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 190, 1,190, 2 Thessalonians chapter 3, and we're going to read the whole chapter.

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 2 Thessalonians 3, starting at verse 1, on page 1190.

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 So, let's hear God's word to us.

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 Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly

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 and be honoured, just as it was with you.

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 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith.

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 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.

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 We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command.

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 May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.

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 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every brother or sister who is idle

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 and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.

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 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example.

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 We were not idle when we were idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it.

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 On the contrary, we worked night and day, labouring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

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 We did this not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.

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 For when we were with you, we gave you this rule, if a man will not work, he shall not eat.

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 We hear that some among you are idle.

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 They are not busy.

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 They are busy bodies.

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 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.

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 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is right.

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 If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of them.

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 Do not associate with them.

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 In order that they may feel ashamed.

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 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as a brother or sister.

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 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way.

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 The Lord be with all of you.

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 I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand,

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 which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters.

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 This is how I write.

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 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

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 Tom.

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 Good morning.

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 It's great to be here in Caragline with you all.

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 So, just before we start, I'm very conscious that this is God's word.

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 It's what he says.

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 And we need his help to understand this.

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 Who are we just to look at it flippantly and think we can understand all that it says.

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 So we're going to pray and ask for his help in understanding what it says today.

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 Father, we thank you for giving us your word, the Bible, that you have shown us who you are through the words of these pages.

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 And ultimately through your son Jesus.

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 And now as we look at this very specific passage, written in a very specific point in time,

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 help us to understand it.

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 Lord, I need your help as I explain it.

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 I pray that we would understand what it means and how that applies to us today.

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 Amen.

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 It has to be done.

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 It pays the bills.

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 I love what I do.

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 I wish I had a better job.

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 I'm always so bored.

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 What's our attitude towards work?

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 Is it something that we despise having to do?

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 Are we obsessed with it?

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 Are we earnestly trying to find it?

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 Are we physically not able for it?

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 Have we finished with work?

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 Are we retired?

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 Should we even bother working?

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 Well, Paul has a lot to say about work in this passage.

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 And we'll be looking how he finishes off the letter to the Thessalonians.

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 We looked back in July at the first chapter.

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 And now we're going to look how he finishes this letter.

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 But as we think about work today, please don't just think employment.

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 As Google put it nicely, work is an activity involving mental or physical efforts done in order to achieve a result.

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 Not necessarily you need to be paid for it.

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 It's not employment.

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 We're thinking about work in general.

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 So we need to remember who he's writing to.

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 So Paul's writing a letter.

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 It's not just a book that he wrote.

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 He's actually writing to a group of people, a church like this, in a place called Thessalonica.

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 So these people have been facing a lot of trouble, as you might remember, both externally and internally.

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 But at the very start of the letter, he reminds them that they are being kept in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Paul is writing to encourage them and instruct them as God's people.

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 So they face fierce persecution from outside themselves, as we heard in chapter 1.

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 And they face conflict and trouble from within, as there were some who had very bad attitudes towards work and working.

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 So a quick overview.

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 Paul in chapter 1 speaks of God's justice and Christ's revelation.

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 In chapter 2, we see him reassure the church about what must happen before Jesus comes back.

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 We see a man called the man of lawlessness.

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 And he encourages the church to stand firm.

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 And now in chapter 3, Paul gets practical and provides very helpful teaching for the church.

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 And it's not just for Thessalonica, not for just that place in the ancient world.

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 But with God's help, we can understand what it means for us in Cargilline, in County Cork, in Ireland today.

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 Okay, so the first thing that Paul talks about, we're stuck, is one, prayer for work.

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 So in the first five verses, we see the first thing in this last chapter is Paul's request for them to pray.

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 But to pray for what?

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 Prayer that God would work through Paul and his team of workers.

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 And there are three main things that he mentions in these first few verses.

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 So in verse 1, what does it say?

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 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honoured, just as it was with you.

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 So Paul's main concern is that the message of the Lord, that is the gospel, would spread and be honoured.

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 So the image that Paul uses here is literally that the message of the Lord would run.

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 It's an image that the hearers at the time would be very familiar with.

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 And it's one he used in a similar letter to the Corinthian church, which when he was talking about an athlete.

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 But not just that this message would spread and would go far, but that it would be honoured.

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 Not just in how the people explained it, but that it would be believed and accepted.

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 Paul is wanting people to hear and believe the message of the Lord.

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 But what is the message?

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 It's the message that God has provided a way to be forgiven for rebellion against God.

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 If you know the story of the Bible, it starts back at the beginning of time, and mankind rebelled against God.

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 And ever since, man has been living, men and women, humankind, has been living in a way that goes against the way that God wants us to live.

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 And that causes separation.

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 But this message is that there's a way to be forgiven for this rebellion.

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 And to be in the presence of God forever.

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 And because we don't live in this way that he wants us to live, we're separated.

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 And without his help, we'd be destined for much worse.

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 So with him, we can be forgiven.

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 Without him, look at chapter 1, verses 8 and 9.

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 We're going to do some flicking.

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 We're all used to flicking a lot.

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 Flicking around the TV, flicking through magazines, flicking around the internet.

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 So it's no exception, we'll flick a lot today as well.

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 Verses 8 and 9 in chapter 1.

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 Listen to this.

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 He will punish those who do not know God,

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 and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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 They will be punished with everlasting destruction,

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 and shut out from the presence of the Lord,

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 and from the glory of his might.

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 That's a serious, serious message.

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 But the message of the Lord,

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 is that the Lord Jesus Christ died on a cross,

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 taking the punishment for sin, for this rebellion that we deserve,

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 which is separation from God.

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 And we know that the good news,

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 Jesus was raised to life in victory over sin and death,

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 and simply through faith in him,

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 that he did that to save me,

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 we can be forgiven,

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 and enjoy being in the presence of God for all eternity.

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 Think about that, that our lives now,

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 have consequences.

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 What we see isn't all that there is to life.

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 What we do with life now,

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 has consequences in the life to come.

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 And what does come next?

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 Eternity.

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 And the Bible tells us,

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 this isn't just a spiritual experience.

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 If we're people who believe in Jesus,

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 we're not just going to go and live in the clouds,

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 we're not just going to be ethereal beings,

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 with no form or matter,

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 we're going to be very tactile,

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 earthy people,

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 living in a new world,

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 this earth remade,

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 and perfect.

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 And that's wonderful,

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 that we can live there forever.

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 So we will either be with the Lord,

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 or we'll be separated.

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 And it's only through Jesus,

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 that we can be with him forever.

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 So Paul, he asks for prayer,

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 for the spread of this wonderful message.

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 Prayer for this work.

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 That's the first thing.

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 And then verse 2,

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 prayer for deliverance,

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 from wicked and evil people.

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 For not everyone has faith.

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 So he's asking for prayer,

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 for the Lord to work in delivering Paul and his team,

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 because he's working with a group of people,

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 from those opposed to God and his message.

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 And he uses the same word here that Jesus uses,

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 when he says in the Lord's Prayer,

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 deliver us from evil.

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 So if Paul firstly is asking,

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 that the Lord would work in spreading the gospel,

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 this message,

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 here he's asking for prayer,

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 that the Lord would help those,

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 who are doing the spreading.

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 So Paul is dependent,

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 and his team,

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 on God's help,

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 in opening doors,

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 providing opportunities,

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 bringing people to them,

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 even though they were being persecuted by people,

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 opposed to God and his message.

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 Flick back to Acts.

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 So this is a letter to the Thessalonians.

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 Acts is like a history book,

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 which gives us a story,

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 and explains what happened in different places.

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 So in chapter 17,

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 it talks about Thessalonica.

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 And we're just going to read from verse 5 to 9.

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 So Acts chapter 17,

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 verse 5 to 9.

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 So Paul visited this city.

