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 Open up your Bibles to Philippians.

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 So again, it's me up here.

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 College students, sorry.

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 You might get a break from me this week

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 I believe our third week in Philippians.

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 And Paul is writing from Rome

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 and he is under, well, he's in prison.

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 But we, as I said last week,

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 if you want to go back

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 and get some of the background of Philippians,

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 you can go listen to the previous message.

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 But more than likely he was under some form,

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 hey, he was under some form of house arrest

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 or as a Roman citizen had, you know,

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 somewhat comfortable quarters at the time.

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 Now, he had much more severe imprisonments later

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 and in other places.

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 And, but if you read the end of the book of Acts,

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 we see that when Paul came to Rome,

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 he actually was able to preach the gospel unhindered.

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 And it says he welcomed all who came to his quarters

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 and spent time with them.

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 And while he was awaiting trial from Caesar,

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 which we probably think did not happen,

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 but he was, he seemed confident

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 even in the book of Philippians

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 about being released.

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 And he talks about even another missionary journey.

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 And so we're confident that he was released

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 from this particular imprisonment.

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 So today, I guess if we had a title for the message,

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 it would be the advancement of the gospel.

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 And just by way of introduction,

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 obviously, let's just read our text together.

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 We'll be in chapter 1.

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 And we're going to start in verse 12.

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 And he says, Paul,

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 I want you to know, brothers,

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 that what has happened to me

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 has really served to advance the gospel

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 so that it has become known

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 throughout the whole imperial guard

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 and to all the rest

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 that my imprisonment is for Christ.

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 And most of all,

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 most of the brothers,

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 having become confident in the Lord

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 by my imprisonment,

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 are much more bold

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 to speak the word without fear.

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 Some, indeed,

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 preach Christ from envy and rivalry,

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 but others from goodwill.

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 The latter do it out of love,

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 knowing that I am put here

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 for the defense of the gospel.

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 The former proclaim Christ out of rivalry,

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 not sincerely,

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 but thinking to afflict me

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 in my imprisonment.

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 What then?

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 Only that in every way,

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 whether in pretense or in truth,

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 Christ is proclaimed

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 and in that I rejoice.

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 Yes, I will rejoice.

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 For I know that through your prayers

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 and the help of the Spirit

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 this will turn out for my deliverance.

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 So, we'll stop there.

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 We could get into verse 20,

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 but I could just camp on verse 20 forever.

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 So we'll just save it for next week

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 and tie it in to next week.

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 But for introduction's sake,

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 just look at verse 12.

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 He says,

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 I want you to know, brothers,

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 that what has happened to me

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 has really served

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 to advance the gospel.

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 And things hadn't quite turned out

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 for Paul as he wanted.

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 He thought that

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 he actually was going to get

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 some really great public trial,

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 hopefully before Caesar,

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 because he had appealed to Caesar,

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 which would have been

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 the whack job Nero,

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 but he probably

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 did not actually hear him,

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 in which case

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 some other officials

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 would have heard him.

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 And he says, though,

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 that his imprisonment in Rome

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 hasn't hindered

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 the advancement of the gospel,

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 but rather is served

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 as a progression of the gospel.

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 And God had chosen

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 to use his arrest

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 to spread the news of Christ

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 to many of the elites in Rome.

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 So the main focus

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 of the message today

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 is that the gospel

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 will go forth

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 no matter what,

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 and it will advance

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 from every place

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 where it is preached.

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 No matter what circumstance,

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 I guess,

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 you find yourself in,

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 we are to be proclaiming Christ

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 to a lost and dying world

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 around us.

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 So,

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 the Greek word advancement

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 is a metaphor

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 for pioneers

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 who are cutting away

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 before an army

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 and to further its march.

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 So I will,

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 I spared you

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 a lot of history last week,

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 I might not spare you this week.

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 So,

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 other than my good friend

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 Parker Kleindeek,

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 who I can now talk

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 about history with,

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 and someone else

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 who enjoys it,

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 most people get bored.

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 But,

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 one of the most remarkable

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 advancements in history,

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 I believe,

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 was around 200 B.C.

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 So imagine being in 200 B.C.,

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 and I said,

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 I want you to organize

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 an army

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 from several different nations,

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 most of which

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 that don't really like each other.

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 I want you to train them.

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 I want you to march

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 a thousand miles

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 over rugged wilderness.

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 I want you to cross

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 or forge large rivers,

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 defeat any native peoples

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 that might harass you

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 along the way,

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 keep moving,

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 cross the Alps

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 in freezing,

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 cold,

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 winter weather,

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 go down into Italy,

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 and then defeat

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 10 Roman legions,

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 roughly 70,000 men,

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 some of the best trained,

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 the best trained army

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 in the ancient world.

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 Would anybody want that job?

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 That just sounds awful.

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 Let it actually happen.

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 That advancement,

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 which is what he's talking about here,

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 the same kind of word,

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 happened by Hannibal

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 in his Carthaginian army.

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 Military historians

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 at West Point

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 and every other

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 in North Georgia,

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 hopefully,

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 if not,

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 then we're going downhill.

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 We've got to talk about this.

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 they study

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 this advancement,

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 this movement

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 of Hannibal's army

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 into Rome.

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 He had

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 declared war on them.

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 They had harassed him

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 and his people

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 for centuries.

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 And around 22 BC,

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 he came to power.

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 And he had an army

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 of about 38,000 infantry,

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 8,000 cavalry,

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 and 37 war elephants.

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 Made up from a lot

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 of different nations,

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 but they united together

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 to fight against Rome,

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 spoke different languages.

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 He had to cross

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 a lot of rivers

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 to feed a lot of different

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 barbaric peoples

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 along the way.

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 And he marched

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 through the Alps

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 in the middle of winter,

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 which most Romans

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 thought was impossible.

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 And he actually cut

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 through the mountains,

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 like broke through

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 the rock,

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 and made a way

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 to go down in it.

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 And so,

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 he finally

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 got down

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 into Italy

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 where a huge,

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 one of the largest

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 Roman armies

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 ever assembled.

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 70,000 men

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 were waiting for him,

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 about 10 Roman legions,

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 and he defeated them.

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 Almost killed them

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 to the man.

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 It was one of the worst

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 military defeats

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 in Roman history.

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 But,

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 people studied

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 that crazy march,

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 like how in the world

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 did he do it

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 under such circumstances.

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 And,

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 but I say that

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 because

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 both of those advancements,

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 both of Carthage

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 and Rome,

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 are over.

