1 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:25,600 2nd Timothy chapter 4. 2nd Timothy chapter 4 beginning in 2 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:38,100 verse 9. Second Timothy 49 reads, do your 3 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:43,800 best to come to me soon for Demas and love with this present 4 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,700 world has deserted me and gone to thessalonica. 5 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,400 Crescens has gone to galatia Titus to Dalmatia. 6 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:57,100 Luke alone is with me, get Mark and bring him with you for. 7 00:00:57,100 --> 00:01:01,800 He is very useful to me for Ministry tychicus. 8 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,300 I have sent to Ephesus. When you come bring the cloak 9 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:10,500 that I left with carpus at troas, also, the books and above 10 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:14,900 all the parchments, Alexander the coppersmith. 11 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:20,200 Did me, great harm, the Lord will repay him according to his 12 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,800 deeds. Beware of him yourself for he 13 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:32,100 strongly, opposed our message. Left to our own understanding. 14 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,000 We might think that there would be no need for Paul to add 15 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,500 anything else to this letter especially after such powerful 16 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:44,900 comforting and reassuring words concerning his own death. 17 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:46,800 And the death of the righteous altogether. 18 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:53,200 I mean, how can you top verse 8 henceforth? 19 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:57,000 There is laid up for me, the crown of righteousness, which 20 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 the Lord, the righteous judge will. 21 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,500 Award to me on that day and not only to me but also to all who 22 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:06,900 have loved his appearing just ended there. 23 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,300 What a crescendo, what? A way to conclude. 24 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:13,200 What? A way to land this thing. 25 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,700 What a way to leave us in. Awe, and empowered. 26 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:25,200 And yet, The Holy Spirit. And perhaps to the surprise of 27 00:02:25,208 --> 00:02:28,300 the first time, reader leaves us with 13 verses. 28 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,600 What else needs to be said? What else does he longed to 29 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,700 teach us? Why add to something that we 30 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:42,700 just read here in verse 8? Indeed he is wise indeed. 31 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:45,700 There is great wisdom for us today and either is great. 32 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:50,600 Great application and something as insignificant as details 33 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,000 random names and random requests. 34 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:56,500 If you just get a quick glance of what we just read, your 35 00:02:56,500 --> 00:03:02,200 realize that God is apparently interested, and US understanding 36 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,700 Paul's Dynamic relationship with others. 37 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:14,300 Paul loved God and because Paul love God, he also cherished 38 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:17,700 people, I mean read his letters and you'll realize that he was 39 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:22,200 an expert at remembering names and only that he was keenly 40 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:27,100 aware of the individuals that he has encountered or administered 41 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:30,100 with or served and the circumstances that they're 42 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:35,100 enduring at a specific time, he really treasured people and he 43 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:37,300 cared Them. And here we are. 44 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:39,800 And what we would later, realizes the last letter of 45 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:45,100 Paul, the man can't help. But mention names, he has to, he 46 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:47,500 has to Spirit is moving in, but there is still an element of his 47 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:49,800 personality, tied into these verses. 48 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,300 But for what purpose, how does this benefit us? 49 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,500 DMS, take a kiss, Dalmatian Mark carpus. 50 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:04,600 So what I believe upon meditation, that wonderful 51 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,000 promise that we are given that if we think over these things, 52 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,400 the Lord will give us understanding. 53 00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:14,500 I believe, the main point out of these verses is that In order to 54 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:18,700 understand a genuine or the genuine Christian Life. 55 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:24,000 From beginning to end, it is definitely experienced with and 56 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,300 defined by the intricacy of relationships. 57 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:34,500 The genuine Christian Life is experienced with and defined by 58 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,800 the intricacy of relationships with others. 59 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:45,100 It is impossible to say that you serve god without having to also 60 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:48,000 open your heart and invite people into your world. 61 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,700 To serve God means you will serve people. 62 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:01,900 And that way of life, introduces soaring Joy's, as well as some 63 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:06,200 of the most aching things that your soul can touch and taste. 64 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:11,800 You see what many people think about Christian relationship 65 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,100 with other Christians. As that, it is nothing more than 66 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:17,700 an unofficial agreement to check up on one another. 67 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:20,400 Once a week, that is not what this is about. 68 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,500 That is not what this is about. It is much more devoted than 69 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:27,200 that it is deeper than it is more serious than that. 70 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:32,100 And when you really take on what it means to be a community to 71 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:36,100 have people in your life that you run this race with you are 72 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:39,700 in for a roller coaster of highs and lows. 73 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:46,000 You will know an eruption of praise for an extended period of 74 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:52,500 time and you will also know eruptions of pain. relationships 75 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:58,100 can be extremely rewarding and at the same time, very upsetting 76 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:03,700 And Paul's Network. Reading these verses proves just 77 00:06:03,700 --> 00:06:09,000 that. I cannot help but think that the 78 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,100 reason why God has placed these scriptures here for us, is that 79 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,100 the apostles account of his acquaintances and friendships 80 00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:20,400 and Ministry Partners is somewhat of a model of what you 81 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:27,000 and I can expect. as we do life with others in Christ, the 82 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,200 attitudes and the actions that he brings up about certain 83 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,400 individuals that he served. And he served with are extremely 84 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,800 important for us to understand, you know why? 85 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:41,500 Because it will put a realistic lens on our relationships with 86 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:44,400 people. Now, what I'm about to present 87 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,600 to you today will not mean very much if you have a shallow 88 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,100 participation in a local church, it won't, in fact, it will sound 89 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:55,900 strange and it might even sound silly But what I'm about to 90 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:59,000 bring to you today will be extremely beneficial if you are 91 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:04,100 those who are rooted in a place committed to a group of people, 92 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:08,200 this will all make sense and this will greatly help you. 93 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:10,400 Because what you have to understand that, there are many 94 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,600 believers who innocently believe innocently believe that just 95 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,000 because you have a circle of friends who are apparently 96 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,800 saved. And just because you're a part 97 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,200 of a community of people who profess a love for Jesus Christ 98 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:28,200 means that we are Perfectly going to share Grace and extend 99 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:33,500 forgiveness and love and loyalty hand in hand from the moment we 100 00:07:33,500 --> 00:07:37,700 meet until we skip into heaven. And you have other believers who 101 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:40,100 believe that, absolutely everybody who walks through 102 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:44,500 these front doors and even signs up for membership and even 103 00:07:44,500 --> 00:07:48,800 serves in wonderful ways will be permanent pillars of the 104 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:55,100 ministry. Paul and Servants of God 105 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:58,500 throughout history, their testimonies would say. 106 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:02,000 Otherwise it's much more complicated than that. 107 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:06,400 It's complex. It's really complex. 