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 All right, please take your copy of God's Word out and turn to Paul's letter to the Colossians.

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 I hope not this morning.

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 I will tell you that I struggled this week with finding the bearing of the text.

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 Some months ago, I took the time to sit down and break apart the book of Colossians,

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 leading up to a little bit of a break that I'm going to be taking here in a couple of weeks,

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 and trying to keep us on pace so we can get to that point.

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 For those who have volunteered to preach on my behalf and have given them text to deal with,

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 I want to keep us moving along well.

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 I certainly could make this into mini-sermons, not just one this morning.

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 Our text is chapter 1, verse 28, through chapter 2, verse 3.

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 And I really, I worked, I mean, I had tons of notes.

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 I've worked it and worked it and worked it,

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 and I finally saw that it's really a continuation of our look at Paul's ministry.

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 And some of this began to coalesce for me this morning at about 4 a.m.

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 So this is, it's 11 o'clock now.

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 This is like a 1 o'clock in the afternoon sermon for me.

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 Hopefully, I'll keep the energy high for you.

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 Two weeks ago, we looked in Colossians 1, 21 through 23,

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 where Paul states that he has become a minister of the gospel of reconciliation.

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 He's now going on to elaborate more on what that ministry looks like.

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 Last week, we began to look at the ministry itself, and we had two points.

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 Firstly, the aim of Paul's ministry.

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 And secondly, the means of Paul's ministry.

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 So join me in looking at your text, Colossians 1, and let me read to you 24 through 27,

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 before we get to our text today.

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 Paul writes,

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 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake,

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 and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's affliction for the sake of His body,

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 that is, the church,

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 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you,

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 to make the Word of God fully known,

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 the mystery hidden for ages and generations, but now revealed to His saints.

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 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery,

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 which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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 And so today will be sort of a part two of this as we continue to look at Paul's ministry

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 and give application from his ministry for our daily living.

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 Our text for today, Colossians 1, 28 through 23.

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 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom,

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 that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

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 For this I toil, struggling with all His energy that He powerfully works within me.

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 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea,

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 and for all who have not seen me face to face,

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 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love,

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 to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding,

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 and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,

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 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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 This is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for our good and His glory.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 So I'll give you a bit of the outline for today's sermon.

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 As I said last week, we looked at the aim of Paul's ministry.

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 Secondly, at the means of Paul's ministry, verses 24 through 27.

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 Today I'm going to add points to that.

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 So the third point, or first if you prefer,

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 would be the work of Paul's ministry.

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 Fourthly, or secondly, the strength of Paul's ministry.

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 And fifthly, the aim of Paul's ministry further developed.

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 An expansion of this idea that we looked back at last week.

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 Now I'm going to switch into points 3, 4, and 5 so as not to confuse you back and forth.

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 But that's what I'm doing.

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 You didn't miss point 1 and 2 unless you were not here last week.

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 So point number 3.

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 The work of Paul's ministry.

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 And we see this in verse 28.

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 Him we proclaim.

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 Who is the Him?

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 It is Jesus Christ.

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 It was mentioned just before this in verse 27.

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 Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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 Him we proclaim.

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 Paul's driving desire was to proclaim Him,

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 the hope of glory,

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 who had done so much on His behalf.

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 Who had rescued Him from His apostate Judaism.

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 Who had delivered Him from His sin.

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 It's Paul's desire to proclaim Him.

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 Proclaim means to publicly declare.

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 Here in the Greek, it is a general term,

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 and it is not restricted to formal preaching.

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 Not restricted.

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 All preaching is proclamation.

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 Not all proclamation is preaching.

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 And this will be important in just a moment.

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 Remember that all preaching is proclamation.

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 Not all proclamation is preaching.

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 And Paul says,

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 Him we proclaim.

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 And presumably, he's referring to himself and Timothy.

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 If you recall that the salvation of the Colossians,

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 excuse me,

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 this letter to the Colossians,

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 the salutation,

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 darn you autocorrect,

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 is addressed from them both.

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 Verse 1, he says,

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 I, Paul, and Timothy, our brother.

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 And this is likely the we he's referring to here.

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 And there is two aspects of their proclamation.

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 There's one negative and one positive.

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 Or stated in the negative,

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 the warning that he says here.

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 We proclaim warning everyone.

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 Some of your translations may say admonishing.

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 Warning or admonishing.

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 This is encouraging counsel in view of sin and coming punishment.

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 This is a warning to flee from the wrath to come,

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 stated in the negative.

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 In the positive,

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 there is teaching happening as well.

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 Not this, but this.

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 Imparting truth in their ministry.

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 So they're warning everyone

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 and they're teaching everyone

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 with all wisdom.

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 Wisdom can be rightly understood

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 as a practical discernment.

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 Taking those things that we see as true

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 and giving them good and practical application

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 in our lives.

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 I like this little equation

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 that my father has taught me across the years.

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 That knowledge plus understanding

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 equals wisdom.

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 It's one thing to know something.

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 It's another thing to know

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 what to do with that thing

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 that is known.

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 So you can know

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 that a tomato is a fruit,

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 but it's really important to know

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 that a tomato should not go

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 in a fruit salad.

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 Knowing the proper application,

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 like a BLT,

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 would be knowledge plus understanding.

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 And then you're wise about the tomato.

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 Sometimes my off-the-cuff analogies

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 just don't play out.

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 Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3, 16 and 17,

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 All scripture is breathed out by God

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 and profitable for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 and for training in righteousness,

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 that the man of God may be complete,

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 equipped for every good work.

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 So how is it that we give

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 this type of teaching?

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 This proclamation that they're giving

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 is being done

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 by the Scriptures.

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 The tool that's granted to us,

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 for us to proclaim,

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 warning everyone,

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 teaching everyone,

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 with all wisdom.

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 Paul says,

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 we proclaim,

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 speaking of himself and of Timothy,

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 and this certainly,

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 what he's referring to here,

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 is the job of church leaders.

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 There's a work to be done in this way,

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 this proclamation,

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 warning,

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 and teaching.

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 We can see both aspects,

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 the negative and the positive,

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 in the Scriptures.

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 To warn in Acts 20, 31,

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 Paul describes his ministry at Ephesus.

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 He writes,

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 Therefore,

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 be alert,

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 remembering that for three years

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 I did not cease,

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 night or day,

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 to admonish or warn

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 everyone with tears.

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 The church leaders

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 are also supposed to teach.

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 Paul writes to Timothy

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 in 1 Timothy 3, 2,

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 concerning the qualities

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 of an elder in a church,

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 that an overseer

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 must be able to teach.

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 So it is certainly

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 the job of church leaders,

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 but we must be very careful

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 at this point

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 that we don't exclude ourselves

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 from this ministry.

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 Because while it's the job

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 of church leaders,

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 it is also the job

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 of every disciple

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Remember,

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 as I said to you before,

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 proclamation is not restricted

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 to formal teaching.

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 This point's driven by Paul

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 later in the letter,

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 Colossians 3, 16,

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 the first part of it,

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 where he says,

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 let the word of Christ

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 dwell in you richly.

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 Listen to the words.

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 Teaching and admonishing

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 or warning one another

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 in all wisdom.

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 So if you think that potentially

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 the text for today

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 is merely talking about

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 the responsibility of Paul

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 and his ministry to the churches,

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 which I could give you that here,

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 he certainly broadens

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 the scope of the exhortation

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 later on in chapter 3,

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 verse 16.

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 Let the word of Christ dwell in you,

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 you believers,

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 you Colossian disciples,

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 teaching and admonishing

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 one another in all wisdom.

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 In other places,

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 Acts 8, 3-4,

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 we get a great example

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 of proclamation going forth

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 from the early church.

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 This is just after

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 the stoning of Stephen,

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 if you are familiar with that.

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 In verse 3 of chapter 8,

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 it says,

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 But Saul,

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 pre-conversion Paul,

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 Saul was ravaging the church

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 and entering house after house,

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 he dragged off men and women

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 and committed them to prison.

