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 Good evening everyone, really good to have you with us this evening.

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 As Neil says, we've got a bit of a plethora of peas over the next few minutes.

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 I hope it doesn't become too wearisome or appear too strained,

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 but it came to me as I was studying the passage for this evening.

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 Three of them to look out for as we read the passage,

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 I think they divided it up quite nicely.

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 There will be Paul's priorities, there will be Paul's plans,

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 and then there will be Paul's prayer.

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 So look out for these Paul's priorities, Paul's plans, and Paul's prayers.

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 So let's read from Romans chapter 15, and we'll be reading from verse 14.

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 Romans chapter 15 and verse 14.

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 Paul writes,

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 I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness,

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 complete in knowledge, and competent to instruct one another.

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 I've written you quite boldly on some points,

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 as if to remind you of them because of the grace God gave me,

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 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles,

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 with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,

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 so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God,

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 sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

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 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me

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 in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done,

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 by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit.

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 So from Jerusalem all the way round to Illyricum,

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 I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

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 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known,

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 so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.

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 Rather, as it is written,

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 those who are not told about him will see,

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 and those who have not heard will understand.

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 That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

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 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions,

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 and since I have been longing for many years to see you,

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 I plan to do so when I go to Spain.

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 I hope to visit you while passing through,

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 and to have you assist me on my journey there,

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 after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

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 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem,

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 in the service of the saints there.

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 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution

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 for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

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 They were pleased to do it,

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 and indeed they owe it to them.

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 For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews spiritual blessings,

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 they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.

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 So after I have completed this task,

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 and have made sure that they have received this fruit,

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 I will go to Spain and visit you on the way.

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 I know that when I come to you,

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 I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.

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 I urge you, brothers,

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 by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit,

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 to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

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 Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea,

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 and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

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 so that by God's will,

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 I will come to you with joy,

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 and together with you be refreshed.

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 May God of peace be with you all.

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 Amen.

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 Thank God I'm sure we'll bless his word as we consider it together.

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 One of my favourite books on Romans is this one,

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 written by the hymn writer Michael Saywer.

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 It's got a nice pink 70s cover.

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 I've had it for many years.

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 And when I was a teenager, I found it particularly useful.

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 It's very short, full of pictures and big print,

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 and it gives a very brief introduction to the book of Romans.

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 What appealed to me particularly about it,

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 was the metaphor that Michael Saywer drew for Romans.

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 Romans, he said it's like a good meal.

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 Your good meal starts with oysters.

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 Now the first time you taste oysters,

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 you think you've just been given some salty water to swallow.

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 They taste horrible.

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 But I'm told if you persevere at it and you keep going,

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 oysters become a real delicacy

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 and something that really sets you up for the meal that's to follow.

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 And that's broadly what the position is

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 in the first two and a half chapters of Romans.

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 Something you look at and say, this is horrible.

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 It's talking about man's sinfulness compared with God's holiness

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 and the judgment that we rightly deserve.

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 And you think this really isn't very good.

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 But when you have read through the whole Romans,

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 come back to it, you recognize it is an essential part of the book.

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 It is the thing that whets your appetite for what's to come.

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 The next few chapters, from the middle of chapter 3 to chapter 8,

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 Michael Saywer says are like roast beef.

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 It's a good, hearty meal.

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 Roast beef and all the trimmings.

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 Solid meat you can get your teeth into.

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 And that is really satisfying.

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 It is the heart of the gospel,

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 as Paul writes to us about the grace that is ours through the Lord Jesus

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 and all the wonderful blessings that come to us from that.

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 We then have a kosher course for three chapters,

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 chapters 9 to 11, written specifically for the Jews.

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 And then the dessert, which is described as fruit perfect,

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 perfect fruit, what is the result of the work of Christ in our lives.

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 And it is the fruit that we should display to others.

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 So a great meal.

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 Michael Saywer doesn't go quite this far,

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 but I think if we're looking at the last chapter and a half of Romans,

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 we would say that it is the coffee and after dinner mints.

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 It is the time when we put our feet up a bit, relax a little bit more,

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 and are able to chat about more personal things,

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 talk about people that we know.

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 John will be talking a lot about that next week in chapter 16.

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 It is Paul writing much more personally to the church in Rome

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 rather than the great theological treatise

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 which has made up the bulk of the book.

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 And as he does it, I think Paul is very aware

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 that this is a church that he hasn't been to visit.

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 You got that, I'm sure, as we went through our reading.

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 Paul was really eager to visit them.

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 It's a church he didn't visit.

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 And usually for those he wrote to,

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 it's a church he also obviously didn't find.

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 And perhaps as he was writing

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 and as he was explaining the gospel to them,

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 he was thinking, well, I wonder if they're going to think

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 this is a bit basic.

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 Am I being condescending in the way I write to them?

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 And to some extent, I think that colours what comes

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 particularly in the early verses

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 of what we're looking at this evening.

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 So as I said, it's priorities, plans and prayers.

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 And we're starting with Paul's priorities

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 which go through from verse 14 down to verse 22.

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 What is Paul's priority as he writes to the Romans,

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 as he thinks about his work in the gospel?

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 Well, the first priority I would suggest is people.

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 It always was with Paul.

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 Paul, as I said, is very aware of those he is writing to.

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 And he is very aware as a minister of the gospel,

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 as a servant of the Lord Jesus,

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 that he wants to treat these people with real respect

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 and to show them how much he cares for them.

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 And so in verse 14, as he writes,

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 as he thinks how many they might receive his message,

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 he wants to make clear to them,

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 he doesn't see them as being infants in the faith.

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 He isn't talking down to them in any way.

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 Rather, as he always is,

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 he's very thankful to God for all that he's done in their lives.

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 And he says three things about the Romans.

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 He says you're full of goodness,

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 you're filled with knowledge,

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 and you're competent to instruct,

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 or some versions say to admonish one another.

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 You're full of goodness.

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 What the effect of the gospel has been in your lives

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 is to make you good.

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 It is to make you want to do what is right,

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 and particularly to show the love of Christ to others

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 and to show how much you care for them.

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 And very much what Paul has been writing about

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 in chapters 12 through to 14

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 is what you could have gone on to the church in Rome

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 and probably found there.

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 People who are exercising their spiritual gifts

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 for the benefit of the church,

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 people who showed hospitality,

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 who showed love to others,

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 people who had real goodness.

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 They're also filled with knowledge.

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 They're people who had taken the time

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 to study the scriptures,

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 to think through the gospel,

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 and to understand the greatness of their salvation.

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 They had come to a knowledge of the Lord as Savior,

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 and they wanted to be filled with knowledge of him

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 as Lord as well.

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 And finally, they're competent to instruct one another.

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 Some versions say to admonish.

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 I think this speaks both of the preaching side

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 and of the one-to-one side,

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 of being able to talk honesty with one another

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 and to help one another to grow in their faith.

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 Three things which should be evident in our church as well.

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 They were characterized by goodness,

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 that we are people who have a love for the Lord Jesus,

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 and that is shown in the lives that we live

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 in pleasing him.

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 People who have a knowledge of the Lord

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 and of the scriptures

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 and want to deepen that knowledge

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 and come to know him better.

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 And people also who are able to be open

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 and honest with one another

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 and to build one another up in our faith

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 and instruct each other in what is right.

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 And Paul says to the Romans,

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 my priority, one of my priorities,

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 is the people and I've looked at you

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 and I'm thanking God for you.

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 You're displaying these things

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 and yet I think it's good to remind you of them.

