WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.919 All right, well, as we come to the Word of God this morning, we're picking up where we 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:09.599 left off last Sunday, and we are in 2 Timothy, Paul's second letter to Timothy. 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.220 So if you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to 2 Timothy. 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:17.820 Our passage for this morning is verse 13 to 18. 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:22.400 Let me just remind us a little of what we heard last Sunday. 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.859 Paul is writing this letter to Timothy, and he's doing so from prison. 00:00:27.820 --> 00:00:34.140 He's in jail in Rome, the city of Rome, and he's actually chained up even into jail, and 00:00:34.140 --> 00:00:34.679 he's suffering. 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:40.259 As we'll see a little later in this letter, Paul knows that his days are numbered, and 00:00:40.259 --> 00:00:42.119 that he will very soon be executed. 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:48.379 He's already had a first hearing or trial of sorts, and he's writing this letter now 00:00:48.379 --> 00:00:55.600 to Timothy, a younger man who has been a co-worker of his and spreading the message of Jesus all 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:56.920 over the Mediterranean world. 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:04.000 Timothy eventually came to be stationed in the city of Ephesus and has been working with 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:04.740 the church there. 00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:11.000 And so Paul writes to him probably there in the city of Ephesus. 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.260 And as Paul nears the end, this is what we heard last Sunday. 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:23.580 We heard Paul urge Timothy not to let his spiritual gift go unused, but to rekindle and fan it into 00:01:23.580 --> 00:01:24.640 flame, use it. 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:32.800 And he reminded Timothy that the Holy Spirit lives in him and that he gives us power and 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:35.240 love and self-discipline. 00:01:35.939 --> 00:01:42.980 All things that are needed for Timothy to go on using his gift amidst the challenges of persecution 00:01:42.980 --> 00:01:44.600 that are happening in his region. 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:52.260 And Paul also reminded Timothy of the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ and his salvation 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:59.620 and the promise of life and immortality that comes through Jesus, despite the fact that we 00:01:59.620 --> 00:02:00.120 all die. 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:08.460 And Paul urged Timothy not to be ashamed of the gospel, of the testimony of the Lord or of 00:02:08.460 --> 00:02:12.500 him, but rather to join with him in suffering for the gospel. 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:14.300 Let's pick up Paul's words. 00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:19.340 We'll back it up a bit to verse 11 and I'll read it for us. 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:21.360 In verse 11, Paul says, 00:02:21.740 --> 00:02:28.280 And of this gospel, I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.159 That's why I'm suffering as I am. 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:39.020 Yet this is no cause for shame because I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that 00:02:39.020 --> 00:02:43.460 he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:53.500 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching with faith and love in Christ 00:02:53.500 --> 00:02:53.979 Jesus. 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.859 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you. 00:02:57.860 --> 00:03:01.840 Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. 00:03:02.820 --> 00:03:10.200 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phagellus and 00:03:10.200 --> 00:03:10.920 Hermogenes. 00:03:11.980 --> 00:03:19.080 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:20.140 of my chains. 00:03:21.220 --> 00:03:25.540 On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. 00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:30.620 May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day. 00:03:31.519 --> 00:03:36.120 You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:40.359 So just a short passage for this morning. 00:03:41.139 --> 00:03:44.079 And there are three pieces here that we're going to be looking at. 00:03:44.819 --> 00:03:47.680 The first piece is verses 13 to 14. 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:51.219 Paul urges Timothy to guard the teaching. 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:56.859 Then, in verse 15, Paul tells of some who have abandoned him. 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:03.759 And then finally, in verses 16 to 18, he talks about a few who have stayed true. 00:04:04.780 --> 00:04:12.060 And so we're going to look at these in order, starting with first, Paul's charge to Timothy. 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:16.839 In verse 13. 00:04:18.660 --> 00:04:28.420 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching with faith and love in Christ Jesus. 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.360 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you. 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:37.199 Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:39.800 What is Paul saying here? 00:04:42.620 --> 00:04:43.620 What does he mean? 00:04:46.139 --> 00:04:49.699 Let's just bring in the context a little bit from up above in verse 11. 00:04:49.699 --> 00:04:55.620 Of this gospel, I was appointed a herald. 00:04:56.459 --> 00:05:00.699 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching. 00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:06.300 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you. 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:11.420 So what is the good deposit that Timothy is to guard? 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:16.439 The gospel. 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:19.439 Yes, the gospel. 00:05:19.579 --> 00:05:20.800 The good news of salvation. 00:05:24.699 --> 00:05:26.360 This good news about Jesus. 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:29.419 The same good news that Paul has been heralding. 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:30.379 That he's been teaching. 00:05:31.019 --> 00:05:32.919 That's what Timothy has heard from Paul. 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:34.439 That is the good deposit. 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:41.399 And that's what Timothy is to guard and keep as the pattern in his own teaching ministry. 00:05:42.019 --> 00:05:44.480 Let's think about that word deposit for a moment. 00:05:45.339 --> 00:05:46.160 What's a deposit? 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:53.819 Well, in this language that the Bible was written in, 00:05:54.339 --> 00:06:00.879 the word used here usually refers to the property of someone that has been entrusted to another. 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:05.819 So in this case, Timothy has been entrusted with something. 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:08.439 But it's come from another. 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:10.779 It belongs to another. 00:06:10.899 --> 00:06:14.779 In this case, he's been entrusted with a teaching or a message. 00:06:15.100 --> 00:06:16.079 The good news. 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:17.500 The testimony about Jesus. 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:20.579 Paul uses all these words kind of interchangeably. 00:06:20.579 --> 00:06:22.680 There's this testimony about Jesus. 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:24.019 This news about Jesus. 00:06:24.139 --> 00:06:25.259 A message about Jesus. 00:06:25.379 --> 00:06:27.099 A teaching concerning Jesus. 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:28.519 And it's sound. 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:30.019 It's good. 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:31.719 It's true. 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:33.379 And where did Paul get it? 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:36.839 He says he got it from Jesus Christ himself. 00:06:37.159 --> 00:06:38.219 Back up in verse 1. 00:06:38.299 --> 00:06:40.659 He is an apostle of Jesus Christ. 00:06:40.660 --> 00:06:45.580 Meaning that he's been sent by Jesus Christ to speak on behalf of Jesus. 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:49.439 And to bear witness to the truth about Jesus. 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:55.040 Just like all the other apostles who were eyewitnesses of the things that happened with Jesus. 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:59.100 So Paul has this teaching from Jesus, from God. 00:06:59.300 --> 00:07:02.040 And he has taught it to Timothy. 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:06.040 What you heard from me, Timothy. 00:07:07.760 --> 00:07:11.280 And this teaching that I've given to you, Timothy. 00:07:12.080 --> 00:07:13.600 You now guard it. 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:15.760 Keep it. 00:07:16.340 --> 00:07:18.540 As the pattern of sound teaching. 00:07:20.660 --> 00:07:21.300 Implied. 00:07:21.860 --> 00:07:23.180 Teach it to others. 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:28.000 Teach to others what you heard from me. 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:29.240 What I taught to you. 00:07:30.200 --> 00:07:31.020 And this is huge. 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:35.419 What is Timothy supposed to teach in his church there in Ephesus? 00:07:36.899 --> 00:07:39.019 He's not to just make something up. 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:43.199 Or just figure out some of his own thoughts. 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:45.699 Or share from his own wisdom or experience. 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:48.279 Timothy is not an apostle. 00:07:49.659 --> 00:07:52.939 He does not have God speaking through him by the Holy Spirit. 00:07:53.099 --> 00:07:56.180 In the same way as Paul does. 00:07:57.039 --> 00:07:57.839 And so Paul says, 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:00.779 Keep that teaching that I gave you. 00:08:01.019 --> 00:08:03.479 That I deposited to you from Jesus. 