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 If you have your Bibles, you can turn to Colossians chapter 4.

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 We're going to start in verse 7.

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 Seth, I believe it was Seth, was the last one to preach on verses 1 through 7.

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 So I'm going to continue where he left off.

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 And, you know, it's a really interesting thing.

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 Colossi seems to be a church that was just getting going, and there was a lot of establishing to happen.

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 And Paul articulates that in the beginning of the letter.

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 So we are also a church that's getting established.

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 We're not established yet, but we're in the making.

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 So there's a lot that we can draw from the book of Colossians.

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 So I'm thankful that we went through this book.

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 And I think there's a lot in this passage that we're about to read that relate to us.

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 And so, Lord willing, we can draw even more with the last one today.

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 So I'm going to read verses 7 to the end, and then we'll dive in.

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 I'll kind of explain what I think the meat of this passage is.

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 So, Colossians chapter 4, starting verse 7, it says,

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 They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.

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 And see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

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 For I bear witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

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 Luke, the beloved physician, greets you, as does Demas.

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 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea and to Nympha and the church in her house.

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 And when this letter has been read among you, have it read also to the church of the Laodiceans.

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 And see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

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 And say to Archippus, see that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.

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 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand.

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 Remember my chains.

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 Grace be with you.

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 Okay, so this is God's word to finish out Paul's letter to the Colossians.

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 And, you know, at first, reading through the text, this can kind of seem like dismissive or non-important.

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 Kind of just sounds like Paul saying, say hi to so-and-so and say hi to this guy.

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 And this guy says hi to you.

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 Grace and peace, you know.

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 It's kind of like, okay, we get it.

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 You know, it's kind of like reading the, you know, the genealogies.

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 It's just a bunch of names.

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 It's like, what's the meaning behind this?

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 And initially, when I first read it, that was my thought.

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 I'm like, how the heck is this important?

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 But I think it's 2 Timothy 3 says that all scripture is breathed out by God.

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 And it's profitable for teaching and reproving and instruction.

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 So as I read this and I looked at all these names and I was thinking about why and how Paul was talking,

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 I think this is very relevant not only to our church but to many churches.

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 And it teaches us about what the relationship between one another can look like, especially in an apostolic way.

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 And so I went ahead and titled this message,

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 The Necessity for Apostolic Kinship.

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 The Necessity for Apostolic Kinship.

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 And I'll explain why I said that.

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 A little bit of a Brian kind of title there.

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 But the reason I chose to title this The Necessity for Apostolic Kinship is because what I think lies in the text here is very much what kinship embodies.

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 And honestly, what the apostolic, what we're doing, embodies as well.

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 And so here's what I mean by that.

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 So apostolic or apostleship, the word apostle literally just means sent one or sent person, messenger or envoy.

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 So when something is apostolic, it in large part is referring to either relating to the apostles or just being sent out by God purposefully.

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 So the necessity for a apostolic kinship refers to a body that is sent out, but not just a body or a people, but one that is kin.

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 And the word kin literally just means blood relationship.

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 And obviously, all of us are not literally bound by blood.

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 We all come from different families and that sort of thing.

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 But I do believe that there is a huge deficit in the church today of family found in the church body.

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 And so when you talk about kinship, the reason I chose the word is because the body of Christ united through the body and blood of Jesus Christ should be more than just blood.

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 It should be greater.

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 And when we think naturally about family and blood relationship, we immediately think of the closeness.

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 You know, you're close with your family members.

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 Even if you have a bad relationship with your family or you don't feel close, your family is inescapable.

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 You're bound to them as long as you live.

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 They're there.

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 They're your family.

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 You can't abort them.

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 You can't divorce them.

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 They're always there.

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 So there's this type of non-severing with kinship, which I think we should value in the body of Christ.

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 Because if we are members of one another through Jesus, then we cannot separate ourselves from one another.

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 So the necessity for apostolic kinship.

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 I'm going to walk through the passage and explain how I think for our church this would be extremely beneficial.

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 And that if we were to abort this, would be aborting God's mission to the church.

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 Or more specifically, God's witness through the church.

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 So a little bit of my aim, and before we get into the passage, is to show how the apostolic team that Paul lays out through all those names, those guys are his apostolic co-workers.

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 He calls them beloved brothers, servants.

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 So my aim is to show how the biblical apostolic team looks more like kinship or family than it does anything else.

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 It looks more like that than it does just partners, you know, somewhat like business, or just kind of working alongside each other.

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 And then when we're done, we're like, see ya.

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 It looks more like family than it does anything else.

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 And that in addition to that, as much as we are united through the body and blood of Jesus will prove to be how much we are family.

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 How much we believe that.

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 And so more and more churches today in America have been found with the, you know, entrepreneurial type spirit.

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 The kind of American dream at its core resulting in what I think is winning to people, to everything else, but Jesus himself.

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 And no, I don't think that all churches are rotten to the core.

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 But I think fundamentally there's something missing that teaches people about God and about the body that he died for.

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 So, you know, in churches today, they might be one with, or one to a handful of things.

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 It might be new habits, new ways of life, maybe a self-help if you're struggling.

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 It might be one to friendships or even positions of influence.

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 I could go on.

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 But, however, to find a church that is zealous for the kinship found between men like Paul and Timothy, or Jesus and John, you know, intimate relationship.

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 Or even his disciples, where the scriptures say that their hearts burned within them as they walked along the road.

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 So, that type of kind of connection, that type of burning in relationship, to find that seems really rare nowadays.

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 And so, we're at the precipice of getting established at Christ Church here, and this has got to be at its core.

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 And so, I assure you that if that kind of church is planted, the kind that is zealous for that relationship, that it will be characterized by the life of Christ himself.

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 It will look like God living through his people incarnationally.

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 And I believe that the church must return fundamentally to the confession that looks a lot like, you know, the song we sing, A Mighty Fortress.

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 Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also.

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 The body they may kill, God's truth abides still.

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 His kingdom is forever.

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 I think that when we are a united people, we are looking like God, which is sacrificing our lives for one another.

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 There is more power in a group of people that is willing to die for one another than there is any individual articulate of any business model for church ever.

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 And I think that that's valuable.

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 So, let's get into the text.

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 And I'm hoping that from what all I just articulated to you, that you'll see that a little bit and even imagine how Paul would relate to his coworkers maybe in that view.

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 So, quite a handful of names here throughout this passage, but we're going to kind of just go through from the top.

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 And right off the bat, it talks about Tychicus being the messenger or the agent that's delivering this letter, it seems.

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 Because Paul says, Tychicus will tell you all about my activities.

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 I have sent, in verse 8, it says, I have sent him to you for this purpose.

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 So, Paul is sending Tychicus as the kind of messenger to deliver these things.

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 Trustworthy enough for that.

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 We first meet Tychicus.

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 I hope I'm saying his name right.

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 I hope most of these names are...

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 I listened to him early this week and I was like, I think I got it.

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 We first meet him in Acts 20, verse 4, where we see him as one of Paul's companions traveling to Corinth.

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 Or sorry, from Corinth to Jerusalem.

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 Tychicus is a native to Asia, which is today Asia Minor.

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 Tychicus, we really don't have much on with what the New Testament gives us, but he's trustworthy, according to Paul, to deliver his letters.

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 And he has the same language, actually, for Tychicus in Ephesians 6, as he does in Colossians 4 here, which is,

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 Tychicus, the beloved and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything.

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 So, something about him, something about Tychicus' life with Paul was trustworthy enough.

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 Maybe he just observed everything.

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 He's like, this guy is responsible for informing you guys of how we are, and we'll do a good job to explain that.

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 So, he's a trustworthy guy.

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 But he doesn't just send him with a mere purpose to deliver the letter.

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 He sends him with two purposes.

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 One, to tell you how we are, he says, but also that he may encourage your hearts.

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 So, Tychicus might be especially gifted in this, gift of encouragement, which is valuable and useful to Paul.

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 So, he's saying, send this guy so that they'll get a little boost or refreshment.

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 And with Tychicus, it says in verse 9, if you scroll down,

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 With him, Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you.

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 Because the church at Colossae is largely Gentile, I believe the phrase, he is one of you, is meaning Gentile, versus merely just one of you as in he's a Christian as well.

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 I think it's a little bit more meaningful to that church by saying he is like one of you in his descent Gentile.

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 But one thing about Onesimus is that Onesimus was not saved the whole time, at least it seems, because Onesimus was the fugitive slave of Philemon, which is one of Paul's friends.

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 And Onesimus actually robbed Philemon and fleed to Rome to escape from him, but providentially ran into Paul while he was in prison there.

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 So, Onesimus was thinking, I'm going to rob Philemon and get out of here.

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 I'll be good.

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 But God saw it fit for him to connect with Paul by circumstance in Rome.

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 And Paul availed himself of the opportunity there to preach the gospel to Onesimus.

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 So much to where Paul in Philemon, if you go back and look, it says that he became his son in the faith.

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 And Paul doesn't use that language in many places.

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 He uses it with Timothy.

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 In different spots, he calls Timothy his son, but he also calls Onesimus his son.

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 So not only was Onesimus not a believer, but he ran into Paul and so much to where Paul led him to Christ and now can call him his son.

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 Notice the familial language there.

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 You know, I think it even says, my child Onesimus.

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 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus.

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 That's very familial.

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 And that's in Philemon.

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 We're in Colossians and here, when Paul introduces each person, he calls them faithful, but he also calls them beloved brothers.

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 You know, that's more than just coworkers.

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 Coworkers is not, you know, to diminish that fact.

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 They are that, but he calls them brethren.

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 And so some think that, like I said before, that Onesimus came to Christ before he was already in Colossae and maybe he was just kind of a struggling Christian.

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 And then he was born again by being led to Christ by Paul in his imprisonment.

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 Given that Paul says, I appeal to you for my son, or my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains.

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 Formerly, he was useless to you.

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 This is Philemon.

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 Or Paul speaking in the letter to Philemon.

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 Formerly, he was useless to you, but now he's useful to both you and me.

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 So formerly, he was kind of saying he was just a slave, not useful.

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 But now that he's come to Christ and I have fathered him, he's very useful to you.

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 And actually, if you read the book of Philemon, Paul is kind of in turmoil.

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 Well, not in turmoil, I guess you should say.

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 He doesn't really want to send Onesimus because he has such a benefit from him.

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 But he knows it would be good for him to go back.

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 And he urges them to receive him not as a slave, but as a brother in Christ.

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 So even there, you see it after Onesimus' conversion.

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 He says, relate to him not as a slave, but as a brother.

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 There's the familiar language again.

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 So with him, Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you,

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 they will tell you everything that has taken place.

