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 So this will be our last Sunday taking a break from our normal pattern of verse-by-verse exposition through the Gospel of Mark.

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 We've come in Mark to Jesus' arrest and we're going to pick back up next week with his trial and his crucifixion and his resurrection that follows that.

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 I'm thankful by no great effort of my own in the scheduling of this that we'll actually be able to, Lord willing, things don't change on us, to preach on the resurrection on Easter Sunday.

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 Not as a break from the text, but as part of the natural flow and telling of it by Mark.

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 But we've found this need to take a little break, a little stop, a little step away from Mark's Gospel.

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 Really not as a complete diversion from it, but really as kind of an outworking of some of the things that I believe are happening in our church as a result of our study of Mark.

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 Two verses in particular that have really been resonating with me.

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 This axiomatic statement that Jesus makes in Mark 8, 34 and 35, where he says,

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 If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

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 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the Gospels will save it.

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 So we see that Jesus is saying that you must give up those things that are of value in the world.

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 You must give up your self-determination.

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 You must give up your plans and take up mine.

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 And that's what it's going to mean to follow Jesus, that we're going to deny ourselves.

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 We're going to die to ourselves and we're going to follow him.

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 And I think that unfortunately in the American church, there's so many mouths that claim to know Christ.

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 And there's so few people that actually follow him, that are truly his disciples.

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 Now hear me, we don't do activity so that we will become his disciples,

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 but the activity itself becomes the result of who we are in him.

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 That God, through the work of Christ, has changed our hearts.

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 He's made us new.

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 And new people live different than old people.

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 New creations working out the great mission of the Gospel in this world.

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 So we started three weeks ago, kind of just gave a general charge to discipleship.

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 We talked about some of the challenges in our very culture.

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 The three-county area that we live in, 232,000 people.

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 It's estimated, I think, quite generously that 80% of them are unchurched.

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 And so we're looking at a massive number, 186,500 people who, in a generous estimation,

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 don't know Christ, are eternally separated from God, will be damned forever, rightly, justly punished for their sin.

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 And they won't respond in faith in large part because Christians aren't telling them the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 If we're to follow Jesus, we're going to care about what he cares about.

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 We're going to have to be disciples who are about the work of making disciples.

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 Two weeks ago, we talked about how the ongoing way this activity is to be encouraged,

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 which is by the life of a local congregation, by the life of the church.

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 And in our setting, we talked more specifically about how that will happen in our community outreach groups.

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 Last week, we addressed some particular, some biblical pattern for evangelism,

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 for the sharing of the gospel, for the making of converts.

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 And this week, we're going to talk about discipleship, the ongoing work of maturing converts.

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 So once a convert is made, and if you guys are hearing, and if God is working in your lives,

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 and you're seeing the point, if I'm to be a disciple of Jesus Christ,

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 I'm going to be about the work of making disciples.

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 This begins with the act of conversion, the Spirit working by our words to change people's hearts.

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 What do we do after that?

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 Is there a responsibility beyond?

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 And yes, there is.

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 And we tend to call this responsibility discipleship.

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 But let's build a bit together toward this idea.

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 So if you will, let me turn to Matthew chapter 28, starting in verse 18.

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 The mission that God has given His church to, we very often, most often call it the Great Commission.

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 You probably have a subtitle in your copy of God's Word that says the Great Commission.

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 It's repeated in the synoptics.

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 It's restated in a little bit of a different way in the first chapter of Acts.

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 One of my favorite statements of it is recorded here by Matthew.

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 And Jesus came and said to them,

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 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

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 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

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 And behold, I am with you always to the end of the age.

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 And we see in these verses, these three verses, a commandment first of all.

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 And that commandment is in verse 19 in the first part of 20.

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 Go and make disciples.

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 Conversion is certainly part of that process, but not merely converts.

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 Don't just preach the gospel.

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 Have people respond in faith and leave them.

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 We've talked about scattering seed.

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 The way in which we're meant to sow in the parable of the sowers.

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 And the way that we find the good soil is by sowing seed.

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 This is the way you see the evidence of this.

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 But there's a follow-up that must take place.

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 The field must still be tended when we find good soil.

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 And part of the way we weed out some things is that we recognize,

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 as we're working in people's lives, once they have been made converts to Christ,

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 the fruit and the things that are happening to them in that regard.

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 We're meant to baptize them in the name of the Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

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 And we're meant to teach them to observe all that Jesus Christ has commanded us.

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 So this is what he leaves us with.

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 Here are the things that I have given to you.

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 Now go and make disciples.

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 So we should ask the question, what is a disciple?

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 If we are disciples and we're meant to make disciples, what is a disciple?

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 And just simply, probably even in too simple of a term,

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 I'm going to say that a disciple is a follower and propagator of Jesus,

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 his teaching and his ways.

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 A follower and propagator of Jesus, his teaching and his ways.

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 So a disciple makes disciples, necessarily.

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 This is part of what a disciple does.

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 They make others disciples.

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 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in his book, The Cost of Discipleship,

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 which I would strongly encourage anyone here to read.

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 He defines what discipleship is and what it is not.

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 He writes this,

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 Discipleship means adherence to Christ.

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 And because Christ is the object of that adherence,

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 it must take the form of discipleship.

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 We must follow because it's Christ.

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 He's a man.

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 We must follow.

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 An abstract Christology or understanding of who Christ is,

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 a doctrinal system, a general religious knowledge on the subject of grace

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 or on the forgiveness of sins,

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 render discipleship superfluous.

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 And in fact, they positively exclude any idea of discipleship whatever

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 and are essentially inimical or contrary to the whole conception of following Christ.

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 With an abstract idea, it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge,

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 to become enthusiastic about it,

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 and perhaps even to put it into practice.

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 But it can never be followed in personal obedience.

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 Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship.

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 And Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

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 Let me rephrase that in my own terms.

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 I hope you appreciate Bonhoeffer's writing.

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 We, and I think particularly us, tend to be very heady Christians.

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 We know a lot.

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 This congregation could stand toe-to-toe with many people and defend the faith.

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 And this is good.

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 It's good for us to have a depth in that regard.

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 It's good for us to know a lot.

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 Theology is precious.

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 God has revealed Himself to us in the Scriptures,

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 and we ought not neglect anything that He has taught us to be true.

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 But in many ways, we're very, very immature as Christians

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 because we know so much and we practice so little.

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 And this is what He's saying.

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 Some abstract idea, some formation of a philosophy of who Jesus Christ is,

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 is of no value if it's not practiced in our lives.

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 We must be obedient to the things that we know.

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 And a disciple necessarily works out and is obedient to the call of Christ.

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 The great mark of Christian maturity is obedience.

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 Why are we to make disciples?

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 Again, from this text.

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 Verse 18.

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 Jesus says,

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 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

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 And then He says what in verse 19?

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 Go, therefore.

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 Because this is the case, go and make disciples.

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 Jesus Christ has been set on His throne to reign over His kingdom.

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 This has been accomplished.

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 He Himself says it there.

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 All authority in heaven and on earth.

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 It has been given.

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 In Mark 1, 14 and 15, Mark records that now after John was arrested,

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 Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God, the good news of God,

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 and saying,

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 The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand.

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 Repent and believe in the gospel.

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 This was the message that He brought as well.

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 The kingdom is here.

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 My reign has begun.

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 And the way in which God, through Christ, reigns in the world is by bearing Himself,

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 bringing people into new life, restored relationship with Him in their hearts, here and now.

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 And this is why we're meant to make disciples.

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 This is why the major activity of the Christian church is to advance the kingdom of God by the grace of God in this world.

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 We're bringing to bear the things that Christ Himself is reigning over.

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 And in the last half of verse 20, we're given a promise.

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 A precious promise.

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 A promise that without this task would be entirely overwhelming.

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 I would shut down if it were not for the promise in the last half of verse 20.

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 Which is,

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 And behold, I am with you always to the end of the age.

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 Behold, the one to whom all authority over heaven and earth has been given is with you

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 as you go about this work of making disciples.

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 So we are granted power by Jesus Christ,

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 who possesses all the power to bring others to follow Him.

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 To the end that He will be exalted in all things to all peoples.

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 Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

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 I'm always afraid I'm going to point at that and it's not up there.

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 So this wonderful promise that He will be with us in this.

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 Praise God for the sending of His Spirit.

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 That when Jesus left, the nature by which the Spirit operated in the world changed.

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 Prior to Jesus coming onto the earth,

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 the Spirit came and visited people in particular times and in particular ways.

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 This has changed entirely.

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 It's a promise that He gave to us.

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 And let me encourage you to turn to John 14.

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 And just follow quickly with me through three chapters.

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 A couple verses from each one.

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 And let me tell you what I mean.

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 It is better that Jesus is now seated at the right hand of the Father.

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 It's better.

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 And in my mind, sometimes that's hard to understand

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 because it seems to me that the days,

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 the most precious days in history are the days in which He walked on the earth.

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 And the disciples just got to follow Him around and watch Him work and do and go.

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 He was the disciple maker.

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 They were tasked a couple of times to go out and preach the gospel.

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 But primarily, they were a witness to what He was doing.

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 But He said it's far better that He's gone.

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 We have the helper now.

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 John 14, verses 16 and 17.

