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 Please take your copy of God's Word and turn to our text for this morning, which is Acts chapter 15, verses 36-41.

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 Before we take a look at this morning's text, I would like to give a brief recap of some of the recent events recorded by Luke in his account.

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 We're not going to go all the way back to chapter 1, but we're going to back up to chapter 11.

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 Luke's account, I've said to you before, I like to call the Acts of the Risen Jesus, because it is a record of the extension of Jesus' earthly ministry.

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 He is now ascended, he is seated at the right hand of God the Father, but he is working by the agency of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the church.

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 This recap will serve our understandings of this morning's text by setting a stage with the characters contained within it.

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 It's an interesting text before us.

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 So let's begin our recap halfway through chapter 11.

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 Chapter 11, if you'd like to turn back a few pages, beginning in verse 19.

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 Luke writes,

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 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen.

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 Luke's referring to Stephen, the first Christian martyr, martyred in Jerusalem.

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 He's arrested, put on trial, makes audacious accusations to the Sanhedrin, and they have him stoned.

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 And because of this event, a great persecution arises in Jerusalem.

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 And by that, God swings open the gates of Jerusalem and the gospel goes forth to the known world.

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 Luke records, chapter 11, verse 19.

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 Because of the persecution, they traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

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 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists.

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 And the Hellenists were Greek converts or Gentile converts to Judaism.

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 They spoke to the Hellenists also preaching the Lord Jesus.

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 Verse 21.

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 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

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 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

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 When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.

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 For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.

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 And a great many people were added to the Lord.

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 So Barnabas, because of the great many people, Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.

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 It is not until chapter 13, verse 9, that Saul is introduced as Paul, which was his Roman name.

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 Verse 26.

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 And when he had found him, Barnabas finds Saul, who we know as Paul.

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 He brought him to Antioch.

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 For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people.

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 And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

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 In the following, after verse 26, a prophet named Agabus informs the church in Antioch of a coming famine.

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 A great famine that would plague the land.

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 So the church decides to send aid to Jerusalem by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

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 So Barnabas has journeyed.

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 He's gotten Saul.

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 He's brought him to together for a year.

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 They've ministered to the church in Antioch because it's grown in number.

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 Too much for Barnabas to handle by himself.

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 He brings Saul along.

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 So Barnabas and Paul begin their formal recorded ministry together in Acts chapter 11.

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 Then in chapter 12, Luke kind of jumps location of narrative.

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 Now we saw right at the end of chapter 11 that Paul and Barnabas are sent with aid.

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 So this is the bridge to back in Jerusalem.

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 What's going on back in Jerusalem?

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 Luke tells us of the martyrdom of the apostle James and the arrest of Peter.

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 The miraculous deliverance of Peter from the prison and the death of Herod.

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 And then in Acts chapter 12, verse 25, Luke says,

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 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had completed their service,

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 bringing with them John, whose other name was Mark.

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 So it appears that Barnabas and Saul have been in Jerusalem for this entire event.

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 If you're familiar with the story, there's a great number of believers gathered together praying for Peter as he's imprisoned.

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 It's likely that Barnabas and Saul are there in that house ministering amongst the saints and praying for Peter.

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 So, at the end of chapter 12, we see that Barnabas and Paul are joined by a man named John Mark.

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 And all we know about John Mark up to this point in Luke's narrative is what he tells us in Acts 12.

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 When Peter realized that the Lord had rescued him from Herod, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John.

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 There's lots of Marys in this day.

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 Mary, the mother of John, whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

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 So, we learn that Mark, John Mark, is a brother.

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 And he's likely, he doesn't say it specifically, but he's likely at this place meeting with the fellow believers

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 and making earnest prayer for Peter.

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 And that brings us to our text today.

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 So, a little bit of background.

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 And we'll get more into some events that happened with Paul and Barnabas and John Mark.

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 But to kind of bring us up to our text for today, Acts 15, verses 36 through 41.

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 Beloved, this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 And I start reading in verse 36.

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 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas,

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 Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are.

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 Now, Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.

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 But Paul thought it best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia

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 and had not gone with them to the work.

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 And there arose a sharp disagreement so that they separated from each other.

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 Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.

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 But Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.

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 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

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 This is our text for today.

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 And it's a difficult text for our study this morning.

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 Not because its meaning is unclear.

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 There's not some deep theological meaning that we must unravel from it.

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 It's laying there on the surface for us.

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 It's easy to discern.

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 But it's difficult because its application is difficult to discern.

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 What do we do with such a text?

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 I want either its exclusion.

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 This is in my flesh.

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 Either its exclusion.

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 Can we just jump over the fact that they disagreed and just say,

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 and they went separate ways.

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 Or, man, I want more details.

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 How exactly did this sharp disagreement go down?

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 Many commentators I have read over the past couple of weeks

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 only give a couple of sentences or a very short paragraph to this text.

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 Much to say about all of the events leading up to it

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 and all of the events that follow.

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 But very little.

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 Typically just a repetition of what the text itself says.

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 And there was a disagreement.

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 And they went separate ways.

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 And you go, great, thank you guys.

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 One commentator I use fairly often just skipped it all together.

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 And when, with all their pages falling out of the comment,

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 they just skipped it and didn't talk about it at all.

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 In our belief as a church that verse-by-verse exposition

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 is the best habit for preaching,

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 a text like this becomes a test of that conviction.

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 This is not what's been on my heart this week.

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 Other things have troubled me.

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 And then this text.

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 In our belief in the inspiration of the Scripture,

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 that is that God wrote this text.

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 He wrote it.

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 Luke carried along by the Spirit.

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 Through his pen, God wrote this letter.

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 And he included certain details.

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 And he excluded certain details.

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 We must pick it up and turn it over

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 and wonder why God has inspired such texts for us today.

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 It means something.

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 It has bearing on our lives today.

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 I love verse-by-verse exposition

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 because it presses me to this.

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 I'll tell you that if I just picked text,

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 this is not a text I would preach.

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 I might use it as some kind of a support to something else,

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 but I would not pick this as a main text.

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 So this morning I'll do my best,

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 certainly by grace,

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 to answer that question for us.

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 Why?

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 Why did it happen?

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 And why did God inspire the record of it?

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 To help us pick up a text

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 and see the glory of Christ contained within it?

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 I'm going to structure our study in the following way.

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 So for your note-taking benefit,

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 these are going to be the three points this morning

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 for Acts chapter 15, verses 36 through 41.

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 First, and I'll go back to these first,

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 the occasion for the disagreement.

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 We'll look at this in verses 36 through 38.

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 Secondly, the nature of the disagreement.

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 The first half of verse 39, so 39a.

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 And thirdly, the result of the disagreement.

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 In the last half of verse 39,

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 39b through the end of our text in verse 41.

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 So firstly, the occasion for the disagreement.

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 So note first, at the outset of our text today,

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 the desire of Paul and of Barnabas

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 to strengthen the church.

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 The text begins with Paul saying to Barnabas,

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 let us return and visit the brothers in every city

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 where we proclaim the word of the Lord

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 and see how they are.

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 Now what he's talking about

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 is their first missionary journey.

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 The church in Antioch commissions

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 Paul and Barnabas to go on the first missionary journey.

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 It's often referred to as Paul's first missionary journey.

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 Barnabas accompanies him on it.

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 And they go on a trip that we read about

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 and have discussed along the way.

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 Full of trial.

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 Full of conversions.

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 Many churches are established along the way.

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 They've returned to Antioch.

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 Then they've traveled to Jerusalem.

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 And we see in Clay preach for two weeks

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 on the Jerusalem council.

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 What happens there?

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 What's established concerning Gentile believers?

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 Whether or not they should be circumcised?

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 And then they carry a letter

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 back to the church in Antioch.

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 And that's where we find them.

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 They've now been in Antioch for many days.

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 They've been preaching,

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 strengthening that church.

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 And Paul turns to Barnabas and says,

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 hey, let's go back to where we went before.

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 It's been quite some time now.

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 And let's be sure that they're doing okay.

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 Let's see how they are.

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 Now recall that Paul is commissioned by Jesus,

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 specifically by Jesus,

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 to preach the gospel to the Gentiles.

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 Paul is known as the apostle to the Gentiles,

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 which he desired to do in broadening ways.

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 He takes this one short trip,

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 beginning his first missionary journey.

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 His next two are much larger.

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 He desires at the end of his life

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 to take the gospel all the way to Rome

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 and to preach it there.

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 Always pressing further.

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 Always going beyond.

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 In Romans 15-20, Paul says this,

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 I make it my ambition to preach the gospel.

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 Not where Christ has already been named,

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 lest I build on someone else's foundation.

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 So there's this longing in Paul's heart

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 to go further,

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 to go to the unreached of the earth,

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 to preach the gospel in places

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 where the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 has never been preached.

