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 I wonder what your famous last words would be.

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 If you knew you were about to die,

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 what would your parting message be

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!

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 Lawrence Oates, he sacrificed himself.

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 He knew he was going to die,

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 and he sacrificed himself by walking out into a blizzard

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 to spare his fellow explorers from having to care for him.

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 And his famous last words as he walked out of that tent

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 to a certain death were these,

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 I'm just going outside, and maybe some time.

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 Or in 1863,

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 it has been reported that surgeon Joseph Henry Green

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 he was checking his own pulse as he lay dying,

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 and apparently his last word was stopped.

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 Well, the letter of 2 Timothy

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 contains the Apostle Paul's last recorded words,

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 and these are written to his son in the faith

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 and his successor, Timothy.

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 This is the man who would continue

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 to build up the early church.

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 And in chapter 4 that we've just read,

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 we have Paul's famous last words,

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 and they may be summed up with these three words.

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 Verse 2,

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 Preach the word.

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 Preach the word.

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 This command is the crux of the whole letter.

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 If Timothy was to take anything away from this letter,

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 it was this one single thing.

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 This was the thing that he had to commit himself to

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 for the rest of his life.

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 It would be to obey these famous last words.

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 Preach the word.

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 Now, Paul could have left behind his top ten ministry tips,

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 but instead he wants to leave these three words

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 ringing in Timothy's ears.

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 So Paul has reached the end of his life.

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 It's the end of his ministry as well.

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 His life of faith and his ministry

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 that Jesus tasked him with,

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 these two things are closely intertwined.

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 And as Paul senses the executioner's block,

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 he finds himself at the crucial Baton Pass.

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 This is the moment that he hands on the task

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 of leading and building up the church,

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 and he wants to make sure the Baton is firmly

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 in Timothy's hand as he dies.

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 Paul's reached the end of his leg of the relay race,

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 and now it's time for Timothy to take on the gospel path,

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 Baton forwards into the next generation.

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 So we're going to go through verses 1 to 8,

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 this famous passage,

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 and we're going to consider

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 why preaching the word specifically

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 was supposed to be Timothy's central task.

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 Then we're going to look at two things

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 which await Timothy in his ministry.

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 So there's a day coming

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 when people are going to reject the truth,

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 but then there's another day coming

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 when faithful word ministers

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 and all faithful followers of Jesus

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 will be rewarded for sticking with Jesus.

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 So we're going to look at the first two verses now.

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 So a central task.

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 A central task.

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 So in the first couple of verses of chapter 4,

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 it is crystal clear

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 what Timothy must commit himself to

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 as he leads the church.

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 He must preach the word.

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 But did you notice how strongly

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 Paul instructs him to do this?

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 If you look at verse 1 again,

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 it says,

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 In the presence of God

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 and of Christ Jesus,

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 who will judge the living and the dead,

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 and in view of his appearing

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 and his kingdom,

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 I give you this charge.

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 Preach the word.

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 God the Father

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 and Jesus the Son

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 are my witnesses,

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 Paul says,

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 Paul reminds Timothy

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 that Jesus is coming again

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 and he's going to judge

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 the living and the dead

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 and Jesus will weigh

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 all of Timothy's works in the balance.

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 Therefore,

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 Timothy must take this command

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 very seriously.

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 He must preach the word.

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 Now,

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 preaching the whole counsel of God,

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 it's not a preference for Timothy

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 or for anyone who teaches the Bible,

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 but it's a serious injunction

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 from the apostle Paul.

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 It bears apostolic weight,

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 but it's also an injunction

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 that Jesus made,

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 that,

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 sorry,

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 was made with Jesus as witness.

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 We saw that.

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 Jesus is my witness.

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 So,

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 also bears divine weight as well.

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 This is no throwaway ministry tip.

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 It is a command as weighty

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 as the commands written in stone.

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 So,

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 let's pause briefly

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 and let's just ask ourselves,

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 what does it actually mean

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 to preach the word?

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 That might be a silly question to ask,

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 maybe an obvious question to ask,

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 but put simply,

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 preaching the word,

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 it means saying

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 what the Bible says

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 in the way that it says it.

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 Saying what the Bible says

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 in the way that the Bible says it.

