WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.839 The Philippines will give our minds to a section we read there in chapter 2 for a short time. 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:19.559 Philippines has been a book that was written with Paul encouraging them to work in partnership with one another for the good of the gospel. 00:00:20.179 --> 00:00:29.980 He's pleading with them to work together, to show compassion to one another, and to ultimately find out encouragement in Christ. 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:39.519 Prior to what we read, you can see if you have the ESV Bible, it titles that section, Christ's example of humility. 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:48.879 And through there it says, maybe the most notable verse that we have within our memories is verse 5. 00:00:49.480 --> 00:00:53.039 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:57.980 One of not doing things from selfish ambition there in verse 3. 00:00:57.979 --> 00:01:03.419 Out of humility, counting others more significant than ourselves. 00:01:03.919 --> 00:01:16.879 All these attributes that we find in Christ are our example to follow in our working together to build up one another and to build up the church of Christ. 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:29.799 And in this section here, we have that therefore at the beginning, which immediately points us back to what Paul is saying and that example that we have in Christ. 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:37.359 Because of what Christ has done, he says, therefore, look at Christ first. 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:48.739 And then, therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, as he talks to the people, so now, not only as in my presence, but much more in my absence. 00:01:49.019 --> 00:01:51.700 Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 00:01:51.700 --> 00:01:57.780 For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. 00:01:57.780 --> 00:02:08.699 And in this, what comes through is the character that is built within the people of Christ. 00:02:09.460 --> 00:02:15.280 The character that is formed by the work of Christ in their hearts. 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:23.460 Paul says, set your mind, pretty much, set your mind on the things of Christ. 00:02:24.099 --> 00:02:25.520 Look to Christ. 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:36.920 Therefore, then you will be shaped by all that he has done and should be shaped by the character and example that he leaves for us. 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:42.919 And the character here from verse 12 through. 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:46.919 It's a character that will be defined by certain things. 00:02:48.419 --> 00:02:49.519 It says there. 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:55.399 As you have always obeyed, the people had an obedience. 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:58.259 That was what defined them as a people of God. 00:02:59.000 --> 00:02:59.659 They had an obedience. 00:02:59.839 --> 00:03:00.759 And it wasn't to Paul. 00:03:00.839 --> 00:03:02.279 It wasn't to any man, as it says. 00:03:02.399 --> 00:03:03.719 Much more in my absence. 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:07.319 They didn't do it for the admiration of man. 00:03:08.300 --> 00:03:11.120 They did it because of their heart to Christ. 00:03:12.539 --> 00:03:16.740 It's like the conscience, when it's awakened by God. 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:26.020 It has that heart desire to obey what Christ teaches us, what God says to us. 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:30.620 As that working within us draws us to obedience. 00:03:30.620 --> 00:03:36.539 As Spurgeon says that believing and obedience, they run side by side. 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.360 You cannot separate believing and obedience. 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:46.599 We take these things from within our hearts. 00:03:46.599 --> 00:04:00.680 And if we do not listen to it and obey what it speaks to us, then what is our belief without obeying what we are told to believe? 00:04:03.359 --> 00:04:04.439 And do we believe? 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:09.479 Do we obey what we are told? 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:13.340 What is said before us in the word of God? 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:15.259 What God wants us to do? 00:04:15.259 --> 00:04:18.560 Are we being obedient? 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:22.079 To what he speaks to us? 00:04:23.339 --> 00:04:26.399 To do what God asks of us? 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:34.579 Paul says and continues on in saying, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 00:04:34.579 --> 00:04:39.819 Not that we contribute to our salvation by our working. 00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:43.339 Or we can work out our salvation by work. 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:50.219 But work out is maybe better understood as outworking. 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:57.199 The outworking of the salvation within us. 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:58.199 It defines us. 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.199 It defines us. 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:00.219 It defines us. 00:05:00.219 --> 00:05:03.779 What is in us and comes out of us. 00:05:04.060 --> 00:05:09.099 It defines who we are as Christians and our character. 00:05:09.100 --> 00:05:14.939 It's like we are defined by that salvation that is in us. 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:17.100 That is worked within us. 00:05:18.860 --> 00:05:21.760 Salvation that draws us to obedience. 00:05:22.820 --> 00:05:24.660 Things that run side by side. 00:05:24.660 --> 00:05:31.800 But so also when we are obedient to God and we do the things that are asked of us. 00:05:32.900 --> 00:05:38.520 We outwork that salvation that is born within us. 00:05:39.520 --> 00:05:41.580 As we outwork our obedience. 00:05:41.579 --> 00:05:45.979 In a sense that itself defines us even more. 00:05:47.139 --> 00:05:49.159 By who we are and what we do. 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:51.740 And the character of the Christian. 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:56.079 And it's like that character is built up step by step. 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:01.779 Character is like embroidery made stitch by stitch. 00:06:02.180 --> 00:06:02.719 It is said. 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:09.060 It's that building upon the work that is within us. 00:06:09.060 --> 00:06:12.160 And we do that. 00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:15.060 And we do have that obedience. 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:18.540 Because there is a reverence there. 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:20.040 To God. 