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If you have the word of God in 
your hands, please meet me in 

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the book of 2nd Timothy. 
Second Timothy Chapter 2 

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beginning. 
And verse 24. 2nd, Timothy 2:24 

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reads. and the Lord's servant 
must not be quarrelsome, but 

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kind to, everyone able to teach 
patiently, enduring evil 

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correcting, his opponents with 
gentleness, God May perhaps 

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grant them repentance leading to
a knowledge of the truth and 

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they may come to their senses 
and Escape From The Snare of the

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devil after being captured by 
him to do his will Pray with me,

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Louis asked for the assistance 
of the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Lord bathe us in your mercy at 
this time, that we may receive 

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all that you have to give us 
through the written word. 

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We ask Lord that there would be 
a tangible sense of your power 

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of your conviction of your 
comfort. 

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Lord help us realize what we 
just saying because he lives you

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live this morning. 
You have Your word set before us

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and it is your will today for us
we pray o God that for those who

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do not know you they would 
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Jesus Christ and embrace his 
saving work. 

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We pray for the saint who might 
be struggling with sin with 

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doubt with temptation that they 
would be liberated by the power 

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of the word. 
And we ask, oh God that your 

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church would be built according 
to your word and your word alone

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in Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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Our time together. 
Last week, we discovered the one

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condition that God prescribed 
for, for his people to be used 

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by him for his glory. 
Just one condition and that one 

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condition can be summarized by 
this a willingness in the heart 

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of that redeem soul to be 
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The Lord, in Holiness, not 
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experienced not pedigree. 
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you and me, To be able to be 
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ways that we can't even imagine.
And that is this cleanse 

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yourself from that which is 
dishonorable and praise. 

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God, as Christians, we don't 
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theorize. 
What it means to be cleansed 

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from that, which is 
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The scriptures tell us. 
Plainly. 

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Clearly obviously, what it means
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the use of the Master of the 
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It's right here in verse 22. 
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pursue righteousness, Faith, 
love and peace along with those 

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who call on the Lord from a pure
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It's not just ceasing to do 
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pursuing other things, holy 
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even making sure that you are 
surrounded by those who will not

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contaminate your character and 
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recruiting you to be used in 
this generation. 

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But it's beyond that it's even a
next verse. 

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In verse 23, have nothing to do 
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controversies. 
You know, that they breed 

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quarrels. 
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me, being a candidate for God's 
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What does that have to do with 
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Well you see, in order to be a 
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you, and I have to be able to 
continually discern what may be 

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distracting us. 
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and the distraction that Paul 
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would limit a Believer from 
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Mighty hands is that they would 
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focus to argue and debate about 
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benefit at the end. 
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The principle is true across the
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are unprofitable arguments or an
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entertainment, you and I have to
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If we would be used by God, what
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That might be limiting the 
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God would flow through my life? 
I know we don't like to hear it.

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I know we're at people, that 
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Grace will save you. 
The blood of Jesus Will redeem 

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you and it is sufficient but 
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What you need to do something 
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Those are God's rules. 
Not mine. 

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Not Maranatha. 
Bible Church. 

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It is written. 
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and eagerness a longing to be 
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Not just in the sense of, you 
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No, no, I'm gonna pursue these 
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my life that don't want to 
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I might see you in heaven, but 
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Distractions, Lord, whatever is 
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Christianity, brothers and 
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We want to be holy. 
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sin. 
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Is this profitable want to be 
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You want God's power on your 
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Is this beneficial The immature 
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the mature? 
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me run. 
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And yet, Paul here is not quite 
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being ready for the Masters use 
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forward. 
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to further furnace, Timothy as a
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not just him, but us, so that he
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God's kingdom. 
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instructions so that he can 
polish this vessel and that this

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vessel could be more clear and 
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So that he would be a force 
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Oh, I hope you're praying this 
prayer, in the midst of all your

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other prayers. 
God, make sure that in my life I

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do as much damage to the kingdom
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Paul is saying here, I want you 
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within this Masters house. 
That is a great work but 

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requires specific things for you
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And the great work amongst every
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prepared for is the work of what
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It's a very specific word, a 
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part of the kingdom and it deals
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from the deceptions of Satan. 
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reading. 
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lists for Timothy to adopt into 
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visit again here in verse 26, 
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they those who are in deception 
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senses and Escape From The Snare
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captured by him to do, his will 
that fits the context, doesn't 

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it? 
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ago about two individuals 
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him and as, and fi L false 
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the faith of some. 
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people, and he draws principles,
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how to deal with them because 
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trouble, although him, and as 
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wants him to know that there is 
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stubborn people in a way where 
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We're about to hear this morning
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you're a pastor or not can be 
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business of saving Souls. 
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preaching and teaching, and 
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whether it's about Christ or 
other beliefs, and if you and I 

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are passionate about being used 
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verse 24 and the Lord's servant 
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might generalize this to believe
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Christ's servants. 
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Lord's servant here, speaks 
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their lives to preaching Divine 
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Paul uses this term servant to 
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Epistles. 
I'm a bond servant. 