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 So,

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 it's not to be taken out of context.

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 It's not with our hobby horses

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 plastered all over it.

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 The Bible is God's breathed out

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 authoritative word

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 and the Bible unveils God's plan

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 for the world

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 and it's the Bible that sets the agenda

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 when we open it up.

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 So,

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 preaching the word,

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 it means saying what the Bible says

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 in the way that it says it.

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 Thinking about it in a bigger way,

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 preaching the word

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 is when God's people are gathered,

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 just like this,

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 or on a Sunday morning,

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 and the Bible is carefully read

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 and unpacked

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 so that

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 unbelievers

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 might come to faith

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 as they hear about Jesus

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 and

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 so that

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 believers

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 will be

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 made wise

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 so that believers

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 might be taught

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 what the Bible says,

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 challenged

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 to live God's way,

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 corrected

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 of sinful ways,

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 brought in line

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 with God's good desires

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 for them,

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 trained

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 in righteousness

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 so that

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 they will resemble

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 Jesus more and more,

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 strengthened

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 so that

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 they might stand firm

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 in the storms of life,

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 and thoroughly

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 equipped

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 so that they might

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 serve him faithfully

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 in all the good works

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 that God has given them

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 to do.

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 So this is what happens

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 when God's

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 word is

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 preached.

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 preached.

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 So Timothy

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 is not to preach

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 philosophy,

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 he's not to preach

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 politics,

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 or good morals,

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 or to put on a good show,

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 he's to teach

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 what the Bible says

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 and the way

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 that it says it.

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 But why does Paul

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 say that

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 preaching the word

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 has to be

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 the central task?

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 Why does

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 that thing

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 come above

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 everything else

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 that we busy

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 ourselves with

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 in church?

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 Well,

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 preaching the word

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 must be

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 the priority

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 because Jesus

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 is coming back

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 and he will judge

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 the world

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 and there are

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 countless people

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 who are perishing

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 without knowing him.

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 Preaching the word

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 must be the priority

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 because it is

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 God's plan

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 to fill the earth

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 with people

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 who resemble

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 his son Jesus

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 and these people

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 will resemble

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 Jesus more

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 and more

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 as they live

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 in obedience

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 to his word.

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 Preaching the word

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 must be the priority

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 because if the baton

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 isn't passed

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 to the next generation

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 there will be

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 catastrophic effects

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 for the church.

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 If the good news

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 of Jesus

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 isn't proclaimed

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 then people

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 won't be saved.

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 If the Bible

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 isn't faithfully taught

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 then God's people

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 will become

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 malnourished.

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 And if people

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 aren't trained

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 for ministry

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 people like Timothy

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 then there will be

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 nobody to lead

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 the church

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 when our current

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 leaders step aside.

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 Paul gives

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 Timothy

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 this strict

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 command

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 to preach

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 the word

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 because if he

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 doesn't preach

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 the word

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 the fledgling

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 church will not

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 outlive Timothy

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 it will fizzle

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 out as quickly

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 as it began.

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 So this is crucial.

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 But we mustn't

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 miss how

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 Timothy

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 used to preach

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 the word

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 so we

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 stopped

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 at preach

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 the word

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 but the next bit

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 in verse 2

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 how is Timothy

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 to preach

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 the word?

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 Well

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 Timothy

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 must be

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 prepared

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 at all times

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 to preach

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 and teach

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 the truth

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 and he

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 must preach

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 the word

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 in the ways

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 that God

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 has always

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 intended

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 his word

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 to be used.

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 So we see

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 that he's

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 to correct

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 he's to rebuke

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 and he's to

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 encourage

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 the people

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 of God

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 with the word

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 and he's to

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 preach the word

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 with great

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 patience

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 and with

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 careful instruction

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 because

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 sheep do not

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 change their

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 ways quickly.

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 He needs

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 to preach

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 with patience.

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 At this point

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 we must

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 ask ourselves

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 where do we

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 hold

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 word ministry

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 in our list

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 of priorities?

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 Do we

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 hold it

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 in the same

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 regard

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 as the

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 apostle Paul?

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 Is it a

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 priority for

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 us?