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 Period.

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 They don't,

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 they're not around

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 today.

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 But Paul is using

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 that same word

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 that you would talk about

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 for some sort of

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 military advancement

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 to describe

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 how his advancement,

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 the advancement

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 of the gospel,

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 has not been stopped.

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 It hasn't been prevented.

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 It hadn't been thwarted.

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 And,

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 remember,

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 it has gone out

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 through,

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 to every nation,

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 nation to nation,

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 across oceans,

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 to many different

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 people's groups,

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 from persecutions.

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 people have tried

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 to destroy

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 the word of God.

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 People have tried

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 to destroy

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 the gospel

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 and his missionaries,

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 his people.

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 We're still here.

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 And,

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 it's still going forward

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 even today,

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 many,

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 many,

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 many years later.

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 So,

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 God has promised

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 that no power,

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 earthly or spiritual,

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 is going to stop

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 the advancement

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 of the gospel.

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 And,

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 I love Isaiah 40,

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 which we studied

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 a few weeks ago,

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 where it foretells

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 of this advancement,

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 right,

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 that later,

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 John the Baptist

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 spoke of.

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 But a voice cries

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 in the wilderness,

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 prepare the way

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 of the Lord.

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 Make straight

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 in the desert

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 a highway for our God.

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 Every valley

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 will be lifted up

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 and every mountain

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 and hill

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 be made low.

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 And the uneven ground

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 become level

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 and the rough places plain.

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 And the glory

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 of the Lord

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 shall be revealed

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 and all flesh

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 shall see it together

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 for the mouth

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 of the Lord

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 has spoken.

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 And so,

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 it's coming.

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 Like he said,

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 it's here

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 when John the Baptist

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 said that

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 in the person

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 of Christ.

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 So,

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 today,

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 we're going to talk

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 about four different ways

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 that the gospel

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 affects those

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 who share it.

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 How the gospel

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 affects us.

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 So,

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 don't get comfortable.

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 But number one,

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 these are

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 talking about our text,

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 sharing the gospel

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 affects your soul.

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 Sharing the gospel

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 affects your soul.

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 Paul recognized

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 that his imprisonment

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 released the power

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 of the gospel,

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 but even his imprisonment

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 did not bind

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 the gospel.

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 He knew that God

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 had brought him there,

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 so he didn't complain.

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 He kind of just

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 accepted it

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 as it was,

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 accepted the present

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 circumstances

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 and allowed God

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 to use him

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 where he was.

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 So,

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 in 2 Timothy

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 chapter 2,

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 this was his last

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 imprisonment,

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 by the way,

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 when he wrote

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 2 Timothy,

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 so more than likely

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 his last imprisonment

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 before he was executed.

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 But he wrote

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 to Timothy

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 saying,

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 remember

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 Jesus Christ,

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 risen from the dead,

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 the offspring

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 of David,

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 as preached

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 in my gospel,

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 for which I am suffering,

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 bound with chains

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 as a criminal.

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 But,

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 the word of God

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 is not bound.

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 Therefore,

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 I endure everything

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 for the sake

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 of the elect,

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 that they also

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 may obtain

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 the salvation

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 that is in Christ Jesus

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 with eternal glory.

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 and I hope

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 and pray

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 that

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 we can somehow

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 be challenged

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 by those words,

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 I endure

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 everything,

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 so that they

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 can actually

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 hear

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 the gospel,

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 so that we

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 may obtain

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 salvation.

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 And even though

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 he recognizes

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 that he's chained,

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 like he's saying,

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 the gospel

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 is not chained,

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 the word of God

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 is not chained,

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 it's going forward.

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 And,

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 God will allow

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 us to go through

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 many,

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 many hardships

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 in order

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 to share

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 the gospel

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 with other people.

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 So,

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 I would even,

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 you know,

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 say,

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 God will even

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 allow death

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 to even happen

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 to one of his own

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 children

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 if it means

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 bring salvation

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 to other people.

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 If you don't think

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 that God would allow

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 suffering to come

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 upon his own

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 for the sake

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 of others being

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 saved,

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 then we have to

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 just go back

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 to the cross

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 because he allowed

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 his son

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 to suffer

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 the worst

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 kind of death

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 so that we

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 might step

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 into salvation

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 and eternal life.

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 Christ is

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 committed

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 to saving

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 his people

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 no matter what.

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 And he went

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 into the most

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 dreadful place

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 so that we

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 could be saved.

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 In John 6,

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 this is telling you

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 his commitment,

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 John 6,

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 verse 37,

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 he says,

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 all that the

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 Father gives me

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 will come to me.

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 And whoever

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 comes to me

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 I will never

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 cast out.

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 For I have

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 come down

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 from heaven

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 not to do

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 my own will

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 but the will

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 of him

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 who sent me.

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 And this is

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 the will

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 of him

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 who sent me

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 that I should

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 lose nothing

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 of all that

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 he has given me

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 but raise it up

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 on the last day.

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 all that

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 he has come

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 to save

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 will be saved.

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 And we can

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 be a part of that.

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 It's a mission

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 that's going to

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 happen.

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 And he's chosen

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 to use us

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 as his

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 instruments,

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 his messengers.

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 So,

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 one of the ways,

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 again,

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 that the gospel

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 affects your own

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 soul

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 is that

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 this is the most

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 basic,

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 easy thing,

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 guys.

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 we glorify

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 and we praise

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 what we love

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 the most.

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 Some of you

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 don't like to

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 talk about

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 stuff like this

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 but you could

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 talk all day

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 about something

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 else.

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 And what we

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 talk about,

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 what we do

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 with our time,

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 what we read

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 about,

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 how we spend

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 our money,

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 it reflects

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 what we really

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 love.

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 And we praise

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 the things,

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 again,

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 that we love

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 the most

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 and we have

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 to express

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 that out loud

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 a lot of the

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 time.

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 So,

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 before his

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 conversion,

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 C.S. Lewis

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 wondered why

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 the Bible

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 was filled

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 with the

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 term praise

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 a lot.

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 He said it

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 sounded like

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 an old woman

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 wanting compliments

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 at first.

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 But then,

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 this is where

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 he wrote,

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 I think we

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 delight to

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 praise what

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 we enjoy

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 because the

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 praise not

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 merely expresses

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 but completes

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 the enjoyment.

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 And that

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 is it.

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 Like,

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 we can't

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 just not

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 talk about

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 it.

