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 It's a pretty mighty statement that you just sang.

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 For I know that His glory is my good.

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 I want to encourage you to turn there with me if you would, please.

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 1 Timothy chapter 3.

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 If you're using the Pew Bible, it's on page 992.

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 This morning we're going to be talking about spiritual leaders

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 and God's design for the spiritual leaders of this church.

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 Isn't it great that God has put together instructions

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 on how the church is supposed to work?

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 And those instructions are for our protection.

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 Those instructions are for our good as well as God's glory for our good.

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 Those instructions are meant to help us know how to please God

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 and know how to operate in the realm that God has directed.

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 It's a good thing.

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 The challenge of a passage like this morning,

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 when we're talking about spiritual leaders,

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 is to say, well, I'm not a spiritual leader.

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 I guess I can just check out.

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 And I guess I can just leave.

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 I wonder what's happening in the world today.

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 But that's not really, I think, what's going to be beneficial for us

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 as we move our way through this passage

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 because we know that the direction that God gave to Timothy

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 through the Apostle Paul is direction that is good for us,

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 not only in terms of spiritual leaders,

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 but it's good for us as a church

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 to know how God intends for you to relate to your leaders.

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 And as we read through this,

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 as we study through this this morning,

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 I hope you'll be encouraged to know

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 that this isn't just about God's direction for spiritual leaders,

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 but especially God's direction for His church.

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 This is God's design for us.

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 And we'll talk about that more as we move our way through the passage today.

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 Every Monday morning, I get an email in my inbox.

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 It's from a guy who hosts a ministry called the Practical Shepherding.

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 And at the beginning of this email,

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 it always begins the Monday email with this salutation.

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 It says,

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 Pastor, remember, it's just Monday.

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 Don't resign.

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 And in a recent email that he sent,

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 along with that he said,

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 Instead, drink some coffee,

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 get some sun,

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 take a walk,

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 pray with honesty,

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 lift something heavy,

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 talk to a safe friend.

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 Another pastor who is also involved in seeking to encourage other pastors in the ministry,

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 has a ministry called the Authentic Pastor.

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 And this was his prayer for pastors,

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 the pastors in his email distribution list for this past week.

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 He says,

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 My heart aches for pastors, Andrew.

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 I understand the weight you carry,

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 both publicly and privately.

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 I know the long hours,

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 the invisible struggles,

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 in the moments when you wonder if anyone truly sees what you're going through.

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 But more than that,

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 I know that there are areas of your life,

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 deep, unspoken places,

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 where you may feel stuck,

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 unsure,

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 or even distant from the healing you desperately need.

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 You may not have had the words for it,

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 but the Lord knows.

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 I know because I've been there too.

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 These pastors recognize the unrelenting struggle,

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 the consistent, heavy burden of ministry.

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 They have carried that burden for themselves,

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 and they recognize the significance of that burden on pastors,

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 and the challenge that pastors face from day to day,

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 from week to week.

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 Recently, there was a study from Barna

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 that suggested that 42% of pastors in evangelical churches

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 across this country,

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 42% of pastors in ministry this year

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 have wondered whether or not they should check out of ministry altogether.

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 42%.

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 Almost half of pastors in America

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 have wondered whether or not they should give up ministry that year.

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 Now, some of the pressures that they're facing,

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 some of the reasons why they're considering this are as follows.

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 The stress of the job itself,

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 feeling lonely and isolated,

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 unhappy with the effect that the role has on their family,

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 lack of optimism regarding the future of the church,

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 a church that has steadily declined,

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 not being satisfied with the job.

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 I think this sentiment is the same sentiment we find in the Apostle Paul,

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 the burdens and labors and challenges of ministry

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 that he describes in 2 Corinthians 11,

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 verses 24 to 29, when he says,

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 five times I received at the hands of the Jews

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 the 40 lashes less one.

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 Three times I was beaten with rods.

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 Once I was stoned.

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 Three times I was shipwrecked.

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 A night and a day I was adrift at sea

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 on frequent journeys in dangers from rivers,

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 dangers from robbers,

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 dangers from my own people,

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 dangers from Gentiles,

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 dangers in the city,

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 dangers in the wilderness,

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 dangers at sea,

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 dangers from false brothers,

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 in toil and hardship,

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 through many a sleepless night,

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 in hunger and thirst,

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 often without food,

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 in cold and exposure.

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 And apart from other things,

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 there is the daily pressure on me

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 of my anxiety for all the churches.

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 Who is weak and I'm not weak?

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 Who is made to fall?

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 And I am not indignant.

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 The Apostle Paul,

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 in recounting the challenges of ministry,

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 and then climaxed at the very end

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 by the fact that all of these

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 horrendous things that happened in ministry

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 don't even begin to compare

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 with the challenge and struggle

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 and burden that he has for the churches.

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 A burden for souls.

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 A burden for lostness.

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 A burden for the spiritual awakening

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 of God's people.

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 And all of that burden

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 in light of the fact

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 that the Apostle Paul

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 has understood

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 and come to grips

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 with his own fallenness.

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 He knows his own weakness.

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 He knows who is susceptible

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 in his own life

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 to failure

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 and to failing.

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 And yet,

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 through all of that,

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 there is a pressing on

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 and a moving forward.

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 With all of this,

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 one might wonder,

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 who would ever imagine

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 or want to move

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 into the ministry?

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 And with all of this in mind,

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 how can we,

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 how can you,

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 as a member of Maranatha,

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 be part of the long-term strategy

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 of helping to support

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 and encourage

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 and to ensure

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 that your spiritual leaders

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 were able to go the distance?

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 This morning,

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 my goal is twofold.

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 While we'll be moving through

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 this passage

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 that really deals extensively

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 with the qualifications of elders,

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 I want to target

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 two groups of individuals

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 here this morning.

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 The first group of individuals

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 that I intend to target

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 and I want to encourage

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 are those of you

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 young men

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 or even older men

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 who God may be

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 working on

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 through the course

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 of this message

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 to inspire you

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 to want to do

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 the hard work of ministry.

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 It's a good work of ministry.

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 We're going to talk about this

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 a little bit more

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 as we go along,

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 but I believe

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 that there are men

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 here today.

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 I believe that there are men

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 that God is choosing out,

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 selecting out,

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 and drawing into

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 the significant work,

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 the labors

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 of the mission field,

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 as it were,

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 this eternal work

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 and harvest of souls,

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 that God,

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 regardless of the struggles,

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 regardless of the loneliness

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 and the pressures

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 of leadership

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 and the criticism

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 that might come,

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 God, perhaps,

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 is calling many,

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 several of you,

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 perhaps,

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 to consider

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 the possibility

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 of heading into

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 this heart work

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 of the ministry.

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 The second

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 is that this message

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 is for you.

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 The congregation

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 at Maranatha,

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 those who would call

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 themselves believers

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 and followers

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 this message is for you

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 because the qualification

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 that we're going

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 to work through

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 this morning

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 are not just qualifications

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 for a pastor,

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 a spiritual leader,

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 that person

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 who's up front,

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 that person

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 who's leading

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 the various ministries

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 of the church.

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 These qualifications

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 are meant

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 to be the walk

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 of life,

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 the way of life

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 for every believer

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 in the church.

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 I love the way

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 that D.A. Carson

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 put this,

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 and I'll expound

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 on this quote

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 a little later,

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 but he talks about

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 how remarkable

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 the qualifications

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 are in how

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 unremarkable they are.

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 And what he means

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 by that is

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 that these qualifications

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 for elders

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 are no different

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 from the kinds

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 of standards

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 that God has set

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 before God's people.

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 And that God

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 has put leaders

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 in front of you

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 to demonstrate

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 what a walk

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 with God

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 really looks like,

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 to welcome

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 and invite God's people

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 to participate

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 and to wear

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 the same kinds

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 of habits

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 and the same kinds

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 of characteristics.

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 So if you're

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 there with me

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 in 1 Timothy 3,

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 I'm going to read

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 through our passage

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 this morning

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 as we begin

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 our time together.

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 1 Timothy 3,

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 beginning in verse 1.

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 The saying is trustworthy.

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 If anyone aspires

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 to the office

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 of overseer,

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 he desires

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 a noble task.

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 Therefore,

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 an overseer

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 must be above reproach,

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 the husband

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 of one wife,

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 sober-minded,

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 self-controlled,

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 respectable,

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 hospitable,

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 able to teach,

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 not a drunkard,

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 not violent,

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 but gentle,

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 not quarrelsome,

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 not a lover of money.

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 He must manage

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 his own household well,

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 with all dignity,

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 keeping his children

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 submissive.

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 For if someone

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 does not know

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 how to manage

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 his own household,

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 how will he care

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 for God's church?

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 He must not be

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 a recent convert,

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 or he may become

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 puffed up with conceit

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 and fall into

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 the condemnation

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 of the devil.

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 Moreover,

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 he must be well thought

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 of by outsiders

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 so that he may not

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 fall into disgrace,

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 into a snare

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 of the devil.

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 I want to break

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 this message up

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 into two parts

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 and we're going

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 to spend some time

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 just building out

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 the first verse

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 and talking about

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 the work

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 of spiritual leadership.

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 The work

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 of spiritual leadership

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 and then we're going

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 to follow it up

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 later on

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 with the life

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 of a spiritual leader

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 from verses 2

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 to 7.

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 But beginning now

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 with the work

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 of spiritual leadership.

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 What is this work

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 that we find here

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 in verse 1?

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 There's a number

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 of ways to describe

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 this work

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 and I want to move

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 from the end

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 of the verse

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 towards the beginning

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 of the verse

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 to kind of fill this

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 out for us

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 and I think there

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 are several characteristics

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 of this work

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 we see even

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 in verse 1.

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 First, it's a good work.

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 It's a good work.

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 Paul describes this

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 as a noble task.

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 Literally,

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 it is a good work.

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 Those looking

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 for an easy time

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 in leadership,

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 those who are

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 maybe gunning

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 for places

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 of authority

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 need to understand

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 at the very outset

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 this is a work

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 that Paul is calling

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 these leaders

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 in the church

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 to do.

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 In another place

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 in Thessalonians

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 the Apostle Paul

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 will not just call

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 this work

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 he'll call this labor.

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 He'll call this

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 the kind of labor

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 that expends him

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 that tuckers him out

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 that expends him

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 to his very end.

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 But I like how Paul

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 opens up this chapter.

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 He begins

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 this is a trustworthy saying

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 as he's talking

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 about this work.

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 Each time

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 the Apostle Paul

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 uses this phrase.

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 He uses it five times

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 throughout 1st and 2nd Timothy

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 and also in Titus.

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 And it's meant

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 to explain

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 or to draw out

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 the kind of truth

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 that Timothy

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 should know

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 is reliable.

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 This trustworthy saying.

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 This statement

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 that should be

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 a matter of fact

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 kind of statement.

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 Now why would

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 the Apostle Paul

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 begin this chapter

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 this way?

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 This is a trustworthy

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 statement.

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 Much like what he did

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 in 1st Timothy

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 chapter 1 verse 15.

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 The saying is trustworthy

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 and deserving

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 of full acceptance

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 he says

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 that Christ Jesus

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 came into the world

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 to save sinners

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 of whom I am

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 the foremost.

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 Timothy,

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 if there's any doubt

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 remember this

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 reliable statement

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 that's coming from me.

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 Recognize the truthfulness.

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 Recognize the reliability

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 of it.

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 Likely as Timothy

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 has just finished

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 reading the instructions

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 of 1st Timothy

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 chapter 1 and 2.

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 I'm imagining

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 in my mind's eye

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 that Timothy

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 is reading

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 these instructions

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 in chapter 1

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 and in chapter 2

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 and beginning to wonder

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 is this really

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 the kind of work

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 that I want

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 to be involved in?

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 After all

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 in 1st Timothy

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 chapter 1

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 the kind of

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 confrontation

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 that is required

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 this command

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 this charge

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 that Timothy

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 is supposed to give

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 to these

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 divergent teachers.

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 This is not

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 the kind

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 of climate

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 or the culture

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 in this church

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 that's going to be

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 really happy

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 and it's going to be

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 full of now

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 some conflict

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 and consternation

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 and criticism

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 and strange relationships.

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 Who wants

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 to go through that?

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 Timothy

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 in the latter parts

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 of 1st Timothy

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 chapter 1

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 he is called

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 by the apostle Paul

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 to wage

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 the good warfare.

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 Those aren't

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 the kinds

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 of terms

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 that you would use

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 in a peaceful

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 climate

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 and here Timothy

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 is as a spiritual

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 leader now

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 in this church

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 having to lead

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 the charge

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 as it were

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 in this area

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 and then

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 in chapter 2

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 to define

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 the roles

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 of biblical

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 manhood

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 and womanhood

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 and how that

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 plays out

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 in the church.

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 Who wants

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 to be on the

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 front lines

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 of that kind

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 of conversation?

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 But these were

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 the things

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 that were necessary.

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 These were the

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 things that were

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 essential

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 to have

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 a church

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 that would

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 become

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 and be

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 the pillar

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 and buttress

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 of truth

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 in order for it

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 to be a safe

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 haven for truth.

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 Truth needed

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 to be conveyed.