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 So both Tychicus and Onesimus are partners in that work.

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 And then in verse 10, he introduces another character, Aristarchus,

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 who he calls his fellow prisoners.

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 We know that he was in prison with Paul.

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 He was walking through the struggle with him.

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 And Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, concerning whom you have received instructions.

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 If he comes to you, welcome him.

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 Very briefly on Aristarchus, he's mentioned in the book of Acts

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 during one of the riots in Ephesus.

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 Paul preaches, I don't know if you remember, Paul preaches to,

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 I think it's Demetrius, one of the idol makers.

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 He's a metal worker making idols.

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 Artemis is one of the false gods that was really propagated in Ephesus.

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 And Paul preached to Demetrius, kind of stirred up the crowd.

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 And I think Paul escaped, but they seize Aristarchus,

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 named mentioned right here, and then Trophimus, another companion.

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 So he's mentioned there in Acts.

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 But there's not a ton on Aristarchus.

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 Most of these guys, there's really not much.

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 The most is probably like three times some of these people are mentioned

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 in the whole New Testament.

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 But Paul seems to really commend them in his letters,

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 or seems it fit to mention their names.

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 You know, you have to remember, this letter is being read to an entire church.

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 Not sure what the size of the church is.

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 Not only Colossae, but actually two churches, the church at Laodicea.

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 So he's specifically naming these people who seem to maybe have a sphere of influence.

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 But if not that, they're very dear to Paul, and they should be dear to us.

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 John Mark.

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 So in verse 10, it says,

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 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas,

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 concerning whom you have received instructions.

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 If he comes to you, welcome him.

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 Mark, or known as John Mark, is first mentioned in Acts 12, the cousin of Barnabas.

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 And he is a companion of Barnabas and Paul on their first missionary journey.

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 They're sent out together and start preaching the gospel.

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 I think Cyprus is the first place that they hit.

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 And then after Cyprus, we see in a peculiar way,

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 it says that John Mark left them in Pamphylia,

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 which is right after their time in Cyprus.

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 And people dispute why he left.

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 Some people say, you know,

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 scholars say maybe because of the fruitlessness in Cyprus,

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 there was only one recorded conversion,

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 that they were pretty discouraged.

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 So John Mark, maybe he was like,

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 I'm going home, guys.

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 I'm done.

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 We're not really sure.

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 Maybe he had business to take care of.

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 That was too much that he had to go back.

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 We don't know.

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 But he left in Acts 13 in Pamphylia.

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 And in Acts 15, if you go,

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 he appears again on Paul's second missionary journey,

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 about to leave with Barnabas.

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 But this time, Barnabas was like,

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 we should take John Mark with us on our second go around.

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 But Paul said, no, John Mark is unreliable.

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 Something about John Mark leaving the missionary journey the first time

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 did something to Paul that showed him that John Mark was not fit.

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 It was kind of a disqualifier.

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 And again, we don't know why John Mark left.

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 It could have been something akin to, you know,

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.440
 Aunt Debbie's funeral.

00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:39.159
 Got to go home, make a good showing with the family.

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 But, you know, Paul is a very radical missionary.

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 And I can imagine him saying something like,

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:49.640
 let the dead bury their own, John Mark.

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:54.220
 You know, not to say that he wasn't letting him go.

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.600
 He did let him leave.

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 But I think it's important to note that

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 Paul has a view of the apostolic ministry

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 as not for the faint of heart.

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 And if someone is going to leave,

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:13.940
 then they're not so easily let back in.

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:18.519
 There is qualifiers for doing the work.

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 I'm going to touch more on that later.

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 But we see that with John Mark.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:28.380
 We see that with Paul in Acts 15.

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 It says that he said that John Mark was not fit to come back.

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 And then John Mark, it says that there arose a sharp disagreement.

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 So they butted heads about that.

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 You know, it wasn't just like, yeah, I'll stay behind.

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 It was probably more like, no, you're not seeing this right.

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:46.360
 I should come because X, Y, and Z.

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 And Paul's like, no, you're not fit.

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 Whatever, sharp disagreement.

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 So what ends up happening is Paul doesn't take Barnabas with him.

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 Barnabas and John Mark actually leave together

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 to go on their own separate way.

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 And Paul takes Silas instead.

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 So Paul acquires a new companion,

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 even after the time that he was with Barnabas.

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 It's interesting.

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 You don't see Paul forfeiting Barnabas,

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 or sorry, forfeiting his position to not take John Mark

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 at the expense of his companion Barnabas.

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 He says, you know what, Barnabas,

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 if you want to leave too, that's fine.

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 I'll take Silas with me.

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 He has a rigidity to his decision and his apostolic way.

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 And I think that's important to note

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 because so much of the church nowadays,

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 we're talking about the apostolic.

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 We're talking about church being sent down.

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 That's the language that we see here

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 and what this church is.

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 So it's important to note that we have to draw from that.

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 We have to look at Paul's way of life,

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 how he sees people who are committed to his work,

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 as well as one another,

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 how we see people committed to this work that we're doing.

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 And at bare minimum,

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 say that church planning is not whimsical.

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 You can't come and go as you please.

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 That doesn't mean that church planning is covenantal,

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 meaning that you're going to be severed

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 if you break the covenant.

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 You can go.

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 But according to Paul,

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 it's very serious.

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 You know,

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 let goods and kindred go.

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 You know,

00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:26.080
 this mortal life also.

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 Paul realizes that doing this work

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 could result in the death of his own life

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 and his companions.

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 But he's down.

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 You know,

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:36.400
 he says in another passage,

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 I know whom I have believed.

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 You know,

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 he saw the Lord.

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 He was convinced

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 that his life was totally worth sacrificing

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 and even the life of his,

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.519
 his fellow workers.

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 So.

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 I really think it's,

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 it's,

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 it's valuable to see that discourse with John Mark,

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 because I do believe that what John Mark experiences

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 and what happened with Barnabas

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 and how Paul dealt with it happens all the time,

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:13.720
 not in practice or practical outflowing merely,

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 but in our thoughts,

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:18.059
 how committed we are to the work.

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 How much do we trust God's call on us

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:26.400
 to fulfill the ministry?

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 If we're constantly wrestling in our minds with,

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.059
 is this a good idea?

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 Oh man,

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:36.819
 I really missed the comforts of home

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 or wouldn't it be better to go back to Egypt?

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 This kind of mentality.

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 This doesn't work for,

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:45.339
 for apostolic ministry.

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 It's,

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 it's duplicitous at the worst

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 and will hinder the kinship

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 between one another.

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 So that's why I mentioned John Marks,

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 because although it's such a small thing,

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:00.839
 you know,

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.339
 he left,

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:01.980
 there's a disagreement,

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.879
 they move on.

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:04.299
 I think there's a lot there.

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.079
 And I think that many churches

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.039
 and his congregants

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.339
 see church

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:11.859
 as something to where,

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.359
 you know,

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:13.759
 if I,

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.699
 if I find a good church,

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:14.939
 good,

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.480
 but I could get up and leave at any moment,

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.179
 you know,

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:18.779
 and there is a little bit more pressure

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:21.679
 when we talk about church planning

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:23.419
 versus just church attendance.

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.579
 There is a distinction.

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:26.319
 So don't misunderstand me

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.960
 when I'm talking about anyone,

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:28.359
 but

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:30.339
 for Christchurch,

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:32.199
 this is very applicable

00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:33.939
 because we are sent ones.

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:35.360
 We came from Bellicose.

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:37.299
 We were sent out for a specific work

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.840
 and we're on the precipice

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.840
 of just getting going.

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.320
 So this is very relevant.

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.720
 So

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:43.660
 please see that.

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.519
 My prayer is that you see that

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.360
 in the word of God

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.259
 and

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.860
 we should draw from that.

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:57.299
 So that's John Mark.

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 Paul says in verse 11 that,

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.279
 or sorry,

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.459
 after that,

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.379
 there's a guy named

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.159
 Jesus,

00:27:04.479 --> 00:27:05.479
 not the main Jesus.

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.979
 It's also called Justice.

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:10.519
 And then he says,

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.599
 these are the only men

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.420
 of the circumcision

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.740
 among my fellow workers

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.880
 for the kingdom of God.

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.539
 So all the names

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.339
 that we just read

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.920
 seem to be

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.920
 Jews

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:21.000
 or seem to be,

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.940
 you know,

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.319
 men of the circumcision.

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.960
 And he said,

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.700
 and Paul said that

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.759
 they've been a comfort to me.

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.559
 Maybe it's just

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.539
 who they were,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.099
 their character

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.059
 that was a comfort.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.660
 Maybe it's the fact that

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:34.480
 they were kin to him,

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.279
 you know,

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:36.200
 of the same tribe.

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.720
 Not sure.

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.980
 But in one way,

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.299
 we know that they comforted him.

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.440
 And then we introduced

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:44.160
 a guy named Epaphras

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.680
 who Paul says

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.400
 in verse 12,

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.500
 is one of you

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:49.019
 a servant of Christ Jesus.

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.779
 He greets you

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:52.380
 always struggling

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:54.019
 in his prayers

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:55.559
 or on your behalf

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.400
 in his prayers

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.819
 that you may stand mature

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.920
 and fully assured

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.400
 in all the will of God.

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.120
 For I bear him witness

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.740
 that he has worked hard for you

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.180
 and for those in Laodicea

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.600
 and Hierapolis.

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.880
 So Epaphras,

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.360
 he says,

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.960
 one of you,

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.279
 again,

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:12.440
 I think he's probably saying

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.700
 Epaphras is Gentile

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.640
 like you guys

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.420
 at Colossae.

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.420
 Epaphras is likely

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.940
 the one

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:20.120
 who planted

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.560
 the church

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:21.200
 at Colossae.

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.100
 If you go back

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.940
 to chapter one,

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.759
 Paul is commending them

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.900
 for receiving

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.480
 the word

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.980
 delivered

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.700
 by

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.019
 Epaphras.

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.460
 Epaphras

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.440
 was the first person

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.860
 to preach

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.259
 the word

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.700
 to them

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.940
 and so began

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.340
 the church

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.080
 at Colossae.

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.720
 This could mean

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.539
 that Epaphras

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.340
 was recognized

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:41.200
 as an apostle

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.580
 by Paul as well.

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.680
 We're not sure.

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:46.100
 He seems to have

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.680
 the lingo

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:48.720
 of Paul.

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:51.340
 If you look at

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:52.799
 how Paul talks

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.299
 about him

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.440
 in verse 12 here,

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.180
 it says that

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.539
 he's got

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.559
 two things.