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 Paul is a church planner.

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 Paul is a missionary.

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 He's a frontiersman going out

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 and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 But he did not neglect

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 the greater command of Jesus.

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 Matthew 28, verses 18-20,

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 Jesus said to the disciples,

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 And Jesus came and said to them,

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 All authority in heaven and on earth

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 has been given to me.

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 Go, therefore,

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 and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing in the name of the Father

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 and the Son of the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe

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 all that I have commanded you.

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 And behold, I am with you always

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 to the end of the age.

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 Paul is desirous of this.

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 Not just to see converts,

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 but to see people grow

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 in their depth of knowledge.

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 In fact, often in our narrative,

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 we miss how much time he spends

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 with the churches that he establishes.

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 Sometimes it's not much time at all.

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 The place that he shipwrecked,

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 the island he shipwrecked on,

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 history holds it that a church

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 was established there.

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 He was there three days.

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 And they got passage on from that place.

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 But many of the places that he went,

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 he stayed on for some years.

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 The church of Antioch is one example of that

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 to deepen the believers there as well,

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 to teach them all that Christ

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 had commanded.

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 We see that in his concern

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 to return to these churches.

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 Some time has gone on.

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 How are they doing?

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 Has any error crept in?

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 Are they still being faithful

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 to the teachings of Christ?

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 In 2 Corinthians 11,

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 after Paul is given a long list of suffering

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 that he has endured for the sake of the Gospel,

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 he concludes in verse 28 this.

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 And this is astounding to me

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 after all of the things he lists,

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 the shipwreckings,

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 the beatings,

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 the stonings.

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 He says,

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 and apart from other things,

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 there is the daily pressure on me

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 of my anxiety for all the churches.

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 A desire to see them grow in godliness.

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 And so he has this desire.

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 And Barnabas has the same desire.

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 Verse 37 confirms that for us.

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 Now Barnabas wanted to take with them

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 John called Mark.

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 So in a very brief way,

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 Luke records for us,

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 Barnabas agreed, right?

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 They made a plan to go.

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 And Barnabas adds to that

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 that he would like to take John Mark along.

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 Who we learn in Colossians chapter 4, verse 10,

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 that John Mark is likely Barnabas' cousin.

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 And I say like because we don't know for sure

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 because the word in the ESV translator for cousin

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 can also be used to mean uncle

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 and it can also be used to mean nephew.

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 Often Greek is so incredibly precise.

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 It's a much broader language,

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 more precise language.

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 In this case, not so much.

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 So most scholars guess

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 that he was his cousin.

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 Could have been,

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 his uncle could have been his nephew,

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 I suppose.

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 That's also possible.

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 But likely his cousin, right?

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 And he wants to bring him along

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 in order to give him a second chance.

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 In order to give him a second chance.

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 But why did he need a second chance?

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 If you back up a bit in our narrative

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 to Acts 13, 13,

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 you get more of the detail

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 of what Paul is referring to

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 in Acts 15, verse 38.

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 Paul says,

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 we've read this already,

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 but Paul thought best

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 not to take with them

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 one, being John Mark,

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 who had withdrawn from them

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 in Pamphylia

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 and had not gone with them

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 to the work.

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 So Acts 13, 13,

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 Luke records for us,

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 now Paul and his companions

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 set sail from Paphos,

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 which is on the island of Cyprus.

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 They've been on the island of Cyprus,

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 right?

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 They've seen some resistance

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 to the gospel there.

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 They've also seen many churches

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 planted in this place.

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 So they sail from Paphos

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 and they came to Perga

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 in Pamphylia.

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 So another city.

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 They land in the port city of Perga

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 in Pamphylia

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 and John left them

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 and returned to Jerusalem.

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 And that's what we know

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 of this event.

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 So we don't know for certain

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 the reason that John Mark left them.

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 That's the record we get.

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 John left them

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 and returned to Jerusalem.

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 But we can surmise

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 that he likely left

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 because he was afraid.

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 The journey that Barnabas and Paul take

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 heading north from Perga

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 was through a mountain area

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 that was riddled with danger.

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 In fact,

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 back to the little bit of text

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 I read to you

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 from 2 Corinthians 11,

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 all of the dangers listed before that,

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 dangers in the wilderness,

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 dangers from rivers,

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 dangers in the mountains,

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 dangers from thieves,

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 like all of that

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 is likely about this journey

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 that he took heading north.

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 A very treacherous journey.

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 And John Mark has already seen

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 resistance to the gospel.

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 And what his guess is that

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 he was seeing the possibility

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 both of physical danger

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 as well as spiritual danger

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 that was ahead.

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 And we know that Barnabas and Paul

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 encountered that, right?

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 Paul is stoned almost to death.

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 They presume he's dead

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 and they drag his body out

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 and leave it outside of a city.

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 He gets back up

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 and continues to minister

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 the gospel of Christ.

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 Further, Paul's desire

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 to not take him along

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 certainly speaks to some measure

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 of moral failure

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 on John Mark's part.

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 It wasn't like John Mark

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 needed to go back

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 and attend to the church

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 and that's why he left.

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 There's a reason

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 that this particular leaving

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 carries weight for Paul.

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 And Paul says,

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 no, he didn't go with us

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 to the work.

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 He left us.

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 The word translated

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 withdrawn in chapter 15,

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 verse 38,

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 and left in chapter 3,

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 verse 13,

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 can also mean

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 abandon or desert.

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 So I think it's

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 a safe assumption to make

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 that the reason John Mark left

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 was because he was afraid.

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 He abandoned the work

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 that was ahead of him

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 because he was afraid.

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 And Paul wants no part

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 of John Mark

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 on this return trip.

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 Barnabas wants to give him

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 a second chance.

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 Now remember,

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 this is the same Barnabas

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 that defended Paul

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 back in Acts chapter 9.

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 You remember Paul

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 was a persecutor

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.599
 of the church.

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 He was dragging people

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 out of their homes

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 and sending them to prison

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 so that the church

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:16.740
 had reason to be afraid of him.

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 He could have been

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 playing a double agent

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 and trying to infiltrate

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 the church

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 by pretending to be

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 a follower of Jesus Christ.

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 But back in Acts 9,

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 verses 26 and 27,

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 Luke records this.

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 And when Paul

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 had come to Jerusalem,

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 he attempted to join

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 the disciples

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 and they were all

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 afraid of him

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 for they did not believe

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 that he was a disciple.

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 But Barnabas

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 took him

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 and brought him

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 to the apostles

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 and declared to them

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 how on the road

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 he had seen the Lord

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 who spoke to him

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 and how at Damascus

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 he had preached boldly

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 in the name

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 of Jesus.

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 And so Barnabas

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 is the one

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 who had come

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 to Paul's defense.

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 Barnabas is not

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.079
 actually his

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 given name.

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 This is another

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 Joseph of the Bible.

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 But the disciples

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 gave him the name

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 Barnabas,

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 which means

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 son of encouragement.

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 He seems to be

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 an uplifter

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 of those

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.460
 who are

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:16.079
 downtrodden.

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 And so he wants

00:21:16.699 --> 00:21:17.599
 to bring along

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:19.460
 John Mark.

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 And Paul wants

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.199
 nothing to do

00:21:21.199 --> 00:21:22.439
 with John Mark

00:21:22.439 --> 00:21:23.559
 on another journey

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 back through

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 the same

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 region.

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 So who was right?

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 I don't know.

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 I don't know.

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 I think that they both

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.319
 had good desires.

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 I think both of them

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.319
 had kingdom

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.000
 advancing

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:41.539
 desires.

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 I think part of

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.519
 Barnabas' desire

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.519
 in going back

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.279
 to see the churches

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.379
 and taking

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.099
 John Mark

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.500
 with them

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.359
 was the strengthening

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.379
 of John Mark

00:21:50.379 --> 00:21:51.180
 who's part of

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.079
 the church

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.279
 of Christ.

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 It's difficult

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.400
 to say

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.119
 if it was proper

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.980
 to take along

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.599
 John Mark

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.460
 or not.

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.519
 And Luke

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.019
 doesn't seem

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.700
 to make any

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.000
 judgment

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.599
 on the matter

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.660
 whatsoever.

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.839
 Some commentators

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.799
 suggest that he does.

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.839
 Verse 40,

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:11.659
 but Paul chose

00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.599
 Silas and departed

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.159
 having been

00:22:14.159 --> 00:22:15.319
 commended by the

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.639
 brothers

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:17.019
 to the grace

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.980
 of the Lord.

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 Some suggest

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.379
 that this is Luke's

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.659
 account,

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.279
 that the church

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.379
 agreed with Paul

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:22.199
 because you see

00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:23.639
 that Barnabas

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.679
 and John Mark

00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:25.399
 just leave.

