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 The brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him.

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! When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,

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! For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public,

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! showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

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 And so we have this little sidestep at the end of our text last week.

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 We see Paul pass through Ephesus, taking with him Priscilla and Aquila,

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 and he leaves them there in Ephesus.

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 And Luke's narrative stays with them in that place as Paul goes on.

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 And I believe that Luke recorded this for us to show us,

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 to give to us Apollos as a model.

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 The scripture is full, it's rich with men whose lives we can emulate.

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 Ultimately and finally, looking to Christ.

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 We want to emulate Christ.

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 We want to be Christ-like.

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 But there are men who characterize qualities of Christ

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 and put them on display for us to pay careful attention to.

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 And so our outline for this morning's text has three points.

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 If they don't alliterate this morning, I'm sorry.

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 And they are as follows.

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 Apollos serves us as number one, a model of zeal.

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 As number two, a model of zeal.

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 And number three, as a model of refutation.

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 I'll explain in a bit.

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 So number one, Apollos serves us as a model of zeal.

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 Apollos is introduced for us as a native of Alexandria in verse 24.

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 Alexandria, located in Egypt, had a large Jewish population.

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 So while Apollos did not grow up in Israel, he was raised in a Jewish culture.

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 Therefore, he had been instructed in the way of the Lord.

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 Now this phrase, the way of the Lord, was an Old Testament term for, generally, the things of God.

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 In Genesis chapter 18, verse 19, God says of Abraham,

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 For I have chosen him that he may command his children and his household after him

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 to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice

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 so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.

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 So the way of the Lord would have been the Old Testament instruction.

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 Luke tells us that Apollos was also competent in the Scriptures and an eloquent man.

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 He was eloquent.

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 The Greek term for this is logios, right?

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 Literally, a man of words.

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 Also could mean a man of ideas.

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 But we see that the ideas that he's presenting were not his ideas.

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 They weren't fabricated ideas.

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 But he was competent in the Scriptures and had been instructed in the way of the Lord.

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 And he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus.

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 Now why was he doing this?

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 Luke does not tell us the exact occasion for Apollos' visit to Ephesus.

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 But it's likely that he went as a missionary.

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 It's likely that he goes as a missionary.

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 Luke does tell us that he was fervent in spirit.

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 And this is the reason.

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 This is the impetus for speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus.

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 To be fervent in spirit is to say that Apollos' soul was enthusiastic for the things of God.

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 I think that I preach from an ESV.

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 I think they get right that he was fervent in lowercase spirit.

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 Not in the spirit, but in his spirit.

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 I think Luke's trying to communicate to us that his soul was fervent, cared deeply about the things of God.

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 He was zealous for God.

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 And so, I believe he left Alexandria and traveled to Ephesus to tell the Ephesians all that he knew about the way of the Lord.

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 But Luke adds an interesting phrase.

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 Apollos, though he knew only the baptism of John.

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 Which leads me to believe that Apollos was also not yet a regenerate follower of Jesus Christ.

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 He was a lover of God.

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 He was familiar with the Old Testament.

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 He had a zeal for the things of God.

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 But he only knew the baptism of John.

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 The text evidences for us that he was familiar with the Old Testament.

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 He would have been aware of God as creator and ruler of the world.

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 Of God's good law for the governance of his people.

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 Of mankind's transgression of that law.

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 Of the need of sacrifice to satisfy this issue between the wrath of God against all unlawlessness.

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 He would have been familiar with the need of a mediator between God and man.

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 And of the promises of God to restore people to himself with a perfect sacrifice.

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 And a perfect mediator, the Messiah.

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 He was aware of the baptism of John.

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 Which was a baptism of repentance.

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 Declaring that the Messiah was coming.

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 This was the ministry of John in the desert.

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 Baptizing people and declaring that Jesus was coming.

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 And he was also aware that the Messiah was Jesus.

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 But it would seem that he did not yet understand the significance of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 Which is why he had need for Priscilla and Achilla to take him aside and explain to him the way of God more accurately.

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 Now, you are welcome to disagree with me on the matter.

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 That he was already in fact a regenerate disciple of Jesus Christ.

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 I think we catch him in a moment of moving toward that.

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 Right?

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 Being drawn to God in his understanding of Scripture.

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 Whether or not we agree doesn't really matter for the point that's being made.

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 We have Apollos as a model of zeal.

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 He took his incomplete knowledge of the way of the Lord.

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 And he faithfully worked to promulgate it.

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 He wanted people to know what he knew of the way of the Lord.

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 Beloved, you may never be labeled eloquent.

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 I've never been called this.

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 Maybe a man of words.

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 But not eloquent to be sure.

