WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.459 Well, if you'd open up your Bibles to Titus chapter 3, we are going to finish up our study 00:00:07.459 --> 00:00:08.359 in the book of Titus. 00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:14.580 It's been wonderfully interrupted by some time in Psalm 62, 63, courtesy of Associate 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:15.500 Pastor Billy Knight. 00:00:15.580 --> 00:00:16.059 Thank you, Billy. 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:19.879 So let's wrap this up. 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:26.460 I consider myself a missional shopper. 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:33.460 A shopper with a clearly defined objective. 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:41.700 So let's say in the Salvati house, it becomes apparent that we are missing, we are out of 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:42.600 coffee creamer. 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:46.719 At that point, I raise my hand and say, here am I, send me. 00:00:48.040 --> 00:00:49.980 And I make a beeline to festival. 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:52.079 I say no to the bakery. 00:00:52.780 --> 00:00:54.840 I say no to the fresh meats. 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:56.960 I don't care what kind of fish are in there. 00:00:57.940 --> 00:01:05.460 I'm on my way to the dairy section and I collect one of those gigantic things of coffee creamer. 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:11.740 And I bring it home to a well done and good and faithful husband. 00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:16.980 But to be honest with you, I'm not a missional shopper all the time. 00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:28.460 Like when I go to Lowe's, all of a sudden, I think I need a riding lawnmower, a massive 20 burner grill, and a chainsaw that can take down redwoods. 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:30.800 That's, I get sidetracked there. 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:36.260 To be missional is to have a singularity of focus. 00:01:36.260 --> 00:01:43.800 And to be missional in a biblical sense starts by having a clearly defined objective. 00:01:44.980 --> 00:01:49.960 And Jesus gives us just that at the end of Matthew in what's called the Great Commission. 00:01:50.160 --> 00:01:55.400 He says, go make disciples of the nations. 00:01:55.400 --> 00:02:04.360 And so we as a church have been called to make disciples of the nations. 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:09.500 The apostle Paul had his objective to go make disciples of the nations. 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.840 Titus had his objective to make disciples of the nations. 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.360 And that's why we have the book of Titus. 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:24.400 Titus is about making disciples on the island of Crete. 00:02:25.660 --> 00:02:27.480 Establishing a local church there. 00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:31.780 It's about mission. 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:39.620 And we've been given a clearly defined mission through Jesus Christ. 00:02:39.620 --> 00:02:49.580 As we wrap up the book of Titus this morning, I want to draw out for you mission. 00:02:50.840 --> 00:03:00.740 So if you'd turn to Titus chapter 3, I'm going to read through chapter 3 verses 12 through the end of this epistle, 15. 00:03:02.420 --> 00:03:02.939 Listen. 00:03:02.939 --> 00:03:11.280 When I send Artemis or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I've decided to spend the winter there. 00:03:12.219 --> 00:03:17.000 Do your best to speed Zenos the lawyer and Apollos on their way, see that they lack nothing. 00:03:18.020 --> 00:03:24.360 And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works so as to help cases of urgent need and not be unfruitful. 00:03:25.180 --> 00:03:27.900 All who are with me send greetings to you. 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:31.300 Greet those who love us in the faith. 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:36.180 Grace be with you all. 00:03:36.700 --> 00:03:39.140 Brothers and sisters of Christ the King Church, 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:42.740 God has given us good work to do. 00:03:43.860 --> 00:03:47.780 He's given us good work to do in advancing the Great Commission. 00:03:47.780 --> 00:04:00.420 So that His transforming grace radically changes the lives of people in this city and in our region and around the world. 00:04:01.020 --> 00:04:06.159 God saved us for the good works of fulfilling the Great Commission. 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:10.379 He saved us for mission work. 00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:14.219 So five exhortations this morning from this text. 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:15.199 Let me tell you what they are. 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:17.600 First, see the mission. 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:20.600 Second, embrace the change. 00:04:21.100 --> 00:04:22.459 Third, get to work. 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.680 Fourth, anticipate the warm greetings. 00:04:26.819 --> 00:04:29.519 And five, rely on His grace. 00:04:30.620 --> 00:04:34.259 God has given us mission work to do together. 00:04:34.259 --> 00:04:40.199 Father, it's a good work and it flows out of the grace of God that He's poured out on us. 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:42.639 So let's see the mission. 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:44.480 In verses 12 and 13, 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:49.480 When I send Artemis or Tychicus to you, do not do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, 00:04:49.980 --> 00:04:51.579 for I've decided to spend the winter there. 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.620 Do your best to speed Zenos the lawyer and Apollos on their way. 00:04:55.159 --> 00:04:56.180 See that they lack nothing. 00:04:56.300 --> 00:05:03.459 It's not unusual for a first century letter like this to close with some travel plans and then some greetings. 00:05:03.459 --> 00:05:05.199 And we see that going on right here. 00:05:06.359 --> 00:05:14.279 And so in verse 12 and 13, we see on what on the surface looks like future travel plans. 00:05:14.799 --> 00:05:21.659 So in verse 12, Paul tells Titus to meet him in Nicopolis, which is about 200 miles north of Athens from Greece. 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:31.819 And before Titus is to go, he needs to wait for either Artemis or Tychicus to arrive in Crete to release him to go to Nicopolis. 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:37.319 Paul hadn't decided who he's going to send, Artemis or Tychicus. 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:38.680 He hadn't decided yet. 00:05:38.980 --> 00:05:41.699 But he said, when they get there, meet me in Nicopolis. 00:05:43.219 --> 00:05:51.279 And why Titus had to wait for one of these men to arrive was to care for all these young churches on the island of Crete, 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:52.839 filled with young believers. 