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.959
 own body

00:19:45.959 --> 00:19:47.179
 in a way

00:19:47.179 --> 00:19:47.679
 that is

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.619
 holy and

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 honourable.

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 Not in

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.500
 passionate

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.459
 lusts,

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 no one

00:19:53.979 --> 00:19:54.339
 should

00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:54.959
 wrong

00:19:54.959 --> 00:19:55.399
 his

00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:55.959
 brother.

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 And I

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 think he's

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.059
 warning there

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.759
 against the

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:01.079
 danger of

00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:01.779
 adultery.

00:20:03.219 --> 00:20:03.799
 Bring your

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.979
 body into

00:20:04.979 --> 00:20:05.859
 submission.

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:09.019
 Have you

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.459
 been watching

00:20:09.459 --> 00:20:09.939
 the Olympic

00:20:09.939 --> 00:20:10.439
 Games?

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.719
 I was

00:20:12.719 --> 00:20:13.339
 watching him

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.979
 yesterday.

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.079
 And I was

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.399
 watching,

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.099
 listening to

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:17.000
 the interviews.

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 And sorry,

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.139
 I know there's

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.699
 an Australian

00:20:20.699 --> 00:20:21.519
 present this

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:21.819
 morning,

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.400
 an Australian

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:22.759
 people,

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 I'm sorry

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.859
 about this,

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.639
 but they

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.359
 were interviewing

00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:26.819
 the men

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:27.259
 of the

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.700
 four,

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:28.980
 the

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.460
 cockless

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:29.839
 fours,

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 I think

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 is what

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.639
 they're

00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:30.900
 called,

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.240
 you know.

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:33.000
 And they

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.059
 managed to

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.799
 beat Australia,

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.440
 sorry about

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:35.680
 that,

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.700
 but you

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:36.980
 know it

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.339
 happens

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.859
 sometimes.

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 And they

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.579
 beat them.

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.379
 And then they

00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:40.819
 were being

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.400
 interviewed.

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.339
 And one of

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.799
 them said

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.160
 this,

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.639
 he says,

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 it's four

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:48.840
 years of

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.480
 daily

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.420
 training.

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.460
 Four years

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.460
 of hard

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:56.180
 work in

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.920
 order to

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.740
 win one

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.440
 race.

00:21:02.040 --> 00:21:03.200
 Bring our

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.560
 bodies into

00:21:04.560 --> 00:21:05.560
 subjection.

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:07.300
 The hard

00:21:07.300 --> 00:21:08.180
 work, if you

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.780
 like, of

00:21:08.780 --> 00:21:09.900
 sanctification.

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:12.000
 we work

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.019
 because God

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.000
 is at work

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:15.019
 within us.

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.259
 Sometimes

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.440
 when an

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.060
 athlete is

00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:19.860
 training, he

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.460
 has to go

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.160
 through the

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.620
 pain barrier.

00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:24.600
 He has to

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:25.220
 discipline

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:26.280
 himself in

00:21:26.280 --> 00:21:27.100
 order that he

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.820
 may obtain

00:21:27.820 --> 00:21:28.620
 maximum

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.460
 fitness.

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:32.200
 And we

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.720
 have to

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.700
 train ourselves

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.360
 through the

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:34.860
 word of

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.860
 God, through

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.560
 fellowship.

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.000
 And there

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.580
 will be those

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.080
 outward

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.880
 circumstances.

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.800
 that come

00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:41.420
 upon us.

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.580
 So providence

00:21:42.580 --> 00:21:43.240
 sent from

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.960
 God in

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.560
 order that

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.080
 we might

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:46.300
 live holy

00:21:46.300 --> 00:21:47.120
 lives.

00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:50.840
 Set

00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.460
 yourselves

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:53.500
 apart for

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.440
 holy use.

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.120
 Even as

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.980
 an athlete

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:58.420
 sets himself

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.740
 apart in

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.400
 order to

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.100
 win an

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.620
 earthly

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.400
 crown.

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.360
 You know

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:04.880
 what used

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.360
 to happen

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:05.900
 in the

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.240
 Old

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.759
 Testament?

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.080
 There were

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.879
 those various

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.599
 instruments

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.099
 that were

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:13.379
 used in

00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:14.099
 the temple.

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.379
 They were

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:16.240
 set apart

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.259
 for holy

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.639
 use.

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.319
 They couldn't

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.980
 be used

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.740
 for anything

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.679
 else because

00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:21.199
 they were

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:22.599
 dedicated to

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.059
 God.

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.579
 We're to be

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.779
 holy vessels

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:29.240
 unto the

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.679
 Lord.

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.639
 We're not

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.079
 allowed,

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.159
 we must not

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:34.240
 allow secular

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:36.119
 influences in

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.119
 upon our

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.659
 lives.

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:40.039
 We must be

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.779
 different.

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.939
 That is what

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.879
 Paul called

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.919
 the Thessalonians

00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:45.859
 to and that

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.459
 is what he

00:22:46.459 --> 00:22:47.519
 calls us to

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.279
 today.

00:22:49.959 --> 00:22:50.699
 You see,

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:52.919
 what's our

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.799
 world like?

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.799
 What's our

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.919
 culture like

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.539
 today?

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.839
 Well,

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.259
 there's so

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.399
 many similarities

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.279
 aren't there

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.680
 between the

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.740
 modern world

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.819
 and the

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.460
 world of

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.220
 Thessalonica.

