WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.379 Well, please do have a seat. Thank you so much, Neil, for starting us off so well. 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:12.480 If you're visiting us, you're very welcome. If you're not, we'll just about tolerate you for the evening. 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:20.100 We're in 2 Timothy. I've been excited about this letter for many years. 00:00:20.100 --> 00:00:23.000 I'm excited about getting to go through it together. 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:29.460 I think it has so much to teach us, so much to challenge us with, so much to encourage us. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.340 So tonight we're just going to kick off with the first seven verses. 00:00:36.460 --> 00:00:40.060 I call this sermon a desperately needed letter. 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:46.200 And hopefully by the end, if you get nothing else, you'll understand why it is a desperately needed letter. 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:54.939 A desperately needed letter when it was written to Timothy, but also a desperately needed letter for each of us here today. 00:00:54.939 --> 00:01:00.539 I wonder, what do you see on the screen? 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:03.099 What do you see on the screen? 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:08.759 13 or a B. 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:12.759 What would help you decide whether it was a 13 or a B? 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.180 A bit of context, wouldn't it? 00:01:16.180 --> 00:01:18.820 So that is obviously a 13. 00:01:20.080 --> 00:01:22.540 That is obviously a B. 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:27.460 Context really helps us get what the meaning of something is. 00:01:28.320 --> 00:01:30.680 Or for example, say you've got this text message. 00:01:31.960 --> 00:01:35.180 Just taking the dog out for a walk. 00:01:35.300 --> 00:01:37.740 I mean, probably the most boring text message. 00:01:37.739 --> 00:01:45.019 But if you set a bit of context to the text message, it may become slightly more relevant. 00:01:46.039 --> 00:01:49.640 So if you've got this text from someone suffering from severe depression. 00:01:50.500 --> 00:01:51.919 Just took the dog out for a walk. 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:53.299 That would be a reason to rejoice. 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:58.780 They managed to get out for a while with the dog. 00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:05.359 If it's from your son who's supposed to be revising for important exams tomorrow, it might be a source of great annoyance. 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:09.620 What are you doing taking Fido for a walk when you should be doing algebra? 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:17.939 If this is from your dad who is looking after your dog who's just had an operation and is recuperating. 00:02:18.300 --> 00:02:19.080 Great times. 00:02:20.020 --> 00:02:21.020 Rover is walking. 00:02:22.020 --> 00:02:22.560 Good to know. 00:02:22.659 --> 00:02:24.240 Thanks, Dad, for keeping me informed. 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:30.800 If this is from your wife and you don't have a dog, that's a source for real concern. 00:02:31.760 --> 00:02:34.180 She having a slight episode. 00:02:36.340 --> 00:02:46.500 If this is in South Korea where they really like eating dogs, you might be quite terrified that Alfie might end up as a kebab. 00:02:48.260 --> 00:02:52.100 Context brings deeper meaning and real understanding. 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:58.719 If we can really get behind words and why they're written and who they're written by and what they're for, 00:02:59.500 --> 00:03:05.120 then it springs off the page and becomes much more relevant to us. 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:10.959 There's an ancient Greek cliche that translated says text without context is pretext. 00:03:11.620 --> 00:03:14.359 Text without context is pretext. 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:22.520 So if we tonight could get behind the context of this letter, understand the characters involved in the situation into which it is written, 00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:25.400 then I think we'll see this letter in new light. 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:34.040 This week, as I've really dug in and, you know, marinated myself in a kind of not creepy way into Timothy, 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:39.979 it's popped off the page in new and quite brilliant ways. 00:03:41.979 --> 00:03:47.519 If we get why Paul writes this letter to this man in his situation, 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:53.219 then the relevance of this message will cut to our hearts, hopefully like never before. 00:03:53.219 --> 00:03:57.240 This has been just what I've needed to study this week. 00:03:57.300 --> 00:04:00.240 So quite apart from anything you get off it, it's been fun. 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:06.340 Let me pray and I'll read these first seven verses and then we'll get to work. 00:04:10.979 --> 00:04:13.060 Father God, thank you that you know us. 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:15.360 You remember how we're formed. 00:04:15.460 --> 00:04:16.839 You remember that we're dust. 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:21.779 Father, that you've called us to be involved in your work. 00:04:23.159 --> 00:04:26.019 And Lord, we want to confess that at times it's painful. 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:29.839 At times it's far from glamorous. 00:04:31.500 --> 00:04:33.839 And very, very often we want to give up. 00:04:35.359 --> 00:04:38.899 And so with this letter ministered to us tonight by your spirit, 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:41.439 may we hear your voice. 00:04:42.539 --> 00:04:45.659 And may you bring about categoric Jesus glorifying change. 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:48.459 In who we are and what we do. 00:04:49.039 --> 00:04:50.659 Father, bless us in Jesus name. 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:51.599 Amen. 00:04:52.799 --> 00:04:54.500 To Timothy, verse one. 00:04:57.019 --> 00:05:00.039 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:05.120 in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus. 00:05:06.159 --> 00:05:08.379 To Timothy, my dear son, 00:05:08.819 --> 00:05:13.739 grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 00:05:13.740 --> 00:05:17.500 I thank God whom I serve as my ancestors did. 00:05:17.699 --> 00:05:20.060 With a clear conscience as night and day, 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:22.180 I constantly remember you in my prayers. 00:05:23.340 --> 00:05:24.720 Recalling your tears, 00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:28.079 I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:36.800 I am reminded of your sincere faith, 00:05:37.579 --> 00:05:41.319 which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice. 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:46.060 And I am persuaded now lives in you also. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:48.139 For this reason, 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:51.019 I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:54.219 which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:58.700 For the spirit God gave us does not make us timid, 00:05:59.340 --> 00:06:03.880 but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 00:06:05.440 --> 00:06:07.880 And so firstly, I want us to look at the cast. 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:09.620 The cast. 00:06:10.200 --> 00:06:11.440 Who is involved? 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:13.360 Well, this is written, 00:06:13.580 --> 00:06:15.400 you don't need to be a genius to work it out. 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:17.900 His name is the first word in the letter, 00:06:18.500 --> 00:06:18.920 Paul. 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:23.400 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God. 00:06:23.660 --> 00:06:24.699 And who's it written to? 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:26.379 It's written to Timothy. 00:06:27.100 --> 00:06:29.780 And so let's get a bit of a sense of the timeline. 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:33.439 The apostle Paul who writes this letter is converted 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.720 very swiftly after Jesus's death, 00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:37.480 burial, 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:39.420 resurrection and ascension. 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:42.240 Around 33 or 34 AD. 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:45.980 That is when he meets the risen Lord Jesus 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:48.960 on the road to Damascus in Acts 9. 00:06:49.840 --> 00:06:53.460 He then pretty swiftly embarks on his first missionary journey 00:06:53.460 --> 00:06:58.500 with Barnabas to Cyprus and southern Galatia. 00:06:58.980 --> 00:07:02.519 Does this for about three years between 47 and 49 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:06.019 till 47 to 49 AD. 00:07:09.019 --> 00:07:10.879 Acts 13 and 14. 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:12.980 On this missionary journey, 00:07:13.620 --> 00:07:16.139 he visits a place called Lystra. 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:17.680 That is significant. 00:07:17.899 --> 00:07:19.480 Just put that in the back of your mind. 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:20.120 Lystra. 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:22.560 First missionary journey. 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:23.620 In 49 AD, 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.079 we have the Jerusalem Council 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:26.120 where everyone gets together 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:30.079 to work out how Gentiles are to be part of the church. 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:31.939 Straight after that, 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.480 they go on their second missionary journey. 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:36.379 But as we looked at last Sunday night, 00:07:37.100 --> 00:07:39.199 Paul and Barnabas have a bit of a Barney, 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:40.959 having a Barney with Barney 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:42.379 over a guy called John, 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:43.639 who's also called Mark. 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:45.379 They go their separate ways. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.939 So Paul and Silas 00:07:46.939 --> 00:07:49.439 go to Macedonia and Achaia. 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.099 AD 49 to 52. 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:56.439 One of the places they revisit is Lystra. 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:57.719 And in Lystra, 00:07:58.259 --> 00:07:59.180 everybody says, 00:07:59.279 --> 00:07:59.339 oh, 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:00.240 we've got this guy. 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:01.680 He's a bloke. 00:08:01.719 --> 00:08:02.680 You need to watch. 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.039 His name is Timothy. 00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:05.939 Everyone speaks well of him. 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:08.439 And Paul says, 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:09.139 I'll take him along. 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:11.779 We need to do a little bit of surgery 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:12.740 before we go along 00:08:12.740 --> 00:08:14.160 because his dad's a Gentile 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:15.120 and his mom's a Jew. 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:17.459 It's quite a recruitment process. 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:20.319 But he goes along. 00:08:21.939 --> 00:08:22.659 Beginning of that, 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:23.779 about 49 AD. 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:25.819 But later on, 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:27.639 they go on their third missionary journey 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.959 to Asia and Macedonia, 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:34.819 including at least two years spent in Ephesus. 00:08:35.379 --> 00:08:36.939 Another one for the back of your mind, 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:37.620 Ephesus. 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:40.600 Acts 19 to 21. 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:43.559 Things then get worse. 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:45.620 The end of Acts is all about imprisonments 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:47.419 and captivity. 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:51.279 Caesarea in Rome. 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:52.279 In prison, 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:55.139 he writes 1 Timothy around 59 AD. 00:08:55.139 --> 00:08:58.679 He writes 2 Timothy around 64 AD. 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:02.000 And we're not quite sure of the date. 00:09:02.979 --> 00:09:04.239 But history would tell us 00:09:04.239 --> 00:09:06.759 he's beheaded in Rome, 00:09:07.959 --> 00:09:09.779 64 to 67 AD. 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.259 The cast gives us the timeline. 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:16.699 Why is it important? 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:20.059 Because by the time Paul writes 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:21.479 2 Timothy to Timothy, 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.899 the two have had a ministry association, 00:09:25.059 --> 00:09:27.620 a partnership in the gospel for 15 years. 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:33.219 Their lives have been intimately entwined. 00:09:35.179 --> 00:09:37.579 Timothy saw what Paul did. 00:09:38.059 --> 00:09:40.799 Timothy's brought up to do what Paul does. 00:09:43.099 --> 00:09:46.579 15-year apprenticeship under the apostle Paul. 00:09:49.079 --> 00:09:49.719 Secondly, 00:09:50.319 --> 00:09:51.539 from the timeline, 00:09:51.539 --> 00:09:54.259 at the time of writing, 00:09:55.079 --> 00:09:58.199 Ephesus Evangelical Church is 10 years old. 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:01.019 It's well established. 00:10:02.299 --> 00:10:03.299 It was planted 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:06.159 in the second missionary journey. 00:10:07.439 --> 00:10:09.879 2 Timothy's written about 64 AD. 00:10:11.099 --> 00:10:12.039 10 years old. 00:10:12.699 --> 00:10:14.299 The banner committee got together. 00:10:14.379 --> 00:10:15.779 They've got some new things on the wall 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:17.919 that they did for the anniversary. 