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If your visitor here this 
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we're so glad you can join us 
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you are a member or planning to 
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Join with me in the Bible in 2nd
Timothy and chapter 3, and let's

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begin together in verse 10. 2nd 
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verse 10, we read. 
You however, have followed my 

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teaching, my conduct, my aim in 
life, my faith, my patience, my 

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love, my steadfastness, my 
persecutions. 

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And sufferings that happened to 
me at Antioch at Iconium and at 

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lystra what persecutions I 
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All the Lord rescued me. 
Father, we thank you for these 

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verses and though we may not 
understand completely what you 

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have in store for us. 
We thank you in advance because 

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we know that all scripture is 
breathed out by you and it is 

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profitable. 
It is very much profitable for 

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you will fashion us this 
afternoon to look more like your

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son. 
We pray Lord that you would Aid 

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Us in receiving these words and 
that, oh God we would sense Your

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Love in them, your wisdom, your 
beauty, we pray Lord, that the 

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result of A time together as a 
family, unpacking the 

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scriptures. 
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Loving our Lord, loving Our 
Savior, our Master, the raining 

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and Risen King Lord, you are 
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You see us in this moment you 
are present and we ask Lord with

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great desperation that you would
manifest your realities to us 

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though. 
We long for your fellowship and 

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we hunger for your word, make it
known to us. 

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Now in the name of Jesus, we 
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Pray, amen. 
Amen. 

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Last week, you and I receive the
sobering illustration provided 

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by the Apostle Paul. getting a 
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warped man can be and how man 
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activities as we have learned 
last week, will only grow and 

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become more rampant in the days 
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The apostles specific example 
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roaming seeking people to take 
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twisting the word of God. 
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word of God, and they intend to 
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People astray, especially those 
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as weak woman. 
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of women who are primary targets
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substance and discernment. 
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long to devour such people. 
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damnation, for the sake of 
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to do so much for self. 
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I mean, put yourself in his 
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Everything from people to avoid 
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come against the gospel, those 
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away, you can imagine that. 
As a young Minister, this would 

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have been challenging to hear. 
I mean, all you're hearing is 

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that it's going to get worse 
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Bleak. 
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are going to oppose your message
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win to Christ will in fact be 
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And so I can just imagine what 
this man felt in his heart as he

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was holding this letter from his
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This is what I'm headed towards 
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to look like. 
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it's going to only become more 
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the work that I've dedicated my 
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that. 
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Timothy. 
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So over the past few weeks, 
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hear that what Timothy was 
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and you and I will only 
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as God keeps us on the Earth. 
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years here in America and even 
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I hope that what we've been 
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theology, this is an instruction
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You and I are seeing it. 
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We're in it. 
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But there's no need to be 
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verses that you and I just read 
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spiritual son. 
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warn him about the dangers 
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He's not going to shy away from 
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against a church, but at the 
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to do is put his finger ever. 
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turned his attention toward an 
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Mainly, the example of Paul, in 
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example of how to live for 
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That's what he's trying to do 
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In other words, what Paul is 
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you to look at me for a second 
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I need to remind you my Prodigy.
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that I myself was committed to 
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perilous times. 
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and I'm trying to give you 
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But we also read here that he's 
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Look at Paul, he wants him to 
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How God was faithful to Paul and
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God, that was faithful to. 
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Timothy. 
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faithful to Timothy is going to 
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And so what Paul is trying to do
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your hands to the plow and you 
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darkness, as you bear the light.
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to realize that God is with you 
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becoming more corrupt as there's
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As there's more compromise in 
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Let me give you something that 
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faith and strength. 
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You know what Paul does, did you
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He lists certain things about 
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after the other of what 
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And it contrasts that ugly list 
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chapter about what the god less 
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But instead of touching on each 
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instead of going through every 
single point and making a 

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message out of Egypt. 
We're going to zoom out and look

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at the broader application here 
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If you're Note Taker whether 
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Here's the main point of today's
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How to be faithful in the last 
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How to be steadfast in these 
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and fruitful. 
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opposed to the truth and to 
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Because that's what Paul is 
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the necessary applications in 
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last days. 
Number one, where you read it 

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and verse 10, you however, have 
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conduct, my aim in life, my 
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steadfastness Paul lists nine 
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himself. 
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to understand is that he is not 
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not boasting about Self 
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By the spirit about himself is 
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It's not just true because the 
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just true because he's a vessel 
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He says, you have followed my 
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that word, followed means to 
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It means to be very well 
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word that Luke used in the 
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he says that he has followed 
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Jesus, and he's going to write a
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and his life. 
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And so as we look at this word, 
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is you have studied my life 
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heard the testimonies about me, 
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you traveled with me from time 
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you have with your own eyes. 
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these things that I say to you. 
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You know it's true. 
You can bear witness to it for 

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yourself. 
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witnessed my life, you've 
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make these things true. 
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mentioning all of this for one 
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is prepared to face great, 
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have someone to imitate and he 
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He he can imitate someone that 
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and troubling times himself. 
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apostle. 
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Timothy was not exclusive to his
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This man had a relationship with
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He Disciple This Man, it was 
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Timothy was not just the fact 
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that he was faithful. 
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you from, this is a you and I, 
you better believe it. 

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Today, no matter what your 
occupation is, no matter what 

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your personality is like, you 
have by the grace of God, the 

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ability to be a blessing to 
those, even beyond your 

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lifetime, you can based on one 
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Jesus, Christ's faithfulness, to
the gospel, faithfulness, in 

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your relationship to God, that 
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Father, that could be true for 
you wife. 

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That can be true for you older, 
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Stir. 
It could be true for you. 

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Best friend. 
It is possible to live in such a

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way in which we can bless people
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Even greater ways for Christ 
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Do you remember that? 
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this as his final letter, he's 
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He's about to be executed and he
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Timothy. 
He wants to meet, either way of 

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high, the flag of the Gospel 
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And as he's about to do this, 
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and he has complete trust. 
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even though he's not going to be
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That's a discipleship that we 
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that's the influence that each 
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another generation. and this 
encouragement would make 

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absolutely no sense to Timothy 
if he could not draw strength 

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and stimulation from a real life
example, And that's the point I 

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want to make to you today. 
Listen leaders today will shape 

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the leaders of tomorrow. 
Current leaders today will shape

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the leaders for tomorrow. 
The attitude of parents toward 

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God's word and Ministry. 
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the standard for the spiritual 
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Those that you associate with 
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Christ, whether you want to 
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influence and no small influence
on your own, outlook on the 

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things of God, and the value 
that they carry in your own 

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life. 
We all know this, you know, this

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but instead of making this a 
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right people in order for us to 
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would be, let's turn it around 
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Paul's perspective, you'd be the
person that will encourage you 

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be the example, the nobody else 
would be the example that can 

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bless. 
Even one person that will take 

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the Baton of the Gospel forward.
And though the influence of this

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may vary from each of us there 
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There is a person at least that 
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There is no doubt about it. 
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Timothy. 
And I hope that that would be 

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your desire. 
The same desire of Paul that you

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would believe in the bottom of 
your heart that I can live in 

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such a way. 
That I can impact at least one 

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person to be faithful to Christ.
There's enough compromise 

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around, wouldn't you agree? 
There's enough disappointment, 

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maybe be a people, an army of 
people that would actually give 

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people A disturbance in a holy 
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So how does he do it? 
He gives the recipe right here. 

