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 Church is helping to train pastors in Romania and in the Middle East and in Mongolia.

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! You're helping to raise up missionaries to go to different places.

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! When I hear what Walid has done among the Muslims and others and what Doug is doing,

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 and I know what is happening in Romania, and the fact that you have a huge part in that,

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 in supporting all of us to be able to be there, and then in your prayers,

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 you are a part of that.

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 And I hope you feel that this week, that this has been a chance for you to be encouraged,

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 what God has done through you and through your prayers.

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 And I just praise God for you, and I hope you've been encouraged by that.

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 You are allowed to amen to that, by the way.

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 You know, as I prepared the sermon, I asked my family.

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 They did not know what the theme of the conference was,

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 but they knew what the sermon was that I wanted to bring forth to you this morning.

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 And they came up with How to Love the Unbeliever.

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 Now, that's pretty close to the title of the conference, isn't it?

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 And so I believe that God has put this together for this conference,

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 and I want to share it with you.

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 If you will turn in your Bibles to the book of 1 Timothy,

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 I'm going to have you follow along with me.

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 But I want to start with a way of introduction about some things that sometimes we have Christianese,

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 that we're so used to, words we're so accustomed to,

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 that I just want to clarify one of those before we get started,

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 and that's the word lost.

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 Loving the lost.

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 Now, to those of us who are believers in Jesus Christ,

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 who realize that at some point in our life we were lost,

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 we were dead in our sins,

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 we did not know what to do,

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 how to handle this debt of sin,

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 what it was going to mean for the future,

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 and then the truth was brought to us,

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 and we received Jesus Christ,

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 the word lost to us almost has an endearing term of,

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 I was lost, but now I'm found,

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 and we're not embarrassed.

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 It brings memories of grace to us.

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 But what about to the lost person?

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 When we say we're here to love the lost,

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 and if you're sitting here today,

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 and I hope there are several here today,

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 that need Jesus Christ,

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 and you hear us talk about the word lost,

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 what does that mean to you?

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 There are two responses that you can have to that.

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 To the person who realizes they're lost,

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 we're kind of glad that somebody recognizes we're lost.

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 You ever been lost driving,

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 and you have that look on your face like...

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 And somebody walks up and says,

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 excuse me, are you lost?

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 That moment of relief that somebody recognizes I'm lost,

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 and they must, if they're asking, they have an answer.

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 You understand?

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 But at the same moment,

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 you're not like, yes, I'm lost.

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 It's that, yeah.

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 There is an issue of humility that comes with that.

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 When you recognize you're lost,

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 you're glad that there's an answer,

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 but there's a humility, a humbleness that you feel,

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 because you know you're lost.

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 What about to the lost person who doesn't know they're lost?

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 Ever been there?

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 I've done that, driving in a bad snowstorm.

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 Actually, my son was driving.

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 He was 16, and I wanted him to have winter experience.

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 And so we were driving through a Chicago blizzard,

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 headed up north, and we were going to go skiing.

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 After a men's retreat, we were headed north,

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 we were going to go skiing in Cadillac, Michigan.

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 So we're driving, and we're just,

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 we had the GPS on,

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 and it was in the back on a laptop computer

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 with a little thing that sat on,

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 a Bluetooth thing that sat on the dash.

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 And we just, I said, Dave, just drive.

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 Now snow is coming.

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 And it was great for him to drive,

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 because nobody else was on the road.

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 They were smart.

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 So we're driving,

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 and we went about 45 minutes where we saw nobody.

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 I mean, there were car tire marks on the road,

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 and then there were car and truck tire marks on the road.

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 Then there were just truck tire marks on the road.

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 Then there were truck marks and snowmobile tracks on the road.

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 Then there were just snowmobile tracks,

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 and then they quit.

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 And we're still driving.

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 I thought I knew where we were.

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 And he said,

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 it was about eight inches of snow now,

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 and he's got to keep it up to 45 miles an hour in the snow to keep moving.

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 He goes,

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 Dad, I don't know if I can do this much longer.

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 And I said,

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 all right, I'll drive.

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 And I looked back at the GPS,

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 because we were waiting for it to talk to me and tell us when to turn.

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 And it said,

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 GPS signal lost 45 minutes ago.

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 Okay, so I was lost and didn't know it.

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 So suppose for a minute somebody comes to you and says,

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 oh, are you lost?

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 And they recognize you're in the wrong area.

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 But you don't think so.

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 There's not that humble, oh, yes.

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 It's like, what are you talking about?

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 I know what I'm doing.

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 I know where I'm going.

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 The word lost becomes offensive.

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 You understand?

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 So what I want you to know that when we say lost,

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 we're not here to offend you.

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 But if you don't know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior,

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 that is a term that we believe identifies you.

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 And we hope that you will recognize by that sentence,

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 loving the lost.

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 We're not condemning you for being lost.

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 We're loving you because of that position.

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 And I hope you understand that as we go into today's sermon.

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 We've heard a lot in the last few days about what God is doing.

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 And I had one person tell me, he said,

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 when you guys start listing the things that you're doing,

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 we know you're not telling us everything.

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 We get tired listening.

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 Do you think that we ever get weary doing missionary work?

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 Do you ever get tired doing the work that God's called you to do right here?