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 Even if we feel we know the gospel very well,

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 even if we've been many, many years in the faith,

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 it's good to be reminded of God's greatness

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 and of God's grace for us.

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 And Paul says,

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 that's what I've been doing

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 in the letter that I've written.

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 So Paul's first priority is people,

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 the people he's writing to.

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 Priority number two

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 is that Paul sees himself as a priest.

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 Now that is in some ways

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 slightly surprising with Paul.

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 It's not something we'd need to associate.

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 Priesthood you think of perhaps the book of Hebrews

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 rather than the writings

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 that are normally attributed to Paul.

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 But Paul in these verses

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 clearly sees his work among the Gentiles

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 as being a priestly work.

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 He says, verse 16,

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 he gave me the priestly duty

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 of proclaiming the gospel of God

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 so that the Gentiles might become an offering

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 acceptable to God,

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 sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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 And a lot of the other words

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 around the word he uses for minister or serve

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 is also a word that has priestly connotations

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 in this passage.

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 What is Paul saying here?

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 He's saying that his work

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 is to reach out to others

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 with the gospel,

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 particularly reach out to the Gentiles,

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 and then to bring them to God

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 as an offering to him.

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 That God would be pleased

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 that the Gentiles had turned to him

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 and that they were living godly lives.

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 Remember the chart of chapter 12,

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 Paul exhorts his listeners

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 to present their bodies

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 as living sacrifices,

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 holy and acceptable to God.

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 I think a similar idea here,

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 but in this case,

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 it's not the individuals

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 presenting themselves to God.

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 It is Paul being able

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 to present the Gentiles to God

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 and say the work of the Lord Jesus

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 has been effective,

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 not just among the Jews,

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 but among the Gentiles.

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 And here are those

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 who are worthy of being seen

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 as a sacrifice.

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 Not in any sense,

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 it repeats the work of the Lord Jesus,

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 the ultimate sacrifice

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 that he made for us on the cross.

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 But it is something

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 that is going to be pleasing to God

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 as sacrifices were

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 when they were done in the right way

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 with the right attitude.

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 It is something that God

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 can take great pleasure in

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 that his people have come to him

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 and Paul is able to present them

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 as a sacrifice before God.

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 His work among the Gentiles

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 was a work of the priest

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 in presenting acceptable offerings to God.

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 Third priority that Paul has

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 is a word called power.

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 The word power is mentioned

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 a couple of times in the past.

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 And the power of Paul

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 is particularly talking about here

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 is the power of miracles,

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 of signs and wonders.

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 Miracles in the New Testament

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 were never done just for effect,

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 not done even just for the benefits

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 of those who experienced the miracles,

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 although obviously they were.

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 The miracles of the Lord Jesus,

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 indeed of Paul,

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 helped many people

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 in a physical sense.

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 But miracles ultimately

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 were to show the power of God

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 and to demonstrate

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 that those who were able

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 to perform the miracles

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 had been sent by God,

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 were truly God's servants.

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 And for Paul,

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 as he went around the Gentiles,

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 as he went around cities

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 that were very pagan,

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 among people who had little concept

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 of the one God,

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 the great God of heaven,

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 and to a multitude of gods

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 around their cities.

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 The fact that Paul was able

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 to display something

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 of the power of God

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 in the way that he worked among them,

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 that was a really effective way

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 of validating his ministry,

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 of showing to these people

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 this is something

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 that really is from God.

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 So he places some stress

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 on these verses

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 of the fact

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 that he had come

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 with the power of God

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 and what he had accomplished

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 among the Gentiles

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 was a result of that power

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 and the power

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 that would spread miraculous signs

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 in particular

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 was a demonstration

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 as the people were amazed

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 at what happened.

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 They were a demonstration

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 of the power of God

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 in Paul's life.

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 Number four,

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 there are five in total

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 in this section.

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 All peas,

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 as I said,

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 proclamation.

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 Again,

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 a couple of times

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 Paul talks about

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 proclaiming the gospel.

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 And as I said,

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 if he showed works of power

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 among the Gentiles,

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 the purpose of that

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 was so that he had a platform

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 on which he could proclaim

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 the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

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 That is Paul's job.

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 That is Paul's calling.

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 That is what he sees

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 as God's purpose

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 in his life.

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 He gave me,

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 he says in verse 16,

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 the priestly duty

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 of proclaiming

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 the gospel of God.

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 And in verse 19,

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 from Jerusalem

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 all the way around

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 to Illyricum,

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 we'll have a geography lesson

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 in a few minutes.

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 From Jerusalem

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 all the way around

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 to Illyricum,

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 I have fully proclaimed

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 the gospel of Christ.

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 It has always been

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 my ambition

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 to preach the gospel

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 where Christ

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 was not known.

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 Paul was the missionary

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 to the Gentiles

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 and very important to him

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 as he went around

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 that he was able

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 to proclaim

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 the gospel.

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 Now,

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 Paul's normal pattern,

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 as you know,

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 certainly early

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 in his ministry

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 when he went

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 to a new city

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 was he went first

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 to the synagogue

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 and he proclaimed

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 Jesus to the Jews

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 who had the Old Testament

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 background and should

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 have understood

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 what it was about.

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 Generally rejected

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 by the Jews

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 and then he went out

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 and proclaimed

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 wherever he could

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 get a hearing

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 among the Gentiles.

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 But his particular ministry,

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 he says,

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 is to proclaim

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 the word of God

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 among the Gentiles.

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 Now,

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 some of the most public

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 places in the ancient world

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 and the marketplace

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 in Athens

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 and Mars Hill

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 and all over the place,

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 Paul was able

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 to proclaim

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 that Jesus

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 is the Lord,

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 he is the Christ,

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 he is the Son of God,

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 he is the only way

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 of salvation.

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 And of course,

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 that is our

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 principal duty

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 as we are in the world

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 today,

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 to proclaim Jesus,

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 to let others

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 know about him,

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 whether it's in a public way

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 or in a private way

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 as we talk to our friends,

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 that we may proclaim

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 that Jesus

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 is the Savior

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 of the world,

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 the Son of God

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 who is able

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 to forgive our sins.

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 So Paul's priority

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 of proclamation.

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 And then the last one

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 on this bit,

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 Paul was a pioneer.

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 Paul is very clear

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 in this passage,

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 he didn't want

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 to be going to places

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 which had already

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 heard the gospel.

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 Now,

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 there is a role

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 in missionary work

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 for missionaries

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 who go to places

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 where the gospel

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 has been preached,

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 perhaps where the church

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 is fairly new

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 and immature

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 and to teach the word

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 and to help

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 and to support

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 the church

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 in these areas.

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 But that wasn't

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 Paul's work.

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 Paul's work

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 was to go to new places,

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 to go throughout

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 the Roman Empire

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 and where they hadn't yet

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 heard the name

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 to proclaim Jesus

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 and to see men

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 and women

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 coming to faith

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 in him.

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 That wasn't just

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 that he went to a place

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 and he had a two-week

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 gospel campaign

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 and then he went down

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 somewhere else.

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 He stayed for a considerable

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 time in places

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 like Corinth

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 and Ephesus

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 to see the church

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 established

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 and beginning

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 to be built up.

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 But he very much

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 saw that his ministry

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 was to the unreached

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 in the world

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 of his day,

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 not to those

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 who already

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 had the gospel.

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 Particularly relevance

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 of that in Romans,

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 the gospel clearly

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 had reached Rome

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 through other people,

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 there were others

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 who had gone perhaps

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 naturally to the centre

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 of the empire

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 with the gospel

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 and Paul didn't see

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 Rome as being

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 his particular mission

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 field.