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 But if you are part of a local congregation, and I hope that you are, that loves the Bible, faithfully teaches it, really hope that you are,

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 you're being accurately instructed in the way of the Lord.

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 And you can be competent in the Scriptures.

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 And this should compel zeal in you for others to know what you know.

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 Let me give you a bit of a lesson from history.

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 In 1559, John Calvin began a seminary which was across the street from, and this is important,

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 it was across the street from, and worked in conjunction with the church he pastored.

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 It was a ministry of his church in Geneva to train young pastors.

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 We know that Calvin sent at least 88 of the men trained in a seminary to his native country of France,

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 and possibly many more.

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 We know for a fact that at least 88 men were trained up to the seminary and sent back to France.

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 Now Calvin is in Geneva because of religious persecution.

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 It was dangerous to be a preacher of the gospel in France in the 16th century because of anti-Protestant sentiment.

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 In fact, it was so dangerous that the Academy of Geneva, what the seminary was officially called,

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 became known as Calvin's School of Death.

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 Because so many graduates went out to martyrdom.

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 Let that shape your thinking about the man John Calvin and the theology that so many demonize in relationship to him.

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 Calvin's School of Death.

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 I wonder what the enrollment of a seminary today would be that was nicknamed the School of Death.

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 Theology.

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 Theology.

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 If you were a follower of Jesus Christ, you are a theologian.

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 You might be a very poor theologian, but you are a theologian.

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 Meant to know God.

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 Not a scholar, but a theologian.

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 To open your word and to read it and to know the God of the Bible.

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 Theology.

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 A competence in the Scriptures drives zeal.

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 Properly viewing God in the personal work of Jesus Christ drives zeal in us.

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 Which drives mission.

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 Here we observe imperfect knowledge.

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 I'm arguing that he had not yet completed his understanding of Jesus as the Christ.

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 And I'm arguing that the Spirit was not yet in him to guide him in his understanding.

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 How much greater should our zeal now be?

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 Having given full comprehension.

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 Having been given the New Testament, which gives so much commentary on the Old Testament.

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 The Gospel fully revealed.

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 The canon now closed.

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 We can pick it up and we can read it and be changed by it.

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 And we ought to desire to see others changed by it as well.

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 And so in this way, Apollo serves us as a model of zeal.

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 Our zeal should surpass his.

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 We also see that Apollo serves us as a model of humility.

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 Next in verse 26, we see Priscilla and Aquila encounter Apollo speaking boldly in the synagogue.

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 And if you weren't here with us last week, Paul finds, seeks out and finds Priscilla and Aquila in Corinth.

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 Befriends them.

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 They're all tent makers by trade.

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 He lives with them while he's there in Corinth.

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 Takes them with him and leaves them behind in Ephesus.

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 So having been left in Ephesus by Paul, it is likely that they have taken up his missionary practice

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 of beginning Gospel ministry amongst the Jews and finding Jews by visiting the synagogue.

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 It was a very reasonable place to find people of Jewish descent.

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 But Priscilla and Aquila see that Apollo needs some instruction as he only knew of the baptism of John.

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 So they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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 Now, note the tact that Priscilla and Aquila display as they took Apollos aside.

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 Apollos' teaching was not bad.

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 It was just incomplete.

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 So this couple very kindly, discreetly explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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 Some suggest they likely took him aside to their home.

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 This wasn't a quick little lesson, but they had to take him and spend time with him,

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 helping him to completely understand the way of God more accurately as the term Luke uses.

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 And Apollos humbly received their instruction.

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 I believe that Apollos becomes a regenerate follower of Jesus during the time of this further instruction.

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 Luke does not record said conversation, nor does he tell us that Apollos was baptized.

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 But he says in verse 27, and when he wished to cross to Achaia,

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 the brothers, now his brothers, encouraged him and wrote to the disciples,

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 those disciples in Achaia, to welcome him.

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 So they would have written a letter of recommendation, right?

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 This man we're sending to you is a brother in the faith.

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 And they sent him with that letter.

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 Now you may be thinking, it seems like a large assumption to say that Apollos humbly received their instruction.

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 How can I make that claim? Where am I getting this from?

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 Number one, he was teachable.

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 He was teachable.

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 We see that he goes with them, right?

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 And he receives instruction.

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 He went aside and he heard what they had to say.

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 Beloved, it is a great mark of the humble Christian to be a teachable Christian.

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 None of us ever have arrived and can't receive some instruction,

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 some better explanation to the things that we already may believe to be true.

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 If you find yourself unteachable, you're also going to find yourself proud.

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 So he's teachable.

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 That's an expression of his humility.

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 But not only is he teachable.

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 Secondly, he was willing to be instructed by Priscilla.