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:58.839 And in verse 13, Paul tells Titus to do everything he can do to speed Zenos the lawyer, 00:05:59.299 --> 00:06:04.439 probably a lawyer of Greco-Roman law, and Apollos on their way. 00:06:04.979 --> 00:06:12.199 Now, in this section, this is the only place in our New Testaments where we hear the names Artemis and Zenos. 00:06:12.379 --> 00:06:15.079 They don't show up any place else in the New Testament. 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:22.740 Both Tychicus and Apollos, these guys were regular preachers of the gospel in and around the Mediterranean basin. 00:06:23.599 --> 00:06:24.560 They were well known. 00:06:25.740 --> 00:06:31.399 And what Paul tells Titus to do is, hey, speed Zenos and Apollos on their way. 00:06:31.539 --> 00:06:32.819 See that they lack nothing. 00:06:32.819 --> 00:06:44.699 It was probably by the hands of Zenos and Apollos that Titus and these churches in Crete received this letter from Paul. 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:50.279 And what Paul is telling them is, telling Titus is, hey, these guys are coming through. 00:06:51.259 --> 00:06:55.139 Make sure you give them everything they need to continue on their way. 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.180 More travel plans, or so it seems. 00:06:58.180 --> 00:07:09.480 We could read these two verses and breeze over them and miss the big picture behind it. 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:16.660 Have you ever walked into like O'Hare or Mitchell Airport or some airport, 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.620 and you walk in and you're met with the departure and arrival screens? 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:21.740 Do you know what I'm talking about? 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:24.600 And you know what planes are coming in. 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:26.240 You know what planes are going out. 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:31.400 And you're like, oh, there's flight 737 going to, you know, Boise, Idaho. 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:32.620 Great, yeah. 00:07:34.100 --> 00:07:41.939 We can read these verses and we can read them as kind of the arrival and departure boards in an airport. 00:07:42.840 --> 00:07:44.319 But there's more going on. 00:07:45.780 --> 00:07:47.160 This is about mission. 00:07:48.300 --> 00:07:52.460 When you see plans, plans reveal purpose. 00:07:52.459 --> 00:07:58.099 Artemis, Titus, Titus, and Paul. 00:07:58.899 --> 00:08:02.939 They were all men who had been saved by the grace of God. 00:08:04.159 --> 00:08:08.039 These men were men who have encountered the living Jesus, 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:12.120 been forgiven of all their sins, been cleansed, made new, 00:08:12.299 --> 00:08:17.259 and they had devoted themselves to the good works of fulfilling the great commission. 00:08:17.259 --> 00:08:26.379 Zenus and Apollos aren't going on their way somewhere to experience the first century Walt Disney World. 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:31.259 They're going somewhere to preach the gospel. 00:08:31.259 --> 00:08:39.100 So these travel plans that we're looking at, these are gospel mission plans. 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:43.139 These are go make disciples of the nation travel plans. 00:08:45.659 --> 00:08:46.960 There's more to the story. 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:55.439 We learned from 2 Timothy 4 that Tychicus ended up being sent to Ephesus to relieve Timothy. 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:57.920 So that Timothy could come to Paul. 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:07.680 Which means it's reasonable to conclude that Paul actually decided to send Artemis to relieve Titus in Crete. 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:15.780 But we also learned from 2 Timothy 4 that Titus, after going to Nicopolis, ends up in Dalmatia. 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.240 And he's not there to train dogs. 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:25.919 He's there to proclaim the gospel of God's saving grace, the sound doctrine. 00:09:27.460 --> 00:09:33.399 And in that proclaiming, as those responding, he is to establish them in the grace of God 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:40.139 and help them to live out this sound doctrine of grace in good works. 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:45.519 To bear the fruit in keeping with God's grace. 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:48.659 So here's what you need to understand. 00:09:48.819 --> 00:09:54.100 That when these original Cretan Christians heard this letter read, 00:09:55.139 --> 00:10:02.960 they would have been reminded that there was a greater global work of God's grace going on. 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:06.919 These are mission plans. 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:10.939 See the mission. 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:13.620 Christ the King Church. 00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:23.760 What God is doing in and through us is only one aspect of God's bigger work of grace in this city. 00:10:24.040 --> 00:10:28.960 There are faithful churches proclaiming Jesus in this city. 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:36.000 We're part of, just a little part of God's bigger work in Kenosha, in Wisconsin, Midwest. 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:42.759 West, North America, all throughout the world today, right now, 00:10:43.179 --> 00:10:48.419 the God of all grace is doing a work in and through his church, 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:55.860 making disciples of Jesus all around the world today. 00:10:55.860 --> 00:10:59.620 There's a bigger work going on. 00:11:00.820 --> 00:11:06.539 I've been listening to J.D. Greer, a pastor on the East Coast, and he's compelling. 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:15.399 And one of the things he makes clear is that God did not save us in order to give us our own little mission. 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:21.000 God saved us and welcomed us into being a part of his mission. 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:26.000 To make known his grace and glory among the nations. 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:29.860 To make disciples of Jesus Christ. 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:37.060 We are going to be about good works. 00:11:38.580 --> 00:11:43.519 But they're good works that are involved in his mission. 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:46.200 They're mission aimed. 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:49.419 Making disciples of the nations. 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:51.120 So see the mission. 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:52.860 Embrace the change. 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:54.740 Second point, embrace the change. 