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 If Timothy

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 was going to

00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:41.600
 carry out

00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:42.620
 this good work

00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:44.360
 then bold

00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:45.360
 proclamation

00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:46.440
 and gracious

00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:47.340
 proclamation

00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:48.299
 of truth

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 needed to be

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 done.

00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:51.940
 Timothy

00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:53.139
 no doubt

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:55.039
 did not want

00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.480
 conflict

00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.399
 but he understood

00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:57.240
 that truth

00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:58.480
 was the most

00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.539
 important thing

00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:00.360
 in order for

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 this church

00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.259
 to enjoy

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.759
 the fruit

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.440
 of this

00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:03.259
 good work

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:03.620
 that he had

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:03.980
 been called

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.179
 to.

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 Second

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.320
 it was a

00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:07.200
 desirable work

00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:07.759
 a desirable

00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.100
 work.

00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:08.500
 Notice

00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.680
 the saying

00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.200
 is trustworthy

00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:10.820
 if anyone

00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.920
 aspires

00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:12.940
 to the office

00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:13.620
 of overseer.

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 He desires

00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:15.620
 a noble task.

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 Two words

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.879
 that kind of

00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.460
 fill out

00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:18.660
 this desire

00:16:18.660 --> 00:16:19.580
 that shows up

00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:20.500
 on the outside.

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.080
 This aspiration

00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:23.220
 this stretching

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.580
 out

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 this moving

00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:24.920
 forward

00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:25.620
 that happens

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.620
 on the outside

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 that's driven

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.800
 by an internal

00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:29.400
 desire.

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 This epithumia

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 which sometimes

00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:32.980
 in the New Testament

00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:35.840
 is a sinful

00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.660
 kind of desire

00:16:36.660 --> 00:16:37.140
 but here

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 it's used

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 in a way

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.899
 to speak

00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:40.000
 of a desire

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.420
 that is

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 this passionate

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 craving

00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:43.139
 and longing

00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:43.720
 for something

00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.200
 good.

00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.620
 The desires

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.879
 that are

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.720
 meant to drive

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 and compel

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 an individual

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 towards ministry.

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 I love how

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 one commentator

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.120
 puts it

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 he says

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 Christ grabs

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.779
 his pastors

00:16:58.779 --> 00:17:00.040
 by the heart

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 he doesn't

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:01.980
 twist them

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.580
 by the arm.

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 He wants

00:17:04.620 --> 00:17:05.059
 men

00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:06.779
 with holy

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.539
 ambition

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.980
 for the office.

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 Men

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 with holy

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.700
 dreams

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.500
 about feeding

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 and leading

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.500
 the flock.

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 Men

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 willing

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 and eager

00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.819
 to stretch

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 themselves

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 and to do

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 what the

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 calling

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:20.220
 requires.

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 Pastoring

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.619
 drops you

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.500
 into a

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 surging

00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:24.779
 rapid

00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.779
 of emotion

00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:27.119
 and spiritual

00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:27.920
 hazards.

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 A man

00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:29.399
 should become

00:17:29.399 --> 00:17:29.859
 a pastor

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 only if

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 he has

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 a sober

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 informed

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 eagerness

00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.639
 for the work.

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:35.619
 God

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:35.959
 doesn't

00:17:35.959 --> 00:17:36.579
 compel

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 one

00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:37.359
 to

00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:37.919
 ministry

00:17:37.919 --> 00:17:38.659
 as much

00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:39.419
 as inspires

00:17:39.419 --> 00:17:39.879
 him

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 and gives

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 him an

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 affection

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 and a

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 desire

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 to see

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 what the

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 ministry

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 is meant

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 to accomplish

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 in terms

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 of pointing

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 to the

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 glory

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 of God.