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 Luke records for us that when Priscilla and Aquila heard him,

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 they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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 You could read it like this.

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 When they heard him, they took him aside and they explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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 So Apollos received instruction from both Aquila, the husband, and Priscilla, the wife.

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 And interestingly, the order that I just presented them to you in, Aquila and Priscilla,

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 only occurs twice in the six times the couple is mentioned in the Bible.

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 When they are initially introduced in Acts 18, verse 2,

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 and in 1 Corinthians 16, 19.

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 The other four places, they're mentioned in this order in our text today.

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 Priscilla and Aquila.

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 This is likely, likely.

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 This is where we access the scholars.

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 The scholars say this is likely because Priscilla was the more prominent of the two in service to the church.

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 She did more for the church than Aquila.

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 Now, it's important to understand that women in this day were not given much prominence.

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 If you ever hear somebody claim that Christianity has been bad for women,

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 maybe in some instances some perversion of Christianity has been.

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 But generally speaking, in the world,

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 Christianity has been very, very good for women.

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 In Talmudic times, where our text is set,

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 so think first century,

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 Talmud was the Old Testament with the explanation of rabbinical writings added to it.

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 In this time, respectable women were expected to stay within the confines of the home.

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 In fact, the terminology for a prostitute was one who goes abroad.

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 So the opposite of a respectable woman who stays at home was a prostitute,

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 one who goes abroad.

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 The woman of the first century did not even do her own shopping,

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 except possibly to go out accompanied by a slave to buy material,

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 which she would use to construct her own clothing at home.

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 The women with whom Jesus spoke were very likely illiterate,

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 since the rabbis did not consider it an incumbent upon women to learn to read in order to study the Scriptures.

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 Based on the passage in Deuteronomy 4.9,

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 teach them to your sons.

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 The rabbis declared women to be exempt from the commandment to learn the law of Moses.

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 Indeed, the Talmud says,

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 so this would be commentary, rabbinical commentary,

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 it is foolishness to teach the Torah to your daughter.

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 Women were separated from men in private, public, and religious life.

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 They would go to the temple, but could not venture beyond the confines of the women's court,

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 and there is no such explanation of the women's court in the description of Solomon's temple.

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 It was added.

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 Women were not allowed to participate in public prayer at the temple,

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 although they were encouraged to have private prayer lives at home.

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 Women weren't reliable witnesses in this day.

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 But here you have Apollos, an Alexandrian Jew,

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 willing to have the way of God to explain to him more accurately by Priscilla.

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 Men, we would do well to learn things from the women of our church.

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 We need to take a lesson from Apollos' humility.

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 Now, because some of you are cringing right now, I know.

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 It is not my intention this morning to undermine complementarianism.

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 Complementarianism is the biblical, it's a biblical understanding

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 that men and women are positionally and personally equal before God.

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 Positionally and personally equally before God.

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 But that men and women are meant to serve in differing roles.

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 We've been given unique and valuable and precious roles that we're meant to serve in.

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 That's complementarianism.

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 I am not an egalitarian which says that in all ways we're equal.

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 There is no...

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 I am an opponent to feminism in that sense, the use of that word feminism.

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 I am a complementarian.

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 So I'm not undermining that this morning, in case that's what you heard me do.

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 It is not my intention to ignore the teaching of Paul in 1 Timothy 2.12.

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 Paul says this,

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 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man.

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 Rather, she is to remain quiet.

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 So how do we reconcile?

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 How do we reconcile these things this morning?

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 We don't.

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 Not this morning.

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 Much of how we need to wrestle with these issues is what Paul means in 1 Timothy 2.12 by exercise authority.

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 And there are a lot of views out there floating around.

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 Many, many different views.

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 Good, conservative views about what that means and exactly the way in which it gets worked out.

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 But it's not my intention to accomplish all that we can accomplish concerning that.

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 It's not my intention to undermine complementarianism.

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 It is, however, my intention to say that there is a place for men to humbly hear and learn from women.

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 Men read books written by women.

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 A simple example of a great way to do that.

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 I don't have the time this morning nor the bandwidth this past week to prepare an exhaustive treatment on the matter.

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 But I will look for an opportunity to do so soon, right?

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 That we all might properly value the role of women in our church.

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 That we might be the strongest possible congregation for the glory of our king.

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 Okay?

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 I hope that leaves you settled enough for us to move on from there.

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.259
 Okay?

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.879
 So here, please hear everything I said.

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 Not undermining complementarianism.

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 I do think there are times, there is a place for men to humbly hear and learn from women.

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 We'll work it out in the future.

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 Okay?

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:04.479
 So we have in Apollos a model of humility.