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 So this great persecution arose

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 on the early church

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 and it caused people

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 to be scattered.

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 Listen to what verse 4 says.

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 Now those who were scattered

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 went about preaching the word.

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 A very similar,

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 not the exact same word here

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 used for proclamation,

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 but it carries with it

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 the idea of gossiping

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 the word of God.

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 They were going about

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 telling people about Jesus

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 as they were scattered.

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 Saul, even here,

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 is used by God

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 to advance the church

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 across the known world

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 of time.

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 Again, we see both sides

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 of this stated in the negative

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 and stated in the positive

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 for all believers.

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 We are to warn

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 or admonish one another.

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 Paul read to the Thessalonian believers

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 in 2 Thessalonians 3, 14 and 15.

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 If anyone does not obey

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 what we say in this letter,

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 take note of that person

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 and have nothing to do with them

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 that he may be ashamed.

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 Do not regard him as an enemy,

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 but warn him as a brother.

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 We are meant to work together

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 and minister the word of God

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 to one another.

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 We are meant to bring correction

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 to one another.

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 Beloved, it is our job

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 as a church to hold each other

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 accountable to the standard

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 of Scripture.

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 We need to call a spade a spade.

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 We need to say,

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 you cannot live in this way

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 and let me show you

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 by God's holy writ

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 why you cannot.

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 You must be brought

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 into line with this.

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 This is the great practice

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 of church discipline

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 which happens not just

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 at a church leadership level,

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 but it's happening all the time

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 if we're a healthy

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 and vibrant church.

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 We are to warn

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 those who are around us

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 who think they're believers

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 and may not be.

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 Or those who certainly

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 are believers,

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 but they think that they

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 can persist in sin

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 and that there will be

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 no consequence for said sin.

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 It's the loving and right thing

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 for us to do with one another.

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 We are to warn

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 or admonish one another.

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 We're also meant to teach.

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 Jesus gives to us

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 in Matthew 28, 19-20

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 what is most commonly called

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 the Great Commission

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 where He says,

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 Go therefore and make disciples

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 of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name

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 of the Father and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe

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 all that I have commanded you.

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 This is the mission,

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 the commission given to the church.

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 Not just church leaders,

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 but all of those

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 who are part of the family of God.

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 We are to be teaching one another.

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 I know that many of you

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 may feel inadequate for such a task,

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 but all of you have something

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 to impart to somebody else.

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 If you are in fact a Christian,

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 you have the Spirit of God within you.

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 You are an expression of God's grace.

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 I need you.

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 I just can't tell you

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 how much I need you.

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 I am in no way

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 on some kind of a platform

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 elevated above you figuratively.

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 I need you.

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 I need your perspective.

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 I need to learn

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 how God is working in your life.

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 I need to see fresh pictures

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 of the way that Jesus Christ

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 is bringing about redemption

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 in your life.

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 It is encouraging to me

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 wherever you are

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 in your walk with Christ

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 to see that you're walking.

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 We need one another.

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 And this activity,

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 all of this activity

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 of admonishing, warning,

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 and teaching,

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 and all wisdom

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 is in order that

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 they and we

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 may present everyone

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 mature in Christ.

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 This is the goal

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 of the Christian ministry.

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 That the saints

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 would be mature

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 in their faith.

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 That they would

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 properly yield fruit

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 as a result

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 of their maturity.

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 A passage that I hope

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 is very familiar to you.

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 Ephesians 4,

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 verses 11-13.

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 Listen carefully.

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 And He, being Christ,

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 gave the apostles,

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 the prophets,

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 the evangelists,

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 the shepherds and teachers

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 to equip the saints

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 for the work of ministry

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 for building up

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 the body of Christ.

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 Until we all attain

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 to the unity of the faith

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 and of the knowledge

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 of the Son of God

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 to mature manhood,

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 to the measure

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 of the stature

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 of the fullness

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 of Christ.

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 And so you'll see

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 that Jesus Christ

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 gave gifts to the church

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 that those leaders

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 may work

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 to build up the body

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 for the work

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 of ministry,

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 which is the building

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 up of the body.

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 You see the language here.

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 To equip the saints

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 for the work of ministry.

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 What is that work?

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 For the building up

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 of the body of Christ.

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 All of us play a part

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 into this

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 until we all attain

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 the unity of the faith

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 and the knowledge

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 of the Son of God

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 to mature manhood.

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 This is the desire

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 of Epaphras.

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 Epaphras is likely

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 the man who established

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 the church in Colossae.

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 It was not Paul.

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 It was Epaphras

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 who probably received

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 the Gospel in Ephesus

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 and carried it back

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 to Colossae.

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 Look at his desire

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 in Colossians 4.12.

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 Paul writes,

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 Epaphras,

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 who is one of you,

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 a servant of Christ Jesus,

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 greets you,

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 always struggling

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 on your behalf

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 in his prayers

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 that you may stand mature

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 and fully assured

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 in all the will of God.

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 His great desire

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 for the church

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 as he's not with them,

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 as he's currently

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 with Paul,

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 likely in his Roman imprisonment,

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 is that the church

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 that he loves,

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 the place that he's from,

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 would be mature

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 and fully assured

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 in the will of God.

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 It's probable

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 that a praxis

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 actually traveled

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 to be with Paul

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 because of the heresies

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 that are encircling

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 and are within this church

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 in this time.

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 This letter seems to be written

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 to address these particular things.

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 We don't know the exact nature

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 of the heresies,

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 but likely Epaphras said,

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 I don't know how to address

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 these things,

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 but Paul will know.

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 Maybe I could get him

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 to write a letter

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 and set some of these things straight.

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 So his great desire

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 is that they be mature

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 in Christ.

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 So the work of Paul's ministry

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 was to warn and teach everyone

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 concerning coming judgment

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 and the way of salvation

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 in order that those

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 he ministered to

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 would become mature

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 in Christ.

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 And this is also

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 the work of our ministry.

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 You have a part

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 to play

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 in the sanctification

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 of the saints.

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 We need you.

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 If you're not a part

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 of this church,

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 someone needs you.

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 A fellowship of Christ

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 needs you.

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 There's limited capacity

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 of individuals.

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 I don't know how many of you

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 know me very well,

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 but something that you

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 should know about me

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 is that I'm extremely introverted.

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 I really don't like

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 being in the spotlight,

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 literally and figuratively.

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 It's not really the place

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 I enjoy playing.

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 If I've ever insulted you

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 unintentionally

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 because I walked by you

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 on a Sunday morning,

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 it's because I've recessed

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 into my head

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 and I've got something

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 on my mind

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 and I just zip right past you.

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 I don't mean to do this thing.

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 I don't mean to insult you,

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 but it's the way

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 that God has made me.

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 I have to work hard.

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 I have to rely deeply

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 on his grace

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 to be open

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 and be with you

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 and to impart myself to you.

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 It's a difficult thing for me.

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 Very small capacity,

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 I think,

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 for relationship.

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 Some of you have more capacity.

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 For relationship.

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 Some of you

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 are incredibly extroverted.

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 You absolutely exhaust me

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 with your extroversion.

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 It's astounding to me.

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 Absolutely astounding to me.

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 But what a beautiful picture

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 of the way in which

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 God brings us together

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 and gives us varying gifting.

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 But whether you're extremely introverted

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 or extremely extroverted,

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 we all have some capacity

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 for deep relationship

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 because we have

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 only so much time

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 in our days.

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 In deep relationship,

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 meaningful relationship

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 takes time.

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 It's a necessity of it.

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 We have to work at it.

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 In an article published

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 in Psychology Today,

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 this is a secular article,

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 British anthropologist

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 Robin Dunbar

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 wrote a book called

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 How Many Friends

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 Does One Person Need?

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 And in it,

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 he argues that

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 you can only keep friendships

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 with about 150 people

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 at any given time

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 because,

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 quote,

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 Don't ask me to explain

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 what that means.