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You have followed number one, my
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yes. 
He's an apostle. 

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He received specific and divine 
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for truth. 
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still the still true Paul lived.
It, he believed that he loved it

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and this is not by accident. 
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first thing on the list. 
It's not random, it's on purpose

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because everything else, that 
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his aim in life, his faith, his 
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everything that follows is built
on the foundation of what do you

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believe? 
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ultimate Authority in your life?
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your decisions? 
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for Paula is divine truth. 
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revealed to me, that is where 
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lasting impact on anybody. 
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The word of God. 
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life in mind, it's not just a 
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That what made Paul the man that
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God, concerning the word of God,
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believed it for himself and he 
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else would obey it. 
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submitted to the word of God. 
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scripture, may we be so 
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Christ dwelling in us, not just 
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who trembles at God's word. 
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realize that the reason why you 
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because you are compelled by 
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force of all that you do. 
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God today. 
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that this is the inerrant word 
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a local church? 
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how to be a Godly husband. 
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a Godly employer, is it 
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confused and people don't 
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the church. 
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everything flows from Doctrine, 
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teaching, and you've noticed 
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See, Timothy wouldn't just be 
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That wouldn't be enough. 
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realized that this teaching that
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was willing to be stoned for 
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That's why it's right there next
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is it to be able to quote things
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practically you deny it and show
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power to change you or transform
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Timothy go. 
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Divine truth. 
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information. 
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things to teach. 
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Testament like nobody else, but 
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it actually changed you. 
You are a murderer. 

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You are persecutor now you're 
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The love that you have that 
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I can see how what you know, 
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behave and think and act. 
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When people actually realize 
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actually in your heart as well. 
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it gets in your blood. 
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couples this together. 
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end there. 
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be enough to motivate Timothy 
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after he goes. 
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conduct but my aim in life, I 
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You have followed you have 
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aim in life. 
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the purpose of my existence is, 
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this isn't just Theology. 
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modification. 
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actually impacts somebody else 
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Let it be the reason why you 
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you do something on Sunday 
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Let it be. 
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breathe, and wake up and 
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He says, this is my aim in life.
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Christ. 
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this. 
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He's talking about a long-term 
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says, you know, you've seen it, 
you've heard it and you even 

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know that I'm writing to you 
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don't need firework, 
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spurt of emotion for a season 
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smoke The thing that Paul had is
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in that is a fire on the altar 
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burn, as it did in the tenth and
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and night day and night, that 
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he saw burning bush, that he not
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uncommon in the wilderness. 
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all the time. 
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that this thing Burning and it 
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not consuming the bush, it's 
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That's what catches people's 
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I've seen many people, I've seen
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and burn out, not too long after
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got excited for a moment, 
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wouldn't harm or do evil, but 
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Everything else should orbit 
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The god man. 
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to say. 
This is my aim And Timothy as 

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he's listening to this, and 
reading this new that he can 

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face a deteriorating culture, 
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ahead because in his life, he 
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Ablaze for the gospel. 
You couldn't put the thing out 

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of him. 
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him, you couldn't whip it out of
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out of it. 
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that man could not move. 
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have a fire in such a way that 
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fickle in their faith. 
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distracted by trinkets in this 
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because no matter what, they 
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they would know in the back of 
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I know a man that that is 
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just don't stop. 
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That is Godly and loves the 
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I have no excuse, have no excuse
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for the Lord and they haven't 
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them. 
That was the person. 

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Paul was so Timothy's excuses. 
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becoming less and less possible 
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Yes. 
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putting himself out and 
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It's possible. 
Look at me. 

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Look at my scars. 
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writing you from. 
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be reminded of another close 
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God, not Paul, and Timothy, but 
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Elijah was to replace Elijah in 
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As a spiritual spokesman for the
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And Elijah was taken up into 
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himself. 
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was just left to himself. 
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was left with a responsibility. 
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from the people. 
Is this guy going to walk in the

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shoes of Elijah? 
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judgmental, his mentor 
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he walks up to the bank of the 
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interesting prayer. 
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sometimes short prayers are 
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mean everything to you, he says 
this just listen, you don't have

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to turn there, you probably know
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He said in Second Kings to 14. 
Where is the Lord the god of 

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Elijah. 
Where is the Lord the god of 

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Elijah. 
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He didn't say? 
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The god of Israel? 
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That would have been sufficient.
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Where is the Lord? 
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Well, isn't God, the god of 
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them. 
Yes. 

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Yes. 
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Where is the god of my mentor? 
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and to Elijah. 
He was his servant. 

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He was his assistant. 
He traveled with them and Elisha

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witnessed many things to the 
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spiritual leader. 
Oh, he saw how God provided for 

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Elijah. 
He saw how God protected Elijah.

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He saw how God empowered Elijah.
I'm sure he is witness. 

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Elijah, pray, and God answer 
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How God empowered him to be able
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that he was though, he had 
moments of weakness. 

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How he had this love spillover 
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though they were in spiritual 
compromise because he was 

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energized by loyalty to God. 
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Elijah I believe is saying here 
among many things. 

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I believe what he is saying is, 
oh God. 

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The God that I saw in the life 
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I need that God in my life. 
I want that God in my life. 

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Can you imagine that father 
mother would not be the burning 

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desire of your heart that as you
live for the Lord Jesus that 

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your children would grow up and 
making that request the god that

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my Mommy's served The God that I
heard my daddy pray to when we 

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were in trouble. 
I want that God to be my God. 

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I want to serve that God. 
I prayed that it would be true 

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of the leaders of this church. 
And as by God's grace, we raise 

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up Future Leaders. 
That has the people who serve 

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with those leaders be, will be 
able to witness their lives and 

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the conviction and the unction 
that they have. 

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And say, I want the god, that 
these pastors serve To be real 

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in my life. 
Oh, you think you need to be a 

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prophet, right? 
You think you need to be an 

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apostle? 
No, you just need to be faithful

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and you need to have this to be 
the aim of your life. 

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See this, this Christianity, in 
the corner of your heart will 

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never influence anybody. 
But this thing when it's an 

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all-consuming passion can leave 
a mark on other generation. 