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 He preached this message of the Lord,

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 the gospel.

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 Some people accepted it and believed.

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 But verse 5.

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 But other Jews were jealous.

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 So they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace,

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 formed a mob,

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 and started a riot in the city.

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 They rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas,

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 in order to bring them out to the crowd.

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 But when they did not find them,

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 they dragged Jason and some other believers

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 before the city officials,

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 shouting,

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 These men, who have caused trouble all over the world,

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 have now come here,

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 and Jason has welcomed them into his house.

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 They are all defying Caesar's decrees,

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 saying that there is another king,

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 one called Jesus.

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 When they heard this,

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 the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil.

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 Then they made Jason and the others postpone and let them go.

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 So there was this fierce persecution,

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 and Paul is praying for work,

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 that God would work in helping those spreading the gospel.

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 So it's worth mentioning here at this point,

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 about who these gospel spreaders are,

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 or who they should be.

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 Is there an elite, super spiritual team of gospel spreaders in this church,

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 who we need to pray for?

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 Or in any church?

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 No, not at all.

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 We're going to look at Paul's instructions for work in the verses that follow,

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 but this work of spreading the gospel,

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 of telling other people about Jesus,

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 is not just for a few,

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 it's for everyone.

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 I'm paraphrasing our principal in our college in Dublin,

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 in IBI,

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 but he has suggested

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 that the Great Commission,

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 the last words of Jesus to his disciples,

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 may have been better named

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 the Everyday Commission,

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 for everyday Christians.

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 It's for everybody.

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 Jesus' command to go and make disciples of all nations,

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 is for all of us.

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 Whether we're people who work in Christian jobs,

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 secular jobs,

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 whether we're job seekers,

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 stay-at-home parents,

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 volunteers,

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 students going back to school,

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 college,

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 if we're retired,

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 whatever we're working at,

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 it's our responsibility

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 to be gospel spreaders.

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 And we need the Lord's help with this.

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 We need to be praying for each other

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 and encouraging each other to this end.

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 So, just before Paul goes on to encourage the believers,

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 or sorry, to pray for the believers,

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 he takes a moment to encourage them

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 in verses 3 and 4.

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 What does he say?

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 But the Lord is faithful,

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 and he will strengthen you

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 and protect you from the evil one.

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 We have confidence in the Lord

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 that you are doing

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 and will continue to do the things we command.

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 So, verse 4 then goes on to show

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 how Paul has confidence

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 in those he's writing to,

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 that they are

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 and will continue to do

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 what Paul and his team commanded.

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 He's encouraging these believers.

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 And then the final prayer for work

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 is that the Lord would direct the believers' hearts.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 May the Lord direct your hearts

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 into God's love

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 and Christ's perseverance.

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 So, God's love

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 and Christ's perseverance.

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 We now, today,

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 just as they did then,

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 need the Lord to be directing our hearts

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 to his love

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 and looking to our Saviour Jesus

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 for our example of perseverance.

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 Our personal relationship with the Lord

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 is of utmost importance

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 when serving him

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 and doing his work

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 and spreading his gospel.

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 We need to be people

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 who always rely on God's love

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 and care in all we do,

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 big or small,

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 and we need to be looking to Jesus

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 and following him

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 in all our actions and thoughts.

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 Our personal relationship

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 with the Lord Jesus

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 is the foundation

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 for everything else we do.

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 Without that,

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 we're lost.

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 As some of you might know,

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 I work for Amazon

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 and they have an amazing policy

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 for some of their workers

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 in the United States.

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 They have massive warehouses.

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 I don't know if you've seen

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 some of the newspaper articles.

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 They have massive warehouses.

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 You click on Amazon

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 and say,

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 I want to buy this book.

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 It goes to a system

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 and this big warehouse

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 finds it,

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 puts it in a box

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 and sends it to you.

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 And there are naturally

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 people in this warehouse

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 who need to work

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 and fulfill the orders.

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 And Amazon has this amazing policy

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 that they say,

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 if you want to leave Amazon,

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 we'll give you $5,000

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 and you can be on your way.

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 Thank you very much.

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 You can get up and leave

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 and you can have $5,000

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 find a new job.

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 So Amazon is trying

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 to create this culture

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 of keeping people

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 who love working for Amazon.

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 They're not going to take

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 the $5,000

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 if they want to keep

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 their jobs with them.

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 And it's the same

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 with the Lord.

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 If we're going to be workers

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 for him,

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 we need to love Jesus.

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 If we're to be effective,

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 we need to be people

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 who love the Lord

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 and as a result,

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 we will love working for him.

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 We need to first and foremost

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 love the Lord

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 with all our heart,

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 soul, strength and mind

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 and then loving others

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 and serving them

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 will follow.

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 So we need to be looking

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 to God's love

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 and Christ's perseverance,

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 his example

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 as we go about our lives.

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 So that's one,

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 prayer for work.

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 The second thing,

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 instructions for work.

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 We move on to some

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 very practical

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 down-to-earth instructions

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 that Paul is giving

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 to the Thessalonian church.

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 But first,

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 why on earth

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 would they listen to Paul?

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 What authority

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 does he have?

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 Who's this Paul anyway?

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 Why does he write

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 so many letters?

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 So listen to the start

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 of verse 6.

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 I'm sorry,

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 back in chapter 1.

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 So in verse 2,

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 in chapter 1,

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 grace and peace to you

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 from God the Father

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 He's writing

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 on behalf of someone.

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 Look at verse 6,

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 back in chapter 3.

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 In the name

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 we command you.

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 Paul was an apostle

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 That is,

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 one who was sent

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 by Jesus

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 and God the Father

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 with unique authority

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 and power.

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 Now,

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 we don't have people

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 like this today.

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 I can't write you all

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 a letter

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 and say,

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 from God the Father

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ

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 with such power

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 and authority

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 that Paul did.

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 but we have

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 Paul's words.

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 We have the same

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 words he wrote

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 and he tells us

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 where this authority

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 comes from.

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 It's not his own.

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 It's from Jesus.

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 The Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So before we look

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 at these practical

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 instructions,

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 we need to understand

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 the context

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 and we need to understand

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 what Paul and his team

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 had previously commanded.

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 So in case anyone

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 in the church

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 had forgotten

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 and very helpfully

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 for us,

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 Paul reminds us

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 of the teaching

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 that he gave.

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 Look in verse 10.

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 Skip on a little bit.

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 Chapter 3, verse 10.

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 For even when we were

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 with you,

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 we gave you this rule.

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 The one who is

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 unwilling to work

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 shall not eat.

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 The one who is

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 unwilling to work

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 shall not eat.

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 Seems a bit drastic, Paul.

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 Unwilling workers

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 don't get to eat.

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 Well, this is very similar

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 to some of the sayings

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 in Proverbs.

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 So we're going to do

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 some more flicking.

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 Turn in your Bibles

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 back to Proverbs.

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 So we're halfway through

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 your book,

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 Proverbs.

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 It's after Psalms.

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 And the first one

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 we're going to

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 is Proverbs chapter 10.

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 They're all very short.

00:22:38.479 --> 00:22:39.719
 Now Proverbs is amazing

00:22:39.719 --> 00:22:42.679
 because there are

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.959
 these nuggets of wisdom.

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 Now, it's worth mentioning

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:48.279
 they're not promises.

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 They're principles.

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 Okay?

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 So I think that's worth

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.579
 remembering.

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 Look at Proverbs chapter 10,

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 verse 4.

00:22:57.339 --> 00:23:01.119
 Lazy hands

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.199
 make for poverty,

00:23:03.199 --> 00:23:04.459
 but diligent hands

00:23:04.459 --> 00:23:05.359
 bring wealth.

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:09.220
 Move forward to chapter 12,

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:10.099
 verse 11.