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 The answer to that is absolutely.

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 I want you to look at 1 Timothy in chapter 1.

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 I believe Timothy was in a state like that.

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 Now when we read this, starting with verse 1,

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 it says,

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 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus,

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 by the command of God our Savior,

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 and of Christ Jesus our hope,

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 to Timothy, my true son in the faith,

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 grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia,

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 stay there in Ephesus,

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 so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer,

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 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies.

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 These promote controversies rather than God's work, which is by faith.

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 Now does it tell us in that verse, or in those verses,

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 the mental state or the emotional state of Timothy?

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 Does it say anything about that?

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 No.

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 Then why is it that I think he was about ready to give up and throw in the towel?

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 Now, what was Paul urging him to do?

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 I had to stay there.

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 Well, if Paul is urging him to stay there,

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 what might Timothy be thinking about doing?

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 Not staying there, right?

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 Now this is the first time that Paul has had to say this to Timothy, right?

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 What did the verse say?

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 As I urged you before, right?

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 So is this the first time Paul's had to bring this up to Timothy?

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 It's at least the second time, right?

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 So at least twice now, Paul has come to Timothy and said,

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 Timothy, Timothy, as I told you before, my dear son in the Lord,

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 stay there.

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 Don't leave.

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 Now, why was Timothy even interested in leaving?

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 Did you know that most missionaries that come off the field,

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 when it's because a lot of it's sometimes health reasons and other things,

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 very rarely is it because of conflict with nationals.

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 You know, usually it's conflict with other missionaries.

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 Did you know that?

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 That that's where a lot of the conflicts happen.

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 You know, when you talk about ministers who are burned out,

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 rarely are they burned out because there's just so much happening that's good

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 and so much fruit is being produced that it burns them out.

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 Usually it's when they're working and working and working

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 and they're not able to see the fruit yet.

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 And sometimes it just, you have to till that ground because it's hard

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 and you've got to fertilize it and you have to persevere

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 and you've got to stick to it.

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 Not seeing immediate fruit does not mean you're in the wrong place.

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 But when you work and you work and you work

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 and you don't see the fruit and you're like,

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 what is this ever going to quit?

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 That's when it's easy to face burnout.

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 And Timothy, I believe, since it's the same issue coming up,

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 had dealt with these people that were in his church,

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 that were teaching false doctrines,

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 that he's dealing with this problem.

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 He's like, at some point, I can't seem to get through to them.

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 I give up. I'm done. I want to go.

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 And he was burned out.

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 He was tired.

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 Paul comes in and he says,

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 I urge you, Timothy, as I did before.

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 I'm going to try to encourage you, Timothy.

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 I want you to stay there.

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 I know it's tough.

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 But this is what God has called you to do.

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 Timothy, stay there.

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 Stay there and do what?

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 Like, learn to tolerate them?

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 Is that what it says?

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 Stay there and learn tolerance, Timothy,

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 because then everyone will be happy.

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 He says, stay there and command them.

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 It's a very authoritative word.

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 There are many words in the New Testament

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 translated into the English word command.

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 And this one is a very authoritative military command.

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 Command them to stop teaching the false doctrine.

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 Timothy, get a handle on the situation.

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 I know it's hard.

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 I know you're worn out.

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 I know you don't want to get into that battle again.

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 You don't think you're going to win.

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 But Timothy, Paul says, my dear son in the faith,

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 get in there and win this one.

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 Defend the faith.

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 And if you look at 1 and 2 Timothy,

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 the theme throughout both of these is doctrine.

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 And how important doctrine and true doctrine is

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 and how it relates to the way we live our Christian life.

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 Now, all that is background

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 for what I want to talk to you about this morning.

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 A key verse for me is in verse 5.

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 It says, the goal of this command is what?

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 I want you to say it.

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 The goal of this command is love.

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 Which command?

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 The command to stay there and deal with the problem?

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 Did Paul command Timothy to stay there?

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 No, he didn't command him.

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 What did he do?

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 He urged him.

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 What's the only command here?

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 Commanding the false teachers

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 to stop teaching false doctrine.

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 The goal of that command is not

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 so that ministry will be easier for you, Timothy,

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 because they'll stop being the resistance.

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 The goal of the command is love.

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 Love for that person who right now

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 seems to be your enemy.

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 The one who's causing you the problems.

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 Do you know anybody like that?

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 That causes problems?

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 That in your way,

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 when you're trying to do what's right

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 and they're in your way?

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 You're like, oh God,

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 if you would just remove them

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 from the situation.

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 Imagine,

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 and Paul tells Timothy,

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 Timothy,

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 that the goal of commanding them

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 to stop teaching false doctrine,

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 to confront them

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 and deal with what truth is,

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 the goal of that command is love.

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 It's love.

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 Keep reading.

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 The goal of this command is love,

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 which comes from a pure heart.

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 Not one who's seeking

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 its own comfort,

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 its own desires,

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 but one who's seeking the comfort

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 or the desires or the needs of who?

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 Someone else.

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 And we're going to talk about

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 who that someone else is

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 in just a moment.

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 It comes from a good conscience,

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 knowing that you are standing clear

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 before God

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 in doing what you're supposed to do

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 and of a sincere faith

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 because,

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 Timothy,

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 you're going to have to look at these guys

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 you don't think are ever going to change.

