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 Yeah, thanks.

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 Our reading today is 1 Thessalonians 2, verses 1-7.

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 It's page 1186 in the Red Church Bible.

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 You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.

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 We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know,

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 but with the help of our God, we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.

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 For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives,

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 nor are we trying to trick you.

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 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.

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 We are not trying to please people, but God, who tests our hearts.

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 You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed.

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 God is our witness.

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 We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else,

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 even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority.

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 Instead, we were like young children among you.

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 Thank you very much, Louise.

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 Let's keep our Bibles open there.

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 I'm just waiting on some water.

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 I wasn't prepared, so we'll wait for that or I'll be pausing and getting stuck.

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 So just a reminder, we've been looking at this letter of Thessalonians,

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 perhaps one of the first letters that Paul has written to a church in Thessalonica in Greece.

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 And we've covered the first few sessions together.

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 And if you've missed any of them, please have a look on our website.

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 All the talks are recorded there for you to follow up.

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 Thank you very much.

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 Thanks.

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 Well, let's pray together and ask for the Lord's help as we look at his word.

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 Father, thank you that you have given to us all that we need

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 as we live for you and serve one another.

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 Thank you for this letter written centuries ago,

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 recorded for us today in our time,

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 so that we may be encouraged and built up in our faith

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 and helping us to live and be the kind of church you call us to be.

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 Please help us by the power of your spirit.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, on a trip overseas quite a while ago,

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 I was exploring one of the local markets

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 in order to get some gifts to bring home.

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 And on one of the stands,

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 a very enthusiastic man insisted

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 that I buy a bottle of his aftershave.

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 So we haggled and so on,

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 and eventually we agreed on a good price.

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 And when I got home,

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 I took off the silky wrapping,

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 opened up the beautiful gift box.

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 Pssh, pssh.

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 It was a counterfeit.

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 It was just water in a bottle.

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 No scent whatsoever.

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 I had been tricked,

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 taken for a ride.

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 Now, when we pull back the wrapping of the church,

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 when we get to the very heart and centre of the church,

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 what do we find?

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 Are we authentic?

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 Or are we counterfeit?

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 Is our message that we proclaim

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 in the ministries that we're involved in,

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 are they real?

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 Or are they fake?

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 But when the apostle Paul arrived in Thessalonica

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 to preach the gospel,

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 he encountered strong opposition.

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 And in fear of their lives,

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 for the mob that were after them,

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 they escaped to the next town

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 round the corner to Berea.

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 But when the dust had settled,

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 it seems that some of the new believers

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 had begun to question Paul's motive.

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 If his message was authentic,

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 and if his ministry was genuine,

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 well, then he would have never left us.

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 It seems he just arrived into town

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 wanting to make a quick buck,

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 and as soon as troubles came,

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 well, Paul and his buddies headed for the hills.

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 So in part, Paul writes to defend himself,

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 and as he does,

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 he shows us today

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 what an authentic church is like.

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 What our message and ministry is.

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 That it must be true,

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 and it must be clear.

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 So two big ideas we're going to look at this morning.

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 Here's our first one,

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 our message entrusted with the gospel.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 On the contrary,

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 so despite what you think of me

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 running away and leaving you on your own,

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 on the contrary, he says,

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 we speak as those approved by God

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 to be entrusted with the gospel.

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 Now we need to know

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 what we have been entrusted with.

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 So a few things.

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 First, we've been entrusted with the gospel.

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 The gospel is what we've been singing

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 and celebrating about this morning.

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 The good news about Jesus Christ

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 God's chosen king

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 who's come to rescue us from our sins

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 and to establish his loving rule

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 in our lives.

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 It's all about a person,

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 the person of Jesus,

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 who dies for you and me,

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 taking the blame for our rebellion

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 and who rises again from the dead,

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 defeating death,

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 giving us life and life eternal.

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 This is good news

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 because it's not something that we do for ourselves,

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 but it's all done by God for us.

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 And in response,

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 we turn from ourself

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 and we put our trust in Christ.

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 this is the wonderful,

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 beautiful gospel.

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 But this gospel that we have

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 is God's.

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 It's not a made-up message by Paul and his team.

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 Have a look at the end of verse 2.

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 But with the help of our God,

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 we dare to tell you

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 his gospel,

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 the gospel of God.

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 End of verse 8.

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 We were delighted to share with you

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 not only the gospel of God,

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 but our lives as well.

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 Or look at the end of verse 9.

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 We worked night and day

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 in order not to be burdened to anyone

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 while we preached the gospel of God to you.

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 You see,

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 it's not just an idea

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 or a philosophy

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 invented by any person

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 or by any church.