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 And it

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 says in

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 Psalm 34,

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 I will

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 bless the

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 Lord at

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 all times

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 and his

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 praise should

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 be continually

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 in my

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 mouth.

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 My soul

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 must boast

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 in the

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 Lord.

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 I

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 magnify the

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 Lord with

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 me and let

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 us exalt

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 his name

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 together.

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 His name

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 will be on

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 our lips

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 at all

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 times.

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 And so,

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 as a child

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 of God,

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 we should

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 love expressing

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 that to

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 other people.

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 We have

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 the privilege,

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 again,

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 of being

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 his

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 messengers.

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 And,

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 again,

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 it's as easy

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 as remembering

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 that your

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 affections in

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 Christ will

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 compel you to

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 talk about

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 Christ with

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 other people.

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 We can't be

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 silent.

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 So,

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 the joy of

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 Christ has

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 to kind of

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 break out

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 somehow.

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 God is

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 putting his

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 joy into

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 you and it

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 has to come

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 out or else

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 it will be

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 kind of like

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 the Dead

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 Sea where

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 everything goes

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 in but

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 nothing comes

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 out.

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 And so,

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 that's one

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 of the most

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 basic ways.

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 And if we

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 don't have

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 any desire

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 to talk

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 about it,

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 then there's

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 something wrong

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 in our

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 affections.

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 So,

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 number two,

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 just to kind

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 of move on,

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 we're going

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 to cover

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 some more

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 of this.

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 Number two,

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 sharing the

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 gospel affects

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 lost souls.

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 See this in

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 verse 13.

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 He says,

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 So,

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 it has

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 become known

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 throughout the

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 whole imperial

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 guard and to

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 the rest that

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 my imprisonment

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 is for

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 Christ.

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 So,

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 again,

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 his imprisonment

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 was kind of

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 becoming well

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 known.

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 People were

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 finding out

00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:02.279
 who he was

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 and why he

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 was there.

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 So,

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 the imperial

00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.399
 guard really

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 is the

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 praetorian

00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.519
 guard,

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 the elite

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 guard of

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 the Roman

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 emperor,

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 stationed at

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 the palace

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 to guard

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 the emperor

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 and etc.

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 and important

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 other places

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 in Rome.

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 Paul knew

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 the influence

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 that those

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 men could

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 have for

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 the gospel

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 and so,

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 somehow,

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 the chain

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 reaction,

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 right,

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 it was going

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 to the

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 imperial guard.

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 It was

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 reaching the

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 palace itself,

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 right?

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 And after

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 that time,

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 they began,

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 many people

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 in the

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 household of

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 Caesar were

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 coming to

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 know the

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 name of

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 Christ.

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 And just

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 think about

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 it though,

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 he didn't

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 say,

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 like,

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 Lord,

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 why am I

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 chained up

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 here?

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 Like,

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 this is,

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 I could

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 do so

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 much more

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 if I

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 was just

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 released.

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 It was

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 more of

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 like,

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 you know,

00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.080
 the guards

00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:55.279
 that are

00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:55.600
 hanging out

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.080
 with Paul

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 and he's,

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 so what

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 are you in

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 for,

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 bro?

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 Well,

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 let me tell

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 you,

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 because you

00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.460
 can't go

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 anywhere and

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:03.480
 I'm stuck

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 with you.

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 So,

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:06.000
 I love

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 sharing the

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 gospel with

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.019
 people on

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.720
 airplanes because

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.360
 they're stuck

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 with you.

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 They can't

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 go anywhere.

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 So,

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 until eventually

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 they put their

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 headphones on or

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 something,

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 you're like,

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 no problem.

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 But yeah,

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 but it's as easy

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 as it was

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 spreading and

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 it was affecting

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 many people in

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 the city of Rome,

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 including the

00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:24.539
 elite Praetorian

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.299
 guard.

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 And so,

00:17:26.679 --> 00:17:28.179
 we should feel

00:17:28.179 --> 00:17:29.299
 brokenness in our

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 soul for

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:31.799
 the lost.

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:31.839
 lost.

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 We once were

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.619
 in that place

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.419
 ourselves.

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 Many of you,

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 not that long

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:38.980
 ago,

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 you remember

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 what it was

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:41.899
 like to walk

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 in darkness.

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 And God

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.879
 has chosen,

00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:45.299
 again,

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.099
 to use us

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 to be the

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 ones to bring

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.059
 a message to

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 them that's

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.220
 going to set

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:50.559
 their souls

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.079
 free.

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 And I love

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.460
 hearing about,

00:17:55.399 --> 00:17:56.200
 and I hope

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:56.720
 any of us

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:56.980
 do,

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 about how God

00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:59.019
 has saved

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.859
 someone and

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 changed them

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 and given

00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:01.379
 them new

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:02.700
 life in

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.200
 Christ.

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 And so,

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.899
 we should be

00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:07.579
 broken for

00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.279
 their souls.

00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.419
 Thirdly,

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 excuse me,

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.279
 this is number

00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:12.599
 three.

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.099
 Sharing the

00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:15.480
 gospel affects

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.480
 fellow believers.

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.579
 So,

00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.259
 it affects our

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.599
 souls,

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.079
 it affects

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.919
 lost souls,

00:18:21.419 --> 00:18:21.740
 and sharing

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.240
 the gospel

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.139
 affects fellow

00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:23.759
 believers.

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 He says this

00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:25.779
 in verse 14.

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 He says that

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 most of the

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.559
 brothers,

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.460
 having become

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.240
 confident in

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.700
 the Lord

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 by my

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:32.920
 imprisonment,

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:33.900
 are much

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.519
 more bold

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.100
 to speak

00:18:35.100 --> 00:18:35.840
 the word

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 without fear.

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 So,

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.100
 he says that

00:18:39.100 --> 00:18:40.059
 they're emboldened

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.700
 by his

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.500
 imprisonment.

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.360
 I don't know

00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.100
 what it is,

00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.880
 but I'm sure

00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.440
 there's some

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:46.960
 sort of

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:48.319
 social or

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.940
 psychological

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.660
 term for

00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:50.039
 this.

00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:51.360
 But when I

00:18:51.360 --> 00:18:51.960
 hear stories

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.500
 like this,

00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:52.900
 I get,

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.440
 I'm challenged.

