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 So we're going to be reading this morning from 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 16 to the end of the chapter.

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 Thank you.

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 Read God's word and then we'll pray.

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 Starting in at verse 16.

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 I repeat, let no one take me for a fool.

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 But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

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 In this self-confident boasting, I'm not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

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 Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast.

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 You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise.

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 In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or slaps you in the face.

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 To my shame, I admit that we were far too weak for that.

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 Whatever anyone else dares to boast about.

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 Am I speaking as a fool?

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 I also dare to boast about.

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 Are they Hebrews?

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 Are they Israelites?

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 So am I.

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 Are they Abraham's descendants?

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 So am I.

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 Are they servants of Christ?

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 I'm out of my mind to talk like this.

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 I am more.

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 I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.

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 And then down to verse 30.

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 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

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 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.

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 Well, let's just pause and pray for God's help as we hear his word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we come this morning with many things on our minds and on our hearts.

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 Things that weigh us down.

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 Things that make us feel weak and inadequate and helpless.

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 And we thank you that we come to an awesome God who meets us in our need to give us the help that we need.

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 And so we come to you and ask that you would pour out your spirit afresh on us today.

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 So that we may know your work in our life.

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 That we may be built up with eyes firmly fixed on Jesus, our strength.

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 Help us now, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we're going to begin by playing a game.

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 We're going to play boasting.

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 It's very simple.

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 You have to try and outdo your opponent by boasting of what you have or what you've done.

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 So are you ready?

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 Here's a few ideas to get you started.

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 You can boast about your salary and your successes, your achievements and your qualifications.

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 So turn to your neighbor and let's play boasting.

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 Well, no, we would never dream of playing a game like that.

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 We would never ever boast.

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 Or would we?

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 You see, the Apostle Paul is caught up in a serious and real case of boasting.

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 And it's destroying the church.

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 You remember back in chapter 11, verse 5, the super apostles, he says,

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 I do not think I'm in the least inferior to those so-called super apostles.

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 They were boasting about how great they were.

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 That they could charge top fees and draw big crowds.

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 Whereas Paul, he was nothing.

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 He had to preach the gospel for free.

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 And these super apostles boasted of having letters of commendation and great qualifications.

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 Whereas Paul, he was useless.

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 He had nobody to commend him.

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 By boasting of themselves and elevating themselves,

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 they pushed Paul and the gospel down.

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 They claimed he was unsuccessful, unimpressive, and untrained.

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 Who would want to listen to a person like that?

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 Well, the problem is the church in Corinth had got sucked in.

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 They had fallen for their boasts.

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 They had been attracted by these big name speakers and their dynamic presentations.

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 They liked what they saw, but really gave no thought to who they were.

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 Rather than listen to Paul and the true gospel,

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 they were listening to these so-called super apostles and their false gospel.

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 But Paul won't do that.

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 He has no time in boasting in himself.

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 Look back at chapter 10, verse 17.

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 He's crystal clear, verse 17.

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 Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.

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 For it's not the one who commends himself who is approved,

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 but the one whom the Lord commends.

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 You see, Paul's aim wasn't to please people.

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 His desire was to preach Christ.

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 He didn't need to boast.

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 The Lord had called him and commended him,

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 and that was enough.

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 But it seems things have gotten very serious in the church,

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 and he feels he has to boast.

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 So look at chapter 11, verse 1.

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 He says to them,

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 I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness.

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 Yes, please put up with me,

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 because he's going to go into a time of boasting.

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 Verse 16.

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 I repeat,

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 let no one take me for a fool.

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 But if you do,

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 if you think I'm a fool,

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 then tolerate me just as you would a fool,

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 so that I may do a little boasting.

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 It sounds like he's contradicting himself, doesn't it?

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 First he's saying,

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 no, only boast in the Lord.

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 And now he says,

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 I'm actually going to do a little bit of boasting.

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 So what's going on?

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 Well, I think there's two big things

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 that this text teaches us.

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 First, the folly

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 of those who boast in greatness.

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 The folly of those who boast in greatness.

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 Let's pick it up in verse 17.

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 In this self-confident boasting,

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 I am talking.

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 I am not talking as the Lord would.

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 The Lord wouldn't want me to do this,

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 but as a fool.

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 Since many are boasting in the way the world does,

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 I too will boast.

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 You want to boast?

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 Well, let's play boasting.

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 You think these super apostles are impressive?

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 Well, I'll show you what's impressive.