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 Now,

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 when he was in Rome,

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 he did proclaim

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 the gospel,

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 we know he did,

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 and he was there

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 as a witness

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 for the Lord Jesus,

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 but that wasn't

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 his particular calling,

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 his particular work.

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 His work was to be

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 a pioneer missionary.

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 Pioneer missionaries

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 are really,

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 really valuable

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 even nowadays,

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 going to parts

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 of the world

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 where people

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 don't know the gospel,

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 parts of the world

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 often where it is

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 dangerous to be

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 a missionary

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 in places like

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 the Middle East

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 or China

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 where being a missionary

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 is a difficult

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 and often dangerous

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 thing and where

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 being a Christian

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 can be very difficult.

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 Still a place

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 for pioneer missionaries

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 in our day

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 and we should really

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 be praying for them

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 as they seek

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 to serve the Lord Jesus

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 in this way,

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 as well as those

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 who go to support

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 the church

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 and to reach out

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 in other parts

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 of our world

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 which are equally

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 ungodly in many ways

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 even though the gospel

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 has reached them.

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 So five Ps there,

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 people,

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 priest,

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 power,

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 proclamation,

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 pioneer.

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 Allow me two more

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 as I sum up this section

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 and try and apply it

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 for us today.

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 It's two that Neil

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 mentioned to us.

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 And what comes across

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 very clearly

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 in this passage

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 is that God saw

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 a purpose of God

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 in his life.

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 His sole purpose

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 in life,

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 he says,

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 is to glorify God

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 through proclaiming

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 the word to the Gentiles

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 and being able

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 to present them

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 as an acceptable sacrifice

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 before God.

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 Paul had a clear sense

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 of his calling,

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 of what it was

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 that God had called him

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 to do

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 and he was determined

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 that he was going

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 to fulfill that

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 even though it might not

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 have been what others

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 thought would have been

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 the right thing.

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 This was God's purpose

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 for him

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 and Paul was determined

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 that he was going

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 to pursue it

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 to the end.

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 Application for us.

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 Important that we

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 understand God's purpose

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 for us

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 as much as we can.

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 That we are very much

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 looking for

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 what is it that God

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 wants me to do?

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 What are the areas

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 of service

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 with which God

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 has called me?

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 This is something

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 I've struggled with

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 a bit

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 in recent years.

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 When you're in

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 church leadership

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 and I don't think

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 it's just in this church

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 or almost any church

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 you tend to be

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 dragged along a bit

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 by what needs

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 to be done.

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 You see a need

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 that needs to be met

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 and you feel

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 I'm able to meet that.

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 And perhaps at times

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 not a lot of it

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 apart from being called

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 to be a church leader

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 which is a very high calling

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 but in the day to day

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 the detail stuff of it

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 a lot of it

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 you perhaps

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 don't immediately see

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 the purpose behind it

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 how God is leading you

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 in it.

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 And I've certainly felt

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 over the last few years

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 that from my point of view

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 there are some things

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 I feel God has

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 particularly called me to

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 which are not particularly

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 part of being church leadership

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 in the church.

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 Here's things like

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 Basic Bank and Ferrywell

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 one and two others as well

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 which I felt

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 this is God's purpose

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 for me

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 at this point

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 in my life.

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 And I think it's good

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 if all of us

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 can take that step back

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 and think

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 what is it

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 that God

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 is calling me

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 to do?

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 Is my life

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 just dictated

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 by events

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 by things

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 that happen

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 in the church

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 and it's go along

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 with them

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 and I don't really

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 have any purpose

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 any plan

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 for my life?

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 Or am I looking

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 very deliberately

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 and saying

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 what is it

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 that God

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 has laid on my heart

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 for me to do?

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 How can I

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 particularly serve?

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 And whether it's

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 in the church

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 or whether it's

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 outside the church.

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 Paul's purpose

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 I said

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 was very clear

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 to him

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 and he was

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 single-minded

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 in pursuing it.

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 I think too many

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 of us as Christians

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 just drift along

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 and we're not

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 deliberate enough

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 in looking to God

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 for his guidance

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 and to know

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 what it is

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 that he has

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 planned for us

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 for acts of service

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 acts of worship

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 to him

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 as we would seek

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 to live lives

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 that are pleasing

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 to the Lord Jesus.

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 Now you may feel

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 that it's very clear

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 for you

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 and if you do

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 and forgive me

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 for labouring it

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 for me it wasn't

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 for me it was

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 something I felt

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 I need to think about

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 I need to

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 before God

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 think about

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 what it is

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 that God

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 wants me

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 to do.

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 And unlike

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 the purpose

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 there is

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 passion.

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 If you see

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 a purpose

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 in something

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 you're much more

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 likely to be

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 passionate about it.

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 If you feel

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 this is something

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 that God

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 has really called me to

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 then you're going

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 to put your whole

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 heart into it.

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 And don't we see

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 that with Paul?

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 That with the Gentiles

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 here is something

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 that he has

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 completely poured

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 himself into.

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 He has travelled

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 thousands of miles

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 with the gospel.

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 Plans to travel

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 thousands more

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 which we'll come

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:27.039
 on to in a minute.

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 He has a real desire

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 that throughout

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 the world

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 the name of Christ

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 should be known

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 and should be worshipped

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 and the Lord

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 should be followed.

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 He has as we read

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 any of his letters

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 such a deep love

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 and commitment

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 to those

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 who have come

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 to know the Lord

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 Jesus through his work

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 and even those

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:48.799
 he hasn't yet met.

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 He has a passion

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 for the work

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.980
 that God has

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 called him

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.519
 to do.

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 And we too

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 need to have

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.859
 that kind of passion

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 in our Christian lives.

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 Not that we become

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 what people might call

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 passionate

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 in the sense

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 that we would think

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 of in the world

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 there's no harm

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.359
 in that

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 but some of us

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.399
 are more understated

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 and quiet

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.539
 perhaps particularly

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 in Scotland

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:10.960
 but that we have

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.880
 a real desire

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.759
 to do things

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.700
 well for the Lord

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 Jesus

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 and that it is

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 something that

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 really motivates us

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 and that drives us on.

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 That we're not

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.700
 half-hearted

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.759
 in the work

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.320
 that God has

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 called us to do.

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 We're not happy

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 with second best

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 with doing a bit

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 but not going

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.900
 the whole way.

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 Paul was

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 absolutely

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 passionate

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 in his work

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 among the Gentiles

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 and whatever work

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.299
 God has called

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.080
 us to do

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 we similarly

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.659
 should be

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.619
 passionate about

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 as we fulfil

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.980
 God's purpose

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.339
 in our lives.

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 So Paul's priority

00:23:44.939 --> 00:23:45.619
 is summarised

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.579
 by his purpose

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:48.699
 and by his passion.

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 You'll be pleased

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.539
 to know that's

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.240
 the end of the Ps

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.439
 apart from the main headings

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:53.500
 and we won't have

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:53.960
 any more

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.899
 this evening.

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.439
 I want to move on now

00:23:56.439 --> 00:23:58.179
 and look at Paul's plans

00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:58.720
 and we have a bit

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.639
 of geography.

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.159
 Hope you can see

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.720
 that map

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.779
 reasonably well.

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.399
 It's a kind of

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:05.199
 modern map

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:06.039
 in terms of the places

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:07.220
 that are named on it

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.259
 but it's a map

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.519
 of Paul's work

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:11.379
 and Paul's ministry.

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.299
 So a number of places

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.200
 number one

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.119
 is Corinth.

