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 Well, this past week, I finally feel like I'm moving into my office, across the hall, office

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! that Pastor Kenoyer had, and now beginning to put all the books in the right shelf, and my family

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 was kind enough to move those books in there, but trying to find them is another thing altogether.

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 So there's a system, and certain things go in certain places, and if I know where they are, I can actually use them.

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 There's a shelf for prayer, there's a shelf for theology, there's a commentary section, there's a Christian life section,

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 and I actually have lots of books that focus on church growth.

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 You wouldn't believe all the thoughts there are about how to make a church effective.

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 And the question is, is the strategy really that difficult?

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 If we want to be a church that's effective, are there really sophisticated processes to employ in order to be the kind of church that makes a difference?

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 And as a Christian, as a person who is a follower of Christ, is there a certain formula that we have to put into work in order to be effective in making a difference in the world around us?

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 Does it really matter?

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 Or are there things that are more important?

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 Well, this morning, as we look at the passage, our passage today, in 1 Thessalonians 2,

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 I want us to continue to come to terms with the fact that a spirit-filled life is a power-filled life.

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 And a spirit-filled life comes because of an affection for the Word of God.

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 The Word of God is making a difference.

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 It is playing out in certain effects and transformation that God is beginning to work.

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 And we looked at those things a bit last week.

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 We saw that at the outset, the Holy Spirit is involved in leading us into salvation,

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 illuminating our eyes to help us actually see the truth for what it is.

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 Now, then drawing us into conviction and helping to bring the gift of repentance

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 and then leading us into salvation and regeneration, the new birth,

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 and then stamping us with the Holy Spirit, that guarantee for salvation for the future.

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 But the Spirit is also working in our life to sanctify us,

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 to bear out spiritual fruit, to make us look more like Jesus,

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 to produce within us the fruit of love and joy and peace,

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 all those things we find in Galatians chapter 5.

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 He equips us for spiritual ministry.

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 He fits us to be able to intercede and to talk with the Father.

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 He lifts our prayers to the throne.

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 He enables us in the spiritual life to be obedient and to overcome sin.

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 All the things the Holy Spirit does to make us look more like Jesus.

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 His power transforming us through His Word in connection with His power

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 to make us a people that show the Spirit.

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 And you can imagine that when that begins to happen,

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 that there will be a church and a life that begins to have spiritual influence.

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 That's where we are this morning in our passage in 1 Thessalonians chapter 1.

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 And maybe the question for us at the outset is,

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 does God expect me to bear spiritual fruit?

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 Does God intend for my life to be one that is making a difference in the world around me?

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 I think at the outset we would all say,

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 yes, indeed that is true,

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 but where is the text that we can go to to find this answer

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 and to begin to anchor our heart into this truth

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 and to help us understand its significance?

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 What is our purpose on this earth?

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 Why has God set me apart and what does He intend for me to do?

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 Well, if you were to look at some of the catechisms,

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 some of the statements of faith,

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 you would see that one of the major statements of faith

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 is the chief purpose of man is to glorify God

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 and to enjoy Him forever.

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 And one of the principal ways that we glorify God on this earth

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 is by bearing fruit.

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 We worked through several years through John,

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 the Gospel of John,

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 and fitting within these final words to Jesus in John chapter 15,

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 Jesus communicates this mission statement to His disciples.

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 He says,

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 I am the vine,

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 and my Father is the vine dresser.

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 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

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 He takes away.

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 And every branch that does bear fruit,

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 He prunes,

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 that it may bear more fruit.

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 Already you are clean because of the word

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 that I have spoken to you.

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 Abide in me and I in you,

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 that as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself,

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 unless it abides in the vine.

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 I am the vine,

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 you are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me and I in him,

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 he it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me,

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 you can do nothing.

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 By this,

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 my Father is glorified.

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 By this,

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 my Father is glorified,

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 that you bear much fruit,

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 and so prove to be my disciples.

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 So what is the purpose of the Christian life?

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 Well,

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 of course,

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 our purpose of the Christian life

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 is to glorify God

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 and to enjoy Him forever.

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 And one of the principal ways

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 that we glorify God on this earth

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 is to emulate

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 the glory of God

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 and the power of God

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 working through us

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 to produce fruit

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 within our hearts and lives.

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 And it is inevitable.

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 Those that abide in Christ

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 will bear fruit.

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 And Jesus goes so far as to say,

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 you will bear much fruit

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 so that my Father is glorified.

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 We exist to glorify God

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 by making much fruit.

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 That's why we exist.

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 So the Christian life

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 is a fruitful life

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 because the Christian life

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 is a word-filled life

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 filled up with the Spirit,

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 the power of God,

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 producing fruit in us

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 that then we get to see

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 sometimes showing up

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 as fruit in others.

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 But principally,

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 fruit in us

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 that bears out

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 in influence

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 in the world around us.

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 God is working

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 in our lives.

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 He is the one

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 who is producing fruit

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 so that he is the one

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 who gets the glory.

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 With that as background

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 and as introduction,

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 let's look at our text

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 this morning

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 in 1 Thessalonians 1.

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 If you're a guest with us

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 this morning,

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 it's on page 986.

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 1 Thessalonians 1.

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 I'll begin in verse 6

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 and work our way

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 to the end of this chapter,

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 to verse 10.

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 And then we'll start

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 with our study this morning.

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 And you became

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 imitators of us

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 and of the Lord.

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 For you received the word

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 in much affliction

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 with the joy

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 so that you became

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 an example

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 to all the believers

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 in Macedonia

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 and Achaia.

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 For not only

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 has the word

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 of the Lord

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 sounded forth from you

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 in Macedonia

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 and Achaia,

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 but your faith

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 in God

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 has gone forth

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 everywhere

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 so that we need

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 not say anything.

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 For they themselves

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 report concerning us

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 the kind of reception

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 we had among you

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 and how you turned

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 to God

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 from idols

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 to serve

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 the living

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 and true God

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 and to wait

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 for his Son

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 from heaven

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 whom he raised

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 from the dead,

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 Jesus,

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 who delivers us

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 from the wrath

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 to come.

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 So this morning

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 as we focus

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 our attention

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 on spiritual influence,

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 Paul wants

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 this church

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 to understand

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 that even though

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 they may not be able

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 to see it immediately,

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 that their life

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 has borne witness

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 to the fact

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 that God is working

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 in them

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 and they can

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 delight in the fact

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 that God is working

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 through them

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 to create

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 spiritual fruit

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 in the world

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 around them.

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 He begins

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 by encouraging them

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 with the scope

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 of their influence

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 and that is

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 our first point

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 this morning.

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 The scope

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 of their influence.

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 This is really

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 the why.

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 Why should we

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 stay the course?

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 Paul kind of gives

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 them some incentive

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 to understand

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 what are some

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 of the reasons

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 why we need

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 to continue

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 to endure

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 the hardship

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 that you're facing.

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 Why do you

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 continue

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 to allow

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 the Holy Spirit

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 to sanctify

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 your life

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 and allow

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 his word

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 to grow

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 in your hearts?

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 He keys in

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 on some

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 special things

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 throughout

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 these first couple

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 of verses

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 particularly in

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 verse 7 and 8

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 to help us see

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 what is the true

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 scope

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 of their influence.

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 He begins

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 with its breadth.

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 He begins

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 with its breadth

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 in verse 7.

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 You became

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 an example

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 to all

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 the believers

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 in Macedonia

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 and Achaia.

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 Well how?

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 You might ask.

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 How did that happen?

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 Well in verse 6

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 he says

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 you became

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 imitators

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 of us

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 and of the Lord.

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 Well then

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 in what way

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 were you imitators?

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 Well you received

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 the word

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 in much affliction

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 with the joy

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 In other words

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 the word

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 produced

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 fruit

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 in you

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 and the word

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 took root

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 and flourished

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 in your life.

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 Jesus

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 as he

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 was sharing

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 with the

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 people

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 there in

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 Matthew chapter 13

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 he is communicating

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 now some parables

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 with them

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 and this whole

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 relationship

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 of the word

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 of God

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 and its distribution

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 in the world

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 in the various ways

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 that the word

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 can be received.