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I'm sure you didn't have perfect
parents. 

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I didn't have perfect parent. 
I'm not perfect. 

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But I can tell you moments that 
have marked me, I can tell you 

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moments where I, my room was in 
the basement of our house back 

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in Canada and some days I would 
climb out of that hole. 

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Go upstairs and I would see two 
Bibles on the kitchen table, 

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open. 
My parents were at work. 

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They didn't say anything to me. 
They didn't sit down with me, 

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but I know one thing that day as
I started my own Day Mom and Dad

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met with the Lord together. 
And that impressed me, that 

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touched me that meant more to me
than any amount of money that 

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they made. 
Whatever toys, they can give me.

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That marked me. 
So you and I can know such a 

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thing. 
But only when it becomes our aim

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in life and the point that Paul 
is trying to make to Timothy's, 

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that culture is going south 
Christendom is becoming very 

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complicated and compromised. but
in these last days, Timothy 

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strive to live in such a way in 
which you will burn for God, And

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these are the things that will 
make it possible know what you 

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believe, let it apply. 
Let it be applied to your life 

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00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,500
and make sure that it doesn't 
just get to your head but let it

454
00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:41,200
consume your affections. 
And if that's not possible for 

455
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,600
you, if you feel like there's a 
disconnect between your brain 

456
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,700
and your heart, you beg God 
until it trickles down there. 

457
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,700
Cuz that's the only thing that 
will radiate and influence 

458
00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:55,300
others. 
I remember great friend and 

459
00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:58,800
evangelists who is now with the 
Lord and whenever I would ask 

460
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:04,700
him, how can I pray for you? 
He would look at me and say pray

461
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:12,400
that I would die climbing. 
Pray that I would die climbing. 

462
00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:16,200
Pray that I would die with my 
hands on the plow, not in my 

463
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,600
pockets whistling in this world.
I'm sure that he did die 

464
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,900
climbing. 
So the first thing is to 

465
00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:29,300
establish such a recipe in order
for our walk to not only be 

466
00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:31,900
concrete, but to be influential.
So we don't want this 

467
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,000
individualistic idea of 
Christianity. 

468
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,800
In these last days, we don't 
want to go buy some property out

469
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,000
there and hide from all the evil
in the world. 

470
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,000
We want our light to shine as a 
darkened, the darkness thickens 

471
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:48,400
in the evil becomes more evil. 
But there's something else, it's

472
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,700
not just a walk that can be 
imitated. 

473
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,800
And verse 11, we read my 
persecutions and sufferings that

474
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,500
happen to me. 
If you and I are going to be 

475
00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:01,900
faithful in these last days, if 
you and I are going to know and 

476
00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:04,500
Effectiveness in our witness in 
these last days that you and I 

477
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:09,600
must have a comprehension, and a
realistic expectation to suffer.

478
00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:13,100
Notice we didn't touch on 
everything that Paul is talked 

479
00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:15,700
about in verse 10. 
But again, let's zoom out and 

480
00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:17,900
look at another broader 
application here. 

481
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,700
Out of all the things that he 
mentions in this list, there is 

482
00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:23,400
one thing that he elaborates on.
There's one thing that he 

483
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:29,200
emphasizes on and that is this, 
my personal sufferings That's 

484
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,100
what out of all the things he 
chooses to unpack. 

485
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:39,600
I suffered much and you will to 
Timothy I went through great 

486
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,900
pains and I traveled through 
dark alleys and Timothy, if 

487
00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:47,300
you're going to be faithful you 
better know it. 

488
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,100
That's why this Prosperity 
Gospel. 

489
00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:52,700
So damn the ball among other 
things, it is setting up people 

490
00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:57,500
for failure. 
It is setting up people. 

491
00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:02,400
To make their hearts Rocky 
instead of soft. 

492
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:08,000
See, in this Faith, you have 
Christians who endure for a 

493
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,200
while and you have Christians 
who endure until the end. 

494
00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:15,200
Now enduring for awhile. 
Sounds good, but not according 

495
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,800
to Jesus. 
Because enduring for a while, 

496
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,100
According To Jesus speaks of 
those who receive the word of 

497
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:25,500
God, initially, with great joy 
and excitement, and even 

498
00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:28,000
expressing their gratitude of 
how they found a church. 

499
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,100
That is so serious about the 
gospel, and they sing these kind

500
00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:34,400
of songs and they know the 
scriptures, they love it, they 

501
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,200
eat it up. 
But when persecution comes and 

502
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:43,200
tribulation arises on account of
the word as fast as that Joy 

503
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,600
was, so will it be their 
departure from the faith? 

504
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,400
We don't want to endure for a 
while we want to endure until 

505
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:55,800
the end and Paul prove that 
knowing that he is about to have

506
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:59,900
his head, possibly cut off. 
He writes here which 

507
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:05,700
persecutions and the second part
of verse 11 I endured I didn't 

508
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:10,700
just face it I went through it. 
And that is what you and I 

509
00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:14,200
should strive for. 
And, as we read this, we realize

510
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,700
not only is he talking about 
persecution? 

511
00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:19,700
He is mentioning three specific 
locations where he experienced 

512
00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:24,400
these hardships and we're in 
Antioch at Iconium and lystra. 

513
00:31:24,900 --> 00:31:28,500
Why these three is that the only
places where he experienced 

514
00:31:28,500 --> 00:31:30,300
resistance? 
Oh no. 

515
00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:35,400
The man can reveal his back and 
tell you where he got those 

516
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:39,000
trophies from but by the spirit 
he chooses to give us these 

517
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,500
three and would we praise God? 
Today, that these three accounts

518
00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:45,800
are given to us in the book of 
Acts and perfect order. 

519
00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:49,400
All you have to do is read acts 
13 and 14 to realize what 

520
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,300
happened to Paul in these 
places. 

521
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,100
And I think it would do us great
service to come to the book of 

522
00:31:54,100 --> 00:32:01,100
Acts and to see how these 
sufferings were various And how 

523
00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:03,600
they had different masks and 
different Expressions. 

524
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,900
So term with me to Acts chapter 
13, 

525
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,300
And let's begin here. 
And Antioch. 

526
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:26,800
We read here. 
And verse 14 of Acts 13 just to 

527
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,800
know that we are in Antioch but 
they went on from Peugeot and 

528
00:32:29,808 --> 00:32:36,000
came to Antioch beside you. 
As we come down to verse 45, 

529
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,200
Paul preaches, an amazing 
sermon, a sermon That Shook 

530
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:44,400
people, a sermon that brought 
about this result in verse 44, 

531
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,100
in Acts 13. 
The next Sabbath, almost the 

532
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:51,000
whole city gathered, to hear the
word of the Lord. 