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.879
 Corinth almost certainly

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.460
 was the place

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.119
 from which Paul

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.759
 wrote the letter

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.359
 to the Romans.

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 So this is where

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.759
 Paul is now

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:22.000
 in Corinth

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:23.019
 in Greece.

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.379
 Number two

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.379
 I'm sure he recognises

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.899
 Rome

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.879
 Rome for which

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.819
 Paul was writing

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.460
 and the place

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.539
 where he had

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.480
 that deep

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.079
 longing

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.240
 to go to.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:35.500
 Number three

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.279
 again you might

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.059
 have a good

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.700
 stab at

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.559
 is Jerusalem

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.960
 and so Paul

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.680
 has a desire

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.640
 to go to Jerusalem

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:43.079
 the mother church

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.339
 is in Jerusalem

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.839
 and he wants

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:47.279
 to go there

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.779
 for a particular

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.200
 purpose

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.799
 we'll come to

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.720
 in a minute.

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.339
 Number four

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.700
 is the one

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.140
 you might have

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.599
 a little more

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.680
 difficulty placing

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:56.400
 and it's the

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.140
 perhaps slightly

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.599
 unfamiliar

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:59.079
 name in the passage

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.140
 Illyricum.

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.480
 So broadly

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.000
 speaking

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.680
 in modern

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.160
 terms

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:04.240
 that's Albania

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.799
 it's a bit

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.559
 of Bosnia

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.740
 and perhaps

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.059
 a little bit

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.480
 of Croatia

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.099
 in there as well

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.579
 as that kind

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.200
 of Baltic

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.680
 region

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.460
 around

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.420
 what used

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.720
 to be

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.420
 Yugoslavia

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.619
 by and large

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.880
 and that was

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.559
 the kind

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.920
 of far

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.299
 extreme

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.680
 of where

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.079
 Paul had

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.359
 been

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.980
 in his

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.259
 missionary

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.900
 journeys

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.559
 and number

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.119
 five of course

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.720
 on the left

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.140
 is Spain.

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.339
 So Paul

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.720
 is writing

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.599
 from one

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.059
 to two

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.039
 from Corinth

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.640
 to Rome

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.119
 and he says

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.019
 I have preached

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.579
 the gospel

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.859
 from Jerusalem

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:34.439
 to Illyricum

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:35.579
 and that's

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.099
 a distance

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.699
 of about

00:25:36.699 --> 00:25:38.419
 1400 miles

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:39.419
 and remember

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:40.000
 Paul wasn't

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.419
 going around

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.279
 in planes

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.159
 or terrains

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:43.119
 he was going

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.699
 very often

00:25:43.699 --> 00:25:44.259
 on foot

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.679
 or by ship

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.500
 and he was

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.079
 going backwards

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.619
 and forwards

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.419
 a lot of the time

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.460
 he had travelled

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.240
 an enormous

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.019
 distance

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.139
 with the gospel

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.579
 and that is

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.099
 what he really

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.759
 brings out

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:55.199
 in the early

00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:55.599
 verses

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:57.359
 of the passage.