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I am a slave to Jesus Christ and
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he applies it to anybody else 
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full-time Ministry. 
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out, thinking that this is just 
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In the pasture it, remember that
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establishing leadership in the 
local church is not just to tell

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you things about God. 
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That's why I'm personally. 
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church are not fond of the idea 
of churches where you see the 

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pastor on a screen. 
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Because the scripture says that 
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observe that life and see how 
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interacts with people and deals 
with issues so that you can draw

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example from. 
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although these are yes and 
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who have said, I will give my 
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I've been called by the Holy 
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This is also for all of God's 
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have been established in these 
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imitation, if they are walking 
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have a few things listed here. 
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Lord's servant, who would be 
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To be a better instrument to 
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that has been given to all 
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Is that the Lord's servant must 
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Not be quarrelsome, but kind to 
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That is the first trait. 
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that Paul brings to our 
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Concerning an effective vessel 
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The Lord's servant cannot be 
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energized by heated arguments, 
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conversations to the point of 
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people Or one who is overly 
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And when they are challenged 
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they say, without notice 
explode, into embarrassing, 

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rage. 
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person who serves God, if we're 
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what I just said. 
This thing can do more damage to

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the message than you can 
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The delivery of the message is 
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message itself, regardless of 
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were entertaining and explaining
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Maybe. 
Isn't it amazing that Paul sets 

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this as a first thing? 
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spirit says, before the ability 
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the ability to expound 
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The first thing that Paul lists 
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quarrelsome people, but kind to 
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Because the principal is true. 
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Our conduct has the power to 
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message, but it also carries the
force to push them away, to 

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never hear from us again. 
Turn your Bibles to First Peter 

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chapter 3, verse 1. 
You know, this very well Peter 

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says, likewise wives be subject 
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so that even if some do not obey
the word, they may be won 

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without a word by the conduct of
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You know, what's so amazing 
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that people are saved by hearing
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gospel truth. 
You can't be saved apart from 

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that. 
You can only be saved by hearing

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the gospel, understanding the 
gospel and then choosing to 

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place your faith and trust in 
the content of that message. 

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And yet, I read here in this 
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unbelieving people that could be
won without a word. 

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Without a word. 
How can that be? 

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We are people believe that by 
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Well of course this is not 
suggesting that we do not give 

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the message so that people can 
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What Christ is saying, and then 
choose to do what they would 

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want with that truth. 
But it does show us this That we

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are able to make the 
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more believable by our conduct. 
The danger of that truth is in 

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the opposite sense that if my 
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and disarm somebody skepticism 
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surely my behavior or conduct, 
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can cause somebody to cancel any
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I want to give you an example 
that Charles Spurgeon gave and I

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will read it. 
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eyes will be looking down. 
Charles Spurgeon says, quote, we

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have heard of a wife, a Godly 
woman who for 20 years has been 

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persecuted by a brutal husband, 
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So excessively bad. 
That her faith at last failed 

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her and she ceased to be able to
believe that he would ever be 

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converted. 
But all this while she was more 

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kind to him than ever. 
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State. 
He told his friends, he had such

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a wife as no other man had, and 
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he would get her up to try her 
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for the mall. 
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soon, very ready, consisting of 
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the feasts had been held at a 
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word of complaint at last one of
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rest asked how it was. 
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such a And seeing that our 
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have done all, I can to bring my
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will never be saved. 
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must be in Hell forever. 
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can, while he is here. 
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hereafter be kind to everyone. 
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woman made an impression. 
Pain. 

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A drunken band of men. 
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very sound and teaching and 
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object to that famous phrase 
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gospel. 
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right? 
Preach the gospel. 

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And when you have to use words, 
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preach the gospel with words. 
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gospel I don't care how many 
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talented you are. 
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to disarm any conviction that 
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conduct contradicts your words, 
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that want to be so focused on 
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the cleverness of their minds 
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all the, while not realizing 
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and their Ministries, whatever 
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There is a kindness that we can 
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that has the ability to kill. 
Kill unbelief. 