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.240
 We live in a

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.799
 world of

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.440
 sexual

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.339
 immorality

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.599
 and it's

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.180
 right there

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.000
 present with

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.399
 us.

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.059
 It's in our

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.899
 front room

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:18.440
 on some of

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.159
 our television

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.899
 programs.

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.119
 It's there

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:22.619
 on our

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.619
 internets

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:25.099
 and it's

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.879
 the lifestyle

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.919
 of so

00:23:26.919 --> 00:23:28.119
 many around

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.779
 and about

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.299
 us.

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.000
 Adultery

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:33.359
 is perfectly

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.159
 legitimate

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:35.439
 in the eyes

00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:35.959
 of so

00:23:35.959 --> 00:23:36.299
 many.

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.659
 To live

00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:38.179
 together

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:39.299
 outside of

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.099
 marriage is

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.759
 perfectly

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.819
 acceptable.

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.019
 It's

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.579
 alright to

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.299
 bring children

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.359
 up with no

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.259
 regard for

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.459
 Christian morals.

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.679
 And because

00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:51.339
 it's all

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.299
 around us,

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.339
 we're not

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.119
 shocked by

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.859
 it anymore.

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:57.019
 So Paul's

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.799
 words are

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.299
 relevant.

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.720
 And never

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.740
 think that we

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.859
 cannot fall

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:04.119
 into sin.

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:08.019
 Many of us

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.459
 have lived

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:09.299
 long enough

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:11.240
 to see

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.539
 even strong

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.500
 or seemingly

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.359
 strong

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.059
 Christians

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.859
 fall.

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.059
 And as

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.759
 1 Corinthians

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.500
 10 and

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.139
 verse 12

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.539
 says,

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.899
 if you think

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.299
 you are

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.319
 standing firm,

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.799
 be careful

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:26.199
 that you

00:24:26.199 --> 00:24:26.839
 don't

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.679
 fall.

00:24:29.179 --> 00:24:29.439
 Be

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:30.059
 different

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:31.399
 and ready

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.039
 to be

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.500
 different

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.500
 whether you

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.299
 find yourself

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.000
 in school,

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.379
 in university,

00:24:36.919 --> 00:24:37.299
 in an

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.959
 apprenticeship,

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.599
 in a job

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.459
 situation,

00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:41.399
 whether you

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.279
 find yourself

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.079
 in a home

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.480
 with an

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.139
 unbelieving

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.759
 partner.

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.539
 Seek to

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.279
 live to the

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.119
 glory of

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.519
 God.

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.899
 Be

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.799
 different.

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:54.599
 The other

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.239
 day I was

00:24:55.239 --> 00:24:55.659
 with my

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.099
 wife in

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.519
 a pet

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.879
 shop

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.479
 in

00:24:58.479 --> 00:24:58.919
 Middleton

00:24:58.919 --> 00:25:01.399
 and on

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:01.879
 the door

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.239
 of the

00:25:02.239 --> 00:25:02.859
 pet shop

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:05.319
 there was

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.879
 a parrot

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:08.079
 and I

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.419
 said to

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:08.879
 the lady

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:10.279
 in the

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.559
 pet shop,

00:25:11.699 --> 00:25:11.959
 I said,

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.779
 aren't you

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.419
 afraid of it

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:13.959
 going out

00:25:13.959 --> 00:25:14.399
 into the

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:14.679
 road?

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.459
 She said,

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.619
 no,

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.139
 it's afraid

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.459
 of the

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:16.819
 traffic,

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.460
 it will

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.919
 never go

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.299
 far.

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.720
 Lovely

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.059
 little

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.539
 parrot,

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.639
 nice grey

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.359
 parrot and

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.720
 I thought,

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.960
 when I went

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.599
 out I put

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.079
 my finger

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.439
 up and

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:25.779
 he very

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.200
 gently

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.000
 came on

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.519
 to my

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.879
 finger.

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:28.799
 Looked

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.279
 beautiful,

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:29.960
 lovely.

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.779
 And I

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.139
 tried to

00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:33.419
 let him

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:35.079
 go and

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.480
 he wasn't

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.119
 having it.

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.740
 He caught

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.079
 hold of

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.679
 one finger,

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.339
 I tried to

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.659
 take him

00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:39.939
 off and

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.259
 he caught

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.579
 hold of

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:40.859
 that.

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.779
 And have

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:41.960
 you ever

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.559
 been bitten

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.059
 by a

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.319
 parrot?

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.679
 It's not

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.379
 very nice,

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.060
 it's very

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.880
 very painful

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.440
 as a matter

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.920
 of fact.

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.260
 And it

00:25:49.260 --> 00:25:49.760
 ended up

00:25:49.760 --> 00:25:50.100
 with me

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.480
 having to

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.780
 go for

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.320
 a tetanus

00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:51.800
 injection

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.760
 into the

00:25:52.760 --> 00:25:53.100
 bargain.

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.520
 You know,

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.340
 I invited

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.740
 him.

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.800
 It looks

00:25:56.800 --> 00:25:57.480
 so nice.

00:25:59.340 --> 00:26:00.140
 And sin

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.960
 sometimes

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.440
 looks nice.

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.200
 It isn't

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.380
 always horrible.

