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 Okay, I want to talk to you this morning about imitation and example.

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 Okay, imitation and example.

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 Let's back a little bit.

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 I think this is a really important word.

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 I don't typically give the same word to you guys and to Bellicose Church,

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 but this is just one that I think is really important for both.

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 It's one of these kind of, I think, foundational words.

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 And so I really encourage you to think about these things, listen to these things,

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 search them out on your own, and let's see what God has for us.

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 So basically this morning I want to propose to you that you may have or likely have

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 learned a way of doing church and discipleship that is not consistent with the Scriptures.

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 Okay, why do I think that?

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 Because I've observed that many people want Christianity without the cost,

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 or many people want the benefits of the church without the priority of the church.

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 Okay?

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 Want the benefits of the church without prioritizing the church.

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 Many people want community without responsibility and accountability for really partnership.

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 And you hear that all the time.

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 There's one thing I've heard from new people coming into the world of the church.

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 They most often say, I want community.

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 But they want community without having to take responsibility and without having to be accountable.

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 And that's just, there's no such thing.

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 You're never going to get community that way.

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 You're never going to get true family that way.

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 Many people want a sense of camaraderie without commitment to mission.

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 Okay?

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 True camaraderie comes when the context of being on a shared mission together.

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 This is why soldiers have a unique camaraderie that you can't really,

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 nothing really competes to the camaraderie that soldiers have.

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 Because it's this heightened sense of mission with great stakes.

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 And the only ones who should be really comfortable to that are Christians.

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 Because we are on mission.

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 We are soldiers in one sense for Christ.

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 But our battle is spiritual and the stakes are way higher.

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 But that's, a lot of people want camaraderie, but they don't want commitment to mission.

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 A lot of people want leadership without sacrifice and submission.

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 They don't want to have to do meetings and training and late nights.

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 But they still want to lead.

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 Well, that's not how it works.

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 Many people want the fruit of the Spirit without the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 Many people want a great marriage and family without God's specific roles for gender.

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 Many people want great kids without the expense of discipline and education.

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 Many people essentially want outcomes without imitation.

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 Let me say that again.

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 Many people want outcomes without imitation.

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 Today, or yesterday, ironically, is the 13-year anniversary of the church that you guys were sent out of, Bellicose Church.

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 Okay.

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 And in the last 13 years, it's been surprising to me how many people have wanted or have even demanded

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 us to bend our culture ways and traditions to them rather than they bending their culture ways and traditions to us.

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 There's this kind of expectation that, okay, I see things in the church that I want,

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 but there's certain things, the cost is too great or the things that are required to get it, I don't want to give.

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 So I just want the bennies without, you know, let's just, can't you just bend it so that I get all these great benefits,

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 but then you do these things my way?

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 And it's like, well, first of all, no.

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 Second of all, you don't realize that that's actually how those bennies came to be.

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 It's because of the other stuff that maybe you don't like.

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 But there's this almost entitlement and this expectation that we get to pick and choose.

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 You get to, we live in this kind of podcast culture, and you just kind of pick and choose from people

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 instead of taking the full DNA of someone or the ingredients and nutrients from a person.

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 It's basically fruit without cost, benefit without inconvenience,

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 and it's really a bunch of fatherless fruit pickers, kind of bastardized version of fruit pickers.

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 You know, you just kind of pick and choose what you want.

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 I got this leader I'm really into, and I got this kind of podcast that I listen to.

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 And instead of getting the whole person and finding people and imitating their way of life,

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 imitating them, it's just like we pick and choose fatherless fruit pickers.

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 It's pervasive.

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 And what is the result of it?

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 We lack the outcomes then because we don't have the imitation.

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 We just are picking and choosing.

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 And you might say, well, what are you saying?

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 You just can't challenge anything?

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 No, no, no.

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 We welcome challenge.

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 As a church, we welcome challenge.

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 As a leader, I welcome challenge.

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 That's a good thing.

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 But if you only pull from people the things you want and you don't submit in the areas where you don't agree,

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 then you don't get the nutrients.

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 You don't absorb the ingredients from those examples.

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 So let's look at this in the scriptures, okay?

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 Basically, I want to start with this concept of ways and traditions.

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 We'll start in 1 Corinthians chapter 4.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 4.

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 Before I get into that, I want to read one quote, actually.

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 This is from Doug Wilson.

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 Kind of describes what I just explained.

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 He says, well, you can turn to 1 Corinthians 4, but I'll read this quote from Doug.

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 He says,

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 which the Bible praises in a number of places.

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 Romans 15, Philippians chapter 2, and which our modern world condemns.

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 It is not even hard to find Christians who are wary of like-mindedness.

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 Instead, they say, you have to be an individual.

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 Be your own dog.

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 You must not imitate others, period.

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 The result of this is vain exercise, like throwing rocks at the moon.

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 Sorry.

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 The result of this vain exercise, like throwing rocks at the moon, does not eliminate imitation.

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 It only guarantees the imitation of fools.

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 So good.

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 Okay?

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 He's basically saying, we've got this kind of disembodied thing that we want.

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 And the order of the day is individualism.

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 No, no, no.

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 You don't imitate.

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 You don't get like-mindedness.

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 What is this, a cult?

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 What do you get for yourself?

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 You know, it's almost celebrated and as a virtue to not conform to other people's way of thinking.

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 To have your own.

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 You be yourself.

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 You go, girl.

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 You know, you do your thing.

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 I love that you're individual.

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 I love that you don't do what everybody else does.

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 That's your claim to fame.

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 That's your hallmark, your code.

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 That's your thing, man.

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 And that becomes exalted.

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 That becomes celebrated.

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 But the result of it, what he's saying is it looks like, oh, because of that, we're actually not imitating people.

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 Isn't that cool?

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 And he's saying there is no option to not imitate.

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 You either imitate someone else who is godly and a good example, or you imitate the fools who all try to live by their own selves.

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 It's a great point.

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 And Paul makes these similar points.

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 We're going to look at ways and traditions, starting in 1 Corinthians 4, verse 14.

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 Paul says,

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 I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

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 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you don't have many fathers.

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 Okay, this is what I'm talking about, kind of this constant, like, guides.

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 But he says, you don't have many fathers.

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 You have so many instructors, so many guides.

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 You don't have many fathers.

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 For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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 I urge you then be imitators of me.

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 Okay, so stopping there.

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 He says, I urge you then.

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 What do you mean then?

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 Why is he saying then?

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 He's tying the fact that if I'm your father in Christ Jesus, which he's saying I am through the gospel,

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 then there's an automatic implication of his fathering.

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 The automatic implication of someone being your father is you to imitate.

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 Now, again, that flies in the face of our modern culture.

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 Imitate my father?

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 Yes, that's the biblical implied understanding.

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 The word then is put there because he says I'm your father.

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 The fact that he says I'm your father means that then you must be imitators.

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 You see the correlation there?

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 And then he goes a step further in verse 17.

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 And he says, that is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved faithful and child in the Lord.

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 To remind you of my ways in Christ as I teach them everywhere in every church.

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 Stopping there.

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 Okay, think about it.

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 Does that make sense?

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 If he's saying because I'm your father, then you should imitate me.

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 Why wouldn't he then say I'm sending myself so you can see me and imitate me?

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 That's not what he says.

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 He says, I'm sending you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord,

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 to remind you of my ways in Christ as I teach them everywhere in every church.

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 So he's saying, not only am I to be a person that you should imitate,

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 that the normative culture of church is that as people imitate one another,

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 that you can imitate the imitators.

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 Because they themselves will remind you of my ways.

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 Timothy is my child, my faithful child in the Lord.

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 And he's going to remind you of my ways in Christ.

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 Whoa, whoa, whoa, Paul.

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 What's this my ways in Christ?

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 Why don't you just talk about God's ways?

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 Good question.

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 Everyone would love to say, oh, come on, man.

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 Get Paul out of here.

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 This is about Christ.

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 He didn't say God's ways.

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 He said my ways.

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 He says, I teach these everywhere in every church.

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 My ways in Christ.

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 So he's not, he has a way that he built and he taught it in every church.

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 Now, it was not untethered to Christ.

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 It's always needs to be tethered to Christ.

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 But God has given gifts to the church.

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 Ephesians chapter four, verses 11 to 12.

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 Apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, and evangelists.

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 These people are gifts to the church to build up the church.

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 Okay.

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 One of them is apostle.

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 And here we have the example of the gift of apostle given to a church.

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 And so then he goes to each church and then he can even send Timothy, who's like a clone

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 of him, so to speak, an imitation, to remind them of Paul's ways in Christ.

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 The way he did things in Christ.

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 And he would teach his ways everywhere in and every church.

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 Isn't that fascinating?

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 He says, some are arrogant as though I were not coming to you.

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 Verse 19, but I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills.

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 And I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people, but their power.

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 For the kingdom of God is not consistent talk, but in power.

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 So essentially he's saying, I don't care about talk.

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 There's a lot of guys can talk.

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 You have 10,000 instructors who can talk.

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 Where's the fruit?

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 Where's the substance?

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 I don't, we'll find out.

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 We'll find out who these guys are, right?

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 I'll come to you if the Lord wills.