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:54.759
 I'm like,

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:54.960
 man,

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.620
 what excuse

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.480
 do I have

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.819
 if this

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.380
 is happening

00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:59.920
 in places

00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.880
 like prisons

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:02.960
 where people

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.539
 have endured

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.779
 great persecutions

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.559
 even today,

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:06.380
 like,

00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:06.900
 what is my

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.380
 excuse?

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.339
 I'm challenged

00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:08.819
 by that.

00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.500
 I'm incited

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.539
 by that.

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.140
 But there are

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:12.579
 some people

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.079
 today that are

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:13.500
 kind of like,

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:13.819
 well,

00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.779
 that just makes

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.319
 me feel even

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:16.099
 worse because

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:17.059
 I don't have

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.819
 any excuse.

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.220
 And I feel,

00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.920
 and they just

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.360
 use it to

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:21.099
 continue driving

00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:22.000
 themselves down.

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.099
 And,

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:23.740
 but,

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.339
 but just

00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.859
 check this

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.359
 out though,

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:25.880
 what God

00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.859
 means for

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:28.140
 stuff like

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:29.000
 this to be

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.960
 encouraging to

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.259
 us.

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:31.160
 He means for

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.799
 it to be

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.140
 challenging to

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:33.579
 us.

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.000
 So Paul is

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.559
 saying that my

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.559
 imprisonment has

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.279
 furthered these

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.579
 things.

00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.759
 And so I

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.599
 love hearing

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:41.640
 just,

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.079
 you know,

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.720
 wartime

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.640
 stories from

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:44.359
 both here in

00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:44.880
 the U.S.

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:46.460
 and overseas.

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.039
 Men and

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.519
 women that are

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.940
 sharing Christ

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.960
 in very dangerous

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.680
 and difficult

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.519
 situations.

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.079
 And,

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.420
 again,

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.119
 I rejoice

00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:54.839
 when I hear

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.920
 of people

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:58.319
 coming to

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:58.940
 Christ and

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.539
 being delivered

00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.200
 from sin.

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.779
 One of my,

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.519
 one of my best

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.079
 friends,

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.200
 he went to

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.700
 North Georgia

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.420
 many years ago,

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.900
 but he and his

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.519
 wife are in,

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:09.440
 in a very

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.660
 strong,

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.759
 influential Muslim

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.440
 country right

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.759
 now.

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.000
 And,

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.980
 and all day

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.799
 like just

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:17.599
 preaching Christ,

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:19.079
 making disciples

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:20.180
 in that context.

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.279
 And I,

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.980
 I'm challenged

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.620
 by that.

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:22.880
 I'm not

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.660
 discouraged by

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:23.819
 that.

00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.240
 I'm not like,

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.380
 well,

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.759
 I'm just

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.480
 worthless

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:25.980
 because I'm

00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.360
 not doing

00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:26.680
 anything.

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.700
 I'm like,

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.120
 I'm like,

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.440
 no,

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.259
 God means

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.839
 for this

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:31.000
 to challenge

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.420
 us.

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.839
 So,

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.940
 what I want

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.460
 you to do

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.440
 this week,

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.079
 I'm just going

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.319
 to give you

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.839
 a challenge.

00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.640
 Meet with

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.220
 or call

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.900
 a person

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.539
 that God

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.420
 has used

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:42.500
 to bring

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.000
 you to

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.420
 faith

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.140
 in Jesus

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.640
 Christ.

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.380
 Someone who

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.000
 shared the

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.819
 gospel with you,

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.360
 someone who

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:48.940
 was patient

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.480
 with you,

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.759
 someone who

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.599
 took the

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.900
 time to

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 show you

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 the love

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.519
 of Christ.

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 They were,

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.680
 you know,

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.079
 to you,

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.640
 they were like

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.099
 a picture

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:58.460
 of the gospel

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 made visible.

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 And thank

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.039
 them for

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 sharing it

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 with you.

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 It could be

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 your parents,

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 it could be

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 a friend,

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 it could be

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 someone else

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 that you know

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 elsewhere.

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 But just

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 thank them

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 and ask them

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 why they did

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 it too.

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 and see

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 if that

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 affects your

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 soul.

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.460
 Number

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 four,

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.220
 sharing the

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.639
 gospel

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.299
 affects

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.039
 opponents.

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 Sharing the

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.619
 gospel

00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:24.059
 affects

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 opponents.

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 See this

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 in verses

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 15 through

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 18.

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 Some indeed

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 preach Christ

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:29.919
 from envy

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 and rivalry

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 but others

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 from goodwill.

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 The latter

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 do it out

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 of love

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 knowing that

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 I am put

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 here for the

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.680
 defense of

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 the gospel.

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 The former

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 proclaim Christ

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 out of rivalry

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 or selfish

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 ambition.

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 not sincerely

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 but thinking

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 to afflict

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 me in my

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 imprisonment.

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 What then?

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 Only that

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 in every way

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 whether in

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 pretense

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.360
 or in

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 truth

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 Christ

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 is

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 proclaimed

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 and in

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 that

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 I

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 rejoice.

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 Jesus

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 warned

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 that one

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 of the

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 biggest

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 opponents

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:57.960
 of the

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.360
 gospel

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.800
 was not

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 necessarily

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 going to

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 be

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 outside

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 forces

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.420
 but

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 eventually

00:22:01.800 --> 00:22:02.000
 it was

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 going to

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 be

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 inside

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 forces.

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 And

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 that's

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 why

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.960
 Paul

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 spent

00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:06.840
 so much

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.300
 time

00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:08.200
 dealing

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 with

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 Jewish

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 sects,

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 pagan

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 establishments,

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 false

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 teachers

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.180
 that were

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.660
 trying to

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.100
 pollute

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:13.840
 the gospel.

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 And here

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.039
 he mentions

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.860
 that hostility

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.519
 coming from

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 so-called

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.680
 leaders

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.720
 in the

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 church.

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 And so

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:21.900
 that's one

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.200
 of the most

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.180
 discouraging

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.920
 things is

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.799
 when other

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.420
 people they're

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 supposed to be

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 like alongside

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 you,

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 fighting alongside

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 you,

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.600
 become,

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.840
 they attack

00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:31.440
 you and

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.059
 slander

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.440
 you.

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 And so,

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.620
 but in a lot

00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:36.299
 of ways here,

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.519
 it seems to be

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.440
 not necessarily

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.700
 that their

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.320
 doctrine or

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:41.019
 their theology

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.759
 was off,

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.380
 but that

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.059
 their motives

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.700
 were off.