00:11:54.740 --> 00:12:01.639 Now, could you imagine being one of the young Christians in Crete and hearing this letter read for the first time? 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:04.779 And you're in the same room with Titus. 00:12:05.680 --> 00:12:09.340 And as this letter is being read and they're coming to the end, 00:12:09.340 --> 00:12:19.519 it's dawning on you that this man, Titus, who has been faithfully pouring his life into yours so that you could follow Jesus, 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:24.200 that this man, his time with you is limited. 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:30.120 I can imagine people saying, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:32.899 You're not going to stay here, Titus? 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:35.340 You're not staying here long haul? 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:36.960 You're leaving? 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:40.980 What does this mean for our church? 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:42.320 Who's this guy, Artemis? 00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:43.120 Who's Titicus? 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:49.240 When you hear the word change, what happens in your soul? 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:56.019 Some of you in this room hear the word change and you're like, oh, melt. 00:12:57.379 --> 00:13:03.820 Others of you in the room, when you hear the word change, you're like, yeah, I want to change around the furniture in my family room again. 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:04.860 I did it two weeks ago. 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:05.659 I love change. 00:13:07.860 --> 00:13:09.159 Some people love change. 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.759 Some people hate change. 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:13.259 And then there's everyone in between. 00:13:15.580 --> 00:13:20.399 What we see going on here is gospel personnel change. 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:32.059 Under the lordship of the risen Jesus Christ, the apostle Paul is deploying and redesigning his apostolic gospel team. 00:13:32.059 --> 00:13:40.539 He's sending them to different places for mission purposes to make disciples of the nations. 00:13:43.119 --> 00:13:51.599 Gospel personnel change was a normal part of God's first century mission work. 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:57.979 And so it's going to be a normal part of God's 21st century mission work. 00:13:57.980 --> 00:14:07.700 Our risen and reigning Lord Jesus Christ will be assigning his blood-bought saints as he sees fit. 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.820 Which means we should expect change. 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:12.940 We should embrace change. 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.920 And even encourage change. 00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:19.039 Encourage people to step out in faith. 00:14:20.180 --> 00:14:22.759 Encourage people to go and do things. 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:25.420 Attempt great things for God. 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:28.319 Because we believe great things about God. 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:38.659 Now, we all know that this kind of personnel change isn't easy. 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:45.179 When you've shared life with somebody, and you love somebody, and that person, they love you. 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.659 And you've shared a lot of life together. 00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:48.240 You've gone through hard things together. 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:53.019 And God calls that person somewhere else for his purposes. 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:55.259 There's going to be a deep sense of loss. 00:14:55.259 --> 00:15:03.120 Especially if that person leaving has made a significant contribution to your life or the life of a church. 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:08.080 And so Ben and Lindsay Crawford, you're leaving is bittersweet. 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:10.059 We love you guys. 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:13.319 We've gone through a lot of stuff together. 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:14.840 You've served your church well. 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:24.259 But we also see God at work sending his people for his purposes, in their case, to Florida. 00:15:24.800 --> 00:15:29.340 To help a young church there get established and worship the living God. 00:15:29.420 --> 00:15:32.300 And to make disciples of Floridians. 00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:35.199 John and Terry Tittman. 00:15:35.979 --> 00:15:37.159 They're here this morning. 00:15:37.359 --> 00:15:38.299 We love you guys. 00:15:39.199 --> 00:15:44.959 John and Terry are raising support to go with a ministry called Family Life, which is part of Campus Crusade. 00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:53.659 And they're seeking to bring the gospel to singles and married couples and families and blended families in this nation and around the world. 00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:57.980 And chances are they're going to have to move and go to Little Rock, Arkansas. 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.159 But for the sake of the mission, we say go. 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.980 We're going to miss you. 00:16:07.199 --> 00:16:08.240 It's bittersweet. 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:13.480 But in light of God's global purposes in Christ, go. 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.839 Jiwon and Caitlin Rye. 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:18.439 Jiwon just finished his first year at Trinity. 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:25.520 And in four years, if the Lord should Terry, he and Caitlin and their children are going to go back to Nepal. 00:16:26.380 --> 00:16:30.920 And we get the opportunity to send them back with great blessing. 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:34.660 I don't want them to go. 00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:38.420 But the Lord Jesus does. 00:16:39.420 --> 00:16:41.020 And so we send them. 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:44.580 They're willing to go and we're willing to send them. 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:55.860 If there comes a time when we get to send out Billy Nye or Matt Sear or even myself to plant a new church somewhere, 00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:57.800 are they going to leave a hole? 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.020 Yes, they will. 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:02.440 Will God provide to meet that? 00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.780 Yes, he will. 00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:05.620 Will it be sad to see them leave? 