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.119
 The record just says

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.799
 and they departed.

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.659
 But Paul chose

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.439
 Silas and departed

00:22:29.439 --> 00:22:30.419
 having been commended

00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:31.019
 by the brothers

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.599
 to the grace

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:33.059
 of the Lord.

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.220
 I don't know

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.039
 if we can jump

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.859
 quite that far.

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:38.179
 I think probably

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.779
 verse 40

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.639
 is recorded that way

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.699
 because Paul is

00:22:40.699 --> 00:22:41.719
 and will continue

00:22:41.719 --> 00:22:42.479
 to be the main

00:22:42.479 --> 00:22:43.399
 character in Luke's

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:43.699
 narrative.

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.500
 Luke's traveling

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.719
 with Paul.

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.159
 So I think he's

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:47.039
 giving us greater

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:48.119
 detail about what

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.079
 happened after they

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.339
 went separate ways.

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.159
 So I can't say

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.779
 that that is his

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:54.119
 intention found

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:56.059
 at the end.

00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:57.859
 So that's the

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.659
 occasion for the

00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:59.000
 disagreement.

00:22:59.459 --> 00:23:00.759
 That's what brings

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.639
 about this disagreement

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:03.599
 between Paul

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.240
 and Barnabas.

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.259
 Secondly,

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.980
 let's look at

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.579
 the nature

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:08.220
 of the disagreement.

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:08.980
 Oh boy.

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.579
 The nature

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.180
 of the disagreement.

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.779
 The first part

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.720
 of verse 39

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.200
 says,

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.099
 and there arose

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:15.819
 a sharp disagreement

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:17.440
 so that they

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.160
 separated

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.440
 from each other.

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.440
 Now,

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.180
 in English

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.259
 we have a phrase

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.200
 which is a single

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.359
 word in Greek.

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.960
 Sharp

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:27.279
 disagreement.

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.740
 And the word

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.319
 is in Greek

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.259
 paroxysmos

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:32.279
 which is the root

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.319
 of the English

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.879
 word

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:35.039
 paroxysm.

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.700
 Does anybody

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.799
 know that word?

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 If I say that

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.599
 English word

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.000
 paroxysm,

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.440
 anybody's like,

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.740
 oh yeah,

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.319
 paroxysm.

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.379
 I learned it

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.720
 this week.

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:40.960
 I'm like,

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.119
 oh,

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.500
 the English

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.240
 word paroxysm?

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.740
 Okay.

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.799
 You may want

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.319
 to use it

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.920
 in the coming

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.319
 week.

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.460
 Let me tell you

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.839
 what it means

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.339
 in English.

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.679
 paroxysm.

00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:51.419
 A paroxysm is a

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:52.619
 sudden attack

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.539
 or violent

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.240
 expression

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.379
 of a certain

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.720
 emotion.

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 So this word

00:23:58.199 --> 00:23:58.740
 in Greek

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.519
 carries a

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.799
 massive weight.

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:02.379
 It's not any

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:02.980
 kind of

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.179
 gentle disagreement

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:05.000
 that they have.

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.879
 Paul didn't go,

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.899
 I don't think so.

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.779
 I'm not so sure

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.639
 that's the best thing.

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.199
 John Mark,

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.539
 you know,

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.039
 we're probably

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.299
 going to have to

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.899
 pay for passage

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.439
 for him to leave

00:24:11.439 --> 00:24:11.879
 again.

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.879
 He's kind of

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.879
 proven his

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.699
 merit on trips

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.420
 like this.

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.100
 Barna goes,

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.360
 wow,

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.759
 come on,

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:18.940
 man,

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.259
 give him a

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.640
 second chance.

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.299
 This is not

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.660
 the kind of

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.000
 disagreement

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.700
 that they have.

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:21.920
 Again,

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.259
 this is why

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.480
 I want

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.019
 details.

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.279
 What was

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.100
 said?

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.440
 The word

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.140
 would lead us

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.600
 to believe

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.660
 that they were

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.640
 yelling at each

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:30.880
 other,

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.299
 right?

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.980
 A sharp

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.580
 disagreement,

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.160
 right?

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:33.819
 They got in a

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.299
 fight about

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.840
 whether or not

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.420
 John Mark

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.160
 should go

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.400
 on this

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.100
 journey.

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.380
 So,

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.100
 are we to

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.660
 learn from

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:44.100
 this that

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.600
 there are

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.219
 appropriate

00:24:45.219 --> 00:24:46.779
 times for

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.019
 such

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.639
 disagreements?

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.879
 If you look

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.059
 at this

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.279
 text,

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.740
 you go,

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.259
 oh,

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.719
 Paul and

00:24:50.719 --> 00:24:51.119
 Barnabas,

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.359
 look,

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:51.980
 they got in

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.259
 a sharp

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.699
 disagreement,

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.339
 right?

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.240
 They got in

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.639
 a screaming

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.119
 match over

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.559
 something and

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:55.819
 then they

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.240
 left each

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.459
 other,

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.839
 so that's

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.179
 appropriate

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:57.619
 in some

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:59.199
 cases in

00:24:59.199 --> 00:24:59.699
 the church.

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.679
 I don't

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:01.719
 think so.

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:02.859
 I don't

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.379
 think so.

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.500
 But let me

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.059
 say this,

00:25:05.219 --> 00:25:05.879
 as we're

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:07.099
 thinking about

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.480
 this and

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.740
 kind of

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.099
 building it

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.559
 out together,

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.740
 that anger

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.240
 is not

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.299
 necessarily

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.759
 the enemy

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.059
 of

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.419
 righteousness.

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.679
 There is

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.299
 such a

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:17.259
 thing as

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.460
 righteous

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.339
 anger.

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.759
 Ephesians 4,

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.339
 26 and

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.819
 27,

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.500
 Paul writes

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.740
 this,

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.740
 be angry

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:25.419
 and do

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:25.940
 not sin.

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.399
 So it's

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.279
 possible to

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.960
 be angry

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.899
 and not be

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.559
 sinful anger.

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.700
 Be angry

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.179
 and do not

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.559
 sin.

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.440
 Do not let

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.819
 the sun go

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.200
 down in your

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.740
 anger and

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.440
 give no

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.259
 opportunity

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.179
 to the

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:36.379
 devil.

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.940
 So there's

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.299
 a proper

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.879
 way to

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.619
 be angry.

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:42.419
 We don't

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:42.639
 have time

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:42.879
 to talk

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.199
 about that

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:43.799
 at great

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.559
 length.

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:45.939
 But let

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.119
 me kind

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.500
 of sum

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.139
 up the

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.219
 only way

00:25:48.219 --> 00:25:48.579
 that it's

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.939
 okay to

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.439
 be angry.

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.899
 To be

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.539
 righteously

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:54.359
 angry is

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:55.139
 to have

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.799
 your anger

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.819
 aimed at

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.539
 offenses

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:59.739
 against the

00:25:59.739 --> 00:26:00.379
 glory of

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:00.639
 God.

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.119
 So not

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.699
 offenses of

00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.059
 yourself.

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.679
 No righteous

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.339
 anger when

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.799
 somebody pulls

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.119
 out in front

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.339
 of you on

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.739
 the road

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:08.620
 and they

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.059
 slow you

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.339
 down.

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.500
 That's not

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.799
 righteous

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.079
 anger.

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.500
 Even if

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.759
 you're headed

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.319
 to church,

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.599
 it's not

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:13.940
 okay.

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.059
 I'm going

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.480
 to be late

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.920
 now because

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.319
 of you.

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.500
 You should

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.740
 have left

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.120
 earlier.

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.960
 It's not

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.420
 their fault.

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.640
 The world

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:20.980
 does not

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.779
 revolve around

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.460
 you.

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:25.019
 But anger

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.120
 at heresy

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:27.420
 being taught

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.740
 in our

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.319
 communities

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:30.259
 can be

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.579
 rightly

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.160
 motivated.

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.759
 Righteous

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:34.220
 anger funneled

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.620
 at things

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.200
 that are an

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.720
 offense

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:37.220
 to the

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.579
 glory of

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:37.900
 God.

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.680
 So could

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.059
 that be

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.279
 what's

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.539
 happening

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.799
 here?

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.700
 So there

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.460
 is a type

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.779
 of anger.

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.980
 There's a

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.779
 time in

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.059
 the life

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.319
 of a

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.660
 Christian

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.299
 where you

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.860
 might find

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.579
 yourself in

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.240
 a sharp

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.940
 disagreement

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.500
 with someone

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.940
 else.

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.079
 Is that

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:53.259
 what's

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.539
 happening

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.940
 here?

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.900
 I don't

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.339
 think so.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.259
 I don't

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.759
 think so.