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 Man,

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 they have dug in their heels

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 and they're standing firm

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 in their false doctrine

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 and they're teaching other people

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 and you've got to get in there

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 and tell them to quit teaching other people.

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 This is a church

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 where you're going to teach the truth

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 and you've got to get in there

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 and tell them to stop.

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 But,

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 but,

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 but Paul,

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 you don't know these guys.

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 Man,

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 I've talked to them before

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 and they don't listen.

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 Well,

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 listen,

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 Timothy,

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 you need to do this

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 but you're going to have to do it

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 with sincere faith.

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 Believing that God can change

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 even those guys.

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 Is there anybody that you know

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 that is such a sinner

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 you just can't believe

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 that they would ever accept Jesus Christ?

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 Man,

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 they're just so hard and fast

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 in their ways.

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 They're so dogmatic

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 about what they believe.

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 Believe me,

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 God's changed worse.

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 Do you believe that?

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 Then do you believe that God

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 can change that person

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 you're thinking about?

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 A sincere faith says,

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 you know what,

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 I'm going to go into this

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 knowing it's not me

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 that's ever going to change one person

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 but God can change anyone.

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 And so this is what Paul

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 is telling Timothy.

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 He says,

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 Timothy,

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 the goal of this

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 is love.

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 Now I want you to see

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 how Paul

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 teaches Timothy

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 to love

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 this enemy

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 or these enemies

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 that are against him.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 Some have wandered away

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 and have turned to me

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 to this talk.

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 Now watch this,

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 verse 7.

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 They want to be

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 teachers of the law

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 but they don't know

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 what they're talking about

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 or what they so confidently affirm.

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 They want to be

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 teachers of what?

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 The law.

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 Who's talking here?

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 Paul.

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 Does Paul know anything

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 about being a teacher

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 of the law?

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 What had Paul become?

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 I mean,

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 back when he was Saul,

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 before he was Paul,

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 everything these guys

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 ever dream of being,

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 he's already been there,

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 done that.

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 Right?

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 They're hoping,

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 they're hoping to be

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 teachers of the law

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 and Paul says,

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 I was a teacher of the law

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 and I went as high

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 as you could get.

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 Now when he describes

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 these guys,

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 how does he describe them?

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 They want to be

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 teachers of the law

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 but they don't know

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 what they're talking about.

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 Isn't that what he says?

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 They're acting in ignorance.

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 What was the attitude

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 of Jesus

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 towards the soldiers

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 that beat him

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 when he was on the cross?

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 Father, forgive them.

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 They don't know

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 what they're doing.

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 They're acting in ignorance.

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 How does Paul

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 describe himself

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 at the time

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 he was a teacher

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 of the law?

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 If we look down

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 to verse 12,

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 I thank Christ Jesus

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 our Lord

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 who has given me strength

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 that he considered me faithful

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 appointing me

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 to his service

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 even though

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 I was

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 once

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 a blasphemer

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 and a persecutor

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 and a violent man.

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 When was he

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 those three things?

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 When he was a

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 teacher

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 of the law.

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 Right?

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 So speaking of that time,

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 he says,

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 I was shown mercy

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 because

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 I

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 acted

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 how?

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 In ignorance

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 and unbelief.

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 Paul says,

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 Timothy,

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 my son,

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 do you love me?

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 Yes, Paul.

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 You're like a father

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 to me.

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 Okay,

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 then listen,

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 I'm telling you,

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 you gotta put a stop

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 to what they're doing.

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 But not for your sake,

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 Timothy,

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 but for their sake.

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 It's not so your ministry

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 will be easier,

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 so your church will flourish

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 and ministries

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 are gonna go without opposition,

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 but for their sake,

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 Timothy.

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 Can you love those guys

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 because they're doing wrong?

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 Because they're doing wrong

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 because they don't know

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 any better.

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 I didn't know better

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 when I was doing

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 exactly what they're doing.

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 What did he do?

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 He just took the face

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 off of those unbelievers

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 and put his own face

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 in front of Timothy.

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 You see that?

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 He says,

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 Timothy,

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 do you understand?

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 You love me.

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 We're like this.

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 Take that love

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 and look at the other guys

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 who were in the same position

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 I was in

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 when somebody loved me,

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 when Jesus Christ loved me

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 and brought his grace to me

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 and when he changed me.

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 Was Paul still

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 what those guys are

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 or had he changed?

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 Oh, he changed.

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 Now,

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 Timothy liked Paul.

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 You see why

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 it takes a sincere faith

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 and a pure heart

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 and a clear conscience

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 to look at those guys

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 and instead of seeing them

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 for who they are,

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 see them for who they could be?

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 Listen,

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 that's how you love the lost.

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 We get so wrapped up

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 in what they're doing to us,

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 we can't love them.

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 But if we can let go of that

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 and begin to see them

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 for who God sees they could be,

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 if we share the gospel with them

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 and if God gets a hold

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 of their life

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 and if God can change them

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 and if grace comes on them,

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 what will they be?

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 I was at Liberty University

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 just a couple weeks ago

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 for their missions conference

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 and the president

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 of Wycliffe Translators

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 was there

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 and he posed this question

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 and it hit me like a rock

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 when he posed the question

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 and the more I've thought about it,

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 the more I can't,

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 I can't even imagine it.