00:17:05.840 --> 00:17:06.460 Oh, yeah. 00:17:07.100 --> 00:17:13.100 Will there be joy in our hearts knowing that the Lord Jesus is expanding his mission around this region? 00:17:13.100 --> 00:17:13.740 Absolutely. 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:18.599 Embrace the change. 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:28.019 We must be a church that not just embraces the change, but encourages change for mission. 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:30.039 Encourages risk-taking. 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:38.980 See, what it boils down to is God is making his grace in Christ known to the nations, 00:17:39.179 --> 00:17:40.939 and he's called us to be a part of that. 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:47.100 Could you imagine if Titus, when he hears this letter, says, 00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:51.799 Sorry, Paul, I hear what you're saying, but I love the beaches in Crete. 00:17:51.899 --> 00:17:52.459 I'm staying. 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:57.179 No, Titus was willing to go. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:02.839 Because he had devoted himself to the good works of the Great Commission. 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:04.919 He went. 00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:14.119 We must be a church that is willing to let people go and send them with blessing. 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:17.599 We must embrace the change. 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:23.899 In 3.14, we read of the call to do good works. 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:32.100 And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works so as to help cases of urgent need and not be unfruitful. 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:36.920 In 12 and 13, he's focusing on travel planes, but it's really mission. 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:42.779 And then in verse 15, he greets people, which is still about mission. 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:52.320 And in verse 14, Paul takes the opportunity to reassert the central theme of the book of Titus, 00:18:52.860 --> 00:19:00.779 to do good works and let our people learn to devote themselves to good works. 00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:03.099 What are good works? 00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:10.859 Well, good works are the result of God's grace at work in a Christian. 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:19.599 It is the effect of God's undeserved mercy and kindness in the life of a believer. 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:26.059 God graces me, and the result is good works. 00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:32.519 Grace internalized results in good works externalized. 00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:34.359 Think of the tree. 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:45.259 A tree is rooted in the nutritious soil, and it bears, as a result, good fruit. 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:53.000 When a believer is planted in the nutritious, healthy soil of sound doctrine, 00:19:53.000 --> 00:20:00.859 the grace revealed in Jesus, he or she is going to bear good fruit. 00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:05.960 A healthy root bears healthy fruit. 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:17.299 Titus is a book that emphasizes good works. 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:23.139 Titus, and before I say anything else, I just need to make sure we're all clear in the room on something. 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:28.159 Good works can't save you. 00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:39.079 You don't have enough time, nor are there enough good works to dig you out of the hole that your sin has put you in. 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:43.779 Only God's grace can deliver you from your sin. 00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:51.279 Only what Jesus did on the cross is able to forgive all of your sin, pull you out of that mire, 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:57.359 and set you on the firm ground of God and what he's done for us in Jesus. 00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:01.319 Good works can't save you. 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:06.039 But we were saved for good works. 00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:12.480 There's no such thing as a Christian who's not bearing good fruit. 00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:20.539 Because God's grace necessarily results in good works. 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:24.559 Obeying God, blessing others. 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:36.299 In Ephesians 2, 8, and 9, this is where Dave Barnard started this morning, called us to worship. 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.839 We read this. 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:41.679 For by grace you've been saved through faith. 00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:46.700 And this is not your own doing. 00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.899 It's the gift of God. 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:54.620 Not a result of your works, so that no one may boast. 00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:55.759 Verse 10. 00:21:56.200 --> 00:22:03.500 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, 00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:06.700 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:14.640 Good works don't save us, but we were saved for good works. 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:19.940 We even see that in Titus, in verses 5. 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:23.840 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.740 but according to his own mercy, 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:28.820 by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:31.780 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:34.740 so that being justified by his grace, 00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:38.340 we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:46.000 All throughout the book of Titus, we have this emphasis on good works. 00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:50.240 It begins in 1.1, where Titus talks about, 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:54.659 for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.619 which accords with godliness. 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:59.959 That's one way of saying, because you've believed in the doctrine of grace, 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:02.240 it's going to result in a changed life. 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:06.980 And then when we look down at the qualifications for elders, 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:12.519 what it's all about are these men who've been so transformed by the grace of God, 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:15.819 their lives are characterized by good works. 