00:26:07.020 --> 00:26:07.580
 It doesn't

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.520
 always look

00:26:08.520 --> 00:26:09.060
 horrible.

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.820
 But it

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.320
 bites.

00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:12.860
 It

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.480
 destroys.

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.340
 Be

00:26:15.340 --> 00:26:15.780
 different.

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.660
 And Paul

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.860
 calls for

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.280
 difference.

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.060
 Don't be

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.900
 like the

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.400
 heathen.

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.540
 Don't be

00:26:22.540 --> 00:26:23.160
 like those

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.740
 around and

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.360
 about you.

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.340
 Be

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.320
 Christ-like.

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.620
 So,

00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:30.520
 he

00:26:30.520 --> 00:26:31.160
 encourages

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.560
 them.

00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:32.500
 He

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.980
 reminds

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.420
 them of

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.940
 past

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.620
 instructions.

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:34.940
 He

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.420
 encourages

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.920
 them to

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:37.280
 continue.

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:38.280
 He calls

00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:38.600
 them to

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:38.760
 be

00:26:38.760 --> 00:26:39.220
 different.

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.480
 But he

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.960
 also

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.080
 reminds

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:43.320
 them that

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.860
 they live

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.660
 their lives

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.800
 before the

00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.140
 Lord.

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:48.360
 verse 1,

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.120
 we ask

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:50.200
 you and

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.120
 urge you

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:52.300
 in the

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:53.340
 Lord Jesus.

00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:55.940
 Verse 2,

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:57.280
 the instructions

00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:58.260
 we gave you

00:26:58.260 --> 00:26:58.760
 by the

00:26:58.760 --> 00:26:59.540
 authority

00:26:59.540 --> 00:27:00.800
 of the

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.920
 Lord Jesus.

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.940
 Verse 3,

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.700
 it is

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.500
 God's

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.180
 will that

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.980
 you should

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.400
 be

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.640
 sanctified.

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:13.340
 failure to

00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:13.800
 live their

00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:14.360
 lives as

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.080
 they should

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:17.320
 could bring

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:17.940
 the judgment

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.640
 of God

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.640
 upon them.

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.020
 See what he

00:27:22.020 --> 00:27:22.540
 says in

00:27:22.540 --> 00:27:23.240
 verse 6

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.820
 and 7,

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.759
 the Lord

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.520
 will punish

00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:27.180
 men for

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.940
 all such

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.680
 sins as

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:28.980
 we have

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.880
 already told

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.420
 you and

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.200
 warned you.

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.940
 For God

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.460
 did not

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.340
 call us to

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:35.440
 be impure,

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.440
 but to

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.220
 live a

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.980
 holy life.

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.220
 Therefore,

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.180
 he who

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.920
 rejects

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.140
 this

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.880
 instruction

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:43.400
 does not

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:44.059
 reject

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.940
 man,

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.140
 but God

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.700
 who gives

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.059
 you

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.180
 his

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.500
 Holy

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.980
 Spirit.

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:52.019
 It's

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.700
 always good

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:54.320
 to remind

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:55.000
 ourselves

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.320
 that we

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:56.880
 live our

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.320
 lives

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:58.440
 before the

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.180
 triune

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.680
 God.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:03.720
 the Son

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.580
 has saved

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.259
 us through

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.019
 his precious

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.640
 blood.

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.759
 His

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.220
 perfect

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.799
 righteousness

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.400
 has been

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.700
 given,

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.820
 put to

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.180
 our

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.779
 account.

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.200
 The

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.039
 Father has

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.720
 loved us

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.539
 in Christ

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.340
 and we're

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:19.060
 now reconciled

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:20.019
 to the

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.460
 Father.

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.840
 Every

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.460
 Christian

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.519
 knows the

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.039
 work of

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.560
 the Holy

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:26.039
 Spirit

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.600
 within

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.720
 their lives.

00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:29.180
 And let

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.860
 us remind

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.360
 ourselves

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.000
 this morning

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.660
 that he

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.320
 is the

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.220
 Holy

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:34.000
 Spirit.

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.920
 It is the

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.539
 Holy Spirit

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.660
 who lives

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.720
 in us.

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.779
 It is by

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.279
 the Holy

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.840
 Spirit that

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.120
 we have

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.799
 been born

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:43.060
 again into

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.620
 the very

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.940
 family of

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.299
 God.

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:46.940
 Our

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.759
 very bodies

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.340
 have become

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:49.180
 the temple

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.980
 of the

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.600
 Holy Spirit.

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.100
 We're

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:52.360
 living in

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.060
 the presence

00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:54.140
 of the

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.060
 living God.

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.080
 And as

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.860
 we remind

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.659
 ourselves of

00:28:59.659 --> 00:28:59.939
 this

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.699
 relationship

00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:01.379
 we have

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.859
 with

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.299
 Father,

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.099
 Son and

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.599
 Holy

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.119
 Spirit.

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.000
 So we

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.339
 are to

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.979
 live holy

00:29:08.979 --> 00:29:09.500
 lives.

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.859
 And the

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.779
 evidence

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.059
 that we

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.759
 have this

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.500
 relationship

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.899
 will be

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.339
 that we

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.639
 will live

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.500
 holy

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.119
 lives.

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.500
 Let us

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.439
 not pretend

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:26.240
 that we

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.420
 are

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.059
 Christians

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:28.940
 if we're

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.920
 living lives

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.940
 of sin

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.720
 and

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.460
 wretchedness.