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 And,

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 this in turn

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 limits group size

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 where stable

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 interpersonal relationships

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 can be maintained,

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 end quote.

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 Dunbar says

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 his number of 150,

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 quote,

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 refers to those people

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 with whom you have

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 a personalized relationship,

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 one that is reciprocal

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 and based around

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 general obligations

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 of trust

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 and reciprocity,

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 end quote.

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 There's just only so much

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 we can handle.

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 Social media is making

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 this more difficult for us

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 because now we have

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 so many friends.

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 We're not really,

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 by this definition,

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 friends with any of them.

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 We're very wide

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 and not very deep

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 with our relationships

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 these days.

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 It makes it very difficult

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 to be devoted to people

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 when you feel like

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 so many people

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 expect so much of you.

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 It seems that you just

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 can't make anybody

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 happy.

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 And what I'm positing to you

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 is that our problem

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 is that we're extending

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 ourselves way too far

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 because some people

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 don't extend themselves

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 at all.

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 There are too few people

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 in many churches,

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 including ours,

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 that do a lot of work.

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 And it's difficult to do well

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 because of the limit of time.

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 But if we would all be involved

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 and engaged in these processes,

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 we could easily

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 manage the load.

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 This article goes on to say,

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 our theoretical circle of 150

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 is not a homogenous social group.

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 That is to say that it's not 150

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 and they all interact

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 just with each other.

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 Right?

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 There's a lot of overlapping

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 in our spheres of influence.

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 Dunbar explains,

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 but rather consists of four layers

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 or, quote,

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 circles of acquaintanceship,

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 end quote,

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 which scale relative to each other

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 by a factor of three.

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 I don't know what that means.

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 An inner core of five intimates

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 and then successive layers

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 of 15, 50,

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 and 150.

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 Oh, now I know what it means.

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 With each successive circle,

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 the number of people included

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 increases,

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 but the emotional intimacy

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 decreases.

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 You get what he's saying.

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 You can only be so close

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 to so few

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 and you can know these people

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 on some degree

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 and you can know the names

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 of people out here

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 or recognize their faces.

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 Right?

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 But there's a reality to this.

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 The way that we're designed,

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 the way that we're geared,

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 is that we can only do

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 so much

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 with so many.

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 We have to get this.

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 I can't minister personally

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 to each and every one of you.

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 It's an impossibility.

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 My wife

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 can't minister individually

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 to each and every one

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 of the women

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 in this church.

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 It's an absolute impossibility.

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 And if we try,

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 we will most certainly

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 die.

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 I didn't mean to rhyme that,

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 but that's the word

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 that popped into my head.

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 It's just too,

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 it's too much.

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 We get spread too thin.

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 And there's a great deal

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 of challenge,

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.539
 and Sam and I talk about

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 this much,

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 that we really feel like

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 we don't do anybody

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 any real service

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 because we're spread too thin.

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 We can't really devote

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 ourselves to anybody.

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 And what that means

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 for this church

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 and any church

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 that you may be a part of,

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 whether you're a guest here today

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 or just across your life,

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 that you need to invest yourself

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 in people.

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 So this is the work

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.480
 of Paul's ministry.

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 And it's our work

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 as well.

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 Let's look fourthly

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 at the strength

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 of Paul's ministry.

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 Verse 29.

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 For this I toil,

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 struggling with all

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 his energy

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 that he powerfully works

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 within me.

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 For this,

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 the things that were

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 aforementioned

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 in the text,

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 right?

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 Him we proclaim,

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 warning everyone

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 and teaching everyone

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 with all wisdom

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 that we may present

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 everyone mature in Christ.

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 To this end,

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 I toil.

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 The word toil

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 means to work

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 to the point

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 of exhaustion.

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 Struggling.

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 This word here,

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 we get our English word

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 for agonized,

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 derived from the Greek word

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 for struggling here.

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 To work

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 and to struggle

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 to this end.

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 What I would say to you

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 is that no one

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 can faithfully serve

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.519
 Jesus Christ

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 without working hard.

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 And there's a great deal

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.979
 of apathy in the church.

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 A great deal of laziness

00:23:45.699 --> 00:23:46.959
 in the church.

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 Christians should be

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 the busiest people

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 on the planet

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 because we work

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 in weighty matters.

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 Now,

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 don't hear me saying to you

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 that it's not okay

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 to rest at times.

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 It is.

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 It's good and important.

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 To work hard,

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 you have to rest

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 or else you'll run yourself

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.379
 into the ground.

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 But we should be

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.279
 the busiest people

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 because the things

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 that we're to be about

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 have great eternal weight.

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:12.259
 They matter

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 in eternity.

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 We're not simply

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.799
 building businesses

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:17.220
 and making money.

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 We're not simply

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 storing things away.

00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:21.159
 Stuff that's all

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.860
 turning to dust.

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.560
 We're dealing with

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:24.300
 eternal things.

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 We must work hard.

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 There's a mandate

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 placed upon us

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.540
 as Christian people

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 to do so.

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 But we must do so

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 by the strength

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.600
 that God works in us.

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 The power of Paul's ministry

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 was not in his education,

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.340
 a brilliant man,

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:45.540
 or his cultural heritage,

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:47.860
 in his preaching prowess,

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.840
 or in his charisma.

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 ministries built

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 on these types of things

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.839
 are absolutely doomed

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.859
 to fail

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 or meet some measure

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.279
 of success

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 that's not a measure

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 that God would use.

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 Paul relied on

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:03.539
 God's energy

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.939
 that he powerfully

00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:05.579
 worked within.

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.579
 And he kind of stacks

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:08.059
 these descriptors up.

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 God's energy

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:10.059
 that he powerfully

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.699
 works within me.

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 And this doesn't mean

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:14.539
 in proportion with.

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:16.679
 I work and I labor

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.860
 in proportion with

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.660
 the energy

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.860
 that God gives me.

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.100
 Paul's not talking

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.519
 about measures of grace

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.460
 given in gifting

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.460
 to the church.

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.960
 He rather means

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.320
 I work with

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 or by means of

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.120
 in reliance upon

00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:31.920
 God's power.

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.860
 The things that I'm doing

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:34.740
 don't happen

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.539
 apart from

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.539
 God's work

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.460
 in me.

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:40.120
 1 Corinthians 15.10

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:41.060
 Paul writes,

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:42.539
 But by the grace of God

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:44.240
 I am what I am

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.740
 and his grace towards me

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.740
 was not in vain.

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.079
 On the contrary

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.139
 I worked harder

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:50.119
 than any of them

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.460
 though it was not I

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:53.000
 but the grace of God

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:54.460
 that is with me.

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.759
 Philippians 2.12-13

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.859
 I love these types of texts

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.379
 that so

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.859
 he so carefully

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.619
 weaves together

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.359
 our responsibility

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:04.619
 and God's sovereign strength

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.240
 in our lives.

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.839
 Philippians 2.12-13

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:08.720
 Therefore my beloved

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:10.259
 as you have always obeyed

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.839
 so now

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.180
 not only in my presence

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.000
 but much more

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.900
 in my absence

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.980
 work out your own salvation

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.720
 with fear

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.759
 and trembling

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:19.180
 for it is God

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:20.299
 who works in you

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.140
 both to will

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:22.380
 and to work

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.740
 for his good pleasure.

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.960
 Sam Storms

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.720
 in the Hope of Glory

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.720
 said it like this

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.000
 Apart from the

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.980
 conscience

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.240
 consistent

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:33.640
 concentrated reliance

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:35.080
 on the power of God

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.940
 burnout

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:37.480
 is a sure

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.360
 thing.

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.799
 You try to

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.560
 operate

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:42.160
 under your own strength

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.000
 for all of this

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.540
 ministry

00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:44.220
 that we are

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.380
 we are meant

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.019
 to be doing

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:47.480
 this call

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.180
 that's laid upon

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.519
 our lives

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.420
 as a body

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.040
 of Christ

00:26:51.040 --> 00:26:52.000
 burnout

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.519
 is a

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.340
 sure

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.580
 thing.