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 I go into countries

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 where there is no gospel.

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 You've got to understand that.

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 They've never read the Bible.

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 They don't know anything about God.

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 I want you to imagine

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 what your worldview of life,

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 daily life,

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 would be

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 if you had no biblical principles,

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 no understanding of God,

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 no Bible verses,

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 no godly person around you

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 setting the example.

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 You had no Bible influence

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 on your worldview.

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 What would you be thinking like?

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 We need to see those people

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 and put ourselves in that position

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 before we give up the opportunity

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 to love them

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 because had it not been

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 for God being merciful

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 and bringing his message to us,

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 who would we be?

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 We'd be no different

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 and the way you're going to learn

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 to love the lost

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 is to see ourselves

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 and what we would have been

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 and that's what,

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 that's exactly what Paul is doing.

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 He says,

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 I was shown mercy

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 because I acted in ignorance.

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 In verse 14 now,

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 1 Timothy chapter 1,

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 the grace of our Lord

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 was poured out on me abundantly

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 along with the faith

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 and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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 Remember, he's talking to Timothy.

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 Now, I want you to think about this

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 for a moment.

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 Look back at verse 2.

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 To Timothy, my true son in the faith,

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 and then he gives his greeting.

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 What's it say?

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 Grace?

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 What?

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 What's next?

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 Mercy and peace.

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 If you were to go back to Romans

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 and 1 Corinthians

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 and 2 Corinthians

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 and Galatians

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 and Ephesians

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 and Philippians

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 and Colossians,

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 every book,

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 he has the same greeting.

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 Grace and peace.

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 Grace and peace.

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 Grace and peace.

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 Grace and peace.

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 Grace and peace.

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 Not gravy and peas.

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 Grace and peace.

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 Grace and peace.

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 Until he gets to this

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 pastoral epistle,

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 which, by the way,

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 I think is a wrong name for it.

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 He's not,

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 he has a pastor,

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 so I'm okay with calling it

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 a pastoral epistle,

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 but he was a missionary

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 trained by Paul,

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 moved around

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 from Corinth to Ephesus.

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 He traveled with Paul,

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 started a church

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 in the home of Aquila Priscilla,

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 which he's pastoring here

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 in Ephesus

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 when Paul writes him.

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 So he's a missionary pastor.

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 It's a missionary epistle

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 if you ask me.

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 And he gets to here

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 and he says,

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 I know what you're dealing with.

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 I'm about to ask you

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 to stay and deal with

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 some people that are against you,

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 so grace,

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 mercy,

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 and peace.

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 It's the first time

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 he brings up mercy

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 in his greeting like that.

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 I don't know if it's because

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 in order to deal with this,

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:01.819
 Timothy,

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 you're going to need

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 the mercy of God,

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 or if it's,

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 you're going to need

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:06.279
 God's mercy to deal

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 with those people,

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 or if it's both.

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 But God's mercy

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 is a huge part of this,

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 and he says,

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 in verse 15 now,

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:16.659
 here is a trustworthy saying

00:21:16.659 --> 00:21:18.039
 that deserves full acceptance.

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:20.039
 The Christ Jesus

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.159
 came into the world

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:23.319
 to save sinners,

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.759
 the lost,

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:29.319
 those people that realize

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.879
 they're lost

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:31.019
 and they're looking for a way

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.179
 like Cornelius

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 or the Ethiopian eunuch

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:36.019
 who realized something was missing

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:37.199
 and they knew they were lost

00:21:37.199 --> 00:21:37.959
 and can't somebody

00:21:37.959 --> 00:21:38.859
 show me the way?

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.119
 To Saul,

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.500
 who was on the road

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:44.480
 to kill other Christians

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.339
 and didn't know

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.959
 he was lost

00:21:45.959 --> 00:21:47.119
 and thought he was doing

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.759
 the right thing

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:49.240
 because out of unbelief

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:51.659
 he was ignorant of the truth.

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 And if you'd have told Paul,

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:54.939
 Saul,

00:21:55.199 --> 00:21:55.959
 on that way

00:21:55.959 --> 00:21:56.919
 before the Lord

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.579
 showed up to him

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.219
 on Damascus,

00:21:58.939 --> 00:21:59.139
 Saul,

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.819
 you are lost,

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 brother.

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.139
 He would not have been humble

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:02.319
 and said,

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.839
 well then thank you

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.619
 for showing me the way.

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:03.959
 He just said,

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.480
 who are you

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.379
 to tell me

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.240
 I'm lost?

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.159
 Right?

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.420
 So from extreme

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.200
 to extreme

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 God is ready

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:12.519
 to reach all of them

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 and Paul recognizes it now

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:17.940
 and he says,

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:18.740
 look at this,

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.540
 I love this.

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.300
 He said,

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.200
 Jesus Christ came into the world

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.940
 to save sinners

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 of whom

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 I

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 am

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 the worst.

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 Meaning

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 to Timothy,

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:34.519
 stating very clearly

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.119
 to Timothy

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 where on the scale

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 of worst

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 to easiest

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 to deal with

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 would his enemies be

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.680
 above or below Paul?

