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 1198, Titus chapter 1, starting at verse 1.

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 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness.

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 A faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time.

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 And at his appointed season, he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Saviour.

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 To Titus, my true son, in our common faith.

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 Grace and peace from God the Father in Christ Jesus, our Saviour.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 A tiny little book, but it's got a great punch.

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 Titus has been given the responsibility for a group of small house churches on the island of Crete.

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 So look at chapter 1, verse 5.

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 Paul writes to Titus and he says,

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 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town as I directed you.

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 So as the gospel, as the good news about Jesus spread from place to place, so people became followers of Jesus.

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 They started little churches and they joined churches.

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 However, instead of growing as a pure church, it seems that these churches on the island of Crete have become impure.

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 As verse 5 said, things need to be straightened out.

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 And there were two main connecting issues.

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 First, there was impure teaching.

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 Chapter 1, verse 11.

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 He writes to Titus and says,

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 These teachers, well, they must be silenced because they are ruining whole households.

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 Those households there are these small churches.

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 They are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach.

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 And that for the sake of dishonest gain.

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 And this impure teaching has led, as it always does, to secondly impure living.

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 Chapter 1, verse 16.

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 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.

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 They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for doing anything good.

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 The impure teaching has led to impure living.

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 And this is so far from what the church is called to be.

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 Look at chapter 2, verse 14.

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 It reminds us there that Jesus Christ gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness

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 and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

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 God has called his church.

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 He has rescued his people.

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 Called a people to belong to himself.

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 That the church might be pure.

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 That they might be purified.

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 So as Paul writes this little letter to Titus,

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 he is, if you like, handing responsibility over to him

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 to encourage all these little churches dotted around the island

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 to help them on the road towards purity.

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 So what are you saying, Johnny?

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 Hmm?

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 Is our church impure?

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 Is there something about this church that you haven't told us?

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 Is your teaching impure?

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 All the stuff we've been doing in Deuteronomy of late.

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 Was that all lies?

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 Or are we all living impure lives?

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 Is there something behind closed doors that we don't know about?

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 Well, what I want us to do is to picture a very large washing machine.

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 Men, I know that's going to be difficult, but it's that white oblong shape in the house.

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 It's got a door on.

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 I want us to picture a very large washing machine.

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 Big enough to fit the whole church family.

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 And we're all to climb in to this washing machine.

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 Young people, older people, men, women, children.

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 Don't worry about staying outside to close the door.

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 We'll get the caretaker to do that.

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 And he'll flick the switch.

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 Because what we want us to do is to let God's word, this short letter of Titus that we're looking at together,

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 to wash us and to clean us and to remove any impurities that need to be removed.

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 Our desire, as I think the big themes of this letter suggest,

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 is that we would have pure leaders who will teach pure doctrine,

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 which leads to pure relationships,

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 and is worked out in pure living and service,

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 so that we might reflect the purity and the beauty of Christ to a world.

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 And for the reason that Christ has come, look at chapter 3, verse 5.

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 The middle of verse 5.

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 Chapter 3, middle of verse 5.

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 He has saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

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 That's a big idea.

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 This is what we're going to be about each week.

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 Every time we meet together, we're going to be climbing into this washing machine, as it were.

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 We're going to let God's word, this letter, wash us and clean us

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 and remove any impurities that need to be removed.

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 Because our desire for this church

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 is that we would have pure leaders

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 who teach pure doctrine,

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 which leads to pure relationships amongst one another.

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 And is worked out in pure living

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 wherever we are during the week,

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 whether that's at college or at home with the children or at work.

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 And it leads to pure service as we serve one another,

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 so that together we might reflect the purity and the beauty of Christ to the world.

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 Because Christ has come

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 to save us

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 through the washing of rebirth

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 and the renewal of the Holy Spirit.

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 So that's what we're about.

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 Well, how is that going to happen?

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 The path to purity.

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 In the introduction, Paul tells us what his ministry is,

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 what he's about.

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 And he tells this to Titus

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 so that Titus might do the same things

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 as he leads these churches towards purity.

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 And it's the same to us.

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 This is what's going to help us

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 towards the path of purity.