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 He says,

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 So this is right before Jesus' crucifixion.

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 The Spirit dwells with you and will be in you.

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 It's promised that the Spirit of God will actually come and reside

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 in those of us who place our faith in Jesus Christ.

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 Turn to the next chapter, John 15.

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 4 and 5.

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 This is going to have great implication

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 for those of us who have placed our faith in Jesus Christ,

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 who are in fact new creations,

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 converted,

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 who have the Spirit of God within us.

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 Jesus says,

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 Verse 4,

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 Abide in Me,

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 and I in you.

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 This is the walking by the Spirit

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 that Paul talks about in Romans.

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 As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself

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 unless it abides in the vine,

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 neither can you unless you abide in Me.

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 I am the vine.

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 You are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in Me and I in him,

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 he it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from Me,

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 you can do nothing.

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 This is on the heels of Him telling them

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 He's going to send to them a helper.

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 The very power of God to live within them.

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 That they might abide

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 so that they will bear fruit.

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 John 16.

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 7.

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 There's some sorrow on behalf of the disciples.

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 What you're leaving,

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 He's promising,

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 and there's great things that are going to happen

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 when He does depart.

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 They're leaving.

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 And He says,

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 I tell you the truth,

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 16.

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 7.

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 It is to your advantage that I go away.

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 For if I do not go away,

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 the Helper will not come to you.

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 But if I go,

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 I will send Him to you.

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 So as we talk about this process

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 of making disciples

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 and what that looks like,

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 we must,

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 we absolutely must,

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 stop and recognize

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 that it is by the power of God

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 that people are converted

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 and that people are ultimately made perfect.

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 That they are sanctified.

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 They are moved along in holiness.

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 This is a work of God.

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 However,

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 God does use graces.

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 One of those is the church.

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 One of those is the people sitting to your right

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 and to your left

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 and before you and behind you.

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 That we are saved to a community of believers

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 by which we disciple one another.

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 But it's ultimately and finally the work of God

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 through those people on our behalf.

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 I found this,

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 some of the crosses quote

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 by Charles Spurgeon.

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 He said,

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 If I had any human master,

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 he would have been out of patience with me long ago.

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 I would agree with him on that.

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 But the Lord Jesus Christ

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 never gives up a scholar.

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 Having once commenced to teach,

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 he continues his divine lessons

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 till they are fully learned.

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 And the more difficult it is for him to teach,

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 the more honor it will be

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 when he gets all his scholars educated

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 for the skies.

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 So, praise God that it's ultimately Jesus' work.

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 Because he doesn't give up on us

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 even though in our human relationships

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 we often grow tired of the work ahead

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 for the work of sanctification.

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 So, what is then discipleship?

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 What is this grace given to us

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 by which we work in this way?

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 And here's my definition.

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 Discipleship is the God-given,

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 God-empowered process

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 by which the church brings about obedience

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 to the commands of God.

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 Discipleship is the God-given,

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 God-empowered process

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 by which the church brings about obedience

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 to the commands of God.

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 Now, sometimes as the church,

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 when we think about discipleship

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 or when we practice discipleship,

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 our definition is too narrow.

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 We think of it as one particular thing,

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 but in a broad sense,

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 it's so many things.

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 It's everything that one Christian does

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 in service to another Christian,

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 at least rightly does,

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 in service to another Christian.

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 In a broad sense,

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 discipleship is most everything

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 we're doing together.

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 Me preaching to you this morning

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 is a form of discipleship,

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 opening the Word of God before you

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 and telling you what it means

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 and the implications for your life.

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 Discipleship is Wes and Liz

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 picking out God-honoring,

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 Gospel-saturated songs

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 and leading us in the singing of them.

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 If you even kind of tune your brain in

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 to the words that you're singing,

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 you will be taught by those songs.

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 It's the prayers that you're led in

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 when we meet together in this way.

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 Prayers based in the promises of God.

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 It's the activity of our community outreach groups,

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 the way in which they fellowship

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 with one another around the Scriptures

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 and encourage each other to love in good works.

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 It's the encouraging words

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 that you speak to one another in the hallways.

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 It's the late-night phone conversations

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 when you're having a struggle

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 and you need a good Christian friend.

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 It's the modeling of a healthy home

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 around a meal.

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 Young people,

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 those of you who are not in college,

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 the few of you in the room,

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 many of these young people

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 don't know what healthy homes look like.

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 The more and more we get to know

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 our congregation

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 and the people who are coming in

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 and out of our congregation,

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 healthy home is more of a rarity

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 than I'd like to admit.

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 It's a sad thing.

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 They need to see healthy home

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 just coming over

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 and having a meal with you

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 and just seeing the way in which

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 you love on your wife

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 and on your children.

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 Discipleship in the broad sense

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 is the life of the church.

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 It's all the things we do together,

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 both within our set programs

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 and without.

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 And as such,

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 no one is exempt

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 from this activity

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 for any reason whatsoever.

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 That's what we have been saying

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 about the body a couple of weeks ago.

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 Talking about the activity

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 of the church.

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 We're all part of the body.

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 Necessary parts of the body.

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 You all have a part to play

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 in service to one another.

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 That we will be pressing at each other

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 gospel truth

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 to follow Christ

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 in all that we do.

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 These things are of immense importance.

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 Now, a way of kind of framing this idea

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 which has been helpful to me

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 in thinking about the life of our church,

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 both the things that we ought

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 to be doing together,

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 the programs we should have in place,

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 and the things that we ought not,

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 the things that shouldn't be programmed,

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 the things that shouldn't be organic,

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 that should be happening

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 as a result of the work of the Spirit

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 in your lives.

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 There's a book called

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 The Trellis and the Vine,

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 which is written by,

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 co-written two guys,

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 Colin Marshall and Tony Payne.

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 And there's a wonderful analogy

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 which the title of the book

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 is based off of,

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 and I'm going to read it to you

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 and give a little bit

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 of explanation to it.

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 I hope this will help

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 get your head going

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 in the right direction as well.

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 What does, in a general sense,

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 discipleship look like?

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 How should it be played out

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 in our day-to-day living

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 with one another?

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 I think it's Tony Payne.

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 I think it's Tony Payne

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 that's writing in chapter one.

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 We have two trellises

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 in our backyard.

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 Do you guys all know

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 what a trellis is?

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 It's a thing that's on the side

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 of your house

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 that supports a vine?

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 We have two trellises

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 in our backyard.

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 The one attached

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 to the back wall of the garage

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 is a very fine piece

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 of latticework.

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 I wish I could claim it

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 as my own creation,

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 but I cannot.

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 It is sturdy and dependable

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 and neatly designed,

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 and the Federation green paintwork

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 has been kept fresh.

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 It lacks only one thing,

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 a vine.

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 Tony Payne is Australian,

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 so Federation green

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 is a color

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 that they would understand there.

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 Kelly green

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 would be our version of it.

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 Imagine there once was a vine,

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 unless, oh, I'm sorry,

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 I imagine there once was a vine,

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 unless the construction

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 of the trellis

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 was one of those handyman tasks

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 that took so long

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 that in the end,

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 no one got around

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 to planting something

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 to grow on it.

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 Someone certainly put a lot

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 of time and care

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 into building it.

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 It's almost a work of art,

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 but if there was ever

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 a vine that laced itself

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 around this beautiful trellis,

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 there is now no trace of it.

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 The other trellis

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 leans up against the side fence

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 and is barely visible

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 beneath a flourishing

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 jasmine vine.

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 With some fertilizer

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 and an occasional watering,

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 the jasmine keeps thrusting

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 out new shoots,

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 winding its way across,

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 up,

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 and over the fence,

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 putting out its delicate

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 white flowers

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 as the warmth of spring approaches.

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 Some pruning is needed

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 every now and then,

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 and some weeding

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 around the base.

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 I've also had to spray it

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 once or twice

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 to stop caterpillars

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 from feasting

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 on the juicy green leaves,

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 but the jasmine

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 just keeps growing.

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 It's hard to tell

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 what condition the trellis

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 is under the jasmine,

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 but at the few points

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 where it is still visible,

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 I can see that it hasn't

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 been painted

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 in a long time.

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 At one end,

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 it has been pried

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.420
 off the fence

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 by the insistent fingers

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 of the jasmine,

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 and although I have tried

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 to reattach it

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 more than once,

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 it is useless.

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 The jasmine

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 has taken over.

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 I know I'll have to do

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 something about this

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 in the long term,

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 because eventually

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 the weight of the jasmine

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 will pull the trellis

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 off the fence altogether,

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 and the whole thing

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 will collapse.

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 I've often thought

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 of taking a cutting

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 from the jasmine

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 and seeing if it will grow

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 on the beautiful

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 but vacant trellis

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 on the garage,

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 although it almost

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 seems a shame

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 to cover it up.

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 And in the book,

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 they go on to talk

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 about how the church

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 is so often

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 very distracted

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 with what they call

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 trellis work,

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 which is important

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 and necessary

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 to support the vine,

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 the programs,

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 the administrative things

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.740
 that we do,

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 but we get so captivated

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.660
 by those things

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.960
 that we lose track

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.480
 of the vine work,

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.800
 the people work,

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 the heart work.

