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 The Apostle Paul who wrote this letter is regarded as one of the most influential people in the history of humanity.

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! He's often ranked up there in the list that the people make of these things.

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 He's in the top 50 or 25 or 10 and on some list he's regarded in the top five of the most influential people in human history.

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 What is remarkable about that is that Paul didn't have political power.

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 He didn't have armies at his command.

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 He wasn't a wealthy man. He had lots of money at his disposal.

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 He didn't have any position of authority and yet he changed the course of human history.

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 In fact he was the most significant Christian missionary in the first century.

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 So how did he become so influential even 2,000 years later when he had nothing of the trappings of power?

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 And in fact not just that but the content of the message that he spread as a missionary in the Roman Empire

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 was entirely unpalatable to both Jew and Gentile.

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 In other words it wasn't a message that anyone in the first century said,

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 Oh, that's a good idea. Yes, there's logic there. No one.

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 Richard Stengel was the managing editor of Time magazine from 2006 to 2013.

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 And in the introduction of Time magazine's 2007 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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 In that moment he actually gives us a clue as to the substantial influence of the Apostle Paul.

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 He wrote this.

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 Influence is hard to measure.

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 And what we look for is people whose ideas, whose example, whose talent, whose discoveries transform the world we live in.

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 Influence is less about hard power of force than the soft power of ideas and example.

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 Yes, there are presidents and dictators who can change the world through fear.

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 But we're more interested in innovators.

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 So what he's saying there is in the 2007 list of most influential people in the world is that power changes people from the outside in.

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 Conformity, coercion.

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 But influence through ideas and example changes people from the inside out.

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 And if you can change someone from the inside out, you get genuine change, not just compliance.

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 Genuine change happens from the inside out as a person's heart and mind and the driving force of their life is changed.

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 And we see in today's passage is that the startling endurance and influence of the Apostle Paul is a life of sacrificial service.

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 And a message that declares that Paul himself and all people have been served by God.

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 That's the astounding influence.

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 So I've got three points today.

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 And Paul here is defending his ministry amongst the Thessalonian church and giving us an example to follow in how we might follow in his steps and see more and more people influence for the sake of God.

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 And so three points, love deeply, speak the truth and receive the crown.

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 That's where we're heading today.

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 Now the first thing we learn here in Paul's defence to the Thessalonians is that he served them and others by loving them deeply.

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 The language is very strong.

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 Paul's life is bound up to their life.

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 He was so personally invested in them that when they were persecuted, when they were struggling, when they were hurting, so was he.

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 So was he.

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 It's sort of, you know, you put money into a business venture.

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 When it fails, when the business venture fails, you fail financially.

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 That is, you're bound to that business venture.

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 If it financially loses, you financially lose.

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 If it financially gains, you financially gain.

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 And Paul does the same here with the lives of these Thessalonians.

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 His investment to them is absolutely remarkable.

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 Chapter 2, verse 17.

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 Brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time, in person, not in thought.

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 That his concept here is he was torn.

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 He was torn away from them.

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 He was bereft of them.

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 He was orphaned.

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 He was ripped away from them in person, but not in thought.

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 Or quite literally, that I was ripped away from you in person, but my heart was still attached to you.

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 The image that he's using here is like the death of a loved one.

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 I lost your presence, but my heart and my life and my emotions is still bound to you.

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 That's the image here.

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 So strong.

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 That's the grief he is feeling.

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 And what he's expressing here is so rare these days when it comes to church.

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 We don't often even come to church with the longing expectations to see each other because we haven't done so in the last seven days.

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 It is possible, in fact, to have enduring connections with another person over a very long period of time,

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 but still have a barrier between your heart and theirs.

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 Too often our joy is not bound up in their joy, nor our pain in their pain.

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 It's much easier, I think, in today's day and age to, in fact, provide a meal than it is to give a heart.

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 To provide our hearts to bind our time for those who are suffering and afflicted.

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 Paul then adds,

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 Out of our intense longing, we made every effort to see you.

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 The statement there, our intense longing, literally means in the New Testament an over-desire.

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 It's normally translated in a variety of ways in the New Testament.

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 But the concept of an over-desire is the idea of an idolatry in the heart.

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 But the intense desire here expresses a very strong passion.

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 And virtually everywhere in the New Testament, this word, this statement is used negatively.