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 First of all, faith.

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 Trusting in Christ.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Paul, a servant of God,

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 an apostle of Jesus Christ,

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 for the faith

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 of God's elect.

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 Now it's simple.

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 His ministry

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 is to see people come to a clear faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 That's the first step.

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 That's the primary thing.

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 That's the big thing.

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 That people would have faith in Jesus Christ.

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 Faith is primary.

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 And it is always in Christ.

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 What Christ has done for us,

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 never in what we can do for him.

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 So look at chapter 3, verse 5.

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 It tells us there,

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 chapter 3, verse 5,

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 that he saved us,

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 not because of righteous things

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 we have done,

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 but because of his mercy.

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 So our faith is never in ourselves

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 in the things that we can do,

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 but it's always in God's Son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 and what he has done for us.

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 And that's the big idea

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 behind this other little word,

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 elect,

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 in chapter 1, verse 1,

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 for the faith of God's elect.

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 Now we usually get scared

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 by words like that, don't we?

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 Or the bigger word,

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 it's cousin,

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 predestination,

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 run away from it.

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 Don't understand it,

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 so we ignore it.

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 But you know what?

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 They're good words.

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 They're there deliberately

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 because they help us

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 to understand everything

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 that God has done for us.

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 So let me just try and explain.

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 Keep your finger in Titus

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 and jump back to that great book

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 that we've just looked at,

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 Deuteronomy chapter 7.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 7.

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 It's all over the Bible,

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 and I just want to pull out

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 one illustration or example of this.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 7,

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 starting at verse 6.

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 It's talking about election or choosing.

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 So, Deuteronomy 7, verse 6.

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 For you are a people

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 holy to the Lord your God.

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 The Lord your God has chosen you

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 out of all the peoples

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 on the face of the earth

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 to be his people,

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 his treasured possession.

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 Well, why did he choose them?

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 Were they because they were better

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 or greater

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 or more pure than everybody else?

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 Well, look at verse 7.

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 The Lord did not set his affection on you

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 and choose you

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 because you were more numerous

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 than other peoples.

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 In other words,

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 because you were better

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 or greater

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 or more superior

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 than everybody else.

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 For you were the fewest of all peoples.

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 There was nothing

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 that made you better or greater.

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 Verse 8.

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 But it was because

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 the Lord loved you.

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 So, back to Titus.

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 Who chose who?

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 Well, it's clear that God

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 chose his people.

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 The people did not choose God.

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 And it's exactly the same for us.

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 That God elects us.

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 He chooses us

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 to belong to him.

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 It's his work

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 within our lives.

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 Not because we are better

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 or greater

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 or because we look lovely

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 or because we're somehow

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 more pure than other people.

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 No, it's because he loved us.

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 Because of his grace

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 and his mercy.

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 And what is our response

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 to that loving choice?

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 Well, as it says

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 in chapter 1, verse 1,

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 it is always

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 faith.

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 Trusting in all

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 that God

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 has done for us

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 in Christ.

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 His initiative,

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 his intervention,

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 his work

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 in our lives.

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 Trusting

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 that it's all

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 what Christ

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 has done

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 for us.

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 So a pure church

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 will never be one

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 that's acting

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 out of superiority

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 and saying,

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 you know what?

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 I'm a Christian

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 because of what

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 I have done.

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 Or,

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 I'm better

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 than everybody else

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 because of who I am.

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 No,

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 a pure church

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 are people

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 who humbly

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 trust

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 in Christ.

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 It's by faith.

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 So that's

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 our first step.

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 Second

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 is knowledge.

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 Our growing

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 in Christ.

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 Let's read

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 verse 1 again.

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 Paul,

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 a servant of God,

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 an apostle

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 of Jesus Christ

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 for the faith

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 of God's elect

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 and

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 the knowledge

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 of the truth.

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 That's why

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 Paul existed.

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 That was what

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 his whole work

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 was about,

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 was to bring

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 people to faith

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 and to see

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 them grow

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 in their knowledge

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 of the truth.

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 In other words,

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 we are to be

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 people who

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 grow up

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 in Christ,

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 which is

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 the second step.