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:15.759
 Those who work their land

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:17.720
 will have abundant food,

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:20.639
 but those who chase fantasies

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.959
 have no sense.

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 And the last one,

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.660
 chapter 14,

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.519
 verse 23.

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 All hard work

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 brings a profit,

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.180
 but mere talk

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.559
 leads only

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.620
 to poverty.

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 So in a similar way,

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.360
 Paul had given them

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.180
 this instruction

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.579
 that those who are

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.559
 unwilling to work

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.900
 shall not eat.

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:51.360
 these Proverbs

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.759
 would have been known

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.780
 by God's people

00:23:53.780 --> 00:23:54.360
 at the time.

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 And I think

00:23:57.280 --> 00:23:58.540
 what Paul is saying here,

00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:00.940
 these people

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.640
 didn't have

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.740
 social welfare.

00:24:03.280 --> 00:24:03.880
 They didn't have

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.320
 a government

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:05.780
 who would give them

00:24:05.780 --> 00:24:06.160
 benefits

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.720
 if they didn't

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.300
 have a job.

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.120
 So without work,

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.420
 it was very practical,

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.880
 they wouldn't eat.

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:13.100
 They wouldn't have money,

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.680
 they couldn't buy food,

00:24:15.540 --> 00:24:16.680
 they couldn't grow food,

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.080
 unless someone

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:19.460
 shared with them.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.680
 So Paul is saying

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.779
 those who don't work

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.400
 don't eat,

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.279
 it's those who are

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.299
 unwilling to work

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.720
 who don't eat.

00:24:27.580 --> 00:24:27.900
 So,

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:29.920
 it was a common practice

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:31.220
 in the early church

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.259
 for believers

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.680
 who were more wealthy

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:35.140
 to look after

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.960
 those in need

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.920
 and could not make

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.779
 a living for themselves

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.180
 a sort of social welfare

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:40.420
 within the church.

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 So it should not

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.480
 be the case

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.000
 that those who

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.080
 were able to work

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.220
 but not willing

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.899
 to do so

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.919
 should benefit

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.819
 from the hard work

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.000
 and fruit

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.879
 of others' labour.

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.299
 But this is

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.299
 the exact problem.

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.599
 There were people

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.359
 in Thessalonica

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.319
 who were doing

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.240
 exactly this.

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.779
 So Paul's teaching

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.419
 in this matter

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:02.000
 is that God's people

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.199
 need to be

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:04.559
 a working people.

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:07.919
 So,

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.099
 we mentioned

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.879
 the very beginning

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.639
 of the story

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.699
 at the start.

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.879
 We're going to go

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.500
 back to Genesis,

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:15.079
 right to the very beginning.

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.500
 Genesis chapter 2.

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 This is the easiest

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.940
 book to find.

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.339
 It's the first one.

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.119
 Genesis chapter 2.

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.019
 Okay,

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.980
 so the story

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.160
 of this world,

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.119
 the history

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.940
 of this world

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:43.360
 is that God

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:44.059
 created

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.200
 all things.

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.700
 And listen

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.140
 what he did

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.640
 in the beginning.

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 It's chapter 2

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:51.580
 and verse 8

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.000
 to 9.

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.500
 Now the Lord God

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.299
 had planted

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.740
 a garden

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.380
 in the east,

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.519
 in Eden,

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.860
 and there

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.600
 he put the man

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.200
 he had formed.

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.880
 The Lord God

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.600
 made all kinds

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.240
 of trees

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.200
 go out of the ground,

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.660
 trees that were

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.580
 pleasing to the eye

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.980
 and good for food.

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.220
 In the middle

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.819
 of the garden

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.740
 were the tree

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.279
 of life

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.220
 and the tree

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.880
 of the knowledge

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.059
 of good and evil.

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.680
 And look at verse 15.

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.620
 The Lord God

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.460
 took the man

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.740
 and put him

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.299
 in the garden

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.819
 of Eden

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:26.519
 to work it

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:28.480
 and take care

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.799
 of it.

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.460
 So if you know

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.980
 the story,

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:33.279
 this is before

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.759
 man rebelled.

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.880
 This is before

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.039
 sin came into

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.559
 the world.

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:39.240
 So God

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.319
 created us

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.119
 to work.

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.740
 But let's continue.

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.940
 Chapter 3

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.759
 in Genesis.

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.240
 Man rebelled.

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.220
 Man went against

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.119
 what God had said.

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.480
 Look in verse 17.

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.139
 Look what he says

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.619
 to Adam.

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.079
 Chapter 3, 17.

00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:00.039
 To Adam he said,

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.859
 Because you listened

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.519
 to your wife

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.319
 and ate fruit

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.019
 from the tree

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.180
 about which I

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.899
 commanded you,

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.180
 you must not

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.799
 eat from it.

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.639
 Cursed is the ground

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.319
 because of you.

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:13.159
 Through painful toil

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:14.399
 you will eat food

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:14.720
 from it

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.359
 all the days

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.980
 of your life.

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.720
 It will produce

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.960
 thorns and thistles

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.420
 for you

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.599
 and you will eat

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.079
 the plants

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.639
 of the field.

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.039
 By the sweat

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.659
 of your brow

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.200
 you will eat

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.700
 your food

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:26.019
 until you return

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.659
 to the ground

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:28.740
 since from it

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.240
 you are taken.

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.279
 For dust you are

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.359
 and to dust

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.000
 you will return.

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.819
 So God created us

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.420
 to work

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:39.420
 but the result

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.980
 of sin

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.180
 is that this work

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.079
 became difficult

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.380
 and painful.

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.519
 The work itself

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.640
 is good and right

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.799
 and it's what

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.480
 we're to do

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:50.819
 being workers

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.900
 but it's because

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.480
 of sin

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:54.059
 that this work

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.559
 is hard.

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.240
 So we're not

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.680
 to be people

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.380
 who sponge off

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.740
 others

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.120
 wasting our time

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.759
 doing nothing

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:01.359
 wasting our lives

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.019
 on Facebook

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.900
 Twitter

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.160
 watching TV

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.680
 endlessly

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:06.319
 playing video games

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.420
 reading useless

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.059
 magazines

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.940
 wasting our time

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:12.160
 we're to be people

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.039
 who are workers

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.980
 first and foremost

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.299
 because that's

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.920
 what we're created

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.380
 to be.

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.900
 We're going to be

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.779
 workers in this

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.359
 new earth

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.839
 that God gives us

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:24.579
 if we have faith

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:24.960
 in him

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:26.039
 and that's what

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.799
 we need to be now.