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Kill skepticism, kill hostility 
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The Bill speaks about that 
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example, that that instead of 
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overcome it with good, give give
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to your enemy and it will be 
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That if you were to just be kind
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unlikely that has the ability 
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conscience, And so, for serious 
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seeing people rescued by the 
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serious about something as 
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kindness. 
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To the second portion with says 
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to be any any hope, for a 
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would lead people to repentance,
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communicate truth. 
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one of the qualifications for an
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chapter 3, it's the only 
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requires skill. 
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with moral makeup shows you the 
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as leaders It's about the way 
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your household and the way you 
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thing that God cares about and 
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In with all of that you must be 
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No no you're not done yet. 
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requirement for pastors. 
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requirement for those who are 
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exercise Authority in the 
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All of us have to be able to 
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temperament. 
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not to preach at conferences. 
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in front of people, but to 
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you into somebody else's heart. 
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this morning and maybe I'm 
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and I hope you're still in First
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realize that the holy spirit 
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But guess what? 
He applies. 

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All of us in 1st, Peter 3:15, we
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Christ as holy Always being 
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anyone who asks you for a 
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For the hope that is in you yet 
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respect very similar 
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Only difference is now he 
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Christ. 
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reason that you have this hope 
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phrase, stood out to me, you and
I must always be prepared That's

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convicting. 
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Number one, it means that you're
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of the opportunity. 
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knowledge of your faith, you 
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Oh, you'd be amazed to know when
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your faith. 
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you're ready to go home, and 
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commute, and it's snowy, and 
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ask you, what are you doing this
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And you're going to tell them? 
I go to bible study on Friday 

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nights, and I got church on 
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always be prepared. 
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Implying that there should be 
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life of the believer despite 
your business, despite your 

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work, despite anything else. 
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that you apply to your own life,
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opportunity, that would come 
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And so this morning, if I were 
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passionate about souls being 
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I'm sure everybody would lift 
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hesitation But I think there's a
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I'm going to ask it with these 
questions and answer them 

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honestly before the Lord because
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And if you can answer these with
with certainty then you are 

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better confident to realize. 
Yes, I am passionate about this,

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this work that God would have me
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what I'm saying, then perhaps it
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maybe my heart is not as set. 
On this task. 

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As much as I thought I was 
though, I may not be a 

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theologian or an expert on every
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the Bible. 
Do I long to grow in my 

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knowledge of the faith? 
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Non-existent am I eager to make 
a personal investment in order 

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to receive greater light about 
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completely depend on what others
share with me like in this 

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moment right here? 
When I feel like I'm unfamiliar 

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with a certain Doctrine, Am I 
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Or do I make it a joyful 
ambition to discover the truth 

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of the matter? 
So that I may be better 

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prepared. 
You see the vessel that God uses

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to shake Souls from the spell of
Satan is the one who he sees 

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making the effort to know his 
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brothers and sisters. 
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full-time. 
Ministers, can I tell you 

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something? 
I've learned in my own life more

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from people who are not in 
full-time Ministry than I did in

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seminary and I'm not shooting 
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Seminary, I went to Seminary 
Seminarians, doesn't mean that, 

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you know, the word of God as 
deep as other people might know 

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it. 
And I want to show you an 

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example of this. 
I want to show you an example of

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this because the one person that
came to mind when studying this 

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text about being prepared. 
Always prepared. 

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Was Philip. 
Philip not the Apostle, Philip 

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the man that was chosen with six
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church that was designated the 
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early church. 
Philip the man later on that we 

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learn had four daughters and 
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told he was an evangelist, 
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was not a pastor, Philip was a 
father, who did practical things

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in the church? 
I don't want you to see what 

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happens with Philip. 
In Acts chapter 8, verse 26. 

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After Revival breaks out and 
Samaria. 

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And yes, it was initiated by 
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Other Apostles on the scene. 
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We read now, an angel of the 
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go toward the South to the road 
that goes down from Jerusalem to

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Gaza. 
This is a desert place. 

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I'm so encouraged by that verse 
saying, what's so encouraging 

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about it? 
I'm so encouraged because God 

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sent an angel, an angel of the 
Lord to call a man to be ready 

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to witness to a gentile God is 
ready to do a supernatural work.

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This is not. 
This is not providential. 