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 Opening

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 God's word

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 and letting

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 it speak

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 must be

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 the priority

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 in every

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 ministry

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 of church

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 life

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 and maybe

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 you're involved

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 in teaching

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 the Bible

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 in some way

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 so maybe

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 that's up

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 the front

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 preaching

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 or maybe

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 it's teaching

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 our children

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 here

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 or young

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 people

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 or maybe

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 it's leading

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 a Bible

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 study

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 or maybe

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 it's giving

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 a talk

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 at Christian

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 union

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 or a

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 scripture

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 union

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 at school

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 or maybe

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 it's sharing

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 a word

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 at coffee

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 at Brunsfield

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 do we

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 believe that

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 God's word

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 has power

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 when we

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 open it?

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 Will we

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 get in the

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 way by

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 sharing

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 entertaining

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 stories or

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 will we let

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 God's word

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 do the

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 speaking?

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 So a

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 central task.

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 Now a

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 reality check

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 so we're

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 going to

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 look at

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 verses

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 three

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 to five

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 now.

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 So we've

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 seen how

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 Paul strongly

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 commanded

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 Timothy

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 to commit

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 himself to

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 preaching

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 the word

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 but in the

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 next few

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 verses

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 Paul gives

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 Timothy

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 a reality

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 check.

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 Paul points

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 forward

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 to a day

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 that is coming

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 when people

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 are going to

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 reject the

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 preaching of

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 the word.

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 We see that

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 in verse

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 three.

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 They won't

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 be able to

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 stand what

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 the Bible

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 has to say.

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 This day is

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 coming Paul

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 says.

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 Verse four

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 they will

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 turn their

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 ears away

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 from the

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 truth and

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 they'll turn

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 aside to

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 myths.

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 Now

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 I if you

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 know me

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 you know I

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 love dogs

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 and I

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 particularly

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 love

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 spaniels

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 but I

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 also love

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 terriers.

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 The first

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 family dog

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 that we

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 had was a

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 Jack Russell

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 and I

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 love terriers

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 because they

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 have great

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 ears and

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 the great

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 thing about

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 a terrier's

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 ears is

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 that you

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 can tell

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 what they're

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 listening to

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 by looking

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 at the

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 direction

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 that their

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 ears are

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 tilted.

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 In the

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 same way

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 there is a

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 time coming

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 when people

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 will not

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 tilt their

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 ears

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 towards the

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 truth but

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 they will

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 turn their

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 ears away

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 from the

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 truth.

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 And tilt

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 them towards

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 things of

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 no value.

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 Things like

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 empty

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 myths.

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 And these

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 people they

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 won't just

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 reject the

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 preaching of

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 the words

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 they won't

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 just turn

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 their ears

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 away but

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 they will

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 surround

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 themselves

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 with teachers

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 who will

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 say the

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 things that

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 they are

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 itching to

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 hear.

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 Things that

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 appeal to

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 their sinful

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 desires.

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 So what

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 might those

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 sorts of

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 teachers say

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 today?

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 Well they

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 might say

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 something like

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 this.

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 you can

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 think

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 whatever

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 you want

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 only your

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 actions

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 count.

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 You can

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 look at

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 whatever you

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 like.

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 You can

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 do whatever

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 you like.

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 Don't worry

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 about sinning

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 because God's

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 forgiven it

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 all hasn't

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 he?

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 Follow your

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 desires.

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 God has

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 given you

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 your desires

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 right?

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 Or how

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 about this

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 morning why

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 don't we

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 focus on

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 all the

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 ways that

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 this

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 controversial

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 speaker is

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 wrong?

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 Wouldn't

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 it be fun

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 to take

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 a pop

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 at that

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 guy and

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 see all

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 the ways

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 that he's

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 got it

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 wrong?

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 Or

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 actually

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 we're not

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 going to

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 look at

00:13:00.420 --> 00:13:00.680
 the Bible

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 this morning

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 because we

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 can't

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 actually be

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 sure if

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 it's

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 reliable.

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 There's a

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 constant

00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:08.100
 temptation

00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:09.720
 for preachers

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 to avoid

00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:11.940
 preaching what

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 God's word

00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:13.480
 says.

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 A constant

00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.160
 temptation

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 to dumb

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 down the

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 uncomfortable

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 parts or

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 to avoid

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 them altogether.