108 00:08:07,900 --> 00:08:10,200 And it's important to be clear sighted about these things 109 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,500 because they will help us know how to respond to the complexity 110 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:15,100 of relationships with other believers. 111 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,400 You will know how to respond to the good prayerfully. 112 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,900 You will be able to react to not so good and you will be ready to 113 00:08:21,900 --> 00:08:26,000 stand firm with the ugly because there is the good. 114 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:30,400 There is a not so good and there is horrific things. 115 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:35,900 When we commit ourselves to other people, And if we do not 116 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:39,900 prepare ourselves, if we do not have a Biblical perspective on 117 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:44,500 what people are capable of that, you just might be setting 118 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:49,200 yourself up to be shaken to be shaken For Your Love In Christ, 119 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,300 and for Christ and to even be shaken in your service to the 120 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:56,900 Lord himself, some of us are more prone to under appreciate 121 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:58,900 those who are clearly blessings to us. 122 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,600 Whereas, there are others who are swimming in Dangerous Waters 123 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,500 because they are overly dependent. 124 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:09,300 Pawn other Christians, we want to be exactly in the center of 125 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:16,000 God's wisdom and how we how we do this, how we walk this walk? 126 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,500 How we endure this race with others who are running in the 127 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:24,700 same Lane as us. So with that being said, I want 128 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:29,600 to present to you 66, there was going to be seven, believe 129 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:35,900 number seven for next week. Six realistic, relational facets 130 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:40,500 that every believer can potentially encounter and where 131 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:44,000 you going to use. Paul's writings here, as a case 132 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,900 study, Paul's personal relational history to 133 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:51,500 understand, what can come about in our lives. 134 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:57,400 As we are a church. And the first category of 135 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,200 Believers that we can forecast to engage with our found in 136 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,600 verse 9. Those who bring us great joy and 137 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,300 comfort. Paul says, do your best to come 138 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:11,100 to me soon. In this one short verse, you 139 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:15,700 know what you have? You have a man who clearly 140 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:19,700 believes that, you can know deep deep Delight in another 141 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:22,400 Christian. That the presence of another 142 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:27,700 believer can be an extension of God's goodness that a friend or 143 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:30,300 friends that have been providentially brought about 144 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:33,700 into your life. Can genuinely bring relief to 145 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:38,800 your soul, can rescue you from despair can awaken a joy and 146 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,900 Christ and could be a form of shelter. 147 00:10:40,900 --> 00:10:45,800 As you whether winter storms, Timothy, was that to Paul the 148 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,500 guy was his mentor. Sure, he encouraged him to 149 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:50,800 continue Faith. Absolutely about Paul him. 150 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:55,600 Self, drew some sweetness from his relationship with Timothy. 151 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,900 He actually felt it wasn't like, okay, you're a Christian I'm 152 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:03,200 supposed to, you know, walk this walk and hear you out and pray 153 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,600 with you and lay my head on your shoulder and you cry and I'll 154 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,700 try to cry with you. It wasn't that Go back to 155 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:12,100 chapter 1 of the same book. In verse 4, look what he says 156 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:17,300 about Timothy Paul says, in second, Timothy 14, as I 157 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:20,700 remember your tears, I long to see you. 158 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:26,100 I long to see you that I may be filled with joy. 159 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:31,600 Hold on, for a second. Paul is making a connection 160 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:38,100 between the presence of Timothy. And being filled with genuine 161 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:43,200 Sensational tangible, Joy. You know what, you have some 162 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,400 good hearted Christians, who might say of that, that sounds 163 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,400 like idolatry. That sounds like you're making 164 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:53,500 much too much of a person. Paul, that sounds like you are 165 00:11:53,500 --> 00:11:58,600 elevating a man to wear, only God should be And yet the 166 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,400 scriptures would say. Otherwise yes we are supposed to 167 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,100 love God supremely but I believe the reason why Paul is saying 168 00:12:05,100 --> 00:12:08,400 these things and he is perfectly righteous and holy and doing so 169 00:12:08,900 --> 00:12:12,800 is because Paul knew Paul did not forget that whatever he 170 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,700 enjoyed from Timothy was ultimately sourced from God 171 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:20,100 himself. Timothy who brought this joy in 172 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:21,900 his life? Was a reason. 173 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:24,100 Why we read this in verse 4, go to verse 3. 174 00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:26,800 And what does he say? He says, I thank God. 175 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,100 Whom I serve. I thank God for whom I serve and 176 00:12:31,100 --> 00:12:34,400 then he tells to me that because I remember you your faith and I 177 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:39,400 long to see you man, like, come over, it's been too long. 178 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,400 We need a hangout, that's the simplified version of it. 179 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:48,300 I want to see you. And I moved in my heart and I 180 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:53,900 long for you to be close to me and God has always introduced 181 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:56,700 men and women in the lives of his servants. 182 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,400 Who have the ability to make your days lighter and brighter. 183 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:06,000 And you have every right to feel great, Joy about people. 184 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,100 Or about a person. It's often the mix of their 185 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:14,900 personality, it's definitely the shared love for Christ that you 186 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:17,700 have, I hope? And something about their 187 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:20,300 gentleness and their patience towards you. 188 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:24,200 Maybe it can be as simple. I know this sounds crazy the way 189 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:30,600 they laugh and make you laugh. That causes you to feel a great 190 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,400 love for that person or people. And guess what? 191 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,100 That's not just. Okay. 192 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,300 That's something to worship God about. 193 00:13:40,500 --> 00:13:42,700 If King David were two here and he were to sit in the service, 194 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:45,200 he would totally be able to Echo the sentiments of Paul because 195 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,300 he had a friend just like that we touched on it last week 196 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:50,100 briefly but I want to turn your attention there. 197 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:53,500 And second Samuel, the Old Testament chapter 1. 198 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,800 This is a memoir of Saul and Jonathan who died in battle, 199 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:01,600 David heard it. He was grieved, he wrote a song 200 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,900 about it and he says something inspired by the spirit in verse 201 00:14:04,900 --> 00:14:09,900 26 of second. Samuel chapter 1, Jonathan and 202 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:11,900 this is verse 25. How? 203 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:14,100 The mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle. 204 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:17,700 Jonathan lies. Slain, on your high places. 205 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:23,100 Now, look what he says about his friend I am distressed for you. 206 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,800 My brother Jonathan very pleasant. 