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 We've got to

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 move on from

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 the initial step

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 of faith

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 to be people

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 who mature

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 and develop.

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 The beginning

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 is great.

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 It's wonderful.

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 It's like that

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 tiny little seed

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 that cracks open

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 and the first

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 shoot

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 appears.

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 But that seed

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 needs to be

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 watered

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 and fertilised.

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 It needs

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 attention.

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 Otherwise,

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 that seed

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 will become

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 stunted

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 and there

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 will be

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 no growth.

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 Likewise,

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 as believers,

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 we need to

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 grow in our

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 knowledge of

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 the truth.

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 And that

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 doesn't mean

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 that we just

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 have to have

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 all the answers

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 intellectually,

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 that if we

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 enter a quiz,

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 we'll get

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 a hundred out

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 and know

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 all the

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 answers of

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 the Bible

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 and know

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 where this

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 verse is

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 and that

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 verse.

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 No,

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 it's a

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 knowledge of

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 the truth

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 that informs

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 us and

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 shapes our

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 lives and

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 shapes our

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 hearts.

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 So,

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 look at

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 13.

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 We'll pick it up

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 just in the

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 middle of

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 verse 13.

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 He says,

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 therefore,

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 he says to

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 Titus,

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 rebuke them

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 sharply,

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 so that

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 they will

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 be sound

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 in the

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 faith and

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 will pay

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 no attention

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 to Jewish

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 myths,

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 that's empty

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 religious

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 tradition,

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 or to the

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 commands of

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 those who

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 reject the

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 truth.

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 So,

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 we need to

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 be people who

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 are growing

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 in the truth.

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 And we need

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 to be careful

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 because so

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 much of what

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 is presented

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 at times as

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 the truth is

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 not really the

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 truth at all.

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 It's a lie.

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 For example,

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 there's a common

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 lie that's being

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 taught,

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 that if we are

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 a Christian,

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 we are to live

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 a suffering-free,

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 comfortable life,

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 that the

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 Christian life

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 has been

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 designed and

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 set up to

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 bring as

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 much comfort

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 to you as

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 possible and

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 as little

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 disruption to

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 you as

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 possible.

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 Well,

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 that is so

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 opposite to

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 the truth

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 of the

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 gospel.

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 The truth

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 says we

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 are to

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 live lives

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 of service

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 and sacrifice.

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 It's about

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 commitment and

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 cost.

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 It's about

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 walking the

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 way of

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 the cross.

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 A life of

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 submission and

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.380
 surrender following

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 Godliness.

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 So a

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 pure church

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 is always

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 going to be a

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 church that

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 is growing in

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 their knowledge

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 of the truth,

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 not just with

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 the head,

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 but that

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 truth in

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 forming and

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 shaping their

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 lives and

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 their families

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 so that we

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 will begin to

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 live the kind

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 of lives he

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 calls us to.

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 Godliness.

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 Well,

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 third is

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 godliness

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 or becoming

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 like Christ.

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 Again,

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 let's read

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 verse 1.

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 Paul,

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 a servant

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 of God

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 and an

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 apostle of

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 Jesus Christ

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 for the

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 faith of

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 God's

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 elect,

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 the

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 knowledge

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 of the

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 truth,

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 that leads

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 to

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 godliness.

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 You see,

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 these first

00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.680
 steps of

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 faith and

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 the next

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 step of

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 learning the

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 knowledge of

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 the truth,

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 all of that

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 leads to

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 godliness or

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 Christ-likeness.

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 Our faith in

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 Christ, our

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 growing in

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 Christ, means

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 we are being

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 transformed to

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 be like

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 Christ.

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 Of course,

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 because of

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 our faith,

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 we are

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 treated like

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 Christ, as

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 he looks

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 down on

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 us, we

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 are treated

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 like Christ.

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 Jesus was

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 treated as

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 we deserve

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 to be

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 treated on

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 the cross,

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 so that we

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 might be

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 treated as

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 he deserves

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 to be

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 treated.

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 However,

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 we all know

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 that we're

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 not yet

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.460
 like Christ.

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 We're

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 treated like

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 him, but

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 we're not

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 like him.