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This is Supernatural. 
This is not circumstances being 

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orchestrated by a Divine hand. 
No this is God. 

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Speaking clearly to a servant 
and getting them ready to go to 

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another person who is really 
wanting to know truth and in 

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once he deals with them he's 
going to evaporate from the 

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scene and be transferred, 
somewhere else, this is 

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Supernatural and when God is 
ready to do this Supernatural 

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work, he doesn't go to Peter He 
doesn't go to John. 

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Mathias. 
Because the Phillip. 

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Because Philip a Dad Philip 
whose main Ministry was 

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characterized by waiting on 
tables. 

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Phillip. 
I'm calling you and I want you 

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to go somewhere so that you can 
preach the gospel. 

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Why Philip some would say, well 
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Okay, you can argue that but I 
think the reason why God called 

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Philip was 41, basic condition, 
he was prepared. 

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And you're going to see how he 
was prepared and some of you 

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already know where I'm going 
with this. 

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So fill up an axe 827. 
We were told and he, he rose and

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went think about that. 
Think about this, you want to 

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talk about obedience Revival, is
a breaking out and Samaria. 

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You have people being delivered 
by demons, you have people being

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healed, supernaturally, and in 
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God calls. 
The one who is the vessel to 

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initiate this move of the, 
spirit says, I need you to leave

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this revival and go to a desert.
And guess what? 

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He rose and went and even ask a 
question Lord. 

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Are you sure? 
I'm there's a huge move of God 

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happening here as though. 
God was unaware. 

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I know what you're doing here. 
I know what's happening here but

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I need you to go to one shows, 
you God's heart for the one. 

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He rose and went and there was 
an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court 

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official of Candace, Queen of 
the Ethiopians who is in charge 

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of all her treasure. 
He had come to Jerusalem to 

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worship and was returning seated
in his Chariot, and he was 

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reading the prophet Isaiah. 
And the spirit said to Philip, 

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go over and join this Chariot. 
It's amazing. 

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Philip heard, from the angel of 
the Lord, and angel from of the 

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Lord, not the angel. 
An angel of the Lord and then 

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the spirit speaks him. 
It just shows how precise how 

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sensitive he was to the voice of
the spirit. 

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The spirit says, go to this 
chariot. 

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What's incredible here is that 
this is what this mission was 

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all about to meet one. 
Gentile who prove to God that he

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was yearning to know the truth. 
How do we know he was yearning 

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to know the truth? 
Because as a gentile he traveled

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all the way from where he was to
go to Jerusalem to worship. 

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And not only did he go to 
Jerusalem to worship listen to 

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this, he had in his hands one of
the Scrolls if not all of them 

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concerning the writings of the 
prophet Isaiah that might not 

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impress us because you can 
download a Bible for free on 

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your app. 
But in this day, it was not so 

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readily accessible. 
In this day, you would have to 

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go to the synagogue, to hear the
word of God, because it was not 

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common to have a copy of the 
scriptures at your home. 

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So, this man had a version had a
copy, and he probably paid a 

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very high price for it. 
He probably paid a lot of money 

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for this so that it would be 
ready at his disposal. 

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And not only that we're about to
find out that Phillip hears him.

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Reading the scriptures out loud.
I mean he's so hungry that even 

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on his way back he is reading 
what Isaiah wrote out loud. 

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Have you ever wondered why the 
eunuch was so intrigued by the 

453
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prophet? 
Isaiah We don't understand 

454
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,100
necessarily why it was because 
there's many writings, there's 

455
00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:37,900
Jeremiah there was Ezekiel, 
there is the first five books of

456
00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:41,100
the Old Testament. 
Why was this eunuch? 

457
00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:45,400
This Ethiopian? 
So drawn to Isaiah, the prophet,

458
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,100
Consider this idea that maybe at
one point. 

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He was in Jerusalem at a feast 
or he went to a synagogue and he

460
00:28:55,800 --> 00:29:00,400
heard this portion being read 
out of Isaiah and it's so moved 

461
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,400
his heart. 
That he said, I have to have a 

462
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,500
copy of that and I need to know 
who this God is. 

463
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,400
Don't turn there. 
But listen to these words, just 

464
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,500
imagine with me this eunuch in 
Jerusalem and as he's walking 

465
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around and as he's there to 
worship, he sits in one of the 

466
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synagogue's or maybe even the 
temple, and one of those priests

467
00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:20,100
gets ready. 
And he pulls out the scroll, 

468
00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:23,500
like we see in Jesus, And look 
for and he reads this portion 

469
00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:26,600
out of the prophet, Isaiah, 
Isaiah 56 3. 