00:08:03.819 --> 00:08:04.519 Keep that. 00:08:04.799 --> 00:08:05.199 Guard it. 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:07.759 Make that the teaching of your ministry. 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:11.399 For those of us who teach in the church. 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:13.339 Whether pastors or elders. 00:08:13.740 --> 00:08:15.219 Or alive teachers. 00:08:15.419 --> 00:08:16.519 Or Sunday school teachers. 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:20.199 We are not to just make something up. 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:21.579 That sounds good. 00:08:22.299 --> 00:08:23.599 Or that feels right. 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:28.079 God himself has spoken into human history. 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:29.419 Through Jesus. 00:08:30.359 --> 00:08:32.199 And through the apostles. 00:08:32.199 --> 00:08:33.340 By his Holy Spirit. 00:08:33.699 --> 00:08:36.199 Such that these words that we have in our Bibles. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:37.899 Are the very words of God. 00:08:37.899 --> 00:08:37.939 God. 00:08:39.179 --> 00:08:41.279 This is the good deposit. 00:08:42.199 --> 00:08:44.799 These are the things that Jesus taught. 00:08:44.959 --> 00:08:46.559 That Paul taught. 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:49.139 And this is what we are to teach. 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:52.539 This is what we are to keep as our main message. 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:56.779 And so every sermon. 00:08:58.059 --> 00:08:59.539 Every Sunday school lesson. 00:09:00.419 --> 00:09:02.959 Must be a sharing of these words. 00:09:04.339 --> 00:09:07.399 A discussion of the truth of these words. 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:11.539 As my preaching professor used to say. 00:09:11.740 --> 00:09:13.199 And he wasn't the first to say it. 00:09:13.319 --> 00:09:14.500 Others said it before him. 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:16.639 But he used to say. 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:17.820 The main point of the sermon. 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:20.379 Should be the main point of the passage. 00:09:22.340 --> 00:09:23.779 If these are God's words. 00:09:23.899 --> 00:09:24.720 We don't need to. 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:25.840 To kind of. 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:27.539 Springboard off of this. 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.139 Into talking about a bunch of stuff. 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:30.379 That we think about it. 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:32.360 We need to focus on. 00:09:32.539 --> 00:09:34.399 What is God trying to say. 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:37.100 Through his designated apostle. 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:38.820 Or through his son. 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:39.820 Or through the prophet. 00:09:40.779 --> 00:09:41.379 To us. 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:43.480 And we don't need to. 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:44.460 To add. 00:09:44.700 --> 00:09:45.519 Or supplement. 00:09:45.800 --> 00:09:46.480 Or minimize. 00:09:47.259 --> 00:09:48.220 Some of the things. 00:09:48.340 --> 00:09:49.480 That maybe we don't like. 00:09:50.060 --> 00:09:50.980 We need to proclaim. 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:52.720 This good deposit. 00:09:53.379 --> 00:09:54.659 We need to keep it intact. 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:55.840 We need to keep it whole. 00:09:57.220 --> 00:09:59.300 We need to explain these words. 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:01.340 And meditate on them. 00:10:01.860 --> 00:10:02.879 And apply them. 00:10:03.500 --> 00:10:04.639 So that all of us. 00:10:04.680 --> 00:10:05.340 As Christ's people. 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:06.399 Can understand them. 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:07.899 And trust them. 00:10:08.800 --> 00:10:09.440 And live. 00:10:09.800 --> 00:10:10.920 In accordance with them. 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:12.200 So. 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:14.000 In this first part. 00:10:14.100 --> 00:10:15.820 We see that there's a body of teaching. 00:10:16.140 --> 00:10:17.040 From God. 00:10:17.259 --> 00:10:17.879 From Jesus. 00:10:20.100 --> 00:10:21.980 And as it filters down to us. 00:10:22.180 --> 00:10:23.140 We as a church. 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:24.480 Are stewards. 00:10:25.340 --> 00:10:26.980 Of this good deposit. 00:10:28.560 --> 00:10:30.080 And in our cultural moment. 00:10:30.820 --> 00:10:31.980 It may be tempting. 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:32.800 At times. 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:33.960 To drift away from. 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:35.800 This teaching. 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:38.579 Or maybe to be embarrassed. 00:10:38.859 --> 00:10:40.620 By some of these words. 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:41.740 In here. 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:43.699 Or in the case of Timothy. 00:10:43.699 --> 00:10:44.819 With all the persecution. 00:10:45.299 --> 00:10:46.479 Going on in his time. 00:10:46.699 --> 00:10:46.839 Or. 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:47.819 You know. 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:49.139 Paul here is in jail. 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:50.359 And soon to die. 00:10:50.419 --> 00:10:51.199 There's a temptation. 00:10:51.199 --> 00:10:51.539 Maybe. 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:52.399 To be ashamed. 00:10:52.899 --> 00:10:54.139 Of these words. 00:10:54.859 --> 00:10:55.759 Of the gospel. 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:58.539 Maybe just say. 00:10:59.139 --> 00:11:00.220 Only the parts. 00:11:00.319 --> 00:11:01.559 That the world around us. 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:02.279 Likes. 00:11:03.939 --> 00:11:05.379 Maybe just focus on. 00:11:05.819 --> 00:11:07.179 The parts about love. 00:11:07.179 --> 00:11:11.459 But there's other things. 00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:12.500 That Jesus said too. 00:11:13.819 --> 00:11:15.299 He talked about sin. 00:11:16.079 --> 00:11:17.559 He talked about hell. 00:11:18.719 --> 00:11:20.339 He talked on a number of. 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:21.979 Difficult things. 00:11:22.699 --> 00:11:23.620 And so we cannot. 00:11:24.839 --> 00:11:26.099 Neglect those things. 00:11:26.099 --> 00:11:26.959 That too. 00:11:27.099 --> 00:11:28.439 Is part of the good deposit. 00:11:29.239 --> 00:11:30.899 It's part of the teaching. 00:11:31.179 --> 00:11:32.179 That we have received. 00:11:32.959 --> 00:11:34.279 Guard that good deposit. 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:34.959 Says Paul. 00:11:35.479 --> 00:11:36.399 Keep it whole. 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:37.379 Keep it intact. 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:38.639 Keep it true. 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:40.579 To what you heard from me. 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:43.899 And do so with faith. 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:46.000 And with love. 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:50.379 And here's some encouragement Timothy. 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.259 You're not left. 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:54.139 All alone to yourself. 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.299 To protect the good deposit. 00:11:56.459 --> 00:11:57.500 That you've received from me. 00:11:58.340 --> 00:11:58.799 He says. 00:11:58.899 --> 00:11:59.360 Guard it. 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:01.019 Through the Holy Spirit. 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:02.220 Or by the Holy Spirit. 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:04.179 With the help of the Holy Spirit. 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:05.899 Who lives in us. 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:08.659 Timothy. 00:12:08.659 --> 00:12:09.879 You're not alone in this. 00:12:10.079 --> 00:12:12.279 God's Spirit lives in you. 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:13.799 He lives in me. 00:12:14.419 --> 00:12:16.000 And he is there to guide you. 00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:17.199 And help you as you teach. 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:19.259 And proclaim the same good news. 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:20.480 The same gospel. 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:22.620 The same testimony about Jesus. 00:12:23.340 --> 00:12:24.519 That you heard from me. 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:29.120 Let me just say it one more time. 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.360 Our job. 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:32.299 Is not to improvise. 00:12:33.199 --> 00:12:35.120 Not to write our own script. 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:37.460 It's to get this good deposit. 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:40.659 This already good deposit. 00:12:41.199 --> 00:12:42.899 And sound teaching. 00:12:44.059 --> 00:12:45.620 To the people in our church. 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:48.379 And to the people in our community. 00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:50.539 And the people in the world around us. 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:52.699 And the Spirit is in us. 00:12:53.059 --> 00:12:54.000 And with us. 00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:55.539 To help us do this. 00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:58.620 So that's his first point here. 00:12:58.779 --> 00:13:00.139 Guard the teaching, Timothy. 00:13:02.199 --> 00:13:03.599 Let's go to the next section. 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.480 Verse 15. 00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:07.860 Where Paul describes how some have abandoned him. 00:13:09.459 --> 00:13:10.240 Paul writes. 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:22.960 What a statement. 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:27.100 This is one of those ones we might just skip over. 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:28.639 Because it's got so many weird names. 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:29.799 And a weird place in it. 