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 We don't just kind of sit around and say,

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 let's come up with a message to tell.

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 No,

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 this has been revealed

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 by God.

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 Verse 13.

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 We also thank God continually

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 because when you received

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 the word of God

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 which you heard from us,

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 you accepted it

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 not as a human word,

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 but as it actually is,

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 the word of God.

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 This wonderful message

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 is the very word from God

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 to restore broken lives

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 and restore and renew

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 this disordered world.

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 And it is this gospel

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 that has been entrusted.

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 You see,

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 the apostle Paul

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 was just like us.

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 Sometimes we kind of set him

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 high and above everybody else.

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 Well,

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 he needed the gospel too.

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 He needed to trust Jesus

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 for forgiveness of his sin.

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 But he did have a special

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 and unique calling.

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 That's what we read

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 in verse 4.

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 He says,

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 we speak as those

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 approved by God

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 to be entrusted

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 with the gospel.

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 Now,

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 to help us understand

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 this unique calling,

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 have a flick forward

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 to 2 Timothy.

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 So you get to

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 2 Thessalonians,

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 1 Timothy,

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 and then 2 Timothy.

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 chapter 1.

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 2 Timothy,

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 chapter 1.

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 Paul is now writing

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 to young Timothy,

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 who's pastor of a church,

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 and we're going to pick it up

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 in verse 11.

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 So Paul is speaking,

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 he says,

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 and of this gospel,

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 I was appointed a herald,

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 so somebody who announces good news,

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 an apostle,

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 one who has been sent by God,

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 and a teacher.

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 So he was uniquely set apart

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 to announce

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 and teach the gospel.

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 He was given a special authority.

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 His words,

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 and his words that have been

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 written down for us,

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 are to be considered

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 the very word of God.

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 So he can say,

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 verse 13,

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 what you heard from me,

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 keep us a pattern

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 of sound teaching.

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 Now nobody else

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 could say that.

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 I can't stand up

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 before you today

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 and say,

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 you know,

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 what you hear from me,

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 keep us a pattern

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 of sound teaching.

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 I mean,

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 the words of Johnny Grant.

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 No,

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 these are the words

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 of God

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 given to Paul.

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 What you heard from me,

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 keep us a pattern

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 of sound teaching

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 with faith,

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 in love,

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Guard

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 the good deposit.

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 What is the good deposit?

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 The gospel,

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 the good news.

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 That was entrusted

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 to you.

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 Guard it

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 with the help

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 who lives

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 in us.

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 You see,

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 this same gospel message

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 that Paul had received.

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 He has now

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 taught to Timothy

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 and Timothy

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 must now

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 guard

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 what has been

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 entrusted to him.

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 Now how do you

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 guard the gospel?

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 Well,

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 look at chapter 2,

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 verse 1.

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 You then,

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 my son,

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 be strong

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 in the grace

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 that is in Christ Jesus

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 and the things

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 you have heard me say,

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 so that same phrase again,

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 the things you have heard me say

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 in the presence

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 of many witnesses,

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 entrust

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 to reliable people

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 who will also

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 be qualified

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 to teach others.

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 You guard it

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 by passing it on

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 to the next generation.

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 And that's what

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 has happened

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 over the years

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 and over the centuries.

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 The gospel

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 entrusted to Paul,

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 uniquely given to him,

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 has been written down

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 for us

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 and has been entrusted

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 to the church

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 today.

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 we don't put

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 our own spin

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 on it,

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 we don't alter it,

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 we guard it.

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 And we guard it

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 by declaring

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 to believers

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 and unbelievers

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 the truth.

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 Because all of us,

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 all of the time,

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 need the gospel

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 of God.

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 Let's go back

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 to Thessalonians.

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 So imagine with me

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 for a moment

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 that a cure

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 for cancer

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 has been invented.

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 It's a simple pill

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 that when taken

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 kills any

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 and all

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 cancerous cells.

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 Now imagine

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 that you've been

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 given the task

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 of guarding it.

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 Well,

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 it would be foolish,

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 wouldn't it,

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 to put it under

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 lock and key

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 and then throw

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 the key away?

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 No,

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 you want that

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 cure released

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 to make sure

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 it actually gets

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 into the hands

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 of the very people

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 who need it.

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 Likewise,

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 wouldn't it be

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 very foolish

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 if you were to

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 add your own

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 ingredients to that

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 in the hope

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 of somehow

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 making it better?

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 No,

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 you would ensure

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 that it is not

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 altered

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 in any way

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 so that it

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 remains effective.