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.700
 Luke gives

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.339
 us no

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.980
 hint that

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.779
 Barnabas was

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.059
 sinning by

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.740
 taking John

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.460
 Mark with

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.640
 him.

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.460
 He doesn't

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.940
 give us any

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.420
 idea that

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.660
 that would

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:05.880
 be the

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.120
 case.

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.519
 That

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.940
 Paul would

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.660
 be defending

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.340
 the glory

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.980
 of God,

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.800
 the advancement

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.200
 of the

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.700
 kingdom of

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.060
 God,

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:11.860
 because

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.860
 Barnabas

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.279
 wanted to

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:15.800
 give John

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:17.220
 Mark a

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.800
 second chance.

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:19.120
 I can't get

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.460
 there that

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.920
 that's what's

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.300
 happening,

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.259
 that Paul's

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:23.160
 anger is

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.720
 righteous.

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.380
 I suggest

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:26.779
 to you that

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.800
 Paul and

00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:28.420
 Barnabas

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:30.019
 entered into

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.860
 a sinful

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.440
 argument

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:33.380
 concerning a

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.980
 matter of

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.680
 personal

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:37.039
 preference and

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.440
 opinion.

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.460
 Now,

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.039
 if that

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.559
 feels

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.240
 unsettling to

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.339
 you,

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.599
 it does

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:42.920
 to me a

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.160
 little bit

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.400
 too,

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.240
 because in

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.559
 so many

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.180
 ways,

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.980
 Paul should

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.240
 be our

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.599
 hero,

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.559
 but he's

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.319
 not Christ.

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.059
 And we

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.539
 see the

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.420
 moral failing

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.620
 of almost

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.599
 every biblical

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.140
 character

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.940
 presented to

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.240
 us.

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.000
 Not every

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.180
 one.

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.500
 Some of

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.799
 them come

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.079
 and go

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.460
 quickly,

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.880
 and it's

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.019
 just

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.360
 righteousness

00:27:59.360 --> 00:27:59.819
 and that's

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.279
 fantastic.

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.319
 We get so

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.019
 little account

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.340
 of their

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:02.759
 life.

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.420
 So many

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.860
 of the

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.340
 great

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:06.360
 fathers of

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:07.039
 our faith,

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.100
 there's

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.940
 record of

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:10.100
 their failing.

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.819
 And I

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.299
 believe that

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.940
 God pins

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.279
 this for

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.039
 us intentionally.

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.440
 So here's

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.740
 part of the

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:13.980
 answer.

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.340
 Why did

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.860
 God inspire

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.360
 this text?

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:15.960
 Through the

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.259
 pen of

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.559
 Luke,

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.240
 that we

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.620
 wouldn't

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.059
 worship

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.660
 Paul.

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.660
 He wasn't

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.120
 perfect.

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.160
 To be

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.840
 emulated in

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.980
 so many

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.380
 respects.

00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:26.980
 Here he is

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.920
 early in

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.460
 his ministry,

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.740
 I believe,

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.259
 sinfully

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.579
 arguing a

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.000
 matter of

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.360
 personal

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:35.660
 preference and

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.059
 opinion.

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.140
 Beloved,

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:39.140
 we look to

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.839
 Christ for

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.360
 our supreme

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:41.420
 example of

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.799
 righteousness.

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.420
 Right?

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.160
 Our supreme

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.519
 example.

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.079
 Who was

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.420
 angry at

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.720
 times?

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.000
 The story

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.460
 of Jesus

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.900
 making,

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.539
 weaving

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.079
 together,

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.140
 taking the

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.599
 time to

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.920
 weave

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.440
 together.

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.180
 He's not

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.500
 shooting off

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.960
 the cuff.

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.160
 He takes

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.420
 the time

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.319
 to weave

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.980
 together a

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.180
 whip so

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.420
 they can

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.079
 drive money

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.759
 changers out

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:02.960
 of the

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.240
 temple.

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.759
 Why?

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.420
 Because it

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.620
 was an

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.599
 offense to

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.960
 the glory

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.539
 of God.

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.299
 There is

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.559
 such a

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.339
 thing as

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.599
 righteous

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:09.900
 anger.

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.480
 I don't

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.900
 think that's

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.440
 what we're

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.900
 observing

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:13.400
 here.

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.000
 Listen to

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.259
 some of

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.559
 Paul's

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.099
 later writing

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.680
 concerning

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.559
 our conduct

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.019
 with other

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.380
 believers.

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.059
 I think

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.700
 Paul indicts

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.099
 himself.

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.240
 Colossians 3.13,

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:24.720
 he says,

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.980
 bearing with

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.500
 one another

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.380
 and if

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.880
 one has

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.599
 a complaint

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.480
 against

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.940
 another,

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.480
 he does

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.980
 not say

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.579
 yell at

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.059
 each other

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.500
 and then

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.960
 part ways.

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.400
 He says,

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.480
 forgiving

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.120
 each other

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:38.819
 as the

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.779
 Lord has

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.099
 forgiven

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.500
 you,

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.779
 so you

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.299
 also

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.279
 must

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.680
 forgive.

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.860
 So we

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.980
 as having

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.400
 been,

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.779
 if we're

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.180
 now in

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.519
 Christ,

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.180
 having once

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.920
 been enemies

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.519
 of God,

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.640
 being in

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.460
 sharp disagreement

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.160
 with him,

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.180
 God

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.140
 graciously

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:56.059
 extended to

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.960
 us a

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.380
 hand of

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.960
 reconciliation

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.559
 in the

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.120
 personal work

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.460
 of Jesus

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.000
 Christ.

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:00.940
 He's

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.700
 forgiven us

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.740
 in him

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.240
 and Paul

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.480
 is saying

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.840
 in Colossians

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.299
 3.13,

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.299
 you need to

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.660
 forgive in

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:05.980
 the same

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.319
 way.

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.420
 You extend

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.940
 a hand of

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.299
 forgiveness

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.600
 in the exact

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.799
 same measure

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.340
 that forgiveness

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:12.720
 has been

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.799
 given to

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.120
 you.

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.860
 Paul

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.779
 writes in

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.100
 Ephesians

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.819
 chapter 4

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.779
 verses 1

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.299
 through 3,

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.039
 I therefore,

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.619
 a prisoner

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.180
 for the

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.440
 Lord,

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.759
 urge you

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.159
 to walk

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:23.440
 in a

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.700
 manner

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.259
 worthy

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.559
 of the

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.940
 calling

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.980
 to which

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.700
 you have

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:26.879
 been

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.259
 called.

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.399
 So walk

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:29.000
 in a way

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.159
 that exhibits

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:31.440
 what God

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.779
 has done

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.480
 for you

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.759
 in a way

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.440
 that's worthy

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.819
 of the

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.180
 calling

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.740
 to which

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.000
 you have

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.139
 been

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.519
 called.

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.159
 Verse 2,

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.419
 with all

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:39.059
 humility

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.659
 and,

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.319
 do you know

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.740
 the text?

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.220
 Gentleness,

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:45.799
 with patience,

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.859
 bearing with

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.619
 one another

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:50.279
 in love.

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.779
 Verse 3,

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.299
 eager to

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.479
 maintain the

00:30:54.479 --> 00:30:55.819
 unity of

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.419
 the Spirit

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.459
 in the

00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:58.659
 bond of

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.019
 peace.

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.739
 So if

00:31:00.739 --> 00:31:01.219
 there was

00:31:01.219 --> 00:31:01.699
 a proper

00:31:01.699 --> 00:31:02.179
 thing to

00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:02.419
 do

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:02.859
 concerning

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.559
 John Mark

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.119
 and this

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.500
 trip,

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.439
 I think

00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:06.059
 Paul is

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.459
 suggesting

00:31:06.459 --> 00:31:07.239
 here to

00:31:07.239 --> 00:31:08.319
 us and

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.719
 even to

00:31:08.719 --> 00:31:09.279
 his past

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.859
 self that

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.079
 he could

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.459
 have walked

00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:12.000
 patiently

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.739
 with

00:31:12.739 --> 00:31:14.299
 Barnabas,

00:31:14.959 --> 00:31:15.479
 led him

00:31:15.479 --> 00:31:15.799
 to the

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.119
 proper

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.779
 conclusion

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:18.159
 rather than

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.479
 screaming

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.160
 in parting

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.620
 ways.