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 He begins

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 with talking about

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 how the word

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 fell on the path

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 and what happens

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 with the word

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 that falls on the path.

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 Well it's

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 snatched up

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 and taken away

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 by the evil one.

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 There's no time

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 for it to take root

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 and to grow.

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 And then

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 the second example

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 of the word

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 that lands

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 on the rocky soil

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 it begins to flourish

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 and it begins to grow

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 but once the sun

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 comes up

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 it scorches

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 that word

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 and it no longer

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 is able to bear fruit.

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 No longer able to grow.

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 The third seed

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 grows up

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 in soil

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 that is thorny

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 it grows

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 to a certain height

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 but then is choked out

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 by the troubles

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 of the world.

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 But the final seed

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 that grows

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 is a seed

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 that not only grows

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 but begins

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 to bear fruit.

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 Jesus uses this

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 as an example

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 of what happens

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 with those

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 who are truly

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 converted.

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 and he points

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 to the fact

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 that those

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 who grow

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 in the seed

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 that grows

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 in the fertile soil

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 will bear fruit

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 some

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 thirtyfold

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 some sixtyfold

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 and some

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 one hundredfold.

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 Again

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 pointing to the fact

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 that those

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 who are truly

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 followers of God

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 those who have

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 received the word

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 and it is actually

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 doing a work

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 in their life

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 bearing testimony

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 to the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 working within

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 will demonstrate

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 spiritual fruitfulness

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 in their life.

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 Paul points

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 to this

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 with the church

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 of Thessalonica

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 in verse 5.

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 He says

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 the word came

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 to you

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 in power

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 and in

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 He's

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 taking joy

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 in the fact

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 that this

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 fledgling church

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 who has only

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 existed for about

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 a year or so

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 who is experiencing

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 tremendous adversity

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 and opposition

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 is staying

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 the course

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 and shows

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 true signs

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 of being

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 followers of God.

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 He's comforted

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 by that.

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 He sees

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 the evidence

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 of the work

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 of the Spirit

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 in their life

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 and it causes

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 him a measure

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 of thanksgiving

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 and gratitude.

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 The telltale sign

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 of the Spirit's

00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:10.059
 power in their life

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 he points to

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 in verse 6.

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 It moved them

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 to endurance

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 and it moved

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 them to joy.

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 Two of the

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 significant works

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.879
 of the Holy Spirit

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.360
 in the life

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 of every true

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 believer.

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 But the influence

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 of this

00:14:27.540 --> 00:14:28.980
 capital city

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 of Thessalonica

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 in the province

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 of Macedonia

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 was enormous.

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 Philippi and Berea

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 were also churches

00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.940
 within this

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 region of Macedonia.

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 It became

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 the capital city

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 of this province

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 and enjoyed

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 the economic

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 and political

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 benefits that came

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 along with being

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 classified as a

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 free city.

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 Since it was

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 considered a city

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 of Rome

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 it was free

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 to enjoy

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 and to exercise

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 the benefits

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 of that freedom.

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 A powerful

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 metropolis

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 with easy access

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 to all parts

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 of the region

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 because of the

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 road systems

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 that were created.

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 Particularly

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 the Via Ignatia

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 would take

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 a person

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 to all parts

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 of the Roman Empire.

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 And so there was

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 access to

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 these places

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 and trade routes

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 that ran through

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 this capital city.

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 There's no wonder

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 why the church

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:26.860
 of Thessalonica

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 had so much

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 influence

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 in the world

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 around them

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 because of all

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 the travelers

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 in trade

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.560
 that came through

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 this capital city.

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 But what stands

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 out about this

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 church is

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 the travelers

00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.640
 that came through

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 did not just

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 come through

00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:42.759
 unnoticed

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 but somehow

00:15:43.699 --> 00:15:44.679
 they were affected

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 by the influence

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.840
 of this church.

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 And we'll look

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 at that

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 in a bit

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 further

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:52.100
 in our study

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 this morning.

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 But in terms

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 of the breadth

00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:56.259
 of ministry

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 it is expansive.

00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.159
 Macedonia

00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:00.980
 and Achaia

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 were affected

00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:03.019
 because of the

00:16:03.019 --> 00:16:03.419
 ministry

00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:04.240
 of this church.

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 The things

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.340
 that were taking

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:06.659
 place in Thessalonica

00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:08.779
 became the

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.939
 talk of the town

00:16:09.939 --> 00:16:11.179
 in the entire region.

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 Achaia was

00:16:13.579 --> 00:16:14.419
 the Roman province

00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.279
 directly south

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 of Macedonia.

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 In it were

00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:17.679
 the churches

00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:18.860
 of the cities

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.419
 of Athens

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 and Corinth.

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 For several

00:16:21.959 --> 00:16:23.019
 hundred miles

00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:24.139
 these two regions

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 would span.

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 Just to put

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 that in terms

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.579
 of scale

00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:30.379
 Ohio is

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.679
 210 miles

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:32.519
 north to south

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:34.919
 and 230 miles

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:36.480
 east to west

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:37.039
 and so

00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:38.019
 the span

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.720
 of Ohio

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.580
 would be

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:40.440
 encapsulated

00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.340
 within this

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:42.840
 region of Macedonia

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.720
 in Achaia.

00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:44.980
 It had a

00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:46.360
 significant impact

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:48.440
 in the world

00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:49.240
 around them.

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.039
 How

00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.360
 was the message

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:54.840
 so widespread

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:55.680
 with such

00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:56.879
 a young church?

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.340
 Certainly

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.240
 also a

00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.500
 small church

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:02.159
 yet a massive

00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:02.879
 scope

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.659
 of influence.

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:04.920
 And here's

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.319
 where we can

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.940
 find our

00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:06.420
 encouragement.

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.539
 encouragement.

00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:08.380
 We find our

00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:09.079
 encouragement in

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.640
 the fact that

00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:10.120
 it wasn't

00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:12.039
 a strategy

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:14.680
 on systems

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.519
 that they had

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.200
 dreamt up

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:17.120
 but it began

00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:18.380
 with individuals.

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.500
 Individuals

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.380
 whose lives

00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:22.160
 were changed

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:23.279
 by the gospel

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:24.500
 and began

00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:25.140
 to affect

00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:25.819
 one-on-one

00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.740
 the world

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.319
 around them.

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.559
 So that

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.480
 Paul can say

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.460
 at the end

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.200
 of verse 8

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:35.220
 for from you

00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:37.900
 the word

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.660
 sounded not

00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.220
 only in

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.920
 Macedonia

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.580
 and Achaia

00:17:40.580 --> 00:17:40.980
 but your

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.860
 faith in

00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:42.460
 God has

00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.180
 gone forth

00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:43.799
 everywhere

00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:45.340
 so that we

00:17:45.340 --> 00:17:45.960
 need not

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:47.120
 say anything.

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.979
 Now that's

00:17:50.979 --> 00:17:53.119
 that's a

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.779
 massive

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.839
 influence.

00:17:55.239 --> 00:17:55.719
 That's the

00:17:55.719 --> 00:17:56.719
 extent of

00:17:56.719 --> 00:17:57.259
 their influence

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.699
 that Paul

00:17:57.699 --> 00:17:58.179
 would say

00:17:58.179 --> 00:17:59.799
 no matter

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.159
 where I

00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:00.439
 go

00:18:00.439 --> 00:18:01.299
 in all

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.619
 of these

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:02.079
 regions

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.739
 I'm

00:18:02.739 --> 00:18:03.399
 communicating

00:18:03.399 --> 00:18:04.159
 the gospel

00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:05.519
 but somehow

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.459
 news of you

00:18:06.459 --> 00:18:07.019
 has already

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.659
 gone before

00:18:07.659 --> 00:18:07.879
 me.

00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:09.219
 It's already

00:18:09.219 --> 00:18:09.839
 created a

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.919
 context for

00:18:10.919 --> 00:18:11.819
 gospel

00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.379
 ministry.

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:14.740
 How did

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.180
 that happen?