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 And the way

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.060
 that we do this

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 is we simply apply

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 the gospel to one another

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 in so many situations,

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 in all the various ways

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 that we ought to be doing

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 that's given to us

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 in the scriptures,

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 rather than creating

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 program after program

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 after program

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 after program

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 after program.

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 There's a little need.

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 We must have a ministry

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.819
 to meet that need.

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 Our lives are ministry.

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 There's a ministry,

00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:15.659
 right?

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 And that is discipleship.

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 So begin to see things.

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 Start to think about things

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 in terms of trellis and vine,

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 and I hope in your life

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 there's much more weight

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 given to the vine work

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 that is so,

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 so very necessary.

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 Now certainly

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 in a more specific sense,

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 discipleship can mean something,

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 and this is where we tend

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 to have this narrow idea of it,

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 but it is valuable

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:38.059
 as a narrow idea,

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 and that takes place

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 in more planned,

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 more organized,

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 one-to-one discipleship,

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 or one-to-two,

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 or three,

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 or four,

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 or five.

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 Many of you

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 who have been involved

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 in campus ministries here

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 are very familiar

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 with this type of discipleship,

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 and this is a type

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 of discipleship

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 that takes place

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.420
 in our church as well.

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 There are many,

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.579
 many people

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 in our church

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.140
 that are involved

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 in some form

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.459
 of discipleship group

00:24:03.459 --> 00:24:05.279
 that meet in various ways.

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.759
 I've got a couple of guys,

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.599
 we meet together,

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:08.259
 and we just finished

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.519
 reading a biography together,

00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.599
 and now we're going to study

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:12.059
 the book of Acts together.

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.219
 I know there are a lot

00:24:13.219 --> 00:24:14.199
 of people who are gathering.

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.439
 It's so encouraging to me

00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:16.139
 that you're coming up here

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.899
 on Sunday afternoons

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.619
 and using the building.

00:24:17.919 --> 00:24:18.479
 The other Sunday,

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:20.179
 I couldn't find a space to go

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:21.039
 because there are little groups

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.959
 meeting all over the place.

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:23.299
 They hadn't even talked to me

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.819
 about being here,

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.659
 but I didn't care.

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.359
 Like, come on,

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.979
 use the building.

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.779
 Meet around the scriptures

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.000
 and encourage one another

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.739
 to love and good works.

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.879
 These activities

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 are taking place.

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 And what I'd like to say to you

00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:35.900
 is that it should be happening

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.720
 in a higher degree.

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.520
 There should be more

00:24:37.520 --> 00:24:38.940
 of this going on.

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.060
 Spurring one another on.

00:24:40.280 --> 00:24:40.960
 Encouraging one another.

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.880
 Loving each other

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.760
 with the gospel.

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 So turn with me a little

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:45.580
 to Titus chapter 2.

00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:48.420
 If you can believe it,

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.500
 this is our main text for today.

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.920
 Although,

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.980
 I'm just going to glean

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.780
 some things out of it.

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.400
 We're not going to look

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.440
 at every bit of it.

00:24:57.520 --> 00:24:58.860
 There's much to be said

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.119
 about this chapter

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:01.839
 that I just won't have time

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.859
 for today.

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.939
 But there are a few things,

00:25:04.199 --> 00:25:05.139
 some characteristics

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:07.119
 of discipleship,

00:25:07.179 --> 00:25:07.799
 five in fact,

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.619
 that I want to pull out

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.199
 of this text

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 to show you

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.799
 how is it that we're meant

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.859
 to be going about this work.

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.240
 It's a short chapter.

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:18.899
 We're going to read

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:20.759
 all of Titus chapter 2 together.

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:24.839
 This is Paul's letter to Titus.

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 But as for you,

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.939
 teach what accords

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:29.059
 with sound doctrine.

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.039
 I just want to remind you

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.579
 that Titus is a man.

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 So he's going to give

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 some instruction to men.

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.359
 Titus is a man

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.859
 in this environment.

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.740
 But as for you,

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.459
 teach what accords

00:25:37.459 --> 00:25:38.839
 with sound doctrine.

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.659
 Older men are to be

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.220
 sober-minded,

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.839
 dignified,

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.639
 self-controlled,

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.779
 sound in faith,

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.480
 in love,

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 and in steadfastness.

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.919
 Older women, likewise,

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.240
 are to be reverent in behavior,

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.240
 not slanders

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.859
 or slaves to much wine.

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.919
 They are to teach

00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.679
 what is good.

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 And so train the younger women

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.840
 to love their husbands

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.340
 and children,

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.240
 to be self-controlled,

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.779
 pure,

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.960
 working at home,

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.620
 kind,

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.240
 and submissive

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.080
 to their own husbands,

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.340
 that the word of God

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:03.560
 may not be reviled.

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.120
 Likewise,

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.340
 urge the younger men

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:07.240
 to be self-controlled.

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.360
 Show yourself in all respects

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.940
 to be a model of good works,

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.880
 and in your teaching

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.660
 show integrity,

00:26:13.060 --> 00:26:13.360
 dignity,

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.480
 and sound speech

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.519
 that cannot be condemned,

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:17.060
 so that an opponent

00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:18.120
 may be put to shame,

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.200
 having nothing evil

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.120
 to say about us.

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.960
 Slaves are to be submissive

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.700
 to their own masters

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.140
 and everything.

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.600
 They are to be well-pleasing,

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.540
 not argumentative,

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:26.560
 not pilfering,

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:27.780
 but showing all good faith,

00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.240
 so that in everything

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.160
 they may adorn the doctrine

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.320
 of God our Savior.

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:33.100
 For the grace of God

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.560
 has appeared,

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.380
 bringing salvation

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.180
 for all people,

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.480
 training us to renounce

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.120
 ungodliness

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:38.240
 and worldly passions,

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.580
 and to live self-controlled,

00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.520
 upright,

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.480
 and godly lives

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.360
 in the present age,

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.980
 waiting for our blessed hope,

00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:45.520
 the appearing of the glory

00:26:45.520 --> 00:26:46.680
 of our great God and Savior,

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.620
 Jesus Christ,

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.160
 who gave himself for us

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.780
 to redeem us

00:26:49.780 --> 00:26:50.700
 from all lawlessness,

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.720
 and to purify for himself

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:54.620
 a people for his own possession

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.819
 who are zealous

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:57.019
 for good works.

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.779
 Declare these things,

00:26:59.100 --> 00:27:00.480
 exhort and rebuke

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.660
 with all authority.

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:04.279
 Let no one disregard you.

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.759
 So in this,

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:07.519
 we see this charge

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:09.100
 to life together.

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.240
 In fact,

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.799
 many people will refer

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.519
 to this chapter

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:14.319
 as Titus 2 ministry,

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.140
 the way in which

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:16.539
 the generation before

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.819
 is meant to invest

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.460
 in the generation

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:20.319
 that's coming along.

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.000
 Firstly,

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:25.599
 discipleship is personal.

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.980
 Discipleship is personal.

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:30.980
 It necessitates relationship.

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.980
 Relationship in which

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.480
 there is transparency

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.940
 and honesty.

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.799
 So many people

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.139
 are parts of churches

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:40.859
 and the people in that church

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:43.440
 really don't know them.

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.940
 No one in that church

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:46.159
 really knows them.

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.820
 In fact,

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.420
 I think this is one

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.259
 of the great reasons

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.200
 that the mega church

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.019
 is on the rise

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.540
 because people don't like

00:27:51.540 --> 00:27:53.040
 to be made uncomfortable.

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:55.220
 People want to melt

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.040
 into the back

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:57.700
 and melt back out.

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:59.240
 No one knows

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.180
 if they're there

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.420
 or not.

00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.779
 Sam and I went to

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:05.060
 a new hamburger place,

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:06.019
 a place called Burger 21

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.040
 down by the Mall of Georgia.

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.980
 My brother-in-law's brother

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.640
 owns it,

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.400
 so if you're in the area,

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.600
 go support him.

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.080
 He's a good guy.

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:14.319
 We're sitting there

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.039
 and we ended up

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.559
 with a table

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.000
 really close to the soda fountain

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.759
 and people are going

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.480
 and coming and going

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.740
 and we ran into

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.779
 a lot of people

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.139
 that we knew

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.779
 that we hadn't seen

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.480
 in a long time

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.299
 like my middle school

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.939
 health teacher.

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.259
 An interesting night

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:29.019
 and Sam ran into

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.460
 a lot of people

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.500
 that she had grown up

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.699
 in church with

00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:33.220
 and in their conversation,

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.019
 many of them

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.740
 told her

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.799
 where they were now

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.939
 fellowshipping,

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.939
 where they were attending

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.779
 to church

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.880
 and it was

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:42.200
 all the same place.

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.740
 Every single person,

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:45.039
 every single one of them

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.940
 was the same place

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.080
 and I didn't

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:48.220
 but as a sociological experiment

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.840
 I really wanted

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.559
 to get up on the table

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.320
 and just get them

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.380
 all to raise their hands,

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.180
 anybody who fellowshiped,

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.759
 attended this place

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.920
 and then see how many of them

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:57.420
 actually knew each other

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.700
 because as I watched them

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.340
 they didn't seem

00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:00.019
 to have a clue.