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:32.399 But what a statement. 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:36.019 Can you imagine the tone of sadness in Paul's heart. 00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:37.279 As he writes this. 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:40.480 Where is the province of Asia. 00:13:40.959 --> 00:13:42.139 Back in these days. 00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.939 In the first century. 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.579 It's the region on the map that's shaded yellow. 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:48.600 In the middle. 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:54.220 That's a lot of people. 00:13:56.939 --> 00:13:58.100 That's a lot of churches. 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:02.199 This is modern day Turkey. 00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:03.079 But back then. 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:04.720 Some of the cities that they had. 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:05.279 Troy. 00:14:05.660 --> 00:14:06.340 Pergamum. 00:14:06.660 --> 00:14:07.300 Thyatira. 00:14:07.660 --> 00:14:08.160 Smyrna. 00:14:08.540 --> 00:14:09.100 Philadelphia. 00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:09.960 Tripoli. 00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:10.940 Laodicea. 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:11.980 Colossae. 00:14:12.460 --> 00:14:12.960 Sardis. 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.960 Halicarnasus. 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:16.440 And Ephesus. 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:20.700 This is the place where Timothy is. 00:14:20.800 --> 00:14:21.259 Ephesus. 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:23.180 Let these words sink in. 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.240 Timothy. 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:27.639 You know that everyone in the province of Asia. 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:29.759 Has deserted me. 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:35.899 Some of these cities you may know from the book of Revelation. 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:39.360 All of the seven churches in the book of Revelation. 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.819 Are cities of this region. 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.159 Of course Revelation was written after this. 00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:47.200 Much later. 00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:51.200 How does Timothy know this? 00:14:51.439 --> 00:14:52.319 He says you know. 00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:54.039 How does Timothy know this? 00:14:54.039 --> 00:15:00.039 Because he himself has been serving. 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.480 Right in the middle of this province. 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.740 In Ephesus. 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.559 You know that everyone in the province of Asia. 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.259 Has deserted me. 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:14.159 Now this is hyperbole. 00:15:14.599 --> 00:15:16.719 Paul does not mean that every single Christian. 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:17.799 In Asia. 00:15:18.219 --> 00:15:19.219 Has turned away from him. 00:15:19.599 --> 00:15:20.980 Timothy is one who hasn't. 00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:22.480 And as we'll hear in a moment. 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:23.320 On a sephorist. 00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:24.279 And his household. 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.200 Who we'll hear about. 00:15:26.180 --> 00:15:27.180 Shortly here. 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:29.539 They also have not deserted Paul. 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:31.200 But the vast majority. 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:33.080 Of Christians. 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:34.580 Of believers in the province. 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:36.500 Have turned their backs on Paul. 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:39.720 The preacher of Christ. 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.480 Why? 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.960 Because being a Christian. 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:49.159 Is not just unpopular. 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:51.059 It's coming to real suffering. 00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.980 It's coming. 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.939 To violent treatment. 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:59.259 It's coming to imprisonment. 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:01.399 For the followers of Jesus. 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.199 In this region. 00:16:02.339 --> 00:16:03.319 This is why Paul. 00:16:03.579 --> 00:16:04.639 Is in jail. 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.259 And chained. 00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:09.019 Because he has been. 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:09.719 The single. 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:10.799 Greatest. 00:16:10.939 --> 00:16:11.620 And loudest. 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.860 Proclaimer of Jesus. 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.779 In all the surrounding regions. 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.899 He's been going. 00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:16.799 Back and forth. 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.600 Between the churches. 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.419 Here and there. 00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:19.059 And everywhere. 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:21.259 Declaring this message. 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.939 About Jesus. 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.919 And now. 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.019 In this province of Asia. 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:24.399 Many. 00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:27.439 Probably the majority. 00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:28.419 Of people. 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.600 Outside the church. 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.500 Have turned their hearts. 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:31.539 Against the Christians. 00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:33.039 And the church is there. 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:35.199 And so most. 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:35.779 Have. 00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:37.539 Within the church. 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:37.980 Even. 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.539 Deserted Paul. 00:16:39.719 --> 00:16:40.939 They've cut ties with Paul. 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.860 They've renounced. 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.419 And rejected Paul. 00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:46.419 Because it's his gospel. 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:48.740 That they deem responsible. 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:50.360 For the suffering. 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:51.079 And persecution. 00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:52.179 That's coming their way. 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:55.219 And Paul names two men here. 00:16:55.339 --> 00:16:56.240 Who Timothy knows. 00:16:56.439 --> 00:16:56.959 From Asia. 00:17:01.959 --> 00:17:02.479 Vigelis. 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.000 And Hermogenes. 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:06.240 Probably pronouncing those wrong. 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.599 This is the only mention. 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:10.059 Of these two individuals. 00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:11.180 Anywhere in the Bible. 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.680 And so far as we know today. 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.900 There aren't any surviving. 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.980 Historical sources. 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:17.359 That mention these two guys. 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:18.440 Anywhere. 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:20.740 Or shed light on who they are. 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.900 Or what. 00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.359 Anything about them. 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:25.099 But Paul mentions them. 00:17:25.099 --> 00:17:25.900 Because Timothy. 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.279 Knows who they are. 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:31.779 They've deserted me. 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.359 Quite literally. 00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:36.160 They've turned away from me. 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:40.019 Now we may wonder. 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:41.579 As we read something like this. 00:17:41.639 --> 00:17:42.559 Whether Fagellus. 00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.920 And Hermogenes. 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:45.079 Will be in heaven or not. 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:47.839 Whether they were true believers or not. 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.460 But when it comes right down to it. 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.420 There's just not enough. 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.240 To know. 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:53.899 There's not enough here to say. 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:56.039 It's possible that they were true believers. 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.740 And that they. 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:58.660 Acted shamefully. 00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:00.220 They gave into temptation. 