00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:15.500
 Well we'll

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:15.900
 look at that

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.340
 in just a

00:18:16.340 --> 00:18:16.600
 moment.

00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:18.280
 So that is

00:18:18.280 --> 00:18:19.200
 its extent

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.680
 that's its

00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.020
 breadth

00:18:20.020 --> 00:18:20.560
 now I want

00:18:20.560 --> 00:18:20.820
 to look

00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:21.260
 at its

00:18:21.260 --> 00:18:21.780
 depth.

00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.140
 We can

00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:23.700
 see its

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.400
 depth here

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.140
 in verse

00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:25.500
 8.

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.640
 Just read

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.080
 that for

00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:27.420
 us.

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 It says

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:29.940
 for not only

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.480
 has the

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.200
 word of

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:31.840
 the Lord

00:18:31.840 --> 00:18:32.500
 sounded

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.080
 forth from

00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:33.360
 you

00:18:33.360 --> 00:18:34.380
 but your

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.080
 faith in

00:18:35.080 --> 00:18:35.600
 God has

00:18:35.600 --> 00:18:36.420
 gone forth

00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:37.460
 everywhere.

00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:39.400
 This word

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:39.840
 to sound

00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:40.580
 forth is

00:18:40.580 --> 00:18:41.280
 used in

00:18:41.280 --> 00:18:41.480
 a

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.500
 in a

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.019
 sense

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:44.000
 that's

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.180
 called

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.319
 the

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.599
 perfect

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.120
 passive

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.440
 which

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.079
 talks

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.400
 about

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:46.900
 past

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.460
 action

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:47.839
 with

00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.559
 continuing

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 results.

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 The

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 sense

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 would be

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 as if

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 you were

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 to throw

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 a rock

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 into a

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 pond

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 and that

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 past

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 action

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 begins

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 to create

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 ripples

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 into the

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 rest of

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 the lake.

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 That's

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 what we're

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 finding

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 here.

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 We're

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 finding

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 that this

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 echoing

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 forth,

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 this

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 sounding

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 forth

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 of the

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 gospel

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 that began

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 there

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 in

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 Thessalonica

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 began

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 to find

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 its

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 way

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 into

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 the

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 rest

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 of

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 the

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 regions

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 like

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 ripples

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 on

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 a

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 pond

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 used

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 only

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 here

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 in

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 the

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 New

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 Testament.

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 It

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 communicates

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 the idea

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 of

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 to

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 blast

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 forth

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 or to

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 trumpet

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 forth

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 this

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 massive

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 resounding

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 theme

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 that's

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 taking

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 place

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 or a

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 roll

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 of

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 thunder.

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 Paul

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 pictured

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 their

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 proclamation

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 as a

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 constant

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 sounding.

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 It

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 was

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 perpetual.

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 It

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 was

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 continual.

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 And the

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 message

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 wasn't

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 what a

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 humanitarian

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 church

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 or

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 what a

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 devout

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 church

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 or what a

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 peculiar

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 or strange

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 church.

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 It

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 wasn't

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 what a

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 religious

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 church

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 or what a

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 knowledgeable

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 church.

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 church

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 but it

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 was

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 what a

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 God

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 centered

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 church

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 because

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 it was

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 the

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 message

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 of the

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 Lord

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 sounding

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 forth

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 from you.

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 The

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 word of

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 the

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 Lord

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 had

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 found

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 its

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 course

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 from

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 this

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 church.

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 The

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 foundation

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 of this

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 new

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 group

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 of

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 believers

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 was

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 clear

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 to

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 everyone.

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 It

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 was

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 the

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 Lord.

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 That

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 was

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 the

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 reason

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 why

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 they

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 were

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 the

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 people

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 they

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 were

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 that

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 word

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 had

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 produced

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 something

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 tangible

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 invisible.

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 We see

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 something of

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 that happening

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 in Jerusalem

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 don't we?

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 A group

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 of

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 individuals

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 who

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 devoted

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 themselves

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 to the

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 teaching

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 of the

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 word

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 of God

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 and because

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 of the

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 close

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 community

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 that

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 was

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 affected

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 we find

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 in

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 chapter

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 247

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 that day

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 by day

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 the

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 Lord

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 added

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 to their

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 number

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 of those

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 who

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 were

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 being

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 saved.

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 And

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 then a

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 couple

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 of

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 weeks

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 ago

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 when we

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 looked

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 at the

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 church

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 of Antioch

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 we saw

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 again

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 a word

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 centered

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 church

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 where

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 Barnabas

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 shows up

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 and he

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 says

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 the grace

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 of God

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 is upon

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 this group

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 of individuals

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 and continually

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 the Lord

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 adds to

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 their number

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 because of

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 the work

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 of the

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 word

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 that was

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 taking place

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 in their

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 life.

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 This morning

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 I want us

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 to understand

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 that there

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 is a message

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.579
 that is ringing

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 out from

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.039
 you today.

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 there is

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 a message

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.420
 that is

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.639
 ringing

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 forth

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 it is

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 is it

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 the message

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:34.159
 of the

00:21:34.159 --> 00:21:34.399
 Lord

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:34.799
 that is

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 coming

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.279
 through?

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.680
 This past

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.139
 week I

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.859
 had the

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.299
 opportunity

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.399
 to sit

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:40.799
 down

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 with some

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:41.960
 administration

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:43.599
 at a

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 school

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.480
 that one

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.700
 of my

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:44.980
 kids

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 goes to.

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.200
 It was

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.619
 the kind

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:47.879
 of

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.700
 conversation

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.659
 that they

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:49.980
 were

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.200
 making

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.500
 some

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.019
 suggestions

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.519
 at how

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.859
 we

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.180
 should

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:56.240
 put one

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.480
 of our

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.700
 kids

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.400
 in class.

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.000
 The kind

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.139
 of

00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.799
 conversation

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:01.379
 that you

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.599
 kind of

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:01.879
 get a little

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.319
 defensive

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.099
 about

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.279
 and

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.519
 you

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.839
 kind of

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.200
 say

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.920
 I think

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.200
 I know

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 a little

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 bit better

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.359
 for my

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.599
 kid

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.240
 than you

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.519
 do.

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.019
 At least

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.279
 that's

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.740
 the initial

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.740
 reaction.

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.819
 And so

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.559
 it is

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.019
 incumbent

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.700
 upon me

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.180
 to say

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.440
 okay

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.279
 how will

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.740
 the word

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.059
 of the

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.259
 Lord

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.720
 sound

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.180
 forth

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.900
 from my

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.319
 life

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.900
 in this

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.200
 meeting?

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.779
 What

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.160
 will be

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.539
 the

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.779
 posture

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.279
 that I

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.460
 will

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.039
 take

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:27.160
 in the

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.420
 midst

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.819
 of

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.299
 talking

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.519
 with

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:28.700
 some

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.180
 administration

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.799
 who

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.139
 has

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:30.759
 other

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.420
 ideas

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.859
 on how

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.099
 I

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.359
 should

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.680
 instruct

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:33.940
 my

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.279
 children?

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.460
 I

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.720
 could

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.240
 be

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.660
 defensive.

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.119
 I

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:39.319
 could

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.660
 be

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.500
 derogatory.

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.319
 I

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.579
 could

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.359
 say

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:42.639
 well

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:42.799
 if

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:42.900
 you

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:42.980
 were

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.160
 better

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.579
 teachers

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:43.920
 then

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.119
 this

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.279
 wouldn't

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.400
 be

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:44.500
 a

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.839
 problem.

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:47.660
 I

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 could

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 say

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 well

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 he's

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 my

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 kid

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 so

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 I

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 can

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 do

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:50.900
 with

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 him

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.420
 what

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.519
 I

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 like.

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 But if

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.319
 the

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.660
 message

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.119
 of the

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 Lord

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.480
 is

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.599
 going

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:55.720
 to

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:55.980
 sound

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 forth

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 from

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 me

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 in

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 that

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 context

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 what

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 do

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 you

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.299
 suppose

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.579
 that's

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 going

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 to

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 begin

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 to

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 look

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 like?