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.299
 Timothy,

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 you're mad at those guys.

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.980
 Listen to me.

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 You would not have liked me.

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.700
 You see what he's doing?

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.879
 He's putting himself

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.000
 in the position

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.279
 of the lost,

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 making Timothy

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 look at him.

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 I want you to see

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.839
 when Paul does this

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 and when we do this,

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:09.279
 when we humble ourselves

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 enough to do

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.160
 what Paul is doing,

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 it will drive us

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.859
 to love the lost

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:15.859
 because there's no mistaking

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.480
 in this passage

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 Paul loves the lost.

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.420
 Right?

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 But look what else it does

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 when we're willing

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 to humble ourselves

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 this way.

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.420
 He says,

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.960
 verse 16,

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.680
 but for that very reason

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 I was shown,

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 there's our word again,

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 mercy,

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 so that in me

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.960
 the worst of sinners,

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:36.740
 Christ Jesus

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 might display

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 his unlimited patience

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 as an example

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 for those

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:42.380
 who would believe on him

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 and receive eternal life.

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 He's saying,

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.440
 look,

00:23:44.560 --> 00:23:45.860
 I was the one

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.820
 called out in class

00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:47.320
 where the teacher

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:48.279
 uses an example.

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 Anybody like

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.019
 to be that student?

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 I always found a way

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.639
 to be that student.

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.559
 I don't know why

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.400
 or what I did.

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 I didn't like it.

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.579
 It's not enjoyable

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.500
 when we're called

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.339
 the example

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 of wrongdoing.

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 But instead of hiding

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.839
 from that,

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.920
 Paul doesn't say,

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.119
 yeah,

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.700
 and I'm glad

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.240
 he saved me,

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.539
 but man,

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.000
 those are really

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.879
 rough years for me.

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:19.040
 because Paul

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 focused

00:24:19.760 --> 00:24:20.860
 on his

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:22.840
 sinful past

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 and then the mercy

00:24:24.520 --> 00:24:25.660
 that came upon him

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.620
 and the forgiveness

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.280
 of sins

00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:28.080
 that was given to him,

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:29.000
 look what happens

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 to him.

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 He says,

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 I'm going to read

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.380
 the last half

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.220
 of that verse again.

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 It says,

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.220
 to be an example

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.800
 for those who

00:24:36.800 --> 00:24:37.600
 would believe on him

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.960
 and receive eternal life,

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:40.300
 now to the king,

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:40.800
 eternal,

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.420
 immortal,

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.060
 invisible,

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.240
 the only God,

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:44.100
 be honored and glory

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.000
 forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 What happened?

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 He's talking about

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.899
 how bad he was.

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.819
 And within two verses,

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.099
 he's,

00:24:55.219 --> 00:24:55.439
 hey,

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.419
 God is awesome.

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.279
 He's dancing.

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.339
 He's amen and amen

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.099
 and amen and amen.

00:25:01.219 --> 00:25:02.179
 I could just see

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:03.259
 Paul writing a letter,

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:04.240
 breaking his pencil.

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:04.539
 Oh,

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.240
 give me another one.

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.879
 But a minute ago,

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.299
 he's talking about

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.439
 how he was an example

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:11.079
 of sinfulness.

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:14.679
 But it caused him

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.259
 to think about

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.939
 the greatness of God.

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.579
 How often do you think

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.659
 about your past

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:21.740
 to remind you

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.480
 of what you were,

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:25.919
 not to be sorrowful in it,

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.679
 but to remember

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.779
 what God has done.

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.879
 It's awesome.

00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:31.539
 Are you grateful

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.759
 that God forgave you?

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.740
 I mean,

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.460
 I am.

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.699
 I hate the thought

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.379
 of what I would be

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:40.339
 without the biblical worldview

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.119
 of Jesus Christ

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.139
 and what he's done for me.

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.939
 There are lost people

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.519
 around you

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.759
 that don't have that.

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.659
 It's not that they've

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.399
 just rejected.

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.139
 Some have.

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.699
 But they don't even know

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:53.699
 what's being offered.

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.859
 And don't assume

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.599
 that your neighbor knows

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.220
 just because they live

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.740
 in America

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:58.419
 or just because

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:59.339
 they live next to you.

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.659
 Or like Waleed said,

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.399
 with the church

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:02.519
 that was right down

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.419
 the street from his house,

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.379
 never shared the gospel

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.459
 with him until he walked in.

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.179
 They just assumed

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:08.699
 people around would know.

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:08.799
 Well,

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.180
 mm-mm.

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.519
 So when you see

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.080
 that enemy

00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:13.620
 and the harder

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.799
 they are to deal with,

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.460
 the more you need

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.340
 to look at yourself.

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.940
 Because the minute

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.640
 you realize

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:21.160
 I was bad

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.240
 and God saved me

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.480
 and there's people

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.000
 like Paul

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.620
 that are worse

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.559
 than me.

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.080
 Paul admitted

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:28.080
 he was a worse sinner.

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.039
 And yet God reached them.

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.660
 I'm going to worship God

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.539
 because I can see

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.980
 ahead of time

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.740
 what God's going to do

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.140
 in the lives

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.720
 of those people.

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:38.240
 That's faith.