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 This is

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 exactly

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 what Peter

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 describes

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 in 1 Peter

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 chapter 5

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 verses 2

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 and 3

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 when he

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 says

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 shepherd

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 the flock

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 of God

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 that is

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 among you

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 exercising

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 oversight

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 not under

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 compulsion

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 but willingly

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 as God

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 would have

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 you not

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 for shameful

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 gain

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 but eagerly

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 not domineering

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 over those

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 in your

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 charge

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 but being

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 examples

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 to the

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 flock

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 two words

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 that Peter

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 uses

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 for these

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 shepherds

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 these leaders

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 there

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 spread across

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 the known

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 world

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 serve in a

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 way that

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 it is

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 willing

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 serve in a

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 way that

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 is eager

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 demonstrate

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 the inner

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 drive that

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 God has

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 given to

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 you for

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 this good

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 work that

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 you've been

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 called to

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 third

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 we find

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 that it's

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 a vital

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 work

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 it's a

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 vital

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 work

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 if anyone

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 aspires to

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 the office

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 of overseer

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 he desires

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 a noble

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 task

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 and then

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 an overseer

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 must be

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 and we fill

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 out the

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 remaining list

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 in verses

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 2 to 7

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 this office

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 of overseer

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 is used

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 four times

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 in the

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 new testament

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 it's

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 the word

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 that describes

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 the act

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 of being

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 visited

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 or the

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 office

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 as a

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 church

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 leader

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 some

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 have

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 suggested

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 that this

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 word

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 derives

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 its sense

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 from a

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 city

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 administrator

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 an inspector

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 or financial

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 manager

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 but it

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 probably

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 harkens

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 back

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 to the

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 to the

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 Qumran

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 community

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 those

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 as seen

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 Jews

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 in that

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 Qumran

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 community

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 who were

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 instructed

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 and given

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 the task

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 of preaching

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 and teaching

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 and presiding

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 over this

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 group

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 this community

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 of individuals

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 this word

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 for overseer

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 that we find

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 at the very

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 beginning

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 of verse 2

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 is a guardian

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 a supervisor

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 a keeper

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 a watchman

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 a superintendent

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 this is one

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 of the three

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 words used

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 throughout the

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 new testament

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 to describe

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 this office

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 of leader

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 and overseer

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 spiritual

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 leader

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 of the

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 church

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 the other

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 two

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 are elder

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 which is

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 presbyteros

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 and pastor

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 which is also

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 the word

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 for shepherd

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 all three

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 of these

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 words show

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 up in

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 1 Peter

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 chapter 5

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 we saw

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 this verse

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 just a moment

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 ago

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 but I want

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 to now

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 draw out

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 some of

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 these words

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 so you can

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 see them

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 all kind

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 of put

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 together

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 for us

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 in this

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 passage

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 I exhort

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 the elders

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 Peter says

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 among you

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 as a fellow

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 elder

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 and a

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 witness

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 of the

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 sufferings

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 of Christ

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 as well

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 as a

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 partaker

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 in the

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 glory

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 that is

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 going

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 to be

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 revealed

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 shepherd

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 this is

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 the verbal

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 form

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 of

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 pastor

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:23.200
 shepherd

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 the flock

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 of God

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 that is

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 among you

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 exercising

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 oversight

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.039
 this is

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 the verbal

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.319
 form

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:28.660
 of the

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 overseer

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:29.859
 we found

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 in our

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 passage

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 not under

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 compulsion

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 but willingly

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.799
 as God

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 would have

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.380
 you

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 and when

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 the chief

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.079
 shepherd

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.559
 appears

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 you will

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 receive

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.460
 the unfading

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.900
 crown of

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 glory

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.779
 the motivation

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 for all

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.599
 of our

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 leadership

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:43.859
 is

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.719
 the glory

00:20:44.719 --> 00:20:45.139
 of God

00:20:45.139 --> 00:20:45.759
 the motivation

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.199
 for our

00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:46.539
 leadership

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.179
 is to

00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:48.079
 serve

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.539
 under

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.279
 the chief

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.859
 shepherd

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.859
 to follow

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.659
 the directives

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 that he's

00:20:51.939 --> 00:20:52.259
 given

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.299
 to manage

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 and care

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.579
 for the

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:54.859
 flock

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 of God

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 as he

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 has called

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.240
 us

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.259
 so what

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 are the

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 responsibilities

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.619
 of this

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.219
 overseer

00:20:59.219 --> 00:20:59.899
 we could

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.299
 spend

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.219
 the rest

00:21:01.219 --> 00:21:01.519
 of our

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.919
 time

00:21:01.919 --> 00:21:02.579
 spelling

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:02.879
 out

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.439
 those

00:21:03.439 --> 00:21:04.240
 tasks

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.059
 but let

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.379
 me just

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:06.439
 give them

00:21:06.439 --> 00:21:06.699
 to you

00:21:06.699 --> 00:21:07.079
 briefly

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:08.579
 first

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:08.839
 they are

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.279
 to rule

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.019
 we find

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.339
 that in

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.519
 first

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.799
 Timothy

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.539
 517

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:12.779
 of course

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.039
 they are

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.579
 to preach

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:13.879
 and to

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.299
 teach

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.000
 they are

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.460
 to pray

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:15.839
 for the

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.059
 sick

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.480
 we find

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.879
 that in

00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.539
 James

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.339
 chapter 5

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.019
 they are

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.460
 to care

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.779
 for the

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.119
 church

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.519
 we find

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.159
 that in

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.720
 this passage

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.079
 here in

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.259
 first

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.579
 Peter

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.619
 chapter 5

00:21:23.619 --> 00:21:24.240
 they are

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.420
 to be

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.039
 examples

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.119
 to follow

00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:27.039
 to set

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.359
 church

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.000
 policy

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.059
 we find

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.440
 from

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.859
 Acts

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.420
 chapter 20

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.819
 that they are

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.279
 to help

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.159
 safeguard the

00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:32.460
 flock

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.359
 from wolves

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:34.539
 they are

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.059
 to guard

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.519
 the flock

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.139
 from error

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:37.039
 to equip

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.519
 the saints

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.119
 for ministry

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.500
 there in

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.940
 Ephesians

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.579
 chapter 4

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.279
 they are

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.879
 to counsel

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.399
 they are

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.039
 to encourage

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.639
 they are

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.179
 to spend

00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:43.759
 themselves

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.500
 for the

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.299
 advancement

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.359
 and encouragement

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:46.980
 of God's

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.379
 people

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.559
 essentially

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.059
 they are

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.539
 to represent

00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.240
 Christ

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.679
 in a really

00:21:51.679 --> 00:21:52.279
 tangible

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 and practical

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 way

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 in pointing

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 people to

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 Christ

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 in showing

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 the example

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 of Christ

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 before God's

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 people

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 in spending

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 themselves

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 in a way

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 that represents

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 the costly

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.720
 sacrifice

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.240
 of our

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 Savior

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.779
 for us

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 as a

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:09.839
 pastor's

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 work

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:11.180
 it is

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 vital

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 for the

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:12.660
 health

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.920
 of the

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 body

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 and he

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 does it

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 because

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 he understands

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 that it

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 points to

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 God

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 and that

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.319
 brings

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 joy

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 finally

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 in this

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 section

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 it's a

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 team

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 work

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 it's a

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 team

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 work

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 this

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 role

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.220
 of

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 eldering

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 shepherding

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 pasturing

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 overseeing

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 is always

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 described

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 throughout

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 the New

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 Testament

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 as being

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 done

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 in teams

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 being done

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 with others

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 these words

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 are always

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 used

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 together

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 in a

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 team

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 kind

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 of way

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:43.879
 every

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 place

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 we find

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 them

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.259
 throughout

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 the New

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 Testament

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.119
 this word

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.799
 is plural

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 by the way

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 there is

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 safety

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.680
 in the

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.200
 multiple

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.440
 of leaders

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.500
 there is

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.160
 longevity

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.940
 in the

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.059
 multiplicity

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.720
 of leaders

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 as they're

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 working

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.299
 together

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 and pulling

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 the weight

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 together

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 there is

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.279
 wisdom

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.799
 in the

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.480
 plurality

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.400
 of leaders

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:08.660
 Solomon

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.440
 says in

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.620
 Ecclesiastes

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.320
 chapter 4

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:13.000
 in describing

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.160
 the benefit

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.900
 of

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 multiplicity

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.200
 he says

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 there

00:23:17.780 --> 00:23:18.640
 two are

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 better than

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 one

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.980
 because they

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.360
 have a good

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.960
 reward for

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.980
 their toil

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 for if they

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.720
 fall

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.500
 one will

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.880
 lift up

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.360
 his fellow

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 but woe

00:23:27.580 --> 00:23:28.060
 to him

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:28.380
 who is

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.840
 alone

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.480
 wherein

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.300
 he falls

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 and has

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.840
 not another

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.200
 to lift

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.540
 him up

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.740
 the value

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.899
 and the

00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:36.259
 importance

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.259
 and significance

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.599
 of leading

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.680
 God's church

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.220
 together

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.899
 and so let me

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.440
 just point you

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:42.759
 to a few

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.180
 passages

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.879
 just briefly

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.680
 that would

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.720
 reflect the

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.259
 fact that

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:47.599
 the elders

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.700
 are serving

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.680
 together

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.639
 in Acts

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.359
 chapter 14

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.059
 verse 23

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:53.019
 we see this

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.039
 and when they

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.599
 had appointed

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.000
 elders

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.740
 this is speaking

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.579
 of Paul

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.240
 and Barnabas

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.019
 they're heading

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.720
 back from their

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.559
 first missionary

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.079
 journey

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.859
 and those

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.259
 churches

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.559
 that they

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.000
 have just

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.579
 established

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.339
 they're working

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.720
 their way

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.399
 back to

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:05.000
 Antioch

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.839
 and what's

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.259
 happening

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.599
 here

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.639
 is when

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:07.960
 they go

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.519
 back to

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.220
 those churches

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.619
 it says

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.119
 they appoint

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:10.759
 elders for

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.019
 them

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.779
 in every

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.279
 church

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.480
 with prayer

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.199
 and fasting

00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:15.119
 they committed

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.980
 them to

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.480
 the Lord

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.039
 in whom

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.279
 they had

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.720
 believed

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.899
 in Acts

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.460
 chapter 20

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:19.960
 on the

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.980
 end of

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.500
 Paul's

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.980
 third

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.319
 missionary

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.759
 journey

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.619
 again he's

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.240
 heading back

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.839
 to Jerusalem

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.379
 and it says

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.720
 this

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.359
 now from

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.839
 Miletus

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.379
 he sent

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.259
 to Ephesus

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.799
 and called

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.439
 the elders

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.600
 of the church

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:30.960
 to come

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.340
 to him

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:32.720
 and then

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.259
 in Titus

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.059
 chapter 1

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.759
 verse 5

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.720
 the instructions

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.940
 that Paul

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.279
 will give

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.820
 to Titus

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.600
 in terms

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.140
 of appointing

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.380
 elders

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.920
 is this

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.759
 this is why

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.120
 I left

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.440
 you in

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.720
 Crete

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.340
 so that

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:42.640
 you might

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:42.980
 put

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.640
 what remained

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.160
 into order

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.880
 and appoint

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.660
 elders

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.320
 in every

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:46.740
 town

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.480
 as I

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.820
 directed

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.200
 you

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.779
 then to

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.120
 the church

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.660
 of Philippi

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.220
 he says

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.240
 Paul and

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.539
 Timothy

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.000
 servants

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.440
 of Christ

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:53.860
 Jesus

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.600
 to all

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.059
 the saints

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.500
 in Christ

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.940
 Jesus

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.460
 who are

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.700
 in

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.180
 Philippi

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.660
 with the

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.480
 overseers

00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:00.059
 and deacons

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:01.440
 and then

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.779
 1 Peter

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.380
 chapter 5

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:02.819
 verse 1

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.160
 we've seen

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.559
 this several

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:03.839
 times

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.140
 but just

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.860
 to continue

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.180
 to fill

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.440
 it out

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.880
 so I

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.420
 exhorted

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.339
 the elders

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.180
 among you

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:10.360
 this

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.559
 wisdom

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.220
 and

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:13.420
 interest

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.819
 in

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.940
 plurality

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.579
 of leaders

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:15.980
 in the

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.360
 church

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.579
 that strengthens

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.180
 them for

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.660
 the work

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:20.180
 maybe you'd

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.640
 be asking

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.360
 so what

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:21.579
 about

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.140
 smaller

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.620
 churches

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.920
 what

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.299
 about

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.700
 churches

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.380
 that can't

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.660
 afford

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.100
 to have

00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:26.940
 multiple

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.580
 pastors

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.700
 how

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.120
 will they

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.480
 be able

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.980
 to carry

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.279
 out

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.660
 this

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.420
 function

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.980
 and the

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.220
 simple

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.500
 answer

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.800
 is that

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.060
 they would

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.600
 continue

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.540
 to carry

00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:35.759
 out

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:35.980
 this

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.340
 function

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:36.720
 the same

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.000
 way

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.680
 the apostle

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.300
 Paul carried

00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:38.580
 this

00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.180
 function

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.600
 out

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.460
 in the

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.740
 churches

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.080
 that he

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.480
 served

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.540
 and by

00:25:42.540 --> 00:25:42.900
 the way

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.540
 the way

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:44.560
 that churches

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.420
 are carrying

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.080
 out this

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.560
 function

00:25:46.560 --> 00:25:47.220
 and have

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.720
 been carrying

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.140
 out this

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.500
 function

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.160
 around the

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.440
 world

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.220
 since the

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.820
 first century

00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:51.920
 and that

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.320
 is

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.160
 pastors

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.580
 who are

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:53.960
 committed

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.980
 to

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.860
 bivocational

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.220
 kinds

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.380
 of

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.779
 ministry

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.279
 or

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.660
 committed

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:57.880
 to

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.539
 full-time

00:25:58.539 --> 00:26:00.140
 work

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.980
 and

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.759
 part-time

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.500
 ministry

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.000
 for the

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.340
 sake

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:04.079
 of

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.380
 loving

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.620
 and

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:04.960
 serving

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.559
 God's

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.960
 church

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:07.140
 this is

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.360
 what the

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.600
 apostle

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.059
 Paul did

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.279
 in

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.299
 supporting

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.799
 his

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.220
 team

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.779
 in

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.180
 working

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.620
 as a

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:11.779
 tent

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.079
 maker

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.259
 this

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.579
 is

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 what

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 I

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 have

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 been

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.160
 able

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 to

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 witness

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:15.960
 around

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.140
 the

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 world

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 pastors

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.819
 who

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 are

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 devoted

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 to

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 the

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 church

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:19.880
 but

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.539
 have

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.720
 to

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 support

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 themselves

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 in

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:21.840
 their

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 family

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.759
 with

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 a

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.819
 job

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.000
 that

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 is

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.659
 unrelated

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.220
 to

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.679
 ministry

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:27.039
 this

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.700
 is a

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:27.859