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 The

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.859
 posture

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.019
 of

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.400
 humility

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:06.039
 the

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.379
 posture

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.759
 of

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.440
 submission

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.079
 to the

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 authorities

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.799
 that God

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.279
 has placed

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 over me

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 the

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.680
 posture

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.039
 of

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 affirming

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 the

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 good

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.660
 things

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 that I

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 know

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 about

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.420
 their

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.099
 intentions

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.740
 however

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:18.160
 difficult

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.279
 it is

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.519
 for me

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.900
 to hear

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:20.220
 those

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.740
 intentions

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:22.299
 to

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 point

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 to

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 you

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 know

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 what

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 I

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 understand

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 your

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 desire

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 for

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 my

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 child

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 is

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 a good

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.079
 desire

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.799
 and so

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 when I

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 leave

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:32.920
 that

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.279
 meeting

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.799
 what are

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 they going

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 to be

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 left

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.019
 talking

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.480
 about

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 are

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 they going

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.680
 to be

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:36.940
 talking

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.380
 about

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.039
 boy

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.500
 what a

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.900
 jerk

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:40.500
 or are

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.680
 they going

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:40.839
 to be

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.039
 left

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.539
 talking

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.140
 about

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 the

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 sweetness

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.920
 of the

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.400
 fragrance

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.160
 of Christ

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 the aroma

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:47.120
 of Christ

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.839
 that marked

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.519
 that

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.279
 conversation

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.720
 you see

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.199
 because

00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:52.079
 the message

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.459
 of

00:23:52.459 --> 00:23:53.439
 something

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.679
 will ring

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.619
 and is

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 ringing

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 out

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.439
 from you

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 what is

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:01.299
 that message

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:03.359
 in your

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 interactions

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.759
 with people

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.359
 at work

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.939
 and

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:07.439
 the way

00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:08.099
 they observe

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.220
 your ethic

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.899
 the way

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.480
 that you

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.559
 maybe posture

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.220
 yourself

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 for

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.679
 or position

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.220
 yourself

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 for that

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.079
 promotion

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.460
 the way

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.859
 that you

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.579
 advocate

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.199
 for your

00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:20.500
 own

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.259
 ideas

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.599
 the way

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:22.879
 that you

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.359
 criticize

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.339
 the decisions

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.699
 that are

00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.179
 made

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:27.639
 there is

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.179
 a message

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:29.519
 that is

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:29.779
 ringing

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.539
 out from

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.740
 you

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.579
 is it

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.439
 the message

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:33.279
 of the

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.599
 Lord

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.559
 that they're

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:34.839
 hearing

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:36.259
 or is it

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.659
 the message

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:36.960
 of the

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.259
 world

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.039
 coming

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.480
 through

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.419
 your

00:24:39.419 --> 00:24:39.839
 mouth

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.199
 as a

00:24:41.199 --> 00:24:41.659
 conduit

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:43.179
 you see

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:43.879
 this church

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.359
 understood

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.079
 the significance

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.419
 of the

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:47.519
 message of

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.899
 the Lord

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.459
 ringing out

00:24:48.459 --> 00:24:48.959
 from them

00:24:48.959 --> 00:24:50.219
 it marked

00:24:50.219 --> 00:24:50.539
 every

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.439
 conversation

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:52.479
 it marked

00:24:52.479 --> 00:24:53.479
 every interaction

00:24:53.479 --> 00:24:54.539
 it marked

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.099
 their day

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.759
 to day

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.399
 there was

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:57.279
 consistency

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.359
 wherever they

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.919
 were in the

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.339
 course of

00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.899
 their life

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.500
 whether they

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.799
 were at

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.159
 home

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.719
 whether they

00:25:01.719 --> 00:25:02.539
 were worshiping

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.240
 as a

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.819
 people

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.659
 whether they

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:04.919
 were in

00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:05.399
 the workplace

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:06.219
 or trading

00:25:06.219 --> 00:25:06.799
 things

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.559
 from day

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.959
 to day

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:11.259
 the outtake

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.240
 of every

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.979
 conversation

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.819
 with those

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.400
 individuals

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.980
 was

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:16.539
 this is a

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.860
 people

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.519
 marked

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.900
 by God

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:21.460
 it was

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.519
 a church

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:24.180
 that was

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.960
 able to

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:26.860
 to understand

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.559
 the significance

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.880
 of the kind

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.299
 of people

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.660
 that God

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:29.940
 had made

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.400
 them to be

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:32.120
 and so

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.860
 the depth

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.599
 of their

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.079
 ministry

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.000
 was not

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.740
 just talking

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.180
 about how

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.839
 great the

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.180
 church

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.240
 of Thessalonica

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.740
 was

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.559
 but talking

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.259
 about how

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.940
 great

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.720
 their God

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.320
 was

00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:45.700
 yes it

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.380
 had breadth

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.460
 and that

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.120
 was significant

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:49.120
 but more

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.700
 importantly

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.100
 it had

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.519
 depth

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:52.940
 the word

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.920
 produced

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.559
 something

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.240
 in their

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.680
 life

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:57.039
 a group

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.820
 of individuals

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.259
 who had

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.460
 been

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.240
 transformed

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:01.259
 by the

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.880
 message

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.320
 of the

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:02.620
 word

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:02.980
 and by

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.559
 the power

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.660
 of the

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:04.799
 Holy

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.240
 Spirit

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:07.860
 their

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.380
 message

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.980
 was

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.580
 consistent

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.379
 with the

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.699
 message

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:11.000
 of the

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.319
 Lord

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.199
 and it

00:26:12.199 --> 00:26:12.619
 showed

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.259
 the

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.839
 significance

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.159
 the

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.899
 distinctiveness

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.819
 of their

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.199
 faith

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:16.720
 in God

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.480
 well

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.899
 that was

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.399
 the scope

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.740
 of their

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.240
 influence

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.519
 now we

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.919
 can begin

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.419
 to see

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:23.220
 what is

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.919
 the source

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.500
 of their

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.039
 influence

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.899
 what is

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.639
 the source

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.759
 of their

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.319
 influence

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.779
 where did

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.539
 it originate

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.559
 where did

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.879
 it come

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.259
 from

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.079
 why did

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.539
 they have

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.000
 such

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.159
 far-reaching

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:36.559
 influence

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.279
 and fruitfulness

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:39.319
 we see

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.779
 the answers

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.599
 to those

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.099
 questions

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.680
 there in

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:41.980
 verses

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:43.440
 8 to

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.720
 10

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.819
 let me

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.440
 read again

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.960
 just verse

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.299
 8

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.980
 and then

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.359
 we'll step

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.180
 one at a

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.460
 time

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.799
 through

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.200
 these

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.579
 next

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.980
 several

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.399
 points

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:51.220
 the

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.759
 source

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.460
 of their

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.039
 influence

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:55.180
 verse

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.420
 8

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.119
 for not

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.899
 only has

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.379
 the word

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.660
 of the

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:57.920
 Lord

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.399
 sounded

00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:58.779
 forth

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.039
 from

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.240
 you

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.420
 in

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.160
 Macedonia

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.680
 and

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.099
 Achaia

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:02.039
 but

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.240
 your

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.819
 faith

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.420
 in

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.859
 God

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.139
 has

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.619
 gone

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.339
 forth

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.220
 everywhere

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.440
 so that

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.900
 we need

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.140
 not

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.579
 say

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.259
 anything

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.700
 first

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.039
 I want

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.259
 you to

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.460
 see

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.720
 that

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.319
 that

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.559
 one

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.740
 of

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:12.980
 the

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.100
 one

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.180
 of

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.319
 the

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.759
 sources

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.180
 of

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.339
 their

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.900
 influence

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.299
 was a

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.759
 result

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.180
 of

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.339
 their

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.779
 faith

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.059
 in

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.380
 God

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.799
 it

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.059
 was a

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.420
 result

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.779
 of

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:20.920
 their

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.299
 faith

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.539
 in

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:21.740
 God

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:21.900
 and

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.519
 their

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.880
 true

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.220
 faith

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.380
 in

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.559
 God

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.039
 actually

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.180
 led

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.420
 to

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.680
 two

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.039
 other

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.059
 activities

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.420
 in

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.519
 their

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.819
 life

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.000
 that

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.140
 we'll

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.279
 get

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.579
 to

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.100
 here

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.200
 in

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.279
 a

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.539
 moment

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.759
 your

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.299
 faith

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.700
 in

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.120
 God

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.500
 has

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.900
 gone

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.559
 forth

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.400
!