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 And when I do, these arrogant people, I'm going to find out not their talk,

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 but their power.

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 But that's not how we do things, isn't it?

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 What are you impressed with?

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 What are Christians impressed with?

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 Man, I really love this speaker.

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 He's just such a great speaker.

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 His oratory skills are off the charts.

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 The size of his church is amazing.

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 The amount of followers he has on social media,

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 or the amount of people in his church,

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 what makes me want to follow him?

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 Paul's like, listen, I ain't interested in talk.

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 Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk.

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 It's a matter of power.

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 Where's the power?

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 Where's the fruit?

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 Are you following people who have never,

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 who haven't seen the fruit of their life,

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 or they have Timothy's?

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 Are they people who have actually reproduced people?

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 Are they people who have fruit in their life?

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 There are people who can talk a good game,

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 but have they ever built anything?

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 Have they ever built anything?

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 Have they ever built what they talk about?

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 Or do they just talk?

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 Do they just theorize?

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 Paul says, I'll tell you about these arrogant people.

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 We'll see if they got the goods.

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 And they'll be based on their power.

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 Do they have the power?

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 Hebrews 13, 7 speaks of the similar thing.

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 Okay?

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 Whoever wrote Hebrews says,

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 remember your leaders,

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 those who spoke to you the word of God.

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 Consider the outcome of their way of life

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 and imitate their faith.

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 Okay?

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 Consider the outcome of their way of life.

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 Again, he's saying,

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 look at your leaders.

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 So often now,

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 we have people,

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 they listen to people,

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 and because they're a good speaker,

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 they got a lot of followers,

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 whatever,

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 but what about the outcome of their way of life?

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 A lot of people say,

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 well,

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 I want the same outcomes of that person.

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 Maybe you've said that before.

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 I want the same outcomes of that person,

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 but are you willing to imitate their way of life to get there?

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 A lot of people say,

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 I want my kids to be like so-and-so's kids.

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 Their kids are great.

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 I see that.

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 But then they're not,

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 and they think,

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 oh,

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 I'm going to,

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 I want kids like theirs.

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 But then they're not willing to do what that parent did to get those kids.

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 They're not willing to imitate the faith that was required,

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 the faith that brought them to that place.

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 And so we want outcomes without imitation.

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 And the writer of the Hebrews says,

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 hey,

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 remember your leaders.

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 Examine the outcome of their way of life.

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 Don't just listen to what they say.

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 What is the outcome of their way of life?

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 What have they produced in their way of life?

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 And then,

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 if you want that outcome,

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 you're going to have to imitate them.

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 Are you someone that,

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 someone would want to imitate?

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 Would someone want to imitate your faith?

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 Would someone look at the outcome of your way of life and say,

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 I want that same outcome.

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 So I want to imitate your faith as well.

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 This is what should be happening.

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 This is the,

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 this is the way.

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 You're going to see,

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 I'm going to,

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 we're going to go into more verses here,

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 but this is the way that God builds.

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 Second Timothy chapter three.

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 Okay.

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 Starting verse 10.

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 This is Paul writing to Timothy.

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 He says,

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 you speaking of Timothy,

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 he says,

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 you ever have followed my teaching,

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 my conduct,

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 my aim in life.

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 The NIV says way of life,

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 my faith,

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 my patience,

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 my love,

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 my steadfastness,

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 my persecutions and suffering.

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 Okay.

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 You have followed these things.

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 Timothy was,

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 he could send Timothy and people could be reminded of his ways because

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 Timothy followed his teaching.

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 He followed his conduct,

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 his aim in life,

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 his way of life,

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 his faith,

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 his patience.

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 Are you someone who has these type of things?

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 Are you an example that people could follow?

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 And do you have people that you're following?

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 People that you're,

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 you're saying,

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 I want to imitate their way of life.

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 I want to,

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 I want the,

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 the same nutrients.

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 I want the nutrients that are in them to flow down into my life.

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 And so I'm going to imitate them.

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 I'm going to follow their way of life.

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 This is what Timothy did.

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 And Paul pointed it out here.

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 First Corinthians chapter 10,

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 starting in verse 31.

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 Paul says,

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 so whether you eat or drink,

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 whatever you do,

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 do all to the glory of God,

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 give no offense to the Jews or the Greeks or to the church of God,

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 just as I try to please everyone and everything I do,

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 not seeking my own advantage,

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 but that of many that they may be saved.

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 And then he says,

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 chapter 11,

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 verse one,

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 he says,

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 be imitators of me as I am of Christ.

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 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the

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 traditions,

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 even as I deliver them to you.

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 Okay.

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 So he's saying,

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 I,

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 I,

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 I passed down traditions to you.

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 What,

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 what traditions of men or women that you love and respect are you following?

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 Are you imitating?

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 He said,

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 imitate me as I,

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 be an imitator of me as I am of Christ.

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 Imitate me as I imitate Christ.

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 Right.

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 And I commend you because you remember me and everything and maintain the

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 traditions I delivered to you.

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 You know,

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 that's,

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 that's so offensive nowadays in our,

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 in our culture.

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 And we want to,

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 everyone wants to be new and hip and recreate the wheel.

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 No one wants to be traditional.

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 Okay.

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 And I get it.

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 In many ways,

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 we're not like some typical traditional church,

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 but we should never shy away of having specific traditions or ways of life

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 that we hand down to other people and never apologize for there being a common way of

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 thinking in our church that people imitate.

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 Sometimes we're tempted to feel embarrassed by that.

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 I know that has happened over the years when you have a culture of people who all tend to,

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 where the majority of them homeschool.

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 And people just feel like,

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 Oh,

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 you know,

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 trying to accommodate the person who doesn't homeschool and trying to make them feel good and feel like that's cool.

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 And they should make them feel like it's cool because there's nothing wrong per se in not homeschooling.

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 But you should not apologize for a way of life that is imitated among a lot of people.

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 If in fact,

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 the value system that undergirds it is a godly one.

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 We should be unapologetic for it.

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 And if someone feels left out in that,

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 it feels like,

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 Oh,

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 I feel left out.

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 I feel like if I come into this church and everybody homeschools and I don't,

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 I'm going to feel left out.

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 It's like,

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 you might a little bit.

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 We have a way of life.

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 Churches,

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 people should have a way of life.

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 Paul says,

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 I have a way of life.

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 I have traditions.

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 I pass them down to you.

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 Paul's not apologizing for his traditions.

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 Paul's not saying,

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 Oh,

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 do you feel kind of left out because you're not,

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 you don't follow the same traditions as I do?

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 No,

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 he says,

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 follow my traditions.

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 I commend you because I handed them down to you and you followed them.

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 You followed my traditions.

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 You followed my way of life.

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 That's important.

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 That's what we need to do.

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 And that's what Paul's telling them to do.

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 Second Thessalonians three,

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 verse six.

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 He says,

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 now we command you brothers in the name of our Lord,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in

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 accord with the tradition that you receive from us.

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 Okay.

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 So now he's,

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 he's upping the ante a little bit more.

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 And when he's in Thessalonica,

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 he's saying,

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 Hey,

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 I'm commanding you.

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 If you see any brother who's walking in idleness and not in accord with the

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 traditions,

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 we set up,

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 keep away from him.

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 Okay.

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 Why?

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 Cause he's not,

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 he's not following the traditions.

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 He's literally telling them,

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 exclude that person from your fellowship.

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 Why?

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 Cause he's not following the traditions.

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 Do you see that?

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 What he's saying there?

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 He's not walking.

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 He's walking in idleness and not in accordance with tradition that you receive

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 from us for yourselves.

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 No,

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 how you ought to imitate us.

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 There's that language again,

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 because we were not idle when we were with you,

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 nor do we eat anyone's bread without paying for it.

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 But with toil and labor,

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 we work night and day that we might not be a burden to any of you.

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 It was not because we don't have that right,

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 but to give you and ourselves an example to imitate.

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 This is why for the first seven years when we planted bellicos,

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 I worked,

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 I didn't take money from the church.

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 I worked a full-time job.

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 One of the,

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 not because I didn't have a right to take money from the church at that point

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 in time,

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 but I didn't want anybody to look at me and say,

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 you're asking us to do something you're not willing to do.

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 I had a full-time job,

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 seven kids,

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 and I'm doing every single thing I'm asking everybody else to do.

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 Yay more.

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 I'm trying to set an example.

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 And I didn't want anyone to say,

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 oh, church boy over here doesn't want to do everything that he's commanding us to do.

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 I have no respect for him.

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 I couldn't afford to lose the respect of the congregation

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 by not being willing to do everything I was asking other people to do.

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 And I had that right.

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 But I'm not going to take up that right.

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 I wanted to pass on a tradition of being able to do kingdom life

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 in the context of the normal everyday stuff of life that people have,

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 like raising a lot of kids,

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 having a full-time job,

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 you know,

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 these kinds of things.

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 And he says,

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 you know yourselves how you ought to imitate us.

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 I wanted people to say,

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 hey,

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 imitate what I'm doing.

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 This is possible.

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 Part of the reason we have this,

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 Paul's doing this imitation thing is because it puts on display what's possible.

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 Listen,

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 you can do these things.

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 And here's proof.

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 I'm doing them.