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:56.200
 So

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.100
 how do we

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:58.060
 consciously

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.880
 consistently

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.400
 and

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.500
 concentratedly

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.900
 rely

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.620
 on the power

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:01.920
 of God?

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.700
 How do we do

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.400
 this thing

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.820
 that Sam Storms

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.340
 is suggesting

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:06.560
 that we do?

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.960
 Paul gives us

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:09.140
 a clue

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.520
 to that

00:27:09.520 --> 00:27:10.380
 chapter 3

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.960
 verse 16

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.520
 this letter

00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:11.740
 to the

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.120
 Colossians

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.460
 I mentioned

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.100
 it previously

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.520
 let the word

00:27:14.520 --> 00:27:15.360
 of Christ

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:16.600
 dwell

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.940
 in you

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.580
 richly

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:20.080
 let the word

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.520
 of Christ

00:27:20.520 --> 00:27:21.000
 dwell

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.680
 in you

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.140
 richly

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.620
 fam

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:22.920
 we need

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.200
 to be

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.800
 studying

00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.480
 this book

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.360
 and knowing

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.800
 it

00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:27.300
 I fear

00:27:27.300 --> 00:27:27.620
 that too

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:27.860
 often

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.280
 this book

00:27:28.280 --> 00:27:28.660
 is just

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.060
 a book

00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:29.520
 amongst

00:27:29.520 --> 00:27:30.040
 a knot

00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:30.420
 of other

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.820
 books

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:32.060
 I've got

00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:32.320
 a whole

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:32.660
 study

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.020
 downstairs

00:27:33.020 --> 00:27:33.780
 just full

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:34.220
 of books

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.780
 too many

00:27:34.780 --> 00:27:35.040
 books

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:35.400
 to even

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:35.720
 handle

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.200
 my father

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.779
 gifted me

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.319
 his library

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.620
 I've got

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.319
 books in

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.700
 boxes

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:38.980
 I don't

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.299
 even know

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.579
 what they

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.100
 are

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.519
 there's

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.940
 so many

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.380
 of them

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:41.819
 and the

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.360
 great danger

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.740
 is that we

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.079
 put the

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.620
 Bible up

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.900
 on that

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.059
 shelf

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.420
 with all

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.640
 of the

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:44.860
 others

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.339
 and we

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.620
 hold it

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:45.799
 in the

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.000
 same

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.440
 regard

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.640
 this is

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.259
 God's

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.600
 word

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:49.240
 to us

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.100
 and beyond

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.380
 that

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.900
 the spirit

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.460
 of God

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 uses the

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.160
 word of

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.519
 God

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.240
 to affect

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.460
 us

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 this is

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.079
 the tool

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.960
 that he

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.539
 uses

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.480
 as Wes

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.799
 mentioned

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.400
 previously

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 the sword

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 sharper

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.140
 than a

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.579
 two-edged

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.539
 sword

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.799
 this is the

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.220
 way in

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.519
 which the

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.859
 spirit

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.799
 affects us

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.379
 not through

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.660
 our

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.680
 feelings

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.839
 right

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.700
 but through

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.519
 the word

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.200
 of God

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.119
 knowing

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.619
 his word

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.960
 J.I.