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.279
 The

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.000
 evidence

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.539
 that we've

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.100
 been born

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.600
 again

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:40.779
 is that

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.360
 God lives

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.980
 in us

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.580
 and we

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.559
 want to

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.519
 be

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.180
 holy.

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.220
 holy.

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.360
 But let

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.680
 me say

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.220
 this to

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.600
 you this

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:50.900
 morning.

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.820
 If you've

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.220
 failed,

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.360
 and we

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.960
 all fail

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.700
 at times,

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.440
 let us

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.900
 remind

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.420
 ourselves

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.860
 that there

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.480
 is one

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.200
 to whom

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.660
 we can

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.480
 confess our

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.900
 sins.

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.060
 Doesn't

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.700
 one John

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.580
 remind us

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.380
 that if we

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.200
 confess our

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.580
 sins,

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.039
 he is

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.740
 faithful and

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.200
 just to

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.700
 forgive us

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.220
 our sins

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.660
 and to

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.519
 cleanse us

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:17.180
 from all

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.759
 unrighteousness.

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.900
 So Paul

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.680
 calls for

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.480
 holy living

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.360
 in the

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:22.700
 world.

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.620
 But secondly,

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.640
 Paul calls

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.319
 for holy

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.640
 loving in

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.420
 verses 9

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.980
 and 10.

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.799
 Now about

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.640
 brotherly love

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.200
 we do not

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.660
 need to

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.100
 write to

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.319
 you,

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.299
 for you

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.819
 yourselves

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.259
 have been

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.880
 taught by

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.400
 God to

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.120
 love each

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.380
 other,

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.100
 and in

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.559
 fact you

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.080
 do love

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.400
 all the

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.740
 brothers

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.160
 throughout

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.900
 Macedonia.

00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:40.880
 Yet we

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.620
 urge you

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.279
 brothers to

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.059
 do so

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:44.740
 more and

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.339
 more.

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.720
 Why was

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.519
 there no

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.200
 need to

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.599
 write?

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.720
 Well there

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.079
 was no

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.539
 need to

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.659
 write because

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:56.259
 the divine

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:57.399
 teacher had

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:58.039
 entered their

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.599
 lives.

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.500
 They have

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.019
 been given

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.839
 the Holy

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.379
 Spirit,

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.599
 and the

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.500
 fruit of

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.019
 the Spirit

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.720
 is what?

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:08.899
 Well amongst

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.740
 other things

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:11.220
 is love.

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:14.139
 One of the

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:15.419
 characteristics of

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.379
 Christianity,

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.619
 one could

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.299
 argue the

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.000
 principal

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.200
 characteristic of

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.779
 Christianity

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:22.159
 is love.

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:25.099
 What they

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.460
 knew,

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.299
 we know.

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.919
 We don't

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:30.039
 need to be

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:32.019
 taught to

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.960
 love one

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.339
 another,

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.119
 do we?

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.419
 Or do we

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.000
 need to be

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.299
 taught?

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:40.419
 are we

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:41.279
 putting into

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:43.319
 practice the

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.019
 love that we

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.819
 ought to

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.460
 have, not

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.879
 just for the

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.980
 local believer,

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.940
 which is the

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.839
 hardest form of

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.039
 love.

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.639
 I love

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.339
 everybody in

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.740
 Africa.

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.319
 I don't have

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.079
 any problem.

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.859
 You see, I'm

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.259
 not rubbing

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.879
 shoulders.

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.759
 But to love

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.899
 each other in

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.460
 a local

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.139
 sense.

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:05.500
 the

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.200
 Thessalonians

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.420
 were

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.240
 demonstrating

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.880
 their love

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.420
 by their

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.040
 actions,

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.860
 are we?

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.960
 Now we

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.780
 know this.

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.140
 Do we

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.880
 do it?

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.800
 And are we

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:17.340
 doing it

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.340
 more and

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.740
 more?

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.840
 You see,

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.400
 there's always

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.880
 need for

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.540
 improvement.

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.640
 There's

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.120
 need for

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:26.180
 improvement in

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.880
 the home.

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.380
 There's

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:28.840
 need for

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.759
 improvement in

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.560
 the church.

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.440
 There's

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.860
 need for

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.620
 improvement

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:35.080
 before a

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:36.240
 watching world.

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.420
 And we

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.799
 may not

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.460
 always find

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.140
 it easy

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.759
 to love

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.620
 one another.

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:41.580
 Sometimes

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.580
 it's extremely

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.400
 difficult.

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.720
 Now you

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.039
 may have

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.559
 heard this

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.059
 before,

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.240
 but turn

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.019
 to 1

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.480
 Corinthians

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.100
 chapter

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:50.220
 13

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:53.200
 and verse

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.779
 4.

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.120
 Here is,

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.400
 if you

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.740
 like,

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.680
 the test

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.080
 card.

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.160
 Now,

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.519
 I don't

00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.740
 know if

00:32:59.740 --> 00:32:59.840
 there's

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.100
 anybody

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.580
 else as

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:00.960
 old as

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.279
 I am

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.700
 here this

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:01.940
 morning.

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.279
 I think

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.660
 there may

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.000
 be one

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.379
 or two.