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:23.280 What he has done for us. 00:06:23.340 --> 00:06:25.000 What Christ has done for us. 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:27.060 To have reverence. 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:29.220 Fear and trembling. 00:06:30.060 --> 00:06:31.279 What has been asked of us. 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:37.740 That we would fulfill the work that Christ has for us. 00:06:37.740 --> 00:06:43.500 And that salvation that works in us comes out in what we do. 00:06:45.420 --> 00:06:47.120 And it may be different for us. 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:49.079 We may have different work. 00:06:49.660 --> 00:06:51.220 God has work for all his people. 00:06:52.019 --> 00:06:54.340 We are not called to be idle people. 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:58.900 And this can vary greatly from person to person. 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.319 We're not all called to the same tasks. 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:04.759 Obedience is not always doing what we want either. 00:07:05.659 --> 00:07:07.620 Very rarely even in our own lives. 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:10.079 Someone would ask us to do something. 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:11.420 And we're glad. 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:14.759 That's what he asked us to do. 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:17.399 It's like, oh yeah, that's good that he asked me to do this. 00:07:18.219 --> 00:07:20.639 Whereas usually the case is. 00:07:20.779 --> 00:07:22.120 We're told to do something. 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:25.500 And we just do it out of obedience. 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:30.920 If it's an employer or parent or elder or whoever it is. 00:07:32.180 --> 00:07:39.120 Obedience is, in this case, trusting and having faith in what is asked of us. 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:43.000 But this voice of God speaks to us. 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:47.839 Even when every fiber of our being is. 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:51.160 Maybe trying to suppress our voice. 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:54.279 Of what has been asked of us. 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:56.519 Or that salvation from. 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:58.600 That has worked within us. 00:08:02.259 --> 00:08:03.500 Maybe we fight. 00:08:04.660 --> 00:08:05.459 Against it. 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:07.360 Maybe we kick against it in a sense. 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:10.000 Because we're not comfortable with what has been asked of us. 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:13.220 Because to be obedient. 00:08:13.899 --> 00:08:15.699 To what God asks us. 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:17.600 It calls us. 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:20.100 It calls to affect every part of us. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:22.680 Our whole life. 00:08:23.899 --> 00:08:24.680 Our speech. 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:25.759 Our manner. 00:08:26.300 --> 00:08:27.339 Our attitudes. 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:28.980 Our work. 00:08:30.100 --> 00:08:31.839 What we devote our time to. 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:36.460 Are we being obedient. 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:38.740 To what has been asked of us. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.960 Maybe we doubt the possibility. 00:08:44.580 --> 00:08:46.419 Why would God ask that of me? 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:49.679 How can I do that? 00:08:51.860 --> 00:08:52.379 Maybe. 00:08:53.379 --> 00:08:55.000 We present an image to. 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:56.580 To us that. 00:08:57.879 --> 00:08:59.279 I would say help me. 00:09:00.580 --> 00:09:01.679 In my doubts. 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:03.240 But. 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:05.580 And we help you in your doubts. 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:07.620 That we can. 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:08.080 So often. 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:09.120 As a child. 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:11.660 It's not limited to childhood. 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:13.160 It goes into adulthood as well. 00:09:14.180 --> 00:09:14.759 That we. 00:09:15.400 --> 00:09:17.020 We do things we shouldn't do. 00:09:17.800 --> 00:09:18.340 And then. 00:09:19.540 --> 00:09:20.020 If we're. 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:21.460 Caught. 00:09:21.580 --> 00:09:21.700 Or. 00:09:22.860 --> 00:09:24.400 A parent would come and say. 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:25.580 Why did you do that? 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:26.420 We would point and say. 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:27.660 Well he told me to do it. 00:09:27.659 --> 00:09:31.579 And it essentially takes us back to the garden of Eden. 00:09:32.659 --> 00:09:34.639 Where the blame is passed on to another. 00:09:35.179 --> 00:09:35.559 And he says. 00:09:35.699 --> 00:09:37.219 Well he told me to do it. 00:09:38.719 --> 00:09:39.360 And yet. 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.079 It's something that we find ourselves. 00:09:41.459 --> 00:09:42.539 Doing so easily. 00:09:43.339 --> 00:09:46.299 When a pure voice tells us to do something. 00:09:46.839 --> 00:09:47.779 That we know is wrong. 00:09:49.079 --> 00:09:50.319 And yet we find ourselves. 00:09:50.839 --> 00:09:51.339 Doing it. 00:09:51.340 --> 00:09:52.840 With us. 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:54.500 On the flip side. 00:09:56.920 --> 00:09:57.340 When it is. 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:59.840 God that asks us of something. 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:00.440 To do. 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:02.180 Something good. 00:10:03.060 --> 00:10:04.000 Something hard. 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:04.759 Most likely. 00:10:06.680 --> 00:10:07.379 And yet. 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:08.759 We don't do it. 00:10:10.899 --> 00:10:11.160 What. 00:10:13.899 --> 00:10:15.519 What would it mean for you. 00:10:16.379 --> 00:10:17.240 Having been. 00:10:18.340 --> 00:10:19.740 Directed to something. 00:10:19.940 --> 00:10:19.960 Or. 00:10:21.340 --> 00:10:25.460 Having something to be. 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:26.560 Obedient to. 00:10:26.680 --> 00:10:27.420 Whatever it is. 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:27.980 I don't know. 