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 You think these are great speakers

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 with wonderful qualifications?

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 Well, I'll show you my qualifications.

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 The gloves are off.

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 Let the boasting begin.

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 Isn't that just how the world operates?

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 The greater you are,

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 the more influential you are

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 and the more popular you become.

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 Whoever can boast the most hits online,

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 aren't we drawn in

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 to listen to what they have to say?

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 And whoever boasts the most sales,

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 we pay attention to

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 and we want what they have.

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 We get hooked on their successes

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 and experiences

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 and we follow up wanting their clothes,

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 their brand clothes.

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 We follow their diets

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 and we believe what they say.

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 It's the same within our Christian world.

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 Preachers can boast

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 of the size of their churches

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 and all the books that they publish.

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 And churches can boast

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 of their wonderful music

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 and their slick presentation.

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 We get hooked on their dynamism

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 and their passion.

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 We like what they begin to say

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 but we stop listening

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 to what God has to say.

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 We love all the things

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 that they offer

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 but we forget all that Jesus

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 has to give.

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 You see, Paul enters into this

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 little game of boasting.

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 Not to encourage boasting

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 but to expose the folly

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 of listening to the world's boasts.

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 Look what he says

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 to those who boast in their greatness

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 or those who listen

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 to those who are boasting.

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 It's quite hard hitting.

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 You're a fool.

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 Verse 18.

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 Since many are boasting

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 in the way the world does

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 I too will boast.

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 You gladly put up with fools

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 since you are so wise.

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 He's being sarcastic.

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 Those successful super apostles

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 those impressive speakers

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 oh they're so wise aren't they?

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 They're such clever people.

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 And you're so wise

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 for following them

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 and listening to them.

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 You're so wise

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 that you even want

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 to become like them.

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 Wise.

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 Don't give me wise.

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 Give me a break.

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 You're the foolish ones

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 for being drawn in

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 and being taken in by them.

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 Remember what these

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 super apostles are like?

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 Look back at chapter 11

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 verse 13.

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 For such people

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 are false apostles

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 deceitful workers

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 masquerading as apostles

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 of Christ

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 and no wonder

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 for Satan himself

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 masquerades as an angel of light.

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 It is not surprising then

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 if his servants

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 also masquerade

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 as servants of righteousness.

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 Wise?

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 not a bit of it.

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 You're fools

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 by being taken in

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 by their boasting

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 of their greatness

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 and you have swallowed

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 their false gospel.

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 But not only are they fools

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 he says you've become slaves

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 verse 20.

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 In fact you even put up

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 with anyone who enslaves you

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 or exploits you

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 or takes advantage of you

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 or puts on airs

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 or slaps you in the face.

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 You think all their boasting

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 of success and greatness

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 is going to get you somewhere.

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 It's going to make you something.

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 No, they're exploiting you

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 and they're taking advantage of you.

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 They promise you a better life

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 but it's an empty life.

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 They offer you a Jesus

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 who will give to you

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 anything that you ask.

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 And they'll offer you a gospel

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 that will let you live

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 however you want to live.

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 But the reality is

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 it will enslave you.

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 You keep coming back

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 for more and more

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 of what they have to say

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 but it will never ever satisfy you.

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 Like the prosperity teachers

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 who offer you health and wealth

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 but by the way

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 first send on your donations

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 at the number below.

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 They become your master

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 and you will be forever

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 in their debt.

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 Following those who boast

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 in their greatness

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 will not make you great

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 you will become

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 a foolish slave.

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 Be careful of those

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 who boast

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 in their own credentials.

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 And can I say to you

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 as a church

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 in looking for a pastor

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 be careful of those

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 who have many followers

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 and those who boast

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 of their own greatness.

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 Now not all

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 who have great followers

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 followers

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 are false teachers

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 but not all

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 speak the truth.

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 Instead we should all

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 be wise

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 like the Bereans

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 who were of great

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 noble character

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 for they received

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 the message

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 with great eagerness

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 and examined the scriptures

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 every day

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 to see if what Paul said

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 was true.

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 I hope you are doing

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 that right now

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 that you aren't taken in

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 by false teaching

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 but you bring everything

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 under the word of God

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 to see if what is being said

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 is true.

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 That is all of our responsibility.

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 So let us beware

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 of the folly of boasting

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 in greatness.

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 On the flip side

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 then

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 we have the wisdom

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 of those who boast

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 in weakness.

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 Verse 30

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 If I must boast

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 I will boast

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 of the things

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 that show my weakness.