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.100
 One,

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.539
 he's always

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.279
 struggling

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.399
 struggling

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.899
 on your behalf

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.700
 in his prayers.

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.099
 Very interesting

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.579
 phrase,

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:04.839
 you know,

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.359
 to characterize

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.859
 somebody.

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.879
 He works hard

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.279
 in prayer.

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.180
 He's an intercessor,

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:08.960
 you know,

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.619
 and he struggles

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:10.859
 too.

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.460
 He doesn't just

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.079
 put in half

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.539
 the effort.

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.399
 He struggles.

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.139
 He wrestles.

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.500
 But to what end?

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.379
 Why does Epaphras

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.759
 struggle?

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.559
 It says,

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.339
 so that you

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:21.039
 may stand

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.619
 mature

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.379
 and fully

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.779
 assured

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.240
 in all

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.519
 the will

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.980
 of God.

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.119
 That's pretty

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.720
 awesome because

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.519
 if you go back

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.700
 to Colossians

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:30.079
 1 down

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.059
 to verse 28,

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.680
 we hear Paul

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:32.920
 say,

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.799
 him we proclaim,

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.440
 talking about

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.940
 Jesus,

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.480
 warning everyone

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.259
 and teaching

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.839
 everyone

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:39.940
 with all

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.740
 wisdom that

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.779
 we may present

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.940
 everyone mature

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.539
 in Christ.

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.339
 And then he

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.019
 says in 29,

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.059
 for this I toil,

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.079
 struggling with

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.839
 all his energy

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:49.200
 that he powerfully

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.059
 works within me.

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.920
 Same language.

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.819
 Paul says he

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.259
 struggles.

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.119
 He's struggling

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.980
 with all

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.680
 Christ's energy

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.200
 within him.

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.680
 Why?

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.360
 Why does he

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.740
 say that?

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.480
 To what end?

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.480
 Go back

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.940
 in the verse.

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.900
 So that we

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.640
 may present

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.640
 everyone mature

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.220
 in Christ.

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.400
 Okay?

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.220
 This character

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.960
 recognizes Paul.

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.339
 Paul struggles

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.779
 and Epaphras

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.319
 as well

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:13.079
 in his prayers.

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.720
 They struggle,

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.660
 but to what end?

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.360
 Both of them

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.480
 see the same

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.940
 goal,

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.539
 which is to

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.759
 present you

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.180
 mature

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.319
 and make you

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.960
 fully assured

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.380
 of all the

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.839
 will of God.

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.339
 When we're

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.200
 talking about

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.940
 building a

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.360
 church,

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:32.160
 how did

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.620
 they build?

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.680
 How did

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.299
 Paul build?

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.660
 How did

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.420
 Epaphras build?

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.500
 And they

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.400
 did it by

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.240
 working hard

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.099
 with a

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.460
 struggle,

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.539
 and they

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.200
 did it with

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.720
 the goal

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.420
 of maturity.

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.620
 So everyone

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.339
 in this room

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:48.860
 to one degree

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.240
 or another

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.940
 has level

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.480
 maturity.

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.860
 Some are

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.960
 more mature

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.460
 than others,

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:56.380
 and some

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.059
 people in

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.380
 this room

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.779
 are already

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.480
 at work

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.539
 to that

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.799
 end,

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.720
 but it's

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.180
 good for us

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.840
 to look at

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.079
 the Word

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.460
 of God

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.779
 and say

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.259
 this is

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.900
 why we

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.259
 struggle

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.759
 for one

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.059
 another,

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.960
 so that we

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.500
 might actually

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.100
 be mature,

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.140
 not infants,

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.180
 as it says

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.500
 in other

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.860
 places,

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:12.319
 but as

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.039
 adults,

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.840
 you know,

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.680
 in the

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:14.960
 faith.

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.740
 we see

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.420
 that Epaphras

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.880
 has that

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.299
 mantle,

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.400
 that he

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.200
 shares that

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.799
 with Paul,

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.819
 he's locked

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.319
 in on the

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.740
 vision of

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.019
 that,

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:25.819
 and I

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.120
 just want

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.360
 to kind

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:28.220
 of hone

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.740
 in on

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.779
 the unity

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.160
 between Epaphras

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.680
 that you

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.019
 can see

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.319
 there,

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:32.960
 even in

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.380
 the language

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.880
 struggling,

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.259
 presenting

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.559
 mature,

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.160
 the unity

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:39.600
 that we

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.079
 should strive

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.539
 to have.