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 That's why this disembodied kind of way of Christianity,

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 where we just take ideas,

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 theories,

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 books,

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 podcasts,

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 and that becomes our chief reference point,

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 rather than these concepts incarnated in real flesh and blood people,

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 and the nutrients of those people,

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 and the value system of those people,

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 being imparted and infused into a group of people,

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 as even double portion sons and daughters,

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 is so much superior.

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 than just a transfer of information.

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 We've reduced church to a transfer of information.

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 I like the information you put out,

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 and I want to take it in.

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 No.

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 Information's good.

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 Good teaching is good.

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 Bad teaching is bad.

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 Okay?

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 I'm not advocating that we don't care about doctrine and teaching,

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 but I'm saying,

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 church is way more than just an exchange of information.

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 It's an exchange of love,

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 wisdom,

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 and power

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 that comes not just through the exchange of information,

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 that comes through the exchange of life,

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 where you are imitating one another,

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 where there's a sharing of life.

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 Okay?

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 We see this in the scriptures,

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 this concept of imitation and example.

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 Let's continue on here.

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 Philippians chapter 3,

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 starting verse 12.

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 Paul says,

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 not that I've already obtained this,

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 or I'm already perfect,

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 but I press on to make it my own,

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 because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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 Brothers,

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 I do not consider that I've made it my own,

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 but one thing I do,

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 forgetting what lies behind,

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 straining forward to what lies ahead.

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 Verse 14,

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 I press on toward the goal for the prize

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 of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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 Let those of us who are mature think this way,

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 and if anything you think otherwise,

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 God will reveal that also to you.

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 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

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 Then he says in verse 17,

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 Brothers,

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 join in imitating me,

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 and keep your eyes on those who walk

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 according to the example you have in us.

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 Okay?

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 Have in us?

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 Who is he talking about?

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 I thought this was Paul.

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 He's speaking in the plural.

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 Who's he talking about?

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 If you go to Philippians chapter 1, verse 1,

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 who's the ones who's writing this book?

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 First three words of that book are Paul and Timothy.

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 Is that interesting?

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 He's saying,

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 Join in imitating me,

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 and keep your eyes on those who walk

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 according to the example you have in us.

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 So he's not just saying imitating me.

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 He's also saying,

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 Watch the examples of those who are imitating us,

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 who walk according to the example.

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 Are you someone who's living an example

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 that people want to live in?

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 I tell you what,

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 one of the most valuable things

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 that you can experience

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 is the opportunity

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 to learn how to lead without a title.

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 When I was a part of a church,

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.180
 a couple churches back,

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 and they never appointed me as an elder,

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 but I would attend all the elders' meetings,

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 and they looked to me almost like an elder,

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 but I never got the title of an elder.

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 And it was very frustrating to me.

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 So I'm thinking,

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 What is the deal here?

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 Like, I'm being asked to give input as an elder.

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 I'm attending all the elders' meetings,

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 but I was never appointed as an elder.

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 And I looked at that,

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 and I thought,

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 Oh, this is such a,

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:13.059
 this is not a good thing.

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 And maybe it wasn't,

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 but you know what?

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.799
 In hindsight, it was so good for me.

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:19.839
 I learned a really valuable lesson.

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 And the lesson was

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 that I could not lean

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 on a title or authority

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 to bring influence.

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 The danger about having a title or authority

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.640
 before you have influence

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 is that you rely on the title or authority

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 to bring influence,

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 which is the most disillusioning thing

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 for the people you're trying to lead.

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 You want to be someone that people don't respect?

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 Enforce or assert authority

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 that you don't have in influence.

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 And this is relevant to us

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 because there's no elders in this church.

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.500
 There's no,

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 other than my leadership in this church,

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.140
 that doesn't exist.

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:04.079
 So there's a unique opportunity

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:05.700
 for leadership,

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 but the temptation is always to assert

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 a form of authority

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 that doesn't exist in our influence.

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 And if you learn to influence

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 before you have title or authority,

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.980
 your title and authority

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 is that much more powerful

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:25.620
 because people respect you

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 and people want to follow your example.

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 It's always the temptation though

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 because it's easier.

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:33.480
 It's easier to assert authority

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 than to exercise authority

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.720
 through influence.

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 Authority flows to those

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 who take responsibility

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 and exert influence.

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 Influence doesn't always

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 flow to those

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 who have title and authority.

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 Do you hear me on that?

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 Very important point.

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 And I know the temptation

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 is to think,

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 hey, we need titles

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.880
 and authority sooner

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 so we can bring influence.

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 And I just want to say,

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 if you've ever thought that,

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 I really disagree with you.

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 And I don't think

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 you're seeing the wisdom of God.

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 It is much more wise

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:09.079
 to learn the art,

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:11.299
 the ability to influence

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 without title and authority

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 so that when you do get

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.659
 title and authority,

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 it'll be wielded

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 in a righteous way.

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 And there's absolutely

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 no reason why you cannot

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 use and exercise influence

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 in a godly way

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 without title and authority.

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 It's just way harder

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 because you can't cheat.

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 You can't assert your authority

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 because you don't have it.

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 All you have is what you have.

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 All you have is your example.

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 And if your example

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 isn't that good,

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.459
 if your reputation

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 isn't that great,

00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:40.479
 you don't have any authority.

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 But if you have

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 a great example,

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 you have a way of life

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 that would want

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.140
 to be imitated.

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 If you have an example

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.460
 that people say,

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.559
 I respect this person,

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.960
 I trust this person,

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.860
 I want to live

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.660
 like this person,

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.440
 you have a level

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.960
 of authority

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.579
 that exists

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.460
 without even having

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.940
 the title.

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 But that's an important thing.

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 Don't ever think

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 or assume

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 that people should

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.039
 follow you

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.299
 or trust you

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.640
 because you have

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.740
 some sense of entitlement

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.759
 to some form

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.299
 of leadership.

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 You're never,

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.980
 ever entitled

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.859
 to people's trust.

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.620
 Even if you're

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.500
 in a place of authority.

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.480
 And I know

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.099
 you're tempted

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.759
 to want it

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.779
 and think that you are owed it,

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.599
 but you're never owed it.

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.620
 You always got to work for it.

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.920
 You got to work for that trust.

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.900
 You got to work for that.

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.160
 And I'm not saying

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.819
 that there shouldn't be

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.640
 a certain respect

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.759
 for people who are

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.599
 in God-given places

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.059
 of authority.

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.740
 There should be.

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.099
 But you shouldn't have

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.440
 this entitled view

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.779
 that, oh,

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.900
 people should trust us.

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.299
 And the fact is,

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.399
 we could all do

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.960
 a better job

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.859
 of learning how

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:40.480
 to win one another's trust

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.899
 and to live an example

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.519
 that people would

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.019
 want to follow.

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.419
 That's an important

00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:45.200
 thing here, okay?

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.339
 Join in imitating

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 and keep your eyes

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.680
 on those who walk

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.639
 according to the example

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:50.359
 you have in us.

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.159
 Speaking of Paul

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.759
 and Timothy.

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.700
 He goes on

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.680
 in 1 Thessalonians

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.379
 chapter 1,

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.960
 verse 2.

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.259
 It says,

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.299
 We give thanks to God

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.419
 always for all of you,

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 constantly mentioning you

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.440
 in our prayers,

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.339
 remembering before our God

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.039
 and Father

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:05.480
 your work of faith,

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.759
 labor of love,

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.380
 and steadfastness of hope

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.759
 in our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.599
 Faith, hope, and love.

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.180
 Those three phrases

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.860
 are so great.

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:13.860
 He's saying,

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:15.079
 Remembering your work

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.559
 of faith,

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.360
 labor of love,

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.559
 steadfastness of hope.

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.620
 Those are three ways

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.779
 to leave a good example,

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.059
 right?

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.559
 Those three that will remain

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:24.779
 in our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.279
 For we know,

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.640
 brothers,

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.380
 loved by God,

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.960
 that He has chosen you

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.140
 because our gospel

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.620
 came to you

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.360
 not only in word

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.279
 but also in power

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.319
 and in the Holy Spirit

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.920
 and with full conviction.

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:35.460
 Then He makes

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.400
 this great phrase here.

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.740
 He says,

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:39.259
 You know what kind of men

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.940
 we proved to be

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.759
 among you

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.920
 for your sake

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.259
 and you became

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.680
 imitators of us

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.960
 and of the Lord.

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.620
 You hear that?

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.680
 You know what kind of men

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.500
 we proved to be

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.000
 among you

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.720
 for your sake.

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:54.759
 What kind of men

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.220
 and women

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.160
 are you proving

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.900
 to be among

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:58.500
 this church?

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.360
 The proof's always

00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:00.820
 in the pudding.

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.400
 The proof's always

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.940
 in the fruit.

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.080
 Wisdom is proved true

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.779
 by your actions.

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.779
 I think we can talk

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.740
 and say they have wisdom.

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.639
 The Bible says

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.500
 wisdom is proved true

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.220
 by your actions.

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.179
 What kind of men

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.480
 and women

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.240
 are you among

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.759
 the people?

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:14.339
 Okay?

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.519
 And then He says,

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.819
 Become imitators

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.319
 of us

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.079
 and of the Lord.