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 Paul is showing us

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 the wisdom

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 of boasting

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 not in greatness

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 but in weakness.

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 In other words

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 if you want to be great

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 you need to be

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 weak.

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 Let's go to

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 verse 20

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 21

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 the end of verse 21

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 Whatever anyone else

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 dares to boast about

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 I am speaking as a fool

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 I can't believe it.

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 I also dare

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 to boast about

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 Are they Hebrews?

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 Well so am I.

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 Are they Israelites?

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 So am I.

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 Are they Abraham's descendants?

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 So am I.

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 You want qualifications?

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 Well I have it.

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 Culturally

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 socially

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 religiously

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 I've got it all.

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 verse 23

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 Are they servants

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 of Christ?

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 I'm out of my mind

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 to beginning

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 to talk like this.

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 I

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 am

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 more.

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 You think

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 these super apostles

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 are up there?

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 Well

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 I'm

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 above that.

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 Look at what he says

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 at the end of verse 23

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 I've preached

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 in more countries

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 I've planted

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 more churches

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 I've done

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 better healings

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 I've written

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 more letters

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 I've met

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 the risen Jesus

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 I've made

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 more converts

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 I've baptised

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 more people

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 Is that what it says?

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 No

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 he could well

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 have said

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 all of those things

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 and those things

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 would have been true

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 but that's not

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 what he says.

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 Instead

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 he boasts

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 of suffering

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 not success.

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 Let's pick it up

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 at the end of verse 23

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 what it does say.

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 I have worked

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 much harder

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 been in prison

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 more frequently

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 been flogged

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 more severely

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 and been exposed

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 to death

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 again

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 and again.

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 five times

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 I received

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 from the Jews

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 the 40 lashes

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 minus one

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 so that's

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 195 lashes

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 with three strips

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 of leather

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 and knots

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 on the end.

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 Three times

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 I was beaten

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 with rods

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 Acts tells us

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 he was stripped

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 naked

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 before they beat him

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 once I was

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 pelted

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 with stones

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 where he was

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 left

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 for dead.