00:10:21.659 --> 00:10:23.139 Timothy's 15 years, 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:24.819 Ephesus 10 years old. 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:27.059 The cast 00:10:27.059 --> 00:10:29.319 that are involved in the letter. 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:32.120 But we see 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:35.160 that Ephesus Evangelical 00:10:35.160 --> 00:10:36.780 isn't all sweetness and light, 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:38.379 rainbows and unicorns. 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:40.160 In fact, 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:40.900 it's chaotic. 00:10:42.260 --> 00:10:44.280 We know more about the church in Ephesus 00:10:44.280 --> 00:10:45.720 than we do any other church 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:46.879 in the entire New Testament. 00:10:47.540 --> 00:10:49.080 We know a whole chapter 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:50.120 about how it's planted, 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:50.860 Acts 19. 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:52.780 We have Paul meeting 00:10:52.780 --> 00:10:53.760 the Ephesian elders 00:10:53.760 --> 00:10:55.040 on the beach at Miletus, 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:56.400 Acts chapter 20, 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:58.320 where he gives them a big speech. 00:10:58.320 --> 00:10:59.600 We have a letter 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:01.460 written specifically to Ephesus 00:11:01.460 --> 00:11:02.320 which imaginatively 00:11:02.900 --> 00:11:04.640 is called Ephesians. 00:11:05.660 --> 00:11:06.440 About the health 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:08.260 and organisation of the church. 00:11:08.780 --> 00:11:10.080 We have one Timothy 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:10.980 written to Timothy 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:13.020 who's the lead elder, 00:11:13.180 --> 00:11:13.840 who's the pastor, 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:15.560 who's the overseer in Ephesus. 00:11:16.760 --> 00:11:18.360 And we have two Timothy. 00:11:19.040 --> 00:11:20.280 Timothy's still in Ephesus. 00:11:21.520 --> 00:11:22.960 And they even get a letter 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:24.420 from the Lord Jesus himself 00:11:24.420 --> 00:11:25.800 in Revelation. 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:29.399 We know more about Ephesus 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:30.819 than any other church. 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:32.620 And at the time of writing 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:33.779 to Timothy, 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:35.479 it's chaos. 00:11:36.179 --> 00:11:37.059 And there's three reasons 00:11:37.059 --> 00:11:38.159 the church is in chaos. 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:41.639 The church has gone rogue. 00:11:43.719 --> 00:11:44.699 Let me show you 00:11:44.699 --> 00:11:46.419 how the church has gone rogue. 00:11:47.479 --> 00:11:48.839 Acts chapter 19. 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:57.879 Paul planted the church. 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:01.440 And it was a work 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:02.600 of great breadth. 00:12:02.680 --> 00:12:03.960 Look at Acts chapter 19, 00:12:04.060 --> 00:12:04.759 verse 10. 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:09.000 Paul preaches in the synagogue. 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:10.580 He then lectures daily 00:12:10.580 --> 00:12:12.280 in the hall of Tyrannus. 00:12:12.800 --> 00:12:13.440 Verse 10, 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.680 Luke's editorial comment, 00:12:14.780 --> 00:12:16.400 this went on for two years, 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:18.480 so that all the Jews 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:19.000 and Greeks 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:20.120 who lived in the province 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:20.959 of Asia 00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:22.899 heard the word of the Lord. 00:12:23.079 --> 00:12:24.980 That is incredibly broad. 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:28.279 It would be the equivalent 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:32.120 of Brunsfield Evangelical Church 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:34.079 preached the gospel 00:12:34.079 --> 00:12:35.000 all the time 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.199 for two years 00:12:36.199 --> 00:12:37.500 until everybody 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:38.379 in the Lothians 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:39.600 heard the word of the Lord. 00:12:40.539 --> 00:12:42.120 But probably size-wise 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:43.799 till everybody in Scotland 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:45.000 heard the word of the Lord. 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:45.679 Massive. 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.759 It's a work of great breadth. 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:50.899 But see Acts 19, 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:52.240 verses 18 to 20. 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:53.120 It's also a work 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:54.139 of great depth. 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.919 Many of those who believe 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:03.039 now came and openly confessed 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:03.980 what they had done. 00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:06.559 This city that's absolutely 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:07.860 drowning in magic 00:13:07.860 --> 00:13:08.840 and sorcery 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:09.679 and witchcraft. 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:11.799 Many of those who believe 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:12.860 now came and openly 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:14.579 confessed what they had done. 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:17.040 A number who had practiced sorcery 00:13:17.040 --> 00:13:18.480 brought their scrolls together 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:19.860 and burned them publicly. 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:21.480 When they calculated 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:22.680 the value of the scrolls 00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.480 the total came to 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.220 50,000 drachmas. 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:26.720 In this way 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:27.580 the word of the Lord 00:13:27.580 --> 00:13:28.720 spread widely 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:29.379 and grew 00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:31.060 in power. 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:33.620 It's a real work 00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:34.220 of the Lord 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:34.960 when people are 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:35.740 confessing 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.560 sins 00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:37.420 openly. 00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:39.979 so caught up 00:13:39.979 --> 00:13:40.779 with the holiness 00:13:40.779 --> 00:13:41.279 of God 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:41.959 that they must 00:13:41.959 --> 00:13:42.839 get right with him 00:13:42.839 --> 00:13:44.219 and they pour out 00:13:44.219 --> 00:13:45.179 all their sins. 00:13:45.599 --> 00:13:46.779 They burn their scrolls 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:48.199 50,000 drachma. 00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:49.219 If these people 00:13:49.219 --> 00:13:49.919 a drachma is 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:51.199 one day's wage 00:13:51.199 --> 00:13:52.019 if they're getting 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:53.459 the new living wage 00:13:53.459 --> 00:13:54.959 50,000 drachmas 00:13:54.959 --> 00:13:55.419 is about 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:57.299 2.6 million pounds. 00:13:58.579 --> 00:13:59.439 Burn them. 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:00.900 a work 00:14:00.900 --> 00:14:01.440 of great 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:02.040 depth 00:14:02.040 --> 00:14:03.900 and a work 00:14:03.900 --> 00:14:04.600 of great 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.500 a work of great 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:05.820 breadth 00:14:05.820 --> 00:14:06.220 and a work 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:06.980 of great depth. 00:14:07.260 --> 00:14:07.920 So by the time 00:14:07.920 --> 00:14:08.280 we get to 00:14:08.280 --> 00:14:09.200 verse 27 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:11.260 we get 00:14:11.260 --> 00:14:12.100 Demetrius the 00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.740 silversmith 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.640 calls everyone 00:14:13.640 --> 00:14:14.420 together in the 00:14:14.420 --> 00:14:15.000 trade guild 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:15.460 and he says 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:16.300 there is a danger 00:14:16.300 --> 00:14:16.940 not only that 00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:17.460 our trade 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:17.900 will lose 00:14:17.900 --> 00:14:18.620 its good name 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.680 but also 00:14:19.680 --> 00:14:20.400 that the temple 00:14:20.400 --> 00:14:21.000 of the great 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:22.000 goddess Artemis 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:23.060 will be discredited 00:14:23.060 --> 00:14:24.700 and the goddess 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.300 herself 00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:26.280 who is worshipped 00:14:26.280 --> 00:14:27.500 throughout the 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.300 province of Asia 00:14:28.299 --> 00:14:28.819 and the world 00:14:28.819 --> 00:14:29.639 will be robbed 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:30.959 of her divine 00:14:30.959 --> 00:14:31.459 majesty. 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:33.120 Just imagine 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:34.699 if God worked 00:14:34.699 --> 00:14:36.120 so graciously 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.799 and powerfully 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:37.500 in Edinburgh 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.620 that everybody 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.419 who is trying 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:40.199 to make money 00:14:40.199 --> 00:14:40.979 out of illicit 00:14:40.979 --> 00:14:42.259 means has to 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.959 complain because 00:14:42.959 --> 00:14:43.620 their source of 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.079 income has 00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:45.219 completely dried up. 00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:46.479 If all the 00:14:46.479 --> 00:14:47.039 strip clubs 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.459 down in 00:14:47.459 --> 00:14:47.979 Toll Cross 00:14:47.979 --> 00:14:48.519 started to 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:49.059 lobby the 00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:49.979 city halls 00:14:49.979 --> 00:14:51.620 because they 00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.079 couldn't make 00:14:52.079 --> 00:14:52.879 a single penny 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.559 because no one 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:54.039 wanted to go 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.559 because God 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:55.219 had worked 00:14:55.219 --> 00:14:57.000 so thoroughly 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:58.620 in Edinburgh 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:00.919 the city 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:01.440 is being 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:01.980 completely 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:03.659 reformed 00:15:03.659 --> 00:15:05.100 by the 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.379 gospel 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.940 it's a work 00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:06.299 of great 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:06.720 depth 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:08.379 but it's 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:08.860 now 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.899 a work 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.659 in great 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:11.620 danger 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:13.379 so by the 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.840 time we get 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.659 to 1 Timothy 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:15.440 the first 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:16.220 pastoral epistle 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:16.840 to Timothy 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.159 in Ephesus 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:20.159 we read 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.759 some terrible 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.279 things have 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:21.740 happened 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:24.980 1 Timothy 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:26.120 1 verse 3 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.659 as I 00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:29.440 urged you 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:29.840 when I 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.480 went into 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.220 Macedonia 00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:32.259 stay there 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.879 in Ephesus 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.539 so that you 00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.080 may command 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:35.200 certain people 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.440 not to teach 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.460 false doctrines 00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:38.180 any longer 00:15:38.180 --> 00:15:40.039 or to devote 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:40.700 