207 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,800 Have you been to me? Your love to me was 208 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:37,300 extraordinary surpassing the love of woman Surpassing the 209 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:41,100 love of women. So the same psalmist, who wrote 210 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:45,200 in your speaking to God in your presence is the fullness of joy. 211 00:14:45,300 --> 00:14:49,500 Could also say of another Fallen human being who love God and 212 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:53,100 walked according to his ways. You are very pleasant to me. 213 00:14:53,700 --> 00:14:57,200 You can say both. You can say both. 214 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:00,900 And what's? So encouraging here is that he 215 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:06,400 actually goes on to even say That the love of this man was so 216 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,500 extraordinary, it surpassed the love of women. 217 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:12,600 Now, David didn't have the best marriage history. 218 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:17,200 The ability to relate to one woman was not the most 219 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,600 praiseworthy, but nonetheless, there's something to be said 220 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,200 here, and unfortunately, you have men and you have people of 221 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:29,700 a certain Community who would try to justify how God how God 222 00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:32,700 permits for homosexual relationships and what use this 223 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:36,600 as a proof text. And saying, look, he clearly is 224 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,900 saying that the love of another man is greater than the love of 225 00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:43,300 women, and that is just one sliver of evidence of how 226 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:46,000 perverted man can be, you know, why? 227 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,600 I'll tell you why? Because it's a commentary. 228 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,000 On how this generation doesn't understand. 229 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,500 True love isn't not a sad. Thing to know that there are 230 00:15:56,500 --> 00:16:00,800 people who can't grasp the idea of deep love without sexualizing 231 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:05,000 it. If it has to be deep love like 232 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,500 this than it has to be sexual. Well, you don't know what love 233 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,500 is. You don't. 234 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,000 And this man here is expressing a friendship. 235 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Love, I committed love a loyal love, and he can say, is even 236 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,900 greater than that of the relationships, he's had with 237 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:22,700 women. There's something so powerful 238 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:26,100 about this. And the point is that a passage 239 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:30,100 like this shows us that God bestows Upon Us, Grace's through 240 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:34,100 others, who touch our hearts in a special way and guess why you 241 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:36,100 can expect that in your Christian Life. 242 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,700 You can expect that in your Christian Life that person could 243 00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:43,700 be a friend, like Jonathan that came at an early point in your 244 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,700 walk with the Lord like David who was freshly anointed and God 245 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:48,400 brought us supporter at the right time. 246 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,000 That person could be your spouse and I hope it is. 247 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,300 That person could be a mentor like Paul was to Timothy that 248 00:16:55,300 --> 00:16:59,300 person could just be somebody that you've just connected with 249 00:16:59,300 --> 00:17:02,400 on a certain Sunday afternoon and your lives are conjoined in 250 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:06,800 a special way. But no matter what, no matter 251 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,099 what someone offers you, whatever, Comfort, whatever, 252 00:17:10,099 --> 00:17:16,099 whatever warmth, whatever spring of joy and Delight is ultimately 253 00:17:16,099 --> 00:17:20,099 God. Who is fashion that person and 254 00:17:20,099 --> 00:17:23,500 provided that person for you? Don't you forget to thank him 255 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:26,300 for it. Oh it's not just Timothy. 256 00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:29,200 Do a come back to S too many for look at this mention. 257 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,700 We would we would skip over a verse like this, there's just 258 00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:34,500 seemed trivial this one, seems so unimportant, but look at 259 00:17:34,500 --> 00:17:37,000 verse 13. What he says, when you come 260 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:42,100 bring the cloak that I left with carpus at troas, also, the books 261 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:46,100 and above all the parchments. I was tempted. 262 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,600 I want to preach just on that verse. 263 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:53,600 Just on verse 13, the the cloak, the books, the parchment, 264 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:58,700 there's so much there, so much there for the sake of the theme 265 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:00,300 of what we're trying to communicate today. 266 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:05,400 Consider this that Paul request his personable and valuable 267 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:10,100 items from a man named carpus an unsung hero. 268 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:13,400 Never hear of them again or before this Timothy before you 269 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,900 come and visit me, go to carpets his house. 270 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,300 I've left my prized possessions with him. 271 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,000 Telling me what Paul trusted carpus. 272 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,600 He really did, he can leave some cash at his house and not worry 273 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,800 that a dollar would be taken. Carpus could ask for his car 274 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,700 keys and and Paul would be okay with that. 275 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:40,200 And so there are there there are wonderful things that await us. 276 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,100 Wonderful people that will become family to us that we can 277 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:48,400 trust and we can enjoy. And we can receive so much from. 278 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:52,700 It was Timothy, always carpets. I'm sure there are others, but 279 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:55,800 realize this again, let me say it that those people have been 280 00:18:55,800 --> 00:19:00,100 given by God, even the name, Jonathan means, God has given 281 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:06,400 God has given and God will give to you and I believe it and 282 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:11,600 rejoice at those Treasures because Jesus Christ paid a 283 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,700 price to purchase friendships like that. 284 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:23,200 Christ paid a price so that he can so transform hearts in which 285 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:26,000 though you have different backgrounds, and personalities 286 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,400 and histories, there can be a connection that is deeper than 287 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,200 blood and that is the holy spirit living in you and living 288 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,400 in them. Christ paid a price for such 289 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,000 relationships. So if you are enjoying them, if 290 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,600 your relishing in them, if you are making memories with them, 291 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:47,200 don't forget to thank God. First thing that you and I can 292 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,700 expect in this Christian walk with other Christians are people 293 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:52,500 who will bring us great comfort and joy. 294 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:56,800 But secondly, you can expect those who might walk away from 295 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:02,100 the cause of Christ. Verse 10 for Demas in love with 296 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:05,200 this present world has deserted me and gone to thessalonica. 297 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:10,000 If Timothy is an example of the deep joy, as you can know, and 298 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,300 Christian relationships, then Dimas is an illustration of the 299 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:18,700 great risks. That you can expect and choosing 300 00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:23,400 to serve alongside other people Dimas was not an acquaintance 301 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,400 merely. He was more than that. 302 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,700 He was a traveling Ministry partner with Paul, he's 303 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:31,200 mentioned and Philemon. Where there he is, called a 304 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,900 fellow worker, he's mentioned in the book of Colossians. 305 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,900 But Demas. Although he was a fruitful 306 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:41,300 servant at one point, is the embodiment of something that 307 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:44,700 Jesus taught, one of the three conditions, the unfortunate 308 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:48,900 conditions of the Soul. That response to the word of God 309 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:52,000 and the wrong way. Dimas had a heart that was 310 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,400 Rocky. So at one point he received the 311 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,600 gospel in such a way that it jolted him to serve alongside 312 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:05,200 with a renowned apostle. And he apparently had some kind 313 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,400 of fruit there. He was a worker. 314 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,300 He contributed to a certain extent. 