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:59.319
 But Paul's

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.339
 ultimate desire

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.279
 is to go

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.379
 to Spain

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.799
 Now if

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.199
 Jerusalem

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.839
 to Illyricum

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.119
 is about

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.159
 1400 miles

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:07.240
 I would guess

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.659
 Jerusalem

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.199
 to Spain

00:26:08.199 --> 00:26:08.559
 is maybe

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.199
 something like

00:26:09.199 --> 00:26:09.859
 2000,

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.959
 2500 miles

00:26:10.959 --> 00:26:11.959
 it's a very

00:26:11.959 --> 00:26:12.859
 long way

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.899
 and yet

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.579
 Paul sees

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.059
 Spain

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.859
 as being

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.399
 strategic

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.679
 in the gospel

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.479
 Now Spain

00:26:18.479 --> 00:26:19.039
 in that day

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.959
 was an important

00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:20.639
 place

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.859
 Seneca

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.259
 who was

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.939
 Nero's tutor

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.799
 came from

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.299
 Spain

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.500
 many of the

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.460
 more intellectual

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.159
 people in the

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.619
 ancient world

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:27.980
 came from

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.460
 indeed a couple

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.059
 of emperors

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.919
 eventually would

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.359
 come from

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.680
 Spain

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.139
 so it was

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.659
 an important

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.200
 place

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.000
 that obviously

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.599
 hadn't yet

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.079
 been reached

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.819
 by the gospel

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.659
 and Paul

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:35.980
 thought

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.379
 here is

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.700
 somewhere

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.659
 that I

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.059
 could

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.019
 go to

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.259
 So Paul's

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.639
 plan

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.440
 was to go

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.059
 from Corinth

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.319
 to Spain

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:45.000
 but he wanted

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.599
 to go via

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.099
 Jerusalem

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.960
 So he started

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.500
 in Corinth

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.940
 in the middle

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.579
 of the map

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.480
 he heads down

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.879
 to bottom

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.319
 right

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.159
 to Jerusalem

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:53.299
 and then he's

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.859
 going to head

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.539
 all the way

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.199
 back up

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:55.899
 to top

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.319
 left

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.259
 to Spain

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:59.419
 and by

00:26:59.419 --> 00:26:59.939
 taking him

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.479
 on the way

00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:00.879
 as well

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.899
 why would

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.599
 Paul want

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.959
 to do

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.979
 such a long

00:27:03.979 --> 00:27:04.279
 journey

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.919
 why bother

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:05.479
 going back

00:27:05.479 --> 00:27:06.119
 to Jerusalem

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.919
 when his

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.759
 ultimate purpose

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.319
 was to get

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.859
 to Spain

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:10.379
 via Rome

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:11.659
 and the answer

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.099
 to that

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.719
 in the passage

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.899
 is that Paul

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.599
 has been taking

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.279
 a collection

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.559
 among the churches

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.319
 in Macedonia

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.779
 and Achaia

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.139
 broadly

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:19.299
 in Greece

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.519
 the church

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.000
 in Jerusalem

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.500
 was going

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.799
 through

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:23.039
 difficult times

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.879
 there were

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.159
 a number

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.639
 of Christians

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.119
 in great

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.579
 poverty

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.779
 and Paul

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.519
 said to the

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.480
 Gentile believers

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.500
 here's the

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.159
 opportunity

00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:30.920
 for you

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.519
 to enjoy

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.059
 fellowship

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.899
 with the

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.279
 church

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.420
 in Judea

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.539
 here's an

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.920
 opportunity

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.599
 for you

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.220
 to repay

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.859
 some of

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.399
 the debt

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:39.159
 that you

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.500
 owe

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.359
 to them

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.559
 and Paul

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.240
 very much

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.019
 saw the

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.579
 Gentiles

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:43.980
 as owing

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.420
 a debt

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.180
 to the Jews

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.700
 those who

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:47.059
 had first

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.500
 heard the

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.799
 gospel

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.259
 and first

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.680
 proclaimed

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.240
 the gospel

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.279
 who for

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.980
 many years

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.359
 had been

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.799
 God's

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.180
 people

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.240
 and from

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.700
 whom the

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.099
 Messiah

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.819
 had come

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.720
 Paul saw

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.099
 that the

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.720
 Gentiles

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.380
 had some

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.859
 kind of

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.200
 debt

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.880
 that should

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.819
 be paid

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.519
 to the

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.980
 Jews

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.000
 and so

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.200
 when he

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.480
 heard of

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.019
 the poverty

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.339
 in Judea

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.920
 Paul had

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.700
 this collection

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.559
 some churches

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.259
 like Philippi

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.799
 gave very

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.200
 willingly

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.079
 and very

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.660
 generously

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:11.079
 others like

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.460
 Corinth

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.099
 gave slightly

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.000
 more grudgingly

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.579
 but when Paul

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.299
 exhorted them

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.240
 it appears

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.799
 that they did

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.079
 give

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.700
 and he was

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.220
 able to say

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.579
 that they

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.599
 gave happily

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:20.079
 in the end

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.799
 and Paul

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.119
 had this

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.459
 probably

00:28:21.459 --> 00:28:22.259
 quite substantial

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.939
 sum of money

00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:23.679
 that he

00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:24.299
 wanted to

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.939
 get to the

00:28:24.939 --> 00:28:25.319
 church

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.519
 in Judea

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.959
 in Jerusalem

00:28:27.959 --> 00:28:29.379
 and he

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.000
 felt it

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.500
 was really

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.099
 important

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.879
 that he

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.639
 went there

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.459
 personally

00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:34.500
 with it

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.319
 now we

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.899
 might think

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.539
 for Paul

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:36.980
 the obvious

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.539
 thing to do

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.980
 was to get

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.559
 Timothy or

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.139
 Titus or

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.459
 one of the

00:28:39.459 --> 00:28:39.839
 others he

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.379
 could trust

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.959
 and get

00:28:40.959 --> 00:28:41.319
 them to

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.619
 take the

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:41.919
 gift to

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:42.379
 Jerusalem

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:43.139
 while Paul

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.759
 headed off

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.719
 to Spain

00:28:44.719 --> 00:28:46.299
 it has to

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.639
 be said

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:46.980
 that many

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.679
 of Paul's

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:49.160
 accompanied

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.620
 people

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.279
 felt the

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.920
 same thing

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.019
 because there

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.580
 was a prophecy

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.120
 from a guy

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.799
 called Agabus

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.620
 who said

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.120
 that if Paul

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.580
 went to

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.000
 Jerusalem

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.740
 he would

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.340
 be bound

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.980
 and would

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.440
 be handed

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.299
 over to

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.019
 the Gentiles

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.340
 and look

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:00.820
 and Paul's

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.620
 companion said

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:01.900
 to Paul

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.259
 you really

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.660
 don't want

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.100
 to go there

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.519
 then do

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.779
 you

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.420
 and Paul

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.680
 said

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.180
 no I'm

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.480
 going

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.740
 whatever

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.220
 happens

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.560
 to me

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:07.100
 I'm

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:07.320
 going

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:07.500
 to

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.019
 Jerusalem

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.720
 I am

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.100
 taking

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.860
 this gift

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.779
 to them

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.720
 personally

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:13.720
 this gift

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.620
 was really

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.559
 important

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.759
 to Paul

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.019
 it was

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.400
 important

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.839
 partly

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.240
 because he

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.759
 cared about

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.259
 his people

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.920
 the Jews

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.759
 and he

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.500
 wanted them

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.319
 to be

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.339
 have some

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.759
 relief

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.579
 in their

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.039
 poverty

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.380
 and a

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.579
 great

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:26.940
 Christian

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.299
 duty

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.079
 to give

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.500
 all help

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.960
 we can

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.500
 to those

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.960
 who are

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.180
 going

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.400
 through

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.900
 times

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.500
 of

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.240
 poverty

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.539
 it was

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.940
 important

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.500
 to him

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.740
 too

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.519
 as coming

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.900
 from the

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.380
 Gentile

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.880
 church

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.779
 as being

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.380
 from them

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.339
 an indication

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.319
 of the

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.879
 respect

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.259
 that they

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.459
 had

00:29:41.459 --> 00:29:41.799
 for the

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.079
 Jewish

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.379
 church

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.599
 and I

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:42.879
 said

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.439
 for the

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:43.759
 debt

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.459
 that was

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:44.939
 paid

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.359
 that was

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.619
 due

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.199
 to

00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:46.679
 the

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:46.980
 Jewish

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.539
 Christians

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:49.059
 but it

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.859
 was particularly

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.519
 important

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.240
 to Paul

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.119
 in terms

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.579
 of how

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.339
 the Jews

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.240
 received

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.639
 it

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.399
 and we

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.720
 come to

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.139
 the prayers

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.679
 that is a

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:56.939
 lot of

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.459
 what Paul

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:58.339
 is praying

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.059
 about

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.419
 Paul was

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:01.039
 really quite

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.659
 concerned

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:02.500
 that the

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.019
 gift might

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.459
 go to

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:03.980
 Jerusalem

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.159
 and be

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.599
 given to