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 Only here and a couple of other places is it ever used positively.

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 And it's the word translated lust.

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 Lust.

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 He is so bound to these Christians that he is lusting after their personal presence.

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 There's more in verses 19 and 20.

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 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown?

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 Is it not you?

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 Indeed, you are our glory and joy.

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 If their hope and joy is inhibited, so is his.

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 There's even more in chapter 3, verse 8.

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 You see, you read in chapter 3, verses 1 to 6, that Paul sent Timothy back to find out how they're getting on in the faith.

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 Since Paul and his team had to leave Thessalonica under persecution.

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 And Timothy comes back with a report that is so encouraging that Paul writes in verse 8,

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 For now we really live since you are standing firm in the Lord.

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 It was like a death thinking that you had died in the faith.

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 And now we really live.

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 When Paul thought it was all going wrong for them, and he thought they were turning away from Jesus,

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 he was like he was dying inside.

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 And the news from Timothy about their progress in the faith means that he really lives.

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 This good report has revived him.

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 What we are seeing here is just how closely Paul has bound himself to his fellow believers,

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 brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 He loved them deeply.

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 Now we exist in a time and a culture where everything is telling us to hold ourselves back.

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 The safest option for you in life is to not love anyone.

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 You don't want your heart broken, don't love anyone as C.S. Lewis said.

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 Hold ourselves back.

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 Protect your hearts.

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 Don't give yourself away.

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 And so we don't invest in others unless there is some level of personal benefit out of it.

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 And there's most likely a raft of reasons for it in Western culture.

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 We are encouraged again and again and again to pursue your self-actualisation.

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 It's about you achieving who you are, regardless of people.

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 It could be that there's past hurts from broken relationships.

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 Things like divorce do untold damage to our hearts.

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 Not just those who are being divorced, but everyone around them.

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 It means it's difficult to trust and invest in others.

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 The death of a loved one caused the heart not to want to hurt again.

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 It becomes so fragile to hurt again.

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 Cancer culture makes us fearful of getting too close and revealing our heart too much.

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 Our mobile society of people moving regularly.

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 Even if they don't move house, moving jobs, moving churches,

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 has taught us that people aren't going to be in my life for too long.

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 So don't invest too much.

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 There are so many reasons why we have developed Teflon in our hearts.

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 And so when we get too close to someone else, they just slip off.

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 Don't get too close.

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 Don't get too close.

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 Don't invest too much.

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 And it's self-preservation is the reason.

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 So many reasons why we should push against the trends of individualism

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 and transactional relationships and shallow interactions and isolationism.

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 One of the main reasons is because you need it.

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 Personally, we all need it.

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 That is, none of us will see any change in our lives at all

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 if we keep beating people at arm's length.

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 We need them as much as they need us.

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 No one changes, me or you, without others.

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 And unless we invest in others by giving self away to them

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 and loving them like Paul does, we ourselves will never change.

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 That's the first thing, love deeply.

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 That's the remarkable impact of Paul's influence

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 was his example in loving others sacrificially.

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 But giving himself to the Thessalonians were not the only aspects of his service

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 and remarkable influence.

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 He gave away his heart, but he also spoke the truth.

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 And this one, I think, when you put these two together,

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 it's very interesting.

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 It's rare, so rare.

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 Paul is clearly emotionally connected to them.

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 He's given his heart to them.

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 He wasn't disconnected from them relationally.

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 He wasn't just an academic or someone with their ideas.

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 He had example in his life.

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 But that in itself is not enough.

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 Sacrificial love for someone in itself is not enough.

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 And it does not explain in itself the remarkable influence of his life.

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 If that was it, you could conclude that Paul was emotionally reliant upon them.

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 That is, the reason he so gave himself to other people

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 was because his ego was so fragile,

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 he needed their affirmation and love back.

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 We see here that Paul gives them his heart and his life,

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 and he speaks the truth.

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 Someone with a fragile ego does not do that.

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 That's how he served them.

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 And it's the secret of his great influence.

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 Have a look at verse 10, chapter 3.

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 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again

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 and supply what is lacking in your faith.

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 New Testament scholar Leon Morris says the statement,

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 what is lacking, means quite literally deficiency, shortcomings.