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 The Apostle Peter wrote, 1 Peter 5, 5,

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 Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another.

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 For God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

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 And on your bulletin this morning, another Spurgeon quote.

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 Spurgeon said,

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:26.680
 Growing Christians think nothing of themselves,

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 but full-grown Christians know themselves to be less than nothing.

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 Proper worth for the Christian comes from an understanding

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 that we have no worth on our own.

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 But that we have infinite worth because of the infinite worth of the one who bestows love on us.

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 Our worth is found in magnifying the worth of God in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 This is where our infinite worth comes from.

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 Right?

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 I am saved by this worth.

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 Look at Jesus.

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 Look at Jesus.

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 That's the worth that I have.

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 And it is infinite because of that.

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 Magnifying Him.

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 And this gives us much reason to be humble.

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 So, Paul serves us as a model of zeal and as a model of humility.

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 And lastly, he serves us as a model of refutation.

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 There may be a better word for that, but I'm pulling it right out of the text.

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 Verse 28.

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 He powerfully refuted the Jews in public.

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 I started my notes out this week with model of confrontation.

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 But I know that a lot of people don't like that word.

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 So, refutation.

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 After some time, and for an unknown reason,

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 but I would suggest it's likely because he has this missionary zeal.

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 He's being driven.

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 Right?

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 He came from Alexandria to Ephesus.

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 And now he wants to go to Achaia.

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 Right?

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 Which is the region where Corinth is located.

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 Luke records for us that he assisted the believers there.

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 Right?

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 When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.

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 Right?

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 Followers of Jesus Christ.

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 In that, the way that he helped them

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 is that he powerfully refuted the Jews in public.

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 Showing by the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

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 Apollos helped the church in Corinth by refuting the Jews.

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 That is to say,

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 and this is the Greek of the word refuted,

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 that Apollos crushed opponents of the cross of Christ.

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 Right?

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 He left them no space for argument.

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 Right?

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 He used his eloquence and his competence in the scriptures

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 to put them in their place as opponents of God.

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 Now this was the great error of their day.

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 Right?

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 Jews standing up in opposition to Jesus being the Messiah.

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 The Christ.

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 Recall that when Paul preached the gospel,

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 wherever he preached the gospel,

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 he left behind a wake of Jewish unrest.

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 He was often the recipient of their disdain

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 for the preaching of Jesus as the Christ.

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 But we would be foolish to think

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 that the hatred of the gospel ceased when Paul departed.

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.440
 Right?

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.299
 Paul goes on to the next place.

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 It's not that the town settled down.

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:40.539
 Right?

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 It would be silly for us to think such a thing.

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 Why?

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 Because Paul left behind

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:48.599
 those who through grace

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 had believed.

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 Paul left behind Christians.

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 Christians.

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 And Christians preach the good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So you can see this is still a problem for them

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.360
 in Corinth.

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 There's still this disdain.

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 There's still this unrest.

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 There's still this opposition

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 to the gospel being preached.

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 And this is normative

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 for the Christian, beloved.

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 We are not exempt from this

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 because we live in America.

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 The way in which the gospel exists here

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 will take different shape

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 than it is in other places in the world.

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 But we will experience

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 opposition to the preaching of the gospel.

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 If you don't experience

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 opposition to the preaching of the gospel,

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 it's because you don't preach the gospel.

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 The Bible doesn't leave us any room

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.179
 to get around that.

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 2 Timothy 3.12

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 Paul writes to Timothy,

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 Indeed,

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 all who desire to live a godly life

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 in Christ Jesus

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 will be persecuted.

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 And the will be

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 cannot be translated in any other way.

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 There's not might be

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 found anywhere in that use

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 of that Greek phrase.

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 Will be persecuted.

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 So if you just consider 2 Timothy 3.12,

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 if you're not being persecuted,

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 then you're not living a godly life

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 So,

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:15.240
 the Jewish opposition

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 was the primary source

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.220
 of Christian persecution.

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 And Apollos throws

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:22.160
 his eloquence

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.360
 and his competency

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.059
 in the scriptures

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:25.980
 now explained

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.240
 more accurately

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 into those confrontations.

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 He refutes

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:33.240
 the false claims

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.940
 of the Jews

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 against him

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.539
 and the gospel

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.339
 of Jesus Christ.

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 So we have in Apollos

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.359
 a model of this,

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.059
 refutation.

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 So,

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:44.339
 what then are the issues

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.939
 of our day

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:47.000
 that need this?

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.099
 What do we need

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.980
 to confront

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.639
 the falsehood

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.919
 that needs to be

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:53.199
 confronted?

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.079
 What is being

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.639
 promulgated widely

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.759
 in our religious

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.659
 landscape

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.720
 that needs

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.919
 refutation?