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.379
 the Jewish

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.879
 Christians

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.759
 and they

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.240
 would say

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.839
 no we're

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.419
 not taking

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:09.839
 this

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:11.299
 we're Jews

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.799
 we don't

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.459
 take anything

00:30:12.459 --> 00:30:12.919
 from the

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:13.379
 Gentiles

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.720
 it wouldn't

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.099
 be right

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.399
 for us

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:14.740
 to do

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:14.919
 it

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:15.539
 take it

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.859
 away

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.480
 we're

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.740
 having

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.099
 nothing

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.959
 to do

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:18.459
 with it

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:19.639
 and if

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.119
 that were

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.819
 to happen

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.720
 that would

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.259
 destroy

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.899
 much of

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.459
 what Paul

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:24.019
 had spent

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.819
 his ministry

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.659
 trying to

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.279
 build up

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.480
 he had

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.000
 presented

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.500
 that there

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.000
 is one

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.519
 church

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.399
 we are

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.079
 all one

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.579
 in Christ

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.000
 Jesus

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.559
 and whether

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.939
 we're a

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.419
 Jew or a

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:33.759
 Gentile

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.179
 it really

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:34.480
 doesn't

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.819
 matter

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.699
 because we're

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.459
 all accepted

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:37.220
 by God

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.980
 on the

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.379
 same

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.400
 basis

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.480
 and so

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.840
 it's really

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.440
 important to

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:42.140
 him that

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.520
 when the

00:30:42.520 --> 00:30:42.980
 gift went

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.600
 to Jerusalem

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.420
 it was

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.280
 well received

00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:45.720
 by the

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.080
 Christians

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.660
 in Jerusalem

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.680
 they recognised

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.560
 the concern

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.280
 the Gentiles

00:30:49.280 --> 00:30:49.800
 had for

00:30:49.800 --> 00:30:50.100
 them

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.940
 and that

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.680
 they recognised

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.120
 this was

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.500
 another

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.100
 evidence

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.980
 that there

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.560
 was one

00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:55.080
 church

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:56.580
 one Lord

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.740
 and there

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.300
 weren't two

00:30:58.300 --> 00:30:59.360
 separate groups

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:00.000
 Jews and

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.600
 Gentiles

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.180
 within the

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.520
 church

00:31:01.520 --> 00:31:02.180
 who really

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.880
 still didn't

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.440
 get on

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.160
 with one

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.540
 another

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.379
 and I

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:05.819
 think that's

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.379
 why Paul

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:06.960
 planned

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.680
 to go

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.500
 to Rome

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.839
 and then

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.500
 to Spain

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.460
 but with a

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.000
 detour

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.720
 through

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.579
 Jerusalem

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:14.579
 to go

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.460
 personally

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.099
 to take

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.639
 the gift

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.779
 and to

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.319
 show the

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.619
 Jews

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.039
 just how

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.559
 seriously

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.119
 he took

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.420
 it

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.220
 and the

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.579
 unity

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:21.980
 that there

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.379
 was

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.539
 in the

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.019
 church

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.420
 and so

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.759
 Paul made

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.359
 his plans

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.579
 well we don't

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:27.859
 know if he

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.220
 got to

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.559
 Spain

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.639
 and he

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.079
 may well

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.299
 have

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.559
 there's a

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:30.759
 lot of

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.279
 church tradition

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.680
 that says

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.159
 he eventually

00:31:32.159 --> 00:31:32.740
 did get

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.619
 to Spain

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.039
 we don't

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.339
 know

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.339
 we do

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.559
 know he

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.919
 got to

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.259
 Rome

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.919
 but he

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.299
 got to

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.539
 Rome

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.419
 as a

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:38.819
 prisoner

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.879
 because when

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.239
 he was in

00:31:40.239 --> 00:31:40.599
 Jerusalem

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:40.959
 there was a

00:31:40.959 --> 00:31:41.339
 great deal

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.699
 of trouble

00:31:41.699 --> 00:31:42.159
 stirred up

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.819
 against him

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.519
 he appealed

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.039
 to Caesar

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.939
 and he was

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.279
 eventually

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.919
 taken to

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.219
 Rome

00:31:46.219 --> 00:31:47.000
 and his

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.279
 initial

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.799
 imprisonment

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.199
 there under

00:31:48.199 --> 00:31:48.939
 house arrest

00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:49.839
 later of

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.159
 course

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:51.299
 martyred for

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.859
 his faith

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:53.159
 in Rome

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:53.699
 but he

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.099
 made his

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.619
 plans

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.779
 and God

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.299
 in one

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.539
 sense

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.819
 honoured

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.579
 these plans

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.359
 but honoured

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.839
 them in a

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.579
 different way

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.159
 from how

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:01.119
 Paul might

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.479
 have

00:32:01.479 --> 00:32:02.259
 envisaged

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.919
 very simple

00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:03.399
 lesson for

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:03.579
 us

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:03.879
 there

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.699
 it's good

00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:05.019
 for us

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.559
 to plan

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:07.379
 and if

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.739
 we just

00:32:07.739 --> 00:32:08.319
 drift along

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.759
 as Christian

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.179
 is talking

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.500
 about we

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.919
 really won't

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.379
 get very

00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:11.219
 far in

00:32:11.219 --> 00:32:12.199
 service for

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:12.579
 the Lord

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:12.959
 Jesus

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:14.019
 but we

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.759
 must recognise

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.139
 we make

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.879
 our plans

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.799
 and with

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.699
 the understanding

00:32:17.699 --> 00:32:18.279
 that God

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.799
 knows better

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.259
 than we

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.959
 do how

00:32:19.959 --> 00:32:20.259
 they may

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.699
 best be

00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:21.119
 brought to

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.759
 fulfilment

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.500
 and it

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.979
 may not

00:32:22.979 --> 00:32:24.000
 happen in

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.479
 the way

00:32:24.479 --> 00:32:25.259
 that we

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.279
 expect

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.279
 Paul's

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.759
 plans

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:29.119
 Jerusalem

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:30.439
 then Rome

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.360
 and then

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.700
 Spain

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.299
 and perhaps

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.039
 eventually

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.860
 he accomplished

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.940
 all that

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:37.500
 finally

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.019
 last few

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.340
 minutes

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:39.120
 Paul's

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.840
 prayers

00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:41.240
 in almost

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.720
 all his

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.120
 letters

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:43.220
 Paul encourages

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.860
 the Christians

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.519
 to pray for

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.860
 him

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.580
 and he

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.039
 makes it

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.539
 clear that

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.240
 he prays

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.820
 for them

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:48.920
 as well

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.740
 even the

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.060
 churches

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.519
 like in

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:50.960
 Colossae

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.519
 where Paul

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.259
 hadn't been

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.740
 didn't know

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.080
 most of

00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:53.539
 the people

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.200
 he was

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.860
 very faithful

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.180
 in his

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.680
 prayer for

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:55.960
 them

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.640
 and he

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.100
 was very

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.600
 aware

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.320
 of how

00:32:58.320 --> 00:32:58.880
 dependent

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.720
 he was

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.640
 on their

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.180
 prayers

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.600
 for him

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.519
 and so

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.720
 in the

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.279
 final verses

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.680
 of this

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.060
 chapter

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.560
 from verse

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.420
 30 onward

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.360
 Paul talks

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:08.380
 about his

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.980
 prayers

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.320
 and the

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:09.680
 prayers

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.740
 of God's

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.380
 people

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:13.440
 and the

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:13.779
 first thing

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.000
 is he

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.539
 talks about

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.000
 prayer

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.680
 as a

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.340
 struggle

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.680
 now the

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.080
 captioner

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.539
 says

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.060
 struggling

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.500
 with God

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.839
 I'm not

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.400
 sure that

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.759
 is what

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.119
 Paul is

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.319
 talking

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.500
 about

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.660
 here

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.140
 I'm not

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.500
 sure this

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.640
 is a

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:21.900
 kind of

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.220
 Jacob

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.740
 moment

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.140
 where

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.619
 Jacob's

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:23.940
 wrestling

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.380
 with God

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.759
 and Paul's

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.099
 imagining

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.599
 we need

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.039
 to wrestle

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.640
 with God

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.900
 as well

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:29.140
 I think

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.779
 rather he's

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.200
 saying that

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.500
 when we

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.000
 come to

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.359
 pray

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.500
 we don't

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.119
 do it

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.819
 lightly

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:35.099
 we don't

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.480
 do it

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.539
 half-heartedly

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.539
 we come

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.200
 to pray

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.059
 and to see

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.519
 it as a

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.380
 real struggle

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.500
 as we

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.140
 bring to

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.579
 God

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.460
 perhaps with

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.880
 tears

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.660
 with longings

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.000
 in our

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.460
 heart

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.160
 and the

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.720
 things which

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.559
 are most

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.140
 precious

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.400
 to us

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:51.080
 and so

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.740
 Paul says

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.140
 you in

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.520
 Rome

00:33:52.520 --> 00:33:53.240
 you're not

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.520
 going to

00:33:53.520 --> 00:33:53.820
 go to

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.180
 Jerusalem

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.540
 you're probably

00:33:54.540 --> 00:33:54.840
 not going

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.300
 to go to

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:55.740
 Spain

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.640
 but be

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.080
 with me

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.640
 as I go

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.020
 and as I

00:33:58.020 --> 00:33:58.540
 probably will

00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:59.280
 have difficulties