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 Well,

00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:25.819
 we've been

00:14:25.819 --> 00:14:26.419
 entrusted

00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:27.439
 with the gospel,

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 a cure

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 for sinful,

00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.659
 broken,

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 rebellious humanity.

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 It is God's

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 kind,

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 gracious,

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 and loving

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 response

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 to our

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 sin-wrecked

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 lives.

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 A message

00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:40.959
 with a promise

00:14:40.959 --> 00:14:41.699
 of forgiveness,

00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:42.980
 the transformation

00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:44.039
 of our life,

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 and the hope

00:14:45.339 --> 00:14:46.379
 of eternal life

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 to come.

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 that's what's

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 been entrusted

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 to us.

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 Or imagine

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 you're the

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 guardian of the

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 Louvre Art Gallery

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 in Paris.

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 Your task

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 is to bring

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 the Mona Lisa

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 on tour

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 to all the

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 capital cities

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 of the world.

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 Every city

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 that you enter,

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 you put up

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 the picture

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 on display.

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 Now,

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 wouldn't it be

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 very foolish

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 of us

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 to get out

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 your brush

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 and think,

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 this needs

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 a little bit

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 of updating

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 here.

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 I think

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 I could

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 do a better

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 job.

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 Maybe put

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 a few

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 earrings on

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 or a

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 moustache

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 or,

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 well,

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 you know,

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 whatever you

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 like.

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 And it would

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 be foolish,

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 wouldn't it,

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 if you just

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 kept a cloak

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 over it,

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 leaving it

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 covered.

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 No,

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 you want

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 it on

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 display

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.720
 for everybody

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 to see,

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 to marvel

00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:39.720
 at its

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 beauty.

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 well,

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 we are

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 guardians

00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:45.100
 of the

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 most

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 treasured

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 and most

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 precious

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.400
 gift

00:15:47.400 --> 00:15:47.759
 ever.

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 We are

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 to display

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 together

00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:51.860
 the beauty

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.280
 and the

00:15:52.280 --> 00:15:52.660
 wonder

00:15:52.660 --> 00:15:53.460
 of who

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 Jesus

00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:54.259
 is,

00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.680
 his death

00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:56.259
 for our

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:56.840
 sins,

00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:58.320
 his

00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:59.000
 resurrection

00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.620
 from the

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 grave.

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 We display

00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:03.580
 the glory

00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:04.259
 of Jesus

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 as we

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 declare

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.180
 his

00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:06.800
 gospel.

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:10.059
 Carigaline

00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:11.179
 Baptist

00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:11.919
 Church,

00:16:12.719 --> 00:16:14.139
 we have

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.439
 been

00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:15.219
 entrusted

00:16:15.219 --> 00:16:17.000
 with the

00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.659
 gospel of

00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.059
 God.

00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.500
 This is

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.199
 our time.

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 This is

00:16:21.719 --> 00:16:22.719
 our generation.

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 It is

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 the means

00:16:25.199 --> 00:16:25.939
 of salvation

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 for the

00:16:26.479 --> 00:16:26.859
 world.

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 It is

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 the very

00:16:28.859 --> 00:16:29.500
 hope

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:30.879
 for this

00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.539
 town of

00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.319
 Carigaline.

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 It brings

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.679
 peace in

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 our fears,

00:16:36.299 --> 00:16:36.639
 comfort

00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.319
 in our

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 suffering,

00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.399
 the assurance

00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.139
 of life

00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:40.500
 in the

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:40.980
 face of

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 death.

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 It is

00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:43.319
 the cure

00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:45.159
 for troubled

00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.960
 souls.

00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:47.819
 Declaring

00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:48.500
 the gospel

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.159
 together

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:50.139
 puts the

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.899
 beauty of

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.759
 Christ on

00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.460
 display,

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.879
 who softens

00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.879
 hard hearts,

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.819
 who opens

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 up minds

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.480
 to those

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.840
 who do

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 not believe.

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:02.019
 We have

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:03.080
 been entrusted

00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:04.859
 with the

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.379
 glorious

00:17:05.379 --> 00:17:06.000
 gospel,

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.020
 it is

00:17:08.020 --> 00:17:08.280
 our

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 time.

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 It is

00:17:10.340 --> 00:17:10.600
 our

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 generation.

00:17:14.280 --> 00:17:15.040
 So,

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.540
 our

00:17:16.540 --> 00:17:17.180
 message,

00:17:18.320 --> 00:17:18.960
 entrusted

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:20.600
 with the

00:17:20.600 --> 00:17:21.000
 gospel.

00:17:22.320 --> 00:17:23.080
 Second,

00:17:24.080 --> 00:17:24.780
 our

00:17:24.780 --> 00:17:25.380
 ministry.