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 things that

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 God says

00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.520
 about sin

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 or about

00:13:23.020 --> 00:13:24.060
 hell or

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 when God

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 says things

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 that go

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 against the

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 grain of

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 our culture.

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 A constant

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 temptation.

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 But if we

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 dumb down

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 or if we

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 dodge these

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 things what

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 we're actually

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 doing is that

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 we're communicating

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 that not all

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 of scripture is

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 actually for us.

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 Only the

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 bits that

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 affirm us

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 and make us

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 feel good.

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 So I

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 and anybody

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 else involved

00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:49.000
 in teaching

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.419
 what the

00:13:49.419 --> 00:13:50.179
 Bible says

00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:51.519
 at Brunsfield

00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.340
 we must be

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 careful not

00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:53.720
 to become

00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:54.759
 people pleasers

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 avoiding what

00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:56.720
 the Bible

00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:58.000
 says but

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 we must

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 make sure

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 we say

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 what the

00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:00.820
 Bible says

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 in the way

00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.159
 that it

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 says it.

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 So Paul's

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 warning is

00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:05.320
 clear.

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 People are

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 going to

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 reject the

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 truth and

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 they will

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 appoint yes

00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.740
 men to

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 lead them

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 and who

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 will say

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 what they

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 want to

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 hear and

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 there will

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 be many

00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:17.259
 teachers who

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 will tell

00:14:17.659 --> 00:14:18.019
 God's

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 people all

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 sorts of

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 things that

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 they want

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 to hear.

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 These days

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 are coming

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 says Paul

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 but notice

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 the contrast

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 in verse

00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:27.639
 five.

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 But you

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 Timothy

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 when you

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 preach the

00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:33.639
 word you

00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.480
 must keep

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 your head

00:14:35.079 --> 00:14:36.459
 especially

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 when people

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 reject the

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 teaching.

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 You must

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 endure the

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 hardship that

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 preaching the

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 word will

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 always bring.

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 you must

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 do the

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 work of

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 an

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 evangelist

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 so you

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 must make

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 sure that

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 you keep

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 preaching the

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 gospel to

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 unbelievers

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 as well as

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 feeding the

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 flock with

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 the meat of

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 the Bible

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 and you

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 need to make

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 sure that you

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 fulfill all

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 your duties.

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 Don't skip

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 the hard

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 bits.

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 Do all of

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 it.

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 As Timothy

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 commits himself

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 to preaching

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 the word

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 Paul has

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 pointed to a

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 future day

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 when people

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 are going to

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 reject it

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 and hardship

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 will definitely

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 come.

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 We've seen

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 that all the

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 way through

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 the letter

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 but in

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 verses 6

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 to 8

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 which we're

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 going to

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 look at

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 next

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 Paul wants

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 to point

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 Timothy

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 to another

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 day

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 a day

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 that's coming

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 that's going

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 to be truly

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 wonderful

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 and it's

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 going to

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 dwarf all

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 the suffering

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 and rejection

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 that Timothy

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 might face

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 for preaching

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 the word.

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 So let's

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 look at

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 verses 6

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 to 8

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 and think

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 about a

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 future

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 reward.

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 A future

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 reward.

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 So in

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 these verses

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 6 to 8

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 Paul is

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 shining the

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 spotlight now

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 on his own

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 life and he

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 wants to show

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 us what it

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 means to

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 finish well.

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 So in

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 verse 6

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 Paul tells

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 Timothy that

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 he's reached

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 the end of

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 his life.

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 He says

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 the time of

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 his death

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 is near.

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 Now Paul

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 is holed up

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 in a Roman

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 prison at this

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 point and he

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 knows he's

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 going to be

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 executed soon

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 but he views

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 his death

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 as being

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 like a

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 final act

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 of worship.

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 Every last

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 drop of his

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 life is going

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 to be poured

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 out in

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 worship to

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 God.

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 What an

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 interesting way

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 to view

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 your own

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 death.

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 An act

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 of worship.

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 This is

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 triumphant

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 not a sad

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 whimper.

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 Paul certainly

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 doesn't view

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 the end of his

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 life as something

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 to be feared

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 or to be

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 sad about.