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 We're in

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 this process

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.680
 of becoming

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 like Christ.

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 So as

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 we exercise

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.320
 our faith

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.799
 in him,

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 as we

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.299
 grow in

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.819
 our knowledge

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.159
 of the

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 truth,

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 so our

00:19:12.899 --> 00:19:14.059
 lives begin

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 to change.

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 Look at

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.099
 chapter 2,

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 verse 11.

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 For the

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.980
 grace of

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 God that

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 brings salvation

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 has appeared

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 to all

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 people.

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 And what

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 does this

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 work do in

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.939
 our lives?

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 Well, look

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:32.039
 at verse 12.

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 It teaches

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 us to

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 say no

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:37.519
 to ungodliness

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.519
 and worldly

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.079
 passions,

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.019
 and to

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:43.319
 live self-controlled,

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.019
 upright,

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 and godly

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 lives in

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 this present

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 age.

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 These are

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 changes that

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.779
 should be

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.399
 evident to

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 ourselves and

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.019
 to other

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 people who

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 look in on

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 us.

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 when we

00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.159
 were younger,

00:20:00.159 --> 00:20:01.039
 as a family,

00:20:01.159 --> 00:20:01.579
 we'd often

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.220
 go to

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.940
 visit our

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:04.059
 grandparents in

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 England.

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 And because it

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.240
 was a distance,

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:08.000
 and we usually

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.899
 went by boat,

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:10.119
 and, well, we

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:10.839
 wouldn't often see

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.460
 them for a

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 couple of years.

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 And after we'd

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:16.059
 arrive, and

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.799
 them not having

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.740
 seen us for such

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.399
 a long time,

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.159
 for the first

00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:20.899
 day, all our

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.700
 grandparents would

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.539
 say to us as

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.579
 grandkids was,

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 my, haven't

00:20:25.419 --> 00:20:26.099
 you grown?

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 Look how tall

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 you are.

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:32.139
 Joe, look at

00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:32.460
 them.

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.699
 I'd hardly

00:20:34.699 --> 00:20:35.980
 recognize them.

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.819
 Well, what else

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.299
 do you expect

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:39.059
 people to do?

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 We grow up,

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.659
 don't we?

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.839
 Well, as we

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:45.319
 get older, in

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.039
 our lives

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:47.259
 spiritually, and

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.980
 as Christians,

00:20:48.439 --> 00:20:49.339
 as we begin

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.220
 to mature,

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:53.920
 is there

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.620
 that same

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.339
 character

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.160
 change?

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.019
 As people

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.740
 look in at us,

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.960
 is it so obvious

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.920
 to look at one

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.559
 another and go,

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:03.700
 you have

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.420
 changed.

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.759
 You're not

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.720
 like what you

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.620
 used to be.

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.900
 Are people

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:13.180
 seeing a

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.019
 life that is

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.920
 saying no

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:16.900
 to ungodliness

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:18.019
 and saying

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.759
 yes to a

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.539
 godly life?

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.299
 A life that

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.220
 reflects the

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.379
 beauty and

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.960
 the purity

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.680
 of Christ?

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.900
 You see,

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.559
 a pure

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.240
 church

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:32.599
 will always

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.680
 be changing

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:35.059
 and transforming

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:36.779
 and moving

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.640
 towards a

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.400
 Christ-like

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.140
 character,

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:42.180
 bit by bit,

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.240
 slowly but

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.759
 surely,

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.480
 and it will

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.440
 become evidence

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:48.160
 to all

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.900
 around us.

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.759
 hope.

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.680
 Fourth,

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.720
 hope,

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.039
 forever

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.839
 with Christ.

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 Look at

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 verse 2.

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 He's talking

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.299
 about this

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.900
 faith,

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.160
 this

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.920
 knowledge,

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:07.940
 this

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.660
 godliness.

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.259
 Verse 2,

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 a faith and

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.660
 knowledge

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.960
 resting

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:14.299
 or similarly

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.220
 leading

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.859
 to the

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.279
 hope

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.480
 of eternal

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.059
 life.

00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.660
 Life with

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.579
 Christ forever.

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 That's the

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 fourth step.