themselves to 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.299 myths and 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:42.379 endless genealogy 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.200 such things 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:43.560 promote 00:15:43.560 --> 00:15:44.320 controversial 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:45.200 speculations 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:46.560 rather than 00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:47.460 advancing God's 00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:48.080 work which is 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.899 by faith 00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:50.860 this church 00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.699 in Ephesus 00:15:51.699 --> 00:15:53.959 has started 00:15:53.959 --> 00:15:54.500 to teach 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:54.939 things that 00:15:54.939 --> 00:15:55.319 are not 00:15:55.319 --> 00:15:56.079 from God 00:15:56.079 --> 00:15:58.019 so chapter 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.799 1 Timothy 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:00.039 3 verse 14 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.759 although I 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.419 hope to come 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:03.220 to you soon 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:04.220 I am writing 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:04.759 to you with 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.779 these instructions 00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:07.459 so that if I 00:16:07.459 --> 00:16:07.959 am delayed 00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:08.639 you will know 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.159 how people 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.939 ought to conduct 00:16:09.939 --> 00:16:10.539 themselves in 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.240 God's house 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:12.259 which is the 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.340 church of the 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:13.860 living God 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.419 the pillar 00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.740 and foundation 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.579 of the truth 00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:20.600 Timothy's in 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:21.000 Ephesus 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.680 and Ephesus 00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:22.360 is in real 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:22.820 trouble 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:24.259 it's chaotic 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:26.020 it's disordered 00:16:26.020 --> 00:16:26.900 Paul wouldn't 00:16:26.900 --> 00:16:28.100 write verse 14 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:28.860 of chapter 3 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.520 of 1 Timothy 00:16:29.520 --> 00:16:30.580 if things were 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.379 all going well 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:33.520 he's writing it 00:16:33.520 --> 00:16:34.020 to say you need 00:16:34.020 --> 00:16:34.600 to put it in 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.400 order because 00:16:35.400 --> 00:16:36.000 it's chaotic 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.420 and there's false 00:16:38.420 --> 00:16:39.220 teaching going 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:40.000 on everywhere 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:42.440 and so 2 Timothy 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.080 comes a little 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:43.980 bit later on 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:47.800 a few years 00:16:47.800 --> 00:16:48.480 later maybe 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.680 5 or 6 00:16:49.680 --> 00:16:50.340 years later 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:52.580 and what's 00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.120 Paul saying 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:55.080 now keep 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:55.460 going 00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:57.620 keep going 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:59.940 keep going 00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:00.480 in what I've 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.000 called you to 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.860 do keep doing 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.600 what I command 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.860 it why 00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.380 because the 00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:05.140 church is still 00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:05.860 in peril 00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:08.099 the church is 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.599 still having 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.680 real difficulties 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.440 the church is 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.200 still roguish 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.160 and going 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.080 more rogue 00:17:14.080 --> 00:17:16.340 Timothy is 00:17:16.340 --> 00:17:17.220 still there 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.960 to bring 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.980 re-reformation 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.840 to 00:17:19.840 --> 00:17:21.480 Ephesus 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:23.759 to the 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.220 struggling 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.759 band of 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.160 believers 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.580 that are 00:17:25.580 --> 00:17:26.460 fragmenting 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:27.700 and spreading 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.240 each and 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.120 every way 00:17:29.120 --> 00:17:30.580 just imagine 00:17:30.580 --> 00:17:30.940 if you're 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.340 Timothy 00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:32.779 you got a 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.319 letter from 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.799 your mentor 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.259 saying you 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.580 need to 00:17:34.580 --> 00:17:34.880 sort it 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.140 out and 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:35.519 here's how 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:35.840 to do 00:17:35.840 --> 00:17:36.200 it 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.100 six years 00:17:38.100 --> 00:17:38.559 later you 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:38.980 get another 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.259 letter 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.680 things are 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.039 just as 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.420 bad 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:42.500 Paul says 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.080 keep going 00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:45.080 keep doing 00:17:45.080 --> 00:17:45.320 it 00:17:45.320 --> 00:17:46.300 don't give 00:17:46.300 --> 00:17:46.759 up 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:49.460 church has 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.019 gone rogue 00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.779 secondly the 00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.500 leaders 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.900 have gone 00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:53.320 feral 00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:54.880 they've gone 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.420 wild 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:57.340 the leadership 00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:58.000 at Ephesus 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.519 has been 00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.019 thoroughly 00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.660 trained 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:00.840 they had an 00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:01.300 intense 00:18:01.300 --> 00:18:01.860 eldership 00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:02.320 course 00:18:02.320 --> 00:18:02.880 and the 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.460 example of 00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:03.920 the apostle 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.740 Paul himself 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.140 for those 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:05.600 two and a 00:18:05.600 --> 00:18:06.340 bit years 00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:07.519 while he 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:07.820 was in 00:18:07.820 --> 00:18:08.180 Ephesus 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.039 they have 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.580 an intense 00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:10.240 refresher 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.660 course on 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.039 the beach 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:11.700 of Miletus 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:13.380 they were 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:13.660 given 00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:14.240 everything 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.840 that they 00:18:14.840 --> 00:18:15.759 needed 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:17.279 I know 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.660 this is a 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:18.000 bit of a 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.560 paper chase 00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:18.900 but just 00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.299 flick back 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:19.680 to Acts 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.120 20 00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:25.240 the first 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:25.500 thing we 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:25.840 see is 00:18:25.840 --> 00:18:26.320 they knew 00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:26.980 Paul's way 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.500 of life 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.759 Acts 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.440 chapter 20 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.480 verse 18 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:33.579 when they 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.140 arrived he 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.500 said to 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:34.740 them 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:36.220 you know 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.160 how I 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:37.779 live the 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.299 whole time 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.620 I was 00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.099 with you 00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:40.200 from the 00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:40.680 first day 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.240 I came 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.700 into the 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.039 province 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.599 of Asia 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.380 he says 00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:43.920 you know 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:45.360 you know 00:18:45.360 --> 00:18:45.759 what I 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.180 did you 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.460 know how 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:46.960 I conducted 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.700 myself 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:50.059 verse 34 00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.599 at the end 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:50.880 of his 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.440 speech 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.759 you yourselves 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.460 know 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.539 that these 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.039 hands of 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.539 mine have 00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.259 supplied my 00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:58.039 own needs 00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.899 and the 00:18:58.899 --> 00:18:59.279 needs of 00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.579 my 00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.859 companions 00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:02.440 in everything 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.059 I did I 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.819 showed you 00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.639 that by this 00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.299 kind of hard 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:06.119 work we 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.639 must help 00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:07.139 the weak 00:19:07.139 --> 00:19:08.240 remembering the 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:08.819 words of the 00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.359 Lord Jesus 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:10.740 himself it 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.139 is more 00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:11.700 blessed to 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.259 give than 00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:13.059 to receive 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:14.480 they knew 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.099 Paul's way 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.740 of life 