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 He wrote,

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 in spite of his great enthusiasm for the spiritual achievement of these converts,

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 Paul recognises that they come short of what they should be.

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 Paul's saying here in this letter,

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 my heart burns, it burns to see you again

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 so that I can address your shortcomings.

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 How would you receive a letter like that?

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 We're longing to see you, Steve,

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 so that I can point out where you're wrong.

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 Delete.

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 That's the instinct of the heart, is it not?

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 Paul hasn't loved them in the hope that they're going to love him back.

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 He hasn't sacrificed for them

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 so that they could puff up his ego and make him feel important.

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 He is giving of himself,

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 is not hiding something of a deeper motive for their approval and affirmation.

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 He isn't afraid to bring feedback.

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 He isn't afraid to bring truth.

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 He isn't afraid to tell them,

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 you need to take your next steps,

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 to live what it is that you believe.

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 Crucially though,

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 it's not just his opinion.

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 It's not just his truth.

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 He's just not someone here who,

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 you know,

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 I'm loving you and you're not responding the way I want you to,

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 so let me just,

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 let me just shed some light for you.

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 He's not trying to attack them.

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 He's not trying to tear them down.

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 He's not trying,

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 it's not revenge.

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 It's not payback.

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 Back in chapter two,

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 verse 13,

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 he is thankful because the Thessalonians received the word of God,

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 which you heard from us.

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 You accepted it not as a human word,

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 but as it actually is the word of God,

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 which is indeed at work in you who believe.

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 He wants to come to bring God's word to bear on their life,

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 that they might progress in the faith.

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 That's his service,

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 not just in serving and loving them,

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 with his life,

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 but with the gospel,

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 the word of God.

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 The late theologian J.R. Packer wrote that preaching is the event of God

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 bringing to an audience or a congregation,

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 a Bible-based,

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 Christ-related,

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 life-impacting message of instruction from himself

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 through the words of a spokesperson.

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 What he unpacked there was the preacher doesn't bring a message about God.

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 God brings a message to the people through the preacher.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 Every time the church gathers under God's word,

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 in corporate worship,

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 every time you meet together as a community group,

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 you are experiencing a word mediator encounter

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 between your soul and the living God

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 as the scriptures are open.

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 And the whole purpose of it is life-impacting instruction.

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 Transformation is the word that Packer would use.

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 Paul gave his life to them

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 and spoke the truth of God's word to them

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 for their progress in holiness and joy in Christ.

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 That is his remarkable service.

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 Not just an example,

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 but a message.

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 He wasn't seeking the transfer of information.

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 The goal was transformation,

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 bringing God's word to bear for progress.

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 I remember sitting on the bank of the Namoi River,

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 fishing one afternoon

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 with the pastor of the church in Narrabri

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 as I was a very young trainee under him,

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 talking loads of questions.

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 And he said to me,

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 Steve,

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 as a pastor,

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 if this is what you're going to do

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 for the rest of your life,

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 you really have one job.

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 And that is to bring God's word to bear

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 in the life of the people who are there.

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 And you do that,

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 not just through teaching,

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 but through a life that's living it.

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 I think that's what Paul's saying here to the Thessalonians.

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 Paul is modelling,

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 I think,

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 a very rare balance

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 in terms of personality.

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 Some of us like the first bit

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 about Paul loving people.

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 You know,

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 we have a natural disposition

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 towards kindness

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 and gentleness

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 and love

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 and compassion for people.

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 It's who we are.

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 And normally,

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 in that scenario,

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 those who have such a deep compassion

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 and forgiveness

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 find it hard to bring God's word to bear.

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:19.019
 Find it hard to speak truth.

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 I find it hard to see someone

00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:24.480
 make actual progress.

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 You might be able to see error.

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 You might be able to see patterns of behaviour,

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.700
 bad behaviour,

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 and say nothing.

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 It's just more loving to have compassion on the person

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 than to speak truth.

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 That is,

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:41.960
 some of us are quick to compassion,

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:44.299
 but slow to assessment

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:45.220
 and seeking,

00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:47.299
 bringing God's word to bear for progress.

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:50.319
 others have a natural disposition

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:52.339
 towards logic and facts

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:52.960
 and arguments

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 and truth and theology,

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 much slower towards compassion.

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:59.299
 You need to know something.