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.679
 Become imitators

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:19.980
 of us.

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.419
 And you receive

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:21.339
 the word of much affliction

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.119
 with the joy

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.779
 of the Holy Spirit

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.480
 so that you became

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.960
 an example

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.859
 to all the believers

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.599
 in Macedonia

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.339
 and Achaia.

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.899
 For not only

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.319
 has the word

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.639
 of the Lord

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.359
 sounded forth

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.679
 from you

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:31.359
 in Macedonia

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.899
 and Achaia,

00:30:32.219 --> 00:30:32.799
 but your faith

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.079
 in God

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.759
 has gone forth

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.339
 everywhere

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.359
 so that we

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.019
 need not

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.959
 say anything.

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.459
 So not only

00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:39.119
 did they become

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.979
 imitators

00:30:39.979 --> 00:30:41.139
 of Paul

00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:43.419
 and the men

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.039
 that were among

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.279
 them,

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.859
 which there's

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.879
 multiple men,

00:30:45.959 --> 00:30:46.500
 this is Paul,

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.039
 if you look at

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.799
 1 Thessalonians

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.159
 at the beginning,

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.639
 it's Paul,

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.279
 Silvanus,

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.659
 and guess who?

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:51.539
 Timothy.

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:52.639
 Okay?

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.859
 He said,

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.819
 You knew what kind

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.399
 of men we were

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.119
 among you for your sake?

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.799
 Not only did they

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.659
 emulate him

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.440
 and imitate him,

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.380
 but then they

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.500
 became an example

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.560
 to churches

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.680
 all over the place.

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:03.980
 Wouldn't it be

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:05.540
 awesome if there

00:31:05.540 --> 00:31:06.019
 were multiple

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.500
 churches in

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.240
 Kansas City,

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:09.240
 Raytown area,

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.400
 just all over

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.360
 the city that

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.940
 were examples

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.820
 to other cities?

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.660
 Wouldn't that

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.140
 be awesome?

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.279
 You ain't just

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.820
 going to get that

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.519
 by just listening

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.080
 to a bunch of

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.420
 sermons.

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.900
 And you should

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.600
 listen to sermons.

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.480
 I'm preaching a

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.680
 sermon.

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.500
 I'm not undermining

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.160
 my own sermon.

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.460
 Okay?

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.079
 I believe you

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.500
 should listen

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.019
 to the sermon.

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.700
 But you don't

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.680
 just get that

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.400
 from listening

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.279
 to information.

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.840
 It has to be

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:35.000
 imitated.

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.480
 You have to

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.120
 imitate real

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.519
 people.

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.000
 Real people.

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.860
 You can't have

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.759
 a disembodied

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.980
 Gnostic Christianity.

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.980
 Okay?

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.480
 He goes on

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.420
 in 1 Thessalonians

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.880
 2,

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.079
 verse 1,

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.340
 he says,

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.759
 For yourselves

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.000
 know,

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.360
 brothers,

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.120
 that our

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.519
 coming to you

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.360
 is not in vain.

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.539
 But though we

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.880
 had already

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.519
 suffered and

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.160
 been shamefully

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.740
 treated at

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.340
 Philippi,

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.519
 as you know,

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.259
 we had boldness

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.740
 in our God

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.259
 to declare to

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.879
 you the gospel

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.319
 of God

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.799
 in the midst

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.200
 of much

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.819
 conflict.

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.019
 For our

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.420
 appeal does

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.920
 not spring

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.480
 from error

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.160
 or impurity

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.559
 or any

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.000
 attempt to

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.460
 deceive,

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.519
 but just as

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.819
 we have been

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.319
 approved by

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.859
 God to be

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.480
 entrusted with

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.019
 the gospel,

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:10.140
 so we speak

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.859
 not to please

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.359
 man,

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.220
 but to please

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.680
 God,

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.379
 who tests

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.960
 our hearts.

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.059
 For we never

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.660
 came with

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.119
 words of

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.720
 flattery.

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.599
 As you know,

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.980
 nor with a

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.599
 pretext for

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.900
 greed,

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.740
 God is witness.

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.039
 Nor do we

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.140
 seek glory from

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.500
 people,

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.119
 whether from you

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.739
 or from others,

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.379
 though we

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.699
 could have

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.439
 made demands

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:28.279
 as apostles

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.039
 of Christ.

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.019
 Okay?

00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:31.039
 Important point

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.239
 here,

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:32.139
 do you see that

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.799
 he's talking in

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.299
 the plural here

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.899
 and keeps saying

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.179
 we?

00:32:34.479 --> 00:32:34.919
 He's going to

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.579
 keep going on

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.119
 in the rest of

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:37.059
 this chapter.

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.279
 Keeps saying we

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.119
 are us.

00:32:39.459 --> 00:32:40.139
 Who's he speaking

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.459
 of?

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.579
 Again, you look at

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.279
 1 Thessalonians

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.879
 chapter 1,

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:43.419
 verse 1,

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.119
 he says,

00:32:44.219 --> 00:32:44.439
 Paul,

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.019
 Silvanus,

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.539
 and Timothy,

00:32:45.959 --> 00:32:46.679
 which he just

00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:46.959
 said,

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.839
 we could have

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.539
 made demands

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.299
 as apostles of

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.599
 Christ.

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.579
 There's your

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.000
 proof that

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.539
 Timothy was an

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.799
 apostle,

00:32:52.939 --> 00:32:53.299
 if you're ever

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.639
 wondering.

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.599
 Just set it

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.039
 right there.

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.539
 We as

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.019
 apostles,

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.659
 Paul,

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.480
 Silvanus,

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:58.940
 Timothy,

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.919
 three apostles.

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.359
 We could have

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.879
 made demands

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.399
 as apostles

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:04.039
 of Christ,

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.200
 but we were

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.859
 gentle among

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.079
 you,

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:07.039
 like a nursing

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.720
 mother taking

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.200
 care of her

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.720
 own children.

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.720
 So being

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.460
 affectionately

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.259
 desirous of

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.440
 you,

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.259
 we were ready

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.839
 to share with

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.339
 you not only

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.139
 the gospel of

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.460
 God,

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.440
 but also our

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.180
 own selves,

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:17.019
 because you

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.700
 had become so

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.339
 very dear to

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.659
 us.

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.659
 Listen to that

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.200
 language.

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.039
 Okay?

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.799
 Again,

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.559
 are we

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.079
 willing to

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.500
 share not

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.879
 just the

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.200
 gospel,

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.720
 not just

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.299
 information,

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.980
 not just

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.839
 the truth,

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.279
 but our

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.000
 very lives,

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.399
 our very

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:30.019
 selves?

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.319
 Because he

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:32.319
 was affectionately

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.279
 desirous of

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.559
 them,

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.319
 they didn't

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.659
 just share

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.159
 the gospel,

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.539
 but they

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.859
 shared their

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.599
 very selves.

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.240
 That's father

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.559
 and that's

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.700
 mother.

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.099
 He said like

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.559
 a nursing

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.940
 mother.

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.359
 Okay?

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.240
 Are we

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.639
 willing to

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:44.960
 do that?

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.159
 Are we

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.680
 willing to

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.279
 share our

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.579
 lives?

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.180
 Not just

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.379
 the convenient

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.799
 things,

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.500
 but vulnerability,

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.059
 not just

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.659
 transparency

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.159
 where people

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.679
 can see

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.079
 in the

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.419
 windows,

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.119
 but the

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:53.599
 opening of

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:53.940
 the doors

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.179
 of our

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:54.619
 hearts to

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:54.839
 say,

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.379
 hey,

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:55.980
 voluntary

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.679
 openness to

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:58.019
 say this

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.299
 is what's

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.619
 going on

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:58.799
 in my

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.139
 life.

00:34:00.679 --> 00:34:01.179
 Some of

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:01.379
 you are

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.839
 feeling more

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.240
 close to

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.519
 each other

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:02.779
 than other

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:02.919
 you.

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.179
 Some of

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:03.240
 you are

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.980
 saying it's

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.240
 been a

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.519
 little bit

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.019
 hard to

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.339
 get to

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.940
 know one

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.319
 another and

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.799
 grow close

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.079
 to one

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.379
 another in

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:07.799
 these last

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.639
 three,

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.199
 four months

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.500
 as a

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.880
 church.

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.539
 I can

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.779
 almost

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.139
 guarantee

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.539
 you that

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.960
 some of

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.199
 that is

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.679
 caused by

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.159
 not being

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.659
 voluntarily

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.159
 open.

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.159
 If you

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.440
 want to

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.920
 go deep,

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.659
 don't wait

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.039
 for someone

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.519
 to ask

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.860
 you how

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.219
 things are

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.420
 going.

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.840
 Don't wait

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.199
 for someone

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.679
 to ask

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.360
 you if

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.699
 things are

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.059
 hard in

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.400
 your life.

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.779
 Don't wait

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.099
 for someone

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.539
 to ask

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.860
 you about

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.139
 the good

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.440
 things in

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.739
 your life.

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.360
 You have

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.960
 to voluntarily

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:30.039
 open yourself

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.539
 up to do

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.779
 that.

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.480
 That's how

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.779
 you share

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.179
 not just

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.619
 the gospel

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:33.920
 but your

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.500
 very lives.