00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:17.559 they had 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.319 a model 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.960 to follow 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:23.240 they weren't 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.000 just left to 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.500 kind of make 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.859 it up as 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.180 they went 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.599 along they 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:25.980 had a 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.460 precedent 00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:28.759 and they 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.340 had Paul's 00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:29.660 charge 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.579 verse 28 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.579 of Acts 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.240 20 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:34.480 keep watch 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.700 over yourselves 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:37.840 and all the 00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:38.519 flock of 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.200 which the 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.840 Holy Spirit 00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:40.259 has made 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:41.240 you overseers 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:43.840 be shepherds 00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:45.259 of the church 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.680 of God 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.079 which he 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:46.720 bought 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.980 with his 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.680 own blood 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:50.100 that's what 00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:50.759 he says 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.519 he shows 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:52.860 them what 00:19:52.860 --> 00:19:53.259 to do 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.539 and he 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.100 tells them 00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.480 what to 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.779 do 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:56.240 he charges 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.700 them be 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.399 shepherds 00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:57.960 keep watch 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.420 over the 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.000 flock 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:01.920 they have 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.319 Paul's 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.079 charge 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:04.799 verse 32 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.220 of Acts 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.619 20 00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.099 they have 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.460 God's 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.059 resources 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:08.440 now I 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:09.000 commit you 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.559 to God 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.039 and to the 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.519 word of 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.200 his grace 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.639 which can 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and 00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.200 day 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.440 with tears 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.660 they had 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.240 everything they 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.580 needed 00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:07.900 and they have 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.539 this stark 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:08.980 warning 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:10.460 be careful 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.799 be watchful 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.440 be on your 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.000 guard 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.840 there's wolves 00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.220 about 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.740 and even 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.400 some of the 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:18.100 people in the 00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.720 room who look 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.580 white and 00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:19.980 fluffy 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.500 have 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.980 actually got 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.839 really sharp 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.319 teeth 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:24.960 and they'll 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.460 come and 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.079 they'll show 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:27.559 and they'll 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.259 draw people 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.839 away and 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.920 this flock 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:31.339 the flock 00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.000 brought with 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.960 the precious 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.620 blood of the 00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.160 Lord Jesus 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.620 won't be 00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.120 spared 00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:37.200 and once you 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.240 understand this 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.960 you start seeing 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.539 it everywhere 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.380 in 1 Timothy 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:41.200 and 2 Timothy 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.640 you see just 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.339 the impact 00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:44.039 that the wolves 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.579 are having 00:21:44.579 --> 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--> 00:23:27.339 end of the letter 00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.379 his closing words 00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.279 Timothy 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.819 guard what has 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.579 been entrusted 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.319 to your care 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.519 turn away from 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.299 godless chatter 00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.519 and the opposing 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.940 ideas of what is 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.680 falsely called 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.799 knowledge which 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.500 some have 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.860 professed and 00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.700 in so doing 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.320 have departed 00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.720 from the 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.200 faith 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:47.220 be careful 00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.539 there's some 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.279 false teaching 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.940 around it's in 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.519 2 Timothy 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00:24:27.220 who have 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.900 departed from 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.440 the truth 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:31.759 chapter 2 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.480 verse 23 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.480 don't have 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.120 anything to 00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.519 do with 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.140 foolish and 00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.500 stupid 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.059 arguments 00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.620 because you 00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.000 know they 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.380 produce 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.039 quarrels 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.220 and the 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.559 lord's 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.819 servant 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.460 must not 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.220 be quarrelsome 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:43.440 chapter 3 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.059 verses 1 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.460 to 8 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.240 is all about 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.160 false teaching 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.620 chapter 4 00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.240 verses 3 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.559 and 4 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.079 let me read 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.519 those 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.420 for the time 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.860 will come 00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.360 when people 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.059 will not put 00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.660 up with sound 00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.079 doctrine 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:54.240 instead to 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.779 suit their 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.599 own desires 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:55.980 they will 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.680 gather around 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:56.920 them 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.799 a great 00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.299 number of 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.819 teachers to 00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.180 say what 00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.960 their itching 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.579 ears want 00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.019 to hear 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.000 they will 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.559 turn their 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.339 ears away 00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.759 from the 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.180 truth 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.519 and turn 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.579 aside to 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.220 myths 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:09.779 Ephesus 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.819 the leaders 00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.259 have gone 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.700 feral 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.559 those that 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.859 have been 00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.400 supposed to 00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.339 be communicating 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.119 the truth 00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.839 are starting 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.660 to get weird 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.460 they're starting 00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.099 to talk about 00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.619 myths 00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.720 they're quarreling 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.879 there's genealogies 00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:22.279 there's controversies 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.539 and Timothy 00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.160 is there 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.879 the lone salmon 00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.819 swimming upstream 00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.700 against all 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.519 this stuff 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:31.539 just imagine 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.319 being Timothy 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:36.319 some people 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.279 speaking in 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.960 pulpits 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.700 who are 00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.019 preaching 00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.759 anything and 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.319 everything but 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.819 the gospel 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:44.000 how would you 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.420 feel 00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:46.480 well I think 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.900 