 way

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.039
 for

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 them

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.399
 to

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.819
 demonstrate

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 to

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.480
 their

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.839
 church

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.539
 the

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 hard

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 work

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 and

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 diligence

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 of

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 faithful

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 service

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 in

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 the

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 world

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 but

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 also

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.500
 demonstrate

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 their

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 care

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 for

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.939
 those

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:39.399
 that

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:39.579
 God

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 has

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 entrusted

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 to

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 them

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.419
 what

00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:41.519
 a

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.839
 blessing

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 it

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 is

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 in

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 the

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.179
 places

00:26:43.179 --> 00:26:43.379
 that

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 I've

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 been

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:43.919
 to

00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:44.220
 see

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.139
 men

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 who

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.480
 are

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.819
 committed

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.019
 to

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.240
 this

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.759
 kind

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.439
 of

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.000
 service

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.859
 now

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.000
 as

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.359
 we've

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.259
 seen

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.579
 the

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.779
 work

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.399
 of

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.539
 spiritual

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.019
 leaders

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.279
 now

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.559
 let's

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:55.899
 turn our

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.240
 attention

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.639
 to the

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.039
 life

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.740
 of a

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.039
 spiritual

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.319
 leader

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.500
 the

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.940
 life

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.819
 of a

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.139
 spiritual

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.420
 leader

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.740
 in

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.279
 verses

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.160
 2-7

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.299
 now

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.639
 just at

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:03.879
 the very

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.279
 beginning

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.960
 of this

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.420
 I want

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.960
 you to

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.220
 know

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.879
 there's

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.259
 no way

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.619
 we can

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:07.980
 cover

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.700
 all of

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.139
 these

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:10.000
 character

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.779
 qualities

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:12.079
 in one

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.779
 sitting

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.200
 together

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.339
 and so

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.980
 next week

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.200
 we're gonna

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.700
 have a chance

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.480
 since there's

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.259
 some correlation

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.420
 and similarities

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.220
 between the

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.599
 deacon

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.199
 and the

00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:20.539
 elder

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.240
 to be

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.819
 able to

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.459
 to build

00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:22.980
 this out

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.319
 a little bit

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.759
 more in

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.240
 our time

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.959
 next week

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:26.659
 but let me

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.159
 just

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:28.519
 read

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.439
 this passage

00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:29.859
 again

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.599
 for us

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.619
 remind us

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:31.959
 of what's

00:27:31.959 --> 00:27:32.399
 going on

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:32.639
 here

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.599
 and then

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.699
 spend some

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.039
 time

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.740
 working

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.079
 through

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:37.099
 it says

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.399
 in verse

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:37.679
 2

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.000
 therefore

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.919
 an overseer

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.799
 must be

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.879
 above reproach

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.939
 the husband

00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:42.579
 of one wife

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.279
 sober minded

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.059
 self-controlled

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.099
 respectable

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.939
 hospitable

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.779
 able to

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.219
 teach

00:27:47.219 --> 00:27:48.119
 not a

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.459
 drunkard

00:27:48.459 --> 00:27:49.139
 not violent

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.759
 but gentle

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.080
 not quarrelsome

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.640
 not a lover

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.180
 of money

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.140
 he must

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.620
 manage his

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:53.920
 household

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.259
 well

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.800
 with all

00:27:54.800 --> 00:27:55.320
 dignity

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:55.960
 keeping his

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.200
 children

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.920
 submissive

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.960
 for if

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.480
 someone does

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.820
 not know

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.220
 how to

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.480
 manage

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.759
 his own

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.259
 household

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.920
 how will

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.360
 he care

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.880
 for God's

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.280
 church

00:28:02.280 --> 00:28:03.440
 he must

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.800
 not be

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:04.180
 a recent

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.660
 convert

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:06.100
 or he

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:06.540
 may become

00:28:06.540 --> 00:28:07.060
 puffed up

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.720
 with conceit

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.100
 and fall

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.560
 into the

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.020
 condemnation

00:28:09.020 --> 00:28:09.220
 of the

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.480
 devil

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.740
 moreover

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.600
 he must

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.000
 be well

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.420
 thought of

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.200
 by outsiders

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.360
 so that

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.040
 he may

00:28:15.040 --> 00:28:15.520
 not fall

00:28:15.520 --> 00:28:16.320
 into disgrace

00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:17.200
 into the

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.540
 snare

00:28:17.540 --> 00:28:18.200
 of the

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.440
 devil

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.799
 we see

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.100
 right at

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.580
 the outset

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.240
 there are

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.100
 two words

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.580
 that begin

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:23.559
 to shape

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.080
 the rest

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.320
 of our

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.860
 passage

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.940
 we see

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.240
 them right

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.640
 there in

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.240
 verse 2

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.900
 the word

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.880
 must be

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.779
 and the

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.720
 word above

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.400
 reproach

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.840
 those two

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.200
 words

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.039
 help to

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.620
 provide some

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.240
 definition

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.259
 for the

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.259
 qualities

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.299
 of this

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.059
 pastor's

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.580
 life

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.180
 that we'll

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.799
 see throughout

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.100
 the rest

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.299
 of our

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.779
 passage

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.320
 when we

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.059
 find this

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.420
 word

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:44.580
 must be

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.220
 it's the

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.460
 word for

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.059
 it is

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.720
 necessary

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.339
 and this

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.759
 word

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.860
 will govern

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.640
 the next

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.120
 eleven

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.880
 characteristics

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.299
 that we

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.680
 find

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.079
 throughout

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.360
 the

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.960
 remaining

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.279
 part

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.539
 of this

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.120
 passage

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.440
 grammatically

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.759
 they're

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.279
 dependent

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.880
 upon

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.480
 this

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.819
 word

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.100
 it is

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.620
 necessary

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:02.220
 and then

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.940
 this word

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.279
 above

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.000
 reproach

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.120
 it speaks

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:06.240
 of exemplary

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.940
 character

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.259
 obviously

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.900
 this isn't

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.440
 a pastor

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.819
 who is

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.299
 perfect

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.779
 this is a

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.140
 pastor

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.039
 who has

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.680
 demonstrated

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.720
 a steady

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.799
 consistent

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.820
 faithful

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.560
 pattern

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:18.640
 of life

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.580
 that through

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.140
 the long

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.420
 haul

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.299
 demonstrates

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.980
 that he

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.740
 is someone

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.940
 to whom

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.680
 there is

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.620
 no blame

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:27.120
 no one

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.860
 can properly

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.960
 bring against

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.820
 him a charge

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:31.400
 of unfitness

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.500
 for office

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:34.299
 this exemplary

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.120
 life sets

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.759
 the example

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:37.160
 for the church

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.799
 and that's

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.580
 why I used

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.299
 this term

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.120
 I used

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.680
 this term

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.460
 exemplary

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.299
 to help

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.960
 you understand

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.340
 that he

00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:44.539
 in doing

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.960
 this

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.500
 will be

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.220
 an example

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:48.140
 an exemplary

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.660
 kind

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.319
 of character

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.400
 that's why

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.840
 the apostle

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.440
 Paul is able

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.019
 to say

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.400
 imitate me

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.079
 as I

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.480
 imitate

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.019
 the Lord

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.480
 Jesus

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:57.279
 that's why

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.759
 Paul could

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.480
 say to the

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.840
 church of

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.279
 Philippi

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.819
 in Philippians

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.279
 chapter 4

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.840
 verse 9

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.920
 he says

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.279
 what you

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.160
 have learned

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.880
 and received

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:06.000
 and heard

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.100
 and seen

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.700
 in me

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.340
 practice

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:09.140
 these things

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.120
 and the

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.500
 God of

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.880
 peace

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.980
 will be

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.400
 with you

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.900
 you see

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:15.440
 the qualifications

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.020
 that we see

00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:16.460
 here for

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.860
 elders

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.280
 is not

00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:18.200
 a qualification

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.900
 that is

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.460
 only for

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.680
 them

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.500
 but they

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.060
 are setting

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:22.020
 the example

00:30:22.020 --> 00:30:22.520
 they are

00:30:22.520 --> 00:30:23.480
 calling the

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.000
 church

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.660
 to the same

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.160
 kind of

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.580
 life

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:27.460
 and by the

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.700
 way

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.380
 it's the

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.440
 kind of

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.880
 life

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.860
 that like

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.880
 Paul says

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.620
 in chapter

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.020
 1

00:30:33.020 --> 00:30:33.680
 where he

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.400
 calls himself

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.940
 the chief

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.520
 of sinners

00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:36.420
 and because

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.020
 of the

00:30:37.020 --> 00:30:37.440
 mercy

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.180
 that God

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.380
 has

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.040
 demonstrated

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.800
 to him

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.879
 then he's

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.399
 able to

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:41.740
 move

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:43.059
 and those

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.539
 that he's

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.259
 sharing the

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.879
 gospel with

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.159
 will say

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.579
 well if

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.019
 God

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.000
 can do

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.359
 a work

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.000
 in Paul's

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.399
 life

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.059
 then I

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.480
 suppose

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.759
 he can

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.000
 do a

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.159
 work

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.519
 in my

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.759
 life

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.000
 too

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.379
 that's

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.519
 really

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.019
 the thrust

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.559
 of this

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.099
 exemplary

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.480
 life

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.759
 the life

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:57.119
 of one

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.779
 who you

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.139
 know

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.619
 is broken

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.740
 as you

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.079
 look at

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.319
 your

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.799
 pastor

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.579
 you look

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.799
 at your

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.539
 spiritual

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.960
 leaders

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.339
 and you

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.819
 recognize

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.399
 there's

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.259
 there's

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.279
 brokenness

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.639
 in that

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:06.899
 man

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:08.139
 I

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.440
 see

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.940
 flashes

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.319
 of

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.879
 the

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.259
 flesh

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.599
 coming

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:10.940
 through

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.500
 that

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.839
 man

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:13.079
 and yet

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.359
 there's

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.599
 hope

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.859
 at the

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.059
 same

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.440
 time

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.740
 because

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.160
 as God

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.279
 is transforming

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.839
 me

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.639
 into the

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.079
 image of

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.399
 Christ

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.000
 from one

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.379
 degree

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.980
 of glory

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.579
 to the

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.859
 other

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:22.119
 I trust

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.539
 that through

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.259
 that process

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.099
 it encourages

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.639
 your heart

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.660
 if God

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.200
 can work

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.440
 through

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.920
 Andrew

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.899
 then God

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.379
 can work

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:28.779
 through me

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.039
 too

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.440
 I trust

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.740
 that that

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:30.980
 is

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.819
 the

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.200
 case

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.640
 as we

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.000
 begin

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.400
 to

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.480
 compare

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.900
 the

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.720
 qualifications

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.380
 that we

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.940
 find

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.920
 there in

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.200
 1st

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.420
 Timothy

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.759
 chapter

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.200
 3

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.180
 and set

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.360
 them

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.620
 against

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:41.819
 the

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.200
 backdrop

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.880
 of the

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.519
 qualifications

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.259
 in

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.700
 Titus

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:44.940
 chapter

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.339
 1

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.779
 we

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.160
 begin

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.400
 to

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.019
 understand

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.440
 why

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.720
 this

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.019
 is a

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.259
 must

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.559
 be

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.079
 kind

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.220
 of

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.559
 statement

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.900
 and

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.259
 so

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.380
 I

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.500
 just

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.620
 want

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.180
 to

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.700
 shine

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.019
 a

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.259
 couple

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.460
 of

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.819
 these

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:54.980
 tables

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.299
 up

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.740
 before

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.000
 you

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.200
 to

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.880
 set

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.180
 those

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.960
 qualifications

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.779
 side

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.000
 by

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.420
 side

00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.599
 and

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.759
 so

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.000
 this

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.200
 is

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.400
 the

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.180
 first

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.720
 set

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:01.920
 of

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.600
 qualifications

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.220
 and

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.340
 you

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.460
 can

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.680
 see

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:03.840
 a

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.480
 correlation

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.300
 with

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.560
 that

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:05.759
 which

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:05.900
 is

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.220
 in

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.200
 Titus

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.440
 chapter

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.800
 1

00:32:07.800 --> 00:32:08.259
 and

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.380
 then

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.580
 this

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:08.840
 next

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.200
 slide

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.340
 will

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.519
 show

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.660
 you

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:09.800
 the

00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:10.080
 next

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.660
 set

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:10.880
 of

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.580
 qualifications

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.320
 and

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.500
 their

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.100
 correlation

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.540
 to

00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:13.980
 Titus

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.460
 chapter

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.820
 1

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.960
 do we

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.080
 have

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:16.180
 that

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.360
 next

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:16.660
 slide

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.220
 Larry

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.920
 there

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.019
 we

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.259
 go

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.440
 and

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.540
 as

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:20.680
 we're

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:20.940
 working

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.180
 through

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.360
 our

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.620
 list

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:21.800
 you

00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:22.600
 continue

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:22.960
 to

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.360
 see

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:23.840
 that

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.080
 the

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.460
 things

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.600
 that

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:24.720
 are

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.380
 represented

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.040
 as

00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:26.580
 those

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:26.880
 things

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.060
 which

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.440
 must

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.440


00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.660
 be

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.060
 true

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.539
 of

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:28.700
 the

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.159
 character

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.759
 of

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.339
 this

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.919
 spiritual

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.259
 leader

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.859
 are

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.200
 also

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.779
 reflected

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.259
 in

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.599
 the

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:33.859
 same

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.480
 qualifications

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.879
 for

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.679
 Titus

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.099
 chapter

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.440
 1

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:36.980
 and

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.159
 then

00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.379
 our

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.700
 final

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.099
 slide

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.319
 which

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.579
 shows

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.779
 you

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.139
 the

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.539
 remainder

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.720
 of

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:39.879
 that

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.359
 list

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.980
 and

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.099
 here

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.399
 finally

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.599
 we

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:41.819
 have

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.079
 some

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.720
 areas

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:42.960
 where

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.119
 there

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.559
 doesn't

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.839
 seem

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.319
 to be

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.319
 perfect

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.879
 alignment

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.220
 but

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.680
 you

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:46.859
 can

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.339
 understand

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.660
 there

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:47.980
 is

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.879
 plenty

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.099
 of

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.559
 similarities

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.160
 throughout

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.720
 the

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:50.940
 rest

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.059
 of

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.200
 this

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.639
 list

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:53.039
 but

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.139
 the

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.299
 whole

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.700
 point

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.099
 of

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.379
 the

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.059
 qualifications

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.079
 for

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.440
 elders

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.519
 is

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.740
 not

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.139
 just

00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.359
 that

00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.680
 they

00:32:59.680 --> 00:32:59.899
 would

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.059
 be

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.440
 spiritual

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.839
 leaders

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.339
 who

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.720
 show

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:01.980
 what

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.440
 Christ

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.720
 like

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.240
 obedience

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.460
 and

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.759
 humility

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.019
 looks

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.319
 like

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.779
 but

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.379
 especially

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:06.559
 so

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.680
 that

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:06.819
 God

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.220
 would work

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.579
 in

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.700
 his

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.000
 people

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.940
 and

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.180
 that's

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.480
 really

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.640
 why

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:09.720
 I

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:09.819
 want

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:09.940
 to

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.079
 turn

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.200
 to

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.359
 this

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.599
 next

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:10.940
 slide

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.859
 next

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.240
 couple

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.420
 of

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.819
 slides

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.220
 to

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.740
 demonstrate

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:15.039
 that

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.200
 the

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.539
 things

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.720
 that

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:15.960
 God

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.160
 has

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.660
 called

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.559
 elders

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.359
 to do

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.720
 and to

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.000
 be

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.000
 those

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.000
 qualifications

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.380
 those

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:22.160
 characteristics

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.900
 that God

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.059
 has

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.400
 called

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:23.779
 your

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.259
 spiritual

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.740
 leaders

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.960
 to

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.359
 have

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.799
 are

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.099
 the

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.460
 same

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.079
 kinds

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.259
 of

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.900
 patterns

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.180
 and

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.839
 behaviors

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.319
 and

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.839
 attitudes

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.480
 that

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.619
 should

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:30.759
 be

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.400
 represented

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:31.740
 in

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.180
 and

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.400
 among

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:32.599
 his

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:32.960
 people

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.079
 and

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.220
 this

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.420
 next

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.700
 slide

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.019
 gives

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.259
 you

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.539
 the

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.900
 remainder

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.680
 of

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:36.839
 that

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.259
 list

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.720
 again

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:38.960
 I

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:40.059
 appreciate

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:42.000
 that

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:43.279
 D.A.