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 Not at all.

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 Paul speaks

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 about his

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 demise very

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 positively.

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 Now he

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 looks back

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 over the

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 course of

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 his life

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 as many

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 people do

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 at the

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 end of

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 their life.

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 He thinks

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 about the

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 highs and

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 the lows

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 and he

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 can say

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 with confidence

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 that he

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 has fought

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 the good

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 fight.

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 He says

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 that.

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 Paul has

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 fought so

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 that the

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 good news

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 of Jesus

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 might be

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 heard

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 everywhere.

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 Paul never

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 drew a

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 fist but

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 he had to

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 keep striving

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 against evil

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 opposition by

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 preaching the

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 words everywhere

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 he went even

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 when threatened

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 with death.

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 Paul looks

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 back over his

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 life and he

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 can say with

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 confidence that

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 he has finished

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 the race.

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 He's kept

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 the faith.

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 Just like the

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 image of the

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 athlete back in

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 chapter 2.

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 Paul has not

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 cut any

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 corners.

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 He's never

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 given up.

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 He has

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 faithfully run

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 the racetrack

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 of faith

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 which God

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 has set

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 out for

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 him.

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 Now

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 Bogdan

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 took us

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 back to

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 Antioch

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 and Iconium

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 and Lystra

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 last week.

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 This is

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 when Paul

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 was badly

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 persecuted

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 and stoned

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 to death.

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 Remember

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 those times

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 Paul says

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 to Timothy

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 think of

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 all the

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 suffering

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 that I

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 endured

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 because I

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 chose to

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.299
 keep

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 preaching

00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.140
 the word.

00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:08.700
 Paul could

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.200
 have so

00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.900
 easily thrown

00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:10.340
 the towel

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 in at any

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 moment

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 but he

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 didn't.

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 Maybe

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 another thing

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 you might know

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 about me

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 other than

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:19.980
 that I like

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 dogs.

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 I used to

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 do a lot

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 of running.

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 That was my

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 sport.

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 And in my

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 16 years

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.660
 of running

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 I competed

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 in many

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 races

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 race.

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 But there

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 were many

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 times when

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 I was

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 tempted to

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.759
 pull out

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.339
 of a race.

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 Three

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 kilometers into

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 a five

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 kilometer race.

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 Man, that

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 is where it

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 really hits.

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 The pain

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 begins to

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.379
 mount in

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 your body

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 and the

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.440
 psychological

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.119
 battle

00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:49.139
 begins.

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 Oh, I

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 can't

00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:53.059
 possibly keep

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 going at

00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:53.940
 this pace.

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 Goodness me,

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 I am

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.420
 suffering.

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 People are

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 going past

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 me.

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 I've got to

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 slow down.

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 This is

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.920
 really rubbish.

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 I'm hating

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.900
 this right

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.160
 now.

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 Maybe I

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:07.960
 should pull

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.560
 out and

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 stop.

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 People would

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.920
 understand,

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.320
 wouldn't they?

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 I was often

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.820
 tempted to

00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:14.600
 quit the race

00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.539
 when it got

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:17.000
 painful or

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.440
 when the race

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 wasn't going

00:19:17.820 --> 00:19:18.300
 very well.

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 I wonder if

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 we've ever

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.279
 thought this

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:22.400
 way in our

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.240
 race of

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 faith.

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 Have we

00:19:24.800 --> 00:19:25.200
 ever been

00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:25.700
 tempted to

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.160
 give it up?

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 When it's

00:19:27.080 --> 00:19:27.680
 gotten painful?

00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:29.360
 Or when it's

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 not been

00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.259
 going well?

00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.920
 Or if

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.400
 we're involved

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:33.860
 in teaching

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.539
 God's word,

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.580
 have we

00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:35.960
 ever been

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.519
 tempted to

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.980
 throw the

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.400
 towel in

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:37.860
 because it's

00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:38.340
 really hard

00:19:38.340 --> 00:19:38.640
 going?

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.400
 Or it's

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:40.840
 costly?

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.140
 Or maybe

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.460
 it's not

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.060
 going well?