on the back 00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.200 of two 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.559 Timothy 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.160 we can say 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.759 this 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.839 that Timothy 00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.440 seems to have 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.139 gone quiet 00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:54.420 in a church 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.180 gone rogue 00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.759 because the 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.299 leaders have 00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.940 gone feral 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:58.160 the real strain 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.519 is seen 00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.900 on two 00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.320 Timothy 00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:01.160 Timothy 00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.140 is struggling 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.820 under the 00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:03.320 strain 00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:05.100 one 00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.480 Timothy 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.960 was written 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.240 about 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.680 everything 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.000 that he 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.360 should do 00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.039 to organise 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.759 the 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00:31:40.259 in the last 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.619 days 00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.619 don't associate 00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.239 with those 00:31:42.239 --> 00:31:42.559 who have 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.419 sham godliness 00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:44.559 continue in 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.019 what you have 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.219 learnt 00:31:45.219 --> 00:31:45.739 preach the 00:31:45.739 --> 00:31:45.939 word 00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.399 keep your 00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.619 head 00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:46.979 in all 00:31:46.979 --> 00:31:47.619 situations 00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.579 be on 00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.159 your guard 00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:50.000 why would 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.500 Paul write 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.159 those commands 00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:52.839 because 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.539 Timothy's 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.019 struggling 00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:57.199 why does 00:31:57.199 --> 00:31:57.459 he need 00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:57.839 to preach 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.119 the word 00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.599 because he's 00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:58.799 gone 00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.259 quiet 00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.980 why does 00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.240 he need 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.500 to be 00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.740 on his 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:01.980 guard 00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.259 because 00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.480 there's 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.859 people 00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.119 there 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.319 who 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.539 want 00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.680 to 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.059 devour 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.220 the 00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.460 flock 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.619 of 00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.000 God 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:07.579 why does 00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:07.900 he want 00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.039 to 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.460 why does 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.759 he talk 00:32:08.759 --> 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00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:26.759 you wouldn't 00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.359 write this 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.740 which is 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.059 just 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.859 do this 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.440 keep doing 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.639 this 00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.059 be on 00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.279 guard 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.519 about 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.019 that 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:32.920 Timothy 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.420 is on 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.980 the brink 00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.460 of giving 00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.139 up 00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:36.339 wouldn't 00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.559 you 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.159 after six 00:32:37.159 --> 00:32:37.399 years 00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:37.899 when things 00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.279 haven't got 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.839 any better 00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:41.959 surely as 00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.720 Paul sees 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.119 and hears 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.519 about the 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.099 problems in 00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.419 Ephesus 00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:45.099 the chaos 00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.439 in the 00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:45.759 church 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.539 the 00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:48.199 disruption 00:32:48.199 --> 00:32:48.899 in the 00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.259 leadership 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.879 the strain 00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.459 on Timothy 00:32:50.459 --> 00:32:51.079 he says 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.439 I must 00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:51.759 write him 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.220 a letter 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:54.619 don't shrink 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.079 back 00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.759 don't sit 00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.039 down 00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.720 keep on 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.179 going 00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:58.459 do what 00:32:58.459 --> 00:32:58.639 I've 00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.079 charged you 00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.539 to do 00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.220 this is 00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.740 not a 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.179 pointless 00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.980 correspondence 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:04.759 Paul is 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.359 not writing 00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.879 one of those 00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.339 Christmas 00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.980 letters that 00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.740 everyone gets 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.379 and nobody 00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.819 cares about 00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:12.519 this is to 00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.339 be real 00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.059 courage 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.480 given 00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.220 to 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.819 Timothy 00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.939 who's 00:33:16.939 --> 00:33:17.339 struggling 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.919 so with 00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.259 that in 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.419 mind 00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:19.700 let me 00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.220 read you 00:33:20.220 --> 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00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.799 I may 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.240 be filled 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.779 with joy 00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.419 I am 00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.960 reminded 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.360 of your 00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.840 sincere 00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.180 faith 00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.400 which 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.759 first 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:40.980 lived 00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.259 in your 00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.740 grandmother 00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.340 Lois 00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.039 and in 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.200 your 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.480 mother 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.980 Eunice 00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.240 and I 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.360 am 00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:44.920 persuaded 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.500 now lives 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:45.940 in you 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:47.340 for this 00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.800 reason I 00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:48.360 remind you 00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:49.000 to fan 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.660 into flame 00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.140 the gift 00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.560 of God 00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:50.900 which is 00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.259 in you 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.640 through the 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.220 laying on 00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.560 of my 00:33:52.560 --> 00:33:53.160 hands 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:55.100 for the 00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.420 spirit 00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.900 for the 00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.200 spirit 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.740 of God 00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.700 and I 00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.100 fear 00:33:59.100 --> 00:34:00.720 but gives 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:00.900 us 00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.340 power 00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.040 love 00:34:02.040 --> 00:34:03.040 and self 00:34:03.040 --> 00:34:03.620 discipline 00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:05.480 doesn't that 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.240 change how 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.700 you read 00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.160 that 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:10.420 fan into 00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.740 flame 00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.099 why does 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.460 he need to 00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.820 fan it 00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.220 into flame 00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:12.680 because he's 00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:13.559 going out 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:17.380 the fire 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.119 for serving 00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.579 the Lord 00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.980 Jesus 00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.920 is going 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.539 out 00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:23.219 smoldering 00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.539 away 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.320 getting choked 00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.980 out by all 00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.299 these things 00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:25.639 so what does 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.900 he say 00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.299 fan it 00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.860 into flame 00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.860 keep on 00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.139 going 00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.779 