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.099 And into fear. 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.819 And they distanced themselves from Paul. 00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:06.420 It's possible also that. 00:18:06.879 --> 00:18:08.160 Just like in the. 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.799 The parable that Jesus told. 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.660 Of the sower. 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.200 That they. 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.660 Are like the seed. 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:14.079 That was sown among the rocks. 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.559 And that now that the. 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:18.259 Scorching sun of persecution. 00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:18.680 Is. 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:20.259 Is bearing down on them. 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.019 They're withering. 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.180 Because their acceptance of the gospel. 00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.319 From the get-go. 00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.799 Was only superficial. 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:26.799 And shallow. 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:28.119 We don't know. 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.920 But can you imagine. 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.839 How Paul's feeling. 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.619 At the thought of this. 00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:37.819 Thankfully. 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:39.200 In the dark reality. 00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:41.160 Of an entire province. 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:42.539 Turning their back on Paul. 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.639 There's one. 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.879 Bright light. 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:47.160 Shining in the midst of the darkness. 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:53.380 Verse 16. 00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:55.680 May the Lord show mercy. 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:58.000 To the household of Onesiphorus. 00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.860 Because he. 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.560 Often refreshed me. 00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:03.840 And was not ashamed of my chains. 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.060 On the contrary. 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.040 When he was in Rome. 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.660 He searched hard for me. 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.840 Until he found me. 00:19:10.360 --> 00:19:11.200 May the Lord grant. 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.500 That he will find mercy. 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.700 From the Lord on that day. 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:15.620 You know very well. 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.240 In how many ways. 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.460 He helped me. 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.720 In Ephesus. 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.480 So there's. 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.740 There's one man. 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.799 And his household. 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:26.019 And there's probably a few more. 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.860 But one. 00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:27.940 That Paul mentions. 00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:29.000 That Timothy knows. 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.200 Who has not. 00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.259 Turned. 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.940 His back. 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.259 On Paul. 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.319 This man. 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:36.000 In his household. 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.359 Onesiphorus. 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:39.559 And it would seem. 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.500 From the end of the verse. 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.579 On screen here. 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.660 That. 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.759 During some. 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:44.579 Moment. 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.259 When Paul. 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.099 And Timothy. 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.799 Were together. 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.900 In Ephesus. 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.640 Onesiphorus was there. 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.339 And Paul says. 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:50.859 You know. 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.579 You remember. 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.660 How many ways. 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.079 He helped me. 00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:58.119 Paul says quite a lot here. 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.839 About the kindness. 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:00.699 And the. 00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.759 The help. 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.799 Of Onesiphorus. 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.599 Let's just look through. 00:20:03.679 --> 00:20:04.119 These things. 00:20:04.659 --> 00:20:05.139 Quickly. 00:20:06.439 --> 00:20:07.480 Verse 16. 00:20:08.399 --> 00:20:08.919 Onesiphorus. 00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:10.379 Often refresh me. 00:20:11.459 --> 00:20:12.299 Says Paul. 00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:14.639 Now we don't even know. 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.539 The relationship. 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.279 That he had. 00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:16.939 With this man. 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:18.500 Whether he traveled with him. 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.639 Or whether Onesiphorus. 00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.639 Went back and forth. 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:22.500 To see him sometimes. 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:24.179 But this is quite the statement. 00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:25.859 He often refresh me. 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.699 Many times. 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.720 He encouraged me. 00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.559 He helped me. 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:33.059 In the midst of my. 00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.220 Weariness. 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.380 And my afflictions. 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:38.420 And specifically of note. 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.680 Paul says. 00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:42.120 That Onesiphorus. 00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.980 Was not. 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.160 Ashamed. 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.819 Of his chains. 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.539 He was not. 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.120 Ashamed. 00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:49.340 Of my chains. 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:52.440 What is it that Paul has. 00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:53.900 Asked. 00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.500 Timothy. 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.799 Just moments ago. 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.860 Back up in verse 8. 00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.559 He said. 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:01.039 So do not be ashamed. 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.779 Of the testimony. 00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.900 About our Lord. 00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.759 Or of me. 00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.279 His prisoner. 00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:08.500 Nearly everyone. 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.559 In the province of Asia. 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.519 Has deserted me. 00:21:10.600 --> 00:21:11.259 They've been ashamed. 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.019 Of my chains. 00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:12.759 They've been ashamed. 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.759 Of my imprisonment. 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.860 But Onesiphorus. 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.360 Was not. 00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.819 And Paul gives. 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:21.160 A specific example. 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.460 Here. 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.200 Of how this. 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.299 Was true. 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:25.319 Shown to be true. 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:26.339 In verse 17. 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.579 On the contrary. 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.740 When Onesiphorus. 00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.379 Was in Rome. 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:32.099 He searched hard for me. 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.720 Until he found me. 00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.460 Think about this. 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.940 If Paul's suffering. 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.059 For preaching. 