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.639
 But they

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.000
 used to

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.819
 have on

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.440
 the television

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.220
 many years

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.759
 ago when

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.259
 there wasn't

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.240
 24-hour

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.859
 television,

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.279
 what they

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.740
 called a

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.660
 test card.

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.740
 And it

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.059
 used to

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.319
 appear.

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.779
 Even Ian

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.500
 remembers it.

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:17.940
 Ian,

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.399
 you're getting

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:18.720
 old.

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.259
 And, you

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.500
 know, it

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.039
 was there.

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:21.980
 And you

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.539
 could adjust

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.139
 your set

00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:24.000
 according to

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.279
 the test

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.639
 card.

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.339
 Now, here's

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.059
 the test

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.579
 card for

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.000
 each one

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.319
 of us.

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.779
 Go for

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.079
 it to

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.079
 verse 4

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:32.839
 of 1

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.299
 Corinthians

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.339
 chapter 13.

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.900
 And instead

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.500
 of using

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.039
 the word

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.640
 love, put

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.240
 your own

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.000
 name there.

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.339
 Michael

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.900
 Grant is

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.660
 patient.

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.599
 Don't say

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:45.839
 anything,

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.240
 Rosemary.

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.680
 Michael

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.599
 Grant is

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.240
 kind.

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:51.980
 Michael

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.619
 Grant does

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.299
 not envy.

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.619
 Michael

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.180
 Grant does

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.880
 not boast.

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:56.060
 trust.

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.080
 Michael

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.580
 Grant is

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.400
 not proud.

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.180
 Michael

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.620
 Grant is

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.320
 not rude.

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.400
 Michael

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.920
 Grant is

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:04.200
 not self-seeking.

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.060
 Michael

00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:06.560
 Grant is

00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:07.220
 not easily

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.960
 angered.

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.039
 Michael

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.740
 Grant keeps

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.579
 no record

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.420
 of wrong.

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.780
 Michael

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.360
 Grant does

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.980
 not delight

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.680
 in evil.

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.039
 Michael

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.400
 Grant

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.099
 rejoices

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:19.119
 in the

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.500
 truth.

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.240
 Michael

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.539
 Grant

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.940
 always

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.720
 protects.

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.019
 Michael

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.320
 Grant

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.740
 always

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.340
 trusts.

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.519
 always

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.200
 hopes.

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.880
 Always

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:30.240
 perseveres.

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:32.460
 Michael

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.019
 Grant

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.220
 never

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.820
 fails.

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.200
 How often

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:39.039
 do I

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.380
 come

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.900
 short

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.519
 of that?

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.360
 Of course

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.880
 you can't

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.300
 go on

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.800
 to verse

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.619
 13 but

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.140
 now these

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.840
 three remain

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.240
 faith,

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.700
 hope and

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:46.960
 Michael

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.300
 Grant

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.599
 and the

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:47.880
 greatest

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.340
 of these.

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.260
 But you

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.660
 can't go

00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:50.220
 that far.

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.900
 But you

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.619
 know it's

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.180
 a good

00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:53.460
 test case

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:55.380
 to look

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.800
 at that

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.480
 and examine

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.059
 our own

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.659
 lives and

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.240
 say well

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:59.079
 we have

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.599
 to love

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.619
 more

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.840
 and more.

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.679
 We're not

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.360
 there yet

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.980
 are we?

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:07.800
 And if

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.159
 you think

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.599
 you are

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.900
 well come

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.179
 and see

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.800
 me afterwards

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.539
 or let

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:11.960
 me speak

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.320
 to your

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.900
 wife or

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.519
 your

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.980
 family.

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.059
 So Paul

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.599
 calls for

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.940
 holy

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.300
 loving

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.780
 in the

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.400
 church.

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.019
 And the

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.719
 final thing

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.559
 he says

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.179
 to us

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.460
 is this

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.659
 as he

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.740
 calls for

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.480
 holy

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.539
 ambition.

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:32.460
 make it

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.779
 your

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.420
 ambition

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.340
 verse 11

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.860
 to lead

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.460
 a quiet

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.880
 life.

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.039
 To mind

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.559
 your own

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.000
 business

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.519
 and to

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.960
 work with

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.539
 your hands

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.079
 just as

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.599
 we told

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:40.860
 you.

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.840
 So that

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.440
 your daily

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.039
 life may

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.519
 win the

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.259
 respect of

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:44.920
 outsiders

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.219
 and so

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.559
 that you

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.119
 will not

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.920
 be dependent

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.980
 on anyone.

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.980
 You can't

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.539
 accuse

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.739
 the apostle

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:54.639
 of not

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:54.960
 being

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.739
 practical.

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.500
 He's

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.119
 continually

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.659
 in his

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.119
 letters

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.239
 reminding

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:00.839
 his

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.500
 readers

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.480
 how they

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.719
 should

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.179
 live

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:04.519
 in an

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.980
 evil

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.679
 world.

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:06.759
 So it's

00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:07.759
 not surprising

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.199
 that he

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.759
 ends this

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.359
 section with

00:36:09.359 --> 00:36:10.059
 three very

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.659
 practical

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.279
 points.

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.380
 Make it

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.839
 your

00:36:12.839 --> 00:36:13.639
 ambition

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.099
 he says

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.960
 make it

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.380
 your

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.199
 goal.

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.619
 Make it

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.319
 your goal

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:21.480
 to lead

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.339
 a quiet

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:23.019
 life.