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.259
 Earlier

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.840
 this week,

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.019
 I

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:46.099
 went out

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.420
 with some

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.799
 guys,

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.279
 Judah was

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.740
 with me,

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.160
 we went

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.059
 to a

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.279
 young

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.700
 adults

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.339
 ministry

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.680
 in the

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:52.980
 city,

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:55.440
 some of

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.940
 our other

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.359
 guys were

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:56.740
 with us,

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.319
 some people

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.700
 there,

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.319
 and went

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.680
 down just

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:58.920
 to meet

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.180
 people,

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.579
 but with

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.200
 also the

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.720
 intent of

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.039
 mission to

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.920
 reach some

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:05.359
 people who

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.759
 maybe don't

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.240
 know God,

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.740
 but are

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.539
 affiliated with

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.940
 church,

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.079
 very big

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.539
 young adult

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.980
 ministry,

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.420
 a lot of

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.819
 people there,

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.720
 and as I

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.160
 was talking

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.660
 to one

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.140
 of the

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.600
 guys,

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.200
 who was

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.640
 actually a

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.759
 leader at

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.380
 this ministry,

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.380
 he was

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.900
 asking a lot

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.420
 about Christ

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.880
 church,

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.340
 kind of

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:21.640
 where we

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:21.900
 are,

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.759
 how we

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.060
 are doing,

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.880
 I was

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.680
 asking about

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.320
 his life,

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.880
 and then I

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.320
 started to

00:32:26.320 --> 00:32:27.160
 articulate how

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.100
 we are still

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.740
 building the

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.779
 foundation,

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.800
 and how

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:31.400
 family is a

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.920
 big aspect

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.340
 of that,

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.440
 and I

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.880
 talked about

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.380
 the need

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:36.300
 for paternal

00:32:36.300 --> 00:32:36.820
 presence,

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.100
 or the

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.640
 presence of

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.980
 fathers in

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.400
 the life of

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.880
 the church,

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.220
 and we

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.759
 eventually got

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.140
 down the

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:43.019
 road to

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.480
 me asking

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.720
 them,

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.480
 do you

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.900
 think,

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.839
 either in

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.460
 the past

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.779
 or presently,

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.480
 that you

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.700
 have

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.259
 experienced

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.579
 being

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:51.019
 fathered

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:53.420
 by someone

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.940
 in this

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.259
 church,

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.900
 or another

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.259
 church in

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.720
 the past,

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.200
 and he's

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.440
 like,

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.059
 I don't

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.279
 know,

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:58.940
 I don't

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.400
 think so,

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.579
 and knowing

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.140
 what I know,

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.900
 I was shocked,

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.160
 because I'm

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.319
 like,

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.920
 oh my gosh,

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.960
 this guy is

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.359
 just,

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.680
 you know,

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.500
 riding off of

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.180
 who knows

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.559
 what,

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.619
 mentors,

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.359
 influencers,

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.660
 all those things

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.160
 are good,

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.960
 but Paul says

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.680
 you have many

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.299
 of those,

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.539
 but you don't

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.940
 have many

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.400
 fathers,

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.140
 that's the

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.640
 rebuke,

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.579
 you know,

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.920
 to a church

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.599
 that has no

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.380
 paternal presence,

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.279
 is you have

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.640
 guys,

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:26.960
 you have

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.279
 mentors,

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.559
 you have

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.019
 instructors,

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.779
 but you

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.099
 don't have

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.839
 many fathers,

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.599
 Paul said

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.859
 that he

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.599
 became a

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.359
 father through

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.000
 the gospel,

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.440
 so the way

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.839
 that we do

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:36.240
 that is

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.559
 through the

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.900
 gospel,

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:38.079
 but that has

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.440
 to be an

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.740
 aim,

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:43.039
 a little

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.420
 tangent

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.819
 there,

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:48.000
 where were

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.160
 we,

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.500
 I was just

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.880
 talking about

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.460
 Epaphras,

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.680
 oh yeah,

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.599
 so the goal

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.259
 is maturity,

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.240
 that's the

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.440
 goal of every

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.759
 church,

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.720
 so we might

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.620
 present its

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.319
 members to

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.200
 saints mature,

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.180
 you know,

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.559
 we can really

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.019
 forget that

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.440
 sometimes,

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.000
 we go week

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.460
 by week,

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:04.759
 and it's

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.140
 kind of just

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.400
 like,

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:06.000
 there's a lot

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.799
 of responsibilities,

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.579
 a lot of

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.239
 things to do,

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.959
 but are we

00:34:08.959 --> 00:34:09.419
 growing in

00:34:09.419 --> 00:34:09.919
 our maturity

00:34:09.919 --> 00:34:10.619
 in Christ,

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.879
 and maturity

00:34:11.879 --> 00:34:12.399
 towards one

00:34:12.399 --> 00:34:12.679
 another,

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.219
 and that

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.500
 should be

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.659
 our aim,

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:18.739
 so moving

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.019
 on,

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.459
 it says

00:34:19.459 --> 00:34:20.719
 in verse

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.739
 13,

00:34:22.459 --> 00:34:23.239
 for I bear

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.679
 him witness

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.159
 that he

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.479
 has worked

00:34:24.479 --> 00:34:24.859
 hard for

00:34:24.859 --> 00:34:24.979
 you,

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.399
 talking about

00:34:25.399 --> 00:34:26.000
 Epaphras,

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.299
 and for

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.639
 those in

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.299
 Laodicea and

00:34:27.299 --> 00:34:28.000
 Hierapolis,

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.699
 verse 14,

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.159
 it says,

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.239
 Luke,

00:34:31.319 --> 00:34:31.719
 the beloved

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.199
 physician,

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:32.799
 greets you

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.419
 as does

00:34:33.419 --> 00:34:34.000
 Demas,

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:36.159
 give my

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.699
 greetings to

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.119
 the brothers

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.179
 at Laodicea

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:39.300
 and to

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.719
 Nympha

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:41.099
 and the

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.559
 church in

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.159
 her house,

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.400
 I'm not

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.460
 going to go

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.900
 into much

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:46.000
 about Luke

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.480
 and Demas,

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.920
 but Luke

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.420
 is the

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.420
 author of

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.820
 Acts,

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:52.239
 so he

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:52.539
 was there

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.940
 for a lot

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.260
 of it,

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.460
 you know,

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:57.659
 Demas is

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:57.980
 mentioned

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.579
 two other

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.139
 places,

00:34:59.679 --> 00:34:59.960
 one in

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.420
 Philemon

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.840
 and one

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.420
 in 2

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.000
 Timothy,

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.280
 the one

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.579
 in 2

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.220
 Timothy not

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.519
 being a

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.880
 very good

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.159
 light,

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.599
 Paul says

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:09.760
 that Demas

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.639
 has forsaken

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.200
 me in love

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.539
 with this

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.159
 present world,

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.300
 so it's

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.860
 very possible

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.760
 that I

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.099
 don't think

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.720
 Demas is

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.500
 apostate

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:19.639
 in that

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.579
 section as

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.079
 much as

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.220
 Paul sees

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.780
 him as

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:24.260
 taken up

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.599
 with other

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.000
 things,

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.079
 you know,

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.720
 maybe he

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.000
 got a

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.720
 sweet job

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.720
 offer,

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.420
 and he's

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.579
 like,

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:29.860
 sorry,

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.180
 Paul,

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.519
 I'm

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.639
 going to

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.159
 take this,

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:32.960
 and Paul's

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.079
 like,

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.300
 what the

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.500
 heck,

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.300
 you know,

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.200
 why are you

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.440
 in love

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.680
 with the

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:35.940
 world,

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.340
 we've been

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.780
 doing this

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.079
 forever,

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:37.880
 you know,

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.320
 we don't

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.760
 know much,

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.480
 but we

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.740
 do know

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.180
 that about

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.579
 Demas,

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.940
 and we

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.260
 do know

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:42.840
 that Paul,

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.639
 again,

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.360
 with Paul's

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.740
 zealous,

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.900
 rigorous view

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.659
 of apostleship,

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:48.480
 that he sees

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.220
 something maybe

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:50.139
 like that as

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.200
 you're in love

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.599
 with the world,

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.000
 Demas,

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.139
 you know,

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.059
 you've got

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.960
 things out of

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.480
 priority,

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.380
 and let us

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.960
 not be like

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.440
 Demas,

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.519
 you know,

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.880
 whether in

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.699
 small or

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.259
 in great.

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.400
 It's important

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.119
 to realize

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.960
 that everything

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:08.340
 that Satan

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:09.539
 works is crafty,

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.900
 and begins in

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:12.320
 small increments,

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.980
 doesn't happen

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.599
 all at once,

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:15.059
 and we must be

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.559
 on guard,

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.619
 the love of the

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:16.940
 world,

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:18.059
 and other

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.639
 things that

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.259
 slip in,

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.119
 especially at

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.019
 the beginning

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.480
 of a church

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.780
 plant.

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.800
 Satan would

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.820
 love to devise

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.519
 in our hearts

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.599
 love for other

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.039
 things,

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.599
 and distract

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.960
 us from

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.340
 the work.

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.719
 You know,

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.179
 I might beat

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.699
 a dead horse

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.139
 by saying

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.340
 that,

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:35.800
 but we

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.579
 don't wrestle

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.139
 with what we

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.619
 can see,

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.239
 with flesh

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.699
 and blood,

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:39.960
 the scriptures

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.300
 say.

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.239
 So we

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:42.159
 have to be

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.840
 focused on

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.360
 what God

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.980
 has said.

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.000
 That is the

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.840
 only way that

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.360
 we walk

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.719
 with sight,

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:50.000
 in a sense,

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.699
 is we can

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.420
 see what God

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.940
 has said,

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.400
 and we can

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.980
 follow him,

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.759
 believing in

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.559
 faith that he

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.300
 rewards those

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:56.720
 who seek

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:56.920
 him,

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.539
 right?

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.539
 So Luke,

00:37:02.600 --> 00:37:02.920
 the beloved

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.420
 physician,

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.680
 greets you

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.080
 as does

00:37:05.080 --> 00:37:05.580
 Demas.

00:37:06.100 --> 00:37:06.480
 Give my

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.980
 greetings to

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.380
 the brothers

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:08.340
 at Laodicea

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:09.160
 and to

00:37:09.160 --> 00:37:09.519
 Nympha

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.760
 and the

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:11.120
 church in

00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:11.720
 her house.

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.800
 A little

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.300
 shout out

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.620
 to the

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:14.120
 ladies.

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.260
 Nympha

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:16.380
 seemed to

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.000
 be a

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.640
 prominent

00:37:17.640 --> 00:37:18.280
 enough woman

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.600
 to get

00:37:18.600 --> 00:37:18.960
 her name

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.220
 put in

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.620
 the letter,

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:20.920
 but we

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.360
 also see

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.900
 that she

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:24.100
 was likely

00:37:24.100 --> 00:37:24.980
 very hospitable.

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.000
 the church

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.360
 in her

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.760
 house.

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.740
 She would

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.139
 have

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:30.019
 gatherings

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:31.440
 of prayer

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:34.219
 or at

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.500
 least some

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.860
 type of

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.280
 gatherings.

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:36.000
 I forgot

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.760
 to mention

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.219
 this about

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.860
 John Mark,

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.579
 but John

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.500
 Mark's mom,

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.039
 Mary,

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.900
 also was

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.340
 mentioned

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:44.019
 in Acts

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:45.599
 as one

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.639
 who regularly

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.079
 had people

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.260
 gather in

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.719
 her house

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:50.240
 for prayer,

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:53.260
 which is

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.860
 also mentioned.

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:55.700
 so the

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.320
 women in

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.800
 the church

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.500
 seem to

00:37:57.500 --> 00:38:01.160
 be of

00:38:01.160 --> 00:38:01.620
 prominent

00:38:01.620 --> 00:38:03.260
 standing for

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:03.620
 Paul to

00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:04.079
 mention as

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.380
 well.

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.680
 And then

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:10.260
 it says,

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.680
 and when

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:13.120
 this letter

00:38:13.120 --> 00:38:13.740
 is read

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:15.039
 or has

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.380
 been read

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.000
 among you,

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:17.000
 have it

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.980
 also read

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.320
 to the

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.700
 church of

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.599
 the Laodiceans

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.539
 and see

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:20.820
 that you

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.620
 also read

00:38:21.620 --> 00:38:22.260
 the letter

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:22.680
 from the

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.380
 Laodicea.

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:28.280
 last

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:29.400
 character

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.400
 here

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.860
 in verse

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.539
 17,

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.960
 that's

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.220
 mentioned.

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.620
 It says,

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.160
 and say

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:36.220
 to Archippus,

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.500
 see that

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:38.039
 you fulfill

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.620
 the ministry

00:38:38.620 --> 00:38:39.120
 that you

00:38:39.120 --> 00:38:39.640
 have received

00:38:39.640 --> 00:38:39.980
 from the

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.220
 Lord.

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.039
 Okay,

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.579
 this phrase

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.079
 is,

00:38:42.620 --> 00:38:44.260
 I think,

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:45.180
 one of the

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:45.559
 more

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.420
 prophetic

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.900
 phrases

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:47.320
 that we

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.720
 could draw

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:48.059
 from this

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.860
 passage for

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.420
 Christ's

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.920
 church today,

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.980
 right now,

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.139
 because we

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:54.760
 are a

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.099
 collective

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.740
 group with

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.340
 callings and

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.900
 giftings.

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:59.400
 And Paul

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.480
 singles out

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.159
 one guy,

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.760
 Archippus,

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.340
 mentioned two

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:02.960
 other places

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:04.099
 very briefly

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.740
 and says,

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:04.920
 hey,

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.500
 say to this

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.860
 guy,

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:07.199
 fulfill what

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.480
 you're called

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.820
 to do.

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.699
 What was

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:10.300
 Archippus called

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:10.639
 to do?

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.920
 Nobody knows.

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.260
 Apparently,

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.840
 Paul does,

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.099
 though,

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.139
 and Archippus.

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:18.239
 And he calls

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.619
 him out and

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:18.799
 says,

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:19.039
 hey,

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.599
 you remember

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:19.940
 this?

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.659
 Remember how

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.500
 God anointed

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:21.940
 you to do

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.099
 this?

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.480
 Remember how

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.980
 you're gifted?

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.500
 Remember how

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.159
 you minister

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:26.039
 in this way?

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:26.819
 Do it.

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.639
 You know,

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.719
 maybe Archippus

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.139
 was dragging

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.559
 his feet.

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.679
 Maybe he got

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.199
 discouraged,

00:39:31.339 --> 00:39:31.639
 whatever.

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:34.159
 Paul has

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:34.920
 enough boldness

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.579
 and apostolic

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.159
 authority to

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.379
 say,

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.759
 look,

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.420
 dude,

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:39.259
 I was there

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.639
 for that,

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:41.659
 and you

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.019
 know what

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.239
 you're called

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.619
 to do.

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.379
 And you

00:39:43.379 --> 00:39:44.159
 can do it.

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.239
 By the grace

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:45.699
 of the Lord,

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.719
 you can fulfill

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.179
 your calling

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.219
 because God

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:49.159
 literally supplies

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:49.619
 you.

00:39:50.339 --> 00:39:50.980
 He makes up

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.799
 your constitution

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.279
 with the

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:53.699
 giftings that

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.399
 he assigns

00:39:54.399 --> 00:39:55.000
 and gives you

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.559
 grace to do

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.759
 it.

00:39:56.419 --> 00:39:57.119
 So he's

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.359
 saying,

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.399
 remember that

00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:59.339
 and fulfill

00:39:59.339 --> 00:39:59.619
 it.

00:40:00.439 --> 00:40:00.819
 And I can

00:40:00.819 --> 00:40:01.519
 only imagine

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:05.399
 what it was

00:40:05.399 --> 00:40:06.339
 like maybe

00:40:06.339 --> 00:40:07.459
 to be Archippus

00:40:07.459 --> 00:40:08.500
 and have that

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:10.439
 read to the

00:40:10.439 --> 00:40:11.019
 church and

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.519
 have his name

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:11.980
 called out.

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.339
 Maybe he was

00:40:13.339 --> 00:40:13.659
 like,

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.419
 geez,

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:14.739
 Paul,

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:16.639
 I get it.

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.559
 I'll get

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.859
 going.

00:40:18.939 --> 00:40:19.980
 But in

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.379
 addition,

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.059
 you have to

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.439
 remember,

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.719
 Paul's a

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.099
 father.

00:40:24.259 --> 00:40:24.859
 He's not

00:40:24.859 --> 00:40:26.199
 just like

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:28.159
 an angry

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.619
 boss that

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:30.079
 calls you

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.279
 out.

00:40:30.379 --> 00:40:30.899
 He's a

00:40:30.899 --> 00:40:31.179
 father.