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.079
 You're

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.639
 opening up

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:35.960
 your heart

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.219
 to one

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.400
 another.

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:36.619
 You're

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.199
 making room

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.440
 in your

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.679
 hearts

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.199
 for people

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:38.880
 to live

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.239
 and to die

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.579
 with one

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:39.880
 another.

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.519
 This is

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.860
 the language

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.279
 of Paul.

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.299
 He says

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:44.539
 you do

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.019
 this because

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.259
 you have

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.860
 become very

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.320
 dear to

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.680
 us.

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.579
 For you

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.860
 remember

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.200
 brothers

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.640
 our labor

00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:49.019
 and toil

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.360
 we work

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.720
 night and

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:49.920
 day.

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.059
 We might

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.480
 not be a

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.760
 burden to

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.039
 any of

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.500
 you while

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.980
 we proclaim

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.180
 to you

00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:53.660
 the gospel

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.160
 of God.

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.180
 You are

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.620
 witnesses

00:34:55.620 --> 00:34:56.140
 and God

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:56.760
 also how

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.559
 holy and

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.340
 righteous and

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.140
 blameless was

00:34:59.140 --> 00:35:00.140
 our conduct

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:00.960
 towards you

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.360
 believers.

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.380
 How holy

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.000
 righteous and

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.539
 blameless was

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.220
 our conduct.

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.820
 Who is

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.660
 the ones

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:09.480
 whose holy

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.980
 righteous

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.500
 blameless

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.519
 conduct you

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.760
 want to

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.039
 imitate?

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.220
 He said

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.640
 for you know

00:35:14.640 --> 00:35:15.019
 like a

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.440
 father with

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.599
 his

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.759
 children we

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.679
 exhorted each

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.179
 one of you

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.839
 and encouraged

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.719
 you and

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.360
 charged you

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.039
 to walk in

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.339
 a manner

00:35:21.339 --> 00:35:21.819
 worthy of

00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:22.099
 God.

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.860
 To walk in

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.239
 a manner

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.819
 a way of

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:24.400
 life that

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.880
 was worthy

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.339
 of God.

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:26.679
 We

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.559
 exhorted

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.480
 you we

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.000
 encouraged

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.819
 you and

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.420
 we challenged

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.759
 you.

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.779
 Okay?

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.559
 Or charged

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.000
 you sorry.

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.819
 Exhorted

00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:34.480
 encouraged

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.179
 and charged.

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.679
 We all need

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.159
 people in our

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.480
 life who

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.159
 exhort us

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:39.839
 who charge

00:35:39.839 --> 00:35:40.360
 us and

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.119
 encourage us

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.759
 to live in

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:41.980
 a manner

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.500
 worthy of

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:42.819
 God.

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:44.480
 People who

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.039
 do it like a

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.420
 father with

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.920
 his children.

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.000
 We all

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.179
 need

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.699
 fathers.

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:50.759
 Walk in a

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.139
 manner worthy

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.599
 of God who

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.039
 calls you in

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.320
 his own

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.699
 kingdom and

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:52.880
 glory.

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.279
 We also

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.840
 thank God

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.639
 constantly for

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.480
 this and

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.679
 when we

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.179
 received the

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.420
 word of

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.880
 God which

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.239
 you heard

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.719
 from us

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.579
 you accepted

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.099
 it not as

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.480
 the word of

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.960
 men but as

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.279
 what it

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:01.139
 really is.

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:01.980
 The word of

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.779
 God which

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.400
 is that work

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.619
 in you

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.019
 believers.

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:04.940
 For you

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.699
 brothers became

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.659
 imitators of

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.340
 the churches of

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.980
 God in Christ

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.699
 Jesus that are

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.320
 in Judea.

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.219
 For you

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.980
 suffered the same

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.500
 things from

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:11.880
 your own

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:13.000
 countrymen as

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.559
 they did from

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.019
 the Jews.

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.719
 He's saying

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.340
 you imitated

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.000
 us so much

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.019
 so that you

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.900
 imitated the

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.820
 churches.

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.179
 You even

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.840
 imitated our

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.920
 suffering which

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.659
 going back to

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.679
 Paul with

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.820
 Timothy when he

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.400
 says I followed

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.940
 your way of

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.320
 life your

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.799
 conduct.

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.599
 Remember what

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.219
 it said at the

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.460
 end?

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.480
 I followed

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.219
 even your

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:31.900
 persecutions and

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.799
 your sufferings.

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.019
 They even

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.159
 imitated because

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.900
 they lived the

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.440
 same way of

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.880
 life they

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.340
 ended up

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.980
 imitating the

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.659
 same suffering

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.360
 and persecution.

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.440
 imitation.

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.099
 That's how

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.660
 close their

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.599
 imitation was.

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.160
 But we want

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:45.900
 outcomes without

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.519
 imitations.

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.480
 And who are

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.000
 the people who

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.800
 can be examples

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.700
 that would be

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.019
 followed?

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.840
 Are you living

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.380
 a life?

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.420
 Is your

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.320
 leadership, is

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.180
 your example of

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.940
 your righteousness,

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:58.700
 the way you show

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.260
 up to things or

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.880
 don't show up to

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.860
 things, your

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.559
 promptness or

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.120
 being laid,

00:37:03.120 --> 00:37:05.079
 your parenting,

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.740
 your husbandry,

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.500
 your being a

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.820
 wife, your

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.460
 godliness and

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.080
 being single,

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.920
 your example of

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.580
 being a single

00:37:11.580 --> 00:37:12.519
 godly pure

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:14.240
 person, the way

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.660
 you conduct

00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:15.260
 yourself in a

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:16.120
 dating relationship,

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.600
 the way you

00:37:16.600 --> 00:37:17.360
 conduct yourself

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.940
 and how you

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.320
 obey your

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.800
 parents?

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.620
 Are you able

00:37:20.620 --> 00:37:21.100
 to set an

00:37:21.100 --> 00:37:22.000
 example that

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.420
 someone would

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.700
 want to

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.000
 emulate?

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.600
 Paul says,

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:26.860
 1 Timothy 4,

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.400
 12, he says,

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.140
 don't let anyone

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.580
 look down to you

00:37:28.580 --> 00:37:28.900
 because you're

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.180
 young.

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.140
 Send them an

00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:30.720
 example of

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.460
 speech, in

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.100
 life, in

00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:32.720
 love, in

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.320
 faith, in

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.600
 purity.

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.380
 How's your

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.800
 speech?

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.400
 How's your

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.740
 life?

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.080
 How's your

00:37:36.080 --> 00:37:36.340
 love?

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.660
 How's your

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:36.940
 faith?

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.260
 How's your

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.559
 purity?

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.600
 Is it an

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:38.960
 example?

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.739
 Peter said the

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:43.360
 same thing when

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.139
 he said to

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.619
 the elders,

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:45.819
 take care of

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.279
 the flock that

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.659
 is under their

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:46.860
 care.

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.159
 What did he

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.559
 say to do?

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.000
 He said, be

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.659
 examples to

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:48.860
 them.

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.500
 Be examples to

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.699
 them.

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.679
 Hebrews 6,

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:55.579
 10-12, it

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.019
 says, God is

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.299
 not on

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:56.960
 justice to

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.980
 overlook your

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.659
 work and the

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.199
 love that you

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.860
 have shown for

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.960
 his name in

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.519
 serving the

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.039
 saints as you

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.559
 still do.

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.559
 And we

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.179
 desire each

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.659
 one of you to

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.219
 show the same

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:06.360
 earnestness, to

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.779
 have the full

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.599
 assurance of hope

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.259
 until the end,

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:08.940
 so that you

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.500
 may not be

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.940
 sluggish, but

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:12.119
 imitators of

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.679
 those who, through

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.319
 faith and

00:38:13.319 --> 00:38:14.579
 patience, inherit

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.079
 the promise.

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.860
 People say, I

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.219
 want to inherit

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.679
 the promise.

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.539
 Are you

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.839
 willing to

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:21.319
 imitate what it

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:21.920
 took to inherit

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.400
 the promise,

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:22.639
 though?

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.819
 We see people who

00:38:23.819 --> 00:38:24.619
 are inheritors of

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:25.159
 promise, and we

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:26.179
 say, I want your

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.619
 inheritance.

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.279
 Do you want the

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:29.019
 work that it took

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:30.199
 to get there?

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:32.839
 A sluggish person

00:38:32.839 --> 00:38:34.279
 who's not willing

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:36.960
 to imitate the

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.859
 faith and patience

00:38:37.859 --> 00:38:38.539
 that it took to

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.139
 receive that

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:40.239
 inheritance is

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.699
 never going to

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.139
 receive an

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.519
 inheritance.

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:43.099
 But that's what

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.659
 people want.

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.139
 They're like the

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:45.219
 prodigal son saying,

00:38:45.339 --> 00:38:46.000
 give me my

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.859
 inheritance before

00:38:46.859 --> 00:38:47.439
 you die.

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:51.039
 No, where's the

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.519
 faith and the

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.319
 patience that is

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:53.299
 imitated that gets

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:54.079
 the same inheritance

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:55.000
 that you look up to

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.539
 so much?