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.239
 And that

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.880
 doesn't mean

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.480
 getting rid

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.980
 of the

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.400
 children.

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.460
 children.

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:29.160
 And it

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.599
 doesn't

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:29.980
 mean

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.579
 hiding

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.119
 yourself

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.559
 away

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.019
 in a

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.700
 hermitage

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.639
 or a

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.079
 monastery.

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.220
 But it

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.940
 does mean

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.860
 living a

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.539
 life that

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.519
 is calm.

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.680
 I like the

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:43.260
 authorised

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.960
 version which

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.920
 translates it

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.960
 study it

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:47.019
 says to

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:48.160
 be quiet.

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.280
 It's the

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:50.940
 opposite of

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.139
 being contentious.

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.440
 It's the

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.019
 opposite of

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.700
 being full of

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.280
 strife.

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.480
 it's the

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.100
 opposite of

00:36:57.100 --> 00:36:57.720
 running around

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.120
 like a

00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:58.540
 headless

00:36:58.540 --> 00:36:59.040
 chicken.

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.760
 Of having

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.420
 a hasty

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.900
 temper.

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.640
 Study to

00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:06.880
 be quiet.

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.500
 Live a

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.320
 life that

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.360
 is calm

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.860
 in your

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.340
 home,

00:37:11.620 --> 00:37:11.920
 in your

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.340
 church,

00:37:12.600 --> 00:37:13.040
 in your

00:37:13.040 --> 00:37:13.840
 workplace.

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.680
 Make it

00:37:14.680 --> 00:37:15.660
 your holy

00:37:15.660 --> 00:37:16.380
 ambition

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:18.080
 to have

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:18.420
 that

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.320
 meekness

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:20.660
 of spirit

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.819
 that

00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:22.940
 characterised

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.559
 the Lord

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.239
 Jesus.

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.339
 Of whom

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.879
 we read

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:28.179
 in 1 Peter

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.719
 2 in

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.639
 verse 23

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:31.039
 that when

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.879
 they hurled

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:33.000
 their insults

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.519
 at him

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.920
 he did

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.199
 not

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:36.139
 retaliate.

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.639
 When he

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.119
 suffered

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:39.639
 he made

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.199
 no

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:41.079
 threats.

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.839
 And he

00:37:42.839 --> 00:37:43.679
 did this,

00:37:43.859 --> 00:37:44.539
 he was like

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:44.960
 this,

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.339
 when the

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:47.359
 storm clouds

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:47.639
 were

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.539
 gathering,

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.860
 when

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.759
 Calvary

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.840
 beckoned.

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.179
 There was

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.300
 this quiet

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:55.360
 calm and

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:56.219
 confidence

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:57.960
 that God

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:59.219
 would vindicate

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.759
 him.

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.019
 Do we

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.800
 have this

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.840
 holy

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:05.320
 ambition?

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.500
 Make it

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.259
 your goal,

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.119
 your holy

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:11.219
 ambition to

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:12.139
 mind your

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:13.360
 own business.

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.300
 Was this

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:17.059
 exhortation

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.719
 needed in

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:19.119
 Thessalonica?

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.799
 It seems

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.239
 that it

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.719
 was.

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:22.699
 And it

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.259
 seems that

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:23.759
 they didn't

00:38:23.759 --> 00:38:24.239
 take it

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.879
 to heart.

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.319
 For in

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:25.799
 the second

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.199
 letter,

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.779
 chapter 3

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.319
 and verse

00:38:28.319 --> 00:38:28.739
 11,

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:30.019
 we read,

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.079
 we hear

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.759
 that some

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.500
 among you

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.359
 are idle.

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.579
 They're not

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.039
 busy,

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:35.839
 they are

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:37.119
 busy bodies.

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.959
 Such people

00:38:38.959 --> 00:38:39.719
 we command

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.739
 and urge

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.459
 in the Lord

00:38:41.459 --> 00:38:42.219
 Jesus Christ

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:43.139
 to settle

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.419
 down and

00:38:44.419 --> 00:38:45.059
 earn the

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.500
 bread

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.899
 that they

00:38:46.899 --> 00:38:47.339
 eat.

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:49.579
 Now it's

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.959
 right,

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:50.519
 surely,

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.399
 for all of

00:38:51.399 --> 00:38:51.759
 us to

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.119
 have a

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.719
 concern

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.559
 for others,

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:56.599
 a concern

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.500
 to help

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.239
 others,

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.159
 but that's

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.899
 different to

00:39:00.899 --> 00:39:02.839
 interfering so

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.179
 that we

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:04.279
 become busy

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:05.039
 bodies,

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.919
 to become

00:39:06.919 --> 00:39:07.459
 another

00:39:07.459 --> 00:39:08.319
 person's

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:08.879
 conscience

00:39:08.879 --> 00:39:10.279
 in the

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.879
 church.

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:13.159
 Make it

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:14.119
 your ambition

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:15.539
 to mind

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.679
 your own

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.519
 business.

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.099
 Very

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.639
 personal,

00:39:19.839 --> 00:39:20.259
 isn't it?

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.920
 Remember

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.400
 Peter?

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.880
 Peter who

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.519
 had denied

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.880
 his

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.619
 lords with

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.400
 oaths and

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.920
 curses.

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.000
 And Jesus

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.500
 speaks to

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.799
 him after

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.119
 his

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.819
 resurrection.