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:30.040 And yet we. 00:10:31.040 --> 00:10:32.500 It's so clear to you. 00:10:32.580 --> 00:10:32.879 And yet. 00:10:33.160 --> 00:10:34.440 You kind of kick against it. 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:34.720 Because. 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:36.940 You're not sure. 00:10:37.040 --> 00:10:37.840 If you can fulfill. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:39.320 What is asked of you. 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:41.899 And yet. 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:42.280 What do you. 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:42.460 What. 00:10:42.460 --> 00:10:42.860 What. 00:10:42.920 --> 00:10:43.780 What would we say. 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:46.560 When we stand before Christ. 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:48.080 And he. 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:49.360 He says to me. 00:10:49.460 --> 00:10:49.879 He says. 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:50.780 To you. 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:51.320 Or to me. 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:51.540 That. 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:53.259 It was me. 00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:54.420 That told you to do it. 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.259 It wasn't a poor voice. 00:10:58.460 --> 00:10:58.720 That you. 00:10:59.780 --> 00:11:00.780 A poor voice. 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:01.540 That you so easily. 00:11:01.540 --> 00:11:02.060 Listen to. 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:02.720 And would do. 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:04.740 To bring you into things. 00:11:04.780 --> 00:11:05.000 That were. 00:11:05.540 --> 00:11:06.600 Not good for you. 00:11:08.060 --> 00:11:09.360 You listen to them voices. 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:10.139 But when. 00:11:10.340 --> 00:11:10.500 When. 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:11.840 When I spoke to you. 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:12.820 When I spoke to you. 00:11:13.419 --> 00:11:14.419 From my word. 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:15.840 With all assurance. 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:18.480 To do what I asked you to do. 00:11:20.139 --> 00:11:21.860 And yet you did not do it. 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:24.379 You were not obedient. 00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:27.779 I couldn't imagine myself. 00:11:27.779 --> 00:11:27.860 I couldn't imagine myself. 00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:29.980 Standing before Christ. 00:11:31.340 --> 00:11:31.899 Having. 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.299 The direction. 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:34.240 That I had. 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:38.480 And to kick against it. 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:41.060 When he would ask. 00:11:41.060 --> 00:11:43.120 And say to me. 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:45.120 I gave you encouragement. 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:46.120 Every encouragement. 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:46.720 To do. 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:48.519 What I asked you to do. 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:49.740 And I told you to do. 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:52.820 But you listened. 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:53.980 To a poorer voice. 00:11:54.180 --> 00:11:54.259 Which. 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:56.740 Could often be our own voice. 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:59.440 Because I cannot do it. 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:01.440 Calvin says on that. 00:12:01.560 --> 00:12:01.659 That. 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:04.100 Nothing is more fatal. 00:12:04.100 --> 00:12:04.820 To us. 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:06.480 Than to refuse. 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.220 To give. 00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:08.180 Ourselves. 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:09.220 In obedience. 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:09.840 To God. 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:11.899 Nothing is more fatal. 00:12:11.899 --> 00:12:12.259 To us. 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:12.919 Than to refuse. 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:13.639 To give ourselves. 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:14.139 In obedience. 00:12:14.139 --> 00:12:14.600 To God. 00:12:14.680 --> 00:12:14.980 Because then. 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:17.320 If we don't have. 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:18.180 The obedience. 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.460 Where is our belief? 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:22.279 Where is our faith? 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:24.580 In the one who asks us? 00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:27.820 But Paul says. 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:28.759 And goes on to say. 00:12:31.540 --> 00:12:32.620 It is God. 00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:33.780 Who works. 00:12:33.900 --> 00:12:34.360 In you. 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:35.800 So. 00:12:35.920 --> 00:12:36.720 The doubts. 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:37.520 That you have. 00:12:39.180 --> 00:12:40.379 Put them to the side. 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:41.680 I know you have doubts. 00:12:42.160 --> 00:12:43.080 But it is God. 00:12:43.160 --> 00:12:43.920 Who works in you. 00:12:45.040 --> 00:12:45.980 It is God. 00:12:46.300 --> 00:12:47.300 That does that work. 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:48.860 Of redefining you. 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:49.200 Who. 00:12:50.940 --> 00:12:51.840 In the beginning. 00:12:52.280 --> 00:12:53.300 He redefines you. 00:12:53.920 --> 00:12:54.180 As. 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:55.099 A Christian. 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:56.339 Within you. 00:12:57.219 --> 00:12:58.139 God is at work. 00:12:58.299 --> 00:12:58.599 In. 00:12:58.939 --> 00:12:59.719 Your heart. 00:13:00.959 --> 00:13:01.399 But so. 00:13:01.479 --> 00:13:02.299 He continues. 00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:03.359 To define you. 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:04.439 Clearly. 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:06.319 And with more clarity. 00:13:07.059 --> 00:13:08.120 Step by step. 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:10.139 Stitch by stitch. 