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.660
 It'd be a real hard job

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.259
 to be a missionary

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.720
 to people you absolutely knew

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.720
 are never going to receive

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.339
 Jesus Christ.

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.019
 We do it in the hope

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.880
 that they're going to

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:47.000
 because God's big enough

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.579
 to reach them.

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.140
 Not because we're smart enough

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.920
 to convince them

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:52.019
 but because God

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.039
 is big enough

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.600
 to reach them.

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.900
 Does this make sense to you?

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:57.880
 We learn to love them

00:26:57.880 --> 00:27:01.039
 because Paul

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.720
 said,

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:03.960
 of the worst of them

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:06.640
 that was me.

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.140
 Timothy

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:10.380
 if you're going to

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.240
 hate those guys

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:13.360
 hate me first

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:15.259
 because I was worse

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.079
 and the only difference

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.860
 between me and them

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.759
 is God's grace

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.620
 which you had nothing

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.240
 to do with.

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.579
 Will you change

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.180
 your attitude

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.799
 towards the lost?

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.360
 Instead of seeing them

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.920
 as in the way

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.539
 of the church

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.259
 and in the way

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.659
 of things

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.099
 and the way

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.619
 of ministry

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.299
 and the problems

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.819
 they cause you

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.220
 believe me

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.319
 these guys

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.839
 were causing

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.839
 real problems

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.339
 for Timothy

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.180
 in his church.

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.099
 The problems

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.539
 are not going

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.119
 to go away.

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.159
 Will you get

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.659
 on your knees

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:44.940
 and say,

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.379
 oh God

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.240
 change my attitude

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.819
 towards them

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.700
 let me see

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.159
 myself

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.079
 in their shoes.

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:50.980
 Let me see

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.799
 what I would have been

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.299
 had I

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:54.399
 not had the knowledge

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.899
 of scripture

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:56.579
 that they're missing.

00:27:59.159 --> 00:28:00.259
 When Jesus said

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.059
 to the soldiers

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:02.819
 father forgive them

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.279
 they don't know

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.900
 what they're doing

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:05.900
 one could argue

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.879
 yes they did

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:09.720
 they tightened up

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.339
 their fist

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:11.640
 they pulled it back

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.579
 and as they swung

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.859
 it across his jaw

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:15.099
 did they not expect

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.660
 it to hurt?

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.220
 They knew

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.259
 what they were doing

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:20.640
 but did they really

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.079
 know

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:23.640
 the audacity

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.440
 that they had

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.180
 to be smiting

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.200
 the son of God?

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.920
 did they know

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.240
 that?

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.740
 They didn't

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.740
 and Jesus

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:35.000
 in his infinite

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.580
 knowledge

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.039
 said

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:37.220
 oh I feel

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.019
 sorry for them

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.620
 because they don't

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.559
 realize what they're

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.920
 doing

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:42.440
 and he loved

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.000
 them

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:44.980
 while they

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.059
 beat him

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:49.840
 who are we

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:51.980
 to lose love

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.620
 for some

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.720
 lost person

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.960
 because they make

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.799
 life uncomfortable

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.700
 for us

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:58.740
 will you

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.600
 love

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.519
 the lost?

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:00.940
 Let's pray

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.120
 dear heavenly father

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:04.839
 I want to thank you