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 And we know

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.539
 from our own

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.700
 experience that

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.740
 this earth,

00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.620
 this world that

00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.140
 we live in

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.880
 involves all

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.940
 kind of pain

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:33.000
 and suffering.

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 We experience

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.720
 death,

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.200
 we experience

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.140
 disorder,

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.759
 the world is

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.259
 breaking,

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.319
 as we watch

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.900
 the news,

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.660
 we see all the

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.380
 different events

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.039
 going on,

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 but for those

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.099
 who have

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.859
 the hope

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:47.639
 of the

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.039
 gospel,

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.519
 there is

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.519
 eternal life

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.460
 to come.

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 The new

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:51.980
 heaven,

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.500
 the new

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.059
 creation,

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 the absence

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.319
 of all

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 suffering

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:56.059
 and evil.

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 And this

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.480
 eternal life,

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 this hope

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.099
 is guaranteed.

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 Look at the

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.019
 rest of

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.559
 verse 2,

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.279
 a faith and

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.119
 knowledge resting

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.799
 on the hope

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.259
 of eternal

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.799
 life which

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.379
 God,

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.759
 who does

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.700
 not lie,

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.279
 promised before

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 the beginning

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 of time.

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 Now that's

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.579
 wonderful for

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.240
 us to know

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 that that's

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 what we've

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.139
 got to look

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.859
 forward to.

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 But as

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 wonderful as

00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.399
 our future

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 hope is,

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.700
 let's

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.519
 remember that

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.539
 future hope

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.940
 has to begin

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.580
 to shape

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.500
 how we live

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.000
 today.

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.519
 So look at

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.299
 chapter 3,

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.920
 verse 7.

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.120
 Chapter 3,

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.660
 verse 7,

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.380
 having been

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.160
 justified

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.700
 by his

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.960
 grace,

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.440
 having been

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.080
 put right

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.539
 with God

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.980
 by his

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.420
 grace,

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.120
 we might

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.620
 become

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.380
 heirs

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.779
 having the

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.759
 hope of

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.160
 eternal

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.460
 life,

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 that same

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.740
 phrase.

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 This is

00:23:56.800 --> 00:23:57.320
 what we're

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:58.100
 looking forward

00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:58.320
 to,

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.779
 this is

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.720
 what is

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 ours.

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 Now what

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.380
 difference does

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.860
 it make that

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.320
 we have the

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.680
 hope of

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.300
 eternal life?

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:03.700
 Well look at

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.140
 verse 8,

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.040
 this is a

00:24:05.040 --> 00:24:05.400
 trustworthy

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.960
 saying and

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.540
 I want you

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:08.259
 to stress

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.140
 these things

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:10.360
 so that

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.000
 those who

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.880
 have trusted

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.640
 in God

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.620
 and who

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.120
 have this

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:16.259
 hope may

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.900
 be careful

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.820
 to devote

00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:18.779
 themselves to

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 doing what

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.840
 is good.

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:23.659
 we are

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.500
 to devote

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.099
 ourselves

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.799
 to doing

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.759
 good today

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.579
 because

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:29.679
 we have

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.119
 become

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.759
 heirs

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.539
 having the

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.899
 hope of

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.220
 eternal

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.679
 life.

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.519
 We're

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.359
 looking forward

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:35.819
 to the

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.779
 new creation

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:38.059
 and because

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:39.019
 we are going

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.659
 to inherit

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.399
 all this

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:41.339
 that means

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.179
 we can give

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.779
 ourselves

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.679
 over to

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.759
 serving others

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.619
 no matter

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.379
 the cost

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:47.099
 or the

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.720
 sacrifice.

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.220
 what does

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.900
 it matter

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:51.120
 if we

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.759
 lose our

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.460
 life on

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.980
 this earth?

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.079
 What does

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.640
 it matter

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.339
 if my

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.940
 schedule

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.480
 is disrupted?

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.839
 If we

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.620
 have heaven

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:01.220
 to gain

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:03.480
 what does

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.980
 it matter?