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:11.519 In that. 00:13:11.739 --> 00:13:12.079 Almost. 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:13.079 Sanctifying. 00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:14.179 Nature. 00:13:14.839 --> 00:13:15.739 As we become. 00:13:16.319 --> 00:13:16.639 More. 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:17.899 Christ like. 00:13:19.620 --> 00:13:20.719 In obedience. 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:22.939 It is God. 00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:22.980 God. 00:13:23.560 --> 00:13:24.280 Who works. 00:13:24.280 --> 00:13:25.400 In you. 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:28.620 And there. 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:29.760 We have confidence. 00:13:30.540 --> 00:13:31.640 Not in ourselves. 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:33.400 But in the one. 00:13:33.900 --> 00:13:34.480 That works. 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:35.540 Within us. 00:13:37.900 --> 00:13:39.020 And see what. 00:13:39.280 --> 00:13:39.920 Obedience. 00:13:40.280 --> 00:13:40.720 Brings. 00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:41.140 There. 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:42.540 For it is God. 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.360 Who works in you. 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.280 Both to will. 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:45.120 And to work. 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:46.620 For his. 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.179 For his. 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:47.600 Good. 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:48.259 Pleasure. 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:51.299 You ask yourself. 00:13:51.419 --> 00:13:52.740 Can we please God. 00:13:54.779 --> 00:13:55.419 Well. 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:56.360 We can. 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:58.779 If we obey him. 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:00.700 And we listen to him. 00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:03.159 If we obey his will. 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.440 And do his work. 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:07.580 For his. 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:08.320 Good pleasure. 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:10.860 Pleasing to God. 00:14:10.860 --> 00:14:11.060 And. 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:12.700 It always puts. 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:13.379 Before you. 00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:14.320 The idea. 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.460 Being obedient. 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:18.080 To God. 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:19.960 Is pleasing to God. 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.759 And yet. 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.919 Manage to find. 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:25.940 Is to glorify God. 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:26.960 And to enjoy him forever. 00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:29.379 As we. 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:30.940 Glorify. 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:31.600 God. 00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:32.800 And what we do. 00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:34.100 And that. 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:34.759 Outworking. 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.840 Of our salvation. 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.080 And being obedient. 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:38.100 And giving him. 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:39.800 It is glorifying God. 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.480 And what we're doing. 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.279 And yet. 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.960 We ourselves. 00:14:43.920 --> 00:14:44.639 Have enjoyment. 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.860 In God. 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.460 Because of these things. 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.220 Also. 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:50.620 It's an interesting comparison. 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:52.240 To make. 00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:55.379 But. 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:57.540 There's other marks. 00:14:57.920 --> 00:14:58.580 That distinguish. 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.519 Define. 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:02.519 And distinguish. 00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:03.180 The people. 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:04.139 Of God. 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.160 They do all things. 00:15:06.160 --> 00:15:07.300 Without grumbling. 00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:08.379 Or disputing. 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.579 Well. 00:15:10.599 --> 00:15:11.240 That's a challenge. 00:15:11.359 --> 00:15:11.839 To us all. 00:15:12.219 --> 00:15:12.599 We also. 00:15:12.959 --> 00:15:14.059 Find it so natural. 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:14.740 To do these. 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.699 To do grumble. 00:15:15.819 --> 00:15:16.779 And dispute things. 00:15:18.459 --> 00:15:19.179 But he's saying. 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.099 Don't. 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:21.359 Do all things. 00:15:21.479 --> 00:15:22.000 Without that. 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.579 It's like. 00:15:23.579 --> 00:15:24.399 If you think about. 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:24.799 Grumbling. 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.539 And disputing. 00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:26.679 It puts like a layer. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.799 Of negativity. 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:28.599 Into things. 00:15:30.459 --> 00:15:31.219 It's like. 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:32.399 This. 00:15:32.579 --> 00:15:32.939 Under. 00:15:33.339 --> 00:15:34.139 Hidden layer. 00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:35.859 That just. 00:15:35.979 --> 00:15:36.859 Does not help. 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:39.039 And Paul says. 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.779 It does. 00:15:39.839 --> 00:15:40.079 You know. 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.379 Good. 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.000 To be grumbling. 