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 There's something I need to tell you.

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 Quick on assessment,

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 but slow on compassion.

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:07.899
 As I said at the beginning of this year,

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.059
 King of Our Vision series,

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 that's my natural bent.

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 That's who I am.

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 God's working on me,

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 but it's my natural bent.

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 All of us are like,

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 I forget who used this illustration,

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 we're all like the drunk peasant.

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 We fall off one side of the donkey or the other.

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 None of us can stay up straight

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 on one way or another.

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 Whatever your natural bent is,

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 you need to be pushed in the other direction.

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 Love without truth

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 and truth without love

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 are both distortions.

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 And neither of them

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 brings about the change in life,

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 in our life or the life of others,

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 that the Apostle Paul had

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 on the Thessalonian church

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 and on human history.

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 One of the greatest examples

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 of someone who was closer

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 to staying up straight on the donkey

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 was,

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:05.340
 and therefore a challenge for me personally,

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 the famous English pastor,

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 John Newton of Amazing Grace,

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 him fame.

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 He was a,

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 if you read his life,

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 he was a,

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 he was formerly a slave trader

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 and in fact,

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 a very cruel slave trader

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 who mistreated people brutally,

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 so badly.

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 And then he met Jesus.

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 And as a pastor,

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 people who,

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 not just his friends,

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 but people who disagree with him theologically

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 or thought he was weak personally,

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 they,

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 as a pastor,

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 he was described as someone

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 who had a theological backbone of steel,

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 so fixed on speaking truth,

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 but a heart of tenderness,

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 like clover,

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 described by one biographer

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 as a mighty,

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 you know,

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 the massive trees in California,

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.880
 redwood,

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 massive redwood

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:15.599
 of theological truth and conviction,

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 and yet like a field of clover

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 with a heart towards his pastor,

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 towards his people.

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 He did not string back

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 from proclaiming the truth

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 of God's word to correct,

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 but it came from a heart

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 and a life

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 and actions of compassion.

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 I want to be more like him.

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 I want us as a church family

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 to be more like that,

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 to be known for that.

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 Church that gives itself in love

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 for all,

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.700
 the joy of all people

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 while speaking the truth

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 of the gospel

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 and not shrinking back

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 from that at all.

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 That brings me to the last point.

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 Why would we want to do that?

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 We actually sung it

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 in one of our songs,

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 I saw it there

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 right at the beginning,

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 about the world needs to know.

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.980
 What is it?

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 Why would we want to

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:06.099
 pursue such a life?

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 This is the fight.

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.460
 What Paul had here

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:12.900
 was he actually had a vision

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:15.079
 for everyone's life,

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.400
 for all relationships,

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.100
 for all people.

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.480
 He had a particular vision

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.220
 for their life.

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:22.259
 Chapter 2, verses 19 and 24.

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 What is our hope,

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.319
 our joy,

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.360
 or the crown

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.900
 in which we will glory

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.860
 in the presence

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:29.880
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.700
 when he comes?

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 Is it not you?

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 Indeed, you are our glory

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.039
 and our joy.

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.019
 When he writes,

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.840
 you are our glory and joy,

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:41.399
 he means that

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:44.699
 the life that you are living,

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.619
 Thessalonians,

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.980
 are doing us credit.

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:51.240
 You're imitating the gospel.

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 It means that they were clearly

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:57.519
 a product not just of his life,

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:59.059
 but also his message.

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 And it validated his service of them.

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:07.059
 As I said last week,

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:11.940
 we know that Paul is defending

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:14.099
 his pastoral ministry

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:15.639
 amongst the Thessalonians,

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.879
 and he's setting an example

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:20.700
 really for pastors in this,

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.339
 but not just that.

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:25.480
 We know it's crucial

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.659
 that the life

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:28.899
 of the pastor

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:31.240
 matches the message

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.699
 that they preach,

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.279
 that they're in sync.

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.839
 Belief and behavior must align.

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 But it's also

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.659
 not just for the pastors.

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:42.319
 He's writing to the Thessalonians church

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.740
 that your belief

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.500
 and your behaviors

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.480
 are aligned.

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 So I want to ask you,

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.620
 have you ever thought about that?

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:53.339
 Have you ever thought

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.380
 about how

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:56.240
 you reflect the gospel

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.539
 that is preached here

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:59.140
 week in and week out

00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.019
 in this church?