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:07.100
 A pure

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:07.759
 church

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.600
 lives with

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.299
 the reality

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.559
 of an

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.140
 eternal

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.860
 hope to

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.259
 come

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.539
 which

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.319
 changes

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.019
 our lives

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.620
 today

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:18.119
 to one

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.279
 of

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.079
 sacrifice

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:20.199
 and

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:20.799
 service.

00:25:23.959 --> 00:25:24.739
 So this

00:25:24.739 --> 00:25:25.039
 is the

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.699
 path to

00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:26.159
 purity.

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.359
 This was

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.000
 the ministry

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.579
 of Paul

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.139
 as he went

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.659
 about the

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:29.979
 different

00:25:29.979 --> 00:25:30.459
 churches.

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.399
 This is

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:31.979
 the ministry

00:25:31.979 --> 00:25:32.479
 he now

00:25:32.479 --> 00:25:33.159
 passes on

00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:33.799
 to Titus

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.059
 and he

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.439
 says you

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:34.759
 are to

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.059
 teach

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.279
 these

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.559
 same

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.059
 things

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.500
 to see

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.819
 people

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.259
 come to

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.619
 faith

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:38.839
 in

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.239
 Christ

00:25:39.239 --> 00:25:40.199
 to see

00:25:40.199 --> 00:25:40.539
 people

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.959
 growing

00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.459
 up in

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:41.899
 Christ

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.599
 to see

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.959
 people

00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.379
 becoming

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.059
 more like

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.539
 Christ

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.279
 and to

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.799
 see people

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.379
 change

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.760
 with the

00:25:46.760 --> 00:25:47.060
 hope

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:47.880
 of being

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.140
 with

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.600
 Christ

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.420
 forever.

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.840
 This is

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.460
 the path

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.080
 this is

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.780
 the direction

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.160
 that we

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.540
 need to

00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:54.040
 go on.

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:58.300
 But how

00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:59.600
 do we

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.180
 get this

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.680
 purity?

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.000
 How do

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.400
 we kind

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.600
 of

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.800
 internalise

00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:03.900
 it?

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.300
 How is

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:04.620
 it going

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.240
 to shape

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.500
 us?

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:05.820
 How is

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.140
 it going

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.180
 to change

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.420
 us?

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.740
 How is

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.060
 it going

00:26:08.060 --> 00:26:10.260
 to permeate

00:26:10.260 --> 00:26:11.000
 the family

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.440
 of this

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.900
 church?

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.800
 Well he

00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.320
 tells us

00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:15.580
 how.

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:18.740
 it

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.080
 happens

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.300
 through

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.540
 the

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.120
 teaching

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.160
 of

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.660
 God's

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.060
 word

00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:23.200
 or as

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.420
 we've

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.620
 called

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.000
 it here

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.520
 preaching

00:26:24.520 --> 00:26:25.180
 towards

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.720
 purity.

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.940
 Look at

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.520
 verse 3.

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.220
 All of

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.420
 this

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.980
 happened

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:33.120
 at his

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.640
 appointed

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.540
 season he

00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:35.120
 bought

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.860
 his

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.500
 word

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.040
 to

00:26:37.040 --> 00:26:37.480
 light

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:39.740
 through

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.020
 the

00:26:40.020 --> 00:26:40.620
 preaching

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.400
 entrusted

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.020
 to me

00:26:42.020 --> 00:26:43.120
 by the

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.620
 command

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.739
 of God

00:26:44.739 --> 00:26:44.959
 our

00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.519
 saviour.

00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:47.759
 You see

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.259
 as Paul

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.959
 began to

00:26:48.959 --> 00:26:49.419
 preach

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:50.159
 as Christ

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.659
 commanded

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.059
 him

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.959
 as he

00:26:51.959 --> 00:26:52.479
 began to

00:26:52.479 --> 00:26:52.859
 teach

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.339
 God's

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.599
 word

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.500
 it led

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.259
 to people

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.979
 trusting in

00:26:55.979 --> 00:26:56.399
 Christ.

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.859
 As he

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.439
 began to

00:26:58.439 --> 00:26:59.000
 preach and

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.679
 teach God's

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.159
 word it

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.579
 led to

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.979
 people

00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:02.199
 growing in

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.619
 Christ.