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.839 And disputing. 00:15:42.839 --> 00:15:43.799 With one another. 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:44.339 Or. 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.879 At things. 00:15:45.979 --> 00:15:46.620 That are happening. 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.519 Within the church. 00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:50.259 Paul's calling them. 00:15:50.299 --> 00:15:51.019 To partnership. 00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:51.599 Together. 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.479 To work together. 00:15:52.479 --> 00:15:53.319 For the glorifying. 00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:55.279 Of God's name. 00:15:57.319 --> 00:15:57.699 Just. 00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:59.199 Do things. 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.240 Without grumbling. 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.219 Or disputing. 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:03.200 Blameless. 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:03.920 And innocent. 00:16:04.920 --> 00:16:06.180 There's high standards. 00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:07.460 Being spoken of here. 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.360 That is asked. 00:16:08.420 --> 00:16:09.779 Of the Christian's character. 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.660 We should be blameless. 00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.779 And innocent. 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:14.440 Without blemish. 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.139 In a twisted. 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:16.139 Crooked generation. 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.519 In. 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.800 A twisted. 00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:21.879 And crooked generation. 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:25.980 We're not separated. 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:26.820 From the twisted. 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.919 And crooked generation. 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:29.679 We live. 00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.700 We live within. 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:32.259 And I'll give you an example. 00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:32.799 Of that. 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.419 In a wee minute. 00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:37.740 And you know. 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.860 Sometimes it's hard. 00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.879 To live within. 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:41.659 To be this character. 00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.579 Within the twisted. 00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:43.639 And crooked generation. 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.179 As it were. 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:46.019 To be this light. 00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:46.699 In the darkness. 00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.599 To shine. 00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:50.899 You know. 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.419 Sometimes. 00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:52.219 People. 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.599 Can spot. 00:16:55.199 --> 00:16:56.439 That you are different. 00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:58.879 It's a distinguishing. 00:16:59.099 --> 00:17:00.099 Feature about you. 00:17:01.219 --> 00:17:02.259 And they can ask. 00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:03.559 Even if they don't know. 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:04.599 Anything about Christ. 00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.240 They can say to you. 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:05.460 Well. 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.039 You don't swear. 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:08.680 Like we do. 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.440 You don't. 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:09.980 You don't. 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:11.180 Drink like we do. 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.019 You don't take drugs. 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.559 Like we do. 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:13.400 You don't have relations. 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:14.180 With other people. 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.799 Like we do. 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.440 You are. 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.640 Distinguished. 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.619 From us. 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:23.279 In many ways. 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.359 It can be quite clear. 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.420 How we're distinguished. 00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:28.619 Even if they don't know. 00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:31.299 About Christianity. 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:32.700 They spot. 00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:34.059 The. 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.559 Working of salvation. 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.039 And thinking. 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:37.899 Coming out of. 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:40.339 Even in these small things. 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.339 Other times. 00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:45.759 People don't pick up on it. 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.099 And they. 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:49.240 And that's far. 00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:50.419 That's way harder. 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.480 When you're a Christian. 00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.779 Living within the twisted. 00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:54.779 And crooked generation. 00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:56.220 People do not pick up. 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:57.980 That you're a Christian. 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:59.460 And. 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.460 And they're expecting. 00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.740 The same things of you. 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.860 To be. 00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:03.579 Living. 