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:41.200 The name of Jesus. 00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:43.579 To the point that he is. 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.619 In chains. 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.359 In a prison cell. 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.059 In Rome. 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.740 The capital city. 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.539 Of the empire. 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:49.680 There. 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.519 Wouldn't it be dangerous. 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.119 Wouldn't it be risky. 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.519 To pay visits. 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.960 To Paul. 00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:00.099 We should also know. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.019 That in these days. 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.119 Rome didn't provide. 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.879 Men in jail. 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.940 With. 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.940 A whole lot. 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.180 It was often. 00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:08.539 Left up to the family. 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.759 Or close friends. 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.220 To provide for the needs. 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.940 Of their loved ones. 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.440 In prison. 00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.399 And so who knows. 00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:14.940 What shape. 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.899 Paul was even in. 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.359 When Onesiphorus. 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.500 Found him. 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:22.940 And notice how Paul. 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.599 Describes it. 00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.059 He says. 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.180 Onesiphorus. 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.019 Searched. 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.759 Hard. 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.460 For me. 00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.480 Quite literally. 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:30.940 Diligently. 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.799 He searched. 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.599 Diligently. 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.680 For me. 00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.579 Until. 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.659 He found me. 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.019 How easy. 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.700 Would it have been. 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.539 For Onesiphorus. 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:40.920 To just. 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.180 You know. 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.480 Ask around a bit. 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.279 Hey. 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.579 You guys know. 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.339 Where Paul is. 00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.279 Anybody know. 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.940 Where they have him. 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:49.759 Oh no. 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.340 Okay. 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.660 Well. 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.900 I guess it didn't work out. 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.360 This time. 00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:53.720 Lord. 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.700 Please keep him safe. 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:57.059 And just be on his way. 00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.620 But the sense we get here. 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.600 Is that Onesiphorus. 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.240 Had a difficult time. 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.240 Finding Paul. 00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.539 And yet. 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:07.259 He just kept going after it. 00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.340 And going after it. 00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.759 He refused to give up. 00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.980 Until he found him. 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:14.039 And so Paul. 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.720 Blesses. 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.519 Onesiphorus. 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.400 And his household. 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:21.420 We notice the household part there too. 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:23.000 Almost like maybe. 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.720 There was more involved in this visit. 00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:26.099 Than just Onesiphorus coming. 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.480 We don't know. 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:29.120 It could be that Onesiphorus' family. 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:30.880 Put together some food and supplies. 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.559 Much like we hear at the end of the letter. 00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.720 To the Philippians. 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:36.180 And brought those things to him. 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:39.000 We can only imagine. 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.060 How much. 00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.660 That visit. 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:43.080 From a brother in Christ. 00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.820 Must have meant. 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.100 To Paul. 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.500 As he. 00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.799 Suffered alone. 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.519 In prison. 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.120 And so Paul. 00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.560 Blesses Onesiphorus. 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.620 And his household. 00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.320 He says. 00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.779 May the Lord show mercy. 00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:00.539 To the household of Onesiphorus. 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:02.940 And to Onesiphorus himself. 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.320 On that. 00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.240 Day. 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.420 This is a blessing. 00:24:08.320 --> 00:24:09.840 Now it's possible to think here. 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.380 That because of that word mercy. 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.400 That Paul's like praying. 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.180 For Onesiphorus. 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.279 To be spared judgment. 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.259 On the final day. 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.779 But we have to remember. 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:19.279 That the word for mercy here. 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:21.120 In this original language. 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.200 It's broader than that. 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.180 It's bigger than that. 00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.840 It can mean. 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:26.220 A sort of compassion. 00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.340 Kindness. 00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.380 Pity. 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:32.519 And so that's what Paul is. 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.180 Is praying. 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.279 It's a blessing. 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:37.000 Upon Onesiphorus. 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.639 And his family. 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.980 Like Onesiphorus. 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.379 Has shown me. 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.579 Such compassionate. 00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.460 Kindness. 00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.920 By coming to minister. 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.579 To me. 00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.079 Here in the jail. 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.359 And so may God. 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.940 Treat him. 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.680 And his family. 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.460 In like manner. 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.099 Not just now. 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.639 But even on that final day. 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.579 May God. 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.039 Take. 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.440 Onesiphorus. 00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.680 Jesus. 00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.240 Compassionate kindness. 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.080 Into account. 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.220 And reward him. 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.019 For it. 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.080 With the same. 00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.640 It's a statement. 