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.460
 Packer said

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.180
 well the

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.079
 holy spirit's

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.879
 ordinary way

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.319
 of working

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.940
 in us

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.000
 is through

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.740
 the working

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.259
 of our

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.259
 own minds

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.680
 and wills

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.240
 he moves

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.059
 us to act

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.759
 by causing

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.339
 us to see

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.039
 reasons for

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.319
 moving

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.740
 ourselves

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.599
 to act

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 read that

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.119
 last sentence

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 to you

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.599
 again

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.759
 he moves

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.119
 us to

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 act

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.500
 by causing

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.039
 us to

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.879
 see reasons

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.399
 for moving

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:36.859
 ourselves

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:38.019
 to act

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.960
 that we

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.740
 know the

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.119
 scriptures

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.519
 that we

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.139
 have an

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.519
 eternal

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.240
 perspective

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.619
 that we

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.359
 see things

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.819
 from where

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.399
 God

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.460
 stands

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.279
 that we

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.759
 recognize

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.379
 who he

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:47.740
 is and

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.200
 how he's

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.500
 working

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:48.839
 in the

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.259
 world

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.059
 we have

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.220
 this

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.819
 biblical

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.599
 world view

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.039
 not one

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.379
 that's caught

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:52.720
 up in the

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.299
 momentary

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.680
 pleasures

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.200
 but in the

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.139
 long lasting

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.440
 in the

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.799
 eternal

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.480
 things

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.599
 it makes

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:57.960
 it easy

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.240
 for us

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.460
 to make

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.799
 decisions

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.119
 about

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.920
 our money

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.500
 as an

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.899
 example

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.460
 I want to

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.779
 store it for

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.019
 myself

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.319
 Trevor

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.099
 in heaven

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.699
 if I

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.139
 know this

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.339
 to be

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.559
 true

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:04.759
 the

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.000
 spirit

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.459
 works

00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:05.740
 it in

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:05.899
 me

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.240
 he

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.579
 changes

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:06.819
 my

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.419
 desires

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:07.799
 to

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.179
 desire

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.379
 the

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.839
 things

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.240
 that

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.699
 God

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:10.679
 desires

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:12.699
 he wants

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:13.079
 me to

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.679
 gain more

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:14.500
 of him

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.539
 to know

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.879
 him

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.559
 more

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.559
 that one

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.939
 day I'll

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.439
 know him

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:19.539
 forever

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:21.879
 we gotta

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.359
 know

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.959
 the

00:29:22.959 --> 00:29:23.319
 scripture

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.259
 we have

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.480
 to make

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.759
 ourselves

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.199
 available

00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:25.539
 for the

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.319
 application

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.319
 of the

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.599
 scripture

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.379
 in our

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.639
 lives

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:28.839
 and I'll

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.139
 talk a

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.399
 bit more

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.719
 about our

00:29:29.719 --> 00:29:29.980
 minds

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.480
 and hearts

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.880
 in the

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.339
 next point

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.620
 to further

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:33.980
 drive the

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.299
 point of

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.640
 Paul's

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:34.920
 labor

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.620
 chapter 2

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.120
 verse 1

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:37.180
 he writes

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.559
 for I want

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.980
 you to know

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.460
 how great a

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:38.960
 struggle I

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.759
 have for you

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.200
 that word

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.079
 struggle again

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.860
 and for

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.460
 those at

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.299
 Laodicea

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.039
 and for

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.519
 all who

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.839
 have not

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.360
 seen me

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:45.900
 face to

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.220
 face

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.559
 again

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.120
 Paul had

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.339
 never

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.900
 visited

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.120
 the

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.599
 Colossian

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.079
 church

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.900
 he also

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.460
 had not

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.759
 the

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.819
 Laodicean

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.700
 church

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.079
 and there

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.819
 were others

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.180
 right

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.620
 the gospel

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.200
 was having

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.700
 its effect

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.360
 apart from

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:56.940
 Paul

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.339
 God was

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.880
 moving and

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.759
 working in

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.120
 the known

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.599
 world

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.619
 apart from

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.519
 Paul's

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.299
 ministry

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.219
 but he

00:30:03.219 --> 00:30:04.099
 finds himself

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.619
 having a

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.219
 struggle for

00:30:05.219 --> 00:30:05.959
 them as

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.419
 well

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:06.980
 right

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.619
 having a

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.879
 great and

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.740
 deep concern

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.819
 for the

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.299
 church

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.339
 I want to

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.740
 show you a

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.179
 wonderful

00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:14.019
 scriptural

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.619
 example of

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:14.779
 this

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.000
 if you

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.459
 will turn

00:30:15.459 --> 00:30:15.679
 with me

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.079
 to 2nd

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.500
 Corinthians

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.279
 chapter 11

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:35.139
 I'll

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.440
 begin reading

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.660
 in verse

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:36.099
 23

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:38.200
 are they

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.740
 servants of

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.160
 Christ

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:41.180
 I am a

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.740
 better one

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.720
 he says I

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.119
 am talking

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.480
 like a

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.940
 madman

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.900
 he is

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:46.360
 making

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.680
 tongue

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:46.820
 in

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:46.960
 cheek

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.660
 comparison

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.320
 I'm

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:48.559
 talking

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:48.900
 like a

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.279
 madman

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.840
 with far

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.140
 greater

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.580
 labels

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.519
 far more

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.220
 imprisonments

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:53.200
 with countless

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.080
 beatings and

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:55.340
 often near

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.779
 death

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:57.080
 Paul lays

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.600
 out for us

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.299
 the suffering

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.680
 of his

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.120
 ministry

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.900
 verse 24

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:01.200
 five times

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.720
 I received

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.140
 at the hands

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.580
 of the Jews

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.019
 the forty

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.460
 lashes

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.519
 less one

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.539
 three times

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.820
 I was

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.039
 beaten

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.740
 with rods

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.480
 once

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.100
 I was

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.600
 stoned

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.660
 three times

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.960
 I was

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.500
 shipwrecked

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.860
 a night

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.240
 and a day

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.480
 I was

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.820
 adrift

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.440
 at sea

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.360
 on frequent

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.840
 journeys

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.480
 in danger

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.279
 from rivers

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.900
 danger

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.660
 from robbers

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.140
 danger

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.640
 from my

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:17.900
 own

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.380
 people

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.900
 danger

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.160
 from

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.680
 gentiles

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.400
 danger

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.700
 in the

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:20.900
 city

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.340
 danger

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.600
 in the

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:21.900
 wilderness

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.380
 danger

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.840
 at sea

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.559
 danger

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:23.940
 from

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.420
 false

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.900
 brothers

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.980
 in toil

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.820
 and hardship

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.420
 through many

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.980
 a sleepless

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.340
 night

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.940
 in hunger

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.840
 and thirst

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.539
 often without

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.980
 food

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.980
 in cold

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.019
 and exposure

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.799
 and then here's

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.360
 what I'm leading

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:34.720
 us to

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.400
 verse 28

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:37.120
 and apart

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.660
 from other

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.259
 things

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.640
 there's the

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.360
 daily pressure

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.920
 on me

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.600
 of my

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.299
 anxiety

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:43.419
 for all

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:44.539
 the churches

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:46.740
 you see the way

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.440
 in which he

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:48.240
 toiled

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.259
 and struggled

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.960
 Paul was

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:51.399
 spending himself

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.480
 for the sake

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.579
 of others

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.859
 we see at the

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.220
 beginning of

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.039
 Romans chapter 9

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.680
 that Paul wishes

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.480
 that he himself

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.259
 would be accursed

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.240
 cut off from the

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.960
 blessing of Christ

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.700
 that his

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.379
 brothers

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.299
 the Jewish

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.019
 people

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:04.139
 would know

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:05.279
 the glory of God

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.079
 in the face of

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.799
 Jesus Christ

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.960
 this deep

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.700
 yearning

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.440
 longing

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.200
 desire

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.119
 for the good

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:12.059
 of others

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.139
 in the church

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.719
 and those

00:32:13.719 --> 00:32:14.159
 who are yet

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.699
 to be counted

00:32:14.699 --> 00:32:15.779
 in the church

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:17.839
 do we

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.519
 yearn

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.139
 in this

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.939
 way

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:21.779
 Paul worked

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.359
 hard by the

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.859
 strength of

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.239
 God

00:32:23.239 --> 00:32:24.299
 and we

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.719
 also

00:32:24.719 --> 00:32:25.699
 should work

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:26.199
 hard

00:32:26.199 --> 00:32:26.779
 to warn

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.299
 and teach

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.779
 everyone

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.399
 concerning

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:29.379
 coming judgment

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.879
 and the way

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.439
 of salvation

00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:31.719