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.599 As they live. 00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:05.940 Almost to be. 00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.940 As the same family. 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.620 As they are. 00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.480 And you've got. 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.480 We've got to tell them. 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:10.980 Who we are. 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.460 It's hard. 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:13.839 And. 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.460 And. 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:15.940 It seems to be. 00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:17.220 Lights in this world. 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.980 And to shine. 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:21.019 It's not just to be our light. 00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:21.299 But. 00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.180 To shine. 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:22.519 To. 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:25.279 Let people know who we are. 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.360 Without being ashamed. 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.220 To. 00:18:30.340 --> 00:18:31.059 Give out. 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.960 The light. 00:18:32.619 --> 00:18:33.500 Of Christ. 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.700 That has been worked within me. 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:39.099 Do we not. 00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:41.419 If we put off telling people. 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:42.659 It just makes it harder. 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.059 And actually. 00:18:45.659 --> 00:18:46.200 You know. 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.599 We may. 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.779 Spend time with. 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.359 People. 00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:48.639 Two. 00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:48.940 Three. 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.279 Four. 00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:50.139 Five times. 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.980 And then tell them. 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:52.559 It. 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:52.839 It. 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:52.919 It. 00:18:52.919 --> 00:18:53.919 It doesn't do any good. 00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.339 Because they. 00:18:54.419 --> 00:18:55.000 They don't. 00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:57.440 They would prefer. 00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:58.740 To know who you are. 00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.700 And they maybe. 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.460 Feel ashamed. 00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:00.980 Of the things. 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.660 That they've said. 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:03.319 And it's far better. 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.559 Just to be that light. 00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.759 That Paul tells us to be. 00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:06.840 To shine. 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.279 Amongst people. 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.240 But to plug in. 00:19:13.340 --> 00:19:13.720 It says. 00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.900 To be lights in the world. 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.000 Holding fast. 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.960 To the word of life. 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.900 But we. 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.480 Continue. 00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:24.600 To have that. 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.640 Illuminating effect. 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.340 In a sense. 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.960 By the words. 00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:28.660 That we read. 00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:30.680 By the word of life. 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.000 That we. 00:19:31.580 --> 00:19:32.820 Come to every day. 00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:35.400 And encourages us. 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.259 And prepares us. 00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:37.220 And strengthens us. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.200 And we find strength. 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.640 From that. 00:19:39.560 --> 00:19:41.120 Word of life. 00:19:41.120 --> 00:19:42.060 That gives us life. 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.920 That we are a people. 00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:48.500 That hold on to it. 00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.759 Don't let go of it. 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:53.140 I want to read. 00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:54.140 Just in conclusion. 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:56.180 Something that we had to read. 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:57.079 For college. 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.160 I thought it was. 00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.619 It was. 00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.940 It was. 00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.900 Encouraging. 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:04.319 It's one of the. 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.960 First. 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.279 Apology. 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:08.859 Christian. 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.559 Apologetic. 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.240 Writings. 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.440 So this was written. 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:15.359 In 125 AD. 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.720 This is. 00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.480 Old. 00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:17.940 Old. 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:19.500 Just after the apostles. 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.700 And it's a letter. 