315 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:12,000 He was an asset to Paul's Ministry Endeavors. 316 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:17,500 But just as Christ taught about the rocky soil, Dimas endured 317 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:20,900 for a while. For a while. 318 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,400 And then when there was a price to this thing, when it became 319 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:29,700 costly, when he saw Paul getting arrested and persecuted when he 320 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:32,700 saw, how Christians were being targeted by the government Dimas 321 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:36,300 pulls out, not just because of a fear of that, but because of a 322 00:21:36,308 --> 00:21:38,900 love for the present world, you know what I find? 323 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:42,800 So interesting about verse 10, when Paul describes his 324 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,600 desertion, he doesn't say he left Christ. 325 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,500 So that was his ultimate crime. He says he left me. 326 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,900 He left me, why is Paul making this personal? 327 00:21:55,400 --> 00:22:00,400 It's very simple because he himself felt the sting himself 328 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:06,700 experienced a sorrow when this man that he served with chose to 329 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:11,500 walk away from the Narrow Path and straying into the world that 330 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:15,400 brought paying to the man. It hurts. 331 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:21,100 And how could it not when you are considering the faithfulness 332 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:24,800 of Demas? How can Paul not be not be hurt? 333 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:28,600 I wonder if he remembered the times where you saw Dimas 334 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,800 witnessing to people. I wonder if after he learned 335 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:37,300 where he went into the world, he reflected upon the times of 336 00:22:37,300 --> 00:22:42,300 intercession while they traveled into unknown territory, not 337 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:45,600 knowing where to go next. I wonder what it was that 338 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:50,500 flooded, his mind for him to make this so personal Dimas hurt 339 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:52,900 him. And I want to tell you today, I 340 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:54,700 want to be very realistic because the Bible is very 341 00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:57,700 realistic. You better be ready. 342 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:05,300 For the possibility of people walking away from Christ that 343 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:08,400 once walk with you in the Name of Christ. 344 00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:13,500 It can happen. It can happen very easily and 345 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:16,700 perhaps some of you and here, can even testify, especially you 346 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:19,400 Saints who have walked longer in this faith. 347 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,300 That you go on social media one day. 348 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:26,400 And somebody that used to hold Bible studies that you benefited 349 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,700 from much or somebody that you once evangelize on the streets 350 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:32,000 or didn't Ministry without a certain local church for a 351 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,800 season of your life is now clearly in the world. 352 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:44,500 And it hurts you. It stings it brings pain and I 353 00:23:44,508 --> 00:23:46,600 think that's important for us to know because we need to be 354 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,300 prepared for it. I remember going to a conference 355 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:54,900 when I first got saved maybe a year in and I was in Canada. 356 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:59,500 We came to the United States in great Zeal, we hopped in a car 357 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:01,900 and we drove 24 hours with a group of friends to go to a 358 00:24:01,908 --> 00:24:04,300 specific conference. It was a young adults 359 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:05,800 conference. And so, before every service, 360 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,400 there will be lineups lineups of young people and they're getting 361 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,700 them all pumped up and And all these things and as you're 362 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:14,500 standing in line you would meet different people. 363 00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:16,500 And so I remember meeting a specific young man who was a 364 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:18,400 youth pastor in the city of Boston? 365 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,200 And he just opened himself up. He was so he was just bubbling 366 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,600 with joy. I mean, the guy was almost going 367 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,500 to fly waiting for the service to begin and he introduced 368 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:31,300 himself and he asked what we did and who we were and then we 369 00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:34,400 extinct exchange social media, you know, accounts so that we 370 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,500 can follow up with one another. We saw him periodically 371 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:41,400 throughout that conference was a large one, still Nice guy. 372 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:47,200 Friendly guy. In that setting, I thought this 373 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,900 guy was not just an he was on fire for God. 374 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,400 Years Ago, by never seen him ever since years go by. 375 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,200 But you know how social media has the ability to keep you 376 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,900 connected to people even from decades ago. 377 00:24:58,900 --> 00:25:02,800 One day to my surprise after years, I sign on, I go into 378 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,100 social media and I see the same person, post a picture, and he 379 00:25:06,108 --> 00:25:08,900 is Marching In the Gay Pride Parade of his City. 380 00:25:11,100 --> 00:25:13,700 Dress in a way that I cannot even describe to you without 381 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:16,500 blushing. And so, I clicked on his 382 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:18,600 profile, I look through his time, I realize that he's in a 383 00:25:18,608 --> 00:25:21,700 relationship with a man. He walked away from the 384 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:23,700 ministry. And guess what? 385 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,800 I had no more of a 10-minute conversation with that person. 386 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,000 That might be even in his eyes Eurasian and I still felt pain. 387 00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:34,500 And I couldn't help, but think of his students. 388 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:39,200 I couldn't help, but think of the ministry, that hired him can 389 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,200 help. But think of the times that 390 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,600 people listen to this man, preach to them this, these high 391 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,700 school kids. What are they feeling? 392 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,400 You want to walk this walk? Expect people to walk out on 393 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,600 Christ, God forbid. But don't be surprised if it 394 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,800 happens. But thirdly, we read of another 395 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,800 group of people, another category and is found here in 396 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,500 verse 10. In the second part, he says, 397 00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:09,700 Christians has gone through galatia Titus to Dalmatia. 398 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,100 Now, look at verse, look at verse 12. 399 00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:15,400 Take a kiss. I have sent to Ephesus. 400 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:21,600 The next group here. Are just again it seems like 401 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,700 insignificant details of men and names going to certain places 402 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:27,300 but it is extremely important to grasp because they will help us 403 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:30,000 greatly. This point actually might be the 404 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,500 most relatable point to a lot of you in this place. 405 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,200 So pay attention. This actually might heal. 406 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:41,900 You We had told at these names have brought my brother here and 407 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,300 galatian. Other brother here, another 408 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:45,800 brother that was commissioned by Paul himself to go to take a 409 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,600 kiss. We can't place these men in the 410 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:55,600 same category as Dimas Dimas abandoned Paul, he was operating 411 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,100 out of selfishness. He was operating out of 412 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:05,700 unbelief, it was an apostate. These men we are told there are 413 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:08,700 not in close proximity Paul and he's communicating that they're 414 00:27:08,700 --> 00:27:11,400 not with me. There's somewhere else. 415 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,800 He doesn't condemn them for such actions. 416 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,800 He doesn't blame them for unfaithfulness he remained 417 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,600 silent and that silence is important. 418 00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:26,700 Why why are we being told again? Christians has gone to Glacier. 419 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:30,800 Okay, Titus to Dalmatia. All right, take you guys. 420 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,400 I've sent to Ephesus. That makes more sense. 