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.579
 Carson

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:43.980
 has said

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.420
 this

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.759
 he said

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.480
 if I can

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.900
 find it

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.940
 I can't

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.379
 find it

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:52.339
 basically

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.640
 it's

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.180
 remarkable

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.680
 that the

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.539
 qualifications

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.339
 for elder

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:57.160
 are so

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.960
 unremarkable

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:59.160
 and in

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.360
 other

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.660
 words

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.860
 the

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.120
 fact

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.279
 that

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.480
 God

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.640
 has

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.079
 called

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.920
 his

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.319
 leaders

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.860
 his

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.340
 pastors

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.900
 to

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.079
 look

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.299
 this

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.539
 way

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.680
 and

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:06.840
 then

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.299
 provides

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.480
 a

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.220
 correlating

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.960
 work

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.900
 and

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.400
 a

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.900
 reminder

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.260
 that

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.960
 an

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.400
 obedient

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.940
 life

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.099
 will

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.400
 also

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.579
 look

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:13.740
 the

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:13.960
 same

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.199
 way

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.699
 is

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.280
 a

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.800
 demonstration

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.039
 of the

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.199
 fact

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.340
 that

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.639
 we're

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.860
 all

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.380
 growing

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.059
 together

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.599
 in

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.179
 likeness

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.539
 to

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.000
 Christ

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.559
 that

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.800
 is

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:21.980
 the

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.380
 goal

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.000
 the

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.360
 goal

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.619
 is

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.159
 Christ

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.559
 the

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.980
 goal

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.260
 is

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:26.199
 oneness

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.639
 in

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.079
 our

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.719
 relationship

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.000
 with

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.340
 God

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.539
 so

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.740
 that

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.159
 we

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.380
 would

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.639
 look

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:29.940
 like

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.240
 him

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.460
 in

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.679
 this

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.039
 world

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.880
 so

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.920
 we've

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.099
 looked

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.340
 at

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.079
 his

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.579
 exemplary

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.920
 life

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.699
 and

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:36.880
 now

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.000
 I

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.139
 want

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.260
 to

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.579
 briefly

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.940
 turn

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.099
 to

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.340
 his

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.860
 personal

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.320
 life

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.159
 and

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.500
 also

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.940
 his

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.380
 public

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.719
 life

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.280
 his

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.760
 personal

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.219
 life

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:43.920
 and

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.059
 his

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.380
 public

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.840
 life

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.500
 now

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.740
 again

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:45.920
 we

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.019
 don't

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.159
 have

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.480
 time

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.699
 to

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.320
 work

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.579
 through

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.960
 every

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.480
 single

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.900
 one

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.219
 of

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:49.659
 these

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.840
 qualifications

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.260
 but

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.340
 I

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.440
 want

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.519
 to

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.619
 address

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:52.900
 a

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.240
 couple

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.460
 of

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.559
 the

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:53.840
 ones

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:53.960
 that

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.400
 provide

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.100
 maybe

00:34:55.100 --> 00:34:55.360
 some

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.460
 of

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:55.539
 the

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.780
 most

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.420
 confusion

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.360
 and

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:57.620
 hopefully

00:34:57.620 --> 00:34:57.740
 I

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:57.860
 can

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.240
 provide

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.920
 some

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.380
 help

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.660
 in

00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:00.260
 understanding

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.539
 what

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.680
 they

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:01.000
 mean

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.400
 first

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.680
 here

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:02.960
 on the

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.140
 list

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.300
 is

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.860
 husband

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.200
 of

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.400
 one

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.800
 wife

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.660
 now

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:05.840
 what

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:05.960
 does

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.140
 this

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.519
 mean

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.500
 what

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.760
 is

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.000
 going

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.320
 on

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.519
 here

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.680
 what

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.000
 does

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.680
 husband

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:10.019
 of

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.320
 one

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.740
 wife

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.519
 mean

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:13.039
 well

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:14.019
 commentaries

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.380
 and

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.140
 commentators

00:35:15.140 --> 00:35:16.000
 will

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.360
 work

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.700
 through

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.220
 this

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.539
 and

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.680
 they

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:17.840
 will

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.079
 come

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.240
 up

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.400
 with

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.700
 one

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:18.880
 of

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.579
 several

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.220
 different

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:21.220
 options

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:22.200
 is

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.740
 Paul

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.780
 suggesting

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.019
 or

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.600
 prohibiting

00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:25.180
 polygamy

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.220
 not having

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.640
 more than

00:35:26.640 --> 00:35:26.920
 one

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.380
 wife

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.920
 which

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.340
 by the

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.580
 way

00:35:28.580 --> 00:35:29.180
 was

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:29.860
 common

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.360
 practice

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.700
 in

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.120
 first

00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:31.560
 century

00:35:31.560 --> 00:35:32.260
 Ephesus

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:33.540
 is

00:35:33.540 --> 00:35:34.200
 Paul

00:35:34.200 --> 00:35:34.920
 requiring

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.560
 that a

00:35:35.560 --> 00:35:35.880
 man be

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.220
 married

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.480
 he

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.080
 must

00:35:37.080 --> 00:35:37.460
 have

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.820
 one

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.600
 wife

00:35:38.600 --> 00:35:39.920
 is

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.260
 the

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.540
 apostle

00:35:40.540 --> 00:35:40.820
 Paul

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.460
 preventing

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.960
 a man

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.500
 from

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.360
 remarrying

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.400
 once

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.780
 he

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.600
 his

00:35:45.600 --> 00:35:45.980
 wife

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.140
 has

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.340
 either

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.720
 died

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.000
 or

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.200
 he

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.400
 has

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.740
 been

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.460
 divorced

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.460
 or

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.060
 is

00:35:50.060 --> 00:35:50.200
 the

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.460
 apostle

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.880
 Paul

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.519
 prohibiting

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.140
 divorce

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.819
 altogether

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:54.759
 of course

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:55.139
 all of

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.400
 these

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.779
 are

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.019
 a

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.500
 possibility

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.900
 but

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.239
 how

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.420
 are

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:57.559
 we

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.759
 to

00:35:57.759 --> 00:35:58.039
 know

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.239
 the

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.619
 answer

00:35:58.619 --> 00:36:00.519
 well

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.619
 I

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:00.779
 think

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:00.940
 there

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.079
 are

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.319
 some

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:01.739
 clues

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:01.920
 that

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.019
 are

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.559
 provided

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.839
 for

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.019
 us

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.239
 in

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.379
 the

00:36:03.379 --> 00:36:03.819
 text

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.699
 and

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:04.960
 some

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.519
 clues

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.679
 that

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:05.799
 we

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.000
 can

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.359
 see

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:06.879
 throughout

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.259
 the

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.599
 scripture

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.519
 to

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.759
 help

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.019
 us

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.400
 draw

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.000
 an

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.599
 understanding

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.960
 of

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.119
 what

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.480
 Paul

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.099
 means

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.299
 but

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:13.019
 not

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:14.019
 definitively

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.219
 or

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.759
 emphatically

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:16.159
 first

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.799
 I

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:16.920
 think

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.059
 it's

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.400
 important

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.719
 for us

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:17.839
 to

00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:18.199
 remember

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.420
 that

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.779
 Paul

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.259
 is

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:19.679
 laying

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:19.940
 out

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.299
 a set

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.480
 of

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.039
 character

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.719
 qualities

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.679
 he's

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:22.900
 not

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.500
 just

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.980
 trying

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.179
 to

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.440
 say

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.019
 married

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.320
 or

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.759
 unmarried

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:25.980
 just

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.139
 this

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.840
 principle

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.199
 of

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:27.779
 status

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:27.980
 and

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.519
 identity

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.000
 no

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.340
 Paul

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.500
 is

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:29.699
 really

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.019
 aiming

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.179
 at

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.320
 the

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.659
 heart

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.059
 what

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.500
 is

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.699
 it

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.059
 about

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.400
 this

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.019
 quality

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.519
 that

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.860
 points

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:33.980
 to

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.119
 their

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.579
 character

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:37.259
 second

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:38.719
 it would

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:38.920
 have been

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.300
 easy

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.779
 for Paul

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.119
 to have

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.480
 said

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.519
 that

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.779
 this

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.039
 man

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.320
 must

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.480
 be

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.820
 married

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.360
 he

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.519
 could

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.639
 have

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:43.920
 used

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.079
 the

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.380
 word

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:45.500
 married

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.199
 in

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.639
 this

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.340
 text

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.659
 in

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:47.900
 this

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.360
 passage

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.619
 and

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:49.779
 he

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.039
 uses

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.279
 the

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.519
 word

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.059
 married

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.440
 several

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.860
 times

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.159
 throughout

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.420
 first

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.780
 timothy

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.259
 three

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:53.659
 times

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:53.840
 in

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.159
 fact

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.719
 but

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:54.820
 he

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.320
 doesn't

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.619
 use

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:55.780
 the

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.019
 word

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.699
 marriage

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.219
 in

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.880
 this

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.519
 passage

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.599
 been

00:36:59.599 --> 00:36:59.860
 easy

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.139
 for him

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.320
 to have

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.480
 done

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.719
 that

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.059
 third

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:02.099
 several

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.259
 of

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.420
 these

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.320
 prohibitions

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:04.239
 would seem

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.900
 to contradict

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.179
 some

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.659
 statements

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:05.920
 that are

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.179
 made

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:06.699
 throughout

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:06.920
 the

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.059
 new

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.380
 testament

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.920
 related

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.380
 to

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.280
 these

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.800
 things

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.519
 for

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.840
 example

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.239
 Paul

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:12.119
 commends

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:13.280
 remarriage

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.460
 for

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.759
 younger

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.139
 widows

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.559
 we're

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:14.719
 going to

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.039
 see that

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.199
 in

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.400
 chapter

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.920
 five

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.900
 next

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.059
 we're

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.159
 going to

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.259
 see

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.400
 that

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.680
 Paul

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:19.119
 commends

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.920
 singleness

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.920
 that's