00:40:31.339 --> 00:40:31.639
 So I

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.059
 imagine

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:34.739
 that Paul,

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:37.439
 with his

00:40:37.439 --> 00:40:38.119
 fatherly

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.619
 tone,

00:40:39.459 --> 00:40:40.480
 and Archippus

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.259
 knowing about

00:40:41.259 --> 00:40:42.379
 Paul's

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:42.899
 fatherly

00:40:42.899 --> 00:40:43.259
 tone,

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:45.500
 can receive

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.980
 that saying,

00:40:46.080 --> 00:40:46.420
 I know

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.020
 Paul loves

00:40:47.020 --> 00:40:47.280
 me.

00:40:47.620 --> 00:40:47.860
 I know

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.260
 he's there

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:48.740
 for me.

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:50.080
 And he's

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:51.100
 encouraging me

00:40:51.100 --> 00:40:51.580
 and rebuking

00:40:51.580 --> 00:40:52.040
 me like a

00:40:52.040 --> 00:40:52.280
 son.

00:40:53.220 --> 00:40:54.740
 And I'm

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:55.140
 sure you

00:40:55.140 --> 00:40:55.760
 guys have

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:56.160
 many people

00:40:56.160 --> 00:40:56.440
 in your

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.560
 life that

00:40:57.560 --> 00:40:58.180
 if they

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.640
 said something

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.020
 like that

00:40:59.020 --> 00:40:59.260
 to you,

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.540
 you'd be

00:40:59.540 --> 00:40:59.800
 like,

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.660
 get out

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:00.840
 of here,

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.140
 man.

00:41:01.560 --> 00:41:02.140
 You don't

00:41:02.140 --> 00:41:02.560
 even know

00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:02.900
 me.

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.980
 Get off

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.420
 my back.

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.540
 But there's

00:41:05.540 --> 00:41:06.280
 also people

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.800
 that would

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:07.120
 say the

00:41:07.120 --> 00:41:07.680
 same thing,

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.300
 that you

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:08.580
 would be

00:41:08.580 --> 00:41:09.160
 humble and

00:41:09.160 --> 00:41:09.740
 sober and

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:09.960
 you would

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.360
 say thank

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.600
 you.

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:12.779
 Because of

00:41:12.779 --> 00:41:14.000
 that equity,

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.960
 because of

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:17.239
 the familial

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:18.279
 tie,

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:20.440
 the relational

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:23.019
 kind of

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.779
 substance

00:41:23.779 --> 00:41:24.380
 between

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.579
 each other.

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:25.980
 You know

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.259
 what I mean?

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.299
 This has

00:41:27.299 --> 00:41:27.659
 got to be

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.039
 present.

00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:30.000
 It's got to

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.400
 be somewhere

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.799
 in there

00:41:30.799 --> 00:41:31.159
 as he's

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:31.539
 speaking.

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:32.960
 And so

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:37.219
 he says

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:37.659
 say to

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:37.860
 him,

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.339
 see that

00:41:38.339 --> 00:41:39.000
 you fulfill

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.699
 the ministry

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:39.980
 of the

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.159
 Lord.

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:40.839
 that you

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:40.980
 have

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.279
 received

00:41:41.279 --> 00:41:41.559
 in the

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.779
 Lord.

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:42.699
 I don't

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:42.819
 know if

00:41:42.819 --> 00:41:43.059
 you guys

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.339
 remember,

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.759
 this is

00:41:43.759 --> 00:41:44.559
 very similar

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:47.880
 to Paul

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.400
 saying to

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.779
 Timothy,

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.839
 guard the

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:50.579
 deposit

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.460
 entrusted

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.900
 to you.

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.440
 It was

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.920
 given to

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.139
 you by

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.440
 the laying

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.719
 on of

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.179
 hands.

00:41:58.319 --> 00:41:58.739
 Very

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.159
 similar.

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.940
 He calls

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.239
 him out

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:00.519
 and says,

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.719
 hey,

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.079
 Timothy,

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.739
 guard that.

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.219
 Just like

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:02.500
 that.

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:04.119
 That tone

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.480
 he's saying

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.119
 to Archippus,

00:42:05.319 --> 00:42:05.719
 see that you

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:06.179
 fulfill the

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.539
 ministry.

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.659
 Which

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.619
 fulfill here

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.779
 literally means

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.280
 to fill

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.680
 up.

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:13.740
 It doesn't

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.140
 mean just

00:42:14.140 --> 00:42:14.540
 do a

00:42:14.540 --> 00:42:14.780
 bunch,

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.320
 but actually

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.820
 let your

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.600
 life be

00:42:16.600 --> 00:42:16.920
 full.

00:42:17.620 --> 00:42:17.980
 Let the

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.560
 calling that

00:42:18.560 --> 00:42:19.040
 God has

00:42:19.040 --> 00:42:19.640
 impressed,

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.260
 the area

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:22.440
 that God

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:22.980
 has impressed

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.360
 and gifted

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.700
 you,

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.640
 let it

00:42:24.640 --> 00:42:25.140
 fill up

00:42:25.140 --> 00:42:25.680
 your life.

00:42:26.140 --> 00:42:26.480
 Don't let

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.960
 it lack.

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:28.940
 And there's

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.620
 much to be

00:42:29.620 --> 00:42:30.400
 said about

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:32.060
 our giftings,

00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:32.720
 our callings,

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:33.220
 and how we

00:42:33.220 --> 00:42:33.660
 relate to

00:42:33.660 --> 00:42:34.180
 one another.

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:36.259
 But one

00:42:36.259 --> 00:42:36.839
 thing for

00:42:36.839 --> 00:42:37.399
 sure is

00:42:37.399 --> 00:42:38.279
 that it

00:42:38.279 --> 00:42:38.639
 must be

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:38.980
 full.

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:40.139
 If we

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.639
 know them,

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:41.159
 some of us

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.559
 don't know

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:41.879
 them very

00:42:41.879 --> 00:42:42.159
 well,

00:42:42.259 --> 00:42:42.599
 and that's

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.399
 where we

00:42:43.399 --> 00:42:43.639
 got to

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.139
 start to

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:45.039
 take aim

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:46.079
 and use

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.379
 the other

00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:46.739
 parts of

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.079
 the body

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.399
 to be

00:42:47.399 --> 00:42:47.599
 like,

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:48.259
 how am

00:42:48.259 --> 00:42:48.619
 I gifted?

00:42:49.819 --> 00:42:50.399
 How has

00:42:50.399 --> 00:42:50.859
 God called

00:42:50.859 --> 00:42:51.099
 me?

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.059
 But some

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.440
 of us know

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:53.759
 how we're

00:42:53.759 --> 00:42:54.139
 called,

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:57.119
 but we're

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.659
 not fulfilling,

00:42:57.879 --> 00:42:58.159
 we're not

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.799
 filling up.

00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:01.680
 and maybe

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:02.920
 you need a

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.620
 fatherly figure

00:43:03.620 --> 00:43:04.539
 to just help

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:04.840
 you along

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.080
 and say,

00:43:05.160 --> 00:43:05.320
 hey,

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.420
 fulfill the

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:07.780
 ministry.

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:08.860
 You've

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.280
 received it

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:09.560
 from the

00:43:09.560 --> 00:43:09.860
 Lord,

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:10.760
 I'll go

00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:10.980
 out and

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.340
 do it.

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:16.039
 And we

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.400
 can't be

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:16.780
 idle in

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:16.980
 that.

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.840
 So after

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:22.760
 Paul caps

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:23.100
 it off

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:23.600
 with his

00:43:23.600 --> 00:43:25.080
 exhortation

00:43:25.080 --> 00:43:26.500
 to Archippus,

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:28.180
 he seals

00:43:28.180 --> 00:43:28.480
 it,

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.380
 with his

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:30.120
 apostolic

00:43:30.120 --> 00:43:31.539
 heart by

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:31.940
 saying,

00:43:32.060 --> 00:43:32.160
 I,

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:32.440
 Paul,

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:32.940
 write this

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:33.480
 greeting with

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:34.000
 my own

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.460
 hand.

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:35.060
 This is

00:43:35.060 --> 00:43:35.560
 for me.

00:43:36.640 --> 00:43:37.080
 Realize

00:43:37.080 --> 00:43:37.380
 who this

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:37.720
 is from.

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.900
 Don't forget

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.300
 about me.

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:39.700
 Remember

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:40.400
 my chains.

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:41.500
 And he

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:41.660
 says,

00:43:41.740 --> 00:43:42.080
 grace be

00:43:42.080 --> 00:43:42.480
 with you.

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.740
 So

00:43:43.740 --> 00:43:46.160
 that's the

00:43:46.160 --> 00:43:46.519
 scope of

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:47.000
 the passage.

00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:47.539
 I think

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:48.140
 when I

00:43:48.140 --> 00:43:48.539
 first,

00:43:48.700 --> 00:43:49.200
 like I said

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:49.360
 in the

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:49.600
 beginning,

00:43:49.660 --> 00:43:49.860
 when I

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.380
 first read

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.600
 this,

00:43:50.680 --> 00:43:50.920
 I was

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.220
 like,

00:43:52.620 --> 00:43:52.960
 you know,

00:43:53.660 --> 00:43:53.920
 daunted

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.380
 by all the

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.820
 names a

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.180
 little bit.

00:43:55.700 --> 00:43:56.240
 But these

00:43:56.240 --> 00:43:57.560
 people

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:59.380
 are Paul's

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.139
 apostolic

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:00.659
 crew.

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.119
 You know,

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:03.259
 and we

00:44:03.259 --> 00:44:03.840
 are an

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.340
 apostolic

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.739
 crew.

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:05.699
 I mean,

00:44:05.759 --> 00:44:06.159
 how much

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.500
 we're knit

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.139
 together will

00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:07.880
 prove to be

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:09.099
 how we

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.440
 are.

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:11.480
 But we

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.219
 have to

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:12.960
 look at

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.440
 the scripture

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:14.019
 and say,

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.779
 the kinship

00:44:15.779 --> 00:44:17.219
 that is

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.559
 wrought

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.320
 through Jesus,

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:19.420
 what we have

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.699
 through the

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:20.079
 body and

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:20.420
 blood of

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:21.019
 Jesus and

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:21.239
 what he

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:21.500
 did on

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:22.059
 the cross

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:23.400
 is more,

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.340
 it's not

00:44:24.340 --> 00:44:24.820
 less than

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:25.259
 the forgiveness

00:44:25.259 --> 00:44:25.900
 of sins,

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.599
 but it's

00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:27.079
 more than

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:27.340
 that.