421 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,400 He's probably sending tickets to Ephesus so that he can take care 422 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,000 of the congregation so that Timothy can come and visit him, 423 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,700 that makes sense. But what about the other two? 424 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:44,400 And again, upon meditation upon looking at this, I believe, the 425 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,900 main reason why Paul is mentioning this to Timothy is so 426 00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:51,400 that Timothy can know that these people had to leave it was out 427 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,000 of necessity, not out of Apostasy. 428 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,700 Their absence could be felt it contributed to the need for 429 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:04,200 Timothy to be there with them, but they had to be there. 430 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,500 They had to be away causing separation between the parties 431 00:28:09,300 --> 00:28:12,300 may be for a long amount of time and maybe even permanently 432 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:14,600 here's what I'm trying to say to you today. 433 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,300 Throughout the course of your life, there will be those that 434 00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:22,900 you have richly invested your time and energy for there will 435 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:26,400 be those that you have shared so much with their we those that 436 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:31,500 you perhaps you have made unspoken promises because of the 437 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:35,000 richness of your relationship that you would never never part 438 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,700 ways. And then one day they move. 439 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:43,400 And then one day you get the news that your friend that you 440 00:28:43,408 --> 00:28:46,900 have known for so long. That would bring a smile to your 441 00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:48,900 face. As you would walk into this room 442 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:50,600 is not going to be there anymore. 443 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,500 That's just the reality of the Christian Journey. 444 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:04,200 Listen, please listen to me, people come and go people come 445 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,900 and go and it's not because they fell in love with the world. 446 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,300 Truth be told some Christians handle this kind of transition 447 00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:16,700 in life. More easily than others. 448 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,100 And again, as I said, if you have a shallow participation in 449 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:23,200 your church, if you're not rooted in, if you're just a 450 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,600 sermon listener and not a committed member at a specific 451 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,100 place, whether it's here or elsewhere, this might not hold 452 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:34,800 any weight but some of, you know, the sadness. 453 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:39,200 Of somebody leaving. Somebody moving on. 454 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:46,700 And that sadness is a testament, that grief is an indication of 455 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:50,800 your love for that person. But I want to say this and it's 456 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:55,400 so important to understand, although, that grief is totally 457 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,500 normal, and it's even to be expected. 458 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:00,600 If you really care for somebody, please pay attention. 459 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,200 Please pay attention. Some of you need to really, 460 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:09,700 really, really, really here. This that sadness, can easily 461 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:17,500 make you selfish. I can make you and I selfish 462 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,900 saying, what do you mean? Here's what I mean that over the 463 00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:25,400 years as people come and go, you have those who in order to 464 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:30,100 protect themselves from that pain in order to avoid that 465 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:33,100 strange sensation, that even though you are still going to 466 00:30:33,108 --> 00:30:35,300 the same place, there are some people who are not there and at 467 00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:39,200 there's a feeling of something's missing here in order to avoid 468 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,800 all of that you crawl into a shell. 469 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:46,200 You refuse to open your heart up to other people that God is 470 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,300 bringing into your life. I want to be very pastoral. 471 00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:53,900 Now, I want to speak to a specific thing that many 472 00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:58,600 Christians deal with and it is dangerous because perhaps you 473 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,000 have said something along these lines, perhaps you have 474 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,800 entertained it, perhaps you even communicated it to others. 475 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:06,800 I don't know, man. Things are not the way they used 476 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,900 to be. This is not the same. 477 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,100 So and so is not here anymore, it's just different. 478 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:20,800 I'm not sure if I like it. I remember, we used to have this 479 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:26,300 and we used to do that and I'm just I'm not seeing it now. 480 00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:33,200 That's dangerous. That's really dangerous. 481 00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:36,600 Because the Bible warns against that kind of thinking. 482 00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:43,800 In Ecclesiastes, 7 verse 10. We are told say not why were the 483 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:48,500 former days better than these For it is not from wisdom that 484 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:52,300 you ask this. Say not. 485 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,100 Why were the former days better than these? 486 00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:00,400 That's not wisdom. What's the opposite of wisdom? 487 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,000 You know, the answer and you know why? 488 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:06,700 You know why it is not wise to think like that to say that to 489 00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:12,300 people to say that to yourself to believe that it kills faith? 490 00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:20,100 It assassinates faith and it listen goes beyond that it 491 00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:26,400 discredits God. Who has a plan for every season? 492 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:32,200 and sometimes that includes new people and sometimes that means 493 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:40,400 people will move on This comparison to the former to the 494 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,900 present is a Temptation among all of God's people. 495 00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:49,200 And he was as a temptation to God's people in the old Covenant 496 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,600 and I want you to go to the book of haggai to see an example of 497 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,900 this. So go to haggai in your Bibles. 498 00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:00,600 You have your Bibles, right? If you don't have a Bible, come 499 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,400 see the leadership and we will get you a Bible. 500 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,600 You need a Bible? Haggai chapter 2. 501 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:12,300 What's Happening Here? The people of Israel have 502 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:15,300 returned from Babylonian exile. They've now return to the 503 00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:16,900 promised land. What's happening in the promised 504 00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:19,600 land. They're rebuilding, they're 505 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,600 rebuilding the walls and they're rebuilding the temple because it 506 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,200 was destroyed because of their Disobedience and they lay the 507 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,000 foundation. They're in the process of 508 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:33,000 renewing, the place where they worship God and then God speaks 509 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,400 through the prophet haggai. Why? 510 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:39,700 Because he made an observation about the people and how they 511 00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:45,200 responded to this new Temple. Look at verse 3 here, who is 512 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:49,800 left among you, who saw this house in its former glory, how 513 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:54,400 do you see it now? Is it nothing as nothing in your 514 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,600 eyes. This is God speaking to his 515 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,400 people and he specifically speaking to the older generation 516 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:06,100 because this older generation new, the glories of the Temple 517 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:09,400 of Solomon. They saw how Solomon's Temple 518 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,000 was adorned, perhaps they were there on that day, where the 519 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,000 glory of God filled the temple, they saw the amount of 520 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,199 sacrifices the wealth, the prosperity. 