470
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Let not the Foreigner who has 
joined himself to the Lord, say 

471
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the Lord will surely separate me
from his people and let not the 

472
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:39,900
eunuch. 
Say, behold, I am a dry tree for

473
00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:43,000
thus, says the Lord to the 
eunuchs who keep my Sabbath's, 

474
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,700
who choose the things that 
please me and hold fast. 

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00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:50,900
My Covenant, I will give in my 
house and within my walls a 

476
00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:54,300
monument and a name better than 
Sons and Daughters. 

477
00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:57,300
I will give them an everlasting 
name that shall not. 

478
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,900
Be cut off. 
Imagine this eunuch. 

479
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:08,100
Not able to Bear children. 
Hearing that this God of this 

480
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:14,100
people even gives hope to the 
eunuch and that the Unix should 

481
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,700
not consider themselves, a dry 
tree. 

482
00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:19,200
But that they are invited into 
the house of God and they will 

483
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:20,900
have something better than 
children. 

484
00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:25,300
A name in my house, my 
fellowship, my presence and I 

485
00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:29,300
just love to imagine it that 
eunuch their tears streaming 

486
00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:30,900
down his face thinking to 
myself. 

487
00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:35,200
There's even hope for me. 
I must know who this God is that

488
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,400
invites me a eunuch, a gentile 
Foreigner into his presence 

489
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,600
forever? 
So he went into his purse and he

490
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,400
paid whatever price. 
It was, convincing, whatever 

491
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,300
priest was there. 
I must have this and I must 

492
00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:51,400
study this and I must know who 
this God is. 

493
00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:57,300
There he is, in the Chariot. 
Scrolling through the scriptures

494
00:30:57,300 --> 00:31:00,300
and he comes to Isaiah 53. 
Where we are told about the 

495
00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:04,300
suffering servant. 
And then Phillip hears him 

496
00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:09,900
reading it out loud. 
So in verse 34, We read after 

497
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:13,800
the, the eunuch is heard by 
Phillip Phillips is. 

498
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,200
Do you understand what you're 
reading? 

499
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,100
Now? 
Remember, this is a royal 

500
00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:18,700
official. 
This is a man in a chariot 

501
00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:22,900
probably surrounded by men and 
Philip had the boldness to be 

502
00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:25,100
able to come here and reading 
the scriptures out loud and he 

503
00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:27,300
took advantage of the 
opportunity and he says Hey do 

504
00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:28,400
you even understand what you're 
saying? 

505
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:29,900
Do you understand what you're 
reading? 

506
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,800
And the man turns his, how can I
understand? 

507
00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:37,100
Unless someone guides me Invites
this stranger up. 

508
00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:38,800
Look, look how hungry was. 
He didn't even kids. 

509
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,800
Who are you? 
Where'd you come from? 

510
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,200
You just appeared. 
He says if you know something, 

511
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:47,100
get in here. 
So he comes. 

512
00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:50,000
And then the man asked in verse 
34. 

513
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,300
The eunuch said to Philip about 
whom I asked you that the 

514
00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:55,000
prophets say this about himself 
or about someone else. 

515
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,300
Jews today are still trying to 
convince others that the 

516
00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:01,600
suffering servant is not 
speaking about Christ. 

517
00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:05,100
Speaking about the nation 
speaking, about Israel's 

518
00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:07,900
suffering, which has a lot of 
problems when you interpreted 

519
00:32:07,900 --> 00:32:11,900
that way verse 35, then Philip 
opened his mouth. 

520
00:32:12,300 --> 00:32:15,800
And beginning, with this 
scripture, he told him the good 

521
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,900
news about Jesus from the Old 
Testament. 

522
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,400
From the Old Testament. 
Not from John, not from 

523
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,200
Ephesians. 
No. 

524
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,900
No from Isaiah. 
From that scripture, he begins 

525
00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:34,200
to present the gospel What's 
Happening Here in light of what 

526
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,600
we're learning today. 
This is what's Happening Here. 

527
00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:40,800
God saw a man, so desperate to 
know the truth. 

528
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,500
Desperate enough to travel 
desperate enough to pay a price.

529
00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:47,700
Perhaps desperate enough to even
invite a stranger into his car. 

530
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,600
So that he can better understand
this God, that intrigued him and

531
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,700
pulled his heart toward him and 
listen to this. 