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.720
 for the love

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.220
 that Paul

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.839
 displayed

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:08.200
 in this chapter

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:11.000
 the need

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.120
 to love

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:13.180
 the lost

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.819
 we don't

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.460
 love them

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.860
 by

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:17.720
 tolerating

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.420
 and allowing

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.220
 it to go by

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.819
 and not

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.680
 standing firm

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.180
 on the truth

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.799
 there is

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.380
 only

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.200
 one

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.759
 way

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.019
 to

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.560
 salvation

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:24.860
 through

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.160
 Jesus

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.500
 Christ

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.880
 Jesus

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.240
 said

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.039
 I am

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.779
 the way

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.700
 the truth

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.360
 and the life

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.560
 no one

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:31.140
 comes to the

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.500
 father

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.960
 but by me

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:35.480
 so Lord

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.920
 help us

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.480
 to stand

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.039
 in the truth

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.740
 but to love

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.200
 the sinner

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.539
 enough

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.080
 to tell

00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:39.500
 them

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.680
 the gospel

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.320
 message

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:43.680
 while heads

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.060
 are bowed

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.360
 and eyes

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.920
 are closed

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:46.240
 I want to

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.759
 talk to you

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.180
 believers

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.900
 for a moment

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:49.780
 I believe

00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.100
 we have

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.580
 believers

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.000
 here

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.480
 of all

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.860
 levels

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.480
 of maturity

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:54.700
 but I think

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.280
 every one

00:29:55.280 --> 00:29:55.720
 of us

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.100
 every one

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.300
 of us

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:57.580
 including

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.140
 myself

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:59.200
 struggles

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.580
 with the

00:29:59.580 --> 00:29:59.900
 love

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.519
 for the

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.160
 unbelievers

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.640
 that cause

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:01.800
 us

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.259
 problems

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:04.560
 I first

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:04.940
 want you

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.200
 to

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.960
 talk

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.280
 to the

00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:07.540
 Lord

00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:08.280
 and ask

00:30:08.280 --> 00:30:08.480
 him

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.680
 for

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.100
 forgiveness

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.560
 of that

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:09.860
 sin

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:12.040
 I believe

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.320
 it's a

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:12.580
 sin

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.519
 to hate

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.060
 the lost

00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:16.600
 ask

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:16.860
 him

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.440
 for

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.820
 forgiveness

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.299
 for that

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.579
 and ask

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:19.720
 him

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.079
 to give

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.279
 you

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.619
 his

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.039
 heart

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.179
 of love

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.839
 and patience

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.599
 and understanding

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.099
 towards the

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.539
 unbeliever

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.379
 even when

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.740
 they are

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.579
 mistreating

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.000
 you

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.139
 unjustly

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:32.819
 and if

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.319
 the Lord

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:35.279
 lays on

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.720
 your heart

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.259
 a specific

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.779
 name

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:39.259
 and you

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.599
 can ask

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:39.779
 him to

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.039
 do that

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.460
 Lord lay

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:40.779
 on my

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:40.960
 heart

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.379
 a specific

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.740
 name

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.599
 if he

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:42.919
 puts

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.439
 on your

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:43.720
 heart

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:43.939
 or in

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.059
 your

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.319
 mind

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.839
 a specific

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.299
 name

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.379
 in a

00:30:46.379 --> 00:30:46.579
 moment

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.819
 during

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.460
 the invitation

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.799
 I'm

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:47.980
 going to

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.299
 ask

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.440
 you

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.600
 to

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:48.840
 step

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.340
 forward

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.460
 and by

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.759
 coming

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.259
 forward

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.319
 and you

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.120
 can pray

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.500
 with somebody

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.759
 if you

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.019
 want

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.259
 or you

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.559
 can just

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.100
 stand here

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.620
 and pray

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:55.980
 to the

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.279
 Lord

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.920
 you can

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.340
 kneel

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.819
 at the

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.200
 stairs

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.660
 turn around

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:58.960
 kneel

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.360
 at the

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:00.200
 front row

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.600
 sit on

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:00.880
 the front

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.100
 row

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:01.480
 I don't

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.740
 care

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.440
 have a

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.799
 time of

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.120
 prayer

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.660
 with the

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:03.940
 Lord

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.720
 and then

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.079
 go back

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.380
 to your

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.660
 seat

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.460
 but by

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.079
 doing so

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.840
 you are

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.200
 committing

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.579
 to the

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.840
 Lord

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.200
 that I

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.579
 will pray

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:09.600
!

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:09.940
 for that

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.340
 person

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:11.079
 and I

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.779
 will seek

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.079
 an opportunity

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.799
 to share

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.319
 the gospel

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.720
 with that

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.079
 person

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.919
 within the

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.439
 next two

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:16.779
 weeks

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.299
 to a

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.500
 month

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.559
 I will

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.059
 pray about

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.139
 it

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:20.859
 and then

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.099
 I'm going to

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.559
 go and I'm going to

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.960
 talk to them

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.480
 I'm committing

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.199
 myself to do

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.519
 that

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:25.000
 by coming

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.579
 forward and

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.139
 praying and going

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.579
 back you are

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.480
 committing to the

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.019
 Lord that you are

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:29.000
 going to actively do

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.819
 something about that

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.379
 lost soul

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:33.980
 maybe this week

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.400
 has stirred

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.220
 someone else

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.320
 to say

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:36.980
 you know what

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.760
 I want to

00:31:37.760 --> 00:31:38.500
 give my life

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.300
 to be a

00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:39.540
 missionary

00:31:39.540 --> 00:31:40.620
 if God

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.160
 wants me

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:42.680
 and I'm going

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.360
 to head in that

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.060
 direction until

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.720
 God closes

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.260
 the door

00:31:45.260 --> 00:31:47.460
 that challenge

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.040
 was given to me

00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:48.940
 at 11 years old

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.620
 and I took it

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:51.400
 and I followed

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.140
 that and I pursued

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.800
 missions until

00:31:52.800 --> 00:31:53.480
 God shut the

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.080
 door for a

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.740
 certain time

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:56.360
 and then eventually