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.779
 As he

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.459
 preached it

00:27:04.459 --> 00:27:05.059
 led people

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.699
 to becoming

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.519
 like

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.179
 Christ.

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.079
 As he

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.759
 preached it

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.479
 led people

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.539
 being

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.259
 forever

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.420
 shaped

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.539
 by the

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.880
 hope

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.700
 of

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.160
 Christ.

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.360
 You see

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:17.680
 as he

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.180
 taught

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.079
 God's

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.339
 word

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.819
 sometimes

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.700
 publicly

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.559
 sometimes

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.299
 one to

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.599
 one

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.299
 as he

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.120
 explained

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.660
 God's

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:24.900
 word

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.640
 so the

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:25.860
 Holy

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.299
 Spirit

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.920
 took

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.480
 that

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.880
 word

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.539
 and it

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.880
 began

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.180
 to

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.920
 change

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.380
 and

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.000
 transform

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.779
 people

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.960
 and

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.279
 began

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.559
 to

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.980
 lead

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.299
 them

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.019
 towards

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.640
 purity.

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 That's

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.279
 why he

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.759
 says to

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.400
 Titus

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.400
 in

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.700
 chapter

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.180
 2

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.519
 verse

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.880
 1

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.420
 you

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.780
 must

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 teach

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.759
 what

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:44.920
 is

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 in

00:27:45.040 --> 00:27:45.460
 accord

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.720
 with

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 sound

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:46.620
 doctrine.

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 Or

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.440
 chapter

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.780
 2

00:27:48.780 --> 00:27:49.040
 verse

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 15

00:27:49.540 --> 00:27:50.280
 these

00:27:50.280 --> 00:27:50.660
 then

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:50.900
 are

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.080
 the

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.480
 things

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.720
 that

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:51.880
 you

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.120
 should

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.820
 teach

00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:55.340
 because

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.720
 it's

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.160
 only

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.880
 as

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.360
 God's

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:57.680
 word

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.360
 is

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 taught

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 it's

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 only

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 as

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.700
 the

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:00.960
 Holy

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.420
 Spirit

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.960
 takes

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.200
 that

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.560
 word

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.080
 and

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.720
 teaches

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.160
 us

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.759
 in

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:04.980
 our

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.540
 hearts

00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:07.440
 that

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.580
 he

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:07.780
 can

00:28:07.780 --> 00:28:08.180
 take

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.440
 what

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.680
 is

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.820
 impure

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:11.500
 and

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.180
 remove

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.560
 the

00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:13.840
 impurities

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:15.640
 and

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:15.960
 make

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.140
 it

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.519
 pure.

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.400
 And

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.660
 that's

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:19.840
 why

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.060
 we're

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.420
 here.

00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:22.140
 That's

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.880
 one of

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.060
 the

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.539
 primary

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.140
 reasons

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.640
 why we

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.060
 gather

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.660
 together

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.720
 on a

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.019
 Sunday

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.380
 like

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.740
 this.

00:28:28.820 --> 00:28:29.440
 That's

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.080
 why we're

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:31.080
 listening to

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:31.519
 God's

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.000
 word being

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.320
 taught.

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:32.860
 That's

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.340
 why we've

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:33.779
 opened up

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.220
 the Bible

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.480
 to

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.759
 this

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.279
 little

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.579
 letter

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:35.799
 of

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.539
 Titus

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:39.380
 because

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:39.759
 it's

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.120
 God's

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.559
 word being

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.000
 taught

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.259
 into

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.500
 our

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.980
 lives.

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.519
 Which

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.019
 brings us

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.759
 back to

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.880
 our big

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.380
 summary.

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.839
 So let

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.860
 me remind

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.299
 us all

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.819
 about what

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.299
 we're doing

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.620
 here.