how does 00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.099 Timothy 00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.420 feel 00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.799 he feels 00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.719 all alone 00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.860 against this 00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.199 great 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.820 swathe of 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.500 falsehood 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.000 that's coming 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.719 against him 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.539 so what does 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.179 Paul do 00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:39.079 he says 00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.539 I'm praying 00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.000 for you 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.419 Timothy 00:34:40.419 --> 00:34:43.399 and then 00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:43.980 he connects 00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.319 him to 00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:44.779 all these 00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.419 relationships 00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:46.279 verse 4 00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:48.039 Paul says 00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.039 we're close 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:50.059 I'm with 00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.539 you in this 00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.139 I recall 00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.759 your tears 00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.519 I long 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.179 to see 00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.659 you 00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.919 and when 00:34:54.919 --> 00:34:55.279 I see 00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:55.559 you I'll 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:55.960 be filled 00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.639 with joy 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.699 nobody's 00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.099 filled with 00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.539 joy when 00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.879 they see 00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.239 Timothy 00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.819 in Ephesus 00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:01.599 they go 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.000 oh here's 00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.339 the old 00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:02.940 school guy 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.339 who's just 00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.759 not moved 00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.119 on from 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.559 Paul 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:11.299 what does 00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.900 Timothy do 00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.380 he says 00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:14.960 think about 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.639 your grandmother 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.400 Lois 00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.659 your mother 00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.579 Eunice 00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.880 you know 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.199 like those 00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.779 pictures you 00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.199 take of 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.619 your loved 00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.019 ones when 00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.639 you're away 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.799 remember 00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.360 them 00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:28.880 verse 5 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.679 I'm reminded 00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.099 of your 00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.900 sincere faith 00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.239 what does 00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.480 he say 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.799 at the end 00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.059 of the 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.360 verse 00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.099 and I'm 00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.639 persuaded 00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.219 this faith 00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.480 now 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.760 lives 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.179 in you 00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.820 could 00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.000 it 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.380 be 00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.440 that 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.860 Ephesus 00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.260 has got 00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:39.400 so bad 00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.539 that 00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.039 Timothy 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.539 even 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.860 doubts 00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.139 that he's 00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.559 a Christian 00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:42.940 because it's 00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.340 gone so 00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.740 bad 00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:45.219 this 00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.360 outstanding 00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.980 Christian 00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.659 leader 00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.880 against 00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.340 such 00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.300 brutal 00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:51.000 relentless 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.820 opposition 00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:54.480 does his 00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.019 quiet time 00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.280 in the 00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.539 morning 00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.019 and feels 00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.440 God is 00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.039 far away 00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.300 and that 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.519 he's 00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:57.880 just a 00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.119 sham 00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.400 and not 00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.740 the real 00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.119 deal 00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:04.400 I am 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.940 reminded 00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.400 of your 00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.779 sincere 00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.460 faith 00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:08.500 which I'm 00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.980 persuaded 00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.519 now 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.679 lives in 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.119 you 00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:16.039 fan it 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.839 into flame 00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.519 the gift 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.079 of God 00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:19.559 which is in 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.900 you through 00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.579 the laying 00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.219 on of my 00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.480 hands 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.900 I didn't 00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.159 get it 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.359 wrong 00:36:22.359 --> 00:36:22.759 Timothy 00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:24.580 you're not 00:36:24.580 --> 00:36:24.820 in the 00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.000 wrong 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.620 place 00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:27.460 you're not 00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.280 unequipped 00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:29.620 or incapable 00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.220 of doing 00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:31.060 this task 00:36:31.060 --> 00:36:33.260 and so 00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.960 what is this 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.680 letter really 00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:35.280 all about 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.820 it's about 00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.640 continuing to 00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.240 do the right 00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.920 things even 00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.620 when everything's 00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:40.200 going wrong 00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:40.980 that's what 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.220 Timothy 00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:42.200 is about 00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:43.780 that even 00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.220 when the 00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.760 church is 00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.220 crumbling 00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.860 around your 00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.480 ears 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:48.300 keep doing 00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.940 what's right 00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.680 even when it 00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:50.080 looks like 00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:50.400 it's all 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.000 going wrong 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.679 Timothy 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.119 wants to 00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.739 give up 00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:56.980 Paul says 00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.579 fan it 00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.239 into flame 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:00.619 trust in 00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.460 the spirit 00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.380 God has 00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.119 given you 00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:05.300 that gives 00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.840 you power 00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.559 to continue 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:08.119 love for 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.539 those that 00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.199 are unlovable 00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:10.699 and self 00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.179 discipline 00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.860 that even 00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:13.039 when every 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.519 part of you 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:13.880 wants to 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.199 give up 00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.579 you say 00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.039 no I 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.539 must 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:17.039 for the 00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.400 sake of 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.760 the Lord 00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.139 Jesus 00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:20.500 so what 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.639 are we 00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:20.960 to make 00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.259 of this 00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.639 letter 00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.539 well I 00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:23.819 did a 00:37:23.819 --> 00:37:24.000 little 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.359 cartoon 00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:27.980 it looks 00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.759 like this 00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:30.539 it's the 00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.879 good ship 00:37:30.879 --> 00:37:31.400 Brunsfield 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.859 which has 00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:32.420 been renamed 00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.879 the SS 00:37:32.879 --> 00:37:33.619 complacency 00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:35.599 and I 00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:35.960 think this 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.219 is what 00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.759 this letter 00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:37.980 tells us 00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:39.960 it tells 00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.440 us not 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.859 