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:22.099 This good fruit born of being rooted in sound doctrine. 00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:26.160 And they're so qualified that they are then called 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:31.380 to proclaim these good things to the church of God 00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:33.560 and to shepherd God's people. 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:37.519 2.1, Titus is to teach this church, these churches, 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:43.140 that good works, the good works that accord with sound doctrine of grace. 00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:46.980 And it applies to older men, older women, younger women, younger men. 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:50.380 In that first century, in the slaves, it applied to them, 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:52.160 it applied to everybody in a household. 00:23:52.160 --> 00:24:00.840 And then in chapter 3, it goes from household out into the community. 00:24:01.540 --> 00:24:05.400 And in 3.1, remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:08.680 to be obedient, to be ready for every good work. 00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:15.019 It's God's grace resulting in good work in relationship to our ruling authorities. 00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:22.460 In verse 2, to show perfect courtesy to all people. 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:27.639 3.1, be ready for every good work. 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:32.379 3.8, the saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:37.099 so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. 00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.099 4.1, be ready for every good work. 00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.599 4.1, be ready for every good work. 00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:40.059 And then now we're back to verse 14. 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.039 4.1, be ready for every good work. 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:45.139 And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works. 00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:50.699 And Paul has a particular kind of good work in mind. 00:24:52.219 --> 00:24:58.079 Remember in verse 13, he was just talking about speeding Zenos the lawyer and Apollos on their way 00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.179 so that they lack nothing. 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.579 He's thinking mission. 00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:04.779 He's thinking logistical help in advancement of the gospel. 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:13.500 And he says, Titus, make sure you're teaching the church to devote themselves to these kinds of good works. 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:21.579 Helping people, missionaries, those taking the gospel out when they have urgent needs. 00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:30.859 What we can draw from this is this reality. 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:35.879 There are all kinds of urgent needs that we encounter as a church. 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:39.299 But based upon what Paul is telling Titus here, 00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:47.059 we've got to be at least committed, devoting ourselves to helping urgent needs 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:50.159 among people going to the nations with the gospel. 00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:52.039 At least that. 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:56.319 So what are those kinds of needs? 00:25:58.680 --> 00:26:00.619 What kind of urgent needs are those? 00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:03.659 Well, there's always the need for money, right? 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.079 Missionaries need money. 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:09.980 When they come back, they need hospitality. 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:13.299 Chelsea Zeman, one of our mission partners, is going to be here next week. 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:16.259 We get to help her. 00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.879 Help her. 00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.119 Show her hospitality. 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:23.099 Help with logistics. 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.940 Robintown's going to be going to China this fall 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:30.359 to relieve workers in an orphanage, a Christian orphanage. 00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.919 To relieve them. 00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:34.379 She gets to step in and help. 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:39.359 Helping in cases of urgent need. 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.899 Another way to help is encouragement. 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:46.180 People in the mission field, all over the place, 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:50.840 man, they can get discouraged pretty easy. 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.440 Encourage them. 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.540 Pray for them. 00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:59.240 People need praying for. 00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:03.740 Those going around the world, locally, regionally, internationally. 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.980 Praying Ephesians 6. 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:11.019 We pray in the spirit that God would open up doors. 00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:13.820 To make known the gospel. 00:27:15.280 --> 00:27:16.080 It's warfare. 00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:23.000 But all of these assume that you're in some kind of close proximity to people like this. 00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:25.480 Are you helping out? 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:31.279 Do we have any NASCAR fans in the room? 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:38.220 I was at a NASCAR race, the Pepsi 5 400, 20 years ago. 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:45.360 And I was sitting at that part in the pit, pit road, where they're coming out and they're accelerating. 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:49.279 And it was awesome because I can feel the acceleration in my chest. 00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:58.439 Well, for me, NASCAR is kind of boring until there's a crash or the cars come into the pits. 00:27:59.479 --> 00:28:03.219 And when the cars come into the pits, something amazing happens. 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:05.120 The pit crew. 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:13.019 The pit crew jumps on this car like a panther. 