00:17:26.340 --> 00:17:26.740
 You see,

00:17:26.820 --> 00:17:27.300
 if we've been

00:17:27.300 --> 00:17:28.220
 entrusted with

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.660
 the gospel,

00:17:29.080 --> 00:17:30.180
 our ministries

00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:31.460
 must be

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.600
 faithful to

00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:33.220
 the gospel.

00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:33.259
 faithful.

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.319
 In

00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.660
 second,

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.519
 in

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:36.839
 1st

00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:37.440
 Thessalonians

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.039
 chapter 2,

00:17:38.100 --> 00:17:38.480
 what we've

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.160
 just read,

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 we're going

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.620
 to see

00:17:40.620 --> 00:17:41.779
 three marks

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.460
 of what it

00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.000
 means to

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:44.279
 be faithful.

00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:45.860
 Here's the

00:17:45.860 --> 00:17:46.500
 first one.

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 That we

00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:48.740
 would be

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.420
 willing to

00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:49.920
 suffer,

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.920
 not twist

00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.000
 the truth.

00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.620
 Willing to

00:17:54.620 --> 00:17:54.920
 suffer,

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.299
 not twist

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.000
 the truth.

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.680
 Look at

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.240
 verse 2.

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 We had

00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.240
 previously

00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:02.140
 suffered and

00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:02.940
 been treated

00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:04.579
 outrageously in

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.200
 Philippi,

00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:06.559
 as you know.

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.599
 So,

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.400
 before they

00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:08.920
 got to

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:09.740
 Thessalonica,

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.660
 Paul and

00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.120
 his team

00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.720
 were in

00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.240
 the city

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:13.000
 of Philippi.

00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.319
 And there

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:14.960
 they shared

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.599
 the gospel

00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:16.180
 openly,

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:16.900
 but it

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.319
 came at

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.960
 a cost.

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.400
 Here's

00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:19.940
 what Acts

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.779
 tells us

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.740
 happened to

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.160
 them in

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:22.759
 that city.

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:23.500
 The

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.420
 magistrates

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.400
 ordered them

00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:26.220
 to be

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.880
 stripped

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:28.300
 and beaten

00:18:28.300 --> 00:18:29.200
 with rods.

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:30.780
 And after

00:18:30.780 --> 00:18:31.320
 they'd been

00:18:31.320 --> 00:18:31.920
 severely

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.960
 flogged,

00:18:33.800 --> 00:18:34.220
 they were

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.880
 thrown into

00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.300
 prison.

00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:37.540
 Now,

00:18:37.600 --> 00:18:37.840
 you would

00:18:37.840 --> 00:18:38.280
 think,

00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:39.280
 if that

00:18:39.280 --> 00:18:39.900
 had happened,

00:18:41.080 --> 00:18:41.540
 Paul would

00:18:41.540 --> 00:18:42.200
 just go on

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.760
 to the next

00:18:42.760 --> 00:18:43.220
 town and

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:43.900
 be quiet.

00:18:45.080 --> 00:18:45.740
 But no,

00:18:45.780 --> 00:18:46.160
 it doesn't

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.740
 stop them,

00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:47.120
 does it?

00:18:47.140 --> 00:18:47.480
 Look at the

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:47.860
 rest of

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.360
 verse 2.

00:18:49.800 --> 00:18:50.300
 But with

00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:50.920
 the help

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.500
 of our

00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:51.980
 God,

00:18:53.280 --> 00:18:54.120
 we dared

00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.720
 to tell

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.440
 you his

00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:56.080
 gospel

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.259
 in the

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:57.759
 face of

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.139
 strong

00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:58.720
 opposition.

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.279
 For the

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.899
 appeal we

00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.399
 make does

00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:01.980
 not spring

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.679
 from error

00:19:02.679 --> 00:19:03.759
 or impure

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.319
 motives,

00:19:04.699 --> 00:19:05.779
 nor are

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.339
 we trying

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.879
 to trick

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.199
 you.

00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.480
 Our

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.339
 message was

00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:09.859
 true.

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.259
 Our

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.000
 motivation

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.899
 was pure.

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.439
 Our

00:19:13.439 --> 00:19:13.859
 witness

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.939
 was honest.

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.039
 Why would

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.519
 we go

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.259
 through all

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.919
 that suffering

00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:18.619
 if the

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:19.240
 gospel we

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.740
 were bringing

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.500
 was all

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.079
 made up

00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.699
 and just

00:19:21.699 --> 00:19:22.319
 taking you

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:23.179
 for a ride?