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.059
 in

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.240
 first

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.599
 corinthians

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:21.820
 chapter

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.220
 seven

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:23.200
 so it

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:23.300
 would

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.500
 seem

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.980
 strange

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.200
 that

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:24.420
 Paul

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:24.619
 would

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.119
 commend

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.980
 singleness

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:27.099
 for

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.860
 young men

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.539
 and young

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.900
 women

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.880
 and commend

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.460
 that in a

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.820
 way that

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.119
 would say

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.539
 this is

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.800
 going to

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.420
 help set

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.940
 you apart

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.420
 to be

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.079
 more faithful

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.700
 in ministry

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.539
 and yet

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.559
 they would be

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.019
 cut off

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.579
 from being

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.940
 able to

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.220
 serve

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.619
 in this

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:38.940
 way

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.960
 fourth

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:41.300
 Paul and

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.740
 Barnabas

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.720
 and likely

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.160
 Timothy

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:44.240
 were also

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.660
 single

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.659
 leaders

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:45.940
 in the

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.319
 church

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:47.399
 exercising

00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:48.019
 pastoral

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.619
 authority

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.859
 prohibiting

00:37:49.859 --> 00:37:50.279
 something

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.799
 that was

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:51.179
 true

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.699
 of them

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.480
 might

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:52.920
 seem

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.279
 a bit

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:53.940
 inconsistent

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.420
 but

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.639
 of course

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.319
 our desire

00:37:56.319 --> 00:37:57.139
 is to

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.699
 allow the

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.219
 text to

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.500
 speak

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.359
 for itself

00:37:59.359 --> 00:37:59.579
 and to

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.039
 be faithful

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:01.420
 for the

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.799
 way that

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.259
 God has

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.799
 convicted

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.259
 our hearts

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.819
 regarding

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.139
 it

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:06.420
 to make

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.719
 a modern

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.039
 day

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:08.379
 correlation

00:38:08.379 --> 00:38:09.339
 I think

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.539
 what the

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.139
 apostle Paul

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.699
 is saying

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.159
 here is

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.059
 a man

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.659
 must be

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.179
 loyal to

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.659
 his wife

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.779
 he's a

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:15.199
 one

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:15.819
 woman

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.179
 man

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.420
 that's

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.599
 the

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.139
 literal

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.839
 translation

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:18.399
 of this

00:38:18.399 --> 00:38:18.819
 text

00:38:18.819 --> 00:38:20.059
 does he

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:21.239
 only have

00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:21.619
 an eye

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.079
 for her

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.500
 for his

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:22.879
 wife

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:23.940
 is he

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.460
 careful

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.259
 with his

00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:25.739
 interactions

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:26.119
 with the

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.359
 opposite

00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:26.859
 sex

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.940
 does he

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.799
 keep himself

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.940
 from being

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.779
 flirtatious

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.559
 is his

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:31.940
 heart

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.779
 his eye

00:38:32.779 --> 00:38:33.679
 his mind

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.239
 devoted

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.920
 to her

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:36.420
 is his

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.819
 life

00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:37.420
 a reflection

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:38.940
 of loyalty

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.000
 to his

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.460
 partner

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:43.720
 husband

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.000
 of one

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.320
 wife

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:45.699
 we could

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.079
 talk about

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:47.019
 sober mindedness

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.280
 and the

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.740
 significance

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.840
 of being

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.300
 clear

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:49.880
 thinking

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.380
 clear

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:50.720
 headed

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.380
 in

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.740
 in

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:51.960
 terms

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.119
 of

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.860
 discernment

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.500
 and helping

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.179
 to exercise

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.760
 the right

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.220
 kind

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:56.079
 of spiritual

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.579
 leadership

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.000
 in the

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.340
 church

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:58.340
 we could

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.780
 talk about

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.019
 being

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.340
 self

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.900
 controlled

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.740
 those

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.280
 who are

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.800
 unable

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.500
 to control

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.059
 their own

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:04.039
 impulses

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.659
 certainly

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.199
 should not

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.659
 be in a

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:05.960
 place

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.139
 of

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.519
 leadership

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:08.400
 I think

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.880
 it's important

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.179
 for us

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.659
 to address

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.380
 just briefly

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.820
 the

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:12.380
 issue

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.699
 of

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.460
 hospitality

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.719
 this is a

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.039
 word

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.579
 throughout

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.019
 the

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.539
 New

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:16.940
 Testament

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.380
 that is

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.699
 used

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.199
 and it's

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.780
 a compound

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.199
 word

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.880
 that means

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.599
 to love

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.219
 the stranger

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:22.880
 does

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.320
 this

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.759
 leader

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.460
 have a

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.800
 love

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.280
 for

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:26.340
 those

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.599
 who are

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:26.940
 part of

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.259
 the church

00:39:27.259 --> 00:39:27.639
 but not

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.179
 necessarily

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.699
 from his

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:28.960
 city

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.780
 those

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.000
 who are

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.360
 traveling

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.739
 through

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:31.059
 those

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:32.300
 who are

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:33.440
 unfamiliar

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.199
 to him

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.539
 does he

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.800
 have a

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.239
 posture

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:36.219
 of

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.819
 willingness

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:38.000
 to help

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.559
 the least

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.079
 of these

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.419
 those

00:39:39.419 --> 00:39:39.939
 who are

00:39:39.939 --> 00:39:40.659
 in need

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.039
 is he

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.379
 willing to

00:39:41.379 --> 00:39:42.000
 open up

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.579
 his house

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.599
 to extend

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.099
 kindness

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.419
 to the

00:39:44.419 --> 00:39:44.639
 Lord

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.439
 to trust

00:39:45.439 --> 00:39:46.000
 in God

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.559
 to provide

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.259
 for his

00:39:47.259 --> 00:39:47.739
 needs

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:49.099
 is he

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.819
 one who's

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:50.459
 aware

00:39:50.459 --> 00:39:51.479
 and willing

00:39:51.479 --> 00:39:52.399
 to serve

00:39:52.399 --> 00:39:53.779
 his ability

00:39:53.779 --> 00:39:54.299
 to teach

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:54.719
 of course

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.199
 that makes

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:55.559
 sense

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.379
 and that

00:39:56.379 --> 00:39:56.879
 of course

00:39:56.879 --> 00:39:57.659
 is the

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.479
 one quality

00:39:58.479 --> 00:39:59.119
 that really

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.779
 differentiates

00:39:59.779 --> 00:40:00.179
 itself

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:00.779
 from

00:40:00.779 --> 00:40:01.419
 deacons

00:40:01.419 --> 00:40:01.819
 and other

00:40:01.819 --> 00:40:02.159
 spiritual

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:02.579
 leaders

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.579
 when we

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.019
 think of

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.479
 ability

00:40:04.479 --> 00:40:04.979
 to teach

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.320
 we think

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:05.840
 of somebody

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.460
 who is

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.860
 skilled

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.480
 to actually

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.139
 bring the

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.619
 word to

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:08.900
 bear

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:09.860
 on others

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.679
 able to

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:11.659
 explain

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.719
 and provide

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:14.119
 the

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:15.400
 complex

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.199
 breakdown

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:17.219
 the complex

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:17.960
 parts of

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.219
 the word

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.679
 of God

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.139
 and to

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.699
 make them

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.519
 clear and

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.940
 accessible

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.880
 for God's

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.219
 people

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:23.019
 and that

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.559
 of course

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.599
 is certainly

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:26.039
 a factor

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.420
 here

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.619
 but I think

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.300
 the appeal

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:29.199
 to be able

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.800
 to teach

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.920
 also demands

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.920
 what one

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.420
 commentator

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.039
 says is a

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.820
 competence

00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:35.039
 and skill

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.800
 not only

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.659
 in communicating

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.700
 Christian

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:38.099
 truth

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.440
 but an

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.980
 ability

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.920
 to know

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.340
 the truth

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.940
 for himself

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:42.579
 to be able

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.380
 to differentiate

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.480
 as Timothy

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.260
 would differentiate

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:46.300
 in 1 Timothy

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.960
 chapter 1

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:48.200
 between that

00:40:48.200 --> 00:40:48.980
 divergent

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.619
 doctrine

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:51.720
 those doctrines

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:52.119
 that were

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:53.039
 superficial

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:54.240
 and tangential

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:56.079
 to the faith

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.900
 and being able

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.680
 to zero in

00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.399
 on the things

00:40:58.399 --> 00:40:58.960
 that were

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.599
 essential

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:02.059
 and squaring

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.159
 his focus

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.719
 on those

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:03.960
 things

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.779
 and helping

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.319
 to work

00:41:05.319 --> 00:41:05.759
 through

00:41:05.759 --> 00:41:06.480
 some of the

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.059
 complexities

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.859
 of doctrine

00:41:07.859 --> 00:41:08.859
 and to allow

00:41:08.859 --> 00:41:09.480
 the church

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.359
 to know

00:41:10.359 --> 00:41:11.179
 what God's

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:11.980
 word says

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:13.359
 focusing on

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:13.819
 the things

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.679
 that matter

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:16.859
 he's not a

00:41:16.859 --> 00:41:17.299
 drunkard

00:41:17.299 --> 00:41:17.899
 we see

00:41:17.899 --> 00:41:18.980
 he's not

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.480
 violent

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.379
 but gentle

00:41:20.379 --> 00:41:21.460
 and that's

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:21.899
 important

00:41:21.899 --> 00:41:22.359
 as we

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:23.139
 consider

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.799
 a man

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.500
 who is

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:25.839
 marked out

00:41:25.839 --> 00:41:26.539
 by the fruits

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.179
 of the spirit

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:27.899
 love

00:41:27.899 --> 00:41:28.259
 joy

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:28.679
 peace

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.199
 patience

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:29.659
 kindness

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.219
 goodness

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:31.019
 faithfulness

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.819
 gentleness

00:41:31.819 --> 00:41:32.500
 and self

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.059
 control

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:34.779
 it will be

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:35.500
 as gentleness

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.960
 that will

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.359
 stand out

00:41:37.359 --> 00:41:38.460
 as one

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.099
 who is

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:40.199
 who is moved

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.940
 by the Holy

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.239
 Spirit

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:41.699
 empowered

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.500
 by the Spirit

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.219
 in his work

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:46.219
 he's not

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:46.799
 quarrelsome

00:41:46.799 --> 00:41:48.539
 he's not

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.599
 one who is

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.759
 warring

00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:51.579
 with his words

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.079
 he's not

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.639
 defensive

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.119
 he's not

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.940
 argumentative

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.319
 he's not

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.779
 the kind

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:55.519
 of person

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:55.960
 that has

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:56.539
 to always

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:56.879
 win

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.880
 an argument

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:59.420
 the Apostle

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.740
 Paul will

00:41:59.740 --> 00:42:00.360
 use this

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.340
 word a couple

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.920
 more times

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.700
 in his second

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:03.000
 letter

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:04.340
 to Timothy

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:04.940
 he says

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.599
 in 2 Timothy

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.240
 chapter 2

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:07.360
 verse 14

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:08.940
 remind them

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.400
 of these

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:09.960
 things

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.460
 and charge

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:11.960
 them before

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.380
 God

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.480
 not to

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.980
 quarrel

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:15.240
 about words

00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:16.380
 which does

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:16.800
 no good

00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:17.300
 but only

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.740
 ruins

00:42:17.740 --> 00:42:18.460
 the hearers

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:19.380
 and then in

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:20.019
 verses 24

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.559
 to 26

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:21.119
 he says

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.860
 and the Lord's

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.140
 servant

00:42:22.140 --> 00:42:22.539
 must not

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.400
 be quarrelsome

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:24.300
 but kind

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.980
 to everyone

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:26.720
 able to teach

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.280
 patiently

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:27.900
 enduring

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.619
 correcting

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.240
 his opponents

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:30.160
 with gentleness

00:42:30.160 --> 00:42:31.240
 God may

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.920
 perhaps grant

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.920
 them repentance

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.660
 leading to a

00:42:33.660 --> 00:42:34.119
 knowledge of the

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.500
 truth

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:35.559
 and they may

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:36.039
 come to their

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.579
 senses and

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:36.980
 escape

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:38.260
 from the snare

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:38.820
 of the devil

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:39.539
 after being

00:42:39.539 --> 00:42:40.460
 captured by him

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:40.900
 to do his

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.180
 will