00:33:59.280 --> 00:33:59.980
 and struggles

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.900
 be with me

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.640
 in that struggle

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.580
 and the way

00:34:02.580 --> 00:34:03.500
 that you can be

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.300
 part of it

00:34:04.300 --> 00:34:05.660
 is by struggling

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.200
 in prayer

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.880
 by wrestling

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.320
 in prayer

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.300
 by bringing

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.880
 to God

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.119
 with

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.220
 fervency

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.920
 and with

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.840
 real desire

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:13.860
 the ministry

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.400
 that Paul

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.880
 has

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.860
 and praying

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.620
 for God's

00:34:16.620 --> 00:34:17.120
 blessing

00:34:17.120 --> 00:34:18.079
 as he

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.760
 goes

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.840
 about it

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.980
 and two

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.260
 things he

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:21.640
 particularly

00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:22.039
 wants them

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.300
 to pray

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.880
 for as

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.180
 he goes

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.780
 to Jerusalem

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:25.620
 he wants

00:34:25.620 --> 00:34:26.100
 them to

00:34:26.100 --> 00:34:26.760
 pray for

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.059
 his

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.940
 protection

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.059
 and

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.280
 pray

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.920
 verse 31

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.480
 pray that I

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.760
 may be

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.519
 kept safe

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.300
 from the

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.039
 unbelievers

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.600
 in Judea

00:34:34.600 --> 00:34:35.120
 Paul

00:34:35.120 --> 00:34:35.720
 recognised

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.680
 that wherever

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.180
 he'd gone

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:37.480
 in the

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.180
 ancient world

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:39.100
 there were

00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:39.680
 Jews who

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.019
 were out

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.460
 to get

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.659
 him

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.220
 and he

00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.360
 had

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.679
 suffered

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.360
 stoning

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.260
 and beatings

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.579
 and many

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.220
 other things

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:45.380
 as he

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.099
 travelled round

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.760
 with the

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.059
 gospel

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.480
 so he

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.860
 prayed

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.400
 asked him

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.679
 to pray

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.079
 for his

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.619
 protection

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.019
 while he

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.780
 was protected

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.260
 eventually

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.639
 there was

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.099
 the riot

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.579
 and the

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.119
 people tried

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.099
 to get

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.320
 him

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.519
 but he

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.019
 was protected

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.420
 by the

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.679
 Romans

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.320
 ultimately

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:57.460
 and he

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.760
 emerged

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.320
 safely

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.519
 from Jerusalem

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.880
 as he

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.440
 later went

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.320
 to Rome

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.599
 and he

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.199
 says also

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.519
 as we

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.039
 just talked

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.400
 about

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.340
 that he

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.940
 wanted them

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.500
 to pray

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.059
 for unity

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.860
 to pray

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.280
 that the

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.720
 gift that

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.019
 he was

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.360
 taking

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.720
 with him

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.380
 to Jerusalem

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.180
 would be

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.800
 favourably

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.519
 received by

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.160
 the church

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:14.840
 that the

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.340
 church in

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.760
 Jerusalem

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.599
 would recognise

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.519
 the unity

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.400
 that there

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.019
 was among

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:20.059
 all Christians

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.059
 in the

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:22.400
 Lord Jesus

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.280
 two things

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.720
 we can pray

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.380
 for as well

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.800
 as we come

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.380
 before God

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.320
 pray for those

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.940
 who go into

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:30.480
 difficult situations