00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.259 To someone. 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.099 Called. 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.859 If I can say it right. 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.900 Dionitas. 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.500 So the letter. 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.220 To Dionitas. 00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.920 It's about. 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.680 Someone say. 00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.359 To this man. 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.180 About the mystery. 00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.140 Of this. 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.059 New people. 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:40.240 The character. 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.500 Of. 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.659 Christianity. 00:20:44.419 --> 00:20:45.700 They call themselves. 00:20:45.919 --> 00:20:46.480 Christians. 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.240 And so this. 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.079 Comes across. 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.819 As a strange. 00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.279 Character. 00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:50.899 Of the Christian. 00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.599 Someone from. 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.419 The twisted. 00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:52.879 And crooked. 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.399 Generation. 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.500 Someone outside. 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:58.139 Trying to understand. 00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.480 What is. 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.299 The Christian. 00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:00.899 Character. 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.079 Let me read. 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.799 This for you. 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.759 But Christians. 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.399 Cannot be. 00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.259 Distinguished. 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.059 From the rest. 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.899 Of human. 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.579 Race. 00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:10.019 By country. 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.859 Or language. 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.779 Or customs. 00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:13.319 They live. 00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:14.179 Within. 00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:16.099 The people. 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.079 They're not. 00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.639 Distinguished. 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.259 Outwardly. 00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.279 You can't go into London. 00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:19.740 And say. 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.980 He's a Christian. 00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.659 He's a Christian. 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.159 He's a Christian. 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.879 By what they wear. 00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.240 They appear. 00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.500 They cannot be. 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.000 Distinguished. 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.519 By the rest. 00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:26.980 Which is. 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.119 They live. 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.519 In. 00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.460 Greek. 00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.399 And barbarian. 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:31.879 Cities. 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.480 Alike. 00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:34.700 They follow. 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.339 The customs. 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:36.099 Of the country. 00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.779 And the clothing. 00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.379 And the food. 00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:38.060 Etc. 00:21:38.300 --> 00:21:39.200 The daily living. 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.340 They live. 00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:42.080 In their own. 00:21:42.300 --> 00:21:42.940 Countries. 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.100 But only. 00:21:44.300 --> 00:21:45.100 As aliens. 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.920 They have a share. 00:21:47.040 --> 00:21:47.760 In everything. 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.620 As citizens. 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.880 And endure. 00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.600 Everything. 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.480 As foreigners. 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:55.460 Every foreign land. 00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:56.520 Is their fatherland. 00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:56.980 And yet. 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.040 For them. 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:59.140 Every fatherland. 00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.020 Is a foreign land. 00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.600 This guy. 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.260 Is trying. 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.180 To understand. 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.740 These Christian. 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.220 People. 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.599 They marry. 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.619 Like everyone else. 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.220 And they beget. 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.720 Children. 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.640 But they do not. 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.160 Cast. 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.359 Out their offspring. 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.599 They share. 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.460 Their board. 