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.799
 again

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.139
 another

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.879
 perfect

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:38.019
 active

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.659
 indicative

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.539
 that's

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.019
 used

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.480
 in this

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.220
 passage

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.759
 that helps

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.480
 us understand

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.399
 again

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.259
 the significance

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.519
 of past

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.019
 action

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.720
 that continues

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.759
 to show

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.619
 continual

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.379
 future

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.159
 results

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:53.440
 the content

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.059
 of what was

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.599
 proclaimed

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:56.200
 was their

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.659
 faith

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.339
 in God

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.339
 in

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.000
 contrast

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.419
 to their

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:00.799
 previous

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.240
 faith

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.039
 in idols

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.319
 that we

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.759
 find in

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.259
 verse 9

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:05.859
 but it's

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.220
 interesting

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.720
 to begin

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.799
 to see

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.720
 who was

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.299
 the actual

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.940
 messenger

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.519
 of this

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:11.900
 word

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:14.039
 we find

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.460
 that it

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.019
 sounded

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.539
 forth

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.079
 initially

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.720
 from the

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.000
 church

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.180
 of

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.759
 Thessalonica

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:19.180
 but in

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.079
 verse 9

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.799
 notice

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.420
 it says

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 for they

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.839
 themselves

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.339
 report

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.900
 concerning

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.379
 us

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.599
 the kind

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.079
 of reception

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.440
 we had

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.119
 among you

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.180
 and how

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.619
 you turned

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:28.960
 to God

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.440
 from idols

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.099
 to serve

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.920
 the living

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.599
 and true

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.980
 God

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.440
 how did

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.259
 that message

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.259
 begin to

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.720
 find its

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.360
 way out

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.319
 of Thessalonica

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.420
 how did

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.900
 that message

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.400
 begin to

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.140
 sound forth

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.500
 in all

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.880
 these other

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.360
 regions

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.839
 where did

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.200
 it come

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.620
 from

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.839
 who was

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.160
 the

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.779
 mouthpiece

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.319
 of this

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.819
 message

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.579
 well some

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.200
 have suggested

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.680
 that it was

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.220
 the church

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.839
 itself

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.599
 who carried

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.200
 out the

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.579
 message

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:53.940
 from

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.779
 Thessalonica

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.140
 and that

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.380
 is

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:57.160
 that's a

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.940
 it's a

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:59.200
 very valuable

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.960
 and worthy

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.680
 thought

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:04.519
 one commentator

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.819
 puts it

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.160
 this way

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.480
 he says

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.000
 the work

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.539
 of faith

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.019
 and labor

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.480
 of love

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.960
 expressed

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.100
 itself

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:10.240
 in their

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.740
 sharing

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.140
 of the

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.559
 gospel

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.400
 with others

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.500
 they were

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.759
 both

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.400
 receivers

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.319
 of the

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.640
 word

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.180
 and

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.140
 transmitters

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:18.079
 of the

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.440
 word

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.460
 certainly

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.880
 that is

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.220
 true

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.620
 and as

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.319
 we look

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.700
 at the

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.860
 book of

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.180
 Acts

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.519
 we can

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.880
 see

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.380
 that this

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.680
 church

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.140
 had a

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.579
 gospel

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.200
 heart

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.519
 a number

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.019
 of people

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.480
 from this

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.840
 church

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.740
 partner

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.220
 with

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.720
 Paul

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.259
 in getting

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.000
 the message

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.759
 out

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.720
 to the

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.079
 region

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.639
 we find

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.439
 Aristarchus

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:37.339
 and Secundus

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.480
 of Thessalonica

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.579
 in Acts

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.299
 chapter 20

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.619
 we find

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.359
 Aristarchus

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:42.839
 also

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.659
 traveling

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.159
 with Paul

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.720
 to Ephesus

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.199
 on the

00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:45.779
 second missionary