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:28.679
 Because the

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:28.980
 forgiveness

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.519
 of sins

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:29.920
 through the

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.400
 cross is

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:32.259
 not just

00:44:32.259 --> 00:44:32.779
 that that

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:33.400
 was purchased.

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.440
 It was

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:35.159
 reconciliation

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:36.099
 to the

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.440
 father.

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:38.079
 You see

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:38.360
 that?

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.880
 That's

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.519
 familial.

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:40.860
 Not having

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.239
 your sins

00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:42.199
 forgiven and

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.500
 then being

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:43.440
 reconciled to

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:43.699
 God.

00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:45.179
 That is

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:47.179
 a type

00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:47.840
 of kin

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:49.420
 relationship.

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.720
 You have

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:51.320
 God as

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.840
 your father

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:52.639
 through Jesus.

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:55.079
 And we

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:55.619
 share the

00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:56.260
 same father.

00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:57.240
 And we're

00:44:57.240 --> 00:44:57.980
 brothers and

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.900
 sisters of

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.480
 one another.

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:00.680
 Fathers and

00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:01.019
 mothers.

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:02.119
 So to

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:03.320
 abort those

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:06.019
 characteristics is

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:06.940
 to abort the

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.559
 omission of

00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:08.039
 God and

00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.519
 Christ Jesus

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:09.300
 for us.

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.139
 Yes,

00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:11.400
 he's forgiven

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:11.800
 us and

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.240
 washed us

00:45:12.240 --> 00:45:13.579
 clean of

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:14.079
 our sins.

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:15.200
 Totally

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.659
 clean.

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.260
 But he has

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:16.900
 also called

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.780
 us to be

00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:18.900
 kin.

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.260
 to relate

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:20.579
 to one

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:21.480
 another as

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:21.940
 family.

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:23.539
 And

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:27.200
 it takes

00:45:27.200 --> 00:45:27.599
 work to

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:27.960
 do that.

00:45:28.220 --> 00:45:28.579
 It doesn't

00:45:28.579 --> 00:45:29.000
 happen in

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:29.500
 one day,

00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:30.079
 nor should

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.619
 you expect

00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:30.920
 it to

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.599
 happen in

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:32.159
 one month

00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:32.940
 or maybe

00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:33.460
 even one

00:45:33.460 --> 00:45:33.840
 year.

00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:35.760
 But you

00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:36.200
 have to

00:45:36.200 --> 00:45:36.920
 have the

00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:37.539
 purpose

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:40.159
 in mind

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:40.900
 saying God

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.440
 wants this

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:41.960
 for us,

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.500
 so we're

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:42.680
 going to

00:45:42.680 --> 00:45:43.079
 strive for

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.320
 that.

00:45:44.260 --> 00:45:44.619
 And so

00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:45.380
 we see that

00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:45.579
 in the

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:45.840
 letter.

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.200
 We see

00:45:46.200 --> 00:45:46.840
 that in

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.139
 Paul's

00:45:47.139 --> 00:45:47.460
 heart.

00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:48.300
 He

00:45:48.300 --> 00:45:48.559
 literally

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:49.180
 says when

00:45:49.179 --> 00:45:49.379
 I'm

00:45:49.379 --> 00:45:49.639
 sending

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.399
 Onesimus,

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.219
 who he

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:51.579
 calls his

00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:51.739
 son,

00:45:51.799 --> 00:45:51.960
 he's

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:52.199
 sending

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:52.839
 my very

00:45:52.839 --> 00:45:53.319
 heart.

00:45:53.779 --> 00:45:54.079
 What kind

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:54.359
 of person

00:45:54.359 --> 00:45:54.980
 talks like

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:55.139
 this?

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:56.239
 You know

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:56.319
 what I

00:45:56.319 --> 00:45:56.460
 mean?

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:58.379
 And I

00:45:58.379 --> 00:45:58.819
 think we've

00:45:58.819 --> 00:45:59.279
 been blessed

00:45:59.279 --> 00:45:59.579
 to come

00:45:59.579 --> 00:45:59.839
 from a

00:45:59.839 --> 00:46:00.679
 very great

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.019
 church,

00:46:01.179 --> 00:46:01.619
 Bellicose.

00:46:01.739 --> 00:46:02.199
 We're sent

00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:04.019
 out with

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.739
 a lot of

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:05.159
 affection.

00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:06.500
 And it

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:06.960
 wouldn't be

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.719
 strange to

00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:08.059
 me, and

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:08.359
 this is how

00:46:08.359 --> 00:46:08.579
 I know

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:09.139
 this, it

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:09.440
 wouldn't be

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:09.899
 strange to

00:46:09.899 --> 00:46:10.519
 me for

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:10.899
 someone to

00:46:10.899 --> 00:46:11.460
 say, hey,

00:46:11.779 --> 00:46:12.819
 we're sending

00:46:12.819 --> 00:46:13.399
 so-and-so

00:46:13.399 --> 00:46:14.259
 from Bellicose

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:16.060
 and with

00:46:16.060 --> 00:46:16.660
 him our

00:46:16.660 --> 00:46:17.340
 very heart.

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:18.620
 You know,

00:46:19.180 --> 00:46:19.920
 whoever that

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:20.560
 person is,

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:21.340
 they've been

00:46:21.340 --> 00:46:22.040
 proved, they've

00:46:22.040 --> 00:46:23.020
 been tried, and

00:46:23.020 --> 00:46:23.340
 you'll know

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:24.000
 them, and

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:24.220
 you'll have

00:46:24.220 --> 00:46:24.820
 affection for

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:26.040
 them, because

00:46:26.040 --> 00:46:26.460
 you know where

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:26.840
 you came

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:28.060
 from, and

00:46:28.060 --> 00:46:29.500
 the seed of

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.280
 family is

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:30.540
 there.

00:46:31.660 --> 00:46:34.500
 So, I

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:34.780
 want to

00:46:34.780 --> 00:46:35.240
 kind of

00:46:35.240 --> 00:46:36.860
 wrap up

00:46:36.860 --> 00:46:40.099
 with five

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:41.579
 closing

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:42.280
 points,

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:49.599
 which I

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:49.840
 think are

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.380
 applicable to

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:50.740
 Christ's

00:46:50.740 --> 00:46:51.680
 church, but

00:46:51.680 --> 00:46:52.059
 also are

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:52.460
 found here

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:52.700
 in this

00:46:52.700 --> 00:46:53.180
 passage.

00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:55.300
 And really

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:57.519
 briefly, five

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:58.079
 ways to

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:59.280
 embrace the

00:46:59.280 --> 00:46:59.940
 apostolic

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:01.559
 kinship that

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:02.500
 we see in

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:03.019
 the scriptures.

00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:04.599
 Number one,

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.380
 and this is

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:05.900
 kind of to be

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.240
 on guard

00:47:06.240 --> 00:47:06.680
 against,

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:08.059
 number one,

00:47:08.140 --> 00:47:08.620
 is to put

00:47:08.620 --> 00:47:09.280
 to death

00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:10.780
 a duplicitous

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:11.140
 heart.

00:47:13.640 --> 00:47:14.140
 You know,

00:47:14.180 --> 00:47:15.079
 James 1.8

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:15.640
 says that the

00:47:15.640 --> 00:47:16.120
 double-minded

00:47:16.120 --> 00:47:16.680
 man is

00:47:16.680 --> 00:47:17.480
 unstable in

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:17.940
 all his

00:47:17.940 --> 00:47:18.340
 ways.

00:47:18.680 --> 00:47:19.079
 Being

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.780
 double-minded,

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.720
 duplicitous,

00:47:21.420 --> 00:47:22.019
 always being

00:47:22.019 --> 00:47:22.460
 like, should I

00:47:22.460 --> 00:47:22.940
 do this, should

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.460
 I do this, is

00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.920
 this good, is

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.660
 this bad, having

00:47:24.660 --> 00:47:25.099
 that kind of

00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:25.420
 mindset.

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:27.180
 We really

00:47:27.180 --> 00:47:27.599
 need to put

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:27.960
 that to

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:28.280
 death.

00:47:28.660 --> 00:47:29.280
 Not saying

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:29.579
 that you

00:47:29.579 --> 00:47:30.099
 shouldn't,

00:47:31.140 --> 00:47:31.780
 you know, if

00:47:31.780 --> 00:47:32.340
 you're ignorant,

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:33.599
 strive for

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:34.300
 knowledge and

00:47:34.300 --> 00:47:34.960
 ask questions,

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:36.120
 but there is a

00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:37.019
 type of love

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:39.659
 of sentimentality,

00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:40.940
 can be even

00:47:40.940 --> 00:47:42.179
 idolatry, you

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:42.539
 know, where you

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:43.000
 came from,

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:44.119
 idolizing what

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:45.819
 you had, that

00:47:45.819 --> 00:47:46.480
 needs to be put

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.739
 to death, if

00:47:47.739 --> 00:47:48.440
 that exists in

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:48.960
 us, and it

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:49.599
 can creep in.

00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:54.460
 you know, Jesus,

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:55.099
 when he often

00:47:55.099 --> 00:47:56.339
 talks, although

00:47:56.339 --> 00:47:57.239
 some places may

00:47:57.239 --> 00:47:58.440
 seem to be, you

00:47:58.440 --> 00:47:59.239
 know, hyperbole,

00:47:59.860 --> 00:48:01.619
 talks in a very

00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:02.900
 matter-of-fact

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:04.199
 way, you know,

00:48:04.219 --> 00:48:04.819
 if anyone does

00:48:04.819 --> 00:48:05.539
 not hate his

00:48:05.539 --> 00:48:06.019
 mother and

00:48:06.019 --> 00:48:07.219
 father, you

00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:08.460
 know, all the

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:09.319
 excuses of the

00:48:09.319 --> 00:48:10.079
 people, Lord, I

00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:10.519
 just bought a

00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:11.980
 field, you

00:48:11.980 --> 00:48:13.360
 know, Lord, my

00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:14.079
 father just died,

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:14.579
 let the dead

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:15.259
 bury their own.

00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:15.759
 It's like,

00:48:15.860 --> 00:48:16.139
 geez.

00:48:16.139 --> 00:48:18.980
 But what he's

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:19.699
 getting at is

00:48:19.699 --> 00:48:20.819
 basically like, be

00:48:20.819 --> 00:48:21.659
 undivided in your

00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:22.539
 devotion to God,

00:48:23.259 --> 00:48:24.679
 be undivided in

00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:26.639
 your aim, and

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:27.619
 do not let the

00:48:27.619 --> 00:48:28.059
 love of this

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:29.099
 world or the

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:30.119
 love of comforts,

00:48:30.339 --> 00:48:31.139
 either in the

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:31.940
 privacy of your

00:48:31.940 --> 00:48:33.639
 own mind or

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:34.159
 your outward

00:48:34.159 --> 00:48:35.259
 workings hinder

00:48:35.259 --> 00:48:35.659
 you from

00:48:35.659 --> 00:48:36.400
 following Christ.