533
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,300
I forgot that today many people 
are going to be gathering for a 

534
00:32:54,308 --> 00:32:56,200
game. 
I didn't realize it till today, 

535
00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:58,700
but could you imagine what it 
would look like for an entire 

536
00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:01,000
city to come to a church to hear
another sermon? 

537
00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:06,200
That's what Revival does. 
By the way, that's what Revival 

538
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,100
does. 
It makes bars and strip clubs 

539
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:11,300
and even sporting sport. 
It's not bad. 

540
00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:15,100
Don't email me after this. 
It's okay, but it makes many 

541
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:17,200
things go out of business, 
because there's a passion for 

542
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:22,000
the spirit of God. 
Verse 44, the next Sabbath, 

543
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,900
almost the whole city gathered, 
to hear the word of the Lord. 

544
00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:31,300
But look what happens in verse 
45, but when the Jews saw the 

545
00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:36,600
crowds, they were filled with 
jealousy and began to contradict

546
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,900
what was spoken by Paul 
revealing him? 

547
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:44,900
Now, the ESV is unique in this 
because it includes the fact 

548
00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:48,600
that they reviled Paul. 
So not only in other word for 

549
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,700
word translation is it might not
be so clear, but not only did 

550
00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:56,300
these men blaspheme the message.
They actually wanted to 

551
00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:57,900
ridicule. 
Messenger. 

552
00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:04,200
And so they begin to scorn him. 
And revile him. 

553
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,300
And we don't know exactly what 
they said. 

554
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,900
But one thing came to mind when 
when Paul was before a great 

555
00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:12,500
governor. 
In fact, when he was before a 

556
00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:16,900
king king Agrippa and Acts 26, 
all I love that site of Paul. 

557
00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:19,900
In those chains, he's preaching 
the gospel and he's trying to 

558
00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:22,800
persuade King, Agrippa to become
a Christian. 

559
00:34:23,699 --> 00:34:26,699
And then the governor Festus is 
there and he interrupts, he 

560
00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:30,000
interrupts Paul in his 
presentation and he says, Paul 

561
00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:35,100
you were out of your mind. 
Your great learning has driven 

562
00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:37,500
you out of your mind. 
That's not nice. 

563
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:42,000
He's calling him crazy for what 
he is, sharing and believing 

564
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,600
You've lost it, you're you're 
crazy. 

565
00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:50,900
I can imagine that these Jews 
were saying similar things, 

566
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,800
maybe you believe I have heard 
similar remarks from family 

567
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,000
members. 
You believe that book written by

568
00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,700
man. 
You actually think that this is 

569
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,400
applicable today? 
Are you all right? 

570
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,800
Have you heard from co-workers, 
have you received the Facebook, 

571
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,400
comment? 
Have you been reviled for the 

572
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:15,100
gospel? 
Paul has he's been ridiculed. 

573
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,200
I can imagine what these men 
spewed out of their mouths. 

574
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,100
But the resistance only 
intensified in verse 50. 

575
00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:26,900
And acts 13. 
We read in verse 50 but the Jews

576
00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:30,700
incited, the devout woman of 
high standing and the leading 

577
00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:34,000
men of the city stirred up, 
persecution against Paul and 

578
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,900
Barnabas and drove them out of 
their District. 

579
00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:40,000
Get out of here. 
We don't want nothing to do with

580
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,400
you. 
You're gonna stay here and spew 

581
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,400
that leave. 
So went from verbal assaults to 

582
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,900
now saying we don't want your 
presence. 

583
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,400
We don't want you to be around 
us. 

584
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,200
You can no longer work here as 
much as you've been faithful to 

585
00:35:57,207 --> 00:35:59,700
our company, because we've 
discovered that your beliefs are

586
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:06,200
bigoted and discriminatory. 
Paul experienced rejection. 

587
00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:09,700
In our context, it would look 
like you losing your job and 

588
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:12,800
your context, it would look like
you not coming and being invited

589
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:16,800
over by friends or family 
because you're one of those 

590
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,800
loony evangelicals. 
I remember when I first got 

591
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,600
saved and I was expressing 
myself, one of my friends who's 

592
00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:25,000
was in the world, looked at me, 
says, whatever you do. 

593
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,000
Do not become those fanatical 
evangelicals. 

594
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:37,100
Would you too late? 
Paul was reviled, Paul was 

595
00:36:37,100 --> 00:36:40,700
driven out, you can say, 
relationships were severed. 

596
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:47,000
There was awkwardness in the air
and he was noted, he was marked.

597
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,500
This man is no longer invited in
this neighborhood. 

598
00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:55,200
But he goes from Antioch at 
Iconium and chapter 14. 

599
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:59,700
Look at verse 1 and 2. 
Now, what Iconium, they enter 

600
00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:02,300
together into the Jewish 
synagogue and spoke in such a 

601
00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:06,800
way, that a great number of both
Jews and Greeks believed, but 

602
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,900
the unbelieving Jews stirred up 
the Gentiles. 

603
00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:17,400
And look at this poison, their 
minds against the brothers Their

604
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,600
strategy was slightly shifted. 
They use their words. 

605
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,700
Yes, but not to directly assault
Paul. 

606
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:28,500
But to now manipulate and to 
poison, the minds of others 

607
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,500
about them, do you believe that 
people's minds can be poisoned? 

608
00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:38,200
Words are powerful. 
And again, just like Paul being 

609
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,100
reviled, we don't have a record 
of the words that were shared, 

610
00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:45,500
but it should not surprise us 
that whatever was shared was 

611
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:48,400
enough for these people to 
discredit the man and the 

612
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,900
ministry. 
So I just allow my imagination 

613
00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:54,800
to go places. 
Sometimes do not making a 

614
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:58,500
dogmatic, but I can just imagine
these unbelieving Jews 

615
00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,400
Whispering two people meeting in
their homes Gathering to them 

616
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:06,000
and say, you know, this Paul guy
what he teaches, whenever people

617
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,500
believe it just like splits up 
families, it's very ugly there. 

618
00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:11,700
I think there are a cult 
actually, they do this thing 

619
00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:15,900
where they eat, eat the blood, 
and they eat the Flesh of their 

620
00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:17,900
leader. 
Don't list. 

621
00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:22,900
It's a crazy cult. 
This Paul, he's money hungry. 

622
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,300
He's doing all of this because 
he wants more, you know, they 

623
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:30,600
given these things, these 
churches and I think he just 

624
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:35,200
wants an extra buck So, be 
careful with this Paul guy. 

625
00:38:36,700 --> 00:38:40,700
And slowly. 
But surely People's minds were 

626
00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:44,500
poison potential here as 
potential disciples were. 