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.059
 They had

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.960
 bad motives

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:46.019
 for what

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.320
 they were

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:46.720
 doing.

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 It says

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.140
 in verse

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.740
 15,

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 he uses

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 the word

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 envy,

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 which means

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 to deprive

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 someone

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 of what

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 is rightfully

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 theirs so

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 that they

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.740
 wish they

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.240
 had it

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 and you

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 didn't.

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 And so,

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.740
 you see

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.279
 the word

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 strife

00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.559
 also,

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:04.980
 really.

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:05.980
 Strife

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.960
 means enmity

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 caused by

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.360
 jealousy,

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.500
 wanting

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.980
 something

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.440
 another

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.299
 possesses.

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 And Paul

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.440
 is trying

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.920
 to say

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.940
 that a lot

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.160
 of these

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.579
 people are

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.900
 preaching

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.400
 this to

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.000
 hurt me.

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.360
 They have

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:19.620
 bad motives,

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.680
 selfish

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.360
 ambition,

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.799
 not out of

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.740
 sincere love

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.240
 for the

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.660
 gospel,

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:25.880
 but they

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.360
 wanted to

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:26.779
 somehow

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.539
 dismantle

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:27.980
 Paul's

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.519
 reputation,

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.840
 discredit

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.559
 his work,

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:31.819
 and they

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.279
 had some

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.779
 personal

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.600
 issue with

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:33.940
 him,

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.220
 and they

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.740
 even looked

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.279
 at his

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.920
 imprisonment

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.460
 as a sign

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.820
 that God

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.140
 was not

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.700
 pleased with

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:38.900
 him.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.259
 You see,

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:39.660
 he's in

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.279
 prison right

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.580
 now.

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:41.800
 I'm

00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:42.120
 challenged

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.500
 all of you

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.880
 to some

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.100
 point,

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.519
 do a good

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.840
 in-depth

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.360
 study of

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:45.080
 2 Corinthians,

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.539
 and you'll

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.060
 learn a lot

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:46.700
 about Paul

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.860
 that you

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.160
 might not

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.420
 have ever

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.860
 thought about

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.400
 him before.

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.200
 But one

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.500
 of those

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.980
 things was

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.320
 he didn't

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:53.720
 just look

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.019
 like a

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.500
 successful

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.019
 guy.

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.160
 He wasn't

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.660
 physically

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.180
 impressive,

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.420
 he wasn't

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.800
 a great

00:23:58.800 --> 00:23:59.160
 public

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.560
 speaker,

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.039
 he didn't

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.680
 have a ton

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.160
 of money

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.900
 and stuff,

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:05.640
 and he

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.120
 had poor

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.500
 speaking

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.060
 abilities,

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.400
 right?

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.900
 But God

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.720
 chose instead

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.220
 to still

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.740
 work through

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.200
 him and

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.780
 use him,

00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:11.920
 but many

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.660
 people just

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.120
 didn't think

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.160
 he was worth

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.320
 it.

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.720
 So they

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.240
 were preaching

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.440
 the same

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.380
 gospel message

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.160
 in a way,

00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:18.860
 but doing it

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.640
 to inflict

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.780
 harm on

00:24:20.780 --> 00:24:21.180
 Paul.

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.320
 But Paul

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:24.000
 had enough

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.840
 security in

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:26.040
 the Lord,

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.800
 confidence in

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.220
 the Lord,

00:24:28.280 --> 00:24:28.700
 to be like,

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:28.920
 you know

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.220
 what?

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.660
 If they

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.079
 make fun

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.360
 of me

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.720
 and give

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.120
 me bull,

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.740
 that's okay,

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.339
 because as

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.860
 long as the

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.360
 gospel is

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.019
 going forth,

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.500
 that's all

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.860
 I really

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.500
 care about.

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.740
 And in

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.019
 that,

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.620
 I will

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.360
 rejoice.

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.120
 So we

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.380
 need to

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.100
 ask ourselves,

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.440
 you know,

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.059
 as well,

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.039
 why would

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.880
 we proclaim

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.600
 Christ?

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.700
 Not to

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.380
 compete with

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:47.960
 one another

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.539
 or other

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.920
 churches,

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.900
 and you

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.240
 should hear

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.660
 some of the

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.299
 other pastors

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.900
 and churches

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.779
 out here that

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.200
 we just have

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.700
 to talk to

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.259
 sometimes.

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.319
 A lot of

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.519
 them are

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.019
 great ones,

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.400
 but a lot

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:56.799
 of them are,

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.460
 you can just

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.779
 tell,

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.500
 it's like a

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.039
 competition.

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.500
 Who's got

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.960
 the biggest

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:01.039
 this and

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.440
 the biggest

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.900
 that,

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:03.059
 and how

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.480
 many people

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.000
 are showing

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.360
 up,

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.600
 and how

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:04.779
 many

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.299
 programs,

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.019
 and it

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.579
 is disgusting

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.279
 at times.

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:08.819
 So,

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.519
 some application

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.220
 for this,

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.240
 because I'm

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.740
 running out

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.100
 of time.

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.839
 What excuses

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:18.019
 do we make

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.759
 for not

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.880
 advancing

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.860
 the gospel?

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.240
 Number one

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 is circumstances.

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 We just say,

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.180
 well,

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 we don't have

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 the time.

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 If I was

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:26.980
 just in a

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:28.100
 different stage

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.519
 of life,

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 or if I

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.180
 was in

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.539
 a different

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 job,

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 or I

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.960
 didn't have

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.379
 as many

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 responsibilities

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 as I

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 did,

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 this is

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 probably the

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 biggest one

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 for me

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 at the

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.400
 moment,

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 because I

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.500
 guess when I

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.960
 was single,

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 I could

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.779
 kind of run

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 rogue a lot

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 more,

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 like all

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 hours of

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 the day

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 and night

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 doing things.

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 But we

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.799
 say things

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 even like,

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.160
 you ever

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 heard this,

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 I'm just

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.359
 waiting for

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.819
 God to

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 open the

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.500
 door.

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 Well,

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 that's

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.799
 partially

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.220
 biblical.

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 Out of

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.220
 Colossians

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 4,

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 Paul says

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.359
 he's praying

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 that God

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 may open

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.839
 a door

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 for them

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.940
 to share

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.720
 the word.