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.100
 They didn't have a clue

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.720
 that they all

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.820
 actually were part

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:04.440
 participating in

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.880
 the life

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:06.120
 of a local fellowship.

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:08.200
 It's easier

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.299
 that way.

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.700
 But discipleship,

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.319
 growing,

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.319
 practicing,

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:14.440
 employing this grace

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.140
 that's given to us

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.620
 by God,

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.240
 the church

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:18.380
 is going to require

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.340
 relationship.

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.360
 It's going to be

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.039
 personal.

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.100
 It's going to hurt

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:24.120
 at times.

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.680
 It's going to cause you

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.640
 to have to drop

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.640
 the facade.

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.259
 Take off the

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.880
 front stage makeup

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.600
 and let people

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.500
 into the backstage

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.819
 of your life.

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.220
 Show them the mess.

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:37.019
 It's important.

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.840
 It's the best thing

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.439
 that can happen

00:29:38.439 --> 00:29:40.480
 in the pursual of Christ.

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.299
 Tell people

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.699
 how much you need

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.359
 His grace.

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:45.079
 Encourage them

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.959
 to preach the gospel

00:29:45.959 --> 00:29:46.539
 to you.

00:29:48.699 --> 00:29:49.720
 Look at verse 7

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.259
 of chapter 2

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.819
 of Titus.

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.099
 See,

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.779
 his exhortation

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.319
 to Titus

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.959
 is to show

00:29:55.959 --> 00:29:56.720
 yourself

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.819
 in all respects

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.740
 to be a model

00:29:58.740 --> 00:30:00.139
 of good works.

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.579
 To have people

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.799
 walk along with you

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.959
 to model for them

00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:05.159
 what good works

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:06.139
 look like.

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.920
 And to show

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.460
 in the teaching

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.100
 integrity,

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.020
 dignity,

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.759
 sound speech

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.320
 that can't be

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:12.780
 condemned.

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.020
 So that an opponent

00:30:14.020 --> 00:30:14.820
 can just be put to shame.

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.500
 They have nothing evil

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:17.200
 to say about you

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.800
 or about us.

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.140
 There's other

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.820
 personal language

00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:21.580
 in the text as well

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:22.640
 like train

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:24.340
 and urge.

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.160
 Verse 15,

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:26.040
 exhort

00:30:26.040 --> 00:30:28.020
 and rebuke.

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.980
 We are meant

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.000
 to be in relationship

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.000
 with one another

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.819
 and discipleship

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.720
 must be

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.680
 personal.

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.460
 Ecclesiastes 4,

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.240
 9 and 10

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.500
 says,

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.559
 Two are better

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.079
 than one

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.119
 because they have

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:40.059
 a good reward

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:41.220
 for their toil.

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:43.319
 For if they fall,

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.940
 one will lift up

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.440
 his fellow.

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:47.099
 But woe to him

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.660
 who is alone

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.200
 when he falls

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.119
 and has not another

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:50.539
 to lift him up.

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.779
 Personal.

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.380
 A person who is there

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.299
 who witnesses

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.940
 the fall,

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.140
 who catches you

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:57.039
 in the process of it

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.559
 and lifts you

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.660
 back up.

00:30:59.340 --> 00:31:00.340
 Galatians 6,

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.240
 2 says,

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.080
 Bear one another's

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.740
 burdens

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:05.500
 and so fulfill

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:07.160
 the law of Christ.

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.720
 And I believe

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.820
 what Paul is referring

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.779
 to there

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.940
 is when Jesus says

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.660
 that he's giving

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.480
 to them a new law

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.000
 and that is

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.660
 that you love

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:15.480
 one another.

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:17.040
 Of great importance.

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.900
 Discipleship is

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.600
 personal.

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.019
 Secondly,

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:21.160
 discipleship is

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.640
 theological.

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.540
 Discipleship is

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:25.620
 theological.

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:27.640
 Don't be misled.

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:27.680
 Instead,

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.180
 just getting together

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.880
 and talking

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.940
 about your problems

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.620
 does not mean

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.480
 you're part

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.400
 of a discipleship

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.280
 process.

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:35.960
 Getting together

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.980
 and venting out

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:38.160
 the issues of your life,

00:31:38.780 --> 00:31:39.900
 giving trite

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.740
 pop psychology

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.040
 answers to those things

00:31:42.040 --> 00:31:43.040
 isn't really helpful

00:31:43.040 --> 00:31:44.080
 or good for anybody.

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.820
 Discipleship

00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:46.980
 is centered around

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.560
 the Word of God.

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.620
 The Word of God

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.520
 is centered around

00:31:50.520 --> 00:31:52.220
 the Gospel of God.

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.320
 This is the treatment

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:54.620
 for all of our ills.

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.780
 This is the encouragement

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.660
 to love

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.759
 and to good works.

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.460
 Discipleship must be

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.259
 theological.

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.220
 Again, look at our text.

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:03.099
 Titus chapter 2

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:04.680
 verse 1

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.579
 But as for you,

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.200
 teach what accords

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:09.519
 with sound doctrine.

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.139
 An exhortation

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:12.559
 to older women.

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.399
 Last half of verse 3.

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:16.039
 They are to teach

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.759
 what is good.

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.619
 Verse 5

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.639
 The activity

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.559
 that the younger women

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.480
 are supposed to be about.

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:21.960
 The older women

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.819
 are supposed to be teaching them.

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.420
 This activity

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.799
 that they're supposed

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.220
 to be about.

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.220
 Paul says

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.480
 that the Word of God

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:28.779
 may not be reviled.

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.740
 There's a practice

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:31.099
 that is in line

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.759
 with the things

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.539
 that God is teaching.

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.119
 Verse 15

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:35.519
 Paul says

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.599
 Declare these things.

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.379
 Exhort and rebuke

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.980
 with all authority.

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.819
 Let no one

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:40.680
 disregard you.

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.619
 And back into verse 10

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.119
 the activity

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.940
 of the bondservant

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.680
 is meant to be

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.619
 a display

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:47.259
 so that in everything

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.599
 they may adorn

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.940
 the doctrine

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:51.680
 of God our Savior.

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:53.840
 This is the activity

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.480
 of discipleship.

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.720
 It is theological.

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:57.060
 Growing people

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:58.799
 with the truth.

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.880
 This is the expression

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.460
 given to us

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.500
 in Ephesians 4

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.240
 of the activity

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.860
 of the church

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:04.019
 beginning in verse 11.

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.380
 And He being Jesus

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.519
 gave the apostles

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.039
 the prophets

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.740
 the evangelists

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.360
 the shepherds

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.360
 and teachers.

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:10.140
 I think these are

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.799
 things that are still active.

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:13.340
 So apostles

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:14.380
 little A

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.620
 not apostles big A

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.860
 and prophets

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:18.640
 not vision seers

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.380
 but those who are

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.180
 calling people back

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.080
 to the truth of God.

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.299
 Evangelists

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.660
 those who are

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.259
 particularly gifted

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.759
 in the sharing

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.279
 of their faith.

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.480
 Shepherds and teachers

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.000
 which I believe

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.880
 is one thing

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.500
 but those who are

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:29.019
 called to pastor people

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.080
 these gifts given

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:31.060
 to the church.

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.660
 Verse 12

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:33.259
 to equip the saints

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.539
 for the work of ministry

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.000
 for the building

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.940
 of the body of Christ.

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.840
 So the work

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.500
 is then given

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.700
 to the church

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.480
 this work

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:41.060
 that's multifaceted

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:42.340
 that involves everybody

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:44.440
 the body building itself.

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.039
 Right?

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.480
 So you're giving

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.120
 and equipping

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:47.360
 that you might minister

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.460
 to one another.

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.160
 Verse 13

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.420
 until we all attain

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.120
 to the unity

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:52.519
 of the faith

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.900
 of the knowledge

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:55.100
 of the Son of God.

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.080
 It's very doctrinal

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.860
 is it not?

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:58.700
 To mature manhood

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.660
 to the measure

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.480
 of the stature

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.120
 of the fullness

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.779
 of Christ

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.080
 so that we may

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:04.779
 no longer be children

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.860
 tossed to and fro

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.640
 by the waves

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.980
 and carried about

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:09.780
 by every wind

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.639
 of doctrine.

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.019
 We'll be able

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.099
 to stand firm

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:13.539
 because we have been taught

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:15.079
 because our discipleship

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.240
 is theological.

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.720
 By human cunning

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.480
 by craftiness

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.299
 and deceitful schemes

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:20.019
 rather

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:21.959
 speaking the truth

00:34:21.959 --> 00:34:23.039
 in love.

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.099
 We are to grow up

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.459
 in every way

00:34:24.459 --> 00:34:24.759
 into him

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.319
 who is the head

00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.980
 into Christ

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.939
 from whom the whole body

00:34:26.939 --> 00:34:28.459
 joined and held together

00:34:28.459 --> 00:34:29.059
 by every joint

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.739
 with which it is equipped

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.799
 when each part

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:32.059
 is working properly

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.699
 makes the body grow

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.399
 so that it builds

00:34:34.399 --> 00:34:35.359
 itself up

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:35.959
 in love.