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.259
 journey

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.899
 in Acts

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.519
 chapter 19

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.799
 and he even

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.679
 accompanies him

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.399
 to Rome

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.819
 in Acts

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.619
 chapter 27

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.459
 and then in

00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:52.819
 Colossians

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.539
 chapter 4

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.579
 this is a

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.119
 church that

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.759
 has a

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.259
 gospel

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.759
 heart

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.619
 and so

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.279
 they send

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.900
 individuals

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.819
 from their

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.160
 church

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.640
 to partner

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.339
 with Paul

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.220
 in this

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.779
 significant

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.339
 ministry

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:05.279
 there's no

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.839
 question about

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.220
 the fact

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.519
 that this

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.000
 church was

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.500
 involved

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.119
 in the

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.599
 gospel

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:10.339
 process

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:12.379
 but notice

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:13.460
 this use

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.160
 of words

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:15.759
 they

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.640
 themselves

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.379
 report

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:19.000
 there's a

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.420
 sudden

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.980
 shift

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.779
 in language

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.319
 between

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.059
 verses

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.779
 6

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.680
 and 7

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.339
 and 8

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.420
 and then

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.720
 in verse

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.079
 9

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.659
 notice

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.119
 in 6

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.359
 a

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.099
 you

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.659
 became

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.480
 imitators

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.899
 in 6

00:30:31.899 --> 00:30:32.240
 b

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.019
 you

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.879
 received

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.519
 the word

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.899
 in 7

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.339
 a

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:37.059
 you

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.779
 became

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.019
 an

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.519
 example

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:40.039
 in 8

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.439
 a

00:30:40.439 --> 00:30:41.179
 the word

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.679
 sounded

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.039
 forth

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.859
 from you

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:44.359
 the second

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:44.759
 part of

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:44.919
 8

00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:45.159
 b

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:46.000
 your faith

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.419
 has gone

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.579
 out

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.980
 everywhere

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.199
 and now

00:30:48.199 --> 00:30:48.579
 then in

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.179
 verse 9

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.559
 they

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.980
 themselves

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.559
 report

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:52.799
 you

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.419
 you

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:54.059
 you

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.619
 you

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.259
 they

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:59.339
 the

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.660
 use

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.099
 here

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.420
 is

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.000
 emphatic

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.319
 you

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.660
 or they

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.039
 excuse me

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.500
 they

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.599
 themselves

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:07.059
 report

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.960
 I think

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.400
 this is an

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:09.940
 encouragement

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.019
 to this

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.480
 church

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.259
 who's going

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.599
 through

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.400
 tremendous

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.359
 difficulty

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:16.619
 Paul in

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.039
 a sense

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.460
 says

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.059
 you may

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.420
 not

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.119
 see it

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:20.440
 it may

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.920
 not be

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.619
 clear to

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:21.819
 you

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.119
 but I

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.559
 want you

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.679
 to

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.299
 understand

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.000
 that

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.339
 your

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.200
 suffering

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.039
 and your

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.619
 endurance

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.519
 and your

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.119
 joy

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.720
 is

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.359
 producing

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.179
 fruit

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:31.179
 it is

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.940
 for a

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.440
 purpose

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.339
 God is

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.960
 using it

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.700
 to accomplish

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.659
 his

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:36.480
 salvation

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.819
 in the

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.200
 hearts

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.779
 of people

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:39.000
 all around

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.059
 this region

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:42.299
 so hang

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.740
 in there

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:44.779
 continue

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.740
 on this

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.220
 journey

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.539
 continue

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.899
 to

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.480
 trust

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.940
 God

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.139
 to

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.839
 work

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.519
 results

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.879
 through

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.220
 you

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.559
 into

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.759
 the

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.200
 lives

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.740
 of

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:52.940
 other

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.639
 individuals

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:57.299
 these

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.859
 could have

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.039
 been

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.559
 believers

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.700
 traveling

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.179
 through

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:00.980
 Thessalonica

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.599
 those

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.079
 who came

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.779
 to buy

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.319
 and sell

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.599
 and to

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:04.919
 trade

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.799
 in various

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.299
 ways

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.740
 but I

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.539
 think

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.319
 as we

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.740
 see in

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.059
 verse

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.559
 8

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.899
 in the

00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:11.139
 second

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.619
 part

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:13.079
 Paul

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.500
 says

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.720
 here

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:13.899
 your

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.180
 faith

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.339
 has

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.559
 gone

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.039
 everywhere

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.460
 so that

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.599
 we

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.919
 need

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.200
 not

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.639
 say

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.200
 anything

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.579
 which

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.740
 would

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.079
 indicate

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.339
 to

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.659
 me

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.700
 that

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:19.919
 in

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.379
 Paul's

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:21.240
 conversations

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.700
 with

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.319
 individuals

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.099
 those

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.379
 who are

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.659
 part

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:23.859
 of the

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.240
 church

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.720
 and

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:24.940
 those

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.059
 who

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.240
 were

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.659
 not

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:25.960
 part

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.039
 of

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.139
 the

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.500
 church

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.839
 no

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.039
 matter

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.240
 who

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.519
 he's

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.859
 talking

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.279
 to

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.059
 everywhere

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.379
 he

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.919
 goes

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.419
 the

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:31.460
 conversation

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.539
 about

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.759
 Thessalonica

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.399
 seems

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:34.659
 to be

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:34.859
 at the

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.099
 forefront

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.379
 of their

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.720
 attention

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:38.220
 God

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.400
 had

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.019
 used

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.140
 the

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.819
 significance

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.759
 of

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.380
 suffering

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.039
 in this

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.480
 church

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.900
 to

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.400
 actually

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.960
 create

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.200
 a

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.860
 context

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.839
 for

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.360
 gospel

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.900
 ministry

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.819
 in the

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.259
 lives

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.680
 of

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.100
 everyone

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:50.380
 living

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.600
 in

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.200
 Macedonia

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.360
 and

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.700
 Achaia

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.680
 can

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:53.860
 you

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.920
 begin

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.160
 to

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.620
 appreciate

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:56.019
 the

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.500
 significance

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.900
 of

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.200
 that

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:59.440
 Jesus

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.500
 and his

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.799
 name

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.100
 hadn't

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.319
 even

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.519
 been

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.940
 heard

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.400
 in

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.600
 this

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.059
 region

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:05.159
 there

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.240
 was

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.480
 no

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.599
 Bible

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:06.940
 there

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.079
 was

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.519
 no

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.980
 scripture

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.339
 there

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.139
 weren't

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.319
 any

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:10.039
 missionaries

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.679
 Paul's

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.079
 desire

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.460
 was to

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.819
 preach

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.220
 the

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.599
 gospel

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:12.819
 where

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.139
 Christ

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.319
 had

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.539
 not

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.720
 been

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.139
 named

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:15.339
 they

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.619
 hadn't

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:15.799
 heard

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.119
 about

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.720
 Jesus

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.599
 necessarily

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:17.960
 but they

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.099
 had

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.500
 heard

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.099
 about

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.359
 this

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.819
 church

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.240
 in

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.779
 Thessalonica

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.079
 and

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.220
 the

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.259
 word

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.519
 of the

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.740
 Lord

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:23.980
 had

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.319
 sounded

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.700
 forth

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.099
 from

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.480
 them

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.519
 into

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.919
 all

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.359
 these

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.700
 little

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.460
 conversations

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.779
 that were

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.139
 happening

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.539
 from

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.879
 people

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:30.240
 who went

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.500
 through

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.079
 Thessalonica

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.640
 and they

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:31.960
 were just

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.339
 blown

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.980
 away

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.519
 by the

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.019
 testimony

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.839
 of the

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.440
 transformation

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.720
 of this

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.079
 church

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:39.640
 Paul

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.099
 in a

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.440
 sense

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.559
 says

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.940
 you may

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.420
 remain

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.000
 stationary

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.519
 you may

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.839
 never

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.319
 move

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.740
 out of

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.339
 Thessalonica

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.099
 but those

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.859
 who see

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.500
 your faith