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.320
 now difficult

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:32.200
 situations might

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.660
 be those

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.079
 where there is

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:34.019
 physical danger

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:35.059
 the pioneer

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.640
 missionaries I

00:35:35.640 --> 00:35:36.120
 talked about

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:36.840
 earlier on

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.700
 a lot of

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:38.120
 people in our

00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:38.720
 own country

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.240
 who go into

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:40.379
 situations where

00:35:40.379 --> 00:35:40.939
 it's difficult

00:35:40.939 --> 00:35:41.419
 to talk

00:35:41.419 --> 00:35:42.059
 about Jesus

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:43.399
 and perhaps

00:35:43.399 --> 00:35:44.399
 it can subject

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:45.019
 them to some

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.459
 ridicule

00:35:45.459 --> 00:35:45.739
 or some

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:46.359
 difficulties

00:35:46.359 --> 00:35:47.079
 I'm thinking

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.559
 particularly

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.579
 of people

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.179
 like teenagers

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.759
 in schools

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.419
 often standing

00:35:50.419 --> 00:35:51.179
 up for Christ

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.179
 and that can be

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.979
 a very very

00:35:52.979 --> 00:35:53.819
 difficult place

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.319
 to be a witness

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:55.339
 many in workplaces

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.459
 as well

00:35:56.459 --> 00:35:57.279
 we should be

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.819
 praying for

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.439
 and supporting

00:35:58.439 --> 00:35:58.979
 one another

00:35:58.979 --> 00:35:59.839
 in these things

00:35:59.839 --> 00:36:00.939
 that we may be

00:36:00.939 --> 00:36:01.879
 protected by God

00:36:01.879 --> 00:36:02.539
 that we may be

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.819
 given a good

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.639
 reception among

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.639
 those whom we

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.279
 would seek to

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.679
 reach

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.980
 but praying

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.839
 also for

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:09.599
 unity

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.980
 that as a

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.379
 church

00:36:11.379 --> 00:36:12.980
 and with

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:14.039
 other Christians

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.639
 who love

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.239
 the Lord

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:15.619
 Jesus

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.619
 and to

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.239
 proclaim the

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.639
 gospel

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.879
 that we may

00:36:18.879 --> 00:36:19.579
 be united

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.739
 and that there

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.379
 may not be

00:36:21.379 --> 00:36:22.179
 divisions among

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.960
 us which really

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.599
 shouldn't be

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.000
 there not

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.379
 nowadays

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:25.000
 divisions of

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.480
 Jews and

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.119
 Gentiles

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.859
 but perhaps

00:36:26.859 --> 00:36:27.539
 denominational

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.159
 divisions

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.980
 divisions over

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.059
 particular doctrines

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.460
 which are

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.400
 secondary and

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.119
 not fundamental

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.859
 to the gospel

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:33.779
 these kind of

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.620
 things we

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.519
 should seek

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.200
 to be

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:37.120
 together as

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.640
 Christians

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:39.160
 following and

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:40.200
 serving the

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:40.760
 Lord Jesus

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.180
 and anything

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.960
 we can do

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.560
 to promote

00:36:42.560 --> 00:36:43.320
 that unity

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.140
 among Bible

00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:44.640
 believing

00:36:44.640 --> 00:36:45.120
 gospel

00:36:45.120 --> 00:36:45.740
 proclaiming

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.180
 Christians

00:36:46.180 --> 00:36:47.080
 is something

00:36:47.080 --> 00:36:47.560
 that should be

00:36:47.560 --> 00:36:48.140
 a priority

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.740
 for us

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.540
 as it is

00:36:49.540 --> 00:36:50.140
 for Paul

00:36:50.140 --> 00:36:50.860
 and we

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.320
 should be

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:52.380
 praying for

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.700
 it

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.920
 praying perhaps

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.660
 particularly for

00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:55.220
 organisations

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.800
 which seek to

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.620
 bring churches

00:36:56.620 --> 00:36:57.300
 together

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:58.500
 and organisations

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.380
 where lots of

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.000
 different Christians

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.680
 work together

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:01.460
 scripture union

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.140
 that kind of

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:02.460
 thing

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.280
 praying for

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.519
 para church

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.040
 organisations

00:37:05.040 --> 00:37:05.420
 Bible

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.820
 sites

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.300
 evangelical

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.860
 alliance

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.460
 and so on

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.160
 but praying

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:08.740
 just generally

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.680
 that in our

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:10.380
 area too

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.240
 that there may

00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:11.880
 be a unity

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.720
 among Christians

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.580
 even though we

00:37:13.580 --> 00:37:14.820
 disagree on

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.760
 secondary things

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.380
 that we may be

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.740
 united in our

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.880
 love for the

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.940
 Lord Jesus

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:22.680
 and then finally

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.680
 in Paul's prayers

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:25.120
 there is joy

00:37:25.120 --> 00:37:26.760
 and peace

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:29.000
 pray that I may

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.740
 come to you

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.540
 with joy

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.039
 or pray

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.059
 or pray

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.300
 that I may

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.779
 receive

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:32.239
 so that I

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.599
 may come

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.860
 to you

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.320
 with joy

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.900
 by God's

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.079
 will

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.300
 and in

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.420
 your

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.739
 company

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.460
 be refreshed

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.279
 and the

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.699
 God of

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.119
 peace

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:38.039
 be with

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.380
 you

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:39.059
 all

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:40.039
 these two

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.579
 go together

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.099
 don't they

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.599
 joy

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:43.139
 and peace

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:44.119
 if we have

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.500
 one

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.380
 there's a good

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.119
 chance that we

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.059
 have the

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.420
 other

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.719
 the joy

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.119
 of our

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.659
 salvation

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.039
 in the

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.679
 Lord Jesus

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.739
 and all

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.179
 that that

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.820
 brings to

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.179
 us

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.199
 is very

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.940
 strongly linked

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.300
 to the

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.759
 peace that

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:56.099
 we have

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.820
 with God

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.700
 and the

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.160
 peace that

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.620
 God can

00:37:58.620 --> 00:37:59.180
 bring through

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.800
 his spirit

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.500
 in our

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.980
 hearts

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:02.240
 and lives

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.940
 and we

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.240
 should be

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:03.620
 praying for

00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:04.220
 one another

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:05.220
 and for

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:05.620
 Christians

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.519
 around the

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.880
 world

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.640
 that we

00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:08.580
 will experience

00:38:08.580 --> 00:38:09.720
 the joy

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:11.000
 and peace

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.019
 that Jesus

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:13.460
 gives to us

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.360
 both great

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.000
 themes in the

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.500
 Lord's upper

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.080
 room ministry

00:38:16.080 --> 00:38:16.500
 to his

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.019
 disciples

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.900
 that he

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.400
 left them

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.860
 peace

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.580
 and that

00:38:19.580 --> 00:38:19.900
 they would

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.640
 have real

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:21.559
 joy

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.720
 and these

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.059
 are things

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.360
 that we

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.820
 should pray

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.120
 for and

00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:24.480
 that Paul

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.039
 prays for

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.660
 regularly

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.940
 as he

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:28.179
 goes to

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.920
 the churches

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:30.879
 so Paul's

00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:31.440
 priorities

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.859
 Paul's

00:38:32.859 --> 00:38:33.460
 plans

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:34.779
 Paul's

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.319
 prayers

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:36.179
 what are

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.359
 our

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:36.899
 priorities

00:38:36.899 --> 00:38:37.779
 what purpose

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.319
 do we see

00:38:38.319 --> 00:38:38.759
 of God

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.059
 in our

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.440
 lives

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.739
 have we

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.179
 thought of

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.500
 that

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.219
 are we

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.879
 before God

00:38:41.879 --> 00:38:42.559
 seeking his

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.480
 will for

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.079
 our lives

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.539
 and are we

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.279
 then passionate

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:46.319
 about what

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:47.139
 God has

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.819
 called us

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.679
 to do

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.759
 as we

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.719
 make plans

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.619
 are we

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.239
 aware that

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.819
 our plans

00:38:52.819 --> 00:38:53.339
 can only

00:38:53.339 --> 00:38:53.819
 come to

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.279
 fruition

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:55.039
 if they're

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.420
 in the will

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.860
 of God

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.119
 and he

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.519
 may well

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.000
 lead us

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.599
 our

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.320
 circumstances

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.579
 in a

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.219
 different way

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.900
 from what

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.679
 we expect

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.920
 and above

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.880
 all that

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.219
 we can

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:04.139
 have purpose

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.519
 we can

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.440
 have plans

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.340
 but unless

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.099
 everything is

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.779
 infused with

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.259
 prayer

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:09.480
 and we are

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.199
 really struggling

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.900
 before God

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.559
 and fervent

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.380
 in our

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.779
 prayers

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.679
 to him

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.679
 then we

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.159
 can't be

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.719
 expecting

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.360
 the blessing

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:17.139
 that he

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.900
 is so eager

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.679
 to give

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.000
 to us

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.559
 let's be a

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.059
 people of

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.420
 prayer

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.400
 as we

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.679
 are a

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.159
 people of

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.679
 purpose

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.679
 and a

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.179
 people with

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.699
 plans

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.399
 for the

00:39:25.399 --> 00:39:25.799
 future

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:26.500
 let's pray

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:26.879
 together

00:39:26.879 --> 00:39:28.719
 father we

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.019
 thank you

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.379
 for your

00:39:29.379 --> 00:39:29.759
 word

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.559
 we thank

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:30.839
 you for

00:39:30.839 --> 00:39:31.239
 Paul

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.579
 and for

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.119
 this great

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.699
 work that

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.019
 he had

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.539
 among the

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.259
 Gentiles

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:34.980
 that he

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.419
 saw that

00:39:35.419 --> 00:39:35.819
 as very

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.379
 much his

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:36.759
 work

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:37.559
 and his

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.919
 calling

00:39:37.919 --> 00:39:38.440
 to go

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.059
 where the

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.440
 name of

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.879
 Christ

00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:40.819
 wasn't yet

00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:41.039
 known

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.259
 and we

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:41.599
 thank you

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.299
 for the

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.739
 tremendous

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.319
 blessing

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:43.980
 that was

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.440
 to the

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.059
 early church

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.480
 and for

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.159
 how that

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.539
 has really

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.440
 shaped so

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.980
 much of

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.460
 church

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.879
 history

00:39:48.879 --> 00:39:49.279
 that Paul

00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:49.839
 reached out

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.699
 beyond the

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:51.339
 confines of

00:39:51.339 --> 00:39:51.819
 Judaism

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.660
 that he

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.100
 brought the

00:39:53.100 --> 00:39:53.640
 gospel to

00:39:53.640 --> 00:39:54.480
 the Gentiles

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.539
 and that it

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.000
 has since

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:57.039
 spread throughout

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.660
 the world

00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:59.000
 help us to

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.380
 have that

00:39:59.380 --> 00:39:59.940
 sense of

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.519
 being called

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.039
 by you

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.700
 help us to

00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:02.640
 understand what

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:03.260
 your purpose

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:04.380
 is in our

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:04.840
 lives

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.960
 help us to

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.800
 be passionate

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.440
 in seeking

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:08.680
 to fulfil it

00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:09.900
 and help us

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.840
 to particularly

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.660
 to be a

00:40:11.660 --> 00:40:12.120
 people of

00:40:12.120 --> 00:40:12.500
 prayer

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.480
 that we may

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.140
 join others

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.500
 in their

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.940
 struggles

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.400
 through our

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.760
 prayers

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.740
 that we may

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:17.360
 support one

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.980
 another through

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.660
 our prayers

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:19.760
 that through our

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:20.320
 prayers there

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.240
 may be real

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.800
 unity of

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.400
 among us

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.320
 and that there

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:24.019
 may be among

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:25.080
 us too a

00:40:25.080 --> 00:40:25.760
 real peace

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:27.280
 and joy in

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:27.640
 the Lord

00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:28.000
 Jesus

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:29.100
 thank you for

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:29.440
 our time

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.880
 together

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.760
 we commit

00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:31.300
 ourselves to

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:31.700
 you we pray

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:32.160
 that what has

00:40:32.160 --> 00:40:32.539
 been from

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.200
 yourself this

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:33.840
 evening may be

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.480
 remembered and

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.400
 may make a real

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:36.200
 difference in our

00:40:36.200 --> 00:40:37.100
 lives in the

00:40:37.100 --> 00:40:37.840
 coming days and

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.920
 weeks we give

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.700
 you our thanks in

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.320
 Jesus name

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:41.320
 Amen

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:55.480
 You

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:56.660
 you

00:40:56.660 --> 00:41:00.980
 you

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:05.000
 you

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:07.820
 you