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.059
 Do you see the expression

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:38.059
 given there

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:39.179
 of the way in which

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.939
 we're meant to be

00:34:39.939 --> 00:34:40.759
 ministering

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.739
 the word of God

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.339
 to one another?

00:34:42.459 --> 00:34:43.159
 Discipleship is

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.379
 theological.

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:46.640
 2 Timothy 3.16

00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:48.000
 Familiar?

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.079
 Children?

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.440
 You ready?

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.599
 All scriptures

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.440
 breed that by God

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.440
 and profitable for teaching

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.740
 for reproof

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.940
 for correction

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.380
 and for training

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.980
 in righteousness

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.880
 and for their sake

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.740
 we didn't go on

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.320
 to verse 17

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.980
 but I would encourage

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.539
 you to know

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.960
 that the man of God

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:03.320
 may be complete

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.140
 equipped

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:05.579
 for every

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.519
 good work.

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.559
 So it is the tool

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.680
 put in our hands

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.519
 by which we

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.440
 grow one another

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.920
 in faith.

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.900
 The Holy Bible

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.680
 is our guide

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.460
 and our rule

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.299
 for holiness

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:16.859
 so it must be

00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.219
 employed

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:18.339
 in the making

00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:19.619
 of disciples.

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.179
 So discipleship

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:22.519
 is theological.

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.599
 But not just that

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.500
 discipleship

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.119
 is also

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:27.699
 practical.

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.259
 It's also practical

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:30.960
 which means

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.339
 it takes

00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:31.899
 an investment

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:33.319
 of time.

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.839
 It's important

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.139
 beloved

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.539
 that we

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.139
 are saying

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.699
 to one another

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.659
 not simply

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.739
 do as I say

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.359
 but also

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:41.039
 do as I

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.139
 do.