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.220 Of blessing. 00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:06.539 And it. 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.559 It calls to mind. 00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.539 Those words of Jesus. 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.680 In the Sermon on the Mount. 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.519 Do you remember them? 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.140 Jesus said. 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.660 Blessed are the merciful. 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.660 Or the compassionate. 00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.740 For they will be shown. 00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.860 Mercy. 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.600 They will be shown. 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.400 Compassion. 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.799 So this is what Paul. 00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:24.039 Has to say to Timothy. 00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.940 First he charges him. 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.039 To guard the teaching. 00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:29.279 Then he gives these. 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.259 Negative examples. 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.559 Of the people. 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:33.460 In Timothy's province. 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.879 Who have turned away from him. 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.559 Don't be like them. 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.659 Timothy. 00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.940 Be like Onesiphorus. 00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:42.099 Who has been unashamed. 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.000 Of me. 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.319 And my chains. 00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.039 And of the gospel. 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.740 Even risking his own life. 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.399 To see me. 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.500 And to minister to me. 00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.720 So what do we take. 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.360 From all this. 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.180 For ourselves. 00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.059 Here today. 00:25:59.460 --> 00:25:59.900 2024. 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.440 North America. 00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.720 Different context. 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.880 Well I already mentioned. 00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.860 The first way. 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.039 That we can apply these words. 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.680 Is teachers. 00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.079 And in shares. 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.500 Of the good news of Jesus. 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.940 We're not to try to come up. 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.380 With our own original teaching. 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.000 Or message. 00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.200 We have. 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.120 The good deposit. 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.319 The same one. 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.779 It's been entrusted. 00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.759 To us as well. 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.819 The same gospel. 00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.720 That Paul preached. 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.740 And shared with Timothy. 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.899 The same words of instruction. 00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.700 That Paul gave. 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.240 By the spirit of God. 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.920 As an apostle. 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.180 We have them right here. 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:36.059 This is what we're to teach. 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:38.079 This is what we're to proclaim. 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.940 And that places responsibility. 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.399 On us who teach. 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.980 In the church. 00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.339 To stay. 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.079 True. 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:46.319 To this. 00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.059 Pattern. 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.879 Of sound teaching. 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.599 The main point. 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.319 Of the passage. 00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.980 Should be the main point. 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.519 Of the sermon. 00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:55.299 The gospel accounts. 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.859 That we have. 00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.539 In our bible. 00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.059 Should be this. 00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:59.359 The true stories. 00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.819 That we relay. 00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.759 To our kids. 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.139 In alive. 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.399 What about. 00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.359 For those of you. 00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:07.279 Who are not teachers. 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.699 I would suggest to you. 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.759 That these words of Paul. 00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.679 Here in verse 13. 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.340 And 14. 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.940 Should also shape. 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.320 Our sermon appetites. 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.360 What kind of teaching. 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.500 Should we desire. 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.680 In the church. 00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:22.920 What kind of preaching. 00:27:23.060 --> 00:27:24.000 Should we hunger for. 00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.060 And expect. 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.299 What should we anticipate. 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.960 And hope for. 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.580 When we come. 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.140 To this time. 00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.240 In the service. 00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:33.120 On Sunday mornings. 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.100 We should desire. 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.920 That what is taught. 00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:37.420 Is the same. 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.519 Good deposit. 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.779 Same sound teaching. 00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:42.639 We should listen. 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.899 Not just to be entertained. 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.859 Or to have our interest. 00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.980 Peaked on some. 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.220 Current. 00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.420 Issue. 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.799 Or to hear. 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.559 Just about our. 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.420 Felt needs. 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:56.000 If this is the good deposit. 00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.240 If this is the pattern. 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.099 Of sound teaching. 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.000 Then this is what. 00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.960 We should hope to hear. 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.019 Week after week. 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:04.160 This is what we should expect. 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.779 In alive. 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.839 And in Sunday school. 00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.660 And in the songs we sing. 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:11.240 My aim. 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.120 In preaching. 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.680 And teaching. 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.860 Is just very simply. 00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:16.180 For lives to be changed. 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:19.240 I believe that God's word. 00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.900 Is powerful. 00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:21.440 And that through his word. 00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:22.660 He changes hearts. 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.840 And minds. 00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:25.160 And saves. 00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:28.220 And so that's my aim. 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.220 As a teacher and preacher. 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.279 It's to open up. 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.779 This already good deposit. 