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:18.400 They are there to help this case of urgent need. 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:22.880 You've got people assigned very specific roles. 00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.640 You've got the jack person. 00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:27.580 Gets that car up. 00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:29.920 And you've got the pneumatic drill guy. 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:34.960 You've got the wheel guy who pulls the wheel off and rolls it and gets another one and puts it on. 00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.900 You've got the windshield guy. 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.280 You've got the gas guy. 00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:41.240 And then there's more to the team. 00:28:41.280 --> 00:28:42.180 You've got a spotter. 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.440 You've got an owner. 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.500 You've got a driver. 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:54.140 It's a team working together to address needs in order to win the race. 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:58.339 Brothers and sisters, God has gifted each of you. 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:07.500 He's gifted you uniquely with gifts and burdens in order for us to work as a team, as a church, 00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:10.359 addressing urgent needs for global missions. 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.380 We have different roles. 00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:23.420 What Paul is clear here is that we are to learn it and let our people learn to devote themselves to good works. 00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:26.480 Do you know how you grow in giving? 00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.799 By giving. 00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:30.579 Do you know how you grow in hospitality? 00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:32.480 By being hospitable. 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:36.400 Do you know how you grow in logistical assistance? 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:40.140 By stepping out and being logistical in your help. 00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:47.540 Do you know how you grow when it comes to relieving people internationally or locally? 00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.800 You step in and volunteer. 00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:53.280 Do you know how you grow in encouraging others? 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.280 By encouraging others. 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:58.480 Do you know how you grow in praying for people? 00:29:58.780 --> 00:30:00.580 By praying for people. 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:04.919 That word learn to devote themselves to these good works? 00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:08.359 That word learn is not a classroom learning. 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:12.199 It is a hands-on learning. 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:14.119 Like learning to drive a car. 00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.779 You learn by doing. 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:23.599 And Paul is saying, hey, you learn to support global missions by doing it. 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:25.219 Be on your pit crew. 00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.599 Your gospel pit crew. 00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.259 And get to work. 00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.959 There are needs. 00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:36.939 So the question isn't if you should be participating in Great Commission. 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:40.899 The question is where and with who. 00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:54.160 You must learn to devote yourselves to the good works of advancing the gospel of grace around the world. 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:57.380 It will keep you from being unfruitful. 00:30:58.540 --> 00:30:59.200 Unproductive. 00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:01.460 Not making a difference. 00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:03.340 The worst thing is to do nothing. 00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.540 Step in. 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.960 Grab a jack for the gospel. 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:13.080 We need to get to work. 00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.660 Fourth point. 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.800 Anticipate warm greetings. 00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.460 315. 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:20.640 All who are with me send greetings to you. 00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:23.000 Greet those who love us in the faith. 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:25.300 Paul's come to the end of this letter. 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:30.800 And he wants Titus to know that everybody who's with him sends their greetings. 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:32.140 We're not told who. 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:35.380 We're just told that they greet them. 00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:38.600 Immediately Titus would have been like, yeah, I got backup. 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.540 Yeah. 00:31:39.540 --> 00:31:39.660 Yeah. 00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:50.480 And then Paul extends his greeting through Titus to all who have been truly converted by God's saving grace. 00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:53.759 Greet those who love us in the faith. 00:31:53.759 --> 00:32:01.500 As we become more and more involved and invested in God's global work, do you know what's going to happen? 00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:05.480 We're going to get more and more of these kinds of greetings. 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:09.879 We're going to be hearing from people all around the world. 00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:12.920 Locally, regionally, internationally. 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:17.640 Next Sunday, I have the privilege of preaching at a church in Milwaukee. 00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.820 It's called Imago Dei. 00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:20.360 Billy preached there a few weeks ago. 00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:24.160 And my first move in preaching is going to be this. 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:31.680 Brothers and sisters of Imago Dei, I greet you on behalf of the blood bod of Christ the King Church. 