00:19:23.679 --> 00:19:23.919
 No,

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.379
 the very

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.259
 reason we

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.839
 suffered,

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:28.319
 was because

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.740
 they were

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.619
 faithful to

00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:32.220
 the gospel.

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.799
 Now,

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.299
 none of us

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.359
 likes to

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 suffer.

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 We might

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 be beaten

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 with rods,

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 but we

00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:40.439
 don't like

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 to be

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 kind of

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 rejected

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 and pushed

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 aside because

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 of what we

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 believe and

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 what we

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 think.

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 So the

00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:48.399
 way to

00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:48.839
 avoid

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.419
 suffering,

00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.179
 if you

00:19:50.179 --> 00:19:50.579
 want to

00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:50.980
 avoid

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.519
 suffering,

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.939
 is to

00:19:52.939 --> 00:19:53.619
 design your

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:53.899
 own

00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:54.339
 gospel.

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 Come

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 up with

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 your

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 own

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 ideas.

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 I mean,

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 leave

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 little

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 bits

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 out.

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 Never

00:20:01.739 --> 00:20:02.179
 ever

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 talk about

00:20:02.979 --> 00:20:03.579
 repentance

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.959
 and turning

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 to Jesus.

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 And

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 whatever

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 you do,

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 don't say

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 anything about

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 scripture

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:12.039
 being the

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 authority.

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 You'll

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 upset people

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.000
 and they'll

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 get really

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 annoyed with

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 you.

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 Or

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 alternatively,

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 you could

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 try this.

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 Why don't

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 you add

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 things into

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 it?

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 Tell people

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:27.160
 that if

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.700
 you follow

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 Jesus,

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 guess what?

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 All your

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.539
 problems are

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:32.839
 going to

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.220
 disappear.

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 You'll

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.279
 never suffer

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.620
 and everything

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.120
 will be

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 wonderful

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 every single

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 day.

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 And what

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 really works,

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.200
 if you want

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 to get more

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.299
 people to

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 come to

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.099
 church,

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.339
 tell them

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 it's up

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 to you,

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.319
 you decide

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.240
 what's best

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 for you

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 and how

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 you want

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 to live.

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 No.

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 That's

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.960
 trickery.

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 That's

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 using

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 error to

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 increase the

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 numbers on

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 a Sunday

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 morning.

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 That's

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 designing

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:07.019
 your own

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.160
 gospel so

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.640
 that we

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.640
 avoid any

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.400
 pushback.

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 Together we

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.099
 must remain

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:14.920
 faithful to

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.519
 the gospel,

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 willing to

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:19.220
 suffer and

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.940
 not twist

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 the truth.

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 How about

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.160
 this one?

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.799
 Pleasing to

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 God and

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.259
 not seeking

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.380
 personal gain.

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 That's what

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.700
 it is to

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.519
 be faithful.

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.960
 Verse 5,

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 on the

00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.000
 contrary,

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.299
 we speak as

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 those approved

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 by God to

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 be entrusted

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.700
 with the

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.059
 gospel.

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 We're not

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.960
 trying to

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.740
 please people

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 but God

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.019
 who tests

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 our hearts.

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 You know

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 we never

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.720
 use flattery

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 nor did

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 we put on

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.579
 a mask

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.059
 to cover

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.720
 up greed.

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 God is

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.920
 our witness.

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.519
 Now by

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 nature,

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 verse 4,

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.000
 we're people

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.759
 pleasers.

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.379
 We're all

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.160
 people pleasers.

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.200
 We say and

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.559
 do things so

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.099
 that people

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.839
 will like

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.319
 us.

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 I know

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 of one

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.439
 pastor in

00:22:13.439 --> 00:22:14.000
 a church

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.579
 who

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 discovered

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.299
 that his

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.419
 monthly support

00:22:17.419 --> 00:22:17.819
 had been

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.399
 stopped.

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 And he

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.879
 went to

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.439
 the church

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:21.279
 and asked

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.879
 a bit about

00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.259
 it and

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.639
 they said,

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 well,

00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.200
 numbers are

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.599
 down,

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.879
 people aren't

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.519
 very happy

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.079
 with you,

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.679
 and if you

00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:29.619
 want your

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.559
 pay, if you

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.039
 want your

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.559
 support,

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.399
 you're going

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.759
 to have to

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.139
 change

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.700
 something.

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 And the

00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:36.240
 temptation for

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.259
 him was to

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.879
 begin to

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.839
 please people

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:40.079
 so that

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.720
 people would

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.799
 like him

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:43.000
 and so that

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.459
 he would get

00:22:43.459 --> 00:22:44.039
 his monthly

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.799
 support.