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.519
 are sounding

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.279
 out the

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.559
 word

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.180
 for you

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.220
 saved

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.859
 and unsaved

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.200
 alike

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.480
 they're

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.880
 carrying

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.099
 the

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.680
 message

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:58.380
 remarkable

00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:00.220
 amazing

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:02.539
 but that's

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.120
 what happens

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.940
 when the

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.180
 word of

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.360
 God

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.759
 begins

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.200
 to make

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.460
 that

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.759
 kind

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:05.920
 of

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.420
 difference

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.100
 in a

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:07.440
 life

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.340
 Paul

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.740
 shares

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.240
 the same

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:11.159
 confidence

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.840
 to

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.400
 Timothy

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.059
 in

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.420
 2nd

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.699
 Timothy

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.000
 chapter

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.340
 2

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.880
 he says

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.579
 to him

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.519
 remember

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.960
 Jesus

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.500
 Christ

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.840
 risen

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.340
 from

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.480
 the

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.760
 dead

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.920
 the

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.360
 offspring

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.679
 of

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.059
 David

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.900
 as

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.260
 preached

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.480
 in

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.740
 my

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.199
 gospel

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.460
 for

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.760
 which

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.000
 I

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.179
 am

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.000
 suffering

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.000
 bound

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.280
 with

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:27.820
 chains

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.059
 as

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.179
 a

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.539
 criminal

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.240
 but

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.579
 the

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:29.940
 word

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.179
 of

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.599
 God

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.179
 is

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:32.079
 not

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.980
 bound

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:36.659
 I'm

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:36.920
 stuck

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.139
 here

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.280
 in

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.599
 prison

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:39.380
 but

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.579
 my

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.000
 dependence

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.420
 isn't

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.679
 upon

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:40.960
 my

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.340
 ability

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.559
 to

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.840
 carry

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.240
 that

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:42.599
 message

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:42.960
 to

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.079
 the

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.380
 people

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.860
 that

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.119
 God

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.460
 wants

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.659
 to

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.000
 save

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.559
 my

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.039
 dependence

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.300
 is

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.539
 upon

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.740
 the

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.079
 word

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.780
 itself

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:49.099
 and

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.200
 the

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.619
 ability

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:49.840
 of

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:49.980
 the

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.260
 word

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.480
 to

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.980
 accomplish

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.340
 its

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.800
 work

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.380
 in

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.519
 the

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.840
 hearts

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.579
 of

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.980
 people

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:56.039
 you

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.179
 can

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.360
 have

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.539
 that

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.800
 same

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.440
 confidence

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.099
 oh

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.400
 church

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.579
 of

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.200
 Thessalonica

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:01.579
 in the

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:01.859
 midst

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:02.099
 of

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.579
 your

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.119
 suffering

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.359
 you

00:35:03.359 --> 00:35:03.539
 can

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.139
 believe

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.599
 that

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.839
 God

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.000
 will

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.379
 use

00:35:05.379 --> 00:35:05.639
 it

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.919
 to

00:35:05.919 --> 00:35:06.659
 change

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.259
 the

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.619
 lives

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:07.819
 of

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.219
 those

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.599
 who

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.019
 look

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.579
 at

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:09.759
 your

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.179
 witness

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.719
 and to

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.099
 see

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.759
 your

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.500
 transformation

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.379
 their

00:35:13.379 --> 00:35:13.879
 faith

00:35:13.879 --> 00:35:14.239
 had

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.439
 gone

00:35:14.439 --> 00:35:14.819
 out

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.500
 not

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.799
 just

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:15.980
 the

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.139
 word

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.259
 of

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.339
 the

00:35:16.339 --> 00:35:16.500
 Lord

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.639
 but

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:16.819
 their

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.299
 faith

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:18.159
 in

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.639
 Christ

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.779
 had

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.000
 gone

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.379
 out

00:35:20.379 --> 00:35:21.059
 to

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.219
 that

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.519
 entire

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.919
 region

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.139
 but

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.480
 notice

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.820
 here

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.119
 also

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.340
 in

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.519
 verse

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.740
 9

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:24.940
 not

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.340
 only

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:25.720
 their

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.019
 faith

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.200
 in

00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:26.400
 God

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.559
 but

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.099
 also

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.720
 their

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.340
 love

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.980
 for

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.400
 God

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.440
 their

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.940
 love

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.380
 for

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.680
 God

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:32.940
 he

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.340
 explains

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.519
 it

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:33.639
 in

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:33.740
 a

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:33.860
 little

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.159
 different

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.579
 terms

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.500
 he

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.760
 says

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.079
 this

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.420
 here

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.700
 in

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:37.920
 verse

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.260
 9

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:39.320
 for

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.599
 they

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.159
 themselves

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.559
 report

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.079
 concerning

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.559
 us

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.720
 the

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.039
 kind

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.159
 of

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.519
 reception

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.740
 we

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:42.880
 had

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.119
 among

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.380
 you

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.340
 how

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.559
 you

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.000
 turned

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.300
 to

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.700
 God

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.059
 from

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.519
 idols

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.900
 to

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.579
 serve

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.340
 the

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.820
 living

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.440
 and

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.820
 true

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.300
 God

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:51.580
 we

00:35:51.580 --> 00:35:51.880
 find

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.060
 as

00:35:52.060 --> 00:35:52.160
 a

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.519
 result

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.800
 of

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:52.940
 their

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.280
 faith

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:53.460
 there

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.600
 were

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.000
 two

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:55.760
 evidences

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:57.380
 two

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.480
 again

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.640
 words

00:35:59.640 --> 00:35:59.960
 in the

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.300
 Greek

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.640
 they're

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:01.420
 infinitives

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.960
 that

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.340
 kind

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.420
 of

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.660
 set

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:03.160
 themselves

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:03.580
 apart

00:36:03.580 --> 00:36:04.000
 here

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.400
 in

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.580
 this

00:36:04.580 --> 00:36:05.100
 passage

00:36:05.100 --> 00:36:05.680
 we

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:05.940
 find

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.100
 the

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.440
 first

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.600
 at

00:36:06.600 --> 00:36:06.740
 the

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.060
 end

00:36:07.060 --> 00:36:07.260
 of

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.519
 verse

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.060
 9

00:36:08.060 --> 00:36:08.660
 and

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:08.820
 the

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.100
 second

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:09.280
 at

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.400
 the

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.780
 beginning

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.000
 of

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.180
 verse

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.560
 10

00:36:10.560 --> 00:36:11.660
 the

00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:11.960
 first

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.180
 is

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:12.460
 to

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.200
 serve

00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:14.400
 and

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.539
 the

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.800
 second

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.140
 is

00:36:15.140 --> 00:36:15.340
 to

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.720
 wait

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:16.900
 this

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.420
 first

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.840
 is

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.060
 to

00:36:18.060 --> 00:36:18.600
 point

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:18.860
 to

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.060
 the

00:36:19.060 --> 00:36:19.560
 love

00:36:19.560 --> 00:36:19.760
 that

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:19.940
 this

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.180
 church

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.400
 had

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.539
 for

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.960
 God

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.380
 and

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.580
 the

00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:21.920
 second

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.200
 is

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:22.360
 to

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.700
 point

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.080
 to

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:23.280
 their

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.660
 hope

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:24.260
 that

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.360
 they

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.539
 had

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.680
 in

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:24.980
 God

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:27.120
 taking

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:27.420
 them

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.820
 one

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:27.920
 at

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:27.980
 a

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.220
 time

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:29.519
 first

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.100
 their

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.580
 love

00:36:30.580 --> 00:36:30.980
 for

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.340
 God

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:33.360
 Paul

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.700
 uses

00:36:33.700 --> 00:36:34.180
 this

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.480
 word

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.680
 to

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:35.060
 turn

00:36:35.060 --> 00:36:36.120
 it

00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:36.580
 implies

00:36:36.580 --> 00:36:37.120
 a

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.620
 change

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:37.800
 in

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.200
 attitude

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:38.519
 but

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.000
 also

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.340
 in

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:39.740
 action

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:41.360
 this

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.640
 is

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.100
 true

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.640
 repentance

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:43.039
 that's

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.280
 taking

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.760
 place

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:43.920
 in

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.019
 their

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.360
 life

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.400
 there's

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.500
 a

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.940
 recognition

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.340
 of

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.519
 their

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.019
 old

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.480
 state

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.780
 in a

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.320
 turning

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.800
 to

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.320
 the

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:49.680
 Lord

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.779
 a

00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:51.000
 new

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.500
 posture

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.719
 of

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:51.960
 heart

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.119
 that

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.279
 has

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:53.579
 led

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:53.799
 them

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.019
 to

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.399
 turn

00:36:54.399 --> 00:36:54.719
 away

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:54.960
 from

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.139
 the

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.739
 idolatry

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:55.919
 that

00:36:55.919 --> 00:36:56.039
 they

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.279
 had

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.379
 and

00:36:56.379 --> 00:36:56.500
 to

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.779