00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.240 With one another. 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.000 Their homes. 00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.420 But not their marriage bed. 00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.480 It is true. 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.359 That they are. 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.680 In the flesh. 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:26.920 But they do not live. 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:28.240 According to the flesh. 00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:30.180 They busy themselves. 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.860 On earth. 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.400 But their citizenship. 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.299 Is in heaven. 00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.279 They obey. 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.700 The established laws. 00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:38.200 But in their own lives. 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.400 They go far beyond. 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.440 What the laws require. 00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.820 They love all men. 00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.980 And by all men. 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.920 Are persecuted. 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:49.019 They are unknown. 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.860 And still. 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.779 They are condemned. 00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.680 They are put to death. 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.360 And yet. 00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:55.420 They are brought. 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.240 To life. 00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:58.080 They are poor. 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.340 And yet. 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.600 They make many. 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.400 Rich. 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.320 They are completely. 00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.220 Destitute. 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.800 And yet. 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.560 They enjoy. 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.200 Complete. 00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.140 Abundance. 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.220 They are dishonored. 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:12.620 And in their very dishonor. 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.620 Are glorified. 00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:15.019 They are defamed. 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.859 And are vindicated. 00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.400 They are reviled. 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:18.859 And yet. 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.639 They bless. 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.940 When they are affronted. 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.019 Yet. 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.160 They still. 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.440 Pay respect. 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.940 When they do good. 00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:29.019 They are punished. 00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.900 As evildoers. 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.420 Undergoing punishment. 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.900 They rejoice. 00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:35.680 Because they are brought to life. 00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.480 They are treated. 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.740 By the Jews. 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.400 As foreigners. 00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.039 And enemies. 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.019 And are hunted down. 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.779 By the Greeks. 00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.940 And all the time. 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.299 Those who hate them. 00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.460 I find it impossible. 00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:49.180 To justify their. 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.220 Emnity. 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.200 Towards them. 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.320 This man. 00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:55.180 Is looking at these people. 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.480 And going. 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.220 Who are these people? 00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:01.000 The characteristics of them. 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:05.259 Is there grappling with them? 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.720 What has been worked. 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.019 Within their hearts. 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:12.119 And we know it is a salvation. 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:14.379 That Christ has given them. 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.059 And their obedience. 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:19.539 To follow the example. 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:21.500 That Christ has left for them. 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:23.579 I just found that quite encouraging. 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:26.379 That the character of the Christian. 00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.700 Was there right from the beginning. 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:31.100 And so may it continue. 00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.779 To be. 00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.519 With each of us. 00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.340 I pray these would be. 00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.100 Thoughts. 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.100 That we were blessed. 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.840 And encouraging. 00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:38.640 Cheers. 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:40.360 We'll conclude by. 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.519 Singing to. 00:24:41.519 --> 00:25:11.500 Thank you.