521 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,500 They go into Exile, they come back, it's in Ruins, they build 522 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:27,900 it up and they're looking at it like wow. 523 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:36,000 This is this, is it. And not only that, you don't 524 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,800 have to turn there. But when you go to Ezra where it 525 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,400 gives the details account of them building the Temple. 526 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,900 Again, it says that you had some people shouting with joy, when 527 00:34:44,900 --> 00:34:48,100 the foundation was laid yet, at the same time, it was mixed 528 00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,300 with. And it says specifically those 529 00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:56,699 who are older who were weeping, They were weeping because they 530 00:34:56,699 --> 00:35:02,100 they made a comparison, they contrasted and those tears came 531 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:05,900 through eyes who could not see by faith. 532 00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:08,500 What God was trying to do in the present. 533 00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:13,100 And so they lived in the past and that's never really a good 534 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:15,900 thing. Even in Ministry, even in church 535 00:35:15,900 --> 00:35:20,400 life, it's not good and so God speaks to her haggai. 536 00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:23,400 He says do you see this as nothing? 537 00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:27,100 Do you think this is insignificant? 538 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:29,800 Do you think I was doing things in the past that were greater? 539 00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:31,900 And now I just kind of cooled off a little bit and you just 540 00:35:31,900 --> 00:35:33,900 have to endure this because you're a Christian and you 541 00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:36,400 should go to church and you should be accountable to people. 542 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,300 Do you think that's what I'm like you got to wrong because in 543 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,100 the same chapter, you come down to verse 9. 544 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:45,900 And what do you read the same, Lord speaks to the same people 545 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,600 about the same house that they were comparing the latter Glory 546 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,500 of this house? Shall be greater than the former 547 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,000 Says the Lord of hosts. And in this place, I will give 548 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,100 peace declares the Lord of hosts. 549 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,500 That was ultimately fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ, who 550 00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:05,200 is the glory of God. He walked into the same Temple 551 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,700 that would later. Be adorned by Herod. 552 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:12,700 But the glory was not. What Herod did it was Christ? 553 00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:16,700 The Incarnate Son of God, who stepped into that place? 554 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:21,000 Who taught, who cleansed, who Shield? 555 00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:26,200 It was fulfilled in Christ. But the Practical implications 556 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:30,100 are still true. They're still true when we when 557 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:35,000 we see it in this way. God has a purpose for every age, 558 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:40,400 every season, every rebuilding process, every transition. 559 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:47,400 And if you're not careful to see that, You may fail to see the 560 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:54,100 value of what God is doing now. if you are so attached to 561 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:59,300 someone or some people or certain memories, You may just 562 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:04,700 be drained of enthusiasm and hope and your efforts will not 563 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:09,800 be as they should, and you're going to miss out, want to be 564 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:15,900 transparent with you when I was living in Canada. 20 21, 22 565 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:19,400 years old. So, active group of friends, 566 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:21,800 some of them may even be watching, I don't know. 567 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,900 We would do evangelism on the streets worship nights prayer. 568 00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:28,400 We travel to conferences together. 569 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:32,200 And you know what, I really believe at 20 21, 22, this is 570 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,200 the group of people that I'm going to be with for the rest of 571 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,200 my life. Like this is it I can't see it 572 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:41,600 getting any better than this. And in one conference happened. 573 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,600 And that conference changed my world. 574 00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:50,000 Literally you want to know how much it changed my world. 575 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,100 I there was nothing attractive about moving out of the place, I 576 00:37:53,107 --> 00:37:56,000 was living in Canada and I did not want to come to America. 577 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,200 That was never even a thought. Never even, I never even 578 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,700 entertained it within 23 weeks, I moved. 579 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:06,200 What am I trying to say? God changed the script. 580 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:13,400 A script that I really loved and enjoyed And he will do that to 581 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,200 you too. If you walk with him, he'll 582 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,600 change it in some way because he's doing something. 583 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:25,700 He's constantly writing something. and God promises 584 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:29,500 those who walk in obedience that as they behold, the glory of the 585 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:32,200 Lord, they will be transformed into the same image from one 586 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:37,500 degree of Glory to another So no matter what changes, no this 587 00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:40,100 that that change will bring about a greater glory in you. 588 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:45,500 If you just respond, well, if you just trust him, so what 589 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:47,800 should you do about the past? What should you do about? 590 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,500 People who move in and out? Because guess what? 591 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:55,200 People get married, guys. They do and that marriage calls 592 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:59,500 him to a different state. What you gonna do ministry 593 00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:01,700 opportunities are going to we're going to open up, and God is 594 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:04,700 going to call certain people that you've loved and served 595 00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:07,400 with and laughed with and prayed with, and counseled and receive 596 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,300 counsel from. And God is going to use them 597 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:12,500 somewhere else schooling opportunities. 598 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:14,900 Fill in the blank. What are you going to do? 599 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,300 It's not the same anymore. That is not Christian attitude, 600 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,400 that is not christ-like attitude, that is not 601 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,700 faith-filled. It's immature. 602 00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:30,800 And it can be detrimental to your relationship to the Lord 603 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,800 and it can close you off to the people that God wants to bring 604 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:37,200 into your life now. And just in case, none of that 605 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,600 motivates you guess what? There's going to be a Heavenly 606 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,400 reunions and all of them are going to be there at the same 607 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:47,000 time forever and ever and ever. Hey cheer up. 608 00:39:48,100 --> 00:39:51,300 Just cheer up and serve the people that God has brought to 609 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:54,500 you now. And then one day, we're all 610 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:58,100 going to be there. It'll be a short while. 611 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,400 There will be those. That God will lead to move on. 612 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:07,200 And you might feel like you're left behind but you're not. 613 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,300 You're exactly where God wants you to be. 614 00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:12,200 Whether it's here or elsewhere, let's move on. 615 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:17,000 There's another group of people. and it's those who was stick 616 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:22,100 with us until the end verse 11, Luke alone is with me. 617 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:27,100 That's it. Luke alone is with me. 618 00:40:29,300 --> 00:40:33,500 While others went like Demas because they love the world. 619 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,100 And others had to go because God called them somewhere else. 620 00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:43,100 God in his Providence. Can sometimes allow those who 621 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:48,100 have been with us to stay with us To Stay With You. 622 00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:52,500 Luke is also mentioned in Philemon and Colossians and it 623 00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:55,800 is believed that he was a convert to Paul's preaching and 624 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,600 it is believed that he joined Paul's traveling Ministry at the 625 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:02,700 time stamp of Acts chapter 16 but what's so significant here 626 00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:07,900 is that Luke stuck with Paul until the end that doesn't make 627 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:11,500 Luke any better than tychicus or Christians or Titus. 