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.460
 he's going to

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.240
 remove the pain

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.819
 and the hardness

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.440
 of the work

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.419
 which I can't

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:30.919
 wait for

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:33.559
 but we need

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.059
 to be workers

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.419
 now

00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:35.259
 and again

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.039
 not that we

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.460
 need to be

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.099
 employees

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:38.319
 but we're

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.019
 to be workers

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.319
 if you're a

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.639
 student

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.659
 then you need

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.119
 to be a good

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.980
 worker in that

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.299
 if you don't

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.879
 have a job

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:46.059
 maybe you're

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.799
 looking for one

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.720
 or you're

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.159
 retired

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:49.879
 or maybe

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.500
 for some reason

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.980
 you're on

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:52.819
 sick leave

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:54.299
 you're unable

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.859
 to work

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:56.240
 what could

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.639
 you do

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:58.220
 there are

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.819
 many things

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.200
 that we can

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.480
 do

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.720
 in terms of

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.439
 voluntary work

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.240
 we can be

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.679
 involved in

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:03.119
 things without

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.519
 having to

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.200
 necessarily be

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.720
 employed

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.720
 what about

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.139
 stay at home

00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.679
 parents

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:09.919
 it is good

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.679
 and right

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.799
 to be working

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.839
 and it is

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.399
 hard work

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:14.879
 in that role

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:16.980
 and I just

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.339
 want to say

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.960
 at this point

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:19.539
 it's really

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.139
 important to

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.740
 remember this

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.759
 we talked

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.240
 about having

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.799
 faith in

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.099
 Jesus

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:25.019
 but we're

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.500
 not to

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.500
 work for

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.039
 the Lord

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:28.500
 to earn

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.539
 or even

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.359
 maintain

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.660
 his favour

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.359
 and salvation

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.819
 that is

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.440
 impossible

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.319
 and can't

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.640
 be done

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:37.099
 our lives

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.359
 in this world

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:39.120
 is not about

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:40.039
 how good we

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.980
 are or how

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.460
 much we

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.839
 work

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:44.920
 it's about

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.440
 faith in

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.720
 Jesus

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.059
 we work

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.400
 for the

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.720
 Lord

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.319
 as he's

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.839
 calling us

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.180
 to live

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.720
 like this

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.620
 because

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.860
 he has

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.200
 already

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.860
 shown us

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.860
 his favour

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.860
 and given

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.240
 us his

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.700
 salvation

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.100
 we need

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.299
 to get

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.640
 the order

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.100
 right

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.900
 or we're

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.000
 going to

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.200
 have a

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.740
 very unhappy

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.220
 life

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.279
 and a

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.539
 very

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.880
 hard

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.279
 life

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:06.299
 ok so

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.559
 on to

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:06.860
 Paul's

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.420
 instructions

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.740
 he's

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:07.920
 very

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.400
 practical

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:10.200
 the first

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.759
 instruction

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.440
 to the

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.680
 church

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:11.880
 from

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.220
 Paul

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:14.440
 is that

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.600
 they're

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.000
 to keep

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.279
 away

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.640
 from the

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.900
 idle

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.360
 believer

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.960
 Paul

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.400
 commands

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.559
 the

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.839
 believers

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.059
 in

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.640
 Thessalonica

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.740
 to stay

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.000
 away

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.320
 from the

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:21.660
 believer

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.000
 who's

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.560
 idle

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.300
 and

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:23.880
 disruptive

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:25.120
 who doesn't

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.320
 live

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.840
 according to

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:26.280
 the teaching

00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:26.980
 they received

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.780
 the teaching

00:30:28.780 --> 00:30:29.600
 that they need

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.080
 to be people

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.640
 who work

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.680
 he says

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.300
 in verse

00:30:34.300 --> 00:30:34.720
 six

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:37.820
 so he says

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.520
 we command

00:30:38.520 --> 00:30:38.780
 you

00:30:38.780 --> 00:30:39.320
 brothers and

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:39.700
 sisters

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.700
 to keep

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.180
 away from

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.180
 every believer

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.420
 who is idle

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.980
 and disruptive

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.920
 and does

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.299
 not live

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.720
 according

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.720
 to the

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.120
 teaching

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.620
 you receive

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.140
 from us

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:50.339
 but what's

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.519
 this

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.039
 idleness

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.440
 about

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:53.059
 the word

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.339
 does not

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.779
 necessarily

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.140
 mean

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.680
 physically

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.039
 doing

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.480
 nothing

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.160
 sitting

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.640
 down

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.539
 resting

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.579
 because that's

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:58.819
 a good

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.160
 thing to

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.420
 do

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:01.860
 it's more

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.079
 of an

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.759
 active word

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.079
 that he's

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.680
 talking about

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:05.220
 the following

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.700
 word

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.779
 is helpful

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.519
 in understanding

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.660
 the idleness

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.960
 and that is

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.960
 disruptive

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.960
 they were

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.460
 idle

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.360
 disruptors

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:15.160
 Paul very

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.500
 helpfully

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.100
 explains it

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.400
 in verse

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.799
 11

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.700
 look at

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.220
 verse 11

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:21.059
 we hear

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.400
 that some

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.819
 among you

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.500
 are idle

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.400
 and disruptive

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.980
 they're not

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.380
 busy

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.799
 they're busy

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.380
 bodies

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:31.600
 they were

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.160
 being busy

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.480
 bodies

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.779
 they were

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.480
 interfering

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.960
 with other

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.360
 people's

00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:34.759
 business

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.720
 other people's

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.019
 work

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.019
 they were

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.819
 sponging

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.299
 off the

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.740
 generosity

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.340
 of others

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:41.439
 and these

00:31:41.439 --> 00:31:41.939
 idle

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.740
 disruptors

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.579
 were living

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.119
 in a way

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.539
 that was

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.939
 causing

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.519
 hassle

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.099
 in the

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.399
 church

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:47.480
 and it

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.859
 was not

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.179
 according

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.480
 to the

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.639
 way

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.059
 Paul

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.639
 had

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.179
 previously

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.679
 instructed

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.019
 them

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.879
 they were

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.240
 claiming

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.579
 to be

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.339
 in need

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.319
 so were

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.740
 benefiting

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.299
 from this

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.839
 social

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.199
 welfare

00:31:57.199 --> 00:31:57.519
 in the

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.839
 church

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.439
 but that

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.779
 was what

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.359
 was available

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.339
 for truly

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.779
 needy