 in order

00:32:31.719 --> 00:32:32.299
 that those

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.599
 who we

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.259
 minister to

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.239
 will become

00:32:34.239 --> 00:32:34.799
 mature in

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.199
 Christ

00:32:35.199 --> 00:32:36.359
 and we

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.679
 should most

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:37.179
 certainly do

00:32:37.179 --> 00:32:37.679
 so by

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.259
 meditating

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.840
 on the

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.299
 strength

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.960
 that God

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.840
 graciously

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:42.120
 supplies

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:44.680
 fifthly

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:47.560
 the aim

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:48.039
 of Paul's

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.440
 ministry

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:50.080
 further developed

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:52.039
 last week's

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.779
 point one

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:55.120
 verse 25

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:56.140
 chapter one

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:57.240
 Paul says

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.940
 to make

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.620
 the word

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.220
 of God

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:00.360
 fully

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:01.519
 known

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:03.200
 and I

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.039
 posited to you

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.519
 that the purpose

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.900
 of God

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.540
 in history

00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:06.920
 and Paul's

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.740
 aim in ministry

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.759
 rightly so

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.600
 is that the

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.120
 gospel of

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.660
 reconciliation

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:12.120
 spread to

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.640
 all the

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.100
 peoples of

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.660
 the world

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.380
 in order to

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.740
 yield

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.940
 God centered

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.940
 Christ

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.700
 exalting

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.680
 churches

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.519
 to make

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.880
 the word

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.480
 of God

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.320
 fully

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:22.360
 known

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:23.700
 verse 2

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:23.980
 and 3

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.300
 are an

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:24.980
 expansion

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.600
 of this

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:25.980
 that their

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.240
 hearts

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.580
 may be

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:27.280
 encouraged

00:33:27.280 --> 00:33:28.519
 being knit

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.060
 together in

00:33:29.060 --> 00:33:29.540
 love to

00:33:29.540 --> 00:33:29.860
 reach all

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.440
 the riches

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.340
 of full

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.740
 assurance

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.460
 of understanding

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.740
 and the

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.000
 knowledge

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.420
 of God's

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.759
 mystery

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.640
 which is

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.119
 Christ

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.960
 in whom

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.379
 are hidden

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.140
 all the

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.500
 treasures

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.440
 of wisdom

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.619
 and knowledge

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.960
 there's a

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:42.240
 phenomenal amount

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.799
 to be said

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.480
 about those

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.180
 two verses

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.519
 and I'm

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.700
 going to

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.059
 pick up

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.440
 some of

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.000
 that in

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.400
 next week's

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.700
 sermon

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.240
 to lead us

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.160
 into our

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.160
 next text

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.079
 but briefly

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.839
 concerning

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.220
 these two

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.500
 verses

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.740
 this morning

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:55.220
 Paul has

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.879
 this desire

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.359
 this aim

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.640
 of his

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.019
 ministry

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.720
 that their

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.400
 hearts

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.119
 may be

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.259
 encouraged

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.700
 the heart

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.119
 is the

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:03.379
 inner person

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.800
 the very

00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:04.260
 center

00:34:04.260 --> 00:34:04.900
 of our

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.100
 lives

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:07.180
 and how

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.440
 does this

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.079
 relate to

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.519
 what has

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.960
 been

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.460
 previously

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.220
 stated

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.880
 verse 28

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.640
 him we

00:34:11.640 --> 00:34:12.099
 proclaim

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.619
 warning

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:12.960
 everyone

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.599
 and teaching

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.000
 everyone

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.800
 with all

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.180
 wisdom

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:15.460
 that we

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.840
 represent

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.340
 everyone

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.340
 mature

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.740
 in Christ

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.099
 it's

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.940
 connected

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.480
 to

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.280
 this

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:22.940
 proclamation

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.599
 the warning

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.160
 and the

00:34:24.160 --> 00:34:24.900
 teaching

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.519
 which are

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.400
 things that

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.360
 come into

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.059
 our

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.059
 minds

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.119
 and affect

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.219
 who we

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.119
 are

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:33.920
 the mind

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.480
 and the

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.940
 heart

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:36.219
 are never

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.799
 divorced

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.199
 from each

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.579
 other

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:39.739
 you need to

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.059
 get this

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.460
 straight

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.059
 the mind

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.299
 and the

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:41.619
 heart

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.699
 are never

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.239
 divorced

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.079
 from each

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.279
 other

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:45.059
 the proper

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.699
 view of

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.139
 man

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.839
 is a

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.719
 dichotomous

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.319
 view

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.000
 we have

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.679
 the external

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.440
 and the

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.299
 internal

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:51.980
 beloved

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.420
 please don't

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.980
 understand it

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.480
 any other

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.940
 way

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.699
 right

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.900
 too often

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.679
 Christians try

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.279
 to separate

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:57.900
 the mind

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.219
 and the

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.579
 heart

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.259
 there are

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.440
 whole

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.219
 denominations

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:00.579
 that

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.380
 very

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.019
 largely

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.420
 worship

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.199
 feeling

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:06.440
 experience

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:08.139
 both

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.460
 should be

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.840
 true

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.259
 both

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.480
 should

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.599
 be

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:09.759
 at

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.119
 play

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.319
 but

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.460
 the

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.579
 two

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:10.759
 should

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.000
 never

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.219
 be

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.739
 divorced

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.319
 from one

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:12.500
 another

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.739
 let me

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:12.940
 give you

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.199
 a couple

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.340
 of

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.679
 examples

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.239
 from the

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.559
 scriptures

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.000
 proverbs

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.360
 4

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.079
 23

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.619
 says

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:16.920
 keep

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.119
 your

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.539
 heart

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.039
 with

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.480
 all

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.440
 vigilance

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.599
 for

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.860
 from

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.000
 it

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.279
 flows

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.460
 the

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.819
 springs

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.000
 of

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.440
 life

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.759
 some

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.139
 translations

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.500
 say

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:23.219
 guard

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.460
 your

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.840
 heart

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.259
 with

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:24.579
 all

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.239
 vigilance

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.380
 how

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.480
 do

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.579
 you

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.719
 do

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:25.940
 this

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.139
 type

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.259
 of

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.539
 thing

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:26.779
 with

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.179
 your

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:28.259
 mind

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:29.179
 psalm 26

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.519
 2

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.919
 prove

00:35:29.919 --> 00:35:30.139
 me

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.319
 oh

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.599
 lord

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.059
 and

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.460
 try

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.779
 me

00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:32.399
 test

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:32.639
 my

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.039
 heart

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.839
 and

00:35:33.839 --> 00:35:34.000
 my

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.559
 mind

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.139
 god

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.500
 used

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.039
 paul

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.799
 for

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:37.980
 the

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.759
 strengthening

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.839
 of

00:35:39.839 --> 00:35:40.039
 the

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.719
 church

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.719
 the

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.440
 encouragement

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.219
 of

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.500
 their

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.179
 hearts

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.379
 the

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:45.039
 strengthening

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.799
 of

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:45.960
 their

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.460
 hearts

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.960
 acts

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.299
 18

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:48.859
 23

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.199
 luke

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.579
 records

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.859
 after

00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:50.219
 spending

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.500
 some

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.839
 time

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.239
 there

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.659
 referring

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:51.839
 to

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.440
 antioch

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.379
 paul

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:53.859
 departed

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.059
 and

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.219
 went

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.419
 from

00:35:54.419 --> 00:35:54.639
 one

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.019
 place

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.179
 to

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.319
 the

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:55.619
 next

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.619


00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.799
 through

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:55.940
 the

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.199
 region

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.339
 of

00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:56.359
!

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.880
 Galatia

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.420
 and

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:57.920
 Phrygia

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:59.019
 strengthening

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.440
 all

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.280
 the

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.720
 disciples

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:02.820
 and

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.019
 God

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.260
 uses

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.559
 us

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.720
 for

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:03.860
 the

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.160
 very

00:36:04.160 --> 00:36:04.780
 same

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.440
 purpose

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.940
 with

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.099
 all

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.220
 the

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.400
 things

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.480
 that

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.620
 we've

00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:06.780
 said

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.059
 before

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.240
 this

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.820
 proclamation

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.099
 this

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.440
 warning

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.860
 and

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.000
 this

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.300
 teaching

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.559
 in order

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.700
 that

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:09.800
 we

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:09.920
 may

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.420
 present

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.980
 one

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.340
 another

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.980
 mature

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.500
 in

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.019
 Christ

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.640
 our

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.140
 hearts

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.680
 are

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.840
 encouraged

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.039
 our

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.340
 hearts

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.519
 and

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.880
 minds

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:16.900
!

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.599
 strengthened!