628 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,200 But it does say something about his character. 629 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:20,200 You see Luke symbolizes a type of believe Who stands by those 630 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,400 when life and Ministry is not easy. 631 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:30,500 When we are enduring, humble beginnings and hardships, this 632 00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:35,100 man here was loyal. He again he had a choice. 633 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:40,100 I could go or I could stay and he chose to stay through success 634 00:41:40,100 --> 00:41:43,700 and through suffering. He chose to remain in crisis, 635 00:41:43,900 --> 00:41:46,000 not when things were always comfortable. 636 00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:51,100 And this was a loyal man. Locked in. 637 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:55,000 If God has brought me to Paul to serve alongside with them that I 638 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,400 will until God calls me elsewhere or tells me to do 639 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,700 something else. And here's the thing that I want 640 00:42:00,700 --> 00:42:04,100 to bring up to you that in ministry as you serve the Lord 641 00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:06,400 and some of you have experienced this recently, there will be 642 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:10,900 shakings in your life shakings to your world shakings to your 643 00:42:10,900 --> 00:42:16,100 ministry. And in those shakings, God 644 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:22,900 allows it to happen to reveal a lot of a reveal, a reliability 645 00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:25,900 of others. And it is in those moments where 646 00:42:25,908 --> 00:42:29,200 we give thanks to God. Paul said that about Titus among 647 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:34,200 Point God comforted me through the coming of Titus through the 648 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,300 coming of Titus. And so when we in life, when we 649 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:41,900 serve God and things are flipped upside down and crazy, things 650 00:42:41,900 --> 00:42:46,400 happen, know that in those moments, You will, you will know 651 00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,900 a type of Joy because you will see you will see people. 652 00:42:51,500 --> 00:42:55,300 Who will lock arms. Maybe, as you're suffering 653 00:42:55,300 --> 00:42:58,700 through your marriage. Maybe is your enduring 654 00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:03,100 persecution. Paul was being slandered here. 655 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,900 Paul was highly unpopular to be associated with him was 656 00:43:06,900 --> 00:43:11,700 dangerous and yet he says, Luke is still with me and the Bible 657 00:43:11,700 --> 00:43:14,800 highlights that I want you to know. 658 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,400 That although there are turmoils with relationships. 659 00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:22,100 There are also great reasons to thank God for people. 660 00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:25,400 Like Luke expect the same prayerfully. 661 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,300 There are more to say about that, but I want to move on here 662 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:33,900 to another group of people. Not just those who stick with us 663 00:43:33,900 --> 00:43:36,400 at the end, but there will be those who will disappoint us at 664 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,700 times. Look here again, in verse 11. 665 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,300 Luke alone was with me, get Mark, get Mark and bring him 666 00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:47,100 with you for. He is very useful to me for 667 00:43:47,100 --> 00:43:49,100 Ministry. Now this won't this won't really 668 00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:51,000 make sense until you understand the history that Paul. 669 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:55,700 How with Mark most of you, I'm sure know this Mark was the man 670 00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:58,100 in Acts 13. That was joining Paul and 671 00:43:58,100 --> 00:44:02,300 Barnabas in their missionary journey and at one point jumped 672 00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:06,400 ship, he pulled away no reason given. 673 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:10,400 But according to Paul it was inexcusable, it was a whore. 674 00:44:10,700 --> 00:44:15,000 I'm to the ministry. It was a hindrance and and this 675 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,000 is not to say that Mark was like demons. 676 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,200 He wasn't like demons. Mark was a genuine follower of 677 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:23,600 Christ who is clearly gifted or as Paul wouldn't have recruited 678 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:27,800 him in the first place and yet this highly gifted lover of 679 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,900 Jesus Christ in a moment of weakness caved. 680 00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:35,300 And he caved in such a way where he didn't carry his load. 681 00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:39,600 And at frustrated, those who trusted him, including Paul, 682 00:44:39,700 --> 00:44:44,000 what am I trying to say serve God in one place long enough 683 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:51,200 with the same people long enough and someone just made mess up Do 684 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:52,800 you know what? You can expect in your Christian 685 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:56,200 relationships with others, disappointment, and others 686 00:44:57,100 --> 00:44:59,600 believe it? Believe it. 687 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,800 Maybe some of you are holding back, many amens. 688 00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:07,700 As I say it, it's just true. There were people. 689 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:12,200 There will be people who have a one-point been committed and at 690 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,900 some point over time, show disinterest to the thing that 691 00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:16,200 they said they would be committed to. 692 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,800 There will be some people who will not be as present, who will 693 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,900 be absent. Will be a long stretch of the 694 00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:24,900 time coming in and out, for immature reasons. 695 00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:30,800 And it will, it will Annoy Us. It will hurt us. 696 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:36,700 Even what do we do about that? Well, the same Mark that Paul 697 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:39,200 was very frustrated with is the same Mark that he says, now 698 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:43,600 bring him to me because he's very useful to me in Ministry. 699 00:45:46,900 --> 00:45:51,300 The failures of those that we live for Christ with should not 700 00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:55,000 be write-offs to them completely, please hear me. 701 00:45:57,100 --> 00:46:01,600 Friendships. People are fickle. 702 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,500 They're not like Jesus, right? Paul talks about Jesus, and 703 00:46:05,500 --> 00:46:06,500 we're going to talk about that next week. 704 00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:09,800 They're not like him though. They love him and represent him 705 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:13,600 as as they can. But I want you to say to your 706 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:17,500 own heart, don't write off people who might have let me 707 00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:22,200 down. Don't write off people because 708 00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:26,000 they failed to stand firm or be who they were called to be due 709 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,900 to fear or due to selfishness. Listen. 710 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,000 What I've learned about churchgoers over the years is 711 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:35,300 that many people want to drink all the grace that they can get 712 00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:37,300 and they don't want to give a sip to anybody else. 713 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,700 I mean, it's okay for you to fail, you know, from time to 714 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:49,200 time and Jesus to forgive you. But oh, if you fail It was nice 715 00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:53,300 knowing you. Do you really expect to do life 716 00:46:53,300 --> 00:46:57,600 with people? Who are on the same path of 717 00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,900 progress as you are to not to not make mistake. 718 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,700 And yet all it takes are super. Some people. 719 00:47:04,700 --> 00:47:08,000 And the same church is for one person to mess up one time and 720 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:12,900 they'll never be here again. Don't ever show up again. 721 00:47:14,700 --> 00:47:17,600 What is that? That is the opposite of the 722 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,400 attitude of this man who said follow me as I follow Christ. 723 00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,900 because that kind of hardening of the heart that stubbornness 724 00:47:26,500 --> 00:47:31,200 can bar you from knowing blessings like Mark was to Paul. 725 00:47:32,700 --> 00:47:34,600 He learned that this man was useful. 726 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:39,200 He just messed up at one point. So I want to tell you today, be 727 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:43,800 ready to be let down, it's going to happen, but at the same time, 728 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:46,300 be ready to believe that that same person who might have 729 00:47:46,300 --> 00:47:51,900 failed in a certain way. God Can Transform and renew and 730 00:47:51,900 --> 00:47:56,300 teach to the degree, where they will be a blessing beyond your 731 00:47:56,300 --> 00:48:04,200 own understanding. And so, Mark symbolizes those 732 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,200 that will disappoint us. I come to the last point. 733 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:10,100 It will be very brief. We heard those who bring us 734 00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:12,400 great joy and comfort. I hope you have those people in 735 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,800 your life. You heard of those who might 736 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,100 walk away from the cause of Christ at one point. 