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.360
 When someone

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:05.440
 not known to us

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:07.160
 walks in amongst us,

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.620
 is there sometimes,

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:11.000
 and I do this myself,

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.220
 I sometimes go,

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.380
 I hope it's a good day.

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:18.400
 Nothing goes wrong.

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.460
 I hope the preacher,

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.920
 normally me,

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.059
 makes sense.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.519
 I hope the music's good.

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.680
 I hope the video works

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.599
 this week.

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.140
 The slides appear

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.539
 when they're made.

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:35.380
 I hope it works well.

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:38.920
 And the idea is,

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.680
 behind all that,

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:41.440
 that somehow that might be

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:43.299
 an influence on those people.

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.880
 Do you ever think

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:46.100
 that maybe people

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:47.480
 aren't just looking at me

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.020
 and what happens

00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:48.820
 on the platform,

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.500
 that they're actually

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.860
 looking around at you too,

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:55.740
 assessing you as well?

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.960
 Do these people's lives

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.300
 reflect the priority

00:27:00.300 --> 00:27:01.160
 of the gospel message

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.360
 that's currently being preached?

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:08.439
 Do their hearts appear

00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:09.879
 to be lifted to this message?

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.839
 That's what Paul's

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.939
 actually saying here

00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:15.899
 in verses 19 and 20.

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:17.399
 There is a sense

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:19.899
 where a church,

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.679
 a congregation,

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:22.639
 is the minister's glory

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.579
 and joy.

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:26.419
 And why should anyone

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:28.139
 listen to

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:29.740
 and honour the gospel

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.439
 if the Christian community

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:32.619
 does not reflect it

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.179
 in any way?

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:35.119
 Why would I believe that

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:36.379
 when it doesn't seem

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.220
 to impact here?

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:41.119
 And he's saying something

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:43.279
 even more than that.

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:47.759
 He's saying that he

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:49.259
 and his team

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.500
 live

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:53.000
 because the Thessalonians

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.839
 stand firm

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:55.460
 in the Lord.

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.299
 Remarkable.

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.599
 Absolutely remarkable.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.680
 Paul gives them his life

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.019
 and God's word

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.259
 for their progress

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.879
 in the faith.

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:10.060
 He is so bound up

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.980
 in their life

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.920
 that if they're not

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.160
 progressing in their faith,

00:28:13.520 --> 00:28:15.280
 he himself is dying.

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:17.460
 So discouraged.

00:28:19.020 --> 00:28:19.380
 There is,

00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:21.520
 I can tell you this

00:28:21.520 --> 00:28:22.080
 because I've done it

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.860
 for three decades.

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.560
 There is nothing

00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:25.880
 more discouraging

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:28.140
 to a minister of the word.

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:30.760
 Nothing more draining

00:28:30.760 --> 00:28:32.860
 than to preach

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:34.200
 your heart out

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.720
 week after week,

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:37.240
 year after year

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:39.120
 and see no change.

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.960
 See no change.

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.779
 I've been there.

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.519
 I'm not there at the moment.

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.180
 I want you to know

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.880
 I'm not there

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.579
 although I do have

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.319
 fleeting moments.

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.319
 Generally don't talk to me

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.900
 until midday

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.579
 Monday morning.

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.220
 Please do though

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.380
 if there is an emergency.

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.420
 I'd be more than happy to.

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:02.420
 But as a general rule,

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:04.039
 there's a slump

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.500
 on a Monday.

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:06.380
 It's an all minister thing.

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.539
 But I read during the week

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.339
 a sermon

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:11.640
 that Charles Spurgeon

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:13.240
 once preached

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.420
 on this passage.

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.400
 And specifically

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.900
 just on verse 8

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.700
 of chapter 3.

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.539
 For now we really live

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.839
 since you are standing firm

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.539
 in the Lord.

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.359
 And he said this

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.180
 to his church

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.660
 in that sermon.

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:30.860
 I live by your spiritual joy.

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:32.640
 I suffocate

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:34.740
 under your spiritual indifference.

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.519
 I choke to death

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:38.420
 on your spiritual misery.

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.480
 I am tied to you.

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.940
 I can't help it.