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 Paul tells

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:45.800
 Timothy,

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.860
 you've got to

00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.640
 keep going

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.960
 because there

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.279
 is a

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.840
 magnificent

00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:51.440
 reward for

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 all those who

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 fight the

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.519
 good fight,

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.600
 who finish

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 the race,

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 and who

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 keep the

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 faith.

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 And we

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 read about

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 that in

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 verse 8.

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 So let's

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 read that

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 again.

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 Verse 8.

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 Now,

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 there is in

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.799
 store for

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 me the

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.640
 crown of

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.120
 righteousness,

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 which the

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.799
 Lord,

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.880
 the righteous

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 judge,

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 will award

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 to me on

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 that day,

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 and not

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 only to

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 me,

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 but also

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 to all

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 who have

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 longed for

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 his

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 appearing.

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 there is

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 a crown

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 of

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 righteousness

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 stored up

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 for Paul

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 and for

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 everyone who

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 perseveres in

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 their faith

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 to the end.

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 And Jesus

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 himself will

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 reward us with

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 that crown

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 on that day,

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 the day when

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 he returns and

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 he establishes

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 his kingdom

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 on earth.

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 And we

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 will see

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 Jesus face

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 to face

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 in that

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 moment,

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 and he

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 will tell

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 us,

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 well done.

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 I wonder

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 if you've

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 ever seen

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 a medal

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 presentation,

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 if you've

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 ever watched

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 the Olympics,

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 you've probably

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 seen a medal

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 presentation.

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 And when you

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 watch a medal

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 presentation,

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 as they stand

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 up on the

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 podium,

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 the thing

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 you notice

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.159
 about the

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 athletes is

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 the joy

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 beaming

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 from their

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 faces as

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 the person

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 comes up

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 and presents

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 the medal

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 to them

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 and says

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 to them,

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 well done.

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 Paul says,

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 all Christians

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 who persevere

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 to the end

00:21:21.540 --> 00:21:22.140
 will receive

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 a crown,

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 but even

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 better than

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 that,

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 our greatest

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.660
 reward will

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.279
 be seeing

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 Jesus himself

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 when he

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 comes up

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 and he

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 awards us

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 with that

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 crown,

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 and the

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.240
 joy that

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.720
 will beam

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.220
 from our

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 faces when

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 he says to

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 us,

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 well done.

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 That is the

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 reward that

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 is waiting

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.779
 for us

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 if we

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.779
 stick to

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.160
 the end.

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 So as we

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.660
 draw things

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.220
 to a close,

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 we're going

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.440
 to think

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.859
 about two

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.379
 sticks,

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.399
 not literal

00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:51.879
 sticks.

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 Paul had

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:53.940
 reached the

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 end of his

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 life,

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 and he not

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.240
 only chose

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.160
 to stick

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 with Jesus

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.660
 to the end,

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.220
 but as a

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.859
 minister of the

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.160
 gospel,

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 he also chose

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.119
 to stick

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 to the

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.019
 central task

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.960
 of preaching

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.399
 the word.

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 word.

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 And now

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.560
 the glorious

00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.200
 crown of

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.680
 righteousness

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.600
 awaited him,

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.519
 and at this

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.400
 key moment

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 in history,

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 the death

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.280
 of the

00:22:18.280 --> 00:22:18.960
 great apostle

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.519
 and the

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.060
 handing of

00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:21.540
 the baton

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:21.900
 on to the

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.680
 next generation,

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 Timothy

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.480
 must now

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.860
 do the

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.100
 same.

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.440
 Timothy

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.480
 must stick

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.160
 with Jesus

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.500
 to the

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.900
 end,

00:22:29.560 --> 00:22:30.100
 and Timothy

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:30.960
 must stick

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.500
 to the

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.500
 central task

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.500
 of preaching

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.940
 the word.

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 So for us

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.759
 today,

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:37.299
 will we

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.720
 stick with

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.500
 Jesus till

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.879
 the end of

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.379
 our lives,

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.879
 following him

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.519
 wherever he

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.079
 leads us,

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.720
 even into

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.160
 pain,

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.440
 even into

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.859
 suffering?

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.579
 I wonder

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.259
 where is he

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.839
 leading you

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.279
 today?

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.200
 Maybe into

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.700
 a costly

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.220
 decision,

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:55.119
 perhaps,

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.599
 maybe into

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.420
 sharing the

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.940
 word with

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.900
 that friend

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.299
 at work.