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.099
 Paul writes

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.700
 in 1 Corinthians

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.559
 chapter 13,

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.279
 not just for

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.799
 married couples,

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.339
 this is written

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.860
 to a church,

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.480
 verses 4-7,

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:27.980
 love is

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.420
 patient and

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.940
 kind,

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.279
 love does

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.920
 not envy

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.759
 or boast,

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.539
 it is not

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.120
 arrogant

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:35.700
 or rude,

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.099
 and I love

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.400
 this in

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.960
 verse 5,

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.460
 it does

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.500
 not insist

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.200
 on its

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.039
 own way,

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.519
 it is not

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.099
 irritable

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.940
 or resentful,

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.319
 it does

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.000
 not rejoice

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.539
 at wrongdoing,

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.099
 but rejoices

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.700
 with the truth,

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:47.259
 love bears

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.840
 all things,

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.580
 believes all

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:48.940
 things,

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.120
 hopes all

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.600
 things,

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.039
 endures

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.400
 all things.

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.559
 So I

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.000
 suggest that

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.299
 these two

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.080
 brothers who

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:58.880
 had ministered

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.860
 alongside each

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.600
 other for

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.480
 as many as

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.299
 five years,

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.640
 and just

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.680
 catch that,

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.019
 right?

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.100
 Luke's narrative

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.000
 is so punchy

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.600
 sometimes that

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.240
 you miss the

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.299
 time that's

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.240
 gone on,

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:09.900
 right?

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.279
 So depending

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.819
 on the

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.759
 approximations of

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.480
 dates and

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.059
 who you're

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.420
 reading,

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.960
 somewhere between

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.620
 three and

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.259
 five years,

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.800
 Barnabas and

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:17.360
 Paul have

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.240
 been together

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.580
 all of

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.940
 that time,

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.480
 right?

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.600
 Dear brothers,

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.539
 partners in

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.920
 ministry,

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.320
 they have

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:25.060
 fought in

00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:25.620
 the trenches

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:26.860
 together.

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.680
 They parted

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.800
 ways over

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:31.259
 opinion and

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.740
 preference.

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.980
 Now there is

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.340
 an appropriate

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:36.060
 time for the

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:36.460
 parting of

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.519
 fellowship amongst

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.140
 followers of

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.480
 Christ.

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:40.220
 It will come

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.620
 to that,

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.120
 right?

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.140
 There are

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:43.360
 brothers,

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.680
 that I have

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.160
 in this

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.620
 community,

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.200
 that I am

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.820
 happy to

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.440
 fellowship with

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.140
 on some

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.560
 level,

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:50.120
 partner for

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.580
 the gospel

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:50.980
 in our

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.340
 community,

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.740
 but we

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.300
 could not

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:52.860
 fellowship in

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.180
 a church

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.620
 together.

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:55.279
 We disagree

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.320
 on particular

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:57.160
 doctrines,

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.660
 right?

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.740
 And amiably,

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.480
 we can disagree.

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.300
 Yeah, I just

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.920
 don't see it,

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:01.240
 right?

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.920
 I can't see that

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.380
 in the scripture.

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.740
 I think it

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.019
 could be

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.600
 dangerous.

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.420
 I'm not

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.779
 saying that

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.060
 you believe

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.560
 heresy,

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:08.779
 but maybe

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.120
 you shouldn't

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.480
 be a member

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.060
 of our church.

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.759
 These things

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.180
 happen,

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.519
 right?

00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:13.320
 There's times

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.779
 for that,

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.039
 for believers

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.399
 to go in

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:17.200
 separate directions,

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.839
 but I do

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.559
 not think

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:20.220
 this was

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.619
 one of them.

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.339
 The evidence

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.899
 for me

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:25.460
 is the use

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.220
 of the word

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.859
 paroxysmos,

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.439
 sharp

00:33:29.439 --> 00:33:30.639
 disagreement,

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.379
 sharp

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.119
 disagreement.

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.980
 I think

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.379
 Luke,

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.039
 inspired by

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.480
 the Spirit,

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.159
 uses a very

00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:38.079
 particular term

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.679
 to tell us

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.299
 this is not

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.740
 the way,

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.259
 this should

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.500
 have been

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.779
 handled,

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.440
 right?

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.220
 Not with

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.839
 sharp

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:44.559
 disagreement.

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.059
 Righteous anger

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:48.599
 is expressed

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.839
 in godly

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.759
 ways.

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.859
 On your

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.220
 bulletin,

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.680
 Charles

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:54.940
 Spurgeon,

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.619
 quote of the

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:55.839
 day,

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:58.059
 Satan greatly

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.980
 approves of

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.880
 our railing

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.640
 at each

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.940
 other.

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.640
 Oh,

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.339
 he loves it.

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.019
 He loves it

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.539
 when the church

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.259
 is fighting

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:07.200
 over preference

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.800
 and opinion.

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.039
 He greatly

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.559
 approves of

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.940
 our railing

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.139
 at each

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.280
 other,

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.980
 but God

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.159
 does

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.320
 not.

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.380
 Now,

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.340
 I am very

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.159
 happy to

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.119
 report that

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.519
 the relationship

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.079
 between Paul

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.639
 and Barnabas

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.860
 appears to

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.320
 later be

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.760
 repaired.

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.280
 We don't

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.699
 get much

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:23.980
 hint of

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.179
 that.

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.980
 Barnabas is

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.840
 nowhere else

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.340
 found in

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.539
 the book

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.039
 of Acts.

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.880
 It drops

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.239
 out of the

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.460
 scene.

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.940
 Paul is

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.280
 definitely

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.679
 the main

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.079
 character

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.340
 throughout

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.780
 the rest

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.719
 of Luke's

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.280
 narrative.

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.760
 I'm sure

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.079
 that Luke

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.420
 didn't even

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.860
 know what

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.160
 was up

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.320
 with

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.820
 Barnabas

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.780
 and John

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.059
 Mark

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.420
 as they

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.860
 traveled

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.200
 around.

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.519
 But there

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.039
 is a hint

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.500
 of this

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.240
 in 1 Corinthians

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:41.200
 chapter 9

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:41.880
 verse 6.

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:43.260
 Paul is

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.760
 making a

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:45.280
 case for

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:47.240
 ministers of

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.579
 the gospel

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.900
 of Jesus

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.660
 Christ to

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:49.620
 receive their

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:51.099
 living by

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.660
 their ministry.

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.700
 And he

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.000
 just says

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.240
 this.

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.660
 It's a

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.200
 very small

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.620
 hint at

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:54.820
 this,

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.500
 but in

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.940
 1 Corinthians

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.240
 9

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.860
 verse 6,

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.800
 he says,

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.820
 or is it

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.380
 only,

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.220
 this is

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.760
 tongue-in-cheek,

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.180
 or is it

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:02.360
 only Barnabas

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.059
 and I

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.660
 who have

00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:04.300
 no right

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.900
 to refrain

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.620
 from working

00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:06.440
 for a living?

00:35:06.580 --> 00:35:07.100
 So that's a

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:08.140
 rhetorical question.

00:35:08.560 --> 00:35:08.880
 Is it only

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.539
 Barnabas and I

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.780
 who have

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.380
 no right

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.360
 to refrain

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.940
 from working

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:13.240
 for a living?

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.800
 So there's

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.160
 this mention

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:15.140
 of Barnabas,

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.580
 and at

00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:16.600
 very least,

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.220
 as Paul's

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.680
 writing to the

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.500
 Corinthian church,

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.660
 Paul is

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.240
 commending

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.740
 Barnabas'

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.160
 ministry.

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.440
 It would

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.920
 seem that

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.300
 the Corinthian

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.880
 church knew

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.560
 who Barnabas

00:35:23.560 --> 00:35:24.100
 was.

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.340
 He's not

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.660
 just some

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.140
 random

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:26.420
 character that

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.880
 Paul brings

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.240
 into the

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.500
 scene,

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.120
 but they

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:28.519
 knew who

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.800
 Barnabas

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.019
 was,

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:29.840
 so he

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.519
 mentions him

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.000
 in this.

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.820
 So at the

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.280
 very least,

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.800
 it's that.

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.420
 He's commending

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.000
 Barnabas'

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.679
 ministry to

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.079
 the Corinthian

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.500
 church.

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.260
 At most,

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.440
 and I'd love

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.099
 to think this,

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.320
 they ministered

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.840
 together in

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.139
 Corinth.

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.699
 They met

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.239
 back up

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.880
 somewhere along

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.340
 the way,

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.980
 and he's

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.980
 referencing a

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.340
 brother who

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.900
 he ministered

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.840
 alongside when

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.280
 he says,

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.119
 is it only

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.559
 Barnabas'

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.840
 who have no

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.199
 right to

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.719
 refrain from

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:52.019
 working for

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.400
 a living.

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.299
 Paul's

00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:54.960
 relationship is

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.719
 also restored

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.920
 with John

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.360
 Mark.

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.559
 In Colossians

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.400
 4.10,

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.039
 I mentioned

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.559
 earlier,

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.860
 we see that

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.679
 Mark is

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.559
 with Paul

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.519
 in his

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.099
 Roman prison.

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.799
 He's

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.900
 alongside him.