00:42:41.180 --> 00:42:42.440
 you see

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.780
 this spirit

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.900
 of a leader

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.920
 who is

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.760
 his posture

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:47.980
 is gentleness

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.880
 his posture

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.800
 is kindness

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:50.800
 his posture

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:51.700
 isn't to

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:52.360
 use or

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:52.940
 leverage

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.680
 his

00:42:53.680 --> 00:42:55.000
 authority

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.360
 over others

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:56.960
 but there

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.480
 is a

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:58.260
 submission

00:42:58.260 --> 00:42:59.000
 of this

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.640
 man to

00:42:59.640 --> 00:43:00.060
 the Lord

00:43:00.060 --> 00:43:00.539
 in a

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.100
 trusting of

00:43:01.100 --> 00:43:01.440
 God to

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:01.700
 do the

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:02.019
 work

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.519
 in that

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.120
 individual's

00:43:03.120 --> 00:43:03.580
 life

00:43:03.580 --> 00:43:05.600
 so he

00:43:05.600 --> 00:43:06.300
 doesn't have

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:06.519
 to be

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:07.019
 quarrelsome

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:08.080
 he can be

00:43:08.080 --> 00:43:08.400
 kind

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.920
 because he's

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.300
 trusting

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:10.060
 in God

00:43:10.060 --> 00:43:10.600
 to do

00:43:10.600 --> 00:43:11.660
 the spiritual

00:43:11.660 --> 00:43:12.200
 work in

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:12.360
 this

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:13.140
 individual's

00:43:13.140 --> 00:43:13.880
 life

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:15.380
 not a

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:15.760
 lover of

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.060
 money

00:43:16.060 --> 00:43:17.140
 we find

00:43:17.140 --> 00:43:17.539
 in verse

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:17.840
 4

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:18.400
 he must

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.920
 manage

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.420
 his house

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:19.880
 well

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:22.539
 with all

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.019
 dignity

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.519
 keeping

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:23.880
 his

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.340
 children

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.240
 submissive

00:43:25.240 --> 00:43:25.800
 for if

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.039
 someone

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.440
 does not

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:26.680
 know

00:43:26.680 --> 00:43:27.159
 how to

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:27.700
 manage

00:43:27.700 --> 00:43:28.360
 his own

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:28.860
 household

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:29.360
 how will

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:29.860
 he care

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:30.720
 for God's

00:43:30.720 --> 00:43:31.159
 church

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:32.119
 one of the

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.800
 greatest ways

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:33.240
 that we can

00:43:33.240 --> 00:43:33.760
 come to

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.059
 know

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:35.599
 the quality

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:36.360
 of your

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:36.820
 spiritual

00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:37.119
 leaders

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:37.720
 by looking

00:43:37.720 --> 00:43:38.059
 at their

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.400
 home

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:39.440
 by looking

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:39.940
 especially

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.500
 at the

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:40.920
 children

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.619
 who are

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:41.980
 living

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.519
 within

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:42.800
 their

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.360
 household

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:44.300
 are they

00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:44.920
 the kinds

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.139
 of

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:45.740
 individuals

00:43:45.740 --> 00:43:46.260
 the kinds

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:46.440
 of

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.039
 children

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.599
 who are

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.300
 responsive

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.880
 to

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.800
 authority

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.160
 are they

00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:50.880
 the kinds

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.340
 of children

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:52.280
 who demonstrate

00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:53.180
 a behavior

00:43:53.180 --> 00:43:53.820
 that is

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:54.700
 reflective

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:55.960
 of self

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.580
 control

00:43:56.580 --> 00:43:57.180
 and obedience

00:43:57.180 --> 00:43:57.580
 to their

00:43:57.580 --> 00:43:58.120
 parents

00:43:58.120 --> 00:43:59.620
 are the

00:43:59.620 --> 00:44:00.000
 kinds

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.620
 of kids

00:44:00.620 --> 00:44:00.960
 that

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.820
 demonstrate

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.480
 a respect

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:03.340
 for father

00:44:03.340 --> 00:44:03.980
 and mother

00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:04.640
 and for

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:05.300
 leaders

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:06.100
 and authorities

00:44:06.100 --> 00:44:06.640
 in their

00:44:06.640 --> 00:44:07.019
 life

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:08.180
 we can

00:44:08.180 --> 00:44:09.019
 tell a lot

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.700
 about the

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:10.140
 ability

00:44:10.140 --> 00:44:10.620
 of a

00:44:10.620 --> 00:44:11.100
 leader

00:44:11.100 --> 00:44:11.960
 to manage

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.440
 a church

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.360
 by looking

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:14.240
 especially

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:14.680
 at the

00:44:14.680 --> 00:44:15.920
 proving grounds

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:16.720
 of family

00:44:16.720 --> 00:44:18.099
 is he

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:18.420
 managing

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:18.860
 his house

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.139
 well

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:20.639
 he's not

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:21.019
 a recent

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.400
 convert

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:21.900
 he's not

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.320
 somebody

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.760
 who's just

00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:23.180
 come to

00:44:23.180 --> 00:44:23.480
 faith

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:24.860
 and all

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.360
 of the

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:26.940
 pressures

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.780
 and complexities

00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:28.440
 that come

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:28.960
 into that

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.440
 position

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:33.079
 he's the

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:33.320
 kind of

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:33.619
 person

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:34.200
 who's been

00:44:34.200 --> 00:44:34.599
 tested

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.599
 the kind

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:35.900
 of person

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:36.460
 whose life

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:37.960
 has proved

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.460
 itself

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:38.960
 out

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:40.180
 and finally

00:44:40.180 --> 00:44:40.599
 in verse

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:40.860
 7

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.740
 we look

00:44:41.740 --> 00:44:42.000
 at his

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.340
 public

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:42.740
 life

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.740
 his public

00:44:43.740 --> 00:44:44.000
 life

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:44.780
 so his

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:45.260
 personal

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:45.719
 life

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:46.199
 is now

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:47.420
 counterbalanced

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:48.119
 by his

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:48.400
 public

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:48.820
 life

00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:49.920
 notice

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.900
 moreover

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.320
 he must

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.780
 be well

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:52.179
 thought of

00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:52.820
 by outsiders

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:54.300
 so that

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:54.719
 he may

00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:55.440
 not fall

00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:55.719
 into

00:44:55.719 --> 00:44:56.300
 disgrace

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:56.860
 into

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:57.940
 a snare

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.739
 of the

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:58.980
 devil

00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:00.719
 this is

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:01.000
 quite

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.639
 surprising

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:02.340
 actually

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:03.960
 when we're

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.480
 considering

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.960
 the kinds

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.380
 of spiritual

00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:05.699
 leaders

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:06.480
 that we

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:06.719
 would

00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:07.219
 set

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:07.639
 over

00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:08.260
 ourselves

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:08.900
 we

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:09.360
 often

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.619
 think

00:45:09.619 --> 00:45:09.780
 about

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:09.980
 well

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:10.480
 how do

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:10.619
 they

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:11.039
 relate

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:11.280
 to

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:11.599
 other

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:12.059
 believers

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:12.739
 how do

00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:13.119
 they relate

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.400
 to their

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:13.860
 family

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.539
 how do

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:14.720
 they

00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:15.300
 relate

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:15.579
 to

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:16.220
 those

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:16.700
 who are

00:45:16.700 --> 00:45:17.300
 already

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:17.860
 in their

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.300
 sphere

00:45:18.300 --> 00:45:19.120
 but here

00:45:19.120 --> 00:45:19.640
 the apostle

00:45:19.640 --> 00:45:20.079
 Paul

00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:20.880
 wants

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:21.760
 the church

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.400
 to recognize

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:22.780
 that they

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:23.260
 are also

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:23.579
 going to

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:23.880
 have

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:24.900
 a reputation

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.340
 and a

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:25.760
 testimony

00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:26.680
 within the

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:27.120
 community

00:45:27.120 --> 00:45:28.340
 and that

00:45:28.340 --> 00:45:28.820
 testimony

00:45:28.820 --> 00:45:29.760
 will also

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:30.059
 help

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:31.140
 to reflect

00:45:31.140 --> 00:45:31.760
 the true

00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:32.220
 nature

00:45:32.220 --> 00:45:33.620
 of who

00:45:33.620 --> 00:45:34.079
 they are

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:35.660
 I'm not

00:45:35.660 --> 00:45:35.920
 sure

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.640
 if any

00:45:36.640 --> 00:45:36.840
 of you

00:45:36.840 --> 00:45:37.120
 have been

00:45:37.120 --> 00:45:37.460
 around

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:38.140
 certain

00:45:38.140 --> 00:45:38.680
 individuals

00:45:38.680 --> 00:45:40.539
 who

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:41.559
 look a

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:41.840
 certain

00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:42.320
 way

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:43.079
 in the

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.380
 church

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:43.860
 but look

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.280
 another

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:44.680
 way

00:45:44.680 --> 00:45:45.059
 in the

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.440
 community

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:46.480
 the way

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:46.660
 they

00:45:46.660 --> 00:45:47.280
 relate

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:47.599
 to

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:48.200
 the

00:45:48.200 --> 00:45:48.619
 grocery

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:49.059
 store

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.480
 worker

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:49.800
 the

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:51.019
 impatience

00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:51.380
 that they

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:52.099
 demonstrate

00:45:52.099 --> 00:45:52.960
 in other

00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:53.760
 different

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.200
 venues

00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:54.800
 but this

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:55.079
 is the

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:55.440
 kind

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:56.180
 of

00:45:56.180 --> 00:45:56.539
 person

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:56.800
 who

00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:57.200
 is

00:45:57.200 --> 00:45:57.660
 demonstrating

00:45:57.660 --> 00:45:58.019
 a

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.599
 consistent

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.119
 pattern

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:00.079
 of life

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:00.780
 and behavior

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:01.280
 both

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:01.960
 inside

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:02.680
 and outside

00:46:02.680 --> 00:46:03.340
 the church

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:06.960
 Peter

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.380
 will say

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:08.240
 in

00:46:08.240 --> 00:46:08.500
 1st

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:08.660
 Peter

00:46:08.660 --> 00:46:08.900
 chapter

00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:09.240
 2

00:46:09.240 --> 00:46:09.480
 verse

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:09.860
 12

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:11.220
 keep

00:46:11.220 --> 00:46:11.400
 your

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:11.980
 conduct

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.940
 among

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.340
 the

00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:13.840
 Gentiles

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:14.320
 honorable

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.579
 so that

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:15.980
 when they

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:16.380
 speak

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:16.760
 against

00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:16.940
 you

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.079
 as

00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:17.880
 evildoers

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:18.800
 they may

00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:19.240
 see your

00:46:19.240 --> 00:46:19.680
 good deeds

00:46:19.680 --> 00:46:20.280
 and glorify

00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:20.559
 God

00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:20.740
 on the

00:46:20.740 --> 00:46:20.860
 day

00:46:20.860 --> 00:46:20.980
 of

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.460
 visitation

00:46:21.460 --> 00:46:21.640
 now

00:46:21.640 --> 00:46:22.340
 I think

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:22.519
 that's

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:22.620
 an

00:46:22.620 --> 00:46:22.920
 important

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:23.240
 verse

00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:23.620
 for us

00:46:23.620 --> 00:46:23.800
 to

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:24.460
 draw

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.700
 out

00:46:24.700 --> 00:46:25.039
 because

00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:25.760
 just

00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:26.079
 because

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:26.260
 we

00:46:26.260 --> 00:46:26.420
 might

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:26.720
 have

00:46:26.720 --> 00:46:27.000
 a

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:27.760
 good

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.579
 life

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:28.940
 that

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.500
 reflects

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.159
 Christ

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:30.579
 on the

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:31.119
 outside

00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:31.500
 it

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:31.699
 may

00:46:31.699 --> 00:46:31.900
 not

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:32.279
 always

00:46:32.279 --> 00:46:32.460
 be

00:46:32.460 --> 00:46:32.880
 received

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:33.119
 that

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:33.440
 way

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:35.259
 but

00:46:35.259 --> 00:46:35.860
 when

00:46:35.860 --> 00:46:36.119
 they

00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:36.599
 see

00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:36.960
 your

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.299
 good

00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:37.599
 works

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:37.759
 they

00:46:37.759 --> 00:46:37.900
 will

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:38.179
 know

00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:38.400
 them

00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:38.539
 for

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:38.679
 what

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:38.819
 they

00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:39.039
 are

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:40.239
 and

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:40.340
 they

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:40.460
 will

00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:40.739
 push

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:41.119
 against

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.360
 them

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:41.579
 not

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:42.059
 because

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:42.219
 they

00:46:42.219 --> 00:46:42.319
 are

00:46:42.319 --> 00:46:42.819
 offensive

00:46:42.819 --> 00:46:44.500
 personally

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:44.779
 but

00:46:44.779 --> 00:46:45.259
 because

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:45.759
 they

00:46:45.759 --> 00:46:46.319
 remind

00:46:46.319 --> 00:46:46.559
 them

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:46.719
 of

00:46:46.719 --> 00:46:47.059
 Christ's

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:47.360
 standard

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:48.519
 it

00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:48.759
 brings

00:46:48.759 --> 00:46:48.900
 them

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:49.019
 to

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:49.319
 shame

00:46:49.319 --> 00:46:50.360
 the

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:50.599
 church

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:50.739
 of

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:51.179
 Philippi

00:46:51.179 --> 00:46:51.920
 Paul

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.179
 says

00:46:52.179 --> 00:46:52.400
 this

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:52.539
 in

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:52.880
 Philippians

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:53.059
 chapter

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:53.299
 2

00:46:53.299 --> 00:46:53.519
 verses

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:53.900
 14

00:46:53.900 --> 00:46:54.019
 and

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:54.279
 15

00:46:54.279 --> 00:46:54.440
 he

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:54.619
 says

00:46:54.619 --> 00:46:55.039
 do

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.259
 all

00:46:55.260 --> 00:46:55.660
 things

00:46:55.660 --> 00:46:55.960
 without

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:56.460
 grumbling

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:56.720
 or

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:57.280
 disputing

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:58.180
 that

00:46:58.180 --> 00:46:58.300
 you

00:46:58.300 --> 00:46:58.460
 may

00:46:58.460 --> 00:46:58.620
 be

00:46:58.620 --> 00:46:59.320
 blameless

00:46:59.320 --> 00:46:59.660
 and

00:46:59.660 --> 00:47:00.280
 innocent

00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:00.860
 children

00:47:00.860 --> 00:47:01.060
 of

00:47:01.060 --> 00:47:01.260
 God

00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:01.500
 without

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.060
 blemish

00:47:02.060 --> 00:47:02.560
 in

00:47:02.560 --> 00:47:03.040
 the

00:47:03.040 --> 00:47:03.500
 midst

00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:03.740
 of

00:47:03.740 --> 00:47:03.880
 a

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.200
 crooked

00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:04.820
 and

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:05.160
 twisted

00:47:05.160 --> 00:47:05.780
 generation

00:47:05.780 --> 00:47:06.900
 among

00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:07.180
 whom

00:47:07.180 --> 00:47:07.340
 you

00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:07.600
 shine

00:47:07.600 --> 00:47:07.740
 as

00:47:07.740 --> 00:47:07.940
 lights

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:08.040
 in

00:47:08.040 --> 00:47:08.120
 the

00:47:08.120 --> 00:47:08.380
 world

00:47:08.380 --> 00:47:09.340
 make

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:09.520
 sure

00:47:09.520 --> 00:47:09.660
 that

00:47:09.660 --> 00:47:09.780
 your

00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:10.040
 light

00:47:10.040 --> 00:47:10.200
 in

00:47:10.200 --> 00:47:10.320
 the

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:10.580
 world

00:47:10.580 --> 00:47:10.800
 is

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:11.200
 bright

00:47:11.200 --> 00:47:12.040
 make

00:47:12.040 --> 00:47:12.220
 sure

00:47:12.220 --> 00:47:12.360
 that

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:12.480
 your

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:12.700
 light

00:47:12.700 --> 00:47:12.840
 in

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:12.940
 the

00:47:12.940 --> 00:47:13.140
 world

00:47:13.140 --> 00:47:13.320
 is

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:13.700
 pointing

00:47:13.700 --> 00:47:14.360
 to

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:14.780
 Christ

00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:16.120
 and

00:47:16.120 --> 00:47:16.500
 finally

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:17.740
 how

00:47:17.740 --> 00:47:17.900
 are

00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:18.180
 we

00:47:18.180 --> 00:47:18.740
 as

00:47:18.740 --> 00:47:19.780
 God's

00:47:19.780 --> 00:47:20.100
 people

00:47:20.100 --> 00:47:20.340
 how

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:20.540
 are

00:47:20.540 --> 00:47:20.820
 you

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:21.140
 as

00:47:21.140 --> 00:47:21.380
 a

00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:21.520
!