00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.960 And lay it before us. 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.720 So that we can hear it. 00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.680 We can consider it. 00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.759 We can understand it. 00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.620 We can put our trust in it. 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.360 And we can be changed. 00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.340 By it. 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.360 And so if this is the. 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.519 One of the big ways. 00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.860 That God changes our lives. 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.279 Through hearing his word. 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.259 Taught and preached. 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.940 I want to encourage you to come. 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.920 On Sunday mornings. 00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:53.960 Hungry. 00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.440 To hear from the Lord. 00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.640 Through his word. 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.100 Hungry to hear these words. 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.820 This is one of the ways. 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:03.480 That the passage applies to us today. 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.580 It tells us what we should be teaching. 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:09.360 And it tells us what kind of teaching. 00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:11.160 We should be hoping for. 00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.580 And hungering for. 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.000 In our church today. 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.820 Second. 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:17.120 We get these contrasting examples. 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.400 From Paul. 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.519 Of these. 00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:21.820 People in the province of Asia. 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.160 Who've turned their backs on Paul. 00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.539 And then. 00:29:24.060 --> 00:29:26.440 We get the example of Onesiphorus. 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.440 Onesiphorus. 00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.160 And I think. 00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.440 Onesiphorus is given. 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.840 As an example. 00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.940 To Timothy. 00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.840 And for us. 00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.580 To follow. 00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.539 Onesiphorus was not ashamed. 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.500 Of Jesus Christ. 00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:44.620 Or of Jesus Christ's messenger. 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:46.320 And the words that he was preaching. 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.920 And speaking. 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:50.880 This is how the Lord Jesus wants us to be too. 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.240 Unashamed of him. 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.500 Unashamed of his words. 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.860 Unashamed of the gospel. 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:01.360 Willing to bear contempt. 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.340 Insults. 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:05.579 Or even disgrace. 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.959 For his sake. 00:30:08.199 --> 00:30:10.679 This is what Jesus is calling Timothy to here. 00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:13.740 And this is what Jesus wants in us too. 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.619 Do not be ashamed. 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:18.039 Of the testimony about our Lord. 00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:20.019 Or of me. 00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.759 His prisoner. 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.519 Wrote Paul. 00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:24.179 Be like Onesiphorus. 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.679 Paul's saying. 00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.099 I wonder. 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.959 Did Onesiphorus know. 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.799 That he would end up in the Bible. 00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:38.339 For generations of people. 00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:39.259 To read about him. 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.519 For a single act. 00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.639 Of compassionate kindness. 00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.039 To a dear brother in Christ. 00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.939 During a stopover in Rome. 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.859 Probably not. 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.019 And we may never. 00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.779 In our lifetimes. 00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.639 Have the opportunity. 00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:54.119 To visit someone in prison. 00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.539 For their faith. 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.179 But are there other ways. 00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:59.419 That we need to be courageous. 00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.519 And risk. 00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.699 Contempt. 00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:04.460 Or insult. 00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:06.360 For the sake of Christ. 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.419 Christ. 00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.959 This is my hope. 00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.459 And my prayer. 00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:10.740 That. 00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:12.519 We here in Davidson. 00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.379 Would be known. 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.419 For stepping out. 00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:17.240 And speaking up. 00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.279 In faith. 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.439 And with courage. 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:21.039 Even if it feels risky. 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:24.140 Let us be like Onesiphorus. 00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.480 Unashamed of Christ. 00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:27.380 Unashamed of his words. 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.980 Unashamed of his people. 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.519 That other thing. 00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:33.120 That Onesiphorus was known for. 00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.799 Was refreshing Paul. 00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.580 Encouraging Paul. 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:39.960 This is something to think about too. 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.299 Even the Apostle Paul. 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.339 Had times where he was. 00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.960 Needing refreshment. 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.859 His suffering was real. 00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:51.599 His loneliness was felt. 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:54.299 His body knew weariness. 00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.960 He knew the feelings of discouragement. 00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:57.740 We hear another passage. 00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:59.159 And another passage. 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.899 Of one occasion. 00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:02.359 Where he expresses wonder. 00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:04.179 If his efforts had been in vain. 00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:06.159 He knew discouragement. 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:09.019 Praise God for Onesiphorus. 00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:10.839 Who saw these things in Paul. 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.539 And was sympathetic. 00:32:13.479 --> 00:32:15.299 And was there to encourage him. 00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.419 In those moments. 00:32:17.979 --> 00:32:19.079 And so I think we are given. 00:32:19.219 --> 00:32:20.319 An example to follow here. 00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.899 That we should be. 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.039 An encourager. 00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:24.019 A refresher. 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.799 Like Onesiphorus. 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:28.539 And maybe just a caveat here. 00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:29.599 To do this well. 00:32:30.439 --> 00:32:32.039 Requires a couple things. 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.419 It requires first. 00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.459 That we understand. 00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:36.399 How others are feeling. 00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:38.959 And how others are really doing. 00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:42.059 What's really going on. 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.719 In their lives. 00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:45.139 Which means. 00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.019 That we need to listen. 