737 00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:20,400 God forbid, you heard about those who will be sent by God 738 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:21,900 elsewhere. I'm sure all of us have 739 00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:24,800 experienced that, but if you're living still in a dark cloud 740 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:30,000 because of it, shake out of it. There will be those who will 741 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,500 stick with us until the end and we should celebrate God for 742 00:48:32,500 --> 00:48:34,000 that. And there will be those who will 743 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:37,000 disappoint us at times and don't give up on them because God 744 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:44,400 hasn't given up on you. and lastly, there will be those Who 745 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:48,400 are dangerous? Poor dangerous. 746 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:54,100 Verse 14. Alexander the coppersmith, did 747 00:48:54,100 --> 00:48:57,200 me, great harm, the Lord will repay him according to his 748 00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:01,500 deeds, beware of him yourself or he strongly opposed our message. 749 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:08,400 Paul name names publicly. That might make us feel very 750 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:11,800 uncomfortable, but if a leadership is truly God-fearing 751 00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,300 and they love the people, they will warn people about other 752 00:49:14,300 --> 00:49:17,400 people and not just from a leadership standpoint. 753 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,900 There are people that you have to warn other people about. 754 00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:23,300 You have to, this is not gossip here, this is not slander. 755 00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:29,400 This is Love, This is Love and this is very straightforward, 756 00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,200 you know, we just finished saying give people a chance. 757 00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,100 That's true. We have to be forgiving, we have 758 00:49:34,100 --> 00:49:36,900 to extend Grace especially when people repent. 759 00:49:37,100 --> 00:49:41,900 I don't think Paul brought Mark back in without any sign of 760 00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:44,400 repentance or change. I believe that's actually the 761 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,000 opposite. I believe Mark did learn at some 762 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,800 point. She was close with Peter 763 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,800 Barnabas, took him in, and it just makes you wonder if he 764 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,000 matured over time and Paul observe that and he brought him 765 00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,900 in. But when it comes to people like 766 00:49:57,900 --> 00:50:01,800 Alexander, who show no repentance, who have an 767 00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:05,300 appearance of godliness, you have to understand my fellow 768 00:50:05,300 --> 00:50:06,900 brother and sister you've heard it before. 769 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,200 Before. So I'm not going to stay here 770 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,000 too long. There will be those who will 771 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:16,000 come in to do damage. Damage to Unity damage to 772 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:20,600 Doctrine, damage to you damage to your Purity damage to your 773 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,700 finances. There are people who will, Who 774 00:50:22,700 --> 00:50:28,100 will come after you because God is working in your life. 775 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:33,300 And God is working in your local church and the same way that 776 00:50:33,300 --> 00:50:35,800 Christ has ambassadors. So there's the devil. 777 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,300 And so you and I have to be ready. 778 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,900 Be ready because look, what Paul said, Alexander the coppersmith. 779 00:50:45,900 --> 00:50:48,600 Did mean not just harm great harm. 780 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,700 Do you see as you zoom out? And as you consider these 781 00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:56,200 thoughts, do you see how this is just so complex? 782 00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:58,600 You got some people who love you. 783 00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:00,600 Some people stick with you, some people who walk away because 784 00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:02,800 they had to and it still hurts but you have to be okay with it. 785 00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:04,600 There's some people walk away because they love the world and 786 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:06,800 there's some people who come into your life that just want to 787 00:51:06,808 --> 00:51:13,500 make your life a living hell. How do you respond to that? 788 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:15,700 I'm sure each of us know how to respond to all of these. 789 00:51:15,700 --> 00:51:18,700 But up to this point we are told very clearly how to respond to 790 00:51:18,700 --> 00:51:24,400 this kind of thing. It says here that the Lord will 791 00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:25,800 repay him according to his deeds. 792 00:51:27,700 --> 00:51:30,300 You and I, if we're going to survive, if we're going to 793 00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:34,000 survive on this journey, and this course for Christ have to 794 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,600 know how to leave Vengeance to God. 795 00:51:36,700 --> 00:51:40,500 And let Lord, the Lord deal with people himself and you do not 796 00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:45,200 participate in that act of Retribution and you leave it to 797 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:49,200 God, leave it to God and you move on. 798 00:51:51,300 --> 00:51:53,800 Alexander the coppersmith. Did me, great harm. 799 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:57,000 And then he tells Timothy beware of him yourself. 800 00:51:57,900 --> 00:52:03,600 And I tell you today, beware. Be Discerning, don't be over 801 00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:08,500 simplistic. Pray, ask questions, be careful. 802 00:52:09,500 --> 00:52:13,300 And God will guide you. But even if you do all of that, 803 00:52:13,300 --> 00:52:17,500 sometimes God in his Providence, will allow someone to hurt and 804 00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:20,200 to harm. And sometimes in those moments, 805 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:23,400 we learn great things about God. And sometimes in those moment, 806 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:26,400 like God, what he loves to do to get Faith out of us, will try to 807 00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:28,500 get Faith out of you. And that way, this are you going 808 00:52:28,500 --> 00:52:30,100 to trust me with that person or you going to deal with it 809 00:52:30,100 --> 00:52:33,500 yourself? Be careful asking God for more 810 00:52:33,500 --> 00:52:36,600 faith. Be careful, because it looks 811 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:39,700 like many things. And what Paul is doing here is 812 00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:41,600 an act of faith. And there is no doubt that it 813 00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:46,900 pleased God. Oh, so many things to say and 814 00:52:46,900 --> 00:52:49,400 there is a seventh relationships, but it's not. 815 00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:52,700 It's not a human though. He is fully man. 816 00:52:53,900 --> 00:52:58,300 He's also truly God. And I believe he is worthy of an 817 00:52:58,308 --> 00:53:02,200 entire message for himself. But there is a relationship that 818 00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:05,900 you, and I should understand that United should consider. 819 00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:09,600 That you and I should know about, as we deal with 820 00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:11,500 relationships with other people in this world. 821 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:47,000 Let's pray. Chloe, thank you for the wisdom 822 00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:52,600 of these verses. And Lord, we are better prepared 823 00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:56,400 and we are ready to eat. To know how to righteously react 824 00:53:56,400 --> 00:54:00,500 and respond to the good and to the bad. 825 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:04,600 Thank You. O. 826 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:06,800 Lord, that the things that we are experiencing, you have 827 00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:13,300 already predicted And Lord that. That pain and also the great 828 00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:16,000 pleasure that we know and others is something that Paul himself 829 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,800 new. You've provided us this. 830 00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:27,000 This table of insights. For us to digest for ourselves. 831 00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:32,200 And so Lord, we thank you that you care about how we experience 832 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:35,800 relationships. And we ask that you would help 833 00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:38,300 us obey and to apply all that we've heard today. 834 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:43,000 We thank you for the past. We thank you for the Memories. 835 00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:47,300 We thank you for the people that you've allowed us to know and a 836 00:54:47,300 --> 00:54:53,400 chapter 2 of Our Lives. We thank you for those who have 837 00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:57,600 been with us longer than the average person perhaps and we 838 00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,800 cherish them until you call us home or until you call them or 839 00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:06,900 call us elsewhere. but Lord, help us help us not go off 840 00:55:06,900 --> 00:55:10,900 course in our emotions and our thinking With all that we've 841 00:55:10,900 --> 00:55:14,500 heard Lord we want to be in the center of your will. 842 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:19,600 And how we, how we relate to one another. 843 00:55:20,700 --> 00:55:23,200 We give you praise and we worship you for your goodness in 844 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,300 this in Jesus name, we pray. Amen. 845 00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:27,700 Let's Stand Together.