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 Three times

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 I was shipwrecked

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 I spent

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 night

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 and a day

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 in the open sea

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 I've been

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 constantly

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 on the move

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 I've been

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 in danger

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 from rivers

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 in danger

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 from bandits

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 in danger

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 from my fellow

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 Jews

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 in danger

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 from Gentiles

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 in danger

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 in the city

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 in danger

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 in the country

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 in danger

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 at sea

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 and in danger

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 from false

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 believers

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 I have labored

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 and toiled

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 and have often

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 gone without

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 sleep

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 I have known

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 hunger

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 and thirst

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 and often

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 gone without

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 food

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 I have been

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 cold

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 and naked

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 besides everything

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 else

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 I face the daily

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 pressures of my

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 concern

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 for all

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 the churches

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 who is weak

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 and I do

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 not feel

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 weak

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 who is led

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 into sin

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 and I do

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 not inwardly

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 burn

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 why

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 did he go

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 through all

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 this suffering

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 why put

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 himself in

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 places

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 where he is

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 vulnerable

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 and weak

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 why put

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 himself into

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 situations

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 where he knew

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 it was going

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 to be hard

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 well at one

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 level his

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 suffering show

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 that he is

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 the real

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 deal

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 he is the

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 authentic one

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 and his

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 message that he

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 brings is

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 authentic

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 we can trust

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 the message

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 that he says

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 if someone is

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 willing to go

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 through so much

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 suffering

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 if you are

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 willing to

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 become weak

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 it proves

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 that the

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.519
 gospel he

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 preaches

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 can be

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 trusted

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 if you are

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 willing like

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.720
 Paul to

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 put your

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 life on

00:20:53.060 --> 00:20:53.620
 the line

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 time and

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 time and

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 time again

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 it counts

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 for something

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 you see

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.620
 Paul is

00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:00.060
 saying to

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.640
 the church

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.360
 and he is

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:01.860
 saying to

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.560
 us today

00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:03.840
 you can

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.660
 believe the

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.500
 gospel that I

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.019
 bring to

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.279
 you

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.900
 it is

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.460
 wonderfully

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.100
 true

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:10.220
 I will

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.940
 die for

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.380
 you to

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:11.860
 get the

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.620
 message to

00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:12.920
 you

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:15.820
 but there is

00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:16.660
 something more

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:18.440
 and it comes

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.140
 in the last

00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.960
 few verses

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.539
 Paul boasts

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.800
 in his

00:21:22.800 --> 00:21:23.560
 failures

00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:25.460
 not his

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.600
 achievements

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:28.740
 his failures

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:30.340
 not achievements

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.960
 look at

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.880
 verse 31

00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:34.420
 the God

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.980
 and Father

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.400
 of our

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:36.160
 Lord Jesus

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.920
 who is to

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.519
 be praised

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:37.940
 forever

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:39.740
 knows that

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 I am not

00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:40.820
 lying

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:43.079
 in Damascus

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:44.419
 the governor

00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:45.200
 under King

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:46.099
 Artax

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.859
 had the

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.480
 city of

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.439
 the Damascenes

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:50.220
 guarded in

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.779
 order to

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.480
 arrest me

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.899
 but I was

00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.579
 lowered in a

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.279
 basket from

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.039
 a window in

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.519
 the wall

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.759
 and I

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.480
 slipped through

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.399
 his hands

00:21:58.399 --> 00:22:01.000
 I didn't

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.539
 know this

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.619
 but commentators

00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.500
 tell us that

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.819
 in the Roman

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.679
 military there

00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:06.500
 was a special

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:08.119
 award for the

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:09.039
 first soldier

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:10.299
 who could get

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.779
 over the

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.259
 wall so

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.759
 whenever they

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.440
 were attacking

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.079
 a city

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.399
 they had to

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.039
 climb the

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.619
 walls in

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.159
 their wooden

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:17.359
 ladders to

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.019
 get in

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:19.519
 it was both

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.519
 dangerous but

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.500
 very courageous

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.700
 if you were

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.579
 the first one

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.339
 to get in

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.079
 over the wall

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.700
 and into the

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.680
 city and to

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.259
 make a way

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.659
 through

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.500
 well that

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.220
 person was

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.460
 worthy of

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.480
 great honour

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:34.980
 well look at

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.400
 Paul

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:37.279
 what can he

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.819
 claim

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:39.660
 when he's

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.240
 telling us

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.980
 he bottled

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.360
 it

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.740
 that when

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.279
 the going

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.000
 got tough

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.779
 when they

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.660
 sent out a

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.259
 warrant for

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.019
 his arrest

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.740
 he ran

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.339
 for his

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.940
 life

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:51.860
 rather than