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.799
 So point

00:48:38.799 --> 00:48:39.359
 number two,

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:39.799
 that's point

00:48:39.799 --> 00:48:40.099
 number one.

00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:40.539
 Point number

00:48:40.539 --> 00:48:41.579
 two, very

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:42.159
 simple one that

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:42.579
 you've heard a

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:43.259
 thousand times,

00:48:43.260 --> 00:48:47.040
 but it's

00:48:47.040 --> 00:48:47.980
 love one

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:48.320
 another.

00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:50.920
 Romans 13, 8

00:48:50.920 --> 00:48:51.780
 says, owe

00:48:51.780 --> 00:48:52.660
 no one anything

00:48:52.660 --> 00:48:53.640
 except to love

00:48:53.640 --> 00:48:54.740
 each other, for

00:48:54.740 --> 00:48:55.120
 the one who

00:48:55.120 --> 00:48:55.580
 loves one

00:48:55.580 --> 00:48:56.440
 another fulfills

00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:57.280
 the whole law.

00:48:58.120 --> 00:48:58.500
 There's that

00:48:58.500 --> 00:48:59.540
 word, fulfill,

00:49:00.200 --> 00:49:00.900
 you know, filled

00:49:00.900 --> 00:49:01.240
 up.

00:49:01.800 --> 00:49:02.480
 You obey all

00:49:02.480 --> 00:49:03.040
 the commands,

00:49:03.160 --> 00:49:04.840
 Jesus says, when

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:05.820
 you have love for

00:49:05.820 --> 00:49:06.440
 God and your

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:07.160
 neighbor, right?

00:49:07.220 --> 00:49:08.320
 This is the law

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:09.080
 and prophets, he

00:49:09.080 --> 00:49:09.360
 says.

00:49:10.240 --> 00:49:11.560
 And so we must

00:49:11.560 --> 00:49:12.200
 do that to one

00:49:12.200 --> 00:49:12.560
 another.

00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:14.640
 We must

00:49:14.640 --> 00:49:16.340
 honestly strategize

00:49:16.340 --> 00:49:17.580
 how to love

00:49:17.580 --> 00:49:18.180
 each other

00:49:18.180 --> 00:49:18.460
 better.

00:49:19.080 --> 00:49:20.280
 And if there

00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:20.740
 is something

00:49:20.740 --> 00:49:21.420
 that hinders

00:49:21.420 --> 00:49:22.720
 us from

00:49:22.720 --> 00:49:23.800
 loving each

00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:24.640
 other, we

00:49:24.640 --> 00:49:25.300
 must repent.

00:49:26.520 --> 00:49:27.920
 I was

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:28.500
 convicted earlier

00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:29.160
 this week

00:49:29.160 --> 00:49:32.720
 about how

00:49:32.720 --> 00:49:34.520
 in my own

00:49:34.520 --> 00:49:36.420
 heart, I

00:49:36.420 --> 00:49:39.180
 really didn't

00:49:39.180 --> 00:49:39.740
 have full

00:49:39.740 --> 00:49:40.560
 affection for

00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:42.159
 this person

00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:43.380
 in my life

00:49:43.380 --> 00:49:44.159
 and I was

00:49:44.159 --> 00:49:44.759
 mulling over

00:49:44.759 --> 00:49:45.179
 why that

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:45.559
 was.

00:49:46.380 --> 00:49:46.519
 And it

00:49:46.519 --> 00:49:46.880
 came to

00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:49.420
 me, why?

00:49:50.619 --> 00:49:53.219
 And it

00:49:53.219 --> 00:49:53.579
 was like

00:49:53.579 --> 00:49:54.299
 crystal clear.

00:49:54.940 --> 00:49:55.880
 I was, I

00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:56.880
 had strains

00:49:56.880 --> 00:49:57.539
 of jealousy

00:49:57.539 --> 00:50:01.599
 and just a

00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:02.299
 projection of

00:50:02.299 --> 00:50:03.400
 judgment rather

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:04.000
 than grace for

00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:04.500
 this person.

00:50:04.500 --> 00:50:05.500
 God

00:50:05.500 --> 00:50:05.539
 and the

00:50:05.539 --> 00:50:06.000
 Lord convicted

00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:06.300
 me and

00:50:06.300 --> 00:50:06.659
 said, this

00:50:06.659 --> 00:50:07.199
 is why you're

00:50:07.199 --> 00:50:07.619
 not loving

00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:07.840
 him.

00:50:08.300 --> 00:50:08.699
 It's because

00:50:08.699 --> 00:50:09.119
 you're letting

00:50:09.119 --> 00:50:09.579
 these things

00:50:09.579 --> 00:50:10.179
 to thrive.

00:50:10.420 --> 00:50:11.260
 Even on a

00:50:11.260 --> 00:50:11.739
 small, it

00:50:11.739 --> 00:50:12.079
 seemed to be

00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:12.739
 small level,

00:50:13.059 --> 00:50:14.159
 it ruled the

00:50:14.159 --> 00:50:15.539
 ability to

00:50:15.539 --> 00:50:15.860
 love him.

00:50:16.900 --> 00:50:18.739
 And so I

00:50:18.739 --> 00:50:19.340
 repented.

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:19.960
 I said, Lord,

00:50:20.380 --> 00:50:21.840
 I need to be

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:22.219
 saved.

00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:23.320
 You know, we

00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:23.719
 don't love

00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:24.519
 perfectly, but

00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:25.800
 here it stands.

00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:26.460
 Oh, no one

00:50:26.460 --> 00:50:27.500
 anything except to

00:50:27.500 --> 00:50:28.059
 love each other.

00:50:28.799 --> 00:50:30.119
 Romans 13

00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:30.579
 says.

00:50:32.739 --> 00:50:33.400
 Point number

00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:34.039
 three is

00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:34.759
 encourage one

00:50:34.759 --> 00:50:35.139
 another.

00:50:36.079 --> 00:50:37.179
 Like Tychicus,

00:50:37.539 --> 00:50:38.480
 it seems to

00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:40.279
 be a trend

00:50:40.279 --> 00:50:40.900
 that he

00:50:40.900 --> 00:50:41.699
 brings the

00:50:41.699 --> 00:50:42.159
 word and

00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:42.679
 encourages,

00:50:43.079 --> 00:50:43.539
 uplifts one

00:50:43.539 --> 00:50:43.739
 another.

00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:44.199
 Some of us

00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:44.659
 are gifted

00:50:44.659 --> 00:50:45.400
 with encouragement.

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:47.199
 Some of us

00:50:47.199 --> 00:50:47.599
 are gifted with

00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:47.900
 encouragement,

00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:48.460
 don't use it

00:50:48.460 --> 00:50:48.860
 as much.

00:50:49.699 --> 00:50:50.199
 Other ones

00:50:50.199 --> 00:50:50.619
 just need to

00:50:50.619 --> 00:50:51.239
 encourage more.

00:50:51.820 --> 00:50:52.340
 But broadly

00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:53.059
 speaking, all

00:50:53.059 --> 00:50:53.619
 of us need to

00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:54.299
 look for ways

00:50:54.299 --> 00:50:55.699
 to encourage

00:50:55.699 --> 00:50:56.279
 each other.

00:50:56.679 --> 00:50:57.519
 So as to

00:50:57.519 --> 00:50:58.300
 spur on more

00:50:58.300 --> 00:50:58.940
 love for each

00:50:58.940 --> 00:50:59.239
 other.

00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:02.259
 Point number

00:51:02.259 --> 00:51:02.800
 four is

00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:03.900
 struggle for

00:51:03.900 --> 00:51:04.420
 one another

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:05.019
 and with

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:05.619
 one another.

00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:07.280
 Just like

00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:07.619
 Paul and

00:51:07.619 --> 00:51:08.460
 Epaphras did

00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:09.420
 to present

00:51:09.420 --> 00:51:09.880
 the saints

00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:10.519
 mature in

00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:11.380
 Christ, we

00:51:11.380 --> 00:51:11.759
 should also

00:51:11.759 --> 00:51:12.400
 struggle and

00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:13.000
 wrestle to do

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:13.860
 that for one

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:14.199
 another.

00:51:16.119 --> 00:51:16.900
 And also

00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:17.360
 believe that

00:51:17.360 --> 00:51:19.480
 God supplies

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:20.139
 grace and

00:51:20.139 --> 00:51:20.739
 strength to do

00:51:20.739 --> 00:51:20.940
 it.

00:51:21.340 --> 00:51:21.759
 If we do it

00:51:21.759 --> 00:51:22.139
 in our own

00:51:22.139 --> 00:51:23.400
 strength, then

00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:24.079
 we should,

00:51:25.079 --> 00:51:25.559
 we might as

00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:25.940
 well honestly

00:51:25.940 --> 00:51:26.539
 give up.

00:51:27.519 --> 00:51:27.940
 And leave

00:51:27.940 --> 00:51:28.340
 his church

00:51:28.340 --> 00:51:28.759
 altogether.

00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:30.719
 God has no

00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:31.840
 interest in

00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:33.440
 our own

00:51:33.440 --> 00:51:33.840
 strength

00:51:33.840 --> 00:51:34.440
 contributing

00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:35.980
 to the

00:51:35.980 --> 00:51:36.280
 work.

00:51:40.280 --> 00:51:41.119
 Point number

00:51:41.119 --> 00:51:44.280
 five is

00:51:44.280 --> 00:51:45.980
 aspire to

00:51:45.980 --> 00:51:46.840
 live quietly,

00:51:47.039 --> 00:51:47.480
 which is a

00:51:47.480 --> 00:51:48.039
 phrase I took

00:51:48.039 --> 00:51:49.519
 from 1

00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:50.139
 Thessalonians

00:51:50.139 --> 00:51:50.480
 4.

00:51:51.400 --> 00:51:51.860
 Paul says

00:51:51.860 --> 00:51:52.500
 aspire to

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:53.139
 live quietly

00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:53.739
 and to work

00:51:53.739 --> 00:51:54.039
 with your

00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:54.500
 hands,

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:55.300
 mind your

00:51:55.300 --> 00:51:55.840
 own affairs.