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.440
 We've

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.860
 climbed

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.440
 into the

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.720
 washing

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.200
 machine

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:57.200
 and we're

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.480
 letting

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.039
 God's

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.460
 word,

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.100
 this

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.460
 short

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.900
 letter,

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.299
 wash

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.819
 us

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:03.119
 and

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.619
 clean

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:04.139
 us

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:05.440
 to

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.819
 remove

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.139
 any

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.940
 impurities

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.759
 that

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.079
 need

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.259
 to

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.460
 be

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.099
 removed

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.779
 because

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.159
 our

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.759
 desire

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.000
 for

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.480
 this

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.940
 church

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.180
 and

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.379
 for

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.619
 one

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.000
 another

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:16.339
 is

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.579
 that

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:16.839
 our

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.319
 leaders

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.720
 would

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:17.919
 be

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.419
 pure,

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.359
 that

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.619
 I

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:19.859
 would

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.099
 be

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.539
 pure,

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.759
 that

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.220
 Ralph

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.680
 would

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:22.899
 be

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.379
 pure,

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.960
 that

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.220
 any

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.639
 leaders

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:25.879
 to

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.240
 come

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.740
 would

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:26.940
 be

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.359
 pure

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.059
 and

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.220
 that

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.359
 we

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.559
 would

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.139
 teach

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:30.000
 pure

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.940
 doctrine

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.580
 truth

00:29:32.580 --> 00:29:33.259
 about

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.759
 Jesus

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.259
 Christ

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.519
 that

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.000
 leads

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.259
 to

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.759
 pure

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.660
 relationships

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.100
 within

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.340
 the

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.680
 family

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:37.900
 of

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.059
 the

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.500
 church

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:40.299
 and

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.519
 all

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.660
 of

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:40.840
 that

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.100
 being

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.460
 worked

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.680
 out

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:41.880
 in

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.279
 pure

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.700
 living

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.779
 wherever

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.120
 we

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:44.440
 are

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.860
 in

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.000
 the

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.259
 coming

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.700
 week

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.700
 that

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.000
 people

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.279
 see

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.460
 a

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.900
 Christ

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.600
 likeness

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:50.460
 and

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.640
 a

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:50.960
 pure

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.539
 service

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.779
 as

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.019
 we

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.180
 sacrificially

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.820
 give

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:55.380
 and

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.779
 all

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:55.940
 of

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.299
 this

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.900
 so

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.100
 that

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.340
 we

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:58.620
 might

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.279
 reflect

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.600
 the

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.240
 purity

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.620
 and

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:01.799
 the

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.359
 beauty

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.660
 of

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.220
 Christ

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.940
 to

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.220
 a

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.779
 world

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:07.039
 because

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.579
 Christ

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.819
 has

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.240
 come

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.779
 look at

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.059
 chapter

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.559
 three

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.640
 the

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:11.880
 end

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.019
 of

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.240
 verse

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.700
 five

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.500
 remember

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.799
 why

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.200
 Christ

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.400
 has

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.740
 come

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:17.200
 to

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.799
 save

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.259
 us

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.660
 through

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:19.940
 the

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.380
 washing

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.900
 of

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.519
 rebirth

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:23.339
 and

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.880
 renewal

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:25.039
 by the

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.299
 Holy

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.779
 Spirit

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:29.799
 we

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.039
 need

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.180
 to

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.420
 bring

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:30.619
 the

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.119
 purity

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.379
 and

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.539
 the

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.879
 beauty

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.119
 of

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.539
 Christ

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:32.759
 to

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:32.899
 a

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.259
 world

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.899
 who

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.099
 not

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.339
 only

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.740
 washes

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.059
 and

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.500
 cleans

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.000
 us

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.139
 but

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.339
 can

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.660
 wash

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:38.859
 and

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.119
 clean

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.639
 others

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:41.519
 and

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.740
 one

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:41.879
 who

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.019
 will

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.240
 not

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.440
 only

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.700
 just

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.079
 renew

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.440
 us

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.779
 by

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.059
 his

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.299
 Holy

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.819
 Spirit

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.980
 but

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.160
 will

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.500
 renew

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.740
 our

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.359
 community

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.500
 renew

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.759
 our

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.299
 families

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:50.420
 and

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.680
 renew

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:50.879
 the

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.220
 world

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:57.259
 let's

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.579
 pray

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.600
 and

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:58.880
 ask

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.240
 God

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.900
 to

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.100
 do

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.380
 his

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.120
 purifying

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.600
 work

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.799
 amongst

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.279
 us

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:23.339
 God