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:50.460
 That is why Paul

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:52.080
 calls the Thessalonians

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:53.519
 his joy

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.420
 and glory.

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.420
 His service of them,

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.120
 his vision

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.240
 for them

00:29:58.240 --> 00:30:00.840
 to not just start

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.600
 as Christians

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:03.080
 but to make progress

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.660
 in the faith

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.960
 in such a way

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:07.259
 that they

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:09.559
 cross the finish line.

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.299
 It's there

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.599
 at the end of verse 19.

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.720
 We will glory

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.460
 in the presence

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.379
 of our Lord Jesus

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.980
 when he comes.

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.980
 Paul there

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.679
 is referring

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.480
 to the future

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.460
 when Jesus Christ

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.259
 comes back,

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.859
 breaks into human history

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:26.440
 at the end of time

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.359
 as we know it,

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.279
 winds up things

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.960
 as we know it.

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:30.000
 Paul's vision

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.200
 for the Thessalonians

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.460
 is that they

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.960
 would be his crown

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.960
 on that day.

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.119
 And he says

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.740
 the same thing

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.779
 at the end of chapter 3.

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.859
 May he strengthen

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.539
 your hearts

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.399
 so that you

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:42.319
 will be blameless

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.879
 and holy

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.579
 in the presence

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.319
 of our God

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.879
 and Father

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.799
 when our Lord

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.500
 Jesus Christ

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.000
 comes with all

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.079
 his holy ones.

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.039
 Notice the word

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.059
 blameless there.

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.899
 That's his goal

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.960
 for the Thessalonian church.

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.119
 Blameless and holy

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.099
 in the presence

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.740
 of God.

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.500
 And he uses

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.599
 the same word

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:01.940
 in Ephesians

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.639
 chapter 5

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:05.720
 when he writes

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.339
 to husbands,

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.000
 husbands love

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.660
 your wives

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:10.119
 just as Christ

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.099
 loved the church

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.559
 and gave himself

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.359
 up for her

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.660
 to make her holy

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.900
 to present her

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.500
 to himself

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:18.039
 as a radiant church

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.119
 holy

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:20.660
 and blameless.

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:25.160
 so this passage

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:27.680
 is not just about

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:29.000
 you know

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.259
 ministers be like me

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.360
 pastors

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:32.500
 do what I do

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:34.519
 it's actually

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.960
 about relationships

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.900
 within the church

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:38.060
 it's about every relationship

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:39.200
 and it is

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.480
 absolutely remarkable

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.660
 that what Paul

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.400
 does here

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.380
 in using the word

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.800
 blameless

00:31:43.800 --> 00:31:44.360
 he actually

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.019
 connects

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.680
 the goal

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.259
 of

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:50.400
 our relationship

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.119
 as a church

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.619
 family

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.539
 with the goal

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.420
 of Christian marriage

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:55.259
 and that is

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.400
 to present

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.960
 each other

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.099
 perfect in Christ

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.059
 blameless

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.720
 in Christ

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:03.339
 has the same purpose

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.920
 the same commitment

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.859
 the same goal

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:08.559
 the final glory

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.960
 of each other

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.680
 not my final glory

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.720
 but the final glory

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.580
 of each other

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:14.660
 in the presence

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.180
 of God

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.440
 and so why

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.400
 would Paul do that

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:18.580
 why would he

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:20.140
 serve the Thessalonians

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.860
 why would he

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.779
 give himself away

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.660
 why would he risk

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.840
 them being ticked

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.620
 off with him

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:25.640
 because he speaks

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.680
 the truth of God's

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.480
 word to them

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.560
 as he has

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:29.380
 suffered

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:30.340
 persecution

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:31.259
 throughout

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:33.700
 the Roman Empire

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.900
 already because

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.680
 of this gospel

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:38.600
 his life

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.340
 of service

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:40.620
 in love

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.400
 and truth

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.940
 was not

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.600
 a principle

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:44.540
 it was not

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:45.340
 an ideal

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:46.620
 he wasn't

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.400
 brought up

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.360
 by his parents

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:48.820
 saying

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.500
 Paul

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.240
 when you grow up

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.860
 be a person

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.500
 of service

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.000
 of others

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.500
 it's not like

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.519
 it was a value

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.620
 that was instilled

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.380
 to him

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.960
 it was not

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.640
 his natural

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.280
 disposition

00:32:59.280 --> 00:33:01.100
 he was a lecturer

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.120
!