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 But,

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 what it

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.720
 usually means,

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 usually,

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 you could mean

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.960
 that in a

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.299
 good way,

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 but what it

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.400
 usually means

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 I'm waiting

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 until it's

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 easy,

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 until it's

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 convenient,

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 until it's

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.519
 safe,

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 and then I'm

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.119
 going to share

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.599
 the gospel.

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 Paul writes

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.140
 in 1 Corinthians

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 another similar

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:23.400
 way of opening

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.940
 the door,

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 that it doesn't

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 always mean

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 easy or

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 no resistance.

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 He said,

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 I will stay

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 in Ephesus

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 until Pentecost

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 for a wide

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 door for

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 effective work

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 has opened

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 to me.

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 Cool,

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 a door of

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:39.880
 ministry

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 has opened

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 to him.

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 He says,

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 but there

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:43.840
 are many

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 adversaries.

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 So,

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.500
 not convenient

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.120
 door to go

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.300
 through.

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 He goes

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:48.940
 through that

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.259
 door to

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 preach the

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:49.860
 gospel,

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 there's

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.240
 going to

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.700
 be a lot

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 of hostility.

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 And so,

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.659
 some of us

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:53.919
 need to

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 quit waiting

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.819
 for that,

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 some of us

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.339
 need to

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.599
 try to

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 kick

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.679
 down doors,

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 beat down

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.879
 doors.

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 It'll open

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 if God

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.679
 wants it

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 to open,

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 but we

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:01.500
 need to

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.159
 take the

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.619
 initiative

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 by faith.

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 Secondly,

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.259
 some people

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.699
 don't advance

00:27:07.699 --> 00:27:08.159
 the gospel

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.619
 out of

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.500
 fear.

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 Okay?

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.299
 I'm afraid,

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.059
 but it really

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.779
 comes down to

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 is because

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 we're not

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 ever,

00:27:16.459 --> 00:27:16.779
 at least

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.579
 for now,

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.459
 going to be

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.880
 in prison

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.460
 for sharing

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.039
 our faith,

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 are beaten

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.720
 up,

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 more than

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.440
 likely.

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 Some people

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 might have

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.700
 wanted to

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.100
 kill me

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.400
 before,

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 but I

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 wouldn't

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 know that.

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 But fear

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 really means

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 I'm afraid

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 of what they

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 will think

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 about me.

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 I don't

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 want to

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.980
 upset them.

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 I don't

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 want them

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.759
 to stop

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 being my

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.980
 friend.

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 And

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 underneath

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.980
 that,

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.980
 very subtly,

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.460
 very subtly,

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.079
 is the

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.299
 hidden

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.840
 idolatry

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.319
 of pride.

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 You want

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.460
 to be liked.

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.120
 You want

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.579
 to be

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.140
 accepted

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.960
 by people.

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 And

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.940
 we feel

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.180
 like we

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.540
 have to

00:27:51.540 --> 00:27:52.640
 warm up

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.140
 to people

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 for years

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.480
 at a time

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.160
 before we

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.620
 actually share

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.080
 the gospel

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.500
 with them

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.840
 because we

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.220
 might scare

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.620
 them away.

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 Just quit

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 hiding behind

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.020
 that excuse.

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 The real

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.280
 quick biblical

00:28:03.280 --> 00:28:03.759
 answer to

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.060
 that is

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.720
 fear God,

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.280
 not man.

00:28:07.020 --> 00:28:07.420
 So,

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.360
 thirdly,

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.620
 I know I'm

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.060
 out of time,

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.380
 but oh

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.560
 well,

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.380
 not knowledgeable

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.920
 enough.

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.820
 Not knowledgeable

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:13.980
 enough.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.660
 I don't know

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.020
 enough.

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.380
 Like what if

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.720
 they ask me

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.100
 something I

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.600
 don't know?

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:17.020
 Well,

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.820
 if you

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.200
 know the

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.540
 gospel,

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:18.920
 then you

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.500
 know enough

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.920
 to share.

00:28:20.020 --> 00:28:20.200
 If you

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.400
 have

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.780
 believed

00:28:20.780 --> 00:28:21.000
 the

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.360
 gospel,

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.680
 there's

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.020
 no way

00:28:22.020 --> 00:28:22.240
 you've

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.640
 forgotten

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.640
 what you

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:23.820
 have

00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.200
 believed

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.460
 in.

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.840
 And the

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.280
 disciples

00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:26.820
 weren't

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.620
 big brains,

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.060
 they weren't

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:28.840
 big theology

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.320
 degrees,

00:28:29.540 --> 00:28:29.759
 they didn't

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.160
 have all

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.380
 that,

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:30.700
 they weren't

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.160
 master

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.880
 apologists,

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.660
 they were

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.220
 ordinary,

00:28:33.520 --> 00:28:33.960
 common

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.120
 guys.

00:28:36.040 --> 00:28:36.600
 They were

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.360
 quick-tempered,

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.160
 a lot of

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.340
 them,

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:39.520
 but listen

00:28:39.520 --> 00:28:40.320
 to what it

00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:40.640
 says in

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.420
 Acts 13

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.540
 about Peter

00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:43.040
 and John.

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.360
 It says,

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.299
 now when

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.819
 they saw

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.539
 the boldness

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.979
 of Peter

00:28:46.979 --> 00:28:47.559
 and John,

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.159
 they perceived

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:48.639
 that they

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.759
 were uneducated,

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:52.219
 common men,

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.699
 and they were

00:28:53.699 --> 00:28:54.439
 astonished,

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.419
 and they

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.399
 recognized that

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.199
 they had been

00:28:57.199 --> 00:28:58.299
 with Jesus.

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.839
 So remember,

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.740
 it's about who

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.279
 they know.

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:02.319
 They had been

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.179
 with Christ.

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.779
 That was it.

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.219
 So the closer

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:05.899
 we get to

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.439
 Christ,

00:29:07.219 --> 00:29:07.819
 the more we

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.299
 know about

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.519
 him,

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:08.959
 the more we

00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:09.419
 will be able

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:09.979
 to talk

00:29:09.979 --> 00:29:10.759
 about him.

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.440
 So all

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.859
 that's really

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.299
 needed is

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.619
 just a

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.539
 willing heart.

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.279
 You don't

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.599
 have to

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.220
 know everything.

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.400
 You have

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.799
 to be able

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.559
 to communicate

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.759
 the gospel.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.420
 I know a

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.980
 lot of people

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.500
 who aren't

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.839
 great communicators,

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.059
 and I know

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.920
 that a lot

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.299
 of them are

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.379
 just afraid

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.740
 even.