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.559
 Look at the

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.980
 instruction

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.599
 for the way

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:44.980
 in which

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.480
 people are

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.940
 meant to

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.779
 live

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.299
 in Titus

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.000
 chapter 2

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.179
 verse 2

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.859
 older men

00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:50.460
 we get this

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.179
 list of things

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.719
 sober minded

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.219
 dignified

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.839
 self-controlled

00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:53.899
 sound in faith

00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:54.299
 and love

00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:55.019
 and instead

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.440
 facets

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.139
 it's meant

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.539
 to be a

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.099
 display

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.739
 it's meant

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.099
 to be a

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.279
 thing

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:58.759
 that's being

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.480
 modeled

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.000
 older women

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.519
 likewise

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.079
 reverent in

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.460
 behavior

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.259
 not slanders

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.739
 or slaves

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.000
 to much

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.440
 wine

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.399
 there to

00:36:04.399 --> 00:36:04.559
 teach

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:04.799
 what is

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.239
 good

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.940
 so train

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.259
 the young

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.460
 women

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.759
 to love

00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:07.139
 their husbands

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.559
 and children

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:07.799
 to be

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.199
 self-controlled

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.659
 pure

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.619
 working at

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.859
 home

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.359
 kind

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:10.779
 and submissive

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.079
 to their own

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.279
 husbands

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:14.199
 likewise

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:15.079
 urge the

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.619
 younger men

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.440
 to be

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:17.079
 self-controlled

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.159
 bond servants

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.440
 are given

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.019
 some instruction

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.299
 here

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.619
 servants

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:19.819
 will be

00:36:19.819 --> 00:36:20.460
 submissive

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.719
 to their

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.219
 own masters

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:22.579
 well-pleasing

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.659
 not argumentative

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.980
 not pilfering

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.819
 but showing

00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:26.159
 all good

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.480
 faith

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.719
 so that

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.019
 everything

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.259
 that may

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:27.579
 adorn

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.399
 the doctrine

00:36:28.399 --> 00:36:29.179
 of God

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.940
 our Savior

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.839
 and here's

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.179
 a great

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.919
 tragedy

00:36:31.919 --> 00:36:32.659
 in our

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.039
 culture

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.460
 we become

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.440
 such high-minded

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:34.919
 Christians

00:36:34.919 --> 00:36:36.599
 that we

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.359
 either think

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:38.139
 only those

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.579
 who have

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.159
 such great

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.719
 depth

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.319
 of theological

00:36:40.319 --> 00:36:40.899
 education

00:36:40.899 --> 00:36:41.299
 have any

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:41.839
 business

00:36:41.839 --> 00:36:42.259
 teaching

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:42.800
 anybody

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.940
 anything

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:45.200
 we have

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.880
 a tragedy

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.480
 in that

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.100
 or

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.540
 that we

00:36:47.540 --> 00:36:47.700
 think

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.080
 because

00:36:48.080 --> 00:36:48.340
 we

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:48.900
 don't

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.700
 we have

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.020
 nothing

00:36:50.020 --> 00:36:50.680
 to offer

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:51.440
 anybody

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.900
 else

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.700
 and talking

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.060
 with some

00:36:53.060 --> 00:36:53.380
 of the

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.340
 non-college

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.700
 adults

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.100
 in our

00:36:55.100 --> 00:36:55.600
 church

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:56.900
 many of

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.160
 you are

00:36:57.160 --> 00:36:57.640
 intimidated

00:36:57.640 --> 00:36:58.380
 by the

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.000
 knowledge

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:00.220
 of the

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.800
 students

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.200
 that are

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:01.520
 in our

00:37:01.520 --> 00:37:02.000
 church

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:03.360
 but they

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.780
 need to

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.500
 see your

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.500
 faithfulness

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.780
 to the

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.020
 word of

00:37:06.020 --> 00:37:06.240
 God

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.640
 modeled

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.120
 out

00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:07.720
 right

00:37:07.720 --> 00:37:08.240
 again

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.580
 like I

00:37:08.580 --> 00:37:08.800
 mentioned

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.120
 before

00:37:09.120 --> 00:37:09.460
 the way

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.700
 in which

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:10.120
 you love

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:10.860
 your wife

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.099
 and your

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.500
 children

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.000
 vice

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.320
 versa

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.740
 wives

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:12.920
 the way

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.140
 you love

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.680
 your husbands

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:14.579
 and lead

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.019
 your children

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.460
 this is an

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.380
 important thing

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.380
 see the

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.840
 faithfulness

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.380
 in working

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:19.140
 a job

00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:20.280
 holding down

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.680
 the nine

00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:21.280
 to five

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:22.039
 they need

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.340
 to hear

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.780
 about how

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.160
 you've

00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:23.440
 learned

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.980
 to glorify

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.300
 God

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.599
 in the

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.079
 mundane

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.720
 things

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.820
 of life

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.880
 college students

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.539
 have no

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.400
 idea

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.180
 how much

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.559
 time is

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.780
 going to be

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.220
 spent in

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:31.740
 a home

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.360
 washing

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.900
 dishes

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.599
 and

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.519
 clothes

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.380
 and cleaning

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.920
 floors

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.180
 just

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:37.400
 clueless

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:37.640
 for the

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.140
 most part

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.880
 and it's

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.460
 shocking to

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.700
 them when

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:39.900
 they get

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.180
 to this

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.420
 point

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:40.800
 how do

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:40.980
 I

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.820
 worship

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.300
 God

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.480
 in

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.980
 these

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.740
 things

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.700
 it's

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:44.940
 amazing

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.180
 to hear

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:45.579
 the stories

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:45.920
 of young

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.180
 people

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.539
 who have

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.139
 gone off

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.460
 to be

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.099
 foreign

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.800
 missionaries

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.220
 they've

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:50.079
 romanticized

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.180
 it

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.440
 they think

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.559
 it's

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.660
 going to

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:50.960
 be such

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.760
 a fantastic

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.240
 it's

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:52.380
 going to

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.820
 be so

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.619
 radical

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.180
 and they

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.420
 realize

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.639
 when they

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:55.280
 get there

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:55.880
 they have

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.240
 to wash

00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:56.700
 dishes

00:37:56.700 --> 00:37:57.340
 and do

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.700
 laundry

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:57.980
 but it

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.340
 just takes

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.940
 twice as

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.260
 long

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:00.280
 all of

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.320
 the mundane

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.840
 things of

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.440
 life go

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.880
 along

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.840
 with them

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:05.440
 and you

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:05.860
 have such

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.500
 opportunity

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.260
 to show

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.660
 them how

00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:08.220
 to walk

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.279
 these things

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:10.339
 out together

00:38:10.339 --> 00:38:10.839
 there's got

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.259
 to be a

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:11.899
 practical

00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:13.119
 side to

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.699
 discipleship

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.339
 not just

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:15.359
 teaching things

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.079
 but modeling

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.559
 it out

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.519
 as well

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.379
 so discipleship

00:38:18.379 --> 00:38:18.639
 is

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.699
 practical

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:21.500
 discipleship

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.759
 is

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:23.039
 humble

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:25.179
 fourthly

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.919
 discipleship

00:38:25.919 --> 00:38:26.899
 is humble

00:38:26.899 --> 00:38:28.739
 both for

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.059
 the

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.980
 disciple

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.440
 e

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.880
 and the

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.219
 disciple

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.840
 and i'm

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.539
 really pretty

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.920
 sure i just

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.260
 made both

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.579
 those words

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:34.860
 up

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:37.800
 verse 11

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.240
 says for

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:38.679
 the grace

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.240
 of god

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.980
 has appeared

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:41.000
 bringing salvation

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.679
 for all people

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.260
 verse 12

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:43.559
 training us

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.659
 to renounce

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.440
 ungodliness

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.099
 and worldly

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.860
 passions and

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:47.139
 to live

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.800
 self-controlled

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.360
 upright

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.380
 and godly

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.300
 lives in

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:50.699
 the present

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.679
 age for

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.119
 the grace

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.699
 of god

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.380
 being

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.199
 christ

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:55.599
 and now

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.059
 by his

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.519
 spirit

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.960
 with the

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.579
 primary use

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.099
 of the word

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.960
 we are being

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.739
 trained in

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.079
 the way

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.420
 that we

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:01.980
 should live

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.500
 as i said

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.000
 before

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:04.179
 this is a

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:05.019
 mighty work

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:06.059
 of god

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:07.519
 so to grow

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.159
 in faith

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.839
 in the activity

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.779
 of discipleship

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:10.799
 either as the

00:39:10.799 --> 00:39:11.819
 recipient of it

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.239
 or the

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:13.659
 leader of it

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.659
 is a humbling

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.239
 thing because

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:16.179
 we need him

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:17.639
 we need him

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.539
 to work in us

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.219
 and through us

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:20.339
 you ought to

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:21.539
 feel the weight

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.559
 of being a

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.199
 discipler

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.739
 you ought to

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.319
 go god

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:25.219
 i'm not sufficient

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.960
 for this task

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.579
 but praise you

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.559
 i am in

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.599
 christ

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.739
 this is the

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.219
 thing i shared

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:30.519
 with you

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.159
 as i got up

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.480
 here this

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.799
 morning

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:33.480
 i tremble

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.199
 to preach

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:35.019
 god's word

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.639
 and it doesn't

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:36.119
 matter if this

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.920
 room is filled

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.480
 or if there's

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.500
 only five people

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.699
 to speak of the

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.360
 word of god

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:41.059
 and to say

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:42.079
 this is what

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.920
 it means

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.759
 just causes

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:44.500
 me to

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.920
 shudder

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.739
 the weight

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.259
 of that type

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.619
 of thing

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.619
 i need

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.420
 god's

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:49.000
 intervention

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.539
 to help

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:49.860
 me do

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.079
 it

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.799
 rightly

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:52.179
 it is my

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.779
 prayer that

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.119
 when i

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.619
 err you

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:54.199
 just forget

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.639
 about what

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:55.119
 i said

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:56.159
 what a blessing

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.719
 that is

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.099
 that's actually

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.480
 happened

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.860
 i've actually

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.159
 said i'm

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.679
 really sorry

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.539
 that i said

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.059
 this and people

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.320
 have gone

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.740
 you didn't

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.119
 say that

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.360
 i'm like

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:02.679
 i'll show

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:02.920
 you the

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.219
 note

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.760
 i did

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.119
 i did

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.460
 in fact

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.900
 say it

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.440
 but people

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.960
 just forget

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.219
 it

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:06.820
 altogether

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.380
 it's a

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:08.240
 very humbling

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:08.800
 experience

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:09.860
 to walk

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.579
 into these

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:10.980
 types of

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.500
 situations

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.960
 and to

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.219
 share

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:12.740
 in this

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:12.920
 way

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.199
 because

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.740
 god's

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.019
 power

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.300
 is at

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:14.579
 work

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.340
 in it

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.539
 i want

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.860
 us to

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.199
 as

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:17.639
 disciples

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.380
 have

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.820
 the

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.240
 mind

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.420
 of

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.659
 paul

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:19.880
 he says

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.000
 in

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.139
 first

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.579
 corinthians

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:20.880
 three

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.240
 five

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.400
 through

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:21.740
 seven

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.419
 what

00:40:22.419 --> 00:40:22.699
 then

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:22.819
 is

00:40:22.819 --> 00:40:23.500
 apollos

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.099
 what

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.319
 is

00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:24.819
 paul

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.859
 servants

00:40:25.859 --> 00:40:26.139
 through

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.559
 whom

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:26.759
 you

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.239
 believe

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:27.519
 as

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:27.639
 the

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:27.779
 lord

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.099
 assigned

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.239
 to

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:28.599
 each

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.119
 i

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.519
 planted

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.419
 apollos

00:40:30.419 --> 00:40:31.019
 watered

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.459
 but

00:40:31.459 --> 00:40:31.979
 god

00:40:31.979 --> 00:40:32.259
 gave

00:40:32.259 --> 00:40:32.419
 the

00:40:32.419 --> 00:40:32.839
 growth

00:40:32.839 --> 00:40:33.599
 so

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:33.839
 neither

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.159
 he

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:34.339
 who

00:40:34.339 --> 00:40:34.719
 plants

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:34.899
 nor

00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:35.059
 he

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.219
 who

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.559
 waters

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:35.839
 is

00:40:35.839 --> 00:40:36.439
 anything

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.240
 but

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:37.639
 only

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.099
 god

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.579
 who

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.000
 gives

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.599
 the

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 growth

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 that's

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.260
 massively

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.880
 humbling

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.579
 to see

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:42.860
 people

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.300
 grow

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:43.519
 in

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.920
 faith

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.260
 by

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:44.440
 the

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.659
 work

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:44.860
 that

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.019
 i

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.320
 do

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:45.980
 it

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 causes

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.500
 me

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.619
 to

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:46.760
 give

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.260
 all

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:47.700
 praise

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:48.099
 in

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.280
 honor

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.420
 to

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.559
 him

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:48.760
 because

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.099
 i'm

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.300
 an

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:49.599
 idiot

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.860
 but

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.000
 he

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.320
 uses

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.840
 me

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:52.440
 to

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.860
 accomplish

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.200
 his

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:53.519
 will

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.200
 in

00:40:54.200 --> 00:40:54.380
 many

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.659
 ways

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:54.780
 in

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:54.960
 many

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.340
 cases

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:56.980
 you

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.159
 may

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.340
 not

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:57.619
 think

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:57.780
 that

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:57.880
 you

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.039
 have

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.400
 anything

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.039
 to

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.500
 offer

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.539
 anyone

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:00.980
 else

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.960
 you

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.159
 may

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.679
 doubt

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.420
 your

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:04.240
 ability

00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:05.500
!