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.059
 And Peter

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:36.059
 realizes that

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.619
 he's failed

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.159
 the Lord,

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:37.599
 but the

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:37.859
 Lord

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.619
 recommissions

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:38.960
 him.

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.500
 Feed my

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.900
 lambs,

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.579
 feed my

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.179
 sheep.

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:43.719
 But Peter

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.419
 needed to

00:39:44.419 --> 00:39:45.039
 learn other

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.460
 lessons.

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:45.980
 And you

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.719
 remember on

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.419
 that occasion,

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.159
 Peter says

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:49.919
 to Jesus

00:39:49.919 --> 00:39:51.139
 in John

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:52.239
 chapter 21

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.699
 and verse

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.279
 21,

00:39:54.379 --> 00:39:54.739
 as he

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:55.279
 looks at

00:39:55.279 --> 00:39:55.759
 John,

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.199
 who had

00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:56.940
 lent against

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.460
 the breast

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.039
 of Jesus

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:59.219
 at the

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.839
 last supper,

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.419
 Lord,

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.940
 he says,

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.759
 what about

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.559
 this man?

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.699
 And the

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.799
 Lord turns

00:40:07.799 --> 00:40:08.359
 to Peter

00:40:08.359 --> 00:40:09.819
 and says,

00:40:09.899 --> 00:40:10.019
 well,

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.440
 if he's

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.000
 alive and

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.460
 remain,

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:12.820
 when I

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:13.179
 come,

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.599
 what is

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.000
 that to

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.340
 you?

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.780
 You

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.699
 follow

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.619
 me.

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.760
 And that

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.039
 should be

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.780
 the concern

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:22.420
 of each

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.960
 one of us

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.420
 here this

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.719
 morning.

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.719
 We can

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.340
 point the

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.699
 finger,

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.300
 we can

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.659
 look at

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.179
 others and

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:27.320
 say,

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.239
 they are

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:28.780
 failing.

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:33.079
 What about

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:33.380
 you?

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.099
 You

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.639
 follow me,

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:37.760
 said the

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.360
 Lord Jesus.

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.039
 Mind your

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.820
 own business,

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.320
 make it

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.160
 your business

00:40:42.160 --> 00:40:43.660
 to walk

00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:44.039
 with the

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:45.160
 Lord as

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:45.720
 you should.

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.080
 And the

00:40:48.080 --> 00:40:48.680
 final very

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:49.720
 practical lesson

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.559
 is to work

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:51.519
 with your

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.140
 hands,

00:40:53.140 --> 00:40:55.460
 not to

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.059
 be idle.

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.100
 It seems

00:40:58.100 --> 00:40:58.740
 that some

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:59.220
 had given

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.920
 up work

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:01.519
 in anticipation

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.260
 of the

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:02.660
 Lord's

00:41:02.660 --> 00:41:03.240
 return.

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.299
 time.

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.779
 But that

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.379
 was wrong.

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:08.939
 The

00:41:08.939 --> 00:41:09.339
 Christian

00:41:09.339 --> 00:41:10.419
 should be

00:41:10.419 --> 00:41:11.259
 active.

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.959
 The

00:41:12.959 --> 00:41:13.319
 Christian

00:41:13.319 --> 00:41:13.759
 should be

00:41:13.759 --> 00:41:14.459
 ready to

00:41:14.459 --> 00:41:15.119
 work.

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.639
 Oh, we

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.000
 live in

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.719
 days here

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.339
 in Ireland,

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.859
 don't we,

00:41:18.899 --> 00:41:19.879
 of mass

00:41:19.879 --> 00:41:20.699
 unemployment.

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.799
 I hear that

00:41:22.799 --> 00:41:23.299
 they're more

00:41:23.299 --> 00:41:23.819
 on the

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:25.059
 live register,

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:25.519
 as they

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.019
 call it,

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.399
 than there

00:41:27.399 --> 00:41:28.099
 ever has

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.439
 been,

00:41:28.979 --> 00:41:29.559
 or certainly

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.179
 in recent

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.699
 years.

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.699
 unemployment

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.739
 is rife,

00:41:32.859 --> 00:41:33.179
 but that

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.779
 doesn't

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:35.619
 mean that

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:35.980
 we need

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.219
 to be

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.659
 idle.

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:38.139
 There are

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.739
 things that

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.259
 we can

00:41:39.259 --> 00:41:40.500
 do that

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:40.960
 will still

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.879
 be pleasing

00:41:41.879 --> 00:41:42.539
 to the

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.899
 Lord.

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.500
 There are

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.939
 things that

00:41:44.939 --> 00:41:45.259
 we can

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:45.839
 do that

00:41:45.839 --> 00:41:46.779
 will glorify

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.719
 His holy

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.039
 name.

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.039
 Speak to

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.519
 your leaders

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:51.059
 in the

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.539
 church,

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.119
 and there

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.419
 will be

00:41:53.419 --> 00:41:54.139
 things that

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:54.919
 need doing

00:41:54.919 --> 00:41:57.000
 to reach

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.619
 out into

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.299
 a world,

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.539
 to be an

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.259
 influence to

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:01.200
 those around

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.760
 and about

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.180
 us.

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.320
 We can

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:04.020
 still be

00:42:04.020 --> 00:42:04.900
 active.