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:18.740
 He

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:18.880
 goes

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.200
 on to

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.480
 say

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:19.940
 that

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.019
 they

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.120
 would

00:36:20.120 --> 00:36:20.320
 be

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.780
 knit

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.280
 together

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.880
 in

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.500
 love

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.760
 or

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.800
 united

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.660
 together

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:24.980
 in

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.460
 love

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.900
 and this

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.820
 aorist

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.360
 verb

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.720
 helps

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.159
 explain

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.360
 the

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.679
 main

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.039
 verb

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.740
 of the

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:30.980
 sentence

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.480
 which is

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.820
 that they

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.440
 may be

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.300
 encouraged

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.139
 the

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.720
 strengthened

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.659
 heart

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:37.159
 and mind

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:38.260
 is one

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.000
 filled

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:40.420
 with love

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.380
 the

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.780
 properly

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.700
 encouraged

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.059
 heart

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.539
 is one

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.539
 filled

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.119
 with

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.400
 love

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.539
 in

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:45.780
 fact

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.019
 love

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.320
 is the

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.900
 necessary

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.519
 balance

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.420
 of a

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.720
 strong

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.220
 mind

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:50.420
 many

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.820
 of us

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.539
 know

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.960
 those

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.420
 people

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.880
 who

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.079
 get

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.380
 their

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.300
 knowledge

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.760
 before

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.159
 their

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:56.240
 maturity

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:57.340
 love

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.619
 seems

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.079
 to come

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.320
 with

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.599
 the

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.380
 maturing

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.960
 process

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.320
 and

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.519
 they

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.180
 go

00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:01.480
 picking

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.000
 fights

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.340
 about

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.860
 unnecessary

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:04.180
 things

00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:05.619
 many

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.079
 of us

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.539
 are like

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.860
 babies

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.240
 learning

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.859
 to walk

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:09.259
 because our

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:09.519
 heads

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.779
 are just

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.459
 so big

00:37:10.459 --> 00:37:11.579
 and heavy

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:13.579
 Wes

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.039
 mentioned

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.139
 Graham

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.519
 earlier

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.839
 it's a good

00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:16.299
 example

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:18.019
 not walking

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.779
 quite so well

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.239
 sometimes

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.639
 because his

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:19.879
 head

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.819
 causes him

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.159
 to fall

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.539
 over

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:23.839
 John

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.179
 MacArthur

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.459
 said

00:37:24.459 --> 00:37:24.879
 Christianity

00:37:24.879 --> 00:37:25.759
 is not

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.579
 mindless

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.299
 enthusiasm

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:28.659
 but neither

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.079
 is it

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.759
 lifeless

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.659
 intellectual

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:32.179
 orthodoxy

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.479
 there's a

00:37:32.479 --> 00:37:33.219
 healthy balance

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.959
 to be found

00:37:33.959 --> 00:37:34.639
 in this

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.219
 and Paul's

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.759
 desire for

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.059
 them

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.719
 is that

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.179
 they would

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.679
 have

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.099
 hearts

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.659
 encouraged

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.119
 minds

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.679
 strengthened

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.000
 and they

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.279
 would be

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:40.779
 knit

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.579
 together

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:43.139
 in love

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:44.500
 in the

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.900
 high priestly

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.339
 prayer

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.719
 Jesus

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.420
 prayed

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.199
 for

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.960
 Christian

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.920
 unity

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.659
 these

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.420
 hearts

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.139
 knit

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.539
 together

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.940
 John

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:53.019
 17

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.539
 verses

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.920
 20

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.059
 through

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.500
 23

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.799
 let me

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.119
 invite you

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.380
 to turn

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.619
 there

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.380
 with me

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.619
 this is

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:57.880
 enough

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.339
 text

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.619
 for you

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:58.880
 to see

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:58.980
 it

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.099
 for

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.519
 yourself

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:08.420
 I would

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.599
 always

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:08.940
 invite you

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.179
 to turn

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.539
 with me

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.920
 anywhere

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.320
 I go

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:11.960
 but for

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.179
 the sake

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.480
 of time

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.759
 I try

00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:13.300
 to roll

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.460
 through

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.639
 some

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:13.880
 things

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.079
 John

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.480
 17

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.780
 beginning

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:14.900
 of

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.019
 verse

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.300
 20

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.220
 I do

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.680
 not ask

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:16.820
 for

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.080
 these

00:38:17.080 --> 00:38:17.440
 only

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.760
 he's

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:17.880
 just

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.000
 been

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.220
 praying

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.380
 for

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.519
 the

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.980
 disciples

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.620
 but also

00:38:19.620 --> 00:38:20.140
 for those

00:38:20.140 --> 00:38:20.380
 who will

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.760
 believe in

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:20.860
 me

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.180
 through their

00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:21.560
 word

00:38:21.560 --> 00:38:22.460
 all of

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.860
 us

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.380
 that they

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.580
 may

00:38:24.580 --> 00:38:25.200
 all be

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:25.740
 one

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.940
 just as

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.120
 you

00:38:27.120 --> 00:38:27.560
 father

00:38:27.560 --> 00:38:28.019
 are in

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.300
 me

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:28.800
 and I

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.320
 in you

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:30.120
 that they

00:38:30.120 --> 00:38:30.740
 also may

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.100
 be in

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:31.420
 us

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.640
 so that

00:38:31.640 --> 00:38:32.080
 the world

00:38:32.080 --> 00:38:32.260
 may

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.740
 believe

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.700
 that you

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:33.900
 have

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.260
 sent

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.519
 me

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.760
 the glory

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.019
 that you

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.360
 have given

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.539
 me

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.780
 I have

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:36.960
 given

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.340
 to them

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:37.600
 that they

00:38:37.600 --> 00:38:37.860
 may be

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.240
 one

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:38.640
 even

00:38:38.640 --> 00:38:38.880
 as

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.240
 we

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.519
 are

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:39.960
 one

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.659
 I

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:40.860
 in

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.119
 them

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.320
 and

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.500
 you

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:41.659
 in

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:41.920
 me

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.360
 that

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:42.480
 they

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.599
 may

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.900
 become

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.480
 perfectly

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.920
 one

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.199
 so that

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.460
 the world

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.619
 may

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:44.900
 know

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.199
 that you

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.460
 sent

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.659
 me

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.099
 and

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.440
 love

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:46.720
 them

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.340
 even

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.820
 as

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.280
 you

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:48.679
 loved

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.440
 me

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.960
 I guess

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.400
 prayer for

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:50.940
 them is that the

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.400
 Christian church

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.019
 we bound

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:53.280
 together in order to

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.699
 give this

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:55.079
 expression of

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.800
 the way in

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.900
 which the

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.519
 father and

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.059
 Christ are

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.519
 one that

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.019
 the father

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.579
 sent

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.179
 Christ

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.800
 into the

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.240
 world

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:02.119
 it's

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.880
 astounding

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:02.900
!

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.599
 final

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.940
 apologetic

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.019
 the

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.539
 final

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.780
 proof

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:16.240
 of the

00:39:16.240 --> 00:39:16.699
 gospel of

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.019
 glory

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:18.260
 he went on

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.720
 to write

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:19.760
 in John

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.240
 13

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:21.300
 the point

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.800
 was that

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.139
 if an

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.579
 individual

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.099
 Christian

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.440
 does not

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.059
 show love

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.519
 toward other

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.760
 true

00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:25.220
 Christians

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:26.260
 the world

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.639
 has the

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:26.980
 right to

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.240
 judge

00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:27.480
 that he

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.760
 is not

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:27.880
 a

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.220
 Christian

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:29.300
 here in

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.500
 John

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.960
 17

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.840
 the text

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.099
 I just

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.400
 read to

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:31.659
 you

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.659
 Jesus

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.260
 is stating

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.699
 something

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.119
 else

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.500
 which is

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.960
 much

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.260
 more

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.740
 cutting

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.579
 much

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.940
 more

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.900
 profound

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.880
 we

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.260
 cannot

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:39.840
 expect

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.240
 the world

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:40.440
 to

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.860
 believe

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.059
 that

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.200
 the

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:41.480
 father

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.800
 sent

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.000
 the

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.360
 son

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.920
 that

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.300
 Jesus

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.900
 claims

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.120
 are

00:39:44.120 --> 00:39:44.519
 true

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:44.740
 and

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:44.900
 that

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.340
 Christianity

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:45.820
 is

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.180
 true

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:47.019
 unless

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.300
 the

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:47.600
 world

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.100
 sees

00:39:48.100 --> 00:39:48.519
 some

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.140
 reality

00:39:49.140 --> 00:39:49.440
 of

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.019
 oneness

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.300
 of

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.700
 true

00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.640
 Christians

00:39:51.640 --> 00:39:52.980
 now

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.320
 that is

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.920
 frightening

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:55.120
 should we

00:39:55.120 --> 00:39:55.760
 not feel

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.260
 some

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:56.780
 emotion

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.920
 at this

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.480
 point

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.400
 end

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.840
 quote

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 the

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.280
 way

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.500
 in

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.900
 which

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:04.240
 one

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:04.460
 of the

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.960
 primary

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.360
 ways

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:05.500
 in

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:05.700
 which

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.039
 God

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.539
 intended

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.079
 for the

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.519
 gospel

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:07.880
 to be

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.579
 believed

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.539
 is that

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.000
 Christian

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.480
 people

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:10.719
 are

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.299
 united

00:40:11.299 --> 00:40:11.880
 together

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.840
 in

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.400
 love

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.900
 this

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.099
 takes

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.299
 a

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.799
 great

00:40:15.799 --> 00:40:16.059
 deal

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.259
 of

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:16.799
 work

00:40:16.799 --> 00:40:18.139
 we've

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.259
 been

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.480
 talking

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:18.679
 about

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.059
 toiling

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.299
 and

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:19.819
 struggling

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.380
 to this

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:21.079
 great

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.380
 end

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.699
 that we

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:22.279
 work

00:40:22.279 --> 00:40:22.460
 to

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.920
 maintain

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.179
 the

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.480
 unity

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.779
 of the

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.059
 spirit

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.279
 the

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:24.659
 spirit

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.119
 has

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.519
 unified

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:25.840
 us

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.519
 already

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.400
 we

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.519
 just

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:27.599
 have

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.699
 to

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:27.980
 work

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.119
 at

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.619
 maintaining

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.699
 said

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.440
 unity

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:31.259
 this

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:31.480
 means

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:31.639
 that

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:31.759
 you

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:32.000
 don't

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.380
 dip

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.539
 when

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.759
 things

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:32.920
 get

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.019
 a

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.119
 little

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.299
 bit

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:33.739
 rough

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.299
 you

00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:34.480
 get

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.920
 slightly

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.400
 offended

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:35.420
!