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.119
 people

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:05.500
 do we

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.159
 find ourselves

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:06.480
 to be

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.759
 idle

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.139
 people

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:08.139
 are we

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:08.459
 busy

00:32:08.459 --> 00:32:08.959
 bodies

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.640
 do we

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.319
 skip out

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.000
 on work

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.059
 or responsibilities

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.640
 that we

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.140
 have

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:15.519
 employment

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.180
 or otherwise

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.400
 in the

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.700
 home

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.740
 with family

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.960
 just knowing

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.299
 that someone

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.640
 else will

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.079
 look after

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.340
 it

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:22.620
 or if we

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:22.980
 don't do

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.160
 it

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.920
 someone else

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.279
 will finish

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.720
 the job

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:28.039
 if we

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.340
 do no

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.640
 work

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.980
 someone else

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.420
 will provide

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.840
 for me

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:32.420
 are we

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.779
 quick to

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.299
 interfere

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.620
 in other

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.000
 people's

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.480
 business

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.420
 are we

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.700
 busy

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.000
 bodies

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.860
 it's

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.220
 tempting

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.440
 isn't

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.620
 it

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:37.880
 it's

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.200
 usually

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.960
 the

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.279
 easier

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.759
 option

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:41.080
 sin

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.519
 makes

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.840
 work

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.340
 hard

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:44.080
 so the

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.279
 other

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.680
 option

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.740
 for now

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.279
 seems

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.680
 easier

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.519
 but that's

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.759
 not how

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.039
 the Lord

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.440
 wants us

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.860
 to live

00:32:49.860 --> 00:32:50.759
 in Ireland

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:52.140
 I don't

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.380
 know about

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:52.799
 some guys

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.039
 in the

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.259
 UK

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.160
 we have

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.380
 this

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.960
 culture

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.039
 of social

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.340
 welfare

00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:56.580
 we have

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:56.940
 a social

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.220
 welfare

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.620
 culture

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.360
 where people

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.680
 say

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.539
 I'm not

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.700
 going to

00:32:59.700 --> 00:32:59.840
 bother

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.240
 working

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.900
 because the

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.220
 government

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.660
 is going

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:01.980
 to pay

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.539
 my wage

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.920
 we have

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.519
 this attitude

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.420
 that it's

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.759
 okay to

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.259
 be lazy

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.379
 we have

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.740
 a calling

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.279
 in sick

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.740
 culture

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.519
 I don't

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.859
 feel like

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.099
 working

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.480
 today

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.559
 I work

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.960
 for Amazon

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.539
 I work

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.159
 from home

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:14.220
 and the

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.519
 way I

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.899
 call in

00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:15.200
 sick

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.500
 I don't

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.799
 go and

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.220
 see any

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.659
 managers

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.799
 all I have

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.099
 to do

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.359
 is I

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.779
 call this

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.119
 number

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.940
 it's an

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.379
 automated

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:20.899
 voice

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:22.099
 and I

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.240
 have to

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.519
 say my

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.899
 name

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.779
 and why

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.059
 I'm not

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.420
 coming into

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.740
 work

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.639
 say it's

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:25.920
 Tom

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.599
 I'm

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:26.879
 sick

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.579
 I'll be

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.059
 in tomorrow

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.920
 that's it

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:30.460
 it's so

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.940
 easy

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.000
 it's tempting

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.500
 isn't it

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.220
 you're

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.819
 very tired

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:35.559
 but no

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.000
 that's not

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.279
 what the

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.619
 Lord has

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.039
 asked us

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.539
 to do

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:39.920
 and let's

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.180
 look at

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.500
 Paul's

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.859
 example

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.240
 he gives

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.500
 us an

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.900
 example

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.839
 in his

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.359
 instructions

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.980
 for work

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.480
 Paul reminds

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.839
 them

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.660
 about having

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.079
 to follow

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.319
 their

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.720
 example

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.220
 what does

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.619
 it say

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:50.400
 verse 7

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.279
 the later

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.680
 part of

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.240
 verse 7

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:55.839
 and 8

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.599
 to 9

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.619
 we were

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.140
 not idle

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.500
 when we

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.839
 were with

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.079
 you

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.019
 nor did

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.339
 we eat

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.900
 anyone's

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.279
 food

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.579
 without

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.920
 paying

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.400
 for it

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.300
 on the

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:03.700
 contrary

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.740
 we worked

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.280
 night and

00:34:05.280 --> 00:34:05.580
 day

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.500
 laboring

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.200
 and toiling

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.400
 so that we

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.960
 would not be a

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.400
 burden to

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.880
 any of you

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:11.700
 we did this

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.740
 not because we do

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:13.380
 not have the right

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.019
 to such help

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.480
 but in order to

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.539
 offer ourselves

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.840
 as a model

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:19.420
 or example

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.340
 for you to

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.639
 imitate

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:22.820
 they set an

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.440
 example of

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.160
 working hard

00:34:24.160 --> 00:34:25.180
 to earn their

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.559
 living

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.940
 so as not to be

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.599
 a burden to

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.980
 anyone

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:29.800
 they were

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.079
 with the

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.780
 thessalonians

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.260
 with the

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.719
 intention of

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.340
 spreading this

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.719
 gospel

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.840
 this message

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.840
 which we

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.440
 remember is

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.860
 all of our

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.539
 responsibility

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:38.940
 but yet they

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.740
 worked hard

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.639
 so as to

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.320
 provide for

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.719
 themselves

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.179
 during this

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.460
 time

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.800
 they wouldn't

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.059
 be a

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.360
 burden

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:45.659
 and if you

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.019
 remember in

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.360
 Acts

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.139
 Acts was

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.619
 written by a

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.019
 guy called

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.340
 Luke

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.500
 and Luke

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.159
 tells us

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.240
 that Paul

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:52.039
 was a

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.500
 tent maker

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.260
 he made

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.699
 tents

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:55.500
 and this

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.019
 may very

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.299
 well have

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:56.559
 been what

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.119
 Paul was

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.500
 doing with

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.639
 the

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.399
 thessalonians

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:59.439
 by day

00:34:59.439 --> 00:35:00.519
 he made

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.919
 tents

00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:01.859
 by evening

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:02.359
 and night

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:03.199
 he spread

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.939
 this message

00:35:03.939 --> 00:35:06.480
 because he

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.839
 would be an

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:08.299
 example of a

00:35:08.299 --> 00:35:09.059
 hard worker

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:10.139
 and so he

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.599
 wouldn't be a

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.899
 burden

00:35:10.899 --> 00:35:13.839
 in verse 9

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.739
 Paul mentions

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:16.359
 here and he

00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:17.480
 further elaborates