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.079
 Will we

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.599
 finish the

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.160
 race and

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.619
 keep the

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.240
 faith knowing

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.819
 that Jesus

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.480
 himself,

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.420
 awaits us

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.980
 with the

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.259
 crown?

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.420
 And secondly,

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:09.920
 will we

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.839
 stick to

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.400
 the central

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.180
 task of

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.700
 preaching the

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:12.960
 word?

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.480
 Will we

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.259
 get behind

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.259
 leaders who

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.720
 commit to

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.400
 this task?

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.120
 Will we

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:19.720
 prioritize

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.880
 opening the

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.200
 Bible,

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.740
 even when it

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.319
 says difficult

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.880
 things?

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.599
 Are we

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.360
 convinced that

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.500
 God has

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.120
 the power

00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:30.360
 to transform

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.759
 people through

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.240
 his word?

00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:34.279
 Let's pray.

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:38.059
 our heavenly

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.579
 father, we

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.259
 thank you so,

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:39.899
 so much for

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.359
 giving us

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.359
 this passage,

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.759
 this clear

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:44.119
 command from

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.740
 Paul to

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.460
 Timothy to

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.299
 preach the

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.559
 word.

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:48.000
 We thank you

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.399
 that you've

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.160
 left us your

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:50.279
 word, you've

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.879
 preserved it

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:52.500
 for us, and

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.960
 that we can

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.500
 learn from it

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:53.799
 today.

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.920
 And the same

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.480
 command is

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.019
 true for us

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.539
 today, to

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.500
 keep the

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.440
 opening and

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.139
 the unfolding

00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.500
 and the

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.200
 explaining and

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.639
 the teaching

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.240
 of your word

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.259
 as a central

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.839
 thing that we

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.519
 do as your

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.220
 gathered people.

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.259
 And Lord, we

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.059
 are sorry for

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.740
 the times that

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.779
 we've put that

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.500
 to one side,

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.339
 we've not

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.120
 prioritized it,

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.200
 we've gone for

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.680
 the things that

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:13.039
 are flashy, or

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.000
 we've wanted to

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.660
 avoid what the

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.259
 Bible has to

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.240
 say, whether

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.000
 that's preaching

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.120
 it or even

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.539
 conversations with

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.279
 our friends, we've

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.359
 wanted to avoid

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.559
 saying the

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.079
 things that the

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.660
 Bible actually

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.079
 says.

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.900
 But help us to

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.700
 be bold like

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.039
 Paul and to

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:29.279
 commit to saying

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.839
 what the Bible

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.660
 says in the way

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.160
 that it says

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.540
 it, help us

00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:33.100
 to commit to

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:34.460
 that task in

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:34.980
 all the ways

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.759
 that we share

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.400
 the word with

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:36.779
 others.

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.480
 And I pray that

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.019
 you would help

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.960
 us to keep

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.600
 going to the

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:40.960
 end of our

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:43.180
 lives, sticking

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.980
 faithfully to

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.660
 you, running

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.120
 well, fighting

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.820
 the good fight,

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.700
 contending for

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.200
 the gospel,

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.620
 keeping the

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.920
 faith, knowing

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.880
 that Jesus

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.960
 himself awaits

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.759
 us at the end

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.340
 of our lives

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:55.660
 with the crown

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.860
 and he will say

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.480
 well done to

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.800
 us and award

00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.680
 us if we stick

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.799
 faithfully to

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.000
 him.

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.519
 And if there's

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.060
 anyone here

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:03.200
 that is here

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.799
 tonight who

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.460
 hasn't made

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.060
 the Lord Jesus

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.860
 their own

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:08.080
 personal saviour,

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.180
 who doesn't

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.880
 know the

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.600
 salvation and

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.039
 the forgiveness

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.779
 that he offers,

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.759
 I just pray that

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.620
 you would convince

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:15.160
 those folks by

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.400
 your spirit to

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.039
 trust in the

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.720
 Lord Jesus who

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.340
 is our only

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:19.640
 rescue, our

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.180
 only way of

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.600
 salvation.

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.799
 And we pray

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.420
 all this in

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