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:59.039
 Through faith and

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.779
 patience, inherit

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.400
 the promises.

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.800
 We all love to

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.440
 follow a faith

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.960
 movement, but

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.380
 where's the

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:04.360
 patience movement?

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.159
 That one's not

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.579
 sexy.

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.579
 Man, you're a

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.019
 faith preacher,

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.259
 man.

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.820
 You got faith.

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.380
 That's awesome.

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:11.860
 I love your

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.360
 faith, brother.

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.239
 I want to be

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:14.079
 like you.

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.820
 No one's ever

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:17.139
 like, I love the

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.599
 fact that you do

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.340
 the same thing for

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:19.019
 a long time with

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.599
 no fruit and you

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.239
 keep doing it.

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.800
 We should start a

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.500
 patience movement.

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.460
 We could use

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.699
 one.

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.019
 And if you're

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.279
 going to be a

00:39:26.279 --> 00:39:26.619
 part of a

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.059
 church plant,

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.420
 you better

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.940
 believe.

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.679
 You think you're

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:28.960
 going to get

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:30.019
 away with

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.320
 doing a

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:30.860
 church plant

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:32.420
 without patience

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.900
 and getting

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.380
 inheritance?

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.840
 Think again.

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.719
 Think again.

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.259
 It's faith and

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.619
 patience.

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.219
 It's not just

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.599
 faith.

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.559
 I know faith is

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.279
 the more sexier

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.460
 one.

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:41.880
 That's the one

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.500
 we like to talk

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.960
 about, but that's

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.320
 not what it

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:44.719
 says.

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.639
 There were people

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.179
 who inherited

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.759
 promises.

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.860
 And he says,

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.599
 hey, I'm

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.279
 telling you these

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:51.699
 things so you

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.559
 don't be sluggish.

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.539
 There are those

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.320
 who are, but you

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.679
 need to be

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.400
 imitators of

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.880
 those who through

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.340
 faith and

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:57.000
 patience inherit

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.500
 the promise.

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.300
 Who is the

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:59.059
 person in your

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.700
 life that you've

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:01.019
 seen has patience

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:03.360
 and faith to

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.039
 inherit promises

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.480
 that you're

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:04.900
 imitating?

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.340
 Okay?

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:10.800
 I want to finish the

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.539
 end of this message

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.579
 with three examples

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:13.320
 of three men in

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:14.360
 my life that I

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.300
 have sought to

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.980
 emulate and try

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.400
 to explain this

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.720
 with more

00:40:17.720 --> 00:40:18.660
 practicality so you

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:19.180
 can get kind of

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.860
 vision for this.

00:40:20.180 --> 00:40:20.320
 Okay?

00:40:20.600 --> 00:40:21.039
 I had three

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.579
 different men in

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.780
 my life that

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:24.460
 fathered me and

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.400
 that I really

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.640
 sought to emulate.

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.420
 I tried to do

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.519
 2 Timothy 3.10.

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.220
 I follow their

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.860
 teaching, their

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.720
 conduct, their aim

00:40:31.720 --> 00:40:32.420
 in life, way of

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.980
 life, faith,

00:40:33.100 --> 00:40:33.860
 patience, love,

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.780
 steadfastness.

00:40:35.680 --> 00:40:36.180
 You know, notice

00:40:36.180 --> 00:40:36.360
 that.

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:36.760
 He says he

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.579
 followed Paul's

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.300
 patience.

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.519
 It's that same

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:39.840
 word.

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:40.980
 Okay?

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:42.980
 First man who

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.500
 poured himself

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:46.180
 into me, followed

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.840
 his teaching.

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.420
 This man may or

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.960
 may not be in

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.400
 this room.

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:51.019
 Followed his

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.500
 teaching.

00:40:52.700 --> 00:40:53.519
 Followed the way

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.300
 he did family.

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.420
 I even got to

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.900
 live with his

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.280
 family.

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.099
 Okay?

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.640
 Followed his

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.420
 teaching, followed

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.860
 his family, followed

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.640
 the fact that he had

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:02.380
 an open home.

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.280
 I learned so much

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:03.720
 about what it

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.240
 looked like to

00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:04.880
 have an open

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.280
 home.

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:06.660
 Followed his

00:41:06.660 --> 00:41:07.320
 generosity.

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:08.559
 Followed his

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:09.599
 ministry style.

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.099
 Followed his

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:13.820
 self-sacrifice, his

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.740
 ability to sacrifice

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.559
 his life, him and

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.539
 his wife and their

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.000
 family.

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:19.559
 Life wasn't a

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.380
 meeting-centric

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:20.780
 thing.

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.340
 It was all of

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.539
 life.

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:22.240
 They never turned

00:41:22.240 --> 00:41:22.960
 it on and off.

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:24.059
 It was just an

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:25.260
 always kind of

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:25.559
 thing.

00:41:27.220 --> 00:41:28.160
 Really followed

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:30.480
 that not letting

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.079
 people look down

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.559
 because they're

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.639
 young and believed

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.619
 in that teaching.

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.480
 Really tried to

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:35.159
 follow that.

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:35.940
 Okay?

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:39.340
 And tried to

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:39.840
 imitate it as

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.559
 much as possible.

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.079
 And there's been

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.259
 great.

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:42.179
 There are still

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:42.940
 things to this

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:45.259
 day that I've

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:46.239
 heard people in

00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:47.579
 this room encourage

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:49.099
 me about or say

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:50.179
 they like about.

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.179
 And it's just

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:52.179
 because I imitated

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:53.079
 it from someone

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.960
 many, many years

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.559
 ago and I'm still

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.179
 imitating it to

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:55.579
 this day.

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:56.719
 Right?

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:57.340
 It was something

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:58.820
 that I saw in

00:41:58.820 --> 00:42:00.159
 somebody else and

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.980
 absorbed those

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.760
 nutrients from

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.159
 someone.

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:04.139
 And does that

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:06.059
 mean that every

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:07.099
 single thing that

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.820
 that person did,

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.320
 I wanted to do

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:09.099
 everything the way

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.519
 they did?

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.860
 No.

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.240
 There were some

00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:11.780
 things they did

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:12.219
 differently.

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:12.840
 There were some

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.880
 things, but I

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.539
 couldn't just say,

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.219
 well, I just want

00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:16.179
 this and that and

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:16.780
 then I'm not going

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:17.460
 to do this and

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:17.639
 that.

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.719
 I have to imitate

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:19.280
 everything.

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.519
 And so now

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.500
 afterwards, many

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.340
 years later, there's

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.500
 some things I do

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:23.940
 differently.

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.320
 There's a lot of

00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:25.940
 things I do the

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:26.300
 same.

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.139
 Okay?

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.659
 During that time, I

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.779
 lived in kind of

00:42:29.779 --> 00:42:30.980
 church office life.

00:42:31.819 --> 00:42:32.619
 I don't do the

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.539
 church office life

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.859
 anymore.

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.420
 Okay?

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:35.619
 I was glad I

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.519
 imitated it for that

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.779
 period of time.

00:42:37.859 --> 00:42:38.619
 I learned a lot, but

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:39.539
 now later on I think,

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:39.859
 you know what?

00:42:39.879 --> 00:42:40.219
 I'm going to do

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:40.759
 things differently

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:41.259
 that way.

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.319
 You know?

00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:44.859
 Gave myself with

00:42:44.859 --> 00:42:45.839
 that man to a lot of

00:42:45.839 --> 00:42:46.679
 short-term missions

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.019
 trips.

00:42:47.339 --> 00:42:48.059
 I don't do a lot of

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.699
 short-term missions

00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:49.259
 trips right now.

00:42:49.299 --> 00:42:49.960
 My focus is

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.299
 different.

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.679
 But I learned a

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:53.000
 lot of doing all

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.239
 that.

00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:55.299
 I was taught to

00:42:55.299 --> 00:42:55.819
 preach without

00:42:55.819 --> 00:42:56.319
 notes.

00:42:56.939 --> 00:42:57.119
 Okay?

00:42:58.119 --> 00:42:59.799
 And that was a

00:42:59.799 --> 00:43:00.500
 challenge to me.

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:01.199
 But I learned how

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:01.559
 to do that.

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.099
 And I'm glad I

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.579
 learned how to do

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:02.839
 that.

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:05.219
 But preach with

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:05.739
 notes now.

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:08.339
 So I learned how

00:43:08.339 --> 00:43:08.819
 to do that.

00:43:08.979 --> 00:43:09.379
 Maybe that was

00:43:09.379 --> 00:43:10.119
 uncomfortable at the

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.839
 time, but that's the

00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:11.459
 way he did it.

00:43:11.479 --> 00:43:11.959
 So I was going to

00:43:11.959 --> 00:43:12.659
 imitate his way of

00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:12.939
 life.

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:14.019
 He preached without

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.239
 notes.

00:43:14.319 --> 00:43:14.759
 I'm going to preach

00:43:14.759 --> 00:43:15.419
 without notes.

00:43:15.939 --> 00:43:16.119
 Okay?

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.919
 Now that I'm older,

00:43:17.459 --> 00:43:18.279
 figured out my way

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:19.179
 and how I do things,

00:43:19.279 --> 00:43:20.639
 I don't emulate that

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:20.979
 part.