532
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:01,300
When God sees such a person on 
any corner of the earth, he will

533
00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:04,000
move Heaven and Earth to make 
sure the gospel gets to him. 

534
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,800
People often ask this question. 
What about those? 

535
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,100
Who have never heard the gospel?
What will happen to them? 

536
00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:14,200
And I answer it this way. 
I have proof, you have proof in 

537
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,700
the scriptures that when God 
sees a man, who is desperate, 

538
00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:20,600
God Will Make A Way. 
For him to receive the Gospel. 

539
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,800
You see here with the eunuch who
had the scriptures, you see with

540
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,000
Cornelius who didn't have the 
scriptures but he had enough 

541
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000
sense to fear. 
God, he knew that there was a 

542
00:33:28,008 --> 00:33:31,700
god out there, he helped the 
Jews out, but he didn't have the

543
00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:36,000
person of Jesus Christ in mind 
and God did with that man. 

544
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,200
What he did with this unique, he
sent a disciple, he sent a man 

545
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,900
to preach the gospel. 
God will move Heaven and Earth 

546
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,600
for any person. 
Even on the basis of just 

547
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,100
general Revelation from 
creation, who says, I need to 

548
00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:50,400
know who is this designer. 
Behind these things, these trees

549
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,400
and my hands and my hair. 
And this food, who is this? 

550
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,900
God, God will move Heaven and 
Earth to make sure that the 

551
00:33:56,900 --> 00:34:01,900
gospel gets them. 
But as much as God saw this, 

552
00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:06,500
man, he saw another man, he saw 
a father of four. 

553
00:34:06,500 --> 00:34:11,000
He saw one in the hospitality 
Ministry, but he saw a vessel 

554
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,500
that was prepared. 
He saw and Philip a student of 

555
00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:19,600
the word he saw and Phillip 
somebody that was willing to sit

556
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,500
patiently and expound the 
scriptures and he wasn't a 

557
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:28,900
pastor And in his sovereignty 
and in his Supernatural 

558
00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,800
orchestration, he brings them 
together. 

559
00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:34,600
And God is willing to do the 
same today. 

560
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:39,100
With somebody who's not an elder
or an evangelist or traveling 

561
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:41,199
Minister. 
All these looking for somebody 

562
00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:46,300
who is who is able and willing 
to know the truth and share the 

563
00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:52,600
truth. now, we come to the third
characteristic, in 2nd, Timothy 

564
00:34:52,600 --> 00:35:00,500
2:24 not only able to teach but 
patiently enduring evil. 

565
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,700
This is perhaps the most 
difficult qualification. 

566
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,500
You want to be used to see Souls
getting snatch from Satan. 

567
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:11,400
You want to be used for God to 
even allow Supernatural 

568
00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:13,100
testimonies to be real in your 
life. 

569
00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:16,400
As in the case of Philip, as 
some of you already know that 

570
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,500
what that feels like you've been
in those moments where it was 

571
00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:20,100
divinely. 
Appointed. 

572
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,100
You thought it was just an 
average day, you thought you got

573
00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:25,700
lost, you thought that you 
missed your bus and all the 

574
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:27,500
while it was. 
God setting you up to meet 

575
00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:29,900
somebody to hear the gospel. 
Yes. 

576
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:36,100
Here we read that. 
Not only he or she must be able 

577
00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:38,500
to share the truth and you can't
share the truth. 

578
00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:40,700
Unless you know the truth you 
can't answer questions unless 

579
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:43,300
you know the answers, and let me
say this. 

580
00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:47,100
Before people feel condemned, 
God is not waiting for you to 

581
00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:50,800
become a PhD before he uses. 
You just like we heard last 

582
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,100
week. 
God is not waiting for you to be

583
00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:55,400
completely refined and 
completely cleanse without a 

584
00:35:55,408 --> 00:35:58,600
speck of dust on your soul 
before he utilizes you for the 

585
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,500
menial tasks. 
No God uses you as he He's you 

586
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:05,800
pursuing the truth. 
As you see you growing in the 

587
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,700
knowledge of the truth. 
I can tell you this, that many 

588
00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:10,500
of the things that I learned 
especially in the realm of 

589
00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:13,700
apologetics have not come 
because I lock myself in my room

590
00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:16,600
for hours necessarily know. 
It came from me willing to just 

591
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,200
go out have conversation with 
people and they ask me a 

592
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,500
question. 
I looked at my says I don't know

593
00:36:20,508 --> 00:36:22,600
the answer right now but I'll 
get back to you. 