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.679
 you

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:08.079
 in

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.400
 many

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:09.000
 ways

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.220
 you

00:41:09.220 --> 00:41:09.420
 must

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.720
 check

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:09.880
 the

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.240
 condition

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:10.460
 of

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:10.599
 your

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.039
 heart

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.500
 because

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.700
 what

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:11.920
 you're

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.240
 really

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.679
 doing

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:12.940
 is

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.599
 denying

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:13.840
 that

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.300
 god

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:14.460
 is

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:14.880
 powerful

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.119
 to

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.340
 work

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.639
 in

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:15.920
 you

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.380
 to

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:16.760
 accomplish

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.200
 anything

00:41:17.200 --> 00:41:17.360
 in

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:17.539
 anyone

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.880
 else's

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.220
 life

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:18.940
 you're

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.200
 saying

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:19.400
 that

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.780
 he

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:20.200
 can't

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.740
 possibly

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.260
 use

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:21.980
 you

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.960
 to

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.099
 do

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.260
 his

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:23.659
 work

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.599
 i'll

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:24.720
 tell

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:24.820
 you

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.039
 this

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.420
 god

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.619
 can

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:25.800
 do

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.260
 whatever

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:26.619
 he

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.119
 wants

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.400
 to

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:29.159
 it

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.300
 is

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:29.500
 good

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:29.619
 to

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:29.760
 be

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.059
 humble

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.280
 it

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.420
 is

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:30.639
 good

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:30.820
 to

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.139
 walk

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.360
 into

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.700
 that

00:41:31.700 --> 00:41:31.700


00:41:31.700 --> 00:41:32.780
 desiring

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:36.559
 you

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:36.780
 will

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:37.559
 rely

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:37.940
 on

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.500
 his

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:40.079
 grace

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:41.840
 there's

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.019
 much

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.460
 promise

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:42.639
 in

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:42.780
 our

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.200
 church

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:45.320
 i

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:45.599
 in

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.220
 earthly

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:46.659
 terms

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:46.800
 in

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.139
 human

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.500
 terms

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:47.659
 am

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.119
 intimidated

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.380
 by

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.559
 some

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:48.659
 of

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:48.720
 the

00:41:48.720 --> 00:41:48.980
 people

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.599
 in

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:49.800
 our

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.559
 church

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:52.519
 charles

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:52.800
 spurgeon

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.000
 once

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.139
 said

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:53.320
 a

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.539
 wet

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:53.980
 stone

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.960
 though

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.139
 it

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.480
 cannot

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:55.820
 cut

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:56.000
 a

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:56.159
 wet

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.400
 stone

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:56.579
 is

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:56.760
 a

00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:57.300
 stone

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.500
 made

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.659
 for

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:57.960
 sharpening

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.240
 knives

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:59.039
 a

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.280
 wet

00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.280


00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.639
 stone

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.119
 though

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.280
 it

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:00.559
 cannot

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.039
 cut

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.699
 may

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.199
 sharpen

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:02.559
 a

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:02.980
 knife

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.880
 that

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.340
 will

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:05.559
 god

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:05.980
 uses

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.240
 us

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:06.360
 in

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.599
 all

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:06.719
 of

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:06.860
 our

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.219
 various

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.539
 ways

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:07.679
 and

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:07.840
 all

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:07.940
 of

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.059
 our

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.480
 various

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:09.639
 giftings

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:09.980
 even

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.300
 in

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.539
 our

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.340
 inability

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:12.340
 to

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.679
 disciple

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:13.099
 people

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.280
 so

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:13.400
 as

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.500
 a

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:13.940
 discipler

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.099
 it's

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.659
 incredibly

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:15.679
 humbling

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:15.679


00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.940
 proverbs

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:20.240
 1

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:20.480
 5

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:20.719
 says

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:20.880
 let

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.019
 the

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.420
 wise

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.320
 hear

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:22.860
 and

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.219
 increase

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:23.360
 in

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:23.599
 learning

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:23.719
 and

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:23.820
 the

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:23.960
 one

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.059
 who

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.659
 understands

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:25.820
 obtain

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.980
 guidance

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:28.420
 proverbs

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:28.659
 3

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.039
 7

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.280
 be

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:29.440
 not

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.780
 wise

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:29.900
 in

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.019
 your

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.320
 own

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.820
 eyes

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:31.719
 fear

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:31.940
 the

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.300
 Lord

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:32.860
 and

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.059
 turn

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.440
 away

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:33.840
 from

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.719
 evil

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:36.300
 some

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:36.559
 people

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:36.820
 may

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:37.599
 think

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:38.079
 themselves

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.659
 above

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:40.019
 discipleship

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:41.920
 I'm

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.240
 not

00:42:42.240 --> 00:42:43.840
 you

00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:44.039
 guys

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.260
 have

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:45.380
 designated

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:45.699
 me

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:45.920
 the

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.400
 pastor

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.820
 of

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.019
 this

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.300
 church

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:47.539
 I

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:47.719
 am

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:48.179
 not

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:48.639
 above

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:50.219
 discipleship

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:50.519
 it's

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:51.079
 why

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.299
 we

00:42:51.299 --> 00:42:51.539
 have

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:51.900
 elders

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.500
 in

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:52.639
 our

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.019
 church

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.699
 I

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:53.920
 need

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.059
 a

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.480
 peer

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:54.920
 group

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:56.019
 men

00:42:56.019 --> 00:42:56.179
 who

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:56.359
 I

00:42:56.359 --> 00:42:56.599
 can

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.179
 share

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:57.500
 my

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:57.940
 struggles

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.299
 with

00:42:58.299 --> 00:42:58.539
 and

00:42:58.539 --> 00:42:58.900
 who

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.059
 can

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.619
 admonish

00:42:59.619 --> 00:42:59.839
 me

00:42:59.839 --> 00:43:00.000
 and

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.440
 exhort

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.679
 me

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:00.859
 and

00:43:00.859 --> 00:43:01.400
 encourage

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.759
 me

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:03.319
 it's

00:43:03.319 --> 00:43:03.500
 why

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.719
 I

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:03.960
 seek

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.599
 discipleship

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:04.859
 even

00:43:04.859 --> 00:43:05.259
 outside

00:43:05.259 --> 00:43:05.559
 of our

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:05.839
 church

00:43:05.839 --> 00:43:06.019
 as

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.259
 well

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:06.440
 with

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:06.719
 other

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.159
 pastors

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.500
 there's

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:07.679
 some

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:07.960
 things

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.059
 that

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.199
 our

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.460
 elders

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:08.940
 don't

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:09.319
 fully

00:43:09.319 --> 00:43:09.819
 understand

00:43:09.819 --> 00:43:10.059
 about

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.219
 the

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.400
 way

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:10.879
 I

00:43:10.879 --> 00:43:11.139
 walk

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:11.299
 out

00:43:11.299 --> 00:43:11.440
 my

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.739
 life

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:11.839
 and

00:43:11.839 --> 00:43:11.940
 the

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.139
 things

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:12.239
 that

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.319
 I

00:43:12.319 --> 00:43:12.480
 do

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.579
 in

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:12.659
 the

00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:12.800
 day

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:12.920
 to

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.059
 day

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.219
 and

00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:13.380
 so

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.500
 I

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.920
 try to

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.159
 fellowship

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:14.380
 with

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:14.860
 other

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:15.219
 pastors

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:15.679
 as well

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.099
 that can

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:17.139
 invest

00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:18.179
 in me

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:20.480
 if you

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:20.780
 think that

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.000
 you're

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.719
 above

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.519
 discipleship

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:22.840
 it's at

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.039
 this

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.280
 very

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:23.579
 point

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:23.780
 that

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:23.940
 you

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.480
 need

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:25.460
 discipleship

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.840
 you

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:27.099
 need

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.619
 someone

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:28.219
 to speak

00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:28.579
 to you

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:28.820
 about

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:29.059
 your

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:29.780
 pride

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:30.260
 and

00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:30.420
 your

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.659
 self

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:31.219
 righteousness

00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:32.780
 we're

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:33.219
 so often

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:33.639
 blind

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.000
 to these

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.300
 types

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:34.480
 of

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.880
 things

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.920
 we

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.079
 need

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.260
 someone

00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:36.480
 else

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:36.619
 to

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:37.000
 look

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.360
 into

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:37.780
 peer

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.099
 into

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.360
 our

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:38.800
 hearts

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:39.460
 and

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.880
 tell us

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:40.119
 how

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:41.260
 horribly

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:41.980
 deceptive

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:42.500
 that

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:42.639
 they

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:43.000
 are

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:44.639
 all

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:44.800
 of

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:45.019
 us

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.219
 need

00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:45.320
 to

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.460
 be

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:45.639
 in

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:45.860
 some

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:46.599
 process

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.159
 of

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:48.119
 discipling

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.500
 another

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:49.159
 or

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.519
 being

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:50.880
 discipled

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.800
 ourselves

00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:53.019
 this

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.500
 great

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.079
 complex

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:54.840
 network

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:55.360
 that we

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:55.679
 are

00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:55.960
 as a

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.420
 congregation

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.960
 we need

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.139
 to be

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:57.420
 doing

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:57.679
 this

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:57.780
 in

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:57.920
 this

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.300
 large

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:58.980
 general