00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.200 Warm greetings. 00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:36.060 You know what we're going to hear back? 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:39.220 Greet them in the Lord for us. 00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:43.340 Do we know what's going to happen in our relationship with Imago Dei? 00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.980 I don't know what's going to happen. 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:50.599 I'm kind of hoping it's going to be a sweet friendship in the mission of Jesus is what I'm hoping for. 00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:54.139 Our lives will be enriched by it. 00:32:55.599 --> 00:33:03.699 As we become more and more involved with God's global mission, the work of the Great Commission, 00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:07.179 we should expect warm greetings. 00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:10.699 Brothers and sisters from around our region and world. 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:16.799 saying hi because they're blood-bought and we're blood-bought too. 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:27.600 I've been invited to go to Nepal early next summer to help encourage and equip local pastors 00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:30.340 serving in the foothills around Everest. 00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:35.720 Jiwon has extended the invitation to me, and I'm really looking forward at least to the opportunity. 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:43.299 But do you want to know what I would want for us as a church to come from this kind of investment of time and energy? 00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.680 Do you know what I'd want for us? 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:52.839 I'd want for us to experience the treasure and the richness of international relationships 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:56.659 with Christians on literally the other side of the planet 00:33:56.659 --> 00:34:01.179 who are doing the good work of the Great Commission. 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:06.200 Brothers and sisters seeking to make disciples of the nations. 00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:13.000 This kind of camaraderie in the gospel, it's not limited to international relationships. 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:15.079 It happens in the city. 00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:21.700 As we rub shoulders with other Christians from other churches who are seeking to advance the gospel of grace, 00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:27.019 as we get to know them and we greet them, there's a richness in that. 00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:28.960 And it's not just limited to that. 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:32.880 When you serve on a ministry team here at Christ the King Church, 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:36.880 you get to go shoulder to shoulder, week after week, 00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:40.579 with brothers and sisters in this church laboring in the gospel. 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.599 And so when you see them, you're like, 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:46.420 Hey brother, hey sister, greetings in the Lord. 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:48.259 We're co-laboring together. 00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:53.739 There is sweetness that is born together as we serve, 00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:56.159 doing the good works of this mission. 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:58.259 It's like being on the gospel pit crew. 00:34:58.859 --> 00:35:00.659 You're working together and working together, 00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:03.460 and there's good things that happen relationally as a result. 00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.839 Are you on mission? 00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:12.559 Are you doing the good work? 00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:16.019 Are you looking for a place to serve and to serve with? 00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:18.000 We've got needs here as a church. 00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.339 Come find me. 00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.019 I'll direct you. 00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.500 I'll make some connections for you. 00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:24.380 And so you can shoulder in and begin to labor. 00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:33.800 Let me finish with the last point. 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:39.300 We're to expect warm greetings as we labor in the gospel, 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:44.099 but we all must five rely on God's grace. 00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:47.579 Look at where he closes, the benediction. 00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:50.119 Grace be with you all. 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:53.119 Grace be with you all. 00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:56.199 It's where Paul starts in 1-4, 00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:59.819 grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior, 00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:02.440 and it's where he closes in 15, 00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.960 grace be with you all. 00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:06.219 Do you know why? 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:10.119 Paul closes with these words, 00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.980 grace be with you all. 00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:21.179 It's because we are all in constant need of God's grace for what he has called us to. 00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:25.440 Notice, he doesn't close with the words, 00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:28.460 seminary degrees be with you all. 00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.980 He doesn't close with the words, 00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:35.019 ministry experts be with you all. 00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:37.360 Piles of money be with you all. 00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:39.320 Physical health be with you all. 00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:41.559 Convenience and comfort be with you all. 00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:43.960 He doesn't close with any of that. 00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:49.659 He closes with grace be with you all. 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.559 We're on mission. 