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.919
 It's called,

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.759
 verse 5,

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.459
 using flattery,

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:51.259
 saying what

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.240
 people want

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.899
 you to say

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.720
 and doing

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.299
 the kinds

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.720
 of things

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.519
 people want

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.199
 you to do.

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.740
 Of course,

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.139
 there are

00:22:59.139 --> 00:23:00.339
 others who

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.099
 see ministry

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.679
 as a quick

00:23:01.679 --> 00:23:02.359
 way of making

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.779
 money.

00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:04.519
 They're tempted

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.500
 by greed.

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.259
 I've seen

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.419
 it on trips

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.100
 overseas.

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.340
 I've watched

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:11.160
 as a pastor

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.640
 has stood

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.320
 up and

00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:12.940
 he's promised

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.840
 the congregation

00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.820
 a special

00:23:14.820 --> 00:23:15.740
 prayer for

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.380
 anybody who

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:16.920
 needed a

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.220
 job,

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.840
 guaranteed to

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.519
 get a job,

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.500
 heal your

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.019
 sickness,

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.840
 and to

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.460
 help those

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.740
 who are

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.180
 struggling

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.300
 with infertility.

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.140
 And before

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.100
 he prays,

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.779
 they must

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.300
 put their

00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:31.259
 envelopes,

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.500
 which are

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.380
 filled with

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:33.759
 money,

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.960
 into a

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.620
 wooden drum.

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:37.259
 and then

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.439
 he prays.

00:23:39.199 --> 00:23:39.979
 It's called,

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:40.899
 verse 5,

00:23:41.959 --> 00:23:42.599
 putting on

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.379
 a mask

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:45.079
 to cover

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:46.019
 up greed.

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.279
 Now,

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:51.719
 we might

00:23:51.719 --> 00:23:52.179
 think of

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:53.339
 these examples

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.419
 as extreme,

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:56.819
 but I think

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.339
 this is how

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.959
 we can all

00:23:57.959 --> 00:23:58.979
 be at times.

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.299
 Instead of

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.439
 pleasing God,

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.059
 we want to

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.879
 please people.

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:05.660
 and the

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.460
 reward when

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.000
 we please

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.480
 people,

00:24:07.780 --> 00:24:08.880
 we're liked.

00:24:09.760 --> 00:24:10.440
 We become

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.000
 popular,

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.560
 we get

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:12.260
 recognition,

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.860
 we gain

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.620
 more followers

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.520
 on Instagram.

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.420
 It might

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.340
 be financial

00:24:17.340 --> 00:24:17.920
 reward,

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.720
 but we're

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.520
 praised and

00:24:19.520 --> 00:24:20.100
 we're talked

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:20.440
 about.

00:24:22.280 --> 00:24:22.880
 No,

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.600
 we're to

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.700
 please God.

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.220
 We don't

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.480
 use flattery,

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.280
 we don't

00:24:28.280 --> 00:24:28.920
 put on a

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.500
 mask.

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.360
 Verse 4,

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:34.059
 God is

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.659
 our

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.419
 witness.

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.559
 It's not

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.219
 what people

00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.919
 think or

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.479
 what people

00:24:39.479 --> 00:24:39.979
 say,

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.579
 but it's

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.000
 asking,

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:42.959
 will God

00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:43.779
 be honoured?

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.859
 Will God

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.819
 be worshipped?

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.839
 Will God

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.740
 be pleased

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.339
 with my

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.139
 service and

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.659
 all that I

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:51.939
 do?

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.399
 We remain

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:55.159
 faithful,

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.959
 pleasing to

00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:57.379
 God,

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.899
 not seeking

00:24:58.899 --> 00:25:00.119
 personal gain.

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:05.699
 The third

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.219
 one of

00:25:06.219 --> 00:25:06.879
 faithfulness

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.219
 to the

00:25:07.219 --> 00:25:07.819
 gospel is

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.699
 being gentle

00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:09.399
 to others

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.879
 and not

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.419
 abusing

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:10.740
 your

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.319
 authority.

00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.019
 Do you

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.399
 see that

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:13.779
 in verse

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.199
 6?

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.379
 He says

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.819
 we weren't

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.339
 looking for

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.019
 praise from

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.479
 people,

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.919
 not from

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.359
 you or

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:20.859
 from anyone

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.399
 else.

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.599
 Even

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.079
 though as

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.059
 apostles of

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.439
 Christ,

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.579
 we could

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.399
 have asserted

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:26.599
 our

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.179
 authority.

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.039
 Instead,

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.579
 we were

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.599
 like young

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.259
 children

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.719
 among you.