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.819
 Beloved,

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.879
 the issues are

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:04.179
 too many

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:05.879
 and too varied

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:07.420
 to address all of them

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.140
 this morning.

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.160
 They are

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.140
 wide

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.120
 and varied.

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 I want to give you

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.300
 this morning

00:27:12.300 --> 00:27:13.580
 just one

00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:14.700
 example.

00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:16.440
 Just one example.

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:19.000
 And that is

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.980
 what is commonly called,

00:27:20.020 --> 00:27:20.880
 you've heard me call

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:22.100
 it before here,

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:24.260
 the cheap grace

00:27:24.260 --> 00:27:25.220
 gospel.

00:27:25.780 --> 00:27:27.380
 The cheap grace gospel.

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.260
 Certainly,

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:29.880
 the offer

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.340
 to come

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:32.180
 to God

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:34.040
 by grace

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:35.040
 through faith

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.659
 and the personal

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.899
 work of Jesus

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.539
 Christ

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:39.220
 is a free offer.

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.240
 Just come.

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.379
 Just come

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.240
 and believe.

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.019
 Certainly,

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.119
 there are no

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.319
 amount of good

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.619
 works we can

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.339
 amass

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.119
 in order to

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:51.039
 earn God's favor.

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.539
 We don't work,

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:52.859
 work,

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.200
 work,

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.539
 work,

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.440
 work our way

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.139
 to God.

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.359
 This is absolutely

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.240
 true.

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.159
 I talked with the

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.920
 children earlier

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.579
 about this being

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.680
 the 500th

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.200
 anniversary

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.779
 of the Reformation.

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.740
 This was the great

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.420
 thing that Martin

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.440
 Luther and many

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.860
 other men

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.420
 were standing

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.140
 up against

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.680
 that Rome

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.200
 was preaching

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.140
 and still

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:10.440
 preaches today.

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.019
 Do enough

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.580
 good.

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.539
 Outweigh your

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.580
 bad with enough

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.160
 good

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:16.460
 and you'll be

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.820
 accepted

00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:18.080
 by God.

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.240
 The gospel

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.840
 teaches that

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.960
 our bad

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.680
 is infinite

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.740
 and there's

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.360
 no amount

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:24.019
 of good

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.720
 we can do

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.380
 to balance

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.440
 out infinite

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.420
 bad.

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.920
 God

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:29.160
 but Jesus

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.580
 being

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.440
 infinitely

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.080
 good

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:32.160
 gives us

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.340
 his goodness

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:34.500
 by faith

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.019
 in him.

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.140
 This is the

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.720
 gospel of

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.120
 Jesus Christ

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:39.019
 so there's a

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.539
 there's a

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.080
 freeness

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:42.019
 to it

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.400
 but once we

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.720
 come to

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.180
 Christ

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.860
 we give him

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.420
 all

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.340
 of ourselves.

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:49.160
 It costs

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.560
 us our

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.160
 life

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:52.259
 literally

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.100
 in some

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:54.100
 cases

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:55.519
 but certainly

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:57.559
 as that

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.779
 you say

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.379
 figuratively

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:58.879
 but we

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.439
 give everything

00:28:59.439 --> 00:29:00.219
 to him.

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.519
 He becomes

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.019
 our greatest

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.459
 treasure

00:29:02.459 --> 00:29:03.000
 in all

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.299
 that we

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.639
 do.

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:03.919
 Our

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.219
 greatest

00:29:04.219 --> 00:29:04.699
 highest

00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.099
 good

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.399
 is in

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.079
 service

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.539
 to him.

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.139
 And that

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.740
 is not

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.299
 the gospel

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.719
 that is

00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:13.019
 most often

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.459
 preached

00:29:13.459 --> 00:29:14.139
 in churches

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:15.299
 these days.

00:29:16.219 --> 00:29:16.919
 The kind

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.279
 of gospel

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.740
 invitations

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.079
 that are

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.559
 given in

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:18.779
 churches

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.379
 these days

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.939
 involve

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.819
 every

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.639
 head

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.299
 bowed

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.240
 and

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.939
 every

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.400
 eye

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.180
 closed.

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.259
 No

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.759
 one's

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.019
 looking

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.539
 around.

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.400
 We

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.580
 wouldn't

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:28.920
 want you

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.220
 to be

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.059
 embarrassed

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:32.080
 for

00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:32.440
 following

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.920
 Jesus.

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.960
 Just

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.460
 slip up

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.059
 your hand.

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.660
 I see

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:36.900
 you over

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.080
 there

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.380
 brother.

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.799
 I don't

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.019
 think

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.320
 there ever

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:38.720
 was

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:38.980
 that

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.360
 person

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:39.580
 the

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:39.779
 first

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.180
 person.