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:55.740 And we need mission power to do mission work. 00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.820 Grace be with you all. 00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:05.400 God's grace is his undeserved posture of kindness and blessing towards sinners. 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.940 That's God's grace. 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:09.840 And God's grace saves us. 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:11.700 God's grace trains us. 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:17.019 And God's grace sustains us in the mission. 00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:21.740 It's a powerful presence. 00:37:22.600 --> 00:37:23.800 2 Timothy 2.1, 00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.960 Paul says to Timothy, 00:37:26.160 --> 00:37:29.620 Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, Timothy. 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:32.539 Because you need it to endure, 00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.940 to persevere, 00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:37.820 to press on in doing the good works of the Great Commission. 00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:39.740 2 Corinthians 12.9, 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:41.160 Paul quotes Jesus. 00:37:41.580 --> 00:37:42.300 Jesus says, 00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:45.400 My grace is sufficient for you, 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:48.840 for my power is made perfect in weakness. 00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:50.080 Do you see what he just did? 00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:53.500 Jesus equates his grace with his power. 00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:55.460 You need it. 00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:58.240 So for us, this is what it means. 00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.780 We bring the weakness, 00:38:00.180 --> 00:38:01.340 he brings the grace. 00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:06.380 So we're constantly calling out for his grace. 00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:12.059 Oh God, give us your strength to get done what you've called us to do for your glory. 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:15.220 So when it comes to elders, 00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:17.620 brothers, you need God's grace. 00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:20.940 We're going to install Eric and Brian in just a minute. 00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:23.900 Eric and Brian, you need God's grace. 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.860 Grace be to you. 00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:28.000 Older men in the church, 00:38:28.120 --> 00:38:31.460 you need God's grace to be self-controlled and dignified. 00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:35.220 Older women, you need God's grace to be reverent in your behavior. 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:40.260 Younger women, you need God's grace in order to manage your household well. 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:44.120 Young men, you need God's grace to be self-controlled. 00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:49.860 As citizens, in order to submit to our present rulers, 00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:54.960 we need God's grace to do that well in order to bear witness to Jesus. 00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:59.800 In order to show perfect courtesy to all people, 00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:01.240 we need God's grace. 00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:07.300 And when it comes to playing our role on the gospel, 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:09.340 Pitt grew in getting the gospel out, 00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:11.720 we need God's grace. 00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:16.500 John 15, 8, Jesus says, 00:39:16.620 --> 00:39:18.440 By this my Father is glorified, 00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:23.019 that you bear much fruit and prove to be my disciples. 00:39:23.640 --> 00:39:25.000 Do you know how we bear fruit? 00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:28.400 We abide in Jesus. 00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:33.579 We root ourselves in the source of grace. 00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:35.160 Jesus. 00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:39.599 We've covered some ground. 00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.980 See the mission. 00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.099 Embrace the change. 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:46.380 We've got work to do. 00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:48.180 Anticipate warm greetings. 00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:49.399 And rely on His grace. 00:39:49.399 --> 00:39:51.480 And rely on His grace. 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:53.440 And you know what's going to happen? 00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:56.139 God's going to use us. 00:39:58.019 --> 00:40:01.119 He's going to use us in our faith-filled work. 00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:04.739 And we're going to see more and more people come to Jesus 00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:07.959 and experience His transforming grace. 00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:11.019 It's by His grace. 00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.879 It's for His glory. 00:40:13.459 --> 00:40:15.119 And the good of all mankind. 00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:18.559 We've got work to do, brothers and sisters. 00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:23.719 And God has the grace to do it by. 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.159 Let's pray. 00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.900 Lord Jesus, 00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:31.519 we want to be a church 00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:35.880 that You are using for Your purposes 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:37.460 here in this city, 00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.619 in this region, 00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:39.719 and around the world. 00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:41.139 God, 00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:42.579 would You put us to work 00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:45.679 empowered by Your grace. 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:48.399 We get to proclaim the gospel of grace 00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:50.579 for all in need of grace. 00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:53.119 Lord Jesus, 00:40:53.859 --> 00:40:55.699 pour out Your Spirit upon us 00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.819 to that end. 00:40:57.919 --> 00:40:59.299 And it's in Jesus' name we pray. 00:41:00.299 --> 00:41:00.639 Amen.