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.299
 be the

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.160
 brave man

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:54.120
 verse 33

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:56.180
 rather than

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.559
 the one

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.259
 being up

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.860
 over the

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.259
 wall

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.099
 I was

00:22:59.099 --> 00:22:59.660
 lowered in

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.220
 a basket

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.660
 from a

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.480
 window in

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.980
 the wall

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.460
 and I

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.820
 slipped

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.400
 through his

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.960
 hands

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:06.180
 oh I

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.560
 was a

00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:06.920
 coward

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:09.300
 I was a

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:09.680
 coward

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:11.440
 I ran

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.860
 away

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:13.180
 I

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.860
 failed

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:16.200
 would you

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.040
 put your

00:23:17.040 --> 00:23:18.200
 failures like

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.660
 this in

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.460
 your CV

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:23.660
 Paul boasts

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.500
 not in his

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.259
 excess or

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.880
 achievements

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:27.900
 he boasts

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.480
 in his

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.200
 weaknesses

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:31.019
 why

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:33.080
 because he

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.660
 knows that

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.100
 when you

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.600
 strip

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.420
 everything

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.340
 back

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:37.860
 when you

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.580
 chip away

00:23:38.580 --> 00:23:39.000
 at the

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.740
 external

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.340
 facade

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:41.240
 when you

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.900
 expose

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.759
 his heart

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.400
 when you

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.259
 get to the

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.900
 bottom of

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.580
 who Paul

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.299
 really is

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.140
 he has

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.880
 nothing to

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.559
 boast about

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.720
 only a

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.559
 cowardly

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.740
 failure

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:56.740
 and as we

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.559
 reflect on

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.000
 our own

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.680
 lives

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:00.380
 well we

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.880
 have nothing

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.420
 to boast

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.099
 about either

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.640
 do we

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:04.599
 all our

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.299
 credentials

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:07.079
 all our

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.680
 successes

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.640
 and achievements

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:10.359
 all our

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.599
 best moments

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.420
 all our

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.759
 proud memories

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.660
 all our

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.359
 victories

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.039
 our

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.720
 strengths

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.200
 and our

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.819
 qualities

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.140
 strip them

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.980
 all away

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.060
 knock away

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.860
 the facade

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:25.500
 and if you

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.900
 could look

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.460
 into my

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.940
 life

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.720
 you'd see

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.440
 a mess

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:32.840
 but you

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.400
 know what

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:35.460
 it's right

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.000
 here

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.940
 in our

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.640
 suffering

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.580
 and in

00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:38.800
 our

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.280
 failure

00:24:39.280 --> 00:24:40.520
 and in

00:24:40.520 --> 00:24:41.100
 the depths

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.540
 of our

00:24:41.540 --> 00:24:42.020
 weakness

00:24:42.020 --> 00:24:44.120
 that we

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.700
 find the

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.160
 greatest

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.960
 hope

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.180
 possible

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:49.200
 verse 30

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:51.279
 if I

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.080
 must

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.880
 boast

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:54.720
 I

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:54.960
 will

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.500
 boast

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.900
 of the

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.460
 things

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.360
 that

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:57.720
 show

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.160
 my

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.140
 weakness

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:01.200
 you see

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.700
 it's only

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.380
 when we

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.680
 embrace

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.580
 our

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.019
 weakness

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.700
 that we

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.500
 are throwing

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.200
 ourselves

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.320
 into the

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:10.259
 loving arms

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.100
 of Christ

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:13.180
 who became

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.720
 weak

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:15.140
 for us

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:19.680
 for us

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:21.740
 for us

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.420
 for

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:36.880
 to be

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.520
 sure

00:25:37.520 --> 00:25:38.980
 he was

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.740
 crucified

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:41.300
 in

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:42.060
 weakness

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:44.599
 yet

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.539
 he lives

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.839
 by

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.299
 God's

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.759
 power

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:49.740
 Christ

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.339
 went

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.740
 into

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.519
 weakness

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.940
 he not

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.240
 only

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.899
 suffered

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.980
 he suffered

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.500
 death

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.299
 and he not

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.960
 only suffered

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.379
 death

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.259
 he suffered

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.519
 our

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.980
 judgment

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.879
 and he not

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.500
 only suffered

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.200
 our judgment

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.339
 he suffered

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.039
 hell

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.839
 for you

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.220
 and for

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.559
 me

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:07.899
 you see

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.740
 we boast

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.639
 in a

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.259
 suffering

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.359
 servant

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.479
 a weak

00:26:12.479 --> 00:26:13.459
 savior

00:26:13.459 --> 00:26:15.279
 one who

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.079
 was crushed

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.319
 and beaten

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.919
 and reviled

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:20.379
 and mocked

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.799
 and flogged

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.459
 crucified

00:26:23.459 --> 00:26:25.000
 to death

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.559
 so that

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.079
 you

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.939
 and I

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.799
 might have

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.399
 life

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:31.219
 you see

00:26:31.219 --> 00:26:31.899
 it is in

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.919
 the weakness

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.839
 of Christ

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:35.399
 that we

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.099
 find the

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.699
 power

00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.500
 and the

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.319
 excellence

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.559
 of God

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:41.779
 through

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.819
 Christ's

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.579
 sufferings

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.700
 comes

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.279
 our

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.200
 life

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:49.799
 if you

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.539
 were applying

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.059
 for a

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.460
 job

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:53.799
 what would

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.440
 you write

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.480
 in your

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.980
 CV

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:58.799
 where we

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.279
 could write

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.879
 down all

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.440
 the things

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.000
 that show

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.419
 us our

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.980
 abilities

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.500