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.019
 Now,

00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:35.439
 not trying

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:35.779
 to be

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 technical or

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:36.899
 anything,

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 but if you

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:37.879
 see the

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.679
 little phrase

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 there,

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.240
 young

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.859
 children,

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.139
 at the

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.639
 bottom of

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.659
 your page

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:42.959
 in the

00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.259
 Bible,

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:44.000
 you might

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.339
 get a

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.619
 different

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.240
 translation

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.899
 which says

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.379
 gentle,

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 so that's

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 why I'm

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.679
 saying

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 gentle.

00:25:48.459 --> 00:25:48.679
 Instead,

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.279
 we were

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.559
 gentle

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.959
 among you.

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.139
 Paul was

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.759
 an apostle.

00:25:55.699 --> 00:25:56.059
 He'd been

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.579
 given this

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:58.059
 unique authority

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.779
 from God,

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 so he

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.399
 could write

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.960
 to Timothy

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.339
 and say,

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.779
 what you

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.039
 heard from

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.559
 me,

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.500
 keep as a

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.019
 pattern of

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.660
 sound teaching.

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.440
 He had

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.559
 this authority

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.920
 from God,

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 but he

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:11.039
 never misused

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.599
 it or

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.559
 abused it.

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 In fact,

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.420
 he was

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.559
 careful not

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.460
 to mistreat

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.279
 his position.

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 He was,

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 as it says

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.660
 in verse

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 7,

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 gentle

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 among you.

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.599
 He could

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.279
 never be

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:26.099
 accused of

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.899
 being pushy

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.740
 or forceful

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:29.220
 or demanding

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.340
 or domineering.

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 He was

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.680
 considerate

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 and tender

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 and humble

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.680
 and kind.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.759
 He never

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.820
 used his

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.860
 authority to

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.900
 bash people.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.380
 He used

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.220
 his authority

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.259
 to serve

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.960
 people.

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 Now,

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:48.740
 this is

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.580
 crucial for

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.200
 our day

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.019
 and our time

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.660
 and for this

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.160
 church.

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.080
 And particularly

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:55.140
 as we address

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.740
 everyone,

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.300
 I want the

00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:58.380
 elders to

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.160
 pay attention,

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.700
 myself included

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.340
 as one of

00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:01.540
 them.

00:27:02.780 --> 00:27:03.600
 We've been

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.160
 given an

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.800
 authority,

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.500
 not the

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.880
 kind of

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.759
 authority like

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.160
 Paul,

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.259
 but we've

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.640
 been given

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.460
 an authority

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.340
 to care

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:12.000
 for this

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.000
 local church,

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.340
 for the

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:14.840
 people who

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.259
 gather.

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.240
 And we

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.900
 care by

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.840
 feeding

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:20.440
 the people

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.700
 with God's

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.080
 word.

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.280
 We guard

00:27:23.280 --> 00:27:23.840
 the people

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.679
 by watching

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.199
 out for

00:27:25.199 --> 00:27:25.799
 false

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.459
 teaching.

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.179
 The

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:29.099
 authority we

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:30.059
 have is

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.699
 an authority

00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:31.699
 to serve,

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:33.119
 not abuse.

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.879
 And sadly,

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.839
 many pastors,

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.579
 and we hear

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.319
 about it in the

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.139
 news, we read

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.679
 about it,

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.839
 and elders who

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.899
 abuse their

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.879
 authority for

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.679
 personal and

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.500
 selfish gain.

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.859
 They speak as

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.379
 if everything

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:48.159
 they say is

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:49.119
 equal to

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.859
 God's word,

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.859
 that it has a

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.720
 power that must

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.639
 be obeyed.

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:54.620
 well, we

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.160
 don't have

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.800
 that kind

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:56.460
 of authority.

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.300
 And I

00:27:58.300 --> 00:27:58.880
 say to the

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.360
 church, if

00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.220
 you hear us

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.300
 acting or

00:28:01.300 --> 00:28:01.820
 living in

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.280
 that way,

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.840
 step in.

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.500
 Our

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.720
 authority is

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.580
 the scriptures,

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.700
 and those

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.480
 scriptures are

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.200
 to be taught

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:12.000
 in gentleness,

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.500
 not being

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.300
 harsh.

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.800
 So,

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.259
 elders,

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.900
 all of us

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.600
 together as

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.079
 the whole

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.740
 church,

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.500
 we must be

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.519
 faithful to

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.139
 the gospel,

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.240
 gentle,

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:29.719
 not abusing

00:28:29.719 --> 00:28:31.399
 our authority.