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.659
 by

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.260
 somebody

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:36.760
 you

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.180
 work

00:40:37.180 --> 00:40:37.579
 out

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:37.940
 these

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.460
 types

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.260
 of

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:39.880
 things

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:41.119
 church

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.460
 is not

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:41.840
 a thing

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.139
 that we

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.539
 come

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.320
 and consume

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:43.720
 it is a

00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:44.139
 people

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:45.240
 called out

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.760
 by

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:47.000
 God

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.920
 I think

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.220
 one of our

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:48.800
 major problems

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.079
 is that we

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.599
 too often

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.039
 think of

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.360
 the church

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:50.840
 as something

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.280
 outside

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:52.039
 of us

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.900
 right

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.559
 Walmart

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.079
 is a

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.539
 store

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.860
 I have

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.019
 no

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.559
 allegiance

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.980
 to

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.380
 Walmart

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:57.159
 it's

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.480
 where I

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.300
 occasionally

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:58.700
 go get

00:40:58.700 --> 00:40:58.940
 things

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.099
 because

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.280
 it's

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.820
 convenient

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.599
 they'll

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:00.880
 likely

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.200
 have

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.320
 what

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:01.460
 I'm

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:01.680
 looking

00:41:01.680 --> 00:41:02.059
 for

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.639
 that's

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:04.039
 not

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.400
 what the

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.720
 church

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:04.980
 is

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.099
 the

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.240
 church

00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:05.340
 is

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:05.460
 the

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:06.000
 people

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.679
 the

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:06.820
 church

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:06.960
 is

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.199
 not

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.440
 this

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.960
 property

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.179
 in

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.340
 this

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.699
 building

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:09.000
 it's

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.559
 us

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:11.400
 commit

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.900
 yourself

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.240
 to a

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.539
 group

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:12.940
 to a

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.280
 fellowship

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:13.559
 of

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:13.940
 believers

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.579
 whether

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:14.840
 it's

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:14.980
 here

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.099
 or

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.340
 someplace

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.920
 else

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.880
 commit

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.280
 yourself

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.500
 to

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:17.699
 the

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.579
 people

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.400
 not

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.559
 the

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.240
 programs

00:41:20.240 --> 00:41:20.460
 that

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.000
 exist

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.780
 work

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.059
 through

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.280
 the

00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:22.639
 hard

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:23.059
 things

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.179
 that

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.280
 we

00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:23.460
 have

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:23.579
 to

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.780
 work

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:23.940
 through

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.260
 together

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.460
 as

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.599
 a

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:24.920
 church

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.719
 progress

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.119
 in

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.559
 truth

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.280
 together

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:27.980
 I'm

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.099
 not

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.340
 always

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.500
 going

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.579
 to

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:28.699
 get

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:28.820
 it

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.119
 right

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:29.280
 and

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:29.400
 I

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:29.740
 need

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:29.940
 you

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.119
 I

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.259
 need

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:30.299
 you

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:30.420
 to

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:30.699
 partner

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.000
 with

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.219
 me

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:31.799
 you

00:41:31.799 --> 00:41:31.900
 may

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.000
 have

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.279
 noticed

00:41:32.279 --> 00:41:32.739
 twice

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:32.920
 this

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.119
 morning

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.299
 I've

00:41:33.299 --> 00:41:33.460
 called

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.619
 you

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:34.000
 fam

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.199
 I'm

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.259
 going

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.259


00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:34.400
 start

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.579
 doing

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:34.719
 that

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:34.980
 a lot

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.219
 more

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.599
 often

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.500
 right

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.779
 you don't

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:37.920
 just

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.219
 dip

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.420
 out

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:38.539
 on

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.659
 your

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:39.139
 family

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:39.880
 it

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:40.059
 may

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.179
 be

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.480
 hard

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.960
 sometimes

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.139
 to

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.259
 be

00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:41.440
 with

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.559
 your

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.940
 family

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.699
 they

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:42.960
 invite

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.079
 you

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.159
 on

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:43.219
 a

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:43.639
 vacation

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:43.839
 and

00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:43.980
 you

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.420
 go

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.920
 right

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.039
 you

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.239
 spend

00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:45.639
 time

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:45.859
 with

00:41:45.859 --> 00:41:46.000
 them

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.159
 you

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:46.719
 invest

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:46.960
 in

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.219
 them

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:48.480
 we

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.639
 should

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:48.759
 do

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:48.920
 the

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.159
 same

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.659
 thing

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.500
 with

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:50.639
 our

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.139
 faith

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:52.000
 family

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:53.839
 it's

00:41:53.839 --> 00:41:54.199
 important

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.500
 that we

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.719
 get

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:54.900
 this

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.059
 the

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.259
 church

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:55.400
 is

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.539
 not

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:55.879
 something

00:41:55.879 --> 00:41:56.319
 outside

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:56.639
 of

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:56.799
 us

00:41:56.799 --> 00:41:56.980
 the

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.239
 church

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:58.039
 is

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.559
 us

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:02.859
 he

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:03.319
 expands

00:42:03.319 --> 00:42:03.619
 upon

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:03.980
 this

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.139
 and

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:04.460
 like

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:04.579
 I

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:04.739
 said

00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:04.900
 I'm

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:04.960
 going

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.019
 to

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.139
 get

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.379
 into

00:42:05.379 --> 00:42:05.519
 it

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.739
 next

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.000
 week

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.139
 for

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:06.259
 the

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.420
 sake

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:06.559
 of

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.960
 time

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:09.219
 he

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:09.420
 wants

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:09.519
 them

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:09.619
 to

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.859
 have

00:42:09.859 --> 00:42:10.239
 full

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:10.920
 assurance

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.219
 of

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:11.940
 understanding

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.879
 and

00:42:12.879 --> 00:42:13.059
 the

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.460
 knowledge

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.679
 of

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:14.119
 God's

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.599
 mystery

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.619
 which

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.579
 is

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.659
 Christ

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:18.559
 confident

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.079
 knowledge

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.299
 of

00:42:19.299 --> 00:42:19.759
 Christ

00:42:19.759 --> 00:42:20.319
 and

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:20.759
 lives

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:20.960
 that

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.380
 act

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:22.100
 according

00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:22.980
 to

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.420
 said

00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.160
 knowledge

00:42:24.160 --> 00:42:24.820
 this

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:24.920
 is

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.080
 the

00:42:25.080 --> 00:42:25.540
 aim

00:42:25.540 --> 00:42:25.920
 of

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.120
 his

00:42:26.120 --> 00:42:26.600
 ministry

00:42:26.600 --> 00:42:27.220
 and

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:27.680
 ours

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:28.940
 Paul

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.400
 desired

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:29.540
 that

00:42:29.540 --> 00:42:29.660
 the

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.100
 Colossian

00:42:30.100 --> 00:42:30.520
 believers

00:42:30.520 --> 00:42:30.940
 hearts

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.160
 and

00:42:31.160 --> 00:42:31.420
 minds

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.520
 would

00:42:31.520 --> 00:42:31.620
 be

00:42:31.620 --> 00:42:32.100
 strengthened

00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:32.960
 and

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.060
 that

00:42:33.060 --> 00:42:33.180
 they

00:42:33.180 --> 00:42:33.300
 would

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:33.420
 be

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:33.860
 united

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:34.100
 in

00:42:34.100 --> 00:42:34.520
 love

00:42:34.520 --> 00:42:35.140
 and

00:42:35.140 --> 00:42:35.300
 we

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:35.480
 should

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:35.900
 desire

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.260
 the

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:36.720
 exact

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.420
 same

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:38.180
 thing

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:39.080
 if

00:42:39.080 --> 00:42:39.200
 you

00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:39.440
 don't

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:39.540
 you

00:42:39.540 --> 00:42:39.680
 have

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:39.780
 to

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:39.980
 ask

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.320
 yourself

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:40.740
 why

00:42:40.740 --> 00:42:41.860
 we

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.020
 should

00:42:42.020 --> 00:42:42.500
 labor

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 to

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 see

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 this

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 become

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 a

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 reality

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 amongst

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 us

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 to

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 the

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 glory

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.020
 of

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 God

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 let's

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 pray

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!