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.379
 They feel

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:29.000
 insufficient.

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.460
 I know

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.879
 one guy

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.579
 named Jonathan,

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:35.140
 one of my

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.799
 best friends.

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.460
 He's led

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:38.879
 people to

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.500
 Christ before,

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.579
 and he

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.019
 is not

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.900
 anything like

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.279
 what you

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.839
 would think

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.900
 somebody would

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.960
 be as an

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.700
 evangelist.

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.460
 Fourthly,

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.940
 I don't

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.259
 really hear

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.559
 this one

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.019
 too much,

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.460
 but I have

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.859
 heard it.

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.460
 It's not

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.019
 my gift.

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.259
 I don't

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.539
 have the

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.839
 spiritual

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.559
 gift of

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.200
 evangelism.

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.539
 I'll just

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.880
 leave that

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.180
 to the

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.660
 professionals

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.200
 or those

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.700
 who do.

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:58.599
 And it's

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.319
 only true,

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.019
 that is only

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.819
 true in the

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.359
 sense that

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.799
 God has

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.500
 gifted some

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.980
 people just

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.599
 a little bit

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.279
 better of an

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.859
 ability to

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.519
 communicate

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.380
 gospel truth,

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.920
 to articulate

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.480
 the gospel

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.019
 message.

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.200
 But it

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.480
 doesn't

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.759
 excuse anyone

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:14.380
 from sharing

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.099
 the message

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.559
 in what

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.480
 capacity God

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.180
 has given

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.480
 them.

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.740
 Understand

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.120
 that?

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.380
 And I

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.500
 mean,

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.839
 would we

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.559
 really pass

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.240
 over someone

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.980
 in need

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:25.360
 of Christ

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.720
 just because

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.160
 it's not

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.759
 your spiritual

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.140
 gift?

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.440
 We can't

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.640
 live that

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.019
 way.

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.900
 The gifts

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.539
 have a place,

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:31.860
 but don't

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.380
 use them as

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.740
 an excuse.

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.019
 It would

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.480
 be like me

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.839
 or Nathan

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.299
 saying,

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.019
 well,

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.380
 we're too

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.740
 high and

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.140
 mighty to

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.779
 wash dishes,

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.220
 or we're too

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.539
 high and

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.839
 mighty to

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.339
 help set up

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.660
 chairs,

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.120
 or do

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.380
 anything

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.740
 else.

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.140
 It doesn't

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:41.140
 make any

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.580
 sense at

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:41.880
 all.

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:42.900
 Again,

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.720
 oddly enough,

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.240
 God picks

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.700
 a lot of

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.060
 people in

00:30:45.060 --> 00:30:45.500
 Scripture who

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.920
 don't seem

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.620
 to be great

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.360
 communicators

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:48.700
 publicly,

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.700
 Paul included.

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.240
 So,

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.779
 another one

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.120
 you could

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.540
 probably throw

00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:54.100
 out there is

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:55.519
 my own sin.

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.220
 I'm not good

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.620
 enough.

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.920
 I'm such a

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.900
 terrible person.

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.860
 I'm a terrible

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.540
 follower of

00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:01.840
 Jesus,

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.540
 and I'm

00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.420
 bogged down

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.680
 by my own

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.019
 sin.

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.019
 God

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.339
 can't

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.619
 share it

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.019
 with somebody

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.420
 else.

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:08.700
 Well,

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:11.059
 if that's

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.440
 the truth,

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.799
 if that's

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:13.039
 your demeanor

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.420
 all the

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.799
 time,

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.720
 then there's

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.019
 something

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.660
 missing in

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:17.180
 your belief

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.960
 and connection

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.400
 to the

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.400
 gospel itself.

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.539
 It should

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.579
 liberate you.

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.859
 And sometimes,

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.879
 even sharing

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.160
 it with

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.799
 someone else

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.460
 reignites

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.859
 the joy of

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.240
 it in my

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.839
 own soul.

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.119
 So,

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.160
 don't hide

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.420
 behind that

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.720
 either.

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.620
 Satan would

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.059
 love to

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.440
 bog you

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.000
 down so

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.200
 that you

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.779
 don't share

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.799
 with other

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.140
 people,

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.759
 but live in

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.220
 the freedom

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.940
 that Christ

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.680
 has won

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.319
 for you.

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.500
 So,

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.579
 as one

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.900
 missionary

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.480
 said,

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.360
 sympathy is

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.120
 no substitute

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:47.779
 for action.

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:48.960
 So,

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.299
 there are

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.079
 many people,

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.039
 I guess we

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.460
 just want to

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.019
 feel bad for

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.120
 them,

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.779
 we want to

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.240
 pity them,

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.740
 our friends,

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.319
 our family,

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.740
 but we

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.299
 need to

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.240
 begin praying

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.480
 and being

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.319
 very intentional

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.039
 about living

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.539
 the gospel

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.940
 in front

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.319
 of them

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:04.019
 and sharing

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.480
 it with

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.759
 them,

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.139
 not one

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.559
 or the

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.859
 other.

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.079
 So,

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.599
 what about

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:09.879
 you?

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.339
 I mean,

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:10.720
 where are

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.879
 you in

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.539
 this process?

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.460
 And,

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.420
 God will

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.559
 put people

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:16.859
 in your

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.200
 path,

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.420
 but you

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.799
 can also

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.099
 go out

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.460
 and find

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.639
 them.

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:18.960
 We need

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.299
 to hunt

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.859
 them down,

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.339
 take initiative,

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.599
 take that

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:23.940
 the right

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.180
 way,

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.680
 hunt them

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:24.980
 down.

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.440
 But,

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.359
 yeah,

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:26.960
 there's,

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.799
 one thing

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.480
 I wanted

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.099
 to share

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.639
 this morning

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:30.920
 is,

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.320
 the only

00:32:31.320 --> 00:32:31.600
 way I

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.720
 could

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:31.880
 really

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.200
 relate

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.360
 to

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.580
 Paul

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:32.820
 is a

00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:33.000
 lot of

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.140
 my

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.660
 hospital

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.580
 stays

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:34.900
 over the

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.120
 year,

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.460
 which is,

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:35.700
 again,

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.240
 nothing like

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.779
 he endured,

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.240
 but there

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.600
 was one

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.519
 time I

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.019
 missed out

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.480
 on a

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.080
 great ministry

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.620
 opportunity

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.060
 because I

00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:41.500
 got sick

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.820
 and I

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.019
 had to

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.800
 go to

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.360
 the hospital.