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.179
 You see,

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.740
 the message

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.579
 we have,

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.639
 and the

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.359
 ministry we

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.779
 do,

00:28:41.719 --> 00:28:42.319
 when we

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.819
 keep to

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.419
 the gospel,

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:44.980
 is

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.819
 authentic.

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.039
 authentic.

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.659
 And what

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.419
 is authentic,

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.240
 is effective.

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.099
 Look at how

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.240
 he starts in

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.879
 verse 1,

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.639
 chapter 2,

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.319
 verse 1.

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.059
 You know,

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.779
 brothers and

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.139
 sisters,

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.599
 that our

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.200
 visit to you

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.639
 was not

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:00.980
 without

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.839
 results.

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.379
 It was

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.980
 effective.

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.839
 He came

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.579
 with the

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.879
 full gospel,

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:09.419
 and the

00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:10.019
 people that

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.659
 he reached

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.639
 were filled

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.879
 with Christ,

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.460
 because the

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.299
 gospel is the

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.039
 most precious

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.639
 of gifts,

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.779
 more valuable

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.399
 than hidden

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:18.879
 treasure,

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.039
 more beautiful

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.700
 than a rare

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.159
 diamond.

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:21.779
 It's

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.379
 priceless,

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.299
 because it

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.680
 has the

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.319
 power to

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.919
 save.

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.819
 And so

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.279
 to have

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.099
 Christ is

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.519
 all that

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.180
 we need.

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.279
 For us

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.099
 today as a

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.399
 church,

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.859
 it's as

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.399
 simple as

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.659
 this.

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.700
 We have

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.659
 been entrusted

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.639
 with the

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.059
 gospel,

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.779
 and the

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.680
 community in

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.119
 which we

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.639
 are in

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:43.059
 are empty.

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:45.619
 and as

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.559
 we declare

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.299
 the gospel,

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.500
 so lives

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:51.119
 are filled,

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.919
 forgiveness

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.720
 of sin,

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.299
 freedom

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.259
 from shame,

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.220
 and fullness

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.879
 in Christ.

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.519
 This is

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.119
 our time.

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.460
 This is

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.679
 our generation.

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:08.840
 God has

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.880
 entrusted to

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:11.440
 us his

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.960
 gospel.

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.560
 Let us

00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:15.039
 continue to

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.900
 encourage one

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.460
 another to

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.480
 remain faithful

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.120
 to it,

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.980
 so that many

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.660
 within this

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:22.620
 community will

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.560
 trust Christ

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:25.060
 and have the

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:26.340
 joy of

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:26.900
 salvation.

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.019
 salvation.

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.040
 Let's

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.340
 pray.

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.220
 Our

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.840
 Father God,

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.440
 we thank

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.120
 you for

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.759
 the glorious

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.880
 hope of

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.860
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.420
 Thank you

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.940
 that you

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.820
 entrust to

00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:53.140
 us in

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.660
 our day

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:55.220
 this

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.840
 beautiful

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.519
 message,

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:58.280
 help us

00:30:58.280 --> 00:30:58.600
 as we

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.140
 go into

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.880
 this week

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.340
 that we

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:02.160
 would take

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.720
 every

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.720
 opportunity,

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.980
 open doors

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.180
 that we

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:08.000
 may speak

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.880
 of hope

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:10.140
 and of

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.600
 Christ.

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:12.820
 Father,

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.660
 help us

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.920
 to keep

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.480
 on being

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.060
 faithful,

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.620
 trusting

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.259
 you that

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.680
 you will

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.280
 do your

00:31:19.280 --> 00:31:19.720
 work

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.680
 through

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.100
 your

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.580
 people.

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.759
 We say

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.400
 thank you

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.820
 for our

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.360
 salvation

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:26.940
 today.

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.580
 In

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:28.880
 Jesus'

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.400
 name,

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.540
 Amen.

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.280
 Well,

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.620
 we're going

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.019
 to sing

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.580
 together

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:38.800
 and after

00:31:38.800 --> 00:31:39.320
 we sing,

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.720
 we're going

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.380
 to share

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.580
 around the

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:41.980
 Lord's

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.600
 table as

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.300
 we remember

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:45.080
 his death.

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:47.460
 let your

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.299
 kingdom come,

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:48.779
 let your

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.199
 will be

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.759
 done so

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.019
 that

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.759
 everyone

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.799
 might

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.159
 know

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.399
 your

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.740
 name.

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.679
 Let

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:53.879
 your

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.379
 song

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.619
 be

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.019
 heard

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.939
 everywhere

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.220
 on

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.319
 the

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.539
 name.