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:07.320
 Why should

00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:07.640
 we be

00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:08.240
 this way?

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.820
 Well,

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.460
 verse 12

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.340
 tells us

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:13.380
 that outsiders

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:14.440
 are looking

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:14.840
 on.

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.660
 They're

00:42:15.660 --> 00:42:16.620
 seeing what

00:42:16.620 --> 00:42:17.460
 is happening.

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.280
 And we

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:19.920
 want with

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.520
 our daily

00:42:20.520 --> 00:42:22.900
 life to

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.420
 win the

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.240
 respect of

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.800
 outsiders.

00:42:26.220 --> 00:42:26.740
 And it

00:42:26.740 --> 00:42:27.440
 goes back

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:28.440
 that we're

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.880
 different.

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:30.380
 people look

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.940
 upon us

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.280
 and say,

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:32.059
 yes,

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:33.880
 that person,

00:42:34.740 --> 00:42:35.400
 that man,

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:35.980
 that woman,

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:37.079
 that young

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.619
 person,

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:39.599
 is living

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:40.400
 their lives

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:41.280
 differently.

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:44.119
 And they

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.760
 will want

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:46.280
 to glorify

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.960
 our Father

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:48.440
 who is in

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:48.740
 heaven.

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.920
 May this

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.940
 be the

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.760
 experience of

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.340
 each one of

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:53.680
 us.

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.700
 That as we

00:42:55.700 --> 00:42:56.559
 live our

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.420
 lives to the

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:57.980
 glory of

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.519
 God in

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.079
 the world.

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:00.900
 And that we

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.500
 live those

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:02.539
 pure lives.

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:03.800
 That we

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:04.380
 have this

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:04.920
 loving

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.659
 relationship

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:06.380
 with each

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:06.860
 other.

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:08.880
 That we're

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.519
 making it

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:10.240
 our holy

00:43:10.240 --> 00:43:11.159
 ambition to

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.519
 be the

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:12.059
 kind of

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:12.559
 people that

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:13.099
 we ought

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.619
 to be.

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:15.280
 That others

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:15.980
 will notice

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:18.000
 and come

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.440
 to know

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:19.119
 the Savior

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:20.780
 that we

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.180
 know.

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.599
 And that

00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:23.440
 the Savior

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.059
 that has

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.880
 transformed

00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:26.300
 our lives

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:27.460
 to be

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:27.980
 made more

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.579
 like unto

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:29.800
 his life.

00:43:30.660 --> 00:43:30.940
 And may

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.599
 his be the

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:33.039
 glory forever

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:34.000
 and ever.

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:34.980
 Amen.

00:43:35.180 --> 00:43:35.660
 Let's pray

00:43:35.660 --> 00:43:36.260
 together.

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.019
 Father,

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:40.019
 we do live

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.880
 in a world

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.440
 that is

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.079
 sinful.

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.099
 And we

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:44.619
 know the

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:45.380
 sin that is

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:46.180
 within our

00:43:46.180 --> 00:43:47.780
 own lives.

00:43:49.180 --> 00:43:49.880
 And we

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.400
 know that

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:50.800
 there are

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.579
 times that

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.220
 we try,

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.860
 as it were,

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:53.400
 to pull

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:54.180
 ourselves up

00:43:54.180 --> 00:43:54.539
 with our

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.840
 own

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.380
 shoelaces.

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:57.200
 And we

00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:57.660
 fail,

00:43:57.720 --> 00:43:58.000
 and we

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.980
 fail miserably.

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.220
 So we

00:44:01.220 --> 00:44:01.860
 pray that

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.160
 you will

00:44:02.160 --> 00:44:02.940
 empower us

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.480
 by your

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:03.940
 Spirit.

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.460
 That we

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:06.019
 might live

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.640
 the kind

00:44:06.640 --> 00:44:07.240
 of lives

00:44:07.240 --> 00:44:07.660
 that we

00:44:07.660 --> 00:44:08.260
 ought to

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:08.519
 live.

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:09.860
 In the

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.440
 society

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:11.360
 in which

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:11.980
 we find

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:12.380
 ourselves.

00:44:12.620 --> 00:44:13.079
 In our

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.740
 homes.

00:44:15.180 --> 00:44:15.579
 In our

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:16.220
 personal

00:44:16.220 --> 00:44:17.140
 walk with

00:44:17.140 --> 00:44:17.360
 you.

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.340
 Lord,

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:19.960
 we thank

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.500
 you that

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.059
 you have

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.840
 begun a

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.480
 work in

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:22.820
 us.

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:24.159
 And we

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:24.699
 thank you

00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:25.260
 that that

00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:26.500
 work will

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.340
 be continued

00:44:27.340 --> 00:44:28.719
 as we

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:30.159
 rely upon

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:30.840
 you and

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.719
 you alone.

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.539
 Father,

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.679
 help us

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.860
 day by

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:37.480
 day to

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:37.960
 live the

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.659
 kind of

00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:40.019
 lives that

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.480
 will bring

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.159
 glory to

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:41.659
 your name

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:43.139
 and will

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:44.039
 influence a

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:45.039
 community in

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.539
 which we

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.380
 find ourselves.

00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:48.039
 And all

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.579
 this we

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:50.179
 ask that

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:50.719
 your name

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.280
 might be

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:51.880
 glorified.

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:53.719
 Amen.

00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:53.920
 Amen.