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.860
 a lawyer

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:03.100
 a legalist

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:04.759
 he persecuted

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.400
 Christians

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.780
 he was brutal

00:33:06.780 --> 00:33:10.320
 he did not

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:10.880
 have a victim

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.680
 mentality

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:16.740
 what drove him

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:18.640
 the gospel

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.020
 message

00:33:19.020 --> 00:33:19.720
 that he spread

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.300
 throughout

00:33:20.300 --> 00:33:24.080
 the Roman Empire

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:25.380
 it's about

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.960
 what Jesus

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.400
 has already

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.080
 done for him

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:29.260
 at the beginning

00:33:29.260 --> 00:33:30.220
 of chapter 3

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.220
 Paul talks

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.200
 about his loss

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:33.420
 his pain

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.900
 the great

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:36.040
 risk he took

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:38.920
 as he sent

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.279
 Timothy

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.839
 back to

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.000
 the Thessalonians

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.720
 to

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.639
 as he says

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.379
 to strengthen

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.339
 and encourage

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.059
 them in their

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.539
 faith

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:48.259
 in the hope

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.399
 that it would

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.059
 not be a

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.420
 vanity

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:53.019
 that their

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.579
 faith in

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.099
 Jesus would

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.559
 not be a

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:54.879
 vanity

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:57.960
 Paul

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.280
 Paul talks

00:33:58.280 --> 00:33:58.720
 about the

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.500
 great loss

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.120
 of sending

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.640
 Timothy

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:02.900
 so dear

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.180
 to him

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.840
 so loved

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.340
 to him

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:05.380
 and in

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.100
 1 Timothy

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.840
 chapter 1

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.520
 verse 2

00:34:07.520 --> 00:34:08.280
 he calls

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.700
 him my

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:09.380
 true son

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.660
 in the

00:34:09.660 --> 00:34:10.039
 faith

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:12.640
 and he

00:34:12.640 --> 00:34:13.039
 sent

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.519
 Timothy

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.960
 away

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:16.140
 his love

00:34:16.140 --> 00:34:16.460
 for the

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.440
 Thessalonians

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:19.400
 sent him

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.840
 away

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:21.079
 sent Timothy

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.539
 his son

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.940
 away

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.240
 and in

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.720
 doing that

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.380
 he's reflecting

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:24.960
 the gospel

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.559
 that saved

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.960
 him

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.579
 for God

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.039
 so loved

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.579
 the world

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.840
 that he

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.539
 gave his

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.679
 one and

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.480
 only son

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:34.000
 that whoever

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.099
 believes in

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.280
 him should

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.860
 not perish

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.300
 but have

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:38.039
 eternal life

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:40.400
 it's the

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.860
 sending of

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.320
 the son of

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.659
 God

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:43.019
 Jesus Christ

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.599
 as a

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.019
 sacrifice

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.500
 for the

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.860
 sin of

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.659
 all humanity

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.700
 that changed

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.280
 absolutely

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.840
 everything

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.420
 for Paul

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:51.340
 Jesus

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.900
 Christ

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:53.220
 according to

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:54.019
 Hebrews

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.880
 chapter 12

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.360
 is the

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.920
 author and

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.519
 the perfecter

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.740
 of our

00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:57.160
 faith

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:58.180
 Jesus

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.760
 has lived

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.280
 the life

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.860
 of trust

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.220
 in his

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.579
 father

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.079
 that we

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.420
 should have

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.680
 lived

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.200
 and he

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.640
 died the

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:02.880
 death

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.140
 that we

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.460
 should have

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.700
 died

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.200
 because we

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.559
 have failed

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:04.920
 to do

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.200
 that

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:06.900
 and as

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.240
 Jesus

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:08.140
 was crucified

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.840
 on the

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.220
 cross

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:10.300
 his enemies

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.220
 mocked

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:11.460
 him

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:13.760
 they mocked

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.039
 him

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.760
 for his

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.360
 claim

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.220
 to be

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.900
 the king

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.420
 of all

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.000
 kings

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:21.659
 and so

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:21.860
 they

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.159
 wound

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.699
 together

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:24.639
 a crown

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.460
 of thorns

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:27.500
 and stuck

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.940
 it on his

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.300
 head

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:30.300
 there's your

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.699
 crown

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:34.500
 the king

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.760
 of the

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.300
 universe

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.460
 the one

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.920
 who owns

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.780
 absolutely

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.639
 everything

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.340
 the one

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.940
 who flung

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.039
 stars into

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.599
 space

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.920
 and put

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.559
 the planets

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.760
 in their

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.059
 orbit

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.760
 the one

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.159
 worthy

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.780
 of all

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.219