 turn

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.399
 to

00:36:57.399 --> 00:36:58.259
 devotion

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:58.679
 and

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.099
 worship

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.059
 to

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.299
 God

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.799
 himself

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:02.859
 and the

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.099
 word

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.719
 used here

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:03.940
 for

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.440
 service

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.859
 is the

00:37:04.859 --> 00:37:05.219
 word

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:06.519
 doulos

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.799
 or the

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.079
 word

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.759
 slavery

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.819
 to be a

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.319
 bond

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:10.239
 slave

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:11.299
 this

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.559
 was the

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:11.799
 most

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:12.379
 demanding

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:13.139
 form

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.639
 of

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.199
 servitude

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:15.479
 Paul

00:37:15.479 --> 00:37:16.039
 recognizes

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.299
 the

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.719
 significance

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.000
 of

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.179
 this

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.639
 kind

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.159
 of

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.500
 devotion

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.939
 and he

00:37:18.939 --> 00:37:19.659
 points

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.119
 it out

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.399
 for

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:20.919
 this

00:37:20.919 --> 00:37:21.259
 church

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.679
 he wants

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:21.899
 them to

00:37:21.899 --> 00:37:22.379
 understand

00:37:22.379 --> 00:37:23.559
 I see

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:23.859
 it

00:37:23.859 --> 00:37:24.639
 and God

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.819
 appreciates

00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.919
 and expects

00:37:26.919 --> 00:37:27.759
 this kind

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.599
 of devotion

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.299
 to him

00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:31.579
 Jesus

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:33.559
 points

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.679
 to this

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.159
 kind of

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.599
 service

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.519
 in Luke

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.399
 chapter 16

00:37:37.399 --> 00:37:38.619
 verse 13

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.599
 when he

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.039
 says

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:41.460
 no one

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.359
 can serve

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:42.679
 two

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.139
 masters

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:44.339
 the same

00:37:44.339 --> 00:37:44.719
 word is

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.159
 used

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.759
 there

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.739
 for

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.059
 either

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.519
 he will

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.859
 hate

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:48.400
 the one

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.679
 and love

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.199
 the other

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:51.219
 or he

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.539
 will be

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.960
 devoted

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.400
 to the

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.739
 one

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:54.219
 and despise

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:55.119
 the other

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.719
 Jesus

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.759
 creates a

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.119
 correlation

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.079
 for us

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:00.299
 in that

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:01.319
 verse

00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:01.699
 that helps

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.319
 us understand

00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:03.179
 that those

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:04.079
 who are

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.960
 true servants

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.699
 or slaves

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.279
 of God

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:07.079
 demonstrate

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.859
 their true

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:08.239
 love

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.799
 their true

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.239
 affection

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:10.500
 their true

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.299
 orientation

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:13.359
 you will

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:13.599
 either

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.959
 serve God

00:38:14.959 --> 00:38:15.839
 and demonstrate

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:16.779
 your love

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.399
 and affection

00:38:17.399 --> 00:38:17.859
 to him

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.599
 or you will

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.279
 serve something

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.699
 else

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:21.899
 and demonstrate

00:38:21.899 --> 00:38:22.459
 your affection

00:38:22.459 --> 00:38:22.979
 to it

00:38:22.979 --> 00:38:24.000
 but you can't

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.439
 have it both

00:38:24.439 --> 00:38:24.759
 ways

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:25.179
 it's either

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:26.059
 serve God

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:28.039
 or serve

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:29.500
 something else

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:31.799
 it was clear

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.379
 in the

00:38:32.379 --> 00:38:33.739
 in the lives

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.179
 of the church

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.779
 of Thessalonica

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.399
 and to anyone

00:38:35.399 --> 00:38:36.279
 who was observing

00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:36.839
 them that their

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.559
 true loyalty

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.179
 was now

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:39.059
 changed

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:40.239
 their true

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.880
 loyalty was

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:42.019
 with God

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:43.000
 the Father

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:44.019
 in serving

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.599
 and loving

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:44.940
 him

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.619
 the transition

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:48.360
 was dramatic

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.599
 impossible

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.679
 to hide

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:53.440
 they could say

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.460
 I exist

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.079
 for him

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:56.619
 all that I have

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.599
 belongs to him

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:59.099
 my focus

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:00.480
 my energy

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.880
 my resources

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:03.660
 my circumstances

00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:04.800
 my message

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:06.559
 my struggles

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.340
 exist to make

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.140
 much of Jesus

00:39:09.140 --> 00:39:10.700
 in every way

00:39:10.700 --> 00:39:12.880
 but what helped

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:14.340
 to anchor them

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:15.000
 in their love

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.480
 for God

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.539
 was their hope

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.440
 for him

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.820
 it was also

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.440
 a result

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.240
 of their hope

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:21.200
 in God

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:21.780
 that we find

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.720
 here in verse 10

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:25.039
 and to wait

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.959
 for his son

00:39:25.959 --> 00:39:26.739
 from heaven

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:28.819
 whom he raised

00:39:28.819 --> 00:39:29.500
 from the dead

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.279
 Jesus

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:32.519
 who delivers us

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.659
 from the wrath

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.259
 to come

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:36.179
 because of their

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.819
 commitment

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:38.559
 and confidence

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.859
 in Jesus

00:39:39.859 --> 00:39:40.579
 is coming

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:42.419
 it anchored

00:39:42.419 --> 00:39:42.919
 their heart

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:43.739
 their soul

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:45.339
 positioned them

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:46.179
 for endurance

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.879
 gave them

00:39:46.879 --> 00:39:47.959
 the fortitude

00:39:47.959 --> 00:39:48.839
 to be able to move

00:39:48.839 --> 00:39:49.779
 through their suffering

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.880
 and to look forward

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.740
 to something better

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:53.480
 that was to come

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:55.580
 it helped them

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:56.760
 to not to set

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.300
 their eyes

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:58.060
 on things

00:39:58.060 --> 00:39:58.640
 on earth

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:59.240
 but to set

00:39:59.240 --> 00:39:59.700
 their eyes

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.300
 on things

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.820
 above

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.480
 where Christ

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:01.980
 was

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:04.040
 it gave them

00:40:04.040 --> 00:40:04.400
 a sense

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.160
 of urgency

00:40:05.160 --> 00:40:06.420
 for the moment

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:08.060
 it helped them

00:40:08.060 --> 00:40:08.820
 to understand

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:10.280
 that their life

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.880
 and existence

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:12.700
 is lived

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:13.620
 in light

00:40:13.620 --> 00:40:14.680
 of the imminent

00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:15.660
 return of Christ

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:17.680
 it created

00:40:17.680 --> 00:40:18.140
 a sense

00:40:18.140 --> 00:40:18.940
 of urgency

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:20.079
 in life

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:21.340
 a sense

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:22.179
 of consistency

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.340
 in their obedience

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:25.940
 a sense

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:27.559
 of pleading

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:29.139
 for those

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.920
 around them

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.980
 who didn't

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.320
 know

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.860
 who Jesus

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.440
 was

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:35.099
 their potency

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.980
 as a church

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.860
 was contingent

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.659
 upon their

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.800
 future hope

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.619
 in Christ's

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.039
 return

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:43.400
 their success

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:44.980
 in overcoming

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.800
 obstacles

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.579
 and temptation

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.760
 and struggle

00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:48.440
 and sin

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.099
 and suffering

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.800
 and disappointment

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.440
 rested

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:52.179
 on the future

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.639
 hope

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.840
 the expectation

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:55.659
 that Jesus

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.480
 was coming

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.119
 and it helped

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:58.300
 them to wait

00:40:58.300 --> 00:41:00.119
 not in the kind

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.519
 of waiting

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.440
 that we would say

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:02.860
 not the

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:04.679
 inactive

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.579
 kind of waiting

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.300
 but in the

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:07.220
 expectant

00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:08.099
 hope filled

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:10.220
 taking action

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:11.200
 kind of waiting

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:12.820
 that was true

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.700
 of their life

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:15.480
 the Christian

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:16.899
 life sprung

00:41:16.899 --> 00:41:17.639
 to action

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:18.399
 for them

00:41:18.399 --> 00:41:19.779
 because of the

00:41:19.779 --> 00:41:20.219
 confidence

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:20.879
 that they had

00:41:20.879 --> 00:41:22.159
 in the future

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:23.159
 hope that Jesus

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:24.579
 was returning

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:26.839
 this morning

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:27.500
 what is

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.439
 your hope

00:41:28.439 --> 00:41:31.039
 what are the

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.559
 things that you're

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.199
 looking forward

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:32.619
 to

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:34.179
 you're looking

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:34.919
 forward to

00:41:34.919 --> 00:41:39.039
 Thanksgiving break

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:40.159
 for those of you

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.500
 who are

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.179
 students

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:42.960
 looking forward

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.420
 to Christmas

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:44.199
 I had

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:45.279
 one of my kids

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:45.699
 the other day

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:46.159
 say I can't

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:46.860
 wait for Christmas

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:49.059
 are we looking

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.820
 forward to that

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:51.239
 year end bonus

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:52.679
 are you looking

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:53.440
 forward to that

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.759
 house project

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:56.039
 being over with

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:58.800
 is that what

00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.920
 marks your life

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:01.980
 or is there

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.460
 a

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.679
 vivid

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:05.239
 present

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:06.320
 expectation

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:07.539
 in the hope

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.019
 that Jesus

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.700
 is returning

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:09.900
 and is that

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.360
 shaping

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:11.280
 everything

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:12.019
 orienting

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.480
 everything

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:13.320
 in how you

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:13.600
 live

00:42:13.600 --> 00:42:14.539
 providing

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.260
 perspective

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:16.220
 providing

00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:16.880
 balance

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:17.920
 providing a

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.260
 sense of

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:18.780
 urgency

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.519
 for life

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:21.260
 that's what

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:21.820
 marked this

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:22.240
 church

00:42:22.240 --> 00:42:22.960
 and these

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.400
 things are

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.780
 what helped

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.240
 them to be

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.740
 a church

00:42:24.740 --> 00:42:25.720
 of great

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:26.300
 influence

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:28.019
 and as

00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.600
 individuals

00:42:28.600 --> 00:42:29.200
 who were

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:29.800
 marked by

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:30.280
 the power

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:30.840
 of God

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.980
 coming

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.519
 together

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.920
 shining the

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.200
 light of

00:42:34.200 --> 00:42:34.500
 Christ

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:34.980
 into the

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.340
 world

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:36.180
 God

00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.680
 used

00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:36.900
 their

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.460
 testimony

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:39.120
 as an

00:42:39.120 --> 00:42:39.500
 anthem

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.079
 into the

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.460
 world

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.660
 to make

00:42:41.660 --> 00:42:41.800
 a

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.260
 difference

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.140
 in

00:42:43.140 --> 00:42:43.780
 Macedonia

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.760
 and Achaia

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.500
 and everywhere

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.400
 that Paul

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.579
 went

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:46.960
 may that

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.440
 be true

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.360
 of us

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:49.059
 let's pray