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.399
 to another

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:19.159
 church in

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.460
 Corinth

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:21.980
 that the

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.619
 apostles actually

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.259
 had a right

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:23.640
 to be

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:24.120
 supported

00:35:24.120 --> 00:35:26.640
 in verse 9

00:35:26.640 --> 00:35:27.180
 we did this

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:27.760
 not because we

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.200
 do not have

00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:28.740
 the right to

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.260
 such help

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:31.000
 but in order

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.400
 to offer

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.100
 ourselves as

00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:32.580
 a model

00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:33.440
 for you to

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.740
 imitate

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:36.040
 he gives up

00:35:36.040 --> 00:35:36.580
 this right

00:35:36.580 --> 00:35:38.180
 in earning

00:35:38.180 --> 00:35:38.560
 his own

00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:38.860
 living

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:40.060
 to be an

00:35:40.060 --> 00:35:40.480
 example

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:42.360
 so this is a

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.980
 helpful example

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.400
 for us

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.840
 isn't it

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.660
 seeing how

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:45.200
 this work

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.760
 of gospel

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.320
 spreading

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.540
 of spreading

00:35:47.540 --> 00:35:48.160
 this message

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.780
 can be done

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.800
 regardless of

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.140
 whether you

00:35:50.140 --> 00:35:50.780
 have a secular

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.240
 job

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.260
 or a job

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.840
 specific to

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.180
 Christians

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.639
 things

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:55.079
 or you

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.480
 don't have

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.139
 a job

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.399
 that you're

00:35:56.399 --> 00:35:56.859
 paid for

00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:57.119
 in your

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.619
 involuntary

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:57.940
 work

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.619
 you're at

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:58.879
 home

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.239
 you're a

00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.599
 student

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:01.519
 we don't

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.139
 need to be

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:03.460
 a Christian

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.879
 worker

00:36:03.879 --> 00:36:05.279
 or a

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.579
 foreign

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.059
 missionary

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:07.759
 to be

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.500
 gospel spreaders

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.839
 or even

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:09.219
 a youth

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.639
 worker

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:12.139
 even Paul

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.559
 did it

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.059
 he made

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.559
 tents

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:16.079
 in fact

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.579
 we need

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.079
 people who

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.440
 are tent

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.799
 makers

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:19.139
 people who

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:20.039
 have jobs

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.500
 as well

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.500
 so they

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.019
 can provide

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.380
 for their

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.840
 family

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.900
 and also

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.360
 for others

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.599
 who are

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.099
 in need

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:27.179
 so don't

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.539
 think what

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.900
 you do

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.219
 what you

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.840
 work at

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.800
 your job

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:31.079
 is not

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.699
 doing God's

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:31.900
 work

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.440
 it is

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:34.300
 or think

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.599
 that I'll

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:34.900
 be doing

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.159
 God's

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.500
 work as

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.739
 soon as

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.000
 I work

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.260
 for a

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.559
 church

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.320
 or in

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.659
 a mission

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.539
 or a

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.760
 Christian

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.380
 organization

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:41.360
 we are

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.920
 doing God's

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.180
 work

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:42.860
 because he

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.680
 called us

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:44.340
 to be his

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.880
 workers in

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.320
 the places

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.640
 that we

00:36:45.640 --> 00:36:45.940
 are

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:47.240
 spreading

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.820
 the gospel

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.740
 as we

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.019
 go

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.920
 the everyday

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.880
 commission

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:52.860
 for everyday

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.500
 Christians

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:56.559
 so and we

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.960
 remember what

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.220
 we said

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.619
 earlier

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.500
 we're all

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.720
 to be

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:59.019
 gospel

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.599
 spreaders

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:01.539
 everywhere

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.180
 we work

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:03.820
 regardless

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.200
 of whether

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:04.559
 it's a

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.220
 job or

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:06.400
 employment

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.700
 we're called

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.200
 to spread

00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:08.680
 the Lord's

00:37:08.680 --> 00:37:09.059
 message

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:12.139
 so Paul's

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.940
 final instruction

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.559
 for work

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.420
 in verses

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.279
 11 to 12

00:37:15.279 --> 00:37:15.840
 is aimed

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.440
 at the

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.820
 idlers

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.400
 so this

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.960
 before it's

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.320
 been to the

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.659
 church

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.559
 now it's

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.880
 aimed at

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.460
 the idlers

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.460
 these loafers

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.539
 these busy

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:22.860
 bodies

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.500
 in the

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.820
 church

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.440
 what does

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.820
 it say

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:27.920
 we hear

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.259
 that some

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.659
 among you

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.179
 are idle

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.719
 and disruptive

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.759
 they're not

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.099
 busy

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.199
 they're busy

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.719
 bodies

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:34.799
 such people

00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:36.019
 we command

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.840
 and urge

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.219
 in the

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.799
 Lord Jesus

00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.360
 Christ

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.340
 to settle

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.760
 down

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.800
 and earn

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.480
 the food

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.120
 they eat

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:45.380
 Paul's

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.019
 very clear

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.480
 and straight

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:46.720
 to the

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:47.039
 point

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.880
 settle

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.280
 down

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.059
 earn

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.420
 the food

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.820
 you eat

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.780
 or some

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.200
 translations

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.660
 say earn

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:52.220
 the bread

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:52.700
 you eat

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:55.380
 if you're

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.860
 someone who's

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.559
 a sponger

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.840
 a loafer

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.400
 an idle

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.000
 disruptor

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.360
 a busy

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:00.660
 body

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:02.440
 then you

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.860
 need to get

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.200
 your act

00:38:03.200 --> 00:38:03.539
 together

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.079
 because you're

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.760
 not living

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.520
 in the way

00:38:05.520 --> 00:38:05.800
 that you

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.620
 were created

00:38:06.620 --> 00:38:07.900
 to live

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:10.740
 and if you're

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:11.060
 not someone

00:38:11.060 --> 00:38:11.540
 who follows

00:38:11.540 --> 00:38:11.920
 Jesus

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.720
 this still

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.140
 applies

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:14.060
 you were

00:38:14.060 --> 00:38:14.460
 created

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.040
 to work

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:17.140
 but that

00:38:17.140 --> 00:38:17.860
 work isn't

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.160
 what will

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:18.840
 save you

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:20.100
 it's only

00:38:20.100 --> 00:38:20.720
 through faith

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:23.900
 not to earn

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.400
 his favour

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:26.260
 but if you're

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.800
 one of God's

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:27.200
 people

00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:28.620
 in response

00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:29.180
 to what

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:29.660
 he's done

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:32.179
 so Paul

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.779
 talks about

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.420
 prayer for

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.759
 work

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:35.000
 his instructions

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.579
 for work

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:37.440
 and thirdly

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:39.579
 this motivation

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.059
 for work

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.779
 why do all

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:41.179
 of this

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:43.219
 in these last

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.659
 few verses

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.059
 of the letter

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.579
 we can see

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.239
 the reasons

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.699
 to be

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.359
 motivated

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:47.279
 to be

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:47.759
 workers

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:49.699
 firstly

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.199
 Paul

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.719
 puts in

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.339
 an encouragement

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:51.859
 in verse

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.379
 13

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:54.859
 and as for

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.199
 you brothers

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.839
 and sisters

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:58.099
 never tire

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.199
 of doing

00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.839
 what is

00:38:59.839 --> 00:39:00.179
 good

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:01.439
 we need

00:39:01.439 --> 00:39:01.639
 to be

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.000
 encouraged

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.379
 like this

00:39:02.379 --> 00:39:02.699
 sometimes

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.139