627
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:48,800
Now, we're now so influence that
they could not even hear the 

628
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:52,700
man. 
And it's a sad sight indeed. 

629
00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:55,000
But I want to make this 
admonition to you. 

630
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,700
The here's another form of 
suffering. 

631
00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:01,500
Servant of God that is you have 
set your life to plant the seeds

632
00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:04,900
of the gospel and hearts, there 
are people who are enemies of 

633
00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:11,100
truth that will plant seeds of 
Suspicion and doubt in others, 

634
00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:15,700
concerning you. 
You think Satan's Arsenal is 

635
00:39:15,700 --> 00:39:19,700
limited to a Roman Colosseum 
with lions? 

636
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:26,100
Now, he has different tricks. 
And if you can't revile you and 

637
00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:29,900
intimidate you head on, he'll 
just get other people against 

638
00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:32,700
you and poison their minds. 
Are you ready for that? 

639
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:36,300
Are you ready for that? 
Are you ready for your 

640
00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:40,300
reputation, your motivation, 
your integrity to be put into 

641
00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:44,700
question by others, because 
Satan wants to make sure that 

642
00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:47,800
your testimony and Ministry is 
hindered and can't move forward 

643
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,000
in a specific place. 
Are you ready for that? 

644
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,300
Because it will come, it will 
happen. 

645
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,100
And if you're not ready for 
that, you will not make it very 

646
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,100
long and effective Ministry for 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

647
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,800
So, mines were poisoned, that it
stopped there. 

648
00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:12,800
No, we come down to verse 19. 
Now, we go from Antioch at 

649
00:40:12,808 --> 00:40:16,700
Iconium to lystra, but Jews came
from Antioch and Iconium and 

650
00:40:16,700 --> 00:40:19,700
having persuaded the crowds. 
They stoned Paul. 

651
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,700
And dragged him out of the city 
supposing that he was dead. 

652
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,200
So Not only was this man's 
Ministry, making great strides 

653
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,800
and advancement. 
So was the persecution, the 

654
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:35,600
greater, the success, the 
greater the viciousness of men, 

655
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,000
you want to know how vicious 
they were. 

656
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,000
Did you read it carefully? 
It wasn't the men at lystra that

657
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,300
necessarily attacked him. 
Look at verse 19. 

658
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:46,000
Jews came from Antioch and 
Iconium they, they traveled. 

659
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,900
They follow the guy that wasn't 
enough to say, get out of here. 

660
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,700
It was enough to say, you're no 
longer, welcome in our 

661
00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:53,600
community, or in our synagogues.
No, no. 

662
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,600
They wanted to written from the 
Earth. 

663
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,200
News came this Paul that 
wherever he went. 

664
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,700
Power comes out of him. 
Truth comes out of him. 

665
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:05,700
He's shaking our streets. 
Let's go get him. 

666
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,000
So they packed her bag and 
realize as you read this we 

667
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,500
think this is just like one 
suburb to the next. 

668
00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:16,900
So this is miles away from each 
other hatred is just as strong 

669
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:20,800
as a motivation. 
As Love Is Burning With Envy 

670
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,900
burning with jealousy burning 
with hatred. 

671
00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:26,600
For Christ, they packed their 
bags and they follow the man 

672
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,100
like leave him alone. 
He's not there anymore. 

673
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,600
And they find them and they 
whisper the same garbage to some

674
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,900
of the citizens of this place. 
And now it wasn't just words 

675
00:41:38,900 --> 00:41:42,000
that were hurled against him. 
Now, actual physical bricks and 

676
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,700
stones were launched at his face
in his back. 

677
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,800
And they wouldn't stop until 
they believe that this man was 

678
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,000
dead. 
And once they came to that 

679
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,000
conclusion and they're all 
mines, they dragged his 

680
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,500
unconscious body. 
Like it was a bag of garbage and

681
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:03,400
threw it outside of the city 
left to rot without a proper 

682
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:11,500
burial. 
This man, what startles me about

683
00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:14,800
him is not just how much he 
endured, but once he regains 

684
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,100
Consciousness, he gets up, wipes
the dust off his shoulders and 

685
00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:19,900
he goes to the next city to 
preach. 

686
00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:25,700
II. 
Look at that and I go I know 

687
00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:28,200
what it's like to be revived. 
I know what it's like to have 

688
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:29,800
people's minds think 
differently. 

689
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:34,600
I know that but to be stoned and
then dragged out of the city. 

690
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,800
Only to get up and this man was,
you know, maybe I should take a 

691
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,200
couple weeks off, he gets up and
he goes to the next city. 

692
00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:46,700
And that's what blesses me 
because not just what he 

693
00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:50,000
experienced and how he remained 
faithful and he didn't retaliate

694
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,400
In the Flesh. 
Those are all glorious things 

695
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:56,300
but his response afterwards 
after he traveled through these 

696
00:42:56,300 --> 00:42:58,900
cities and all the hatred and 
the things that came against 

697
00:42:58,900 --> 00:43:01,700
him, what did he do? 
Go to verse 22. 

698
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,700
When they had preached the 
gospel to that City and had made

699
00:43:06,700 --> 00:43:10,200
many disciples, they returned to
lystra and to Iconium. 

700
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:18,600
And to Antioch, you went back. 
Doing what? 

701
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:24,000
Strengthening The Souls of the 
disciples, encouraging them to 

702
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:28,600
continue in the faith and saying
that through many tribulations. 

703
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,700
We must enter the kingdom of 
God. 

704
00:43:32,700 --> 00:43:38,800
That's what this man did. 
He gets up and the main concern,

705
00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:43,100
though, his soul was afflicted 
though, his body had cuts and 

706
00:43:43,100 --> 00:43:45,300
bruises. 
The only thing traveling through

707
00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:48,500
his mind is all we have to take 
care of those converts. 

708
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:52,500
We have to, we have to make sure
that there's leaders established

709
00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:54,700
to nurture them and train them 
up in the faith. 

710
00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:57,100
Barnabas. 
Come on, let's go and he limped 

711
00:43:57,100 --> 00:44:02,900
his way back. 
He's going, he's going back into

712
00:44:02,900 --> 00:44:06,800
enemy territory. 
What possesses a man with such a

713
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:08,600
love? 
The love of Christ. 

714
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,800
The love of Jesus Christ, the 
love for Souls. 

715
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,000
The love for the church. 
The love for people that is 

716
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,100
greater than any stone that is 
greater than any slander. 

717
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:24,600
Brother and sister, I say this 
in love week, Christianity is 

718
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:28,700
not going to cut it. 
Oversensitivity is not going to 

719
00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:32,900
cut it. 
It's not going to happen. 

720
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,300
Not having things, our ways not 
going to make effective 

721
00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:42,300
Christianity, expecting to be 
treated in a certain matter. 