00:51:56.840 --> 00:51:57.120
 And why

00:51:57.120 --> 00:51:57.460
 I bring

00:51:57.460 --> 00:51:57.900
 this one

00:51:57.900 --> 00:51:58.380
 up, I

00:51:58.380 --> 00:51:58.860
 think for

00:51:58.860 --> 00:51:59.500
 us, is

00:51:59.500 --> 00:52:00.900
 because there's

00:52:00.900 --> 00:52:01.480
 really nothing

00:52:01.480 --> 00:52:02.840
 attractive about

00:52:02.840 --> 00:52:05.960
 the beginnings.

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:07.400
 I shouldn't say

00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:07.760
 nothing.

00:52:08.600 --> 00:52:09.880
 On the surface,

00:52:10.060 --> 00:52:10.820
 there can seem

00:52:10.820 --> 00:52:11.380
 to be little

00:52:11.380 --> 00:52:12.060
 that's attractive

00:52:12.060 --> 00:52:12.640
 at the beginning

00:52:12.640 --> 00:52:13.240
 of the church.

00:52:14.060 --> 00:52:15.680
 And even the

00:52:15.680 --> 00:52:16.980
 monotony of

00:52:16.980 --> 00:52:17.420
 the mundane,

00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:18.680
 whether it's

00:52:18.680 --> 00:52:19.600
 handling kids,

00:52:20.120 --> 00:52:20.440
 handling,

00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:24.000
 normal life.

00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:25.240
 But Paul says

00:52:25.240 --> 00:52:26.019
 to live quietly

00:52:26.019 --> 00:52:27.139
 and to do it

00:52:27.139 --> 00:52:27.599
 unto God.

00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:29.639
 And I think

00:52:29.639 --> 00:52:30.900
 that many

00:52:30.900 --> 00:52:32.059
 people nowadays

00:52:32.059 --> 00:52:33.059
 do not

00:52:33.059 --> 00:52:34.000
 live quietly.

00:52:35.079 --> 00:52:35.679
 We're not

00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:36.179
 talking about

00:52:36.179 --> 00:52:36.720
 just mere

00:52:36.720 --> 00:52:37.960
 silence and

00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:39.460
 volume, but

00:52:39.460 --> 00:52:39.900
 we're talking

00:52:39.900 --> 00:52:40.579
 about a type

00:52:40.579 --> 00:52:41.400
 of quietness

00:52:41.400 --> 00:52:42.099
 that trusts

00:52:42.099 --> 00:52:43.260
 in God and

00:52:43.260 --> 00:52:43.740
 says that,

00:52:43.820 --> 00:52:44.579
 God, you

00:52:44.579 --> 00:52:45.059
 appoint the

00:52:45.059 --> 00:52:45.679
 times, you

00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:46.159
 appoint the

00:52:46.159 --> 00:52:46.539
 seasons,

00:52:47.240 --> 00:52:48.260
 everything comes

00:52:48.260 --> 00:52:48.760
 under your

00:52:48.760 --> 00:52:49.740
 hand, and I

00:52:49.739 --> 00:52:50.439
 will trust you

00:52:50.439 --> 00:52:50.879
 and be

00:52:50.879 --> 00:52:51.579
 faithful to

00:52:51.579 --> 00:52:52.039
 do that.

00:52:52.939 --> 00:52:53.319
 In Matthew

00:52:53.319 --> 00:52:53.839
 6, when

00:52:53.839 --> 00:52:54.619
 Jesus is

00:52:54.619 --> 00:52:55.019
 talking about

00:52:55.019 --> 00:52:55.879
 prayer, he

00:52:55.879 --> 00:52:56.319
 says to go

00:52:56.319 --> 00:52:56.659
 into your

00:52:56.659 --> 00:52:57.000
 room.

00:52:59.019 --> 00:52:59.419
 Oftentimes,

00:53:00.579 --> 00:53:02.459
 when we

00:53:02.459 --> 00:53:03.159
 pray, it's

00:53:03.159 --> 00:53:03.659
 out loud,

00:53:03.819 --> 00:53:04.279
 corporate prayer

00:53:04.279 --> 00:53:05.239
 is good, but

00:53:05.239 --> 00:53:05.879
 it's not only

00:53:05.879 --> 00:53:06.239
 that.

00:53:06.819 --> 00:53:07.619
 Jesus singles

00:53:07.619 --> 00:53:08.239
 out and says,

00:53:08.359 --> 00:53:08.859
 when you pray,

00:53:09.000 --> 00:53:09.699
 do it in secret,

00:53:09.899 --> 00:53:10.319
 do it in

00:53:10.319 --> 00:53:11.379
 quiet, live

00:53:11.379 --> 00:53:11.879
 quietly.

00:53:12.799 --> 00:53:13.679
 I once heard

00:53:13.679 --> 00:53:14.919
 a pastor that

00:53:14.919 --> 00:53:15.299
 was talking

00:53:15.299 --> 00:53:15.919
 with his wife

00:53:15.919 --> 00:53:17.000
 and his wife

00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:17.519
 was looking at

00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:17.959
 him and saying,

00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:19.139
 does anyone

00:53:19.139 --> 00:53:19.679
 do anything

00:53:19.679 --> 00:53:20.179
 in secret

00:53:20.179 --> 00:53:20.559
 anymore?

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:23.079
 And he

00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:23.480
 kind of

00:53:23.480 --> 00:53:23.699
 looked at

00:53:23.699 --> 00:53:23.839
 him and

00:53:23.839 --> 00:53:24.139
 he's like,

00:53:24.339 --> 00:53:25.419
 yeah, sin.

00:53:27.919 --> 00:53:29.299
 But if we

00:53:29.299 --> 00:53:29.699
 can be a

00:53:29.699 --> 00:53:30.239
 people that's

00:53:30.239 --> 00:53:32.179
 known by

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:33.519
 proving the

00:53:33.519 --> 00:53:34.339
 work that we

00:53:34.339 --> 00:53:35.039
 do in the

00:53:35.039 --> 00:53:35.859
 shadows and

00:53:35.859 --> 00:53:36.460
 in the quiet,

00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:37.440
 that's literally

00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:38.699
 how Paul

00:53:38.699 --> 00:53:39.059
 commends

00:53:39.059 --> 00:53:39.539
 Epaphras.

00:53:39.659 --> 00:53:40.079
 He says,

00:53:40.460 --> 00:53:40.779
 I bear

00:53:40.779 --> 00:53:41.199
 him witness

00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:41.699
 that he's

00:53:41.699 --> 00:53:42.259
 worked hard.

00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:42.980
 We have

00:53:42.980 --> 00:53:43.319
 no idea

00:53:43.319 --> 00:53:43.599
 what kind

00:53:43.599 --> 00:53:43.859
 of work

00:53:43.859 --> 00:53:44.199
 he did,

00:53:44.319 --> 00:53:44.799
 but according

00:53:44.799 --> 00:53:45.219
 to Paul,

00:53:45.440 --> 00:53:47.839
 he's done

00:53:47.839 --> 00:53:49.059
 a lot for

00:53:49.059 --> 00:53:49.500
 you guys.

00:53:50.079 --> 00:53:50.340
 And he

00:53:50.340 --> 00:53:50.799
 struggled in

00:53:50.799 --> 00:53:51.259
 his prayers.

00:53:57.139 --> 00:53:57.739
 In Psalm

00:53:57.739 --> 00:53:58.320
 33, it

00:53:58.320 --> 00:53:58.539
 says,

00:53:58.659 --> 00:53:59.079
 behold, the

00:53:59.079 --> 00:53:59.440
 eye of the

00:53:59.440 --> 00:54:00.099
 Lord is on

00:54:00.099 --> 00:54:00.519
 those who

00:54:00.519 --> 00:54:01.059
 fear him

00:54:01.059 --> 00:54:02.199
 and those

00:54:02.199 --> 00:54:02.579
 who hope

00:54:02.579 --> 00:54:02.840
 in his

00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:03.639
 steadfast love.

00:54:04.639 --> 00:54:05.079
 Know,

00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:05.940
 Christchurch,

00:54:06.019 --> 00:54:06.480
 today, that

00:54:06.480 --> 00:54:06.940
 you have the

00:54:06.940 --> 00:54:07.480
 Lord's eye

00:54:07.480 --> 00:54:08.259
 if you fear

00:54:08.259 --> 00:54:09.199
 him and you

00:54:09.199 --> 00:54:09.599
 hope in his

00:54:09.599 --> 00:54:10.360
 steadfast love.

00:54:11.119 --> 00:54:11.579
 And know that

00:54:11.579 --> 00:54:12.139
 that is all

00:54:12.139 --> 00:54:12.739
 we need,

00:54:12.799 --> 00:54:13.579
 is the

00:54:13.579 --> 00:54:14.139
 Lord's eye

00:54:14.139 --> 00:54:14.420
 and our

00:54:14.420 --> 00:54:15.279
 work to

00:54:15.279 --> 00:54:15.920
 live quietly,

00:54:16.739 --> 00:54:18.019
 but also

00:54:18.019 --> 00:54:19.679
 to be an

00:54:19.679 --> 00:54:20.259
 apostolic

00:54:20.259 --> 00:54:21.779
 kin, to

00:54:21.779 --> 00:54:22.379
 strive for

00:54:22.379 --> 00:54:22.879
 kinship.

00:54:23.759 --> 00:54:23.920
 You know,

00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:25.039
 this is far

00:54:25.039 --> 00:54:25.659
 more worthy

00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:26.579
 than we can

00:54:26.579 --> 00:54:27.059
 imagine,

00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:28.319
 and I assure

00:54:28.319 --> 00:54:28.859
 you that it

00:54:28.859 --> 00:54:29.599
 will be proven

00:54:29.599 --> 00:54:30.440
 in the day

00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:32.019
 when we meet

00:54:32.019 --> 00:54:32.480
 the Lamb.

00:54:33.759 --> 00:54:34.500
 That's how we

00:54:34.500 --> 00:54:34.900
 will know it's

00:54:34.900 --> 00:54:35.219
 worthy.

00:54:35.779 --> 00:54:36.199
 In the last

00:54:36.199 --> 00:54:36.799
 day when we

00:54:36.799 --> 00:54:37.940
 dine, that

00:54:37.940 --> 00:54:38.819
 Jesus himself

00:54:38.819 --> 00:54:39.420
 girds himself

00:54:39.420 --> 00:54:40.119
 as a slave

00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:40.619
 and serves

00:54:40.619 --> 00:54:42.779
 us, we will

00:54:42.779 --> 00:54:43.199
 know that

00:54:43.199 --> 00:54:43.719
 nothing that

00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:44.159
 we did for

00:54:44.159 --> 00:54:45.199
 Christ was

00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:45.539
 wasted.