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.219
 He's now

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:09.000
 joined back

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.500
 up in the

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.299
 mission that

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.639
 Paul had

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.099
 set God

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.980
 on.

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.500
 And we

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.759
 know that

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.239
 God sees

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.860
 fit to

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.679
 use Mark

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.900
 to pin

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.559
 one of the

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:17.860
 four

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:19.079
 gospel

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.120
 accounts.

00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:20.400
 It's a

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.620
 wonderful

00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:21.280
 picture of

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.920
 restoration

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:23.160
 of one

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.480
 who was

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.599
 a

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.180
 deserter

00:36:24.180 --> 00:36:24.820
 being

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.200
 back

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:25.640
 very

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:26.160
 close

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:26.539
 at the

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.860
 center

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.300
 of

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.599
 God's

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.900
 work

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.800
 and his

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.140
 advancement

00:36:29.140 --> 00:36:29.460
 of the

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.700
 kingdom.

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.280
 Okay,

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.539
 so the

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.099
 occasion for

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.200
 the

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.620
 disagreement,

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.500
 the nature

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.980
 of the

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.360
 disagreement,

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.079
 and thirdly

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:39.420
 and finally

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.340
 and briefly

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:42.599
 the result

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.800
 of the

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.180
 disagreement.

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.620
 The result.

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.579
 The last

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.860
 part of

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.380
 verse 39,

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:49.820
 we know

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.340
 what happened.

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.840
 We've said

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.140
 it now a

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.700
 few times.

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.820
 They separate,

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.480
 Barnabas takes

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.000
 Mark with

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.200
 him,

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.120
 and they

00:36:56.120 --> 00:36:56.680
 sailed away

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:57.620
 to Cyprus.

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.140
 That's where

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:58.680
 Barnabas was

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.039
 from,

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.460
 and this

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.700
 was the

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.300
 beginning of

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:01.400
 Paul and

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.720
 Barnabas'

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.900
 ministry.

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.900
 But Paul

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.960
 chose Silas,

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.400
 who we'll talk

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.940
 about more

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.700
 in some

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.640
 coming weeks,

00:37:09.160 --> 00:37:09.820
 and departed,

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.400
 having been

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.019
 commended by

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.360
 the brothers

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.800
 to the grace

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.300
 of the Lord.

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.380
 Churches

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.099
 prayed for

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.320
 him,

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.640
 they've

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:15.140
 said,

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:15.800
 God,

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.180
 you're in

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:16.640
 control,

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.260
 you are

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.820
 working in

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.300
 the life

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.060
 of Paul

00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:20.500
 and now

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.060
 Silas.

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.280
 They

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:21.519
 committed

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.740
 to the

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.019
 grace of

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.280
 the Lord,

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.100
 and he

00:37:23.100 --> 00:37:23.539
 goes through

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.200
 Syria and

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:24.539
 Cilicia

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.280
 strengthening

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:26.500
 churches.

00:37:26.600 --> 00:37:26.840
 So what's

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.380
 the result?

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.100
 They go

00:37:28.100 --> 00:37:28.960
 separate ways,

00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:30.500
 but we see

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.200
 missionary

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:32.120
 multiplication.

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.019
 One

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.340
 missionary

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.900
 team

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.900
 turned into

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.340
 two

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:37.180
 missionary

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:38.039
 teams.

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.140
 Men that

00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:39.740
 have grown

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.000
 in the

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.600
 grace of

00:37:40.600 --> 00:37:41.000
 Christ

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.480
 together,

00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:42.120
 learned

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.780
 much on

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:42.940
 their

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.280
 journeys

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:43.800
 together,

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.960
 part ways

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.400
 and bring

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.680
 along new

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.440
 disciples that

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.220
 they train

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:48.700
 up and

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.700
 equip so

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:49.940
 that they

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.560
 can continue

00:37:50.560 --> 00:37:51.920
 to send

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:53.120
 them out.

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.680
 I'm reminded

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.040
 of the

00:37:55.040 --> 00:37:55.940
 words of

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.880
 Joseph to

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.680
 his brothers.

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.120
 You remember

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:58.700
 Joseph's brothers

00:37:58.700 --> 00:37:59.120
 throw him in

00:37:59.120 --> 00:37:59.320
 the bottom

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.720
 of a well

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.000
 because they

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.360
 hate him.

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.280
 They change

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:01.600
 their mind,

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:01.880
 they pull

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:02.160
 him back

00:38:02.160 --> 00:38:02.300
 up,

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.560
 they sell

00:38:02.560 --> 00:38:02.800
 him into

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.100
 slavery.

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.540
 He ends

00:38:03.540 --> 00:38:03.840
 up in

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.500
 Egypt in

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.019
 charge of

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.540
 all of

00:38:05.540 --> 00:38:06.040
 the grain

00:38:06.040 --> 00:38:06.940
 in Egypt

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.320
 through a

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.600
 lot of

00:38:07.600 --> 00:38:08.240
 fantastic

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:09.760
 events.

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.400
 And his

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:12.140
 brothers find

00:38:12.140 --> 00:38:12.820
 themselves in

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.400
 the midst

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.680
 of a

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.140
 famine and

00:38:14.140 --> 00:38:14.740
 they come

00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:15.539
 to him,

00:38:15.640 --> 00:38:16.160
 not knowing

00:38:16.160 --> 00:38:16.680
 who he is,

00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:17.519
 not recognizing

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.880
 him,

00:38:18.600 --> 00:38:19.559
 realizing who

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.860
 he is,

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.200
 they fall

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.500
 down at

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.840
 his feet

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.120
 and he

00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:21.400
 says to

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.519
 them,

00:38:21.580 --> 00:38:21.940
 what you

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.460
 meant for

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.860
 evil,

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.760
 God

00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:25.380
 meant for

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.840
 good.

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.940
 Nothing

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:29.660
 escapes the

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:30.640
 good grasp

00:38:30.640 --> 00:38:31.720
 of our

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:32.340
 sovereign God.

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.220
 He is

00:38:33.220 --> 00:38:34.640
 never not

00:38:34.640 --> 00:38:36.019
 in control.

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:37.680
 He providentially

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:38.800
 reigns over

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:40.580
 all things,

00:38:41.640 --> 00:38:42.180
 even our

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.819
 failing,

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.199
 even our

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.759
 sin,

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:46.460
 God reigns

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.179
 over all

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.460
 of that.

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:47.799
 Nothing

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.719
 escapes the

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:50.039
 good grasp

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.059
 of our

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:52.480
 sovereign God.

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:53.699
 Please never

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.279
 grow tired of

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:54.679
 Romans 8,

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:55.019
 28.

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.960
 I always fear

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.559
 quoting things

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:57.899
 that you guys

00:38:57.899 --> 00:38:58.119
 should be

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:58.759
 familiar with.

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.559
 Don't grow

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.019
 tired of

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.159
 this.

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.419
 And we

00:39:00.419 --> 00:39:01.259
 know that

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:01.799
 for those

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:02.440
 who love

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.779
 God,

00:39:02.899 --> 00:39:03.519
 all things

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.119
 work together

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:05.519
 for good,

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.519
 for those

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.719
 who are

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.079
 called

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:08.000
 according to

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.460
 his purpose.

00:39:08.919 --> 00:39:09.339
 God is

00:39:09.339 --> 00:39:09.980
 bringing about

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:11.139
 good even

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.779
 in the midst

00:39:11.779 --> 00:39:12.940
 of our

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.299
 failures.

00:39:14.379 --> 00:39:14.940
 That doesn't

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.239
 mean that we

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:15.500
 should be

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.879
 careless

00:39:15.879 --> 00:39:17.519
 concerning our

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.159
 own failures.

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.539
 That is not

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.980
 to say to

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.460
 Paul and

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.039
 Barnabas,

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.859
 that's cool

00:39:22.859 --> 00:39:23.159
 guys,

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.659
 God's got

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:23.859
 it,

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:24.980
 it's alright,

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.480
 no,

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.079
 no,

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.279
 repent.

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.239
 If I'm

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:29.599
 reading it

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:29.779
 right,

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.179
 and I believe

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.599
 I am,

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:30.920
 that they're

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.599
 being sinful

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:31.879
 here,

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.219
 repent,

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.500
 turn back,

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.319
 be burdened

00:39:34.319 --> 00:39:35.279
 by your

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:36.779
 separation.

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.960
 We shouldn't

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.400
 be careless

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.220
 concerning our

00:39:39.220 --> 00:39:40.260
 own failures,

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.800
 leaning on the

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.220
 promise that

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.840
 God will work

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.200
 good,

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.559
 but in our

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.920
 failures,

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:46.280
 when we do

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.960
 and we will,

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:48.220
 we should be

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:49.240
 confident in

00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:50.460
 God's promise

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.760
 of good.