722
00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:44,100
In the moment that we received 
some resistance. 

723
00:44:44,100 --> 00:44:46,500
We give up. 
That's not going to work, it's 

724
00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:54,100
not This man is showing his 
trophies to Timothy and he's 

725
00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:56,200
expecting the same from his 
spiritual son. 

726
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,900
Even though he might some 
believe with his personality 

727
00:44:58,900 --> 00:45:02,500
might be more timid and shy. 
No, no there's something that's 

728
00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:05,300
greater than your personality 
greater than your fears greater 

729
00:45:05,300 --> 00:45:07,100
than your concerns. 
The indwelling power of the 

730
00:45:07,100 --> 00:45:10,200
spirit of God, we have to 
believe that this is real. 

731
00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:12,700
We've it can be so real that it 
helps. 

732
00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:17,600
You soar above these things. 
People give up too easily, 

733
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,900
people get discouraged. 
So quickly people interpret 

734
00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:24,400
things and read into things and 
and and they need to take a 

735
00:45:24,408 --> 00:45:28,400
break from Ministry for six 
months, I'm not talking about 

736
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,000
not resting, I'm not talking 
about needing to be encouraged. 

737
00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:34,700
I'm talking about striving for 
what this man had because it's 

738
00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:37,100
possible. 
I want it. 

739
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:39,500
I hope you would want it as 
well. 

740
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,500
You and I have to realize that 
if we're going to endure in 

741
00:45:42,500 --> 00:45:45,100
these days, you've learned it 
face on. 

742
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,400
And these past two years, if 
you're going to make it with 

743
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:52,700
fruit hanging from the branches 
of your faithfulness, you have 

744
00:45:52,700 --> 00:45:54,200
to be ready to embrace 
suffering. 

745
00:45:56,300 --> 00:45:59,600
That might look like slander. 
That might look like stones. 

746
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:01,500
That might look like you losing 
your job. 

747
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,500
That might look like you losing 
your friends, but it's Christ 

748
00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:10,500
Worthy. 
He is worthy. and Paul believe 

749
00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:15,200
that for himself, This man did 
not allow the lumps on his head.

750
00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:19,500
He then I allow The Whispers of 
the crowds to deter him. 

751
00:46:21,700 --> 00:46:25,100
See, as much as he saw unbelief 
and resistance, he also saw 

752
00:46:25,100 --> 00:46:27,800
Souls that were willing to 
receive the Gospel and be 

753
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,600
trained up and that was enough 
for him to say even if there's a

754
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:38,000
handful at Iconium, I'm going. 
See, Paul had an amazing resume 

755
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,200
in second Corinthians, 11 of the
things that he suffered 

756
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:45,900
shipwreck. 
Robberies sleepless nights. 

757
00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:50,600
But then the cherry on the top 
at the end of that list and 

758
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:54,100
second Corinthians 11, he says 
this in verse 28 and apart, from

759
00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:57,700
other things, there is this 
daily pressure on me of my 

760
00:46:57,700 --> 00:47:04,200
anxiety for the churches. 
A holy anxiety, a concern for 

761
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:08,700
the people of God, the children 
of God, this is what drives me. 

762
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:13,800
It hurts me sometimes when I 
hear Heretics coming, I mean, 

763
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,400
can you not see that this was 
his aim in life? 

764
00:47:20,300 --> 00:47:22,200
It's clear, isn't it? 
Paul suffered. 

765
00:47:23,700 --> 00:47:27,000
It's clear isn't it? 
Timothy's being prepared to 

766
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,900
suffer and if it hasn't been 
made clear to you, let it be 

767
00:47:29,900 --> 00:47:33,800
clear to you that all who desire
to live a Godly life in Christ, 

768
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:39,400
Jesus will be persecuted. 
It might look like persecution 

769
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,100
and Antioch and Iconium or 
Lister, but it's coming one way 

770
00:47:42,100 --> 00:47:46,000
or another. 
You know, I was thinking about 

771
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,200
this. 
This is this is sometimes very 

772
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,300
difficult to preach in American 
churches. 

773
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:55,300
It really is because like, we 
understand it but you preach 

774
00:47:55,300 --> 00:47:59,400
this kind of message in China 
and they'll get it, they'll get 

775
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:03,100
it there. 
Like I've heard it was true that

776
00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:08,400
you have pastors there. 
That when they enroll to be a 

777
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:13,100
pastor they're fully convinced 
that part of that job is that 

778
00:48:13,100 --> 00:48:15,000
they will be in prison. 
Like that's what they know. 

779
00:48:16,300 --> 00:48:19,000
But in their minds isn't, it's 
not having a better building, 

780
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,000
it's not having none of that 
stuff is in the Forefront of 

781
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:24,600
their minds. 
Know, when they say, oh oh, I 

782
00:48:24,607 --> 00:48:25,800
feel like God's call me and 
password. 

783
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,100
They have, they are fully 
convinced that at one point, 

784
00:48:28,100 --> 00:48:31,300
they're going to go to jail and 
be tortured. 

785
00:48:31,700 --> 00:48:34,200
They that's just it. 
Can you imagine training up 

786
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:37,900
seminarians like that in 
America, as you graduate, you 

787
00:48:37,900 --> 00:48:40,200
most likely go to prison between
3 to 10 years. 

788
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:46,500
So, prepare your family. 
It's very hard to communicate 

789
00:48:46,500 --> 00:48:50,000
these things. 
Because of the Great Lengths of 

790
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:53,900
peace, that we have known in 
this nation, but let me remind 

791
00:48:53,900 --> 00:48:55,300
you, as we come to the book of 
Acts. 

792
00:48:55,300 --> 00:48:58,200
Again, I want you to see that 
even the early Church, New 

793
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,100
Seasons of Peace. 
We almost have this idea that I 

794
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:03,300
was just constantly turbulent 
not. 

795
00:49:03,300 --> 00:49:05,900
So here's proof. 
Acts 9:31. 

796
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,200
Acts 9:31. 
We're told this about the 

797
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:21,200
church, the early church. 
So, the church throughout all 

798
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,900
Judea and Galilee and Samaria 
had peace and was being built 

799
00:49:24,900 --> 00:49:28,300
up. 
No persecution. 

800
00:49:29,100 --> 00:49:33,600
No disruption. 
No laws being placed just peace 

801
00:49:33,700 --> 00:49:37,600
people meeting together 
celebrating potlucks Fellowship 

802
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:41,300
conferences, nothing. 
No, this nothing and it was 

803
00:49:41,300 --> 00:49:44,700
being built up. 
And in three chapters later, 

804
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:47,600
look what happens. 
In verse 1 of Acts chapter 12, 

805
00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:55,000
About that time Herod, the king 
laid violent hands on some who 

806
00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:02,400
belong to the church. the image 
that I have here is if you've 

807
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:05,000
ever if you've grown up in a 
tropical area, in this in 

808
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:08,600
America or tropical place in the
world, you know how quickly it 

809
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:14,700
can go from Sunday and clear to 
cloudy and downpour And 

810
00:50:14,700 --> 00:50:17,900
sometimes you can see those 
clouds in the Horizon and then 

811
00:50:18,100 --> 00:50:20,000
you're just, you're having a 
conversation. 