 don't we

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:05.179
 have you

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.739
 ever continued

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.179
 to do

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.500
 what is

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.879
 good

00:39:06.879 --> 00:39:07.679
 what is

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.119
 right

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:09.739
 and it

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.039
 becomes

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.579
 difficult

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.619
 and frustrating

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.859
 is there

00:39:12.859 --> 00:39:13.639
 someone awkward

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.359
 at work

00:39:14.359 --> 00:39:15.439
 is there

00:39:15.439 --> 00:39:15.839
 a family

00:39:15.839 --> 00:39:16.139
 member

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.439
 you don't

00:39:16.439 --> 00:39:16.779
 get on

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.079
 with

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:18.199
 is one

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.419
 of your

00:39:18.419 --> 00:39:18.779
 kids

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.439
 driving you

00:39:19.439 --> 00:39:19.839
 mad

00:39:19.839 --> 00:39:20.339
 this week

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:21.939
 is there

00:39:21.939 --> 00:39:22.199
 someone

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.519
 that you

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.359
 always tell

00:39:23.359 --> 00:39:24.219
 the gospel

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.779
 to share

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.299
 your faith

00:39:25.299 --> 00:39:25.579
 with

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:26.279
 but they

00:39:26.279 --> 00:39:26.460
 don't

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.000
 care

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:29.159
 but Paul

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.659
 encourages

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.000
 you

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.840
 don't

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.360
 tire

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.880
 of doing

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.159
 what is

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.420
 good

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.320
 keep

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.900
 going

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:35.099
 we need

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.440
 to keep

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:35.739
 going

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.119
 in it

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:38.179
 and Paul

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.739
 elaborates

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.119
 slightly

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.099
 more

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.599
 in another

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:40.940
 letter

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.579
 to the

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.239
 Galatians

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:44.440
 in chapter

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:44.980
 6

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.519
 quickly

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.000
 flick to

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.579
 Galatians

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.119
 it's a

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.420
 couple of

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.960
 books back

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:50.400
 chapter 6

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:52.420
 in verse

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:52.880
 9

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:55.340
 so to

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.519
 the

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.099
 Thessalonians

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.440
 he says

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.700
 never

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.079
 tire

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.380
 of doing

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.640
 what is

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:57.940
 good

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:59.160
 to the

00:39:59.160 --> 00:39:59.720
 Galatians

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.140
 another

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.640
 church

00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:02.200
 another

00:40:02.200 --> 00:40:02.760
 group of

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:03.079
 people

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.500
 chapter 6

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:04.940
 verse 9

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.360
 he says

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:06.660
 let us

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:07.180
 not become

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.579
 weary

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.559
 in doing

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.039
 good

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:10.820
 for at

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.300
 the proper

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:11.840
 time

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:13.019
 we will

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.539
 reap a

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.960
 harvest

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.940
 if we

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.280
 do not

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.760
 give up

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:18.039
 at the

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.740
 right time

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:19.240
 we will

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.640
 reap

00:40:19.640 --> 00:40:20.500
 a reward

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.539
 as we

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.920
 continue

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.260
 to do

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.500
 what is

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.740
 good

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.219
 the Lord

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:23.559
 is in

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.039
 control

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:24.819
 and he

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.439
 knows

00:40:25.439 --> 00:40:26.139
 that as

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.500
 we work

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:26.959
 for him

00:40:26.959 --> 00:40:28.000
 he will

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.479
 bless

00:40:28.479 --> 00:40:29.619
 maybe not

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:29.939
 in the way

00:40:29.939 --> 00:40:30.179
 that we

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.939
 would think

00:40:30.939 --> 00:40:31.679
 or imagine

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:33.599
 but we

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.119
 will reap

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.899
 a reward

00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:38.379
 have you

00:40:38.379 --> 00:40:38.679
 ever been

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:39.459
 motivated

00:40:39.459 --> 00:40:39.919
 as we

00:40:39.919 --> 00:40:40.359
 move on

00:40:40.359 --> 00:40:41.179
 to the

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.419
 end of

00:40:41.419 --> 00:40:41.899
 the chapter

00:40:41.899 --> 00:40:42.919
 by something

00:40:42.919 --> 00:40:43.739
 because of

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.299
 the negative

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:44.959
 consequences

00:40:44.959 --> 00:40:45.439
 of not

00:40:45.439 --> 00:40:46.059
 doing it

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:47.939
 or paying

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.519
 your bills

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:50.219
 you want

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.679
 electricity

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.019
 in your

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.259
 house

00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:51.679
 don't you

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.759
 so you

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:53.039
 pay your

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.359
 bills

00:40:53.359 --> 00:40:54.119
 or else

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.319
 you live

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:54.440
 in

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.799
 darkness

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:56.039
 now we

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.319
 know

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.519
 that as

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.079
 Christians

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:59.239
 we should

00:40:59.239 --> 00:40:59.639
 pay our

00:40:59.639 --> 00:40:59.940
 bills

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.419
 because we

00:41:00.419 --> 00:41:01.000
 use what

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:02.980
 we need

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:04.839
 in our

00:41:04.839 --> 00:41:05.159
 house

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:05.799
 we don't

00:41:05.799 --> 00:41:06.419
 have gas

00:41:06.419 --> 00:41:07.259
 we have

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.659
 electricity

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.799
 but our

00:41:08.799 --> 00:41:09.419
 central heating

00:41:09.419 --> 00:41:09.759
 is done

00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:10.299
 with oil

00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:11.659
 we don't

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.000
 have oil

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.559
 on tap

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.639
 and we

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:13.879
 have to

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.619
 buy oil

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.299
 and put it

00:41:15.299 --> 00:41:15.619
 in a big

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:15.960
 tank

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.379
 behind our

00:41:16.379 --> 00:41:16.679
 house

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.659
 and oil

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.259
 is really

00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:18.799
 expensive

00:41:18.799 --> 00:41:20.659
 but if we

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.079
 don't buy

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.399
 oil

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:22.139
 what happens

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:23.539
 we freeze

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.659
 we're coming

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:24.839
 up

00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.219
 it's the end

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:25.639
 of September

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:25.960
 we're kind

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.279
 of pushing

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:26.719
 it now

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:27.279
 we need

00:41:27.279 --> 00:41:27.619
 to start

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:28.919
 buying oil

00:41:28.919 --> 00:41:29.500
 turn on

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:29.819
 the central

00:41:29.819 --> 00:41:30.139
 heating

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:31.179
 or else

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.699
 we'll freeze

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:34.440
 so the

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.779
 negative

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:35.339
 consequence

00:41:35.339 --> 00:41:37.000
 is we'll

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.599
 be freezing

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.539
 without the

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.819
 oil

00:41:38.819 --> 00:41:40.079
 and naturally

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:40.719
 part of our

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.379
 motivation to

00:41:41.379 --> 00:41:42.059
 do something

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:43.599
 will happen

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.500
 because we

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:45.139
 don't do it

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:45.779
 what about you

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.099
 guys at

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.339
 home

00:41:46.339 --> 00:41:48.279
 if you

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:48.739
 don't clean

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:49.199
 your room

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:50.460
 no pocket

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:50.819
 money this

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:51.079
 month

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:53.299
 don't do

00:41:53.299 --> 00:41:53.739
 the dishes

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:54.839
 no TV

00:41:54.839 --> 00:41:55.259
 tonight

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:56.879
 naturally

00:41:56.879 --> 00:41:57.659
 we're motivated

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:59.019
 and Paul

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.980
 has a warning

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.759
 for those

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:01.440
 who don't

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.739
 obey

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:04.239
 let's look

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:04.480
 at these

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:04.879
 next two

00:42:04.879 --> 00:42:05.139
 verses

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:06.019
 in verse

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.579
 14 and

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:06.980
 15

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:09.639
 take special

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.019
 note of

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.599
 anyone who

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.059
 does not

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.460
 obey our

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.159
 instructions in

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.659
 this letter

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:13.940
 do not

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.779
 associate with

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:15.059
 them

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:16.500
 in order

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.840
 that they

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:17.239
 may feel

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:17.699
 ashamed

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:20.000
 yet do

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.619
 not regard

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:21.199
 them as

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.679
 an enemy

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:23.139
 but warn

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:24.119
 them as

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:24.460
 a fellow

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:24.860
 believer

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.860
 Paul has

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:26.500
 this warning

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:27.380
 for those

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.940
 who are

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.480
 ignoring

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:29.079
 what he

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:29.440
 says

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:31.420
 he speaks

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.659
 about

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.179
 discipline

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.659
 within the

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:32.980
 church

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:34.299
 a huge

00:42:34.299 --> 00:42:34.699
 topic

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.460
 we can't

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.099
 cover today

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.940
 but there

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.380
 are a couple

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.759
 of things

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.059
 we can

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.400
 learn

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:39.480
 briefly

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:41.239
 so the

00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:41.739
 Thessalonian

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.079
 church

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:43.320