to be 00:37:40.859 --> 00:37:41.579 complacent 00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.119 about our 00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.699 church 00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:45.299 you can 00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.719 imagine 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.239 Ephesus 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:48.059 so proud 00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.699 we were 00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.319 planted by 00:37:49.319 --> 00:37:50.139 Paul himself 00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:52.279 we had 00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.779 two and a 00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.440 half years 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.879 of his 00:37:53.879 --> 00:37:54.500 itinerant 00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.879 ministry 00:37:54.879 --> 00:37:55.599 amongst us 00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.420 I'm sure 00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:57.059 everyone 00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.559 thought 00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.480 we're gonna 00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.159 be fine 00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:01.119 they're not 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.539 fine 00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:03.199 it's all 00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.799 gone wrong 00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:04.759 the wheels 00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.319 are falling 00:38:05.319 --> 00:38:06.039 off 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:11.599 Brunsfield 00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.119 has a 00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:13.359 great past 00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:15.599 planted well 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.239 been involved 00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.879 in loads 00:38:16.879 --> 00:38:17.359 of good 00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:18.000 things 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.940 seen 00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.260 seen people 00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.900 grow and 00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.719 mature and 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.159 come to 00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.659 faith 00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:23.199 but let's 00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.659 be very 00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.280 clear if it 00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.719 can happen 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.500 to Ephesus 00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.500 evangelical it 00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.079 can happen to 00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.739 Brunsfield 00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:29.059 evangelical 00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:33.800 God's 00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.380 working in 00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:34.860 the past 00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.320 is no 00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:36.000 guarantee 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:37.639 for the 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:37.960 future 00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.679 good churches 00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.440 go bad 00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:42.320 and so 00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.679 what's the 00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:42.960 remedy 00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.500 don't be 00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.579 complacent 00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:46.119 we can't 00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.300 be 00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:47.340 complacent 00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:48.480 we've got 00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.940 to keep 00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.860 on investing 00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:51.059 investing in 00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.519 each other 00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.340 investing in 00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:53.159 the scriptures 00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:54.480 investing in 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.179 the work that 00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.539 God has 00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:55.900 called us 00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.460 to do 00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:57.360 because it 00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.880 won't just 00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.360 happen 00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:00.659 and things 00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:01.340 get weird 00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:02.159 very quickly 00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.559 when we 00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.980 take our 00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.460 eyes off 00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.900 Jesus 00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:07.680 don't be 00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.240 complacent 00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.660 about the 00:39:08.660 --> 00:39:09.380 church 00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:11.460 secondly 00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.079 don't be 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.680 complacent 00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:12.960 about 00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.559 yourself 00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:16.300 I'm 00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.720 sure 00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:18.280 when the 00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.980 elders of 00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.420 Ephesus 00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.180 gather on 00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:20.880 Miletus 00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:22.480 nobody thought 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:22.920 they would be 00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.280 a false 00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.559 teacher 00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.180 nobody 00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:25.900 oh yeah 00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.340 Paul we 00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.660 get it 00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:27.079 we get 00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.280 you 00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.440 we'll 00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:27.880 continue 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.119 it 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.380 don't 00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.780 worry 00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:31.200 five years 00:39:31.200 --> 00:39:31.640 down the 00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:31.900 line 00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.260 they're the 00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:32.440 ones 00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.860 preaching 00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.600 myths 00:39:33.600 --> 00:39:34.620 they're the 00:39:34.620 --> 00:39:34.780 ones 00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.120 causing 00:39:35.120 --> 00:39:36.160 controversies 00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:36.920 they're the 00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.080 ones 00:39:37.080 --> 00:39:37.940 confusing 00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.240 the 00:39:38.240 --> 00:39:38.740 sheep 00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:42.440 when we 00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.720 finished 00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:43.380 Cornhill 00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:46.920 Dick Lucas 00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.940 spoke to 00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.320 us at 00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:48.540 the 00:39:48.540 --> 00:39:49.200 graduation 00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.980 ceremony 00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:51.640 and he 00:39:51.640 --> 00:39:52.100 looked at 00:39:52.100 --> 00:39:52.600 all of us 00:39:52.600 --> 00:39:52.800 and he 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.160 said you're 00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.440 now the 00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:54.060 most dangerous 00:39:54.060 --> 00:39:54.620 people in 00:39:54.620 --> 00:39:55.160 the world 00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:57.600 don't be 00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:57.860 false 00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.400 teachers 00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.619 it's quite 00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.039 a warning 00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.840 he said a 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.139 few other 00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:01.440 things it 00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.820 was quite a 00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:02.180 long sermon 00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.700 actually but 00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:03.039 that's the 00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.599 two things I 00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:03.960 remember 00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:05.860 with the 00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.420 gospel in 00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.960 your hand and 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.800 the ability to 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.180 teach the 00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.660 bible you're 00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:09.360 dangerous 00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:11.059 don't be 00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.760 false teachers 00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:14.619 so what have 00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.000 we got to do 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.480 we got to keep 00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.240 digging into 00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:17.200 this word 00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:19.300 we've got to 00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:20.240 not take the 00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:20.800 gospel for 00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:21.220 granted 00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:23.300 we've got to 00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:23.940 make sure that 00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.619 what somebody's 00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:25.160 saying here 00:40:25.160 --> 00:40:25.820 matches with 00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.320 what's going 00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.920 on here 00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.980 because if we 00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.480 start to 00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.179 drift even 00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.599 just a 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.079 degree 00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:31.740 down the 00:40:31.740 --> 00:40:32.199 line we're 00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.900 miles away 00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.280 from the 00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:33.880 lord jesus 00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.240 and are 00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.760 just teaching 00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.159 what is 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.840 not right 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:37.199 don't be 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.920 complacent about 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.519 yourself 00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:44.440 don't be 00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:45.179 complacent about 00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:46.019 your leaders 00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:50.000 i could speak 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.880 after 10 years 00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.360 of gospel 00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.860 ministry 00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:53.440 that there are 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.099 times when you 00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.820 just want to 00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.300 give up 00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:56.980 when you're 00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.320 on the 00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:57.880 bus and 00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.160 you go 00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:58.480 past 00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:58.980 car phone 00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.340 warehouse 00:40:59.340 --> 00:40:59.680 and you 00:40:59.680 --> 00:40:59.860 go 00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.600 i'd love 00:41:00.600 --> 00:41:00.980 to work 00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.380 in there 00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:03.940 