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.340
 sense

00:43:59.340 --> 00:43:59.619
 but I

00:43:59.619 --> 00:43:59.740
 would

00:43:59.740 --> 00:44:00.099
 also

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.559
 encourage

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:00.699
 it

00:44:00.699 --> 00:44:00.860
 to

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.199
 happen

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.719
 in

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:01.900
 that

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.219
 more

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:03.059
 small

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:04.079
 programmatic

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.619
 one to

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:05.019
 one

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.360
 or a

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:05.679
 couple

00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:06.440
 sense

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:06.740
 to be

00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:07.179
 getting

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:07.820
 together

00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:08.539
 and

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:08.980
 pressing

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.380
 at each

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.639
 other

00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:10.260
 in the

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:10.619
 truth

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:13.199
 and

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:13.579
 fifthly

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:14.079
 and

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.359
 finally

00:44:14.359 --> 00:44:17.980
 discipleship

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.759
 is for

00:44:18.759 --> 00:44:20.039
 the glory

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:21.440
 of God

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:23.719
 in all

00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:23.960
 of these

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.440
 things

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:25.199
 Paul says

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:25.400
 in

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:26.079
 Titus

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:27.139
 verse 13

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:27.359
 that we

00:44:27.359 --> 00:44:28.059
 are waiting

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.039
 for our

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.460
 blessed

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:29.920
 hope

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:31.420
 the appearing

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.920
 of the

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.359
 glory

00:44:32.359 --> 00:44:32.699
 of our

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:33.059
 great

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:33.500
 God

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:33.699
 and

00:44:33.699 --> 00:44:34.039
 Savior

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.940
 Jesus

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.400
 Christ

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:36.460
 who

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:36.860
 gave

00:44:36.860 --> 00:44:37.220
 himself

00:44:37.220 --> 00:44:37.860
 for

00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:38.240
 us

00:44:38.240 --> 00:44:38.860
 to

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.320
 redeem

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:39.599
 us

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:39.780
 from

00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:40.260
 all

00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:40.960
 lawlessness

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.420
 and to

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:41.840
 purify

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.139
 for

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:42.700
 himself

00:44:42.700 --> 00:44:43.300
 a

00:44:43.300 --> 00:44:43.660
 people

00:44:43.660 --> 00:44:44.300
 for

00:44:44.300 --> 00:44:44.440
 his

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:44.660
 own

00:44:44.660 --> 00:44:45.119
 possession

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:46.039
 who

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.220
 are

00:44:46.220 --> 00:44:46.680
 zealous

00:44:46.680 --> 00:44:47.160
 for

00:44:47.160 --> 00:44:47.360
 good

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:47.860
 works

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:48.920
 the

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:49.340
 gospel

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.599
 is

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:49.900
 not

00:44:49.900 --> 00:44:50.619
 firstly

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:51.539
 about

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:52.300
 you

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:53.500
 the

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:53.800
 gospel

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.000
 is

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.599
 firstly

00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:55.559
 about

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.500
 God

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:56.900
 and

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.099
 his

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.579
 glory

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.840
 Jesus

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.400
 Christ

00:44:59.400 --> 00:44:59.920
 came

00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:00.519
 we

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:00.820
 are

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.000
 the

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.559
 recipients

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:01.900
 of

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.059
 his

00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:02.619
 perfect

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:03.139
 life

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:03.519
 he

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:03.859
 lived

00:45:03.859 --> 00:45:04.059
 the

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.400
 life

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:04.739
 that

00:45:04.739 --> 00:45:04.920
 we

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.179
 could

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:05.500
 not

00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:05.819
 he

00:45:05.819 --> 00:45:06.099
 did

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.400
 not

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.159
 transgress

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:07.539
 the

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:07.839
 law

00:45:07.839 --> 00:45:08.839
 spotless

00:45:08.839 --> 00:45:09.579
 perfect

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.219
 sacrifice

00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:10.719
 and

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:10.839
 he

00:45:10.839 --> 00:45:11.099
 went

00:45:11.099 --> 00:45:11.279
 a

00:45:11.279 --> 00:45:11.460
 step

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.960
 beyond

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:12.440
 and

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:12.559
 he

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:12.940
 paid

00:45:12.940 --> 00:45:13.119
 the

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.619
 price

00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:14.199
 for

00:45:14.199 --> 00:45:14.420
 our

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:14.839
 sin

00:45:14.839 --> 00:45:15.239
 he

00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:15.379
 took

00:45:15.379 --> 00:45:15.759
 all

00:45:15.759 --> 00:45:15.879
 of

00:45:15.879 --> 00:45:16.000
 the

00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:16.639
 condemnation

00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:16.799
 that

00:45:16.799 --> 00:45:16.920
 was

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.099
 due

00:45:17.099 --> 00:45:17.239
 to

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:17.440
 us

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:17.859
 rightly

00:45:17.859 --> 00:45:18.159
 do

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:18.480
 us

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:18.859
 and

00:45:18.859 --> 00:45:18.960
 he

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.339
 bore

00:45:19.339 --> 00:45:19.500
 it

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:19.859
 in

00:45:19.859 --> 00:45:20.339
 himself

00:45:20.339 --> 00:45:21.900
 God

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:22.139
 being

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.739
 perfectly

00:45:22.739 --> 00:45:23.219
 just

00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:23.480
 could

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:23.679
 not

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:23.920
 just

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.219
 simply

00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:24.980
 dismiss

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:24.980


00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.279
 sin

00:45:25.279 --> 00:45:25.480
 he

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:25.839
 had

00:45:25.839 --> 00:45:26.000
 to

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.259
 punish

00:45:26.259 --> 00:45:26.480
 it

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:26.859
 he

00:45:26.859 --> 00:45:27.259
 punished

00:45:27.259 --> 00:45:27.500
 it

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:27.960
 in

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.039
 the

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.400
 person

00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:33.659
 redeem

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:34.139
 us

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:35.019
 to

00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:35.500
 deliver

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:35.920
 us

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.299
 from

00:45:36.299 --> 00:45:36.440
 the

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:36.799
 punishment

00:45:36.799 --> 00:45:37.420
 that

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:37.559
 was

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:37.799
 due

00:45:37.799 --> 00:45:38.179
 us

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.559
 but

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:38.679
 he

00:45:38.679 --> 00:45:39.319
 brought

00:45:39.319 --> 00:45:39.500
 us

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:39.839
 along

00:45:39.839 --> 00:45:40.299
 beyond

00:45:40.299 --> 00:45:40.639
 that

00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:40.920
 to

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:41.420
 redeem

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:41.579
 us

00:45:41.579 --> 00:45:41.739
 from

00:45:41.739 --> 00:45:42.480
 lawlessness

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.819
 to

00:45:42.819 --> 00:45:43.539
 purify

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:44.000
 a

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.420
 people

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.920
 for

00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:45.079
 his

00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:45.639
 possession

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:46.359
 who

00:45:46.359 --> 00:45:46.440
 are

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:46.679
 zealous

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:46.839
 for

00:45:46.839 --> 00:45:47.000
 good

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:47.219
 works

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:47.460
 a

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:48.000
 people

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.420
 who

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:48.519
 are

00:45:48.519 --> 00:45:48.980
 about

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.639
 his

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:51.000
 exaltation

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:52.119
 this

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:52.239
 is

00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:52.480
 why

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:52.659
 we

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:53.139
 exist

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.559
 all

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:53.719
 of

00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:53.900
 that

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:54.480
 everything

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:54.679
 that

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:54.859
 we've

00:45:54.859 --> 00:45:55.039
 mentioned

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.359
 today

00:45:55.359 --> 00:45:55.839
 all

00:45:55.839 --> 00:45:56.000
 the

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.159
 things

00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:56.359
 we've

00:45:56.359 --> 00:45:56.559
 mentioned

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:56.759
 over

00:45:56.759 --> 00:45:56.900
 the

00:45:56.900 --> 00:45:57.159
 last

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.619
 three

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:57.900
 weeks

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.480
 all

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:58.699
 of

00:45:58.699 --> 00:45:58.940
 this

00:45:58.940 --> 00:45:59.119
 is

00:45:59.119 --> 00:45:59.559
 about

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:00.000
 the

00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:00.359
 glory

00:46:00.359 --> 00:46:01.059
 of

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.500
 God

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:02.139
 in

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:02.460
 similar

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:02.859
 language

00:46:02.859 --> 00:46:03.119
 Peter

00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:03.380
 writes

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:03.500
 in

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:03.699
 1st

00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:03.859
 Peter

00:46:03.859 --> 00:46:04.079
 2

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:04.380
 9

00:46:04.380 --> 00:46:05.219
 but

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:05.359
 you

00:46:05.359 --> 00:46:05.480
 are

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:05.619
 a

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:06.019
 chosen

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.460
 race

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:07.539
 a

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:07.859
 royal

00:46:07.859 --> 00:46:08.440
 priesthood

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:09.039
 a

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.359
 holy

00:46:09.359 --> 00:46:09.839
 nation

00:46:09.839 --> 00:46:10.420
 a

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:10.759
 people

00:46:10.759 --> 00:46:11.019
 for

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.219
 his

00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:11.699
 own

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:12.639
 possession

00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:13.559
 why

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:14.719
 that

00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:14.819
 you

00:46:14.819 --> 00:46:14.980
 may

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.500
 proclaim

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:16.199
 the

00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:17.000
 excellencies

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:17.019
!

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:17.400
 of

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:17.739
 him

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:18.359
 who

00:46:18.359 --> 00:46:18.579
 called

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:18.679
 you

00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:18.799
 out

00:46:18.799 --> 00:46:18.900
 of

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:19.359
 darkness

00:46:19.359 --> 00:46:20.099
 into

00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:20.239
 his

00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:20.519
 marvelous

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:20.920
 light

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.460
 he

00:46:21.460 --> 00:46:21.579
 has

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.920
 made

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.119
 us

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.299
 who

00:46:22.299 --> 00:46:22.480
 we

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:22.779
 are

00:46:22.779 --> 00:46:23.000
 so

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:23.339
 that

00:46:23.339 --> 00:46:23.500
 we

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:23.639
 can

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:23.920
 tell

00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:24.139
 this

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:24.639
 world

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:25.460
 about

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:25.759
 him

00:46:25.759 --> 00:46:26.319
 right

00:46:26.319 --> 00:46:26.759
 some

00:46:26.759 --> 00:46:26.900
 will

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.279
 respond

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:30.400
 he

00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:30.579
 is

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:30.699
 the

00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:30.859
 one

00:46:30.859 --> 00:46:31.000
 that

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:31.259
 plows

00:46:31.259 --> 00:46:31.420
 the

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:31.759
 field

00:46:31.759 --> 00:46:32.619
 he

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:32.799
 is

00:46:32.799 --> 00:46:32.920
 the

00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:33.139
 one

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:33.279
 that

00:46:33.279 --> 00:46:33.679
 makes

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:33.900
 the

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:34.199
 soil

00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:34.599
 causes

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:34.819
 the

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 be

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 disciples

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 make

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 number

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 the

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 church

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 come

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 and

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 the

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 world

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 will

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 reign

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 forever

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 and

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 hope

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 morning

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 that

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 with

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 confidence

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 you

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 can

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 say

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 that

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 you're

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 part

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 of

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 kingdom

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 a

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 doubt

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 that

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 you

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 are

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 a

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 disciple

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 is

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 all

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 of

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 this

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 bearing

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 down

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 on

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 you

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 with

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 massive

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!

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 conviction

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 may

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 be

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 that

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 you're

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 not

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 or

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 that

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 you

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 simply

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 need

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 to

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 repent

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 of

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 your

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 own

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 self

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 sinterness

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 and

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 turn

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 back

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 to

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 following

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 Christ

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 either

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 way

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 the

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 call

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 is

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 the

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 same

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 repent

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 and

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 believe

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 repent

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 and

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 believe

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 repent

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 and

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 believe

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 let's

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 pray

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 together