 are not

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.860
 to associate

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.579
 with those

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.519
 who don't

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.079
 obey his

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.519
 instructions

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:46.980
 in this

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.279
 letter

00:42:47.279 --> 00:42:49.779
 so this

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.079
 is not

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:50.460
 just for

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:51.279
 all those

00:42:51.279 --> 00:42:51.719
 everywhere

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:52.279
 who don't

00:42:52.279 --> 00:42:52.619
 obey

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:55.000
 inside the

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.340
 church and

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:55.579
 out

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:56.500
 because then

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.119
 there will

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.440
 be an awful

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:57.739
 lot of

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.139
 people not

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.559
 to associate

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.920
 with

00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:01.159
 but Paul

00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:01.639
 is saying

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.440
 not to

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:02.840
 associate

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:03.519
 those within

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.139
 the church

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:05.539
 who don't

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.079
 listen to

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:06.319
 him

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:08.920
 but why

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:10.920
 so they

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.300
 might feel

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.720
 ashamed

00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:12.960
 so they

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.420
 would see

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:13.780
 that what

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.000
 they're

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.460
 doing

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.079
 their

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:16.000
 disobedience

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.639
 has

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.460
 consequences

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.400
 and that

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.659
 they would

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:19.340
 feel ashamed

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:19.760
 of how

00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:19.980
 they're

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.260
 living

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:22.119
 and not

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.440
 just for

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:22.960
 the laugh

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:24.059
 so they'd

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.760
 feel bad

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:26.960
 but so that

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.240
 they would

00:43:27.240 --> 00:43:27.639
 be brought

00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:28.180
 back

00:43:28.180 --> 00:43:29.300
 into that

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:29.619
 fellowship

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:30.200
 of believers

00:43:30.200 --> 00:43:32.300
 the purpose

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:33.260
 of discipline

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:34.760
 is not

00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:35.380
 to punish

00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:35.840
 for wrong

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.160
 doing

00:43:36.160 --> 00:43:37.340
 but to

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:37.920
 bring about

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.900
 restoration

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:41.180
 verse 15

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:41.680
 do not

00:43:41.680 --> 00:43:42.240
 regard them

00:43:42.240 --> 00:43:42.520
 as an

00:43:42.520 --> 00:43:42.840
 enemy

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:44.240
 but warn

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:44.540
 them

00:43:44.540 --> 00:43:45.240
 as a

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.440
 fellow

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:45.860
 believer

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:48.120
 and we

00:43:48.120 --> 00:43:48.560
 can learn

00:43:48.560 --> 00:43:48.940
 from this

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.420
 attitude

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:50.580
 of discipline

00:43:50.580 --> 00:43:52.380
 and as

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:52.940
 grace and

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:53.420
 I one

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.760
 day

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:55.720
 god willing

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:56.520
 go on

00:43:56.520 --> 00:43:56.800
 to have

00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:57.280
 children

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:58.460
 I hope

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:58.880
 that our

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.220
 attitude

00:43:59.220 --> 00:43:59.700
 to our

00:43:59.700 --> 00:44:00.200
 kids

00:44:00.200 --> 00:44:01.380
 in terms

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.960
 of discipline

00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:02.680
 is not

00:44:02.680 --> 00:44:03.180
 simply to

00:44:03.179 --> 00:44:03.960
 punish them

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:05.279
 for doing

00:44:05.279 --> 00:44:05.719
 wrong

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:07.379
 because

00:44:07.379 --> 00:44:07.980
 they broke

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.299
 a rule

00:44:08.299 --> 00:44:09.119
 punishment

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:11.079
 but to

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:11.839
 use discipline

00:44:11.839 --> 00:44:12.319
 to bring

00:44:12.319 --> 00:44:12.779
 them to a

00:44:12.779 --> 00:44:13.399
 place of

00:44:13.399 --> 00:44:13.919
 conviction

00:44:13.919 --> 00:44:15.279
 and restoration

00:44:15.279 --> 00:44:16.000
 that's the

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:17.119
 point of

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:17.519
 discipline

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.579
 and god's

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:19.199
 discipline to

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.559
 us

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.879
 to bring

00:44:20.879 --> 00:44:21.419
 us back

00:44:21.419 --> 00:44:22.579
 this is the

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:23.039
 attitude we

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:23.379
 need to have

00:44:23.379 --> 00:44:23.819
 as a church

00:44:23.819 --> 00:44:24.319
 family

00:44:24.319 --> 00:44:25.279
 as well as

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:25.739
 our natural

00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:26.359
 families

00:44:26.359 --> 00:44:27.619
 or else

00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:28.000
 if there's

00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:28.759
 no gentleness

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:29.440
 and love

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:30.659
 we're in

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.059
 danger

00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:31.859
 from moving

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:33.660
 as john

00:44:33.660 --> 00:44:34.099
 calvin

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:34.620
 puts it

00:44:34.620 --> 00:44:35.400
 from

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:36.019
 discipline

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.920
 to

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:37.480
 butchery

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.620
 just for

00:44:38.620 --> 00:44:38.940
 the sake

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.280
 of it

00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:41.079
 discipline

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:42.340
 needs to

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:43.260
 be sprinkled

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:43.720
 with love

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:45.559
 and the

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:45.879
 final

00:44:45.879 --> 00:44:46.419
 motivation

00:44:46.419 --> 00:44:46.799
 here

00:44:46.799 --> 00:44:47.919
 and our

00:44:47.919 --> 00:44:48.299
 ultimate

00:44:48.299 --> 00:44:48.879
 motivation

00:44:48.879 --> 00:44:49.939
 is the

00:44:49.939 --> 00:44:50.639
 lord jesus

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:51.219
 himself

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:52.679
 look at

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:53.279
 verse 16

00:44:53.279 --> 00:44:53.799
 and 18

00:44:53.799 --> 00:44:55.179
 now may the

00:44:55.179 --> 00:44:55.819
 lord of

00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:56.159
 peace

00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:56.639
 himself

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:57.619
 give you

00:44:57.619 --> 00:44:57.980
 peace

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.399
 at all

00:44:58.399 --> 00:44:58.739
 times

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:58.980
 and in

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.219
 every

00:44:59.219 --> 00:44:59.539
 way

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:01.019
 the

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:01.559
 lord be

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:01.739
 with

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:02.059
 all of

00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:02.779
 you

00:45:02.779 --> 00:45:04.039
 verse 18

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.299
 the

00:45:04.299 --> 00:45:04.839
 grace

00:45:04.839 --> 00:45:05.319
 of our

00:45:05.319 --> 00:45:05.859
 lord jesus

00:45:05.859 --> 00:45:06.379
 christ

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:07.559
 be with

00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:08.039
 you all

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:09.500
 the lord jesus

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.960
 is the

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.619
 enabler

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:12.619
 as well

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:12.960
 as the

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:13.460
 reason

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:14.360
 why we

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:14.880
 do any

00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:15.200
 of this

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.519
 work

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:16.340
 if you

00:45:16.340 --> 00:45:16.619
 remember

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:16.980
 back at

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.380
 the beginning

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:17.720
 of this

00:45:17.720 --> 00:45:18.039
 letter

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:19.360
 paul begins

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:19.920
 it thoroughly

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.660
 focused on

00:45:20.660 --> 00:45:21.079
 jesus

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:23.160
 and ends

00:45:23.160 --> 00:45:23.599
 it in a

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:24.160
 similar way

00:45:24.160 --> 00:45:25.860
 our lives

00:45:25.860 --> 00:45:26.180
 are given

00:45:26.180 --> 00:45:26.460
 us

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:27.920
 by him

00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:29.059
 johnny

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:30.000
 prayed earlier

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.800
 the very

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.800
 breaths that

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:32.280
 we have

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:32.680
 are given

00:45:32.680 --> 00:45:33.220
 to us

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:34.280
 by him

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:36.000
 and we

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:36.340
 can have

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:36.980
 peace with

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:37.360
 god

00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:38.580
 and each

00:45:38.580 --> 00:45:38.820
 other

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:39.240
 through

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:39.800
 jesus

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:41.320
 and it's

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:41.760
 only by

00:45:41.760 --> 00:45:42.200
 grace

00:45:42.200 --> 00:45:42.980
 through

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.400
 faith in

00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:43.620
 him

00:45:43.620 --> 00:45:44.500
 and it's

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:44.960
 this grace

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.240
 that we

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:45.720
 continually

00:45:45.720 --> 00:45:46.400
 need

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:47.240
 as we

00:45:47.240 --> 00:45:47.600
 seek to

00:45:47.600 --> 00:45:48.180
 serve him

00:45:48.180 --> 00:45:49.280
 and do

00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:49.740
 his work

00:45:49.740 --> 00:45:50.019
 in this

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.360
 world

00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:52.840
 so in

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:53.260
 closing

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:54.700
 i want to

00:45:54.700 --> 00:45:55.340
 read something

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:56.040
 you don't need

00:45:56.040 --> 00:45:56.360
 to look it

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:56.600
 up

00:45:56.600 --> 00:45:57.940
 we've heard

00:45:57.940 --> 00:45:58.460
 paul talk

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:58.680
 about

00:45:58.680 --> 00:46:00.180
 this work

00:46:00.180 --> 00:46:00.800
 work is

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:01.780
 so worthwhile

00:46:01.780 --> 00:46:02.680
 because we're

00:46:02.680 --> 00:46:03.440
 created for

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:03.680
 it

00:46:03.679 --> 00:46:04.719
 and paul

00:46:04.719 --> 00:46:06.339
 prays that

00:46:06.339 --> 00:46:06.639
 there would

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:07.019
 be this

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:07.319
 work

00:46:07.319 --> 00:46:08.099
 he gives

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.399
 us very

00:46:08.399 --> 00:46:08.799
 practical

00:46:08.799 --> 00:46:09.440
 instructions

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:10.619
 as well

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:10.819
 as a

00:46:10.819 --> 00:46:11.319
 motivation

00:46:11.319 --> 00:46:12.599
 so listen

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 to what he

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 says in

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 colossians

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 chapter 3

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 whatever you

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 do

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:19.839
 work at

00:46:19.839 --> 00:46:20.299
 it with

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 all your

00:46:20.779 --> 00:46:21.199
 heart

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 as working

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 for the

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:23.440
 lord

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 not for

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 human

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 masters

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 since you

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 know that

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 you will

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 receive an

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 inheritance

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 from the

00:46:29.139 --> 00:46:29.440
 lord

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 as a

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:31.039
 reward

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 it is

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 the lord

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:33.800
 christ

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 you are

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 serving

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 let's

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 pray

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 you are

00:46:39.180 --> 00:46:58.260
 here

00:46:58.260 --> 00:46:58.860
 you