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:53.000
 Boy,

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.639
 this thing has

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.420
 not turned out

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.599
 the way I

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.180
 thought it

00:39:56.180 --> 00:39:56.579
 should.

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:57.880
 Praise God,

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.599
 he is sovereign

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.519
 and working good

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.200
 in all things.

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:02.099
 So we saw the

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.720
 occasion for the

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.019
 disagreement,

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.820
 the nature of the

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.180
 disagreement,

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:05.160
 and the result

00:40:05.160 --> 00:40:06.079
 of the disagreement.

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.000
 Mission,

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:08.619
 multiplication,

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.739
 what they

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:11.960
 likely meant

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.440
 for evil,

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:14.659
 God turns

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:15.739
 to good.

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.900
 So what does

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.519
 it mean for us?

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.000
 Here's some

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.380
 application.

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:18.840
 I'm going to

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.260
 ask a series

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.820
 of questions.

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.719
 Take a little

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.400
 time just to

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:24.619
 consider these

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:25.679
 questions for

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.519
 your own soul.

00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:28.679
 Number one,

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.239
 do you have

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:31.300
 any concern

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.820
 for strengthening

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.880
 the church?

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.380
 If we can learn

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.960
 something here

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.500
 from Paul

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.440
 and Barnabas

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.179
 in the

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.579
 positive,

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.760
 they had a

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:41.599
 concern for

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.440
 the strengthening

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:44.119
 of the church.

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.059
 They're in

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:46.159
 Antioch now

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:47.420
 many years,

00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:48.280
 two years

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.659
 they've been

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:49.059
 there,

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.579
 ministering

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:51.380
 the Word of

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:52.199
 God to

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:52.960
 God's people.

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:53.659
 And their

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.260
 desire to go

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.840
 from that

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.519
 place is to

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.159
 go back to

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.579
 the places

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.380
 and to

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.739
 strengthen

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.980
 the church.

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.260
 Is your

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.880
 intention in

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.440
 being here

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:01.880
 to serve

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:03.059
 others with

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.420
 the gospel

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.780
 of Jesus

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:04.539
 Christ or

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.559
 to just be

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.179
 served?

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:06.739
 And you

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.059
 should be

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.940
 served as

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.340
 it's my

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.860
 desire and

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.340
 other people's

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.799
 desires to

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:10.420
 serve you.

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:11.739
 Is your

00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:12.599
 motivation in

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.199
 coming here

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:14.279
 to sit down

00:41:14.279 --> 00:41:15.320
 and consume

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:17.159
 nom nom nom nom

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:19.079
 and not turn

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.880
 around and

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:21.059
 invest anything

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.519
 in anyone else?

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.639
 Number two,

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:26.739
 do you need to

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:27.279
 give someone a

00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:27.920
 second chance?

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:30.300
 could you

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.619
 have a

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.400
 John Mark?

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:33.019
 A John

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.619
 Mark that

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.240
 God intends

00:41:34.240 --> 00:41:34.599
 to do

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:35.159
 wonderful

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.820
 things with

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.740
 and you

00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:37.460
 just blew

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.940
 them off?

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.400
 You fail to

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:41.079
 follow through

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.559
 with somebody

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.079
 who's walking

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.519
 through hard

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:42.860
 times.

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.960
 An axiom,

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.039
 beloved,

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.559
 is that when

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:47.920
 people are

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.240
 going through

00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:48.980
 difficult times

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.200
 in their

00:41:49.200 --> 00:41:49.659
 lives,

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.260
 their walk

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:50.599
 with Jesus

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:51.099
 Christ,

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.920
 they are the

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.700
 least likely

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:53.519
 to seek you

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:54.539
 out and ask

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:54.960
 for help.

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.440
 I wish that

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:56.840
 wasn't the

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.160
 case.

00:41:58.160 --> 00:41:58.400
 People

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:58.960
 withdraw

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:00.000
 inside

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.519
 themselves

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.039
 when they're

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.400
 going through

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:02.240
 difficult times

00:42:02.240 --> 00:42:02.940
 and it

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.920
 takes pursuit

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:05.019
 of people.

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.120
 You've got to

00:42:06.120 --> 00:42:06.960
 drag them

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.920
 kicking and

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.460
 screaming

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.900
 out of their

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.559
 little place

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.320
 of isolation

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.280
 and bring them

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.800
 out into the

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.200
 light and

00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:13.600
 minister the

00:42:13.600 --> 00:42:14.059
 gospel of

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.480
 Christ to

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:14.700
 them.

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.579
 Is there

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:16.720
 someone in

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:17.220
 your life

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:18.220
 that you need

00:42:18.220 --> 00:42:18.519
 to give a

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:19.140
 second chance

00:42:19.140 --> 00:42:19.420
 to,

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:20.940
 that needs

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.760
 your investment

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:23.180
 for the sake

00:42:23.180 --> 00:42:24.380
 of response

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:24.900
 to the gospel

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:25.280
 of Jesus?

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.700
 And along

00:42:27.700 --> 00:42:27.960
 the same

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:28.280
 lines,

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.880
 this is still

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.539
 question two,

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.160
 second question

00:42:30.160 --> 00:42:30.500
 of question

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:30.700
 two.

00:42:31.740 --> 00:42:32.079
 Do you

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.300
 need to

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:32.700
 cut someone

00:42:32.700 --> 00:42:33.059
 loose?

00:42:35.680 --> 00:42:36.640
 Often Clay

00:42:36.640 --> 00:42:37.039
 and I have

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.640
 conversations

00:42:37.640 --> 00:42:38.400
 as we're

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:39.280
 working at

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:39.920
 discipling

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.700
 young men,

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:42.539
 it's always

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:42.900
 nice to have

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.200
 a second

00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:43.960
 opinion when

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.400
 someone is

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:45.480
 just not

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:46.059
 following

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:46.700
 through.

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.000
 You've

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.620
 asked things

00:42:48.620 --> 00:42:49.059
 of them,

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:50.200
 basic

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:50.860
 things,

00:42:51.620 --> 00:42:52.079
 Christian

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.579
 things,

00:42:52.660 --> 00:42:53.240
 not extra

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:53.680
 burdens,

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.340
 but just

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:56.160
 the commands

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.659
 of God.

00:42:57.839 --> 00:42:58.219
 Next week

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.519
 I get to

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:58.899
 talk about

00:42:58.899 --> 00:43:00.139
 how Paul

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.539
 required

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.000
 Timothy to

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.699
 be circumcised

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:01.980
 if he was

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.119
 going to

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.460
 go with

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:02.619
 him.

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.059
 We're not

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:04.539
 asking any

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:04.839
 of you to

00:43:04.839 --> 00:43:05.319
 do that.

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:06.839
 Just to

00:43:06.839 --> 00:43:07.359
 be obedient.

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.639
 Just to

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.879
 do the

00:43:08.879 --> 00:43:09.199
 things that

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:09.519
 God has

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:09.980
 commanded you

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.299
 to do,

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:10.920
 and they're

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.379
 just people

00:43:11.379 --> 00:43:11.779
 who will

00:43:11.779 --> 00:43:12.199
 not.

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:13.940
 As much

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.199
 as we

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:15.119
 try to

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.519
 pursue,

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:16.019
 they will

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.379
 not.

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.659
 And it's

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.079
 always nice

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.279
 to have

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:17.639
 that second

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.079
 person that

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.359
 goes,

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.339
 it's time

00:43:19.339 --> 00:43:19.559
 to cut

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:19.899
 them loose,

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.179
 man.

00:43:20.859 --> 00:43:21.219
 You're

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:22.099
 wasting your

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:22.739
 energy right

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:23.599
 now of

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:24.059
 an individual.

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.299
 And the

00:43:24.299 --> 00:43:24.859
 time comes

00:43:24.859 --> 00:43:25.139
 for that

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.920
 time comes

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.339
 for it.

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.339
 Sometimes

00:43:28.339 --> 00:43:29.199
 people need

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:29.579
 to go

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:30.139
 off and

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.940
 feel the

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.519
 own weight

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:31.819
 of their

00:43:31.819 --> 00:43:32.379
 sinfulness,

00:43:32.799 --> 00:43:33.359
 and not

00:43:33.359 --> 00:43:33.639
 have you

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.159
 crutching

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:34.500
 them up

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:34.859
 all the

00:43:34.859 --> 00:43:35.119
 time.

00:43:35.879 --> 00:43:36.199
 So ask

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:36.460
 yourself

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:36.679
 that

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:37.139
 question.

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.359
 Can you

00:43:38.359 --> 00:43:38.699
 give someone

00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:38.980
 a second

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.359
 chance,

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.000
 maybe play

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.559
 the Barnabas,

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:40.779
 do you

00:43:40.779 --> 00:43:41.019
 need to

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.440
 cut someone

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:41.819
 loose,

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:43.379
 as Paul

00:43:43.379 --> 00:43:43.559
 did?