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.740
 I was

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:43.960
 super

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.400
 bummed.

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.759
 I was

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:44.960
 in

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.480
 Atlanta

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.500
 at the

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.820
 cystic

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.380
 fibrosis

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.680
 center,

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.519
 and I

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:50.820
 must have

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.200
 been sitting

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.519
 there

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:53.060
 watching Lord

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:53.539
 the rings

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:53.840
 or a

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.360
 baseball game

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.759
 or something,

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.560
 but my

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.539
 doctor came

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.820
 in and

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:56.940
 said,

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.140
 hey,

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.400
 there's

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.600
 another

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:58.940
 patient

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.360
 here who

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.540
 was just

00:32:59.540 --> 00:33:00.100
 really afraid

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.860
 of needles

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.660
 and getting

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.780
 an IV

00:33:02.780 --> 00:33:03.259
 or a

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.759
 PICC line.

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.200
 Could you

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.720
 go talk to

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.019
 them and

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.400
 tell them,

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:07.560
 you know,

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.300
 kind of calm

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:08.800
 them down?

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:10.299
 And I

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.559
 thought,

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.440
 you want me

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.899
 to tell them?

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.399
 Tom is not

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:12.659
 going to

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:12.879
 hurt?

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.299
 So,

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.480
 that's lying.

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:15.839
 So,

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.139
 anyway,

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.359
 it was a

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.579
 girl,

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.000
 her name

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.200
 was Jade,

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:22.339
 and here's

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.759
 what's crazy,

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.399
 she was from

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.899
 Dahlonega,

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.919
 and met

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:26.259
 her for the

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.879
 first time.

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.759
 She was

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.019
 definitely

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.700
 just afraid

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.059
 of being

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.319
 in the

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.680
 hospital.

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.139
 She hadn't

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.819
 had to be

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.779
 hospitalized

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.519
 too much

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.940
 to that

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.259
 point.

00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:35.519
 But I

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.240
 began just

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.819
 talking to

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.059
 her and

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.339
 getting to

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.759
 know her,

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:38.419
 and

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.880
 she was

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.680
 afraid of

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.259
 dying.

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.640
 She was

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.420
 afraid of

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:45.080
 what the

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.680
 disease was

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.060
 going to

00:33:46.060 --> 00:33:46.340
 do to

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.600
 her,

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.820
 because all

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.279
 of a sudden

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.840
 she had

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.140
 been living

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.460
 a pretty

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.180
 normal life,

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.519
 but then

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.860
 all of a

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.320
 sudden things

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:51.660
 were just

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.720
 getting worse,

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.460
 like with

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.740
 her cystic

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.480
 fibrosis.

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.039
 So,

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.460
 while I

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.060
 was there,

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.259
 I continued

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.860
 just to,

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.680
 she's like,

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.000
 how do you

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.380
 deal with

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.480
 it?

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.440
 How do you

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.140
 face this?

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.160
 And I

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.340
 said,

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.300
 I can't

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:07.800
 face it.

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.440
 I mean,

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.699
 but I

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.719
 have a

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.239
 hope that

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.639
 is not

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.099
 of this

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.559
 world,

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:11.840
 and I

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:13.139
 began just

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.860
 unpacking the

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.559
 gospel to

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:17.179
 her and

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.699
 trying to

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.079
 do it in a

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.860
 very understanding,

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.480
 compassionate

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.940
 way.

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:22.179
 And by the

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.559
 end of the

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.940
 week,

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.279
 she told me

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.980
 she wanted to

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.559
 become a

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.059
 follower of

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.420
 Christ,

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.059
 and told me

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.480
 that when

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.940
 she came back

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.519
 to Delonaga,

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.099
 she was going

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.539
 to continue

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.940
 to follow

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.259
 Christ.

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.500
 And I

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.820
 just told

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.000
 her,

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.259
 no promises.

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.760
 I can't

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.240
 promise that

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.560
 Jesus is

00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:34.700
 going to

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:34.980
 make your

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.620
 life easier,

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:35.980
 that he's

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.580
 going to

00:34:36.580 --> 00:34:37.880
 heal you

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.340
 of your

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.620
 CF,

00:34:39.660 --> 00:34:40.280
 but no

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.920
 matter what,

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.260
 you're going

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.600
 to follow

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:42.820
 him,

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.080
 right?

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.500
 And she's

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.640
 like,

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:43.940
 yes.

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:46.480
 And she

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.120
 did.

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.480
 She came

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.960
 back and

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.860
 was a part

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.280
 of a church

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.580
 here in

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:49.980
 Delonaga.

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.860
 A few

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.400
 years later,

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.900
 she passed

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.300
 away,

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:56.380
 which just

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.800
 really kind

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.060
 of caught

00:34:57.060 --> 00:34:57.420
 me off

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.780
 guard.

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:59.440
 God will

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.560
 use you.

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:02.360
 He'll use

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.860
 you to

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.980
 reach other

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.360
 people.

00:35:04.540 --> 00:35:05.060
 Just stop.

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.760
 Snap out of

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.360
 this like I'm

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.880
 here at church

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.240
 and someone

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.660
 else is telling

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:09.040
 me to share

00:35:09.040 --> 00:35:09.580
 the gospel.

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:09.900
 Like,

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.460
 just stop.

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:13.140
 And see

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:13.660
 the great

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:14.360
 privilege we

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.900
 have as

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.420
 messengers

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.300
 of Christ.

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:18.300
 And see

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.820
 that people

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:20.360
 need Christ.

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.860
 That we

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.100
 can,

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.920
 by his

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.500
 power and

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.900
 by his

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.300
 grace,

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.040
 be the

00:35:25.040 --> 00:35:27.240
 one to

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.899
 talk about

00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:28.939
 our

00:35:28.939 --> 00:35:29.239
 Savior.

00:35:30.939 --> 00:35:31.299
 So,

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:32.139
 yeah,

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:33.139
 let's pray

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:34.039
 together and

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.399
 let's rejoice

00:35:35.399 --> 00:35:35.759
 that the

00:35:35.759 --> 00:35:36.299
 gospel is

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:36.739
 going to go

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.539
 forward with

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.979
 or without

00:35:37.979 --> 00:35:38.359
 us.

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.739
 And I

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:40.779
 hope that we

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:41.219
 will be a

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.659
 part of it.