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.660
 I see

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.640
 your hand

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.120
 I see

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.440
 you looking

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.840
 at me.

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:44.740
 There you

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:44.880
 are.

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.180
 No

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.460
 one's

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.840
 looking.

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.620
 I

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.000
 don't

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.500
 feel

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.660
 ashamed.

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.460
 And

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.680
 then we

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:52.920
 don't

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.519
 expect

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.900
 the kind

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.680
 of lives

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.079
 that

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.879
 bring

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.859
 opposition

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.480
 as a

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.839
 result.

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.200
 Why

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.519
 would

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.819
 we

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.379
 if this

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.680
 is the

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.059
 way

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.480
 the

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.759
 gospel

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:00.960
 is

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.319
 offered

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.680
 to

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:01.980
 begin

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.319
 with?

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.000
 And

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.119
 so

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.639
 somebody

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.099
 in

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.579
 secret

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.579
 makes

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:06.920
 their way

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.400
 down

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.460
 to the

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.740
 front

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.039
 of a

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.460
 building

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.859
 to

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.599
 steps

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:13.980
 carpeted

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:16.000
 we call

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.259
 it an

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.500
 altar

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.019
 for some

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.339
 odd

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.799
 reason

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.519
 and they

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.980
 sign a

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.379
 card

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.799
 and they

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.180
 think

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.619
 they're a

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:22.919
 Christian.