00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:21.800
 church

00:47:21.800 --> 00:47:22.940
 how

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.119
 can

00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:23.280
 you

00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:23.480
 be

00:47:23.480 --> 00:47:24.000
 instrumental

00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:24.460
 in

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:24.639
 the

00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:25.079
 ministry

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:25.679
 that

00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:26.099
 God

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:26.619
 has

00:47:26.619 --> 00:47:27.239
 here

00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:27.460
 at

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:27.920
 Maranatha

00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:28.119
 and

00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:28.300
 around

00:47:28.300 --> 00:47:28.440
 the

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:28.619
 world

00:47:28.619 --> 00:47:28.860
 well

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.360
 I

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:29.639
 want

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:29.780
 to

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.759
 close

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:30.940
 with

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.119
 just

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.259
 a

00:47:31.259 --> 00:47:31.460
 few

00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:31.780
 verses

00:47:31.780 --> 00:47:32.059
 that

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:33.219
 direct

00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:33.579
 our

00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:34.139
 attention

00:47:34.139 --> 00:47:35.039
 to

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:35.239
 the

00:47:35.239 --> 00:47:35.759
 significance

00:47:35.759 --> 00:47:36.119
 of

00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:36.280
 your

00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:36.820
 partnership

00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:37.059
 in

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:37.280
 prayer

00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:38.840
 your

00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:39.199
 partnership

00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:39.400
 in

00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:39.639
 prayer

00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:40.860
 first

00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:41.340
 Ephesians

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:41.539
 chapter

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:41.840
 6

00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:42.039
 verse

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:42.500
 19

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:43.719
 Paul

00:47:43.719 --> 00:47:43.980
 says

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.340
 this

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:45.059
 and

00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:45.519
 pray

00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:45.820
 also

00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:46.059
 for

00:47:46.059 --> 00:47:46.280
 me

00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:47.340
 that

00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:47.680
 words

00:47:47.680 --> 00:47:47.860
 may

00:47:47.860 --> 00:47:48.019
 be

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.220
 given

00:47:48.220 --> 00:47:48.420
 to

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:48.579
 me

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:48.760
 and

00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:49.160
 opening

00:47:49.160 --> 00:47:49.380
 my

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:49.579
 mouth

00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:50.079
 boldly

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:50.579
 to

00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:51.100
 proclaim

00:47:51.100 --> 00:47:51.480
 the

00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:51.980
 mystery

00:47:51.980 --> 00:47:52.440
 of

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:52.559
 the

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:52.980
 gospel

00:47:52.980 --> 00:47:55.039
 do you

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:55.340
 realize

00:47:55.340 --> 00:47:55.820
 how

00:47:55.820 --> 00:47:57.140
 instrumental

00:47:57.140 --> 00:47:58.120
 and I

00:47:58.120 --> 00:47:58.440
 would say

00:47:58.440 --> 00:47:58.760
 even

00:47:58.760 --> 00:47:59.380
 essential

00:47:59.380 --> 00:47:59.579
 the

00:47:59.579 --> 00:47:59.880
 apostle

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:00.180
 Paul

00:48:00.180 --> 00:48:00.460
 thought

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:00.700
 prayer

00:48:00.700 --> 00:48:01.019
 was

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.700
 for

00:48:01.700 --> 00:48:02.100
 the

00:48:02.100 --> 00:48:02.700
 fruitfulness

00:48:02.700 --> 00:48:03.059
 and

00:48:03.059 --> 00:48:03.600
 productivity

00:48:03.600 --> 00:48:04.320
 of

00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:04.500
 his

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:04.980
 ministry

00:48:04.980 --> 00:48:06.680
 he

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 depended

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 sincerely

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 on the

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.260
 prayers

00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:10.079
 of his

00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:10.460
 people

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:12.140
 second

00:48:12.140 --> 00:48:12.640
 Colossians

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 4

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 3

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 at the

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 same

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 time

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 pray

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 for

00:48:15.119 --> 00:48:15.460
 us

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:16.039
 that

00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:16.259
 God

00:48:16.259 --> 00:48:16.419
 may

00:48:16.419 --> 00:48:16.719
 open

00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:17.000
 to

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.259
 us

00:48:17.259 --> 00:48:17.480
 a

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:17.779
 door

00:48:17.779 --> 00:48:17.960
 for

00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:18.099
 the

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:18.379
 word

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 to

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 declare

00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:19.339
 the

00:48:19.339 --> 00:48:19.599
 mystery

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:19.779
 of

00:48:19.779 --> 00:48:20.079
 Christ

00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:20.539
 on

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:20.859
 account

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 of

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:21.279
 which

00:48:21.279 --> 00:48:21.519
 I'm

00:48:21.519 --> 00:48:21.639
 in

00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:22.000
 prison

00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:22.839
 pray

00:48:22.839 --> 00:48:23.000
 for

00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:23.259
 me

00:48:23.259 --> 00:48:24.440
 Romans

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:24.659
 chapter

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 15

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 verse

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 30

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 I

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 appeal

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:26.799
 to

00:48:26.799 --> 00:48:26.919
 you

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 brothers

00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:27.440
 by

00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:27.579
 our

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:27.759
 Lord

00:48:27.759 --> 00:48:27.980
 Jesus

00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:28.339
 Christ

00:48:28.339 --> 00:48:28.599
 and

00:48:28.599 --> 00:48:28.839
 by

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 the

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:29.299
 love

00:48:29.299 --> 00:48:29.440
 of

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 the

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:30.039
 spirit

00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:30.579
 to

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 strive

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 together

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:31.839
 by

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 the

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 way

00:48:32.099 --> 00:48:32.500
 that

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:32.679
 is

00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:32.819
 the

00:48:32.819 --> 00:48:33.059
 word

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.579
 sun

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:34.299
 agoniz

00:48:34.299 --> 00:48:34.599
 my

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 you

00:48:35.019 --> 00:48:35.359
 can

00:48:35.359 --> 00:48:35.519
 hear

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:35.639
 the

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:35.859
 word

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 agony

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:37.099
 built

00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:37.460
 into

00:48:37.460 --> 00:48:37.759
 that

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 strive

00:48:38.579 --> 00:48:39.139
 together

00:48:39.139 --> 00:48:39.719
 with

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:39.940
 me

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.079
 in

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.239
 your

00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:40.579
 prayers

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:40.739
 to

00:48:40.739 --> 00:48:40.879
 God

00:48:40.879 --> 00:48:40.980
 on

00:48:40.980 --> 00:48:41.099
 my

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:41.440
 behalf

00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:42.159
 be

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:42.539
 a

00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:42.980
 partner

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:43.480
 in

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:43.940
 ministry

00:48:43.940 --> 00:48:44.739
 struggle

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:45.199
 to

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 the

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 point

00:48:45.719 --> 00:48:46.119
 of

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 agony

00:48:46.539 --> 00:48:46.960
 for

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 the

00:48:47.099 --> 00:48:47.400
 work

00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:47.579
 that

00:48:47.579 --> 00:48:47.739
 God

00:48:47.739 --> 00:48:48.139
 has

00:48:48.139 --> 00:48:48.519
 through

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:48.699
 my

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 life

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:49.359
 through

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 prayer

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 1

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 Thessalonians

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 5

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 25

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 brothers

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 pray

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 for

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 us

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 and

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 finally

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 2

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 Thessalonians

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 3

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 verse

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!

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 You play

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 a

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 significant

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 part

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 in the

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 ministry

00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:11.180
 that

00:49:11.180 --> 00:49:11.619
 God

00:49:11.619 --> 00:49:11.780
 is

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 doing

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 here

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 at

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 Maranatha

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 in

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 the

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 ministry

00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:14.079
 that

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 God

00:49:14.240 --> 00:49:14.360
 is

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 doing

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 around

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 Columbus

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 and

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 around

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 the

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 world

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 and

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 you

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 play

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 an

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 integral

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 part

00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:19.440
 in

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 that

00:49:19.700 --> 00:49:20.099
 through

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 your

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 prayers

00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:22.680
 that

00:49:22.680 --> 00:49:22.920
 God

00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:23.079
 will

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:23.500
 use

00:49:23.500 --> 00:49:23.720
 your

00:49:23.720 --> 00:49:24.079
 prayers

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.300
 to

00:49:24.300 --> 00:49:24.519
 help

00:49:24.519 --> 00:49:24.980
 shape

00:49:24.980 --> 00:49:25.559
 your

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 pastors

00:49:26.119 --> 00:49:26.740
 that

00:49:26.740 --> 00:49:26.920
 God

00:49:26.920 --> 00:49:27.059
 will

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:27.320
 use

00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:27.480
 your

00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:27.800
 prayers

00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:28.019
 to

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 help

00:49:28.300 --> 00:49:28.680
 them

00:49:28.680 --> 00:49:29.400
 to

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 endure

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 through

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 hard

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 things

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 that

00:49:33.140 --> 00:49:33.340
 God

00:49:33.340 --> 00:49:33.480
 will

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:33.700
 use

00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:33.860
 your

00:49:33.860 --> 00:49:34.260
 prayers

00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:34.680
 to

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 focus

00:49:35.200 --> 00:49:35.660
 them

00:49:35.660 --> 00:49:35.880
 in

00:49:35.880 --> 00:49:36.300
 wisdom

00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:36.880
 that

00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:37.100
 God

00:49:37.100 --> 00:49:37.240
 will

00:49:37.240 --> 00:49:37.539
 use

00:49:37.539 --> 00:49:37.700
 your

00:49:37.700 --> 00:49:37.960
 prayers

00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:38.140
 to

00:49:38.140 --> 00:49:38.740
 transform

00:49:38.740 --> 00:49:39.100
 them

00:49:39.100 --> 00:49:39.500
 in

00:49:39.500 --> 00:49:39.940
 likeness

00:49:39.940 --> 00:49:40.120
 to

00:49:40.120 --> 00:49:40.480
 Christ

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:40.820
 that

00:49:40.820 --> 00:49:41.000
 God

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.140
 will

00:49:41.140 --> 00:49:41.460
 use

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:41.660
 your

00:49:41.660 --> 00:49:42.000
 prayers

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:42.340
 to

00:49:42.340 --> 00:49:42.800
 open

00:49:42.800 --> 00:49:43.260
 the

00:49:43.260 --> 00:49:43.740
 doors

00:49:43.740 --> 00:49:44.260
 of

00:49:44.260 --> 00:49:45.019
 fruitful

00:49:45.019 --> 00:49:45.980
 gospel

00:49:45.980 --> 00:49:46.660
 witness

00:49:46.660 --> 00:49:47.080
 that

00:49:47.080 --> 00:49:47.320
 God

00:49:47.320 --> 00:49:47.480
 will

00:49:47.480 --> 00:49:47.780
 use

00:49:47.780 --> 00:49:47.980
 your

00:49:47.980 --> 00:49:48.380
 prayers

00:49:48.380 --> 00:49:48.760
 to

00:49:48.760 --> 00:49:49.300
 accomplish

00:49:49.300 --> 00:49:49.600
 his

00:49:49.600 --> 00:49:50.100
 purposes

00:49:50.100 --> 00:49:51.140
 here

00:49:51.140 --> 00:49:51.280
 in

00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:51.600
 Columbus

00:49:51.600 --> 00:49:51.800
 and

00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:51.940
 around

00:49:51.940 --> 00:49:52.060
 the

00:49:52.060 --> 00:49:52.260
 world

00:49:52.260 --> 00:49:53.600
 are

00:49:53.600 --> 00:49:53.920
 you

00:49:53.920 --> 00:49:54.780
 a

00:49:54.780 --> 00:49:55.160
 praying

00:49:55.160 --> 00:49:55.600
 people

00:49:55.600 --> 00:49:57.160
 partnering

00:49:57.159 --> 00:49:58.219
 with your

00:49:58.219 --> 00:49:58.579
 pastors

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:59.000
 in this

00:49:59.000 --> 00:49:59.500
 great work

00:49:59.500 --> 00:50:00.159
 that he's

00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:00.460
 called us

00:50:00.460 --> 00:50:00.619
 to

00:50:00.619 --> 00:50:02.059
 let's do

00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:02.539
 it together

00:50:02.539 --> 00:50:03.659
 let me pray

00:50:03.659 --> 00:50:06.219
 oh father

00:50:06.219 --> 00:50:07.299
 thank you for

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 the instructions

00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:10.059
 that you've given

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 to your people

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 thank you for

00:50:13.300 --> 00:50:13.700
 the model

00:50:13.700 --> 00:50:14.060
 that you've

00:50:14.060 --> 00:50:14.400
 set

00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:15.560
 and the

00:50:15.560 --> 00:50:15.880
 wisdom

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.460
 of that

00:50:16.460 --> 00:50:16.820
 model

00:50:16.820 --> 00:50:18.160
 and God

00:50:18.160 --> 00:50:18.440
 I pray

00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:18.620
 that you

00:50:18.620 --> 00:50:18.860
 would help

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:19.080
 us to

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 be

00:50:19.200 --> 00:50:19.560
 faithful

00:50:19.560 --> 00:50:20.180
 faithful

00:50:20.180 --> 00:50:20.720
 as

00:50:20.720 --> 00:50:21.440
 leaders

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:22.420
 of your

00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:22.800
 people

00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:24.140
 faithful

00:50:24.140 --> 00:50:25.020
 as those

00:50:25.020 --> 00:50:25.340
 who are

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:25.780
 part

00:50:25.780 --> 00:50:26.160
 of the

00:50:26.160 --> 00:50:26.540
 fellowship

00:50:26.540 --> 00:50:27.240
 in

00:50:27.240 --> 00:50:27.740
 ministering

00:50:27.740 --> 00:50:28.000
 to one

00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:28.260
 another

00:50:28.260 --> 00:50:28.460
 in

00:50:28.460 --> 00:50:28.920
 ministering

00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:29.180
 to the

00:50:29.180 --> 00:50:29.560
 people

00:50:29.560 --> 00:50:30.200
 that you've

00:50:30.200 --> 00:50:30.380
 put

00:50:30.380 --> 00:50:30.940
 in our

00:50:30.940 --> 00:50:31.640
 circles

00:50:31.640 --> 00:50:34.000
 God

00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:34.360
 what a

00:50:34.360 --> 00:50:34.560
 great

00:50:34.560 --> 00:50:34.820
 work

00:50:34.820 --> 00:50:35.040
 you've

00:50:35.040 --> 00:50:35.220
 called

00:50:35.220 --> 00:50:35.400
 us

00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:35.600
 to

00:50:35.600 --> 00:50:36.800
 may

00:50:36.800 --> 00:50:36.960
 we

00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:37.200
 not

00:50:37.200 --> 00:50:37.400
 be

00:50:37.400 --> 00:50:38.120
 complacent

00:50:38.120 --> 00:50:38.860
 may

00:50:38.860 --> 00:50:39.020
 there

00:50:39.020 --> 00:50:39.200
 be

00:50:39.200 --> 00:50:39.320
 an

00:50:39.320 --> 00:50:39.980
 urgency

00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:40.740
 about

00:50:40.740 --> 00:50:41.040
 us

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:41.420
 and Lord

00:50:41.420 --> 00:50:42.539
 even

00:50:42.539 --> 00:50:42.840
 this

00:50:42.840 --> 00:50:43.159
 morning

00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:44.259
 I pray

00:50:44.259 --> 00:50:44.559
 for

00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:45.179
 the

00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:45.579
 men

00:50:45.579 --> 00:50:45.860
 in

00:50:45.860 --> 00:50:46.259
 this

00:50:46.259 --> 00:50:46.880
 fellowship

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:47.779
 that

00:50:47.779 --> 00:50:48.059
 you

00:50:48.059 --> 00:50:48.539
 intend

00:50:48.539 --> 00:50:49.019
 to

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:49.360
 call

00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:49.659
 out

00:50:49.659 --> 00:50:49.960
 for

00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:50.460
 ministry

00:50:50.460 --> 00:50:51.079
 God

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:51.519
 begin

00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:51.820
 that

00:50:51.820 --> 00:50:52.139
 work

00:50:52.139 --> 00:50:52.340
 in

00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:52.480
 their

00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:52.800
 life

00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:53.059
 and

00:50:53.059 --> 00:50:54.119
 lead

00:50:54.119 --> 00:50:54.500
 them

00:50:54.500 --> 00:50:54.900
 to

00:50:54.900 --> 00:50:55.719
 greater

00:50:55.719 --> 00:50:56.179
 affection

00:50:56.179 --> 00:50:56.519
 for

00:50:56.519 --> 00:50:56.880
 Christ

00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:57.400
 and

00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:57.699
 greater

00:50:57.699 --> 00:50:57.940
 love

00:50:57.940 --> 00:50:58.059
 for

00:50:58.059 --> 00:50:58.219
 your

00:50:58.219 --> 00:50:58.579
 church

00:50:58.579 --> 00:50:59.800
 and

00:50:59.800 --> 00:50:59.940
 a

00:50:59.940 --> 00:51:00.219
 willingness

00:51:00.219 --> 00:51:00.779
 to

00:51:00.779 --> 00:51:01.079
 endure

00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:01.360
 whatever

00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:01.559
 it

00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:01.880
 takes

00:51:01.880 --> 00:51:02.619
 to

00:51:02.619 --> 00:51:02.920
 serve

00:51:02.920 --> 00:51:03.179
 you

00:51:03.179 --> 00:51:03.800
 wherever

00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:03.980
 you

00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:04.139
 might

00:51:04.139 --> 00:51:04.380
 send

00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:04.579
 them

00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:05.320
 in

00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:05.539
 Jesus

00:51:05.539 --> 00:51:05.860
 name

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:06.179
 Amen

00:51:06.179 --> 00:51:07.219
 God

00:51:07.219 --> 00:51:07.460
 bless

00:51:07.460 --> 00:51:07.559
 you

00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:07.719
 have

00:51:07.719 --> 00:51:07.820
 a

00:51:07.820 --> 00:51:07.960
 great

00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:08.179
 week

00:51:11.860 --> 00:51:12.199
 of