812
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,600
Next thing, you know, you 
realize that there's no sun 

813
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:25,300
kissing your skin and you're 
feeling drops on your head and 

814
00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:29,900
it took but a moment. 
So as much as you, and I in 

815
00:50:29,900 --> 00:50:31,800
America are enjoying Great 
Piece. 

816
00:50:32,100 --> 00:50:37,300
I can tell you very quickly. 
Can we see the church? 

817
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:43,000
Knowing great trouble. 
So don't be too comfortable with

818
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,400
peace. 
Enjoy it. 

819
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:49,000
Thank God for it. 
But prepare yourself for things 

820
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:53,600
to change very quickly. 
We're almost done. 

821
00:50:55,900 --> 00:50:58,300
We come back to 2nd Timothy and 
we read the final thing that 

822
00:50:58,300 --> 00:51:01,800
Paul has in mind for Timothy to 
know in order to be faithful in 

823
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:07,700
these last days. 
He says in verse 10 you need to 

824
00:51:07,700 --> 00:51:11,200
have a walk that's worthy to be 
imitated and here here's how it 

825
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,200
looks. 
There's a car there's a there's 

826
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:14,700
a doctrine that you have to 
believe in. 

827
00:51:14,700 --> 00:51:16,200
No let that influence your 
conduct. 

828
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:19,000
Let It Be Your very aim in life 
and look at how he can touch 

829
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,500
other people. 
Not only that you have to know 

830
00:51:21,700 --> 00:51:24,300
that there are suffering your 
way, don't be surprised when it 

831
00:51:24,300 --> 00:51:26,900
comes and be ready to endure it 
when it does. 

832
00:51:27,300 --> 00:51:32,800
But lastly, look what he says at
the end of verse 11, Which 

833
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:35,600
persecutions I endured yet from 
them. 

834
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:42,900
All the Lord rescued me. 
If you and I are going to no 

835
00:51:42,900 --> 00:51:45,400
faithfulness, then you have to 
know something about the 

836
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:50,400
sovereignty of God. 
What he is telling his faithful 

837
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:54,500
disciple is that even though I 
had no great pain. 

838
00:51:54,700 --> 00:51:58,400
I also saw Gods intervene power 
in each of those places. 

839
00:51:58,700 --> 00:52:03,400
God delivered me from each of 
those situations Timothy and if 

840
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:05,300
you did it for me, he will do it
for you. 

841
00:52:05,900 --> 00:52:08,500
Now here's the thing. 
This is where I believe the ESV 

842
00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:11,300
might do a disservice because 
you look at other word for word 

843
00:52:11,300 --> 00:52:13,700
translations and it doesn't read
the same way. 

844
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:18,300
See here it says yet from them 
all the Lord rescued me, but 

845
00:52:18,300 --> 00:52:21,800
other Translations would say, 
yet out of them all. 

846
00:52:22,900 --> 00:52:26,000
The Lord rescued me and I think 
that makes more sense. 

847
00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:30,600
It's not true that the Lord will
rescue and Deliver Us from 

848
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:32,400
trouble. 
That's not true. 

849
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:37,000
What is true is that you will 
know afflictions, but from those

850
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,800
afflictions he will deliver you.
That's the difference. 

851
00:52:40,900 --> 00:52:42,200
And that's what he's saying 
here. 

852
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:44,500
Yes, I've known those 
afflictions. 

853
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:47,100
Yes, I've went through them, but
I can tell you this. 

854
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:51,100
I felt the hand of God lift me 
out of them in due time. 

855
00:52:51,900 --> 00:52:54,900
In fact, many believe that what 
Paul is doing here is he is 

856
00:52:54,900 --> 00:52:59,100
borrowing the language of the 
psalmist in Psalm 34:19 where we

857
00:52:59,100 --> 00:53:03,100
are told many are the 
afflictions of the righteous but

858
00:53:03,100 --> 00:53:05,000
the Lord delivers him out of 
them all. 

859
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:08,500
Timothy. 
You have to understand that 

860
00:53:08,500 --> 00:53:12,200
though, your foes no Kings do 
Governor's even though entire 

861
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:15,200
cities would come against you, 
there is a God who is Sovereign 

862
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:18,300
over all of them, he holds all 
power. 

863
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:22,000
He is supreme and strength. 
Nothing can confound his 

864
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:24,600
counsel? 
He is in control. 

865
00:53:27,900 --> 00:53:31,200
Is he Paul? 
You believe that he'll rescue 

866
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:32,800
from from everything? 
Yes. 

867
00:53:33,500 --> 00:53:36,000
So is he going to rescue you 
from prison as you write this 

868
00:53:37,300 --> 00:53:40,300
because you're telling me that 
he rescued you from Antioch and 

869
00:53:40,300 --> 00:53:44,800
Iconium is he going to rescue 
you From jail right now. 

870
00:53:45,500 --> 00:53:47,300
Here's the answer and Paul knows
it. 

871
00:53:47,500 --> 00:53:50,900
No. 
No. 

872
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:56,000
In fact, Paul in this letter is 
confident, I'm going to Glory. 

873
00:53:57,900 --> 00:53:59,800
I'm not going to be delivered. 
This time. 

874
00:53:59,900 --> 00:54:02,900
This imprisonment is different. 
So wait, does it make your point

875
00:54:02,900 --> 00:54:05,800
less valid? 
I thought you just said that the

876
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:08,300
Lord rescues us from death that 
he will. 

877
00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:11,000
Not let the enemy have his way 
with us though he might come out

878
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:12,500
scape. 
Is that is that what's going to 

879
00:54:12,500 --> 00:54:14,500
happen to? 
You know, I'm actually gonna 

880
00:54:14,500 --> 00:54:17,800
die. 
So what does it mean? 

881
00:54:19,100 --> 00:54:21,100
Well, it's the same 
understanding that those three 

882
00:54:21,100 --> 00:54:24,600
Hebrew boys had when they were 
ready to be thrown into a 

883
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:26,600
furnace for not bowing. 
Down to an idle. 

884
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:34,500
The Lord is able, And he will. 
But even if he doesn't, We're 

885
00:54:34,500 --> 00:54:38,900
not going to worship your gods. 
Is God a table? 