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:27.239
 In our

00:30:27.239 --> 00:30:27.859
 association

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.539
 of churches

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:30.079
 75

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.899
 churches

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:32.179
 the

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.679
 reported

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.179
 number

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:33.519
 of

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.459
 members

00:30:34.459 --> 00:30:35.879
 is about

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.779
 40,000

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:38.579
 in this

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.939
 area that

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:39.279
 we live

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.500
 in

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.059
 a couple

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.500
 counties

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.099
 four or five

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.459
 counties

00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:43.000
 40,000

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.079
 but the

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.599
 reported

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.740
 average

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.460
 attendance

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:48.279
 is

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.579
 16,000

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:52.480
 one

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.079
 prominent

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.619
 church

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.140
 in our

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.680
 association

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.640
 reports

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.559
 approximately

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:58.440
 8,700

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.920
 members

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.900
 with an

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.200
 average

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.599
 weekly

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.000
 attendance

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.460
 of

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.619
 2,800

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:08.099
 and at

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:09.639
 very best

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:11.439
 at very

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:12.599
 best

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.619
 there are

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.419
 just

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:16.019
 bad

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.699
 records

00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:18.139
 sometimes

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.699
 we make

00:31:18.699 --> 00:31:19.079
 mistakes

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.299
 and we

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.779
 have a

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.000
 lot

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.359
 fewer

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:20.599
 than

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.119
 8,700

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.619
 names

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:21.939
 to keep

00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.379
 up with

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.919
 I'm

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.299
 usually

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.500
 the

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.000
 problem

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.399
 with

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.699
 our

00:31:25.699 --> 00:31:25.939
 record

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.279
 keeping

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:29.559
 that's

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.179
 the best

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:30.859
 case scenario

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.139
 though

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.439
 right

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.759
 someone

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:31.940
 has

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.200
 become

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.400
 a

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.600
 member

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:32.820
 of

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.080
 another

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.580
 fellowship

00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:33.860
 and

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.039
 they've

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.180
 yet

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.620
 to be

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.220
 removed

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.440
 they

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.960
 moved

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.140
 to

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.779
 California

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.140
 how

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.279
 could

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.400
 they

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:37.799
 possibly

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.059
 be

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.340
 there

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.640
 on

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.860
 Sunday

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.340
 morning

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:40.880
 with

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.220
 them

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:43.539
 at

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.100
 worst

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:46.580
 there

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:46.720
 are

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.360
 6,000

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.880
 people

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.660
 5,900

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.340
 people

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:50.140
 who

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.640
 believe

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:50.799
 that

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:50.920
 they're

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.220
 followers

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.400
 of

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.620
 Jesus

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.080
 Christ

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.400
 and

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.580
 they're

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.200
 not

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.660
 because

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:54.759
 they're

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:54.980
 not

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.559
 expected

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.799
 to

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.100
 follow

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:56.440
 him

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.059
 in

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.440
 obedience

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.840
 Jesus

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.019
 said

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.200
 this

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.320
 in

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:58.460
 John

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.779
 13

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.279
 35

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.799
 by

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.160
 this

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.440
 all

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.740
 people

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:00.940
 will

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.200
 know

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.580
 that

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:01.680
 you

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:01.779
 are

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:01.940
 my

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.380
 disciples

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.920
 if

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.019
 you

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.220
 have

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.759
 love

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.200
 for

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.600
 one

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.420
 another

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.480
 there's

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.900
 no one

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.140
 in my

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.400
 life

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.680
 that I

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.220
 love

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.559
 that I

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.819
 don't

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.420
 enjoy

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.380
 gathering

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.819
 with

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.960
 as

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.680
 often

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.039
 as I

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.600
 possibly

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.160
 can

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.880
 it is

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.059
 a

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.779
 privilege

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:17.059
 for us

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.279
 to be

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.680
 together

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.640
 on a

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:18.799
 Sunday

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.160
 morning

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.360
 the

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:21.779
 average

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.340
 church

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:22.860
 active

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.200
 church

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.559
 member

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.480
 these

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.960
 days

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.860
 used

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:26.120
 to be

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.240
 the

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.440
 average

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.640
 church

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:26.880
 member

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.200
 would

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.380
 be

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.539
 at

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.799
 church

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.080
 three

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.420
 times

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.559
 a

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.819
 week

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.860
 now

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.139
 the

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.740
 average

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.619
 active

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.079
 classified

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.319
 as

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.699
 active

00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:32.959
 church

00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:33.179
 member

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:33.419
 these

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:33.819
 days

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.319
 is

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.439
 at

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:34.740
 church

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.119
 three

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.759
 times

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.599
 a

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:37.119
 month

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:42.519
 Jesus

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.959
 also said

00:32:42.959 --> 00:32:43.199
 in Matthew

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.779
 chapter 7

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.299
 17

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.919
 through 19

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.619
 so every

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.719
 healthy tree

00:32:46.719 --> 00:32:47.639
 bears

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.179
 good

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.839
 fruit

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:50.339
 I

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.500
 am

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.740
 not

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.299
 saying

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.819
 right

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.179
 that

00:32:52.179 --> 00:32:52.659
 if you

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:52.979
 come

00:32:52.979 --> 00:32:53.500
 to

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.779
 church

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.019
 you

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.119
 will

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.259
 be

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.619
 saved

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.759
 please

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.019
 hear me

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.179
 not

00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:56.359
 say

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:56.699
 that

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.340
 what

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:57.460
 I

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.600
 am

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:57.880
 saying

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.100
 is

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.240
 that

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.360
 we

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.500
 will

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.620
 be

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.039
 obedient

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.259
 to

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.380
 the

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.620
 things

00:32:59.620 --> 00:32:59.759
 that

00:32:59.759 --> 00:32:59.940
 God

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.059
 has

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.299
 asked

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.420
 us

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.539
 to

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.660
 do

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:00.779
 and

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:00.960
 one

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.059
 of

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.220
 those

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.460
 things

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.740
 is

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.039
 gathering

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.220
 with

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.319
 the

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.559
 church

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.019
 one

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.160
 of

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.380
 the

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.580
 many

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.920
 things

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.559
 that

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.680
 we

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:04.819
 will

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.100
 do

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.539
 as

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.660
 a

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.120
 grateful

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.920
 response

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.400
 to

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:07.519
 what

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.759
 Jesus

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:07.940
 has

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.100
 done

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.279
 for

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.500
 us

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.620
 as

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:08.759
 we'll

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.059
 gather

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.279
 with

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.420
 his

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.740
 people

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:09.960
 and

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.400
 do

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.900
 all

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.059
 of

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.180
 the

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.360
 one

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:11.600
 another

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:11.640
!

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.400
 as

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.400
 a

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.779
 church

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:13.779


00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:15.559
 it'll

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.720
 be

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:15.920
 a

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.360
!