00:43:21.419 --> 00:43:22.379
 But I hope you're

00:43:22.379 --> 00:43:22.619
 hearing.

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:23.299
 There's a lot of

00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:24.119
 the other stuff I've

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:25.099
 emulated over the

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:25.519
 years.

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.440
 And that's what

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:26.799
 happens.

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:27.659
 But my point is,

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.699
 when you emulate a

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.279
 man, when you

00:43:29.279 --> 00:43:31.239
 imitate a man, you

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:32.519
 don't just imitate all

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:33.199
 the things that you

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.799
 really like.

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.819
 You imitate all of

00:43:34.819 --> 00:43:36.279
 the things, except

00:43:36.279 --> 00:43:36.759
 for sin.

00:43:37.339 --> 00:43:37.980
 You don't imitate

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.859
 anybody's sin.

00:43:39.359 --> 00:43:39.539
 Okay?

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.500
 No one's advocating

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.039
 for that.

00:43:41.299 --> 00:43:42.159
 But you're imitating

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:43.099
 their way of life

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:43.679
 because you're

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.319
 absorbing the

00:43:44.319 --> 00:43:44.759
 nutrients.

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:45.639
 Okay?

00:43:46.339 --> 00:43:47.179
 I had a second man

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:48.219
 who poured himself

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:48.839
 into my life.

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.480
 I followed his

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:49.859
 teaching.

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:51.299
 He had a gift of

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:51.599
 faith.

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:52.460
 I recognized that

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:52.960
 early on in my

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.519
 Christian life that

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:54.059
 I had a gift of

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.579
 faith too.

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.720
 But mine was very

00:43:55.720 --> 00:43:56.179
 immature.

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:57.340
 His was much more

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:57.699
 mature.

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:59.300
 This guy made me feel

00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:00.199
 uncomfortable all the

00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:00.559
 time.

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:03.079
 He's constantly, he

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:04.099
 was constantly, his

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:05.019
 faith was constantly

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:06.119
 10 feet further than

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:06.699
 mine was.

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.340
 And so I would spend

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:08.880
 time with him.

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:11.559
 And I purposely tried

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.260
 to get as much time

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:13.059
 with him as I could.

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:14.260
 And I tried to do

00:44:14.260 --> 00:44:14.980
 what he was doing.

00:44:15.240 --> 00:44:16.159
 And it was always

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:17.019
 uncomfortable because he

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.760
 had way more faith to

00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:17.840
 me.

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:19.059
 But like, I want to be

00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:19.400
 faith.

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:20.119
 I want to have faith

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:20.680
 like you do.

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:22.059
 So I'm going to do

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.860
 this, even though it's

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:23.300
 uncomfortable.

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:24.559
 So I followed his

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:24.960
 faith.

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:26.180
 I followed his

00:44:26.180 --> 00:44:26.559
 patience.

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:28.019
 This guy was very, much

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.920
 more patient than I

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:29.200
 was.

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.320
 He was willing to wait a

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:30.880
 long time.

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:32.780
 He was a Kansas farmer

00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:33.599
 and he knew about

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:34.980
 patience.

00:44:37.180 --> 00:44:38.160
 I followed his

00:44:38.160 --> 00:44:39.840
 hearing of God's

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:40.119
 voice.

00:44:40.220 --> 00:44:40.820
 I learned a lot about

00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:41.519
 hearing God's voice.

00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:42.500
 I followed his open

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:44.280
 home example as well.

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:46.160
 His obedience to God

00:44:46.160 --> 00:44:46.920
 at all costs.

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.980
 His ministry style.

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:49.920
 His prayer and

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.440
 fasting.

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:51.039
 He was one of the

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.800
 first guys I ever

00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:53.360
 met who fasted on a

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:54.039
 regular basis.

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:55.940
 I was like, okay, I'm

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:57.440
 going to start doing

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:57.679
 that.

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.820
 I didn't even know that

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.380
 was a thing.

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:00.960
 But this guy fasted on a

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:01.400
 regular basis.

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:02.920
 So I said, when you

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.539
 fast, let me know.

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.320
 I'm going to fast with

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:04.500
 you.

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:05.880
 I wanted to imitate him.

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.420
 I wanted to learn what

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:06.960
 it meant to have a

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:07.960
 regular fasting life.

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:09.920
 I fasted sometimes, but I

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:11.219
 didn't have a regular

00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:11.559
 rhythm.

00:45:11.679 --> 00:45:12.579
 This guy had a regular

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.679
 rhythm of fasting, so I

00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:14.380
 imitated it.

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:16.559
 His thinking outside of

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.400
 the box I followed.

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:18.240
 His tent making.

00:45:18.700 --> 00:45:19.860
 He did other things to

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:23.820
 raise funds because he

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.619
 didn't have enough in

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:25.900
 support of what he had.

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:27.920
 So I did that with him.

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:29.840
 He would work on cars and

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:30.780
 fix up cars.

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.900
 And so he asked me, I'm

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:33.840
 like, hey, I want to spend

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:34.260
 time with you.

00:45:34.300 --> 00:45:34.740
 I want to learn through

00:45:34.740 --> 00:45:35.599
 you, so I'll work with

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:35.780
 you.

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.059
 And they were sanding

00:45:37.059 --> 00:45:37.440
 cars.

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:39.019
 He put Bondo on these old

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:39.599
 wreck cars.

00:45:39.740 --> 00:45:41.220
 And it was one of the

00:45:41.220 --> 00:45:42.280
 worst things I've ever

00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:43.539
 done in all work jobs I've

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:44.260
 ever done in my entire

00:45:44.260 --> 00:45:44.500
 life.

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:45.920
 I could, I hate it.

00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:48.360
 It's just sanding and he

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:49.159
 said, okay, now do it

00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:49.340
 again.

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.059
 Do it with a different

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:50.380
 grit.

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:51.340
 And I'm like, okay, I'm

00:45:51.340 --> 00:45:51.639
 done with that.

00:45:51.699 --> 00:45:52.300
 He's like, okay, do it

00:45:52.300 --> 00:45:53.119
 again with this grit.

00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:54.639
 And I'm like, this is

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:55.079
 ridiculous.

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:56.159
 Who does this?

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.599
 But I just wanted to be

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:57.820
 with him.

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:58.579
 I want to learn from his

00:45:58.579 --> 00:45:59.119
 work ethic.

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:00.300
 I wanted to absorb the

00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:01.320
 nutrients of his work

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:02.659
 ethic and his way of

00:46:02.659 --> 00:46:02.980
 life.

00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:04.119
 So I did it.

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.860
 Even though I didn't

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:05.500
 like it, even though I

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.480
 didn't want to do that.

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:07.699
 I did it because I wanted

00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:08.539
 to learn from the man.

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:09.280
 Right?

00:46:10.140 --> 00:46:11.420
 Now, there's other

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:12.040
 things I did.

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.540
 Maybe I wasn't super

00:46:13.540 --> 00:46:14.480
 excited about him, but I

00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:14.820
 did it.

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:15.620
 And I learned from, you

00:46:15.620 --> 00:46:16.160
 know, one thing you would

00:46:16.160 --> 00:46:16.860
 do is you would always do

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.840
 these crosswalks.

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:19.180
 You'd pray and he'd hold

00:46:19.180 --> 00:46:20.220
 a cross and he'd walk

00:46:20.220 --> 00:46:20.660
 around them.

00:46:21.060 --> 00:46:22.120
 I'd always do that with

00:46:22.120 --> 00:46:22.260
 them.

00:46:22.320 --> 00:46:23.340
 I'd walk around and people

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:24.300
 cuss me out while I'm

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:25.760
 carrying this cross through

00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:26.740
 Boulder, Colorado.

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:29.480
 And we're getting, you

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:31.320
 know, sometimes it's a

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:31.780
 little weird, but I'm

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:32.580
 like, I want to emulate

00:46:32.580 --> 00:46:33.640
 his way of life.

00:46:33.740 --> 00:46:34.580
 I'm doing this with

00:46:34.580 --> 00:46:34.760
 them.

00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:35.700
 I don't do that anymore.

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.820
 I don't do crosswalks

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:37.080
 anymore.

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:38.199
 But I don't regret that

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:39.019
 I did that with him.

00:46:39.259 --> 00:46:39.440
 Right?

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:40.940
 He was part of a

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.420
 parachurch.

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:42.480
 I'm not a big fan of

00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:43.719
 parachurch organizations for

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:45.920
 the most part, but he was

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:46.539
 part of parachurch.

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:47.340
 So I was part of the

00:46:47.340 --> 00:46:48.039
 parachurch with them.

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.940
 I learned from it.

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:49.539
 And at the time I didn't

00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:50.219
 have strong convictions

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:51.659
 about it, but I just

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.279
 wanted to learn from

00:46:52.279 --> 00:46:52.460
 him.

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:54.599
 He would do a lot of

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:56.400
 dramas, human video kind

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.880
 of things.

00:46:57.139 --> 00:46:58.239
 And I was all in on

00:46:58.239 --> 00:46:58.539
 that.

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:00.460
 You know, I don't do

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:02.679
 that nowadays, but I

00:47:02.679 --> 00:47:02.960
 did.