pretty much 00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.200 because you 00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:04.580 only have to 00:41:04.580 --> 00:41:04.940 see most 00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.880 customers once 00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:09.720 where the 00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.240 imagined 00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:10.880 loneliness 00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:12.760 of christian 00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.440 leadership is 00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:14.400 paralyzing and 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.080 the strain is 00:41:15.080 --> 00:41:15.620 almost too 00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:16.060 much 00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:24.259 do you 00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:25.119 ever think 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:26.500 i'm sure 00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:26.840 the people 00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.420 in ephesus 00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.159 never thought 00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:29.000 that timothy 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:30.719 cried every 00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.259 night when he 00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:31.579 thought about 00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:32.139 the work that 00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.559 he had to 00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:34.059 do and the 00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.679 strain that 00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.099 was bearing 00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.639 down on 00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:36.940 him and 00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.460 the fact that 00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.980 he was all 00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.539 alone in it 00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.159 because everyone 00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.840 else had gone 00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:41.420 everywhere else 00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:43.760 so keep 00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.360 remembering 00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:46.139 leaders 00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:47.440 the leaders 00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:47.820 of the 00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:48.420 church 00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:50.200 keep 00:41:50.200 --> 00:41:50.720 remembering 00:41:50.720 --> 00:41:51.539 each other 00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:55.860 keep 00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.360 remembering 00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:56.820 that there's 00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:57.579 really difficult 00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:58.200 times 00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:59.260 that even 00:41:59.260 --> 00:41:59.619 when it's 00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.920 really hard 00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.900 and things 00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.240 are going 00:42:02.240 --> 00:42:02.820 wrong that 00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.300 we would 00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.760 hear what 00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.200 paul says 00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:04.840 to timothy 00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.800 that even 00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.200 when it's 00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:06.619 all going 00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.139 wrong keep 00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.639 doing what's 00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.019 right 00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:10.659 be praying 00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.019 for each 00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.400 other be 00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:12.079 investing in 00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.539 each other 00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.480 keep on 00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.059 encouraging 00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:15.360 each other 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:18.019 do you know 00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.460 paul and 00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:19.039 barnabas had 00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.360 a bit of 00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:20.119 a stramash 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:21.619 timothy 00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.000 would give 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.500 anything to 00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:23.119 have barnabas 00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:23.500 by his 00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:23.860 side in 00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.199 ephesus 00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:25.179 somebody who 00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:26.199 is the 00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.519 son of 00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:27.059 encouragement 00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:30.320 one more 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.719 story and 00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:30.940 then i'm 00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.259 done i 00:42:31.259 --> 00:42:31.679 remember when 00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.059 i came to 00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.599 the church 00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:34.420 good times 00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:36.079 27 years 00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:37.639 old didn't 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.199 know anything 00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:39.920 and i 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.559 remember one 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.099 dear old 00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:41.920 boy came 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.259 up to me 00:42:42.259 --> 00:42:43.159 first sunday 00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:43.980 and he put 00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:44.440 his hand on 00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.859 my shoulder 00:42:44.859 --> 00:42:45.139 and i thought 00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:45.699 oh this is a 00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:46.179 touchy-feely 00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:46.699 church it 00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:47.059 wasn't it 00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.420 was fine 00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:48.900 um he 00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.239 said to 00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:50.599 me we'll 00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.199 never tell 00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.559 you you're 00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:51.879 doing a 00:42:51.879 --> 00:42:52.460 good job 00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.379 but if you 00:42:53.379 --> 00:42:53.719 don't hear 00:42:53.719 --> 00:42:54.059 from us 00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:54.539 just assume 00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.819 that you 00:42:54.819 --> 00:42:56.920 are and 00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.339 at the time 00:42:57.339 --> 00:42:57.619 i thought 00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:57.879 oh that's 00:42:57.879 --> 00:42:58.599 quite it's 00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:59.159 quite encouraging 00:42:59.159 --> 00:42:59.799 it's not 00:42:59.799 --> 00:43:00.400 encouraging at 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:01.759 all because 00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:02.319 encouragement 00:43:02.319 --> 00:43:02.920 unsaid is 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.480 discouragement 00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.019 it's just 00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:05.420 true and 00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:06.119 so whatever 00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:06.940 anybody does 00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.259 here 00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:08.620 whether it's 00:43:08.620 --> 00:43:09.100 their first 00:43:09.100 --> 00:43:09.660 go or their 00:43:09.660 --> 00:43:10.560 five thousandth 00:43:10.560 --> 00:43:12.500 go if you've 00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.880 got something 00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:13.440 from it then 00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.960 to encourage 00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:14.500 people is a 00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:14.880 really good 00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:17.120 idea scary 00:43:17.120 --> 00:43:17.940 thing is is by 00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.480 the time we get 00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.120 to revelation 00:43:19.120 --> 00:43:20.100 ephesus is still 00:43:20.100 --> 00:43:21.960 in trouble and 00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.560 what does jesus 00:43:22.560 --> 00:43:24.500 say keep doing 00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.040 the right things 00:43:25.040 --> 00:43:25.520 even when it's 00:43:25.520 --> 00:43:25.960 going wrong 00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:29.020 let me pray 00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:39.600 father god we 00:43:39.600 --> 00:43:40.120 want to keep 00:43:40.120 --> 00:43:43.380 going we want 00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.040 to keep the 00:43:44.040 --> 00:43:44.580 gifts that 00:43:44.580 --> 00:43:45.060 you've given 00:43:45.060 --> 00:43:46.760 us burning 00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.720 brightly for 00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:49.460 you used by 00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:50.180 you for your 00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:53.600 glory father 00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:54.020 we don't want 00:43:54.020 --> 00:43:54.380 to be those 00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.980 that give up 00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.700 and sit down 00:43:55.700 --> 00:43:58.140 we don't want 00:43:58.140 --> 00:43:58.560 to be those 00:43:58.560 --> 00:43:58.880 that get 00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.700 sidetracked and 00:43:59.700 --> 00:44:00.360 start wandering 00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:01.300 off into myths 00:44:01.300 --> 00:44:02.020 and difficulty 00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:04.639 we don't even 00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.119 want to be 00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:05.699 coasting 00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:06.099 lord 00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:09.820 father we 00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:10.219 want to be 00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:10.719 dynamic 00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:11.699 believers part 00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:12.300 of a vibrant 00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:13.000 community 00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:15.599 that is making 00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.559 real gains 00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:18.279 in and for 00:44:18.279 --> 00:44:18.940 your kingdom 00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:21.639 so lord may 00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.119 you keep 00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:23.199 encouraging us 00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:25.159 may we keep 00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:25.840 looking to your 00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:28.019 son depending 00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.940 on your spirit 00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:30.860 and encouraging 00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.599 each other 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:34.239 and father may 00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:35.039 we do all of 00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:35.659 it for the glory 00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:36.159 of the lord 00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:36.960 jesus that even 00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:37.500 when it goes 00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:38.900 wrong would we 00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.679 keep doing what's 00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:40.980 right would we 00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.559 keep doing what 00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:42.360 you call us to 00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:44.320 do and would we 00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:45.320 trust results with 00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:46.539 you and we 00:44:46.539 --> 00:44:47.000 and would we 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.480 say that if 00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:48.219 we've got jesus 00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:49.559 we've got more 00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.199 than enough 00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:51.860 father bless us 00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.380 and help us 00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:53.119 in jesus name 00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:54.099 amen