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.900
 to

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.019
 get

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.160
 to

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.420
 do

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.460
 such

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 a

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 thing

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 so

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.460
 every

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.780
 healthy

00:33:20.780 --> 00:33:21.120
 tree

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.680
 bears

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.320
 good

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:23.600
 fruit

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:25.080
 but

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.259
 the

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.700
 diseased

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:25.940
 tree

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.440
 bears

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.400
 bad

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.740
 fruit

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:29.259
 the

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.660
 diseased

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:29.940
 tree

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.259
 sits

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 at

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 home

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 and

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 says

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 nah

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 not

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 this

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 morning

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 the

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 Jesus

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 says

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 I'm

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 so

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 sick

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 of

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 the

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 church

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 and

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 all

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 the

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 hypocrisy

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 in

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 it

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 says

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 the

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 hypocrite

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 verse

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 18

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 a

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 healthy

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 tree

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 cannot

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 bear

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 bad

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 fruit

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 nor

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 can

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 a

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 diseased

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 tree

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 bear

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 good

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 fruit

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 in

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 verse

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 19

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 every

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 tree

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 that

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 does

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 not

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 bear

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 good

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 fruit

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 is

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 cut

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 down

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 and

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 thrown

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 into

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 the

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 fire

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 the

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 cheap

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 grace

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 gospel

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 says

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 to

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 everybody

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 you're

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 a

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 great

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 tree

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 and

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 isn't

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 even

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 concerned

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 about

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 the

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 fruit

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 that's

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 being

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 produced

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 and

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 it's

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 dangerous

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 beloved

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 it's

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.820
 damning

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 people

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.539
 who

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.019
 think

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 they're

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 followers

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 of

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 Jesus

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.460
 Christ

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 who

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 think

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 they

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 have

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 eternal

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!

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.000
 security

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 and

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 they

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 don't

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 and

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 I'm

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 not

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 saying

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:18.940
 that

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 people

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 who

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 aren't

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 right

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 now

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 members

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 of a

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 church

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.659
 and

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:22.920
 going

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.139
 every

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 single

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 Sunday

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 are

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 not

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 Christians

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:24.800
 but

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:24.920
 they

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.300
 definitely

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.699
 need to

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 be

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.820
 encouraged

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:28.000
 to be

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 meeting

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.500
 with the

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.860
 church

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.400
 amongst

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.599
 other

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 things

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.280
 and

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.559
 beloved

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.880
 we need

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.239
 to always

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.599
 do this

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:32.780
 with

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.320
 gentleness

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.360
 and

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.519
 with

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.100
 humility

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:36.440
 because

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.880
 we

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.100
 love

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:37.620
 others

00:34:37.620 --> 00:34:38.900
 because

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.260
 we

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.559
 love

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.880
 them

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.519
 we

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.760
 must

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.460
 refute

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.820
 those

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.240
 who

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.780
 teach

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.740
 improper

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.140
 doctrine

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.539
 we

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.080
 must

00:34:46.080 --> 00:34:46.440
 we

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.880
 must

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.360
 refute

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.740
 we

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.019
 must

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.480
 refute

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.080
 the

00:34:49.080 --> 00:34:50.039
 cultural

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.019
 ideologies

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.600
 that have

00:34:51.600 --> 00:34:51.960
 been

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.900
 propitiated

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.480
 by

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.600
 bad

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.720
 doctrine

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:57.080
 we

00:34:57.080 --> 00:34:57.480
 must

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.880
 correct

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.260
 error

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:58.820
 and we

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.320
 must

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:00.140
 do so

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.500
 with

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 accurate

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:02.059
 competency

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:03.179
 in the

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 scriptures

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:05.460
 2 Timothy

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 3 16

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 all

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 scripture

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 is breathed

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.339
 out by

00:35:08.339 --> 00:35:08.739
 God

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.079
 and it's

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.699
 profitable

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.199
 it's

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.779
 good

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:11.359
 it's

00:35:11.359 --> 00:35:11.879
 helpful

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.599
 for

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.879
 what

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:13.079
 for

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.519
 teaching

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.839
 for

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.480
 reproof

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.219
 for

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.839
 correction

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.980
 and for

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.480
 training

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.239
 in

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.619
 righteousness

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.259
 if

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.559
 we

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.000
 love

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.500
 people

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.980
 we

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.519
 will

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.799
 be

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.199
 about

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.839
 this

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.599
 activity

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.219
 for

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.579
 their

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.119
 good

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.359
 for

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:25.980
 their

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.779
 good

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:28.599
 error

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:28.839
 must

00:35:28.839 --> 00:35:28.980
 be

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.440
 refuted

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.539
 and it's

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.980
 not just

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.159
 my

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.760
 responsibility

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.420
 I think

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.900
 I play

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.320
 a very

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.900
 prominent

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.559
 part

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.880
 in that

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.320
 but it's

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.900
 also

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:38.480
 yours

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:41.179
 I would

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.559
 like to

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.340
 conclude

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.840
 this morning

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.880
 by encouraging

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.340
 you

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:45.480
 to take

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.019
 some time

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.639
 today

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:48.179
 take some

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.700
 time this

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.179
 week

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.920
 and across

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.980
 the span

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.619
 of your

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:52.420
 life

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.780
 for

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.380
 Apollos to

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.039
 serve you

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.800
 as a

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.260
 model of

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.700
 zeal

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.780
 as a

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.139
 model of

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.740
 humility

00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:00.119
 and as

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.439
 a model

00:36:00.439 --> 00:36:00.659
 of

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.339
 refutation

00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:02.000
 let's

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.399
 pray

00:36:02.399 --> 00:36:02.719
 together

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