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:03.819
 I did a lot of that

00:47:03.819 --> 00:47:04.119
 stuff.

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:06.360
 And I'm glad I did.

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:07.579
 I learned a lot from

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.019
 that man.

00:47:08.140 --> 00:47:09.360
 Third guy poured his

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:10.500
 life into me, learned

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:11.820
 from his teaching, taught

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:12.500
 me a lot about the

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:12.800
 kingdom.

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:14.280
 Very much emphasis on

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:14.900
 the kingdom of God.

00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:15.760
 It was huge for me.

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:17.000
 Shaped a lot of things I

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:17.640
 teach today.

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:19.240
 Taught me about

00:47:19.240 --> 00:47:19.920
 apostleship.

00:47:20.200 --> 00:47:21.000
 I learned from his

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:22.140
 gift of apostleship, learned

00:47:22.140 --> 00:47:22.880
 from his teaching and

00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:24.660
 apostleship, learned from

00:47:24.660 --> 00:47:25.260
 his affection.

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:27.079
 I'm a northerner from

00:47:27.079 --> 00:47:27.579
 Wisconsin.

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:28.599
 People aren't as

00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:29.840
 naturally affectionate

00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:30.120
 there.

00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:31.519
 And affection has been a

00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:32.539
 hard thing for me over

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:33.120
 the years.

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:34.579
 But I saw from him the

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:35.579
 power of affection.

00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:37.420
 I saw from him the

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:38.900
 impact of affection.

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:40.239
 He was always hugging

00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:40.679
 people.

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:42.639
 I saw people cry when he

00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:43.199
 would come up to them

00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:43.839
 and just hug them.

00:47:44.219 --> 00:47:45.000
 Multiple times.

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:45.920
 I'm like, I don't know

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:47.019
 what that is, but I need

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.279
 that.

00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:49.719
 So I tried to imitate him

00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:50.400
 and emulate him, even

00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:51.119
 though that wasn't my

00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:52.039
 natural MO.

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:53.279
 Right?

00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:54.099
 I learned a lot about

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.739
 affection from him.

00:47:54.779 --> 00:47:55.319
 I learned a lot about

00:47:55.319 --> 00:47:56.199
 fathering from him.

00:47:56.839 --> 00:47:57.639
 Church planting.

00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:58.440
 He was a church

00:47:58.440 --> 00:47:59.880
 planter, so I learned

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:01.440
 from him and tried to

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:02.400
 imitate his way of doing

00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:02.680
 it.

00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:04.059
 I learned a lot about

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:05.079
 confidence and calling

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:05.539
 and gifting.

00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:06.639
 Sometimes I would feel

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:07.559
 really uncomfortable with

00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:08.619
 him because he'd come

00:48:08.619 --> 00:48:09.599
 into rooms with other

00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:11.019
 men and he would be so

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:12.000
 confident in his gifting.

00:48:12.160 --> 00:48:13.280
 I'm thinking, bro, you

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:13.780
 need to chill.

00:48:14.519 --> 00:48:16.820
 You know, like, these

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:17.860
 guys have way bigger

00:48:17.860 --> 00:48:18.639
 ministries than you.

00:48:18.720 --> 00:48:19.619
 They're way bigger dogs

00:48:19.619 --> 00:48:20.200
 than you, and you're

00:48:20.200 --> 00:48:21.160
 coming in here thinking

00:48:21.160 --> 00:48:24.360
 like, you're going to

00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:25.680
 source them.

00:48:26.160 --> 00:48:26.760
 I'm like, I don't know

00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:27.280
 about this.

00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:27.940
 And he would.

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.840
 It was crazy.

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:30.860
 Because he knew who he

00:48:30.860 --> 00:48:31.240
 was.

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:32.519
 So I learned a lot

00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:32.879
 from him.

00:48:32.959 --> 00:48:33.719
 And I was like, okay, I

00:48:33.719 --> 00:48:34.339
 got to go out of my

00:48:34.339 --> 00:48:35.239
 uncomfortability and be

00:48:35.239 --> 00:48:35.719
 confident.

00:48:36.899 --> 00:48:37.679
 Learned from his tent

00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:38.019
 making.

00:48:38.599 --> 00:48:39.219
 Worked with him.

00:48:39.339 --> 00:48:41.319
 Saw him raise funds

00:48:41.319 --> 00:48:42.019
 through businesses.

00:48:42.899 --> 00:48:43.419
 Then there's certain

00:48:43.419 --> 00:48:44.059
 things I do with him

00:48:44.059 --> 00:48:45.199
 that I'm not emulating

00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:46.739
 now, many years later.

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:47.979
 But in the time I did,

00:48:48.759 --> 00:48:49.579
 there was a way he did

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:51.159
 translocal ministry that

00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:52.399
 I imitated that I don't

00:48:52.399 --> 00:48:52.959
 do today.

00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:54.639
 He was a lot more

00:48:54.639 --> 00:48:56.059
 charismatic in a more

00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:59.119
 extreme way, I would say.

00:48:59.119 --> 00:49:00.159
 I'm charismatic and

00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:01.239
 believe in those things,

00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:02.199
 but it was a lot more

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:03.179
 extreme than I am today.

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:04.559
 But I emulated that in

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:04.980
 the time.

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:06.579
 I don't as much anymore

00:49:06.579 --> 00:49:07.339
 on some of those things.

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:07.900
 I used a lot more

00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:09.000
 covenant language than I

00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:10.279
 don't right now.

00:49:10.739 --> 00:49:11.719
 And I was into house

00:49:11.719 --> 00:49:12.400
 churches, and I gave

00:49:12.400 --> 00:49:13.239
 myself to house churches

00:49:13.239 --> 00:49:14.319
 for nine years with him.

00:49:15.659 --> 00:49:17.299
 And I don't do house

00:49:17.299 --> 00:49:17.859
 churches anymore.

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:21.400
 But I submitted to the

00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:21.659
 man.

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:23.839
 I imitated the man.

00:49:24.119 --> 00:49:25.779
 And I absorbed the

00:49:25.779 --> 00:49:26.759
 nutrients of those three

00:49:26.759 --> 00:49:27.399
 men, and it's been

00:49:27.399 --> 00:49:28.639
 hugely invaluable to me.

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:29.759
 There's going to be

00:49:29.759 --> 00:49:31.460
 people in your life, men

00:49:31.460 --> 00:49:32.139
 and women, you're going

00:49:32.139 --> 00:49:32.879
 to say, you know, I

00:49:32.879 --> 00:49:34.579
 want to imitate them.

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:35.079
 And there's going to be

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:35.960
 some parts of their life

00:49:35.960 --> 00:49:36.359
 you're going to say,

00:49:36.519 --> 00:49:38.239
 these ones may be, I

00:49:38.239 --> 00:49:38.960
 don't know if I would do

00:49:38.960 --> 00:49:39.480
 it this way.

00:49:41.039 --> 00:49:42.420
 But don't knock it till

00:49:42.420 --> 00:49:43.239
 you try it kind of thing.

00:49:43.279 --> 00:49:43.699
 You're going to have to

00:49:43.699 --> 00:49:45.239
 jump in and absorb.

00:49:45.659 --> 00:49:46.359
 Get in there.

00:49:47.399 --> 00:49:50.319
 In conclusion, imitation and

00:49:50.319 --> 00:49:51.339
 example are the way.

00:49:52.279 --> 00:49:54.079
 Can't be fatherless fruit

00:49:54.079 --> 00:49:54.539
 pickers.

00:49:56.420 --> 00:49:57.579
 Who are you imitating?

00:49:58.980 --> 00:50:00.279
 Whose ways and traditions

00:50:00.279 --> 00:50:01.000
 are you following?

00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:03.759
 Are you bending your

00:50:03.759 --> 00:50:04.739
 culture, ways, and

00:50:04.739 --> 00:50:06.039
 traditions to a church or

00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:06.359
 leaders?

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:08.000
 Or are you expecting,

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:08.960
 maybe even demanding,

00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:10.039
 that the church bend its

00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:10.940
 culture, ways, and

00:50:10.940 --> 00:50:12.739
 traditions to yours?

00:50:14.099 --> 00:50:15.199
 Who's following you?

00:50:16.039 --> 00:50:16.960
 Who's following your

00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:17.399
 example?

00:50:18.619 --> 00:50:19.619
 And is the example you're

00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:20.539
 setting, one that people

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:21.379
 would want to follow?

00:50:22.339 --> 00:50:24.199
 Or one that people are

00:50:24.199 --> 00:50:24.579
 following?

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:27.219
 Your speech, your conduct,

00:50:27.379 --> 00:50:28.899
 your faith, your love, your

00:50:28.899 --> 00:50:29.219
 purity.

00:50:29.759 --> 00:50:31.279
 We need fathers and sons

00:50:31.279 --> 00:50:33.460
 whose example can and

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:34.359
 should be imitated.

00:50:34.359 --> 00:50:35.799
 Amen?

00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:37.840
 Amen?

00:50:37.840 --> 00:50:38.180
 We need a crazy pretend.

00:50:38.180 --> 00:50:44.240
 And we need a

00:50:47.240 --> 00:50:47.840
 cleft message.