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:57.100
 he opened it

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:57.740
 and now we're

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.580
 again right where

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.220
 he wants us to

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.500
 be

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:01.680
 that was done

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.460
 at 11 years old

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.079
 I didn't know

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.519
 for sure I would

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.940
 be a missionary

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.640
 but I told the

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.140
 Lord if you want

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.440
 me to be

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.299
 I'm willing to

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.539
 go

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.859
 that could be

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.380
 a teenager

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.960
 youth

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.259
 it could be

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.579
 an adult

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:09.920
 it could be

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.440
 somebody already

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.980
 in a career

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.779
 who says

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.359
 okay Lord

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.940
 I'm willing

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.240
 to start

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.720
 looking at it

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:13.880
 and I'll

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.319
 head that way

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.660
 until you

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:14.980
 shut the

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.200
 door

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.480
 if that's a

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.759
 decision

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.220
 you're willing

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.519
 to make

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:17.940
 this morning

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.359
 I'm going

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.720
 to ask you

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:18.940
 to come

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.299
 forward

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.940
 and tell

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.279
 Pastor

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:20.660
 Kenoyer

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.059
 that this

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.339
 is a

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.640
 decision

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:21.900
 that you

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.259
 want to

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.559
 make

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:26.279
 I got

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.740
 one more

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.779
 I want to

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.399
 talk to the

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:29.180
 lost

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.799
 now

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:32.039
 and I say

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.879
 that term

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:34.160
 very endearingly

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:36.559
 not judgmentally

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.019
 do you need

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.819
 Jesus Christ

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:41.019
 he is a

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.539
 holy

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.519
 perfect God

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.960
 that hates

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.319
 sin

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.440
 and yet

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.980
 he's commanded

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.759
 us to love

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.039
 you

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:49.160
 because he

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.740
 loves you

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.779
 he sees

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.460
 that what

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.039
 you need

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.460
 was the

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.000
 knowledge

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.720
 and belief

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.139
 you needed

00:32:54.139 --> 00:32:54.599
 the knowledge

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:54.980
 that Jesus

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.319
 Christ

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.799
 died on the

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.119
 cross

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.679
 paid

00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:57.059
 for your

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.359
 sin

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.899
 rose

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.179
 from the

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:58.439
 dead

00:32:58.439 --> 00:32:58.759
 out of

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.000
 love

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.419
 for you

00:32:59.419 --> 00:33:00.239
 and offers

00:33:00.239 --> 00:33:00.619
 the free

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:00.819
 gift

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.419
 of salvation

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:02.139
 and he

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.519
 just wants

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.919
 you to hear

00:33:02.919 --> 00:33:03.359
 that and

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:04.000
 believe it

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:06.000
 will you

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.539
 accept that

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.339
 message today

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:09.679
 it's a

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.339
 simple thing

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:12.359
 and if that's

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.779
 a decision

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.239
 you're willing

00:33:13.239 --> 00:33:13.579
 to make

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.859
 today

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.199
 I want

00:33:14.199 --> 00:33:14.419
 you to

00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:14.579
 come

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:14.959
 forward

00:33:14.959 --> 00:33:15.299
 and speak

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.599
 to me

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:15.979
 or Pastor

00:33:15.979 --> 00:33:16.339
 Kenoyer

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.599
 and say

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.919
 I want

00:33:16.919 --> 00:33:17.139
 to make

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:17.299
 that

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.699
 decision

00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:19.259
 and we'll

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.500
 put you

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.879
 with somebody

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.139
 who will

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.439
 open up

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:20.819
 the scriptures

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.239
 and answer

00:33:21.239 --> 00:33:21.899
 any question

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.119
 that you

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.419
 have

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:23.039
 so you

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.759
 can

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.159
 with 100%

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.619
 clarity

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:27.719
 make the

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:28.039
 decision

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.519
 to accept

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.079
 Jesus Christ

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.399
 as your

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.779
 personal

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.179
 savior

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:31.259
 and not

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.699
 be lost

00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:32.259
 any longer

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.839
 but to be

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.279
 found

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.359
 and to be

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.919
 with us

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.759
 who rejoice

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.919
 that we

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.759
 understand we

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.239
 used to be

00:33:38.239 --> 00:33:38.879
 lost but now

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.339
 we found the

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.619
 way through

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.279
 Jesus Christ

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.439
 as we stand

00:33:41.439 --> 00:33:41.799
 together

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.179
 in just a

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:42.299
 moment

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.500
 I'm going to

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.799
 pray and

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.000
 then we're

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.159
 going to

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.799
 sing together

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.319
 during the

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.619
 song

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:46.239
 we're going

00:33:46.239 --> 00:33:46.479
 to have an

00:33:46.479 --> 00:33:46.839
 opportunity

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.479
 for you to

00:33:47.479 --> 00:33:47.919
 come forward

00:33:47.919 --> 00:33:48.319
 let's pray

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.679
 dear heavenly

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:49.079
 father

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:50.720
 I pray

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:50.859
 that you

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.159
 would help

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.480
 us to

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.699
 make

00:33:51.699 --> 00:33:52.339
 decisions

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.679
 now

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.039
 before

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.419
 you

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:55.599
 commitments

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.819
 not just

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.240
 to hear it

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.639
 let it go

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.159
 in one ear

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:58.419
 and out

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:58.659
 another

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.059
 not to

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.359
 feel like

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.659
 we've been

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.039
 challenged

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.599
 but to

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:01.980
 make a

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.319
 decision

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.659
 to do

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:02.919
 something

00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:03.500
 about it

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.319
 in this

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.639
 I pray

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.019
 in Jesus

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.439
 name

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:06.079
 amen

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:17.019
 stand

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.420
 together

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:19.980
 God's

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.199
 put a

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.380
 matter

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.659
 on your

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:20.880
 heart

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.099
 that you

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.360
 need to

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.719
 care for

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.179
 publicly

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.420
 you

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.759
 or a

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.039
 brother

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.380
 give

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.779
 very

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.519
 pointed

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:26.059
 challenge

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.519
 and as

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.779
 we are

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.079
 singing

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.559
 if God

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.079
 lays that

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.299
 matter

00:34:29.299 --> 00:34:29.559
 on your

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:29.759
 heart

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:29.900
 you

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.119
 come

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.539
 forward

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.759
 and

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:30.940
 settle

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.179
 that

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.400
 with

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.619
 him