00:43:45.379 --> 00:43:45.980
 I've got to

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.299
 think,

00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:47.259
 this is an

00:43:47.259 --> 00:43:47.500
 aside,

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:47.839
 I've got to

00:43:47.839 --> 00:43:48.139
 think that

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.519
 in some

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.839
 way,

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.940
 for John

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.359
 Mark,

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.460
 there was a

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.039
 motivation

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:53.079
 birthed in

00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:54.099
 him when

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.539
 Barnabas

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.879
 said,

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:55.599
 Paul wants

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.119
 nothing to

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:56.420
 do with

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.659
 you,

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.980
 because you

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.679
 bailed on

00:43:58.679 --> 00:43:59.000
 us,

00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:00.400
 you abandoned

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.920
 us,

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:01.420
 we could

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:01.920
 have used

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.299
 you and

00:44:02.299 --> 00:44:02.759
 you left

00:44:02.759 --> 00:44:03.119
 us,

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.219
 that there

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:04.460
 was a

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:04.960
 weightiness

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:07.440
 to that

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:08.139
 accusation,

00:44:08.259 --> 00:44:08.699
 and I hope

00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:09.420
 John Mark's

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:09.960
 response.

00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:11.619
 Number three,

00:44:13.359 --> 00:44:13.859
 do you need

00:44:13.859 --> 00:44:14.400
 to repent

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.619
 of any

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:16.500
 unrighteous

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:17.619
 anger?

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:17.679
 anger?

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.619
 I can

00:44:20.619 --> 00:44:20.940
 tell you,

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.539
 unless you

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.219
 spent time

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:22.719
 recently

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.219
 repenting

00:44:23.219 --> 00:44:23.699
 of unrighteous

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:23.960
 anger,

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:24.219
 that the

00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:24.460
 answer to

00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:24.839
 that question

00:44:24.839 --> 00:44:25.380
 is yes,

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:27.579
 you do.

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.559
 Most of

00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:30.980
 our anger,

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:32.079
 the vast

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.739
 majority of

00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:33.239
 our anger,

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:33.920
 which we

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.339
 cloak in

00:44:34.339 --> 00:44:34.940
 other words

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.859
 like frustration,

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.380
 I do that

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:36.739
 a lot,

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:38.059
 I say I'm

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:38.579
 frustrated,

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.380
 I'm angry,

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:44.860
 we make

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:45.320
 lots of

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.860
 justification

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:46.480
 for the

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.800
 way we

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.119
 feel,

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:48.800
 but in

00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:49.820
 most of

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:50.440
 those cases,

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:52.079
 I know for

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.860
 myself anyway,

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:54.280
 that when I'm

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:54.780
 angry it's

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:56.920
 because I'm

00:44:56.920 --> 00:44:57.780
 functionally

00:44:57.780 --> 00:44:58.579
 believing that

00:44:58.579 --> 00:44:58.880
 the world

00:44:58.880 --> 00:44:59.700
 revolves around

00:44:59.700 --> 00:45:00.019
 me,

00:45:00.640 --> 00:45:01.240
 that I should

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.800
 be placed at

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:02.119
 the very

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:02.720
 center of

00:45:02.720 --> 00:45:02.780
 it,

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:03.059
 and then

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.360
 something

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:04.059
 happens that

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.900
 disproves

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:05.220
 that,

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.539
 that shows

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.220
 me otherwise,

00:45:07.660 --> 00:45:08.220
 and it makes

00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:08.740
 me mad.

00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:10.619
 Stop

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:11.360
 getting at

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:12.460
 my worship

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:13.240
 of myself

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.780
 is what my

00:45:13.780 --> 00:45:14.180
 anger is

00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:14.760
 communicating

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.820
 outwardly.

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:16.780
 So beloved,

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.860
 there's much

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:19.380
 room for

00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:20.640
 repentance of

00:45:20.640 --> 00:45:20.980
 our anger.

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.480
 You need to

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:23.260
 recognize that

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:23.960
 firstly and

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:24.760
 for mostly,

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:26.380
 our anger has

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:26.880
 a vertical

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.480
 offense,

00:45:27.780 --> 00:45:28.400
 it's unrighteous

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:28.820
 anger,

00:45:29.140 --> 00:45:29.420
 you need to

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:30.119
 repent first

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:30.579
 to the Lord,

00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:32.059
 but so often

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:32.599
 our anger

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:33.300
 comes out of

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:33.619
 us,

00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:35.619
 and it has a

00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:36.539
 horizontal offense

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.119
 as well,

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:37.559
 and you may

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:38.000
 find that your

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.860
 repentance requires

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.360
 you go to

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:40.460
 going and

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:41.059
 confessing that

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.320
 sin to

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:42.420
 somebody and

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:43.120
 making apology

00:45:43.120 --> 00:45:43.680
 for it.

00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.059
 I'm really

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.660
 thankful that

00:45:45.660 --> 00:45:46.420
 for the most

00:45:46.420 --> 00:45:46.880
 part,

00:45:47.140 --> 00:45:47.960
 our church

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:50.180
 feels unified,

00:45:50.720 --> 00:45:51.420
 see a lot of

00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:51.880
 love,

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.860
 a lot of

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.840
 togetherness,

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.780
 I hear very

00:45:54.780 --> 00:45:56.340
 little about

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:56.880
 dissensions,

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:57.539
 but maybe I

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:57.860
 just don't

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:58.120
 know,

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.000
 it's very

00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:00.380
 possible that

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:00.860
 I don't,

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.820
 and I would

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:02.460
 encourage you

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:04.519
 to labor to

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.059
 maintain the

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:05.519
 unity of the

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:05.780
 spirit,

00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:06.980
 and the bond

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.400
 of peace.

00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:09.800
 Fourthly,

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.699
 do you

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:13.019
 believe that

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:13.260
 you have

00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:13.880
 been delivered

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:15.199
 from God's

00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:16.440
 wrath in

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:16.800
 Christ?

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.440
 Do you

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:18.719
 believe that

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:18.940
 you've been

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.340
 delivered from

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:19.940
 God's wrath in

00:46:19.940 --> 00:46:20.139
 Christ?

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:20.579
 Even as you

00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:21.019
 may be feeling

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:21.559
 some conviction

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:23.099
 for unrighteous

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:23.820
 anger on your

00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:24.139
 part,

00:46:25.199 --> 00:46:26.480
 can you stand

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:27.320
 knowing that

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:27.719
 you've placed

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:28.380
 your faith in

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:29.099
 Jesus Christ,

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:30.480
 that he is

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.119
 your sufficiency

00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:32.719
 before God?

00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:33.139
 Romans 8,

00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:33.359
 1,

00:46:33.419 --> 00:46:33.859
 there's therefore

00:46:33.859 --> 00:46:34.339
 now no

00:46:34.339 --> 00:46:35.059
 condemnation for

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:35.959
 those who are

00:46:35.959 --> 00:46:37.259
 in Christ Jesus.

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:38.139
 Beloved,

00:46:38.219 --> 00:46:38.599
 those of you who

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:39.259
 are followers of

00:46:39.259 --> 00:46:39.500
 Jesus,

00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:40.379
 this is great

00:46:40.379 --> 00:46:41.639
 motivation for

00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:42.199
 confession,

00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:43.339
 for seeking

00:46:43.339 --> 00:46:44.399
 reconciliation with

00:46:44.399 --> 00:46:44.899
 those that you

00:46:44.899 --> 00:46:45.500
 have sharply

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:47.119
 disagreed with.

00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:50.259
 Unbeliever in

00:46:50.259 --> 00:46:50.899
 the room today,

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:52.639
 I always think

00:46:52.639 --> 00:46:54.259
 of a crowd this

00:46:54.259 --> 00:46:54.619
 size,

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:55.039
 it's not a

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.599
 massive crowd,

00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:55.939
 but I always

00:46:55.939 --> 00:46:56.339
 got to think

00:46:56.339 --> 00:46:56.959
 there's someone

00:46:56.959 --> 00:46:58.019
 who believes

00:46:58.019 --> 00:46:58.519
 they're a follower

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:59.279
 of Jesus Christ,

00:46:59.379 --> 00:46:59.939
 but is not.

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:03.039
 The judgment

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:03.760
 and the guilt

00:47:03.760 --> 00:47:04.400
 you may be

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.220
 feeling now may

00:47:05.220 --> 00:47:05.820
 be the conviction

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:06.360
 of the Spirit

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:07.480
 in your life.

00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:08.940
 Look to Christ,

00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:10.179
 his perfect

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:11.920
 sacrifice on

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.380
 your behalf.

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:13.300
 Let's pray

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:13.559
 together.