886
00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:44,500
Paul says yes has God. 
Yes will God this time as much 

887
00:54:44,500 --> 00:54:46,600
as you and I believe in his 
Sovereign power. 

888
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,800
We must also believe with it, 
his perfect wisdom. 

889
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:57,000
He can deliver me. but it 
doesn't mean he has to He can 

890
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:00,400
save me from Death, he can make 
sure that your body will never 

891
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,000
know even a cold for the rest of
your life. 

892
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,900
And he can make sure that 
whatever assassination attempt 

893
00:55:05,900 --> 00:55:09,400
on your head is planned will 
never succeed. 

894
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:17,600
But his deliverance from death. 
Can also be a Deliverance 

895
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:20,300
through death into his presence 
forever and ever. 

896
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,300
So Paul had a confidence in the 
sovereignty of God. 

897
00:55:25,300 --> 00:55:29,300
He can, he has and he might but 
I know he won't. 

898
00:55:29,300 --> 00:55:32,100
He still Sovereign, though, how 
can you be discouraged with such

899
00:55:32,100 --> 00:55:35,900
a belief. 
How can you be discouraged? 

900
00:55:36,700 --> 00:55:39,100
It's like he's able to do it in 
a moment, he can remove that 

901
00:55:39,100 --> 00:55:42,300
pain from you in a moment. 
He can, he can make a way he can

902
00:55:42,300 --> 00:55:46,700
open it, he can do everything, 
but I also rest in the knowledge

903
00:55:46,700 --> 00:55:51,700
that if he doesn't. 
There's a greater reason for it.

904
00:55:53,300 --> 00:55:56,100
I think about ax you not to turn
there in Acts 12 and acts 12. 

905
00:55:56,100 --> 00:55:58,800
When Herod came to put his 
Filthy Hands, on the pure Church

906
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,900
of Jesus Christ. 
He takes a hold of James, one of

907
00:56:01,900 --> 00:56:06,300
the Apostles and slays his neck.
He kills them. 

908
00:56:07,700 --> 00:56:11,000
And in the same chapter in 
prisons Peter and Peter through 

909
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:15,200
the prayers of the Saints. 
Knows a miraculous escape from 

910
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,900
iron bars. 
Well why didn't do it for James?

911
00:56:17,900 --> 00:56:24,200
We were you not able know he was
able He was able to save James 

912
00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:27,500
and Peter but in his perfect 
wisdom, James had an early 

913
00:56:27,500 --> 00:56:31,800
graduation into Glory. 
And it is perfect, wisdom. 

914
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:34,800
Peter needed to be delivered 
because Peter still had some 

915
00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:38,900
work to do. 
How do you lose in the Christian

916
00:56:38,900 --> 00:56:39,700
Life? 
Tell me. 

917
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:42,600
Do you know a loophole that I 
don't know about? 

918
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:46,100
Because I look at this and I 
realize that we are more than 

919
00:56:46,100 --> 00:56:49,000
conquerors in Jesus Christ. 
Let's pray. 

920
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,300
But we thank you for the 
inspired word of God. 

921
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:18,500
Oh the life that we felt this 
afternoon from the scriptures 

922
00:57:19,300 --> 00:57:22,400
Lord. 
We are amazed at your wisdom and

923
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:24,900
Lord we realize that this is a 
word for today. 

924
00:57:25,500 --> 00:57:28,800
We ask you o God by your grace 
and by the things that we have 

925
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,100
heard that you would make Us 
Faithful. 

926
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:34,700
Make us faithful in these last 
days. 

927
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:39,300
Lord, may we be a people of the 
book who know what we believe. 

928
00:57:39,300 --> 00:57:41,600
It may it be translated into our
conduct. 

929
00:57:41,700 --> 00:57:44,700
It may not just be translated 
into how we behave, but may it 

930
00:57:44,700 --> 00:57:49,000
actually affect the Throne of 
our affections. maybe are very 

931
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:53,100
aim in life to live for the 
glory of Jesus O Lord, may we 

932
00:57:53,100 --> 00:57:56,900
not be intimidated at the 
hostility in the Horizon but 

933
00:57:56,900 --> 00:58:03,500
maybe look at all persecution 
with a smile on our face knowing

934
00:58:03,500 --> 00:58:06,300
that you are able to rescue, you
will rescue but even if you 

935
00:58:06,300 --> 00:58:12,000
don't Lord you are sovereign 
still and so, Lord, we ask that 

936
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:15,300
you would give us what you put 
in this man, Paul that despite 

937
00:58:15,300 --> 00:58:18,600
the Betrayal, despite all the 
Despicable things that were done

938
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:24,100
to him to his reputation, He had
a love for the church, I love 

939
00:58:24,100 --> 00:58:27,500
for the gospel, love for souls 
and he wanted to minister to 

940
00:58:27,500 --> 00:58:32,200
them even if it costs them, even
if it costs him his health his 

941
00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:37,300
comfort his safety. 
Lord we are so selfish Deliver 

942
00:58:37,300 --> 00:58:41,800
Us from self crucify us Lord. 
We pray o. 

943
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:45,300
God that that this old man 
though met would try to be 

944
00:58:45,300 --> 00:58:48,400
resurrected that it would 
remain, it would remain in the 

945
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:51,300
Tomb. 
And that we would walk in New 

946
00:58:51,300 --> 00:58:54,900
Life In Jesus, but we do not 
have the power to do this within

947
00:58:54,900 --> 00:58:56,600
ourselves. 
It must be your grace. 

948
00:58:57,300 --> 00:59:00,800
It must be your grace in US. 
Lord, we pray for the father's 

949
00:59:00,800 --> 00:59:02,900
in here. 
We pray for the disciple makers 

950
00:59:02,900 --> 00:59:05,800
in here, we pray for the 
mentors, the leaders will God, 

951
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:07,700
those who are training, those 
who are older brothers and 

952
00:59:07,700 --> 00:59:11,900
sisters, may our walk be worthy 
of imitation. 

953
00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:14,700
The we may not be Apostles or 
prophets. 

954
00:59:14,700 --> 00:59:18,100
May our love for Jesus Christ. 
Make an impression those who 

955
00:59:18,100 --> 00:59:20,300
watch us. 
Oh Lord. 

956
00:59:20,300 --> 00:59:24,500
This is what we long for it. 
May not our walk be for the sake

957
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:27,700
of impressing. 
Others may just be the simple 

958
00:59:27,700 --> 00:59:31,200
devotion to you, that would 
spill over into other things, 

959
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,300
but we worship you for the word 
today. 

960
00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:36,500
We give you all glory as a 
church in Jesus, Christ's name 

961
00:59:36,500 --> 00:59:38,800
we pray. 
Amen, let's stand and Worship 

962
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:39,600
the Lord shall we?