00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:49.119 We need to listen well. 00:32:49.939 --> 00:32:51.039 We need to let them. 00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.879 Do the talking. 00:32:54.219 --> 00:32:54.959 Only then. 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.819 Can we really. 00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.699 Offer. 00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:58.899 Thoughtful. 00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.939 Sympathy. 00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.979 And encouragement. 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.099 Encouragement. 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:04.079 So be an encourager. 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.019 Be a refresher. 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.259 Like Onesiphorus. 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.779 But. 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.360 Let's not just go around. 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.819 Like some. 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.339 Who are just. 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:11.220 Looking to fix people's perspective. 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.940 And dispense truth. 00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.819 Into every. 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.500 Situation. 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.559 Without fully understanding. 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.539 How a person's feeling. 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:18.799 Or. 00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.860 What's going on. 00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.559 In their lives. 00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:22.140 That kind of encouragement. 00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.339 Often does more harm. 00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.579 Than good. 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:26.740 To be a refresher. 00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.619 Like Onesiphorus. 00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:28.399 We need to first. 00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.740 Be willing to get down. 00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.679 In the trenches. 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.960 With a brother. 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.980 Or sister. 00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.480 And see things. 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.539 And feel things. 00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.319 In the trenches. 00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.980 With them. 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:39.159 That's what Onesiphorus did. 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.899 He went to the jail cell. 00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.980 And met. 00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:44.299 With Paul. 00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.740 He saw him there. 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:47.079 With the chains. 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.879 On his hands. 00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:52.020 So be a refresher. 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.000 Be an encourager. 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.080 But be one like Onesiphorus. 00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.660 Who comes with. 00:33:56.260 --> 00:33:57.340 Compassionate kindness. 00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.840 Why did Paul pray. 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.080 Blessings of mercy. 00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.660 On Onesiphorus. 00:34:04.020 --> 00:34:04.780 And his household. 00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.520 It was because. 00:34:06.020 --> 00:34:06.500 Onesiphorus. 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.100 Had shown. 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.099 Such mercy. 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.280 Such compassion. 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.860 And kindness. 00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.920 To Paul. 00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.920 In the midst of his troubles. 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.440 I couldn't help but think. 00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.960 Of the parable. 00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.880 Of the good Samaritan. 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:19.360 In that parable. 00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:21.400 It was the Samaritan. 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.840 Who was willing to stop. 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.840 Willing to care. 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.260 Willing to help. 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.860 At his own expense. 00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.519 It was the Samaritan. 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.700 Who was not so eager. 00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.900 To get where he was going. 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.360 And do his stuff. 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.320 Onesiphorus. 00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.760 Did the same thing. 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.480 With Paul. 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.980 When he was in Rome. 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.059 He sacrificed. 00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.039 He risked. 00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.519 He didn't give up. 00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.420 On meeting with Paul. 00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.500 When he had the chance. 00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.460 This is a hard thing. 00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.200 To emulate. 00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.119 Or to follow. 00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:55.140 Because compassion. 00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.019 It's a quality. 00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:58.300 That you don't just get. 00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:59.260 By trying harder. 00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.599 This is something. 00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:01.500 The Lord has to work. 00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.039 In our hearts. 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.460 And so. 00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:03.940 We need to ask him. 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.019 To make us. 00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.940 Compassionate. 00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:07.460 And kind. 00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.559 To build that heart. 00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:09.980 In us. 00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.500 So yes. 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.579 I think Onesiphorus. 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.240 Is an example. 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.099 For us to follow. 00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:16.480 And may we. 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.679 With the spirit's help. 00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:19.599 May we live like he did. 00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:21.659 May we be unashamed of Jesus. 00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.559 And his words. 00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.539 And his people. 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.679 May we be a refresher. 00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.940 May we be an encourager. 00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.319 May we be kind. 00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.460 And compassionate. 00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.920 Just as the Lord Jesus. 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.440 Has been to us. 00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:37.639 In our moments of desperate need. 00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:39.859 Let's pray. 00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.019 Amen. 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.000 Father in heaven. 00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.819 Thank you so much. 00:35:46.859 --> 00:35:47.559 For these words. 00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.440 We ask that they would sink. 00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:49.859 Deep. 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.440 Into. 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.739 Our hearts. 00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.759 Into good soil. 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:54.339 And that they would bear fruit. 00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.379 That we would be changed. 00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.539 Lord. 00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.900 We haven't had to suffer. 00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.679 Anything like. 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.879 what we're reading about here. 00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:04.679 But we pray that more and more 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:06.219 we would have the courage and the faith 00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:09.239 so that in whatever situation we find ourselves, 00:36:09.359 --> 00:36:10.039 we would be ready. 00:36:10.919 --> 00:36:12.739 We would be ready to give an answer 00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:14.119 for the hope that is in us 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:16.619 with gentleness and respect. 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:19.579 We ask this for your name and for your glory. 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.679 Amen.