 and our

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.059
 qualities

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:04.639
 all our

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.519
 qualifications

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.059
 and our

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.940
 experiences

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:08.500
 in other

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.840
 words

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.580
 we get

00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:09.980
 out the

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.299
 yellow

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.980
 highlighter

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.460
 and we

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.480
 mark our

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.240
 strengths

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.860
 and we

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.480
 disguise

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.900
 our

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.400
 weaknesses

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.740
 we boast

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.200
 of our

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.820
 successes

00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.779
 but we

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.539
 hide

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.120
 our

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.700
 failures

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:24.340
 but that's

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.880
 the self

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.580
 confident

00:27:25.580 --> 00:27:26.279
 boasting

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.380
 of the

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.779
 world

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:29.680
 it looks

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.279
 great

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:32.299
 but deep

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.900
 down we

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.340
 know the

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:33.840
 reality

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.420
 we look

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.259
 deep inside

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.839
 our hearts

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.180
 and we

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.319
 see not

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.859
 greatness

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:40.480
 but don't

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.879
 we all

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.819
 know our

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.420
 weakness

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:45.279
 you see the

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.879
 good news

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.200
 of the

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.019
 gospel is

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.940
 it allows

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.920
 us to

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.240
 become real

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.400
 and true

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:52.359
 and honest

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.379
 about ourselves

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:56.460
 we don't

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:56.879
 need to

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.339
 pretend

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:59.519
 we don't

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.879
 need to

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.400
 put on a

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.180
 facade

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.700
 or a

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.160
 mask

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:03.820
 we don't

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.300
 longer

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.800
 have to

00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:05.320
 hide

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.840
 our

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.460
 struggles

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:08.440
 or to

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.040
 disguise

00:28:09.040 --> 00:28:09.500
 our

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.960
 sin

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:11.580
 isn't

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:11.759
 that

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.300
 wonderful

00:28:12.300 --> 00:28:14.380
 we come

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.880
 to a

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.160
 loving

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.840
 saviour

00:28:15.840 --> 00:28:16.540
 and we

00:28:16.540 --> 00:28:17.080
 boast

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.860
 of our

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.540
 weaknesses

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:20.900
 we come

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.340
 in all

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.540
 our

00:28:21.540 --> 00:28:22.080
 suffering

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.779
 and we

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.420
 find a

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.900
 saviour

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.560
 who is

00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:24.900
 weak

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.540
 for us

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:26.420
 and gives

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:26.880
 us

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.960
 strength

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:30.660
 we come

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.240
 with all

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.460
 our

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.940
 failure

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.620
 and we

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:33.380
 experience

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.740
 not

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.220
 judgement

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.059
 but we

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.640
 find a

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.180
 saviour

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:37.200
 a loving

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.039
 embrace

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:40.660
 one who

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.299
 will treasure

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.840
 us and

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.200
 welcome

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.740
 us

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.100
 adopting

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.740
 us into

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.420
 his family

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:47.539
 who says

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.980
 I am

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.660
 your God

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.519
 and you

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.120
 are mine

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.940
 and I

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.460
 will never

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.840
 ever

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:53.079
 let you

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.680
 go

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:58.560
 the world

00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.259
 prizes

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.220
 greatness

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:02.720
 and we

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.299
 listen

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.460
 to those

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.160
 with big

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.640
 names

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.160
 and big

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.920
 followers

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:10.360
 no not

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.980
 greatness

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.400
 but

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.080
 weakness

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:14.360
 a

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.039
 crucified

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:16.519
 Christ

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:18.299
 who died

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.980
 for you

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.019
 and for

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.360
 me

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:22.560
 you see

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:22.840
 it's

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.400
 seeing that

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.960
 when I

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.780
 am weak

00:29:24.780 --> 00:29:26.860
 then I

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.519
 am truly

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.680
 strong

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:32.019
 but that's

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.840
 next week's

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.160
 sermon

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:35.980
 let's pray

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:51.880
 oh lord

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.660
 you know

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:55.720
 you know

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.240
 each one

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.800
 of us

00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:59.300
 and we

00:29:59.300 --> 00:30:00.220
 so feel

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.440
 our

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.019
 weaknesses

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.040
 at times

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:04.779
 whether it

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.560
 be physical

00:30:05.560 --> 00:30:07.300
 or mental

00:30:07.300 --> 00:30:10.019
 and in the

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.519
 midst of it

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.940
 all and

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.259
 running

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.740
 through it

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.279
 all our

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.140
 hearts

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:16.300
 you know

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:16.680
 that we

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.300
 don't measure

00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:17.779
 up

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:20.519
 and yet

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.359
!

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.519
 and yet

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.059
 we thank

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.420
 you for

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.019
 the wonderful

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.579
 gospel

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:25.359
 that allows

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:25.839
 us no

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.440
 longer to

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:26.960
 hide

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.200
 or to

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 shy away

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 but to

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 come and

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 boast in

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 our weakness

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 and come to

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 a saviour who

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 truly understands

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 who has

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 who has been

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 where we are

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 and deeper

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 still

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 and who

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 will hold

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 us by the

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 hand

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 and will

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 walk us

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 through

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 and never

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 ever

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 let us

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 go

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 help us

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 that we

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 would not

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 boast

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 in greatness

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 but boast

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 in weakness

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 boast in

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 our Lord

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 and saviour

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 Amen