 praise

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.820
 of all

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.119
 honour

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.780
 of all

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.199
 glory

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.960
 the one

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.859
 who already

00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:50.519
 had

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.899
 the ultimate

00:35:51.899 --> 00:35:53.000
 crown

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:54.879
 the greatest

00:35:54.879 --> 00:35:55.460
 crown

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.480
 surrendered

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.219
 his hands

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.960
 and his feet

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.379
 to nails

00:35:58.379 --> 00:35:59.039
 on a cross

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.819
 he lay

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.399
 aside

00:36:00.399 --> 00:36:01.659
 his power

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.259
 he lay

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.779
 aside

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.960
 his glory

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.559
 he lay

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.099
 aside

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.219
 his crown

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:07.839
 why

00:36:07.839 --> 00:36:10.319
 Hebrews 12

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:11.980
 for the joy

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.460
 that was set

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.960
 before him

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.759
 and the joy

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.659
 that was set

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.319
 before him

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.420
 the vision

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.000
 that was

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.640
 before him

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:20.600
 the goal

00:36:20.600 --> 00:36:21.280
 that was

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.720
 before him

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.559
 the aim

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.420
 of his life

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.080
 of his death

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:24.340
 that was

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.100
 before him

00:36:25.100 --> 00:36:26.500
 was to bring

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.360
 us back

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.960
 to God

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.720
 holy and

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.220
 blameless

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:32.120
 that was the

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:32.360
 goal

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.980
 that was his

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.320
 vision

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:34.360
 that was his

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:34.880
 joy

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:36.800
 he gave

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.760
 away his

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.480
 life with

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.980
 joy

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:40.140
 so that we

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.840
 might receive

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.360
 forgiveness

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:43.140
 his

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.740
 approval

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:45.599
 the presence

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:45.920
 of the

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.640
 holy spirit

00:36:46.640 --> 00:36:47.240
 eternal

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.800
 life

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.980
 and that

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.420
 we might

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.120
 receive

00:36:50.120 --> 00:36:51.400
 the crown

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.400
 that will

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.059
 never perish

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.460
 spoil

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.059
 fate

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:56.340
 he lay

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.900
 aside his

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.280
 crown

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:58.460
 that we

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.900
 might have

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.340
 his

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:03.019
 see jesus

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 had a vision

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 for what paul

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 could be at the

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 throne of god

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 and that

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 the heart

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 of paul

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 and entirely

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 changed his

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 life

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 and paul

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 had a vision

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 for what the

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 thessalonians

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 at the throne

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 of god

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 and paul

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 gave away

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 his life

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 for them

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 and our

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 vision for

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 each other

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 should be

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 the same

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 vision of

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 what we

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 each of

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 us

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 before the

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 throne of

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 god

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 paul's

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 joy

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 and goal

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 is their

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 final glory

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 their

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 crown

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 he is so

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 filled with

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 joy

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 that they

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 make

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 that they

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 are making

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 progress

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 he is longing

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 for them

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 to see

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 them to

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 just continue

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 to take

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 their next

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 steps

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 next steps

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 and so

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 chapter 3

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 right at the

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 very end

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 there is

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 paul's

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 prayer for

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 the

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 thessalonians

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 it's a

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 summary of

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 his service

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 to them

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 and he

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 and he

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 prays that

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 they will

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 do the

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 same for

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 each other

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 may the

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 lord make

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 your love

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 increase

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 and overflow

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 for each

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 other and

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 for everyone

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 else

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 just as

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 ours does

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 for you

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 may he

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 strengthen

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 your hearts

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 so that

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 you'll be

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 blameless

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 and holy

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 in the

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 presence

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 of our

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 god and

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 father

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 when our

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 lord jesus

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 christ

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 comes

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 with all

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 his holy

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 ones

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