594
00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:27,000
And then I run to my room and I 
stuffed myself in the books and 

595
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,600
I try to discover what it is so 
I can better be prepared when 

596
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,900
God sees that he makes more 
opportunities. 

597
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:39,900
Real in your life patiently, 
enduring evil, the King James 

598
00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:43,500
and new King, James would say, 
simply patient, patient. 

599
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,100
The ESV would say, patiently, 
enduring evil, the nasb would 

600
00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:51,500
say, patient, when being 
wronged, why? 

601
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,800
Because when you go to the 
Greek, The word is much more 

602
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,400
specific than just a general 
sense of being a tolerant 

603
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,800
person. 
The Greek actress as patient 

604
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:06,800
with ills and Wrongs And so it's
not just being about, you know, 

605
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,500
calm and collected, when things 
don't go your way, it's 

606
00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:12,900
specific. 
It's when you are in the pursuit

607
00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:17,500
of presenting truth, 
evangelizing, sharing counseling

608
00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:19,800
are being wronged in the 
process. 

609
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:28,200
You must be patient forbearing. 
This tells me something for Paul

610
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,800
to use this, by the spirit, this
precise word implies this very, 

611
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,500
very clearly that if you're 
going to get in the business of 

612
00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:38,800
being a being a vessel to see 
people saved from Satan's 

613
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:43,100
deception, you will be treated 
wrongly. 

614
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,000
At one point or another, you 
will be wronged for doing so 

615
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,600
it's not a pain-free mission 
brothers and sisters, it's 

616
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,900
actually filled with pain. 
Yes we make ourselves available 

617
00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:02,600
for Supernatural testimonies 
like Philip but we also position

618
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:08,200
ourselves to be objects of great
scorn and mockery I remember 

619
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,400
when I was first saved in 
college my second year of 

620
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,500
college. 
So, people knew me before I was 

621
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,000
saved, and they knew me when I 
got saved, and after I got 

622
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,200
saved. 
And you know what? 

623
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,700
It's like when you're lit on 
fire by the gospel. 

624
00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:24,900
I have to run around and try to 
change people's minds about my 

625
00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:28,600
testimony about my reputation. 
I have to go around telling 

626
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,900
people that I'm a changed person
because I didn't want them to 

627
00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:36,300
think I'm the same day all that 
I was during frosh week. 

628
00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:40,900
And I remember people started to
catch on in our classrooms, were

629
00:38:40,900 --> 00:38:43,700
not very big, and there was one 
specific young lady. 

630
00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:47,400
I don't know where she is today.
She was in that classroom, and 

631
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,300
she was tough. 
She heard that Daniel became a 

632
00:38:50,308 --> 00:38:52,900
Christian. 
And so, she would take advantage

633
00:38:52,900 --> 00:38:56,600
to step into that classroom from
time to time and make an open 

634
00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:58,700
mockery of me in front of 
everybody. 

635
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,000
And I remember one time before 
class just a few minutes before 

636
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,000
she stepped in there. 
And she saw me, she goes, oh 

637
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000
guys, it's Daniel the guy that 
hates gays. 

638
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,900
Is and there was somebody in our
class who was a regular 

639
00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,500
attending a class who is 
obviously a homosexual hates 

640
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:16,400
gays, and doesn't believe gays 
should be met. 

641
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:21,600
And she just went on and on and 
I thought never thought this, I 

642
00:39:21,607 --> 00:39:25,500
want class to start now. 
Right now. 

643
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,800
And I just in that moment, 
didn't want to say anything, 

644
00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:34,000
just kept my mouth shut. 
Let her do what she wanted to 

645
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,100
do. 
And it was a non-believer in 

646
00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:40,400
atheist that stood up for me and
quieted her. 

647
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,300
Are you ready for that? 
Kind of stuff at work? 

648
00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:48,300
You ready for that kind of stuff
with your family, dinners when 

649
00:39:48,300 --> 00:39:51,800
you have Christmas, and people 
know that you're the part of a 

650
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,300
cult as an Evangelical. 
You ready for that? 

651
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,100
I was reading the Gospel of John
this week. 

652
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:01,100
That's my time, my personal 
time. 

653
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:04,100
And I saw something that never 
caught my attention before, it 

654
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:06,900
may not sound profound to you, 
but it deeply ministered to me 

655
00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:11,300
and it had to do with the 
personal insults that Jesus had 

656
00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:14,800
to endure. 
That's what it was, remember, 

657
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,600
seeing it and it and it showed 
up, so real to me as John 3:16. 

658
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:23,000
I was like, I can't believe what
Christ actually endured in the 

659
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:27,900
context in the setting of him. 
Giving life transforming truth. 

660
00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:31,100
Can I show you a couple examples
turn your Bibles to John 8? 

661
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:42,800
John 8, verse 40. 
John 8:40 in this wonderful 

662
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:48,000
wonderful dialogue between Jesus
where we see his famous words 

663
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,600
that I am statement about 
Abraham later on but we see 

664
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:55,900
early on but now look what Jesus
says in verse 40 but now You 

665
00:40:55,900 --> 00:41:00,000
seek to kill me. 
A man who has told you the truth

666
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,800
that I heard from God, this is 
not what Abraham did and look at

667
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,200
verse 41. 
Look what they say you are doing

668
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,400
The Works of your father, that 
the fought your father did. 

669
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:13,500
And they said to him, we were 
not born of sexual immorality. 

670
00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:18,000
We have one father, even God. 
This is what they're saying 

671
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,100
here. 
We were not born of sexual 

672
00:41:22,100 --> 00:41:25,200
immorality. 
What do you think they meant by 

673
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:29,100
that? 
They're essentially insulting 

674
00:41:29,100 --> 00:41:33,900
the parentage of Jesus. 
We know from scriptures that 

675
00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:36,800
there was much controversy of 
the origins of Christ. 

676
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,900
And we know that Mary was 
pregnant before she was even 

677
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,000
married herself and news 
traveled abroad and that even 

678
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
carried along to Jesus adult 
life. 

679
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,700
And these people frustrated with
Jesus claims and convicting 

680
00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:57,100
words decided to viciously imply
that he was Illegitimate, as a 

681
00:41:57,100 --> 00:41:59,100
child. 
Guess what? 

682
00:41:59,107 --> 00:42:01,100
They were calling. 
His mom, a harlot. 

683
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,800
So, as though they were saying, 
we were not born of sexual 

684
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:07,500
immorality, but we don't know 
about you. 

685
00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:11,700
Jesus of Nazareth, brother. 
Hot-blooded brother, listen to 

686
00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:14,100
me. 
What would you do if somebody 

687
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:18,700
insulted your mother? 
What would you do if somebody 

688
00:42:18,700 --> 00:42:21,300
called your mom, a prostitute as
your evangelizing, her sharing 

689
00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:24,100
your faith? 
Mmm Christ. 

690
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:28,500
Is your example, amazing. 
How specific the Bible is Christ

691
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:32,000
is your example because he did 
not retaliate, though. 

692
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,400
He was reviled he didn't revile 
in return. 

693
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:39,100
Any convicting thing? 
That Jesus said was true because

694
00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:42,100
he does say in this context. 
Your father is the devil. 

695
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,100
He does, but he wasn't saying 
that because you called my mom, 

696
00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:50,100
a harlot. 
You want to see how patient 

697
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:52,600
Jesus is scroll down to verse 
48. 

698
00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:57,600
Jesus continues with his amazing
words and his wisdom. 

699
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,500
And they could not confound him 
and they could not argue against

700
00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:02,300
them. 
The Jews answer them. 

701
00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:05,000
Are we not right in saying that 
you are a Samaritan and have a 

702
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,700
demon? 
Jesus answered, I do not have a 

703
00:43:08,700 --> 00:43:11,600
demon, but I honor my father and
you dishonor me. 

704
00:43:12,700 --> 00:43:15,700
So now they went from insulting 
his mother, and his parentage. 

705
00:43:17,100 --> 00:43:21,800
And they go against his very 
person and they say, you know 

706
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,500
what, word in town is actually 
true your demon possessed. 

707
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,600
And you are a Samaritan, which 
was a scathing thing to say in 

708
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:33,100
this time because, you know, the
Samaritans and Jews were not the

709
00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:35,700
best of Pals. 
They were half-breeds, they were

710
00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:38,700
not full blooded Jews and it's 
almost as though they're there. 

711
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,800
They're making this claim again.
Maybe your dad is actually 

712
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:46,300
Samaritan. 
This doesn't feel good. 

713
00:43:46,300 --> 00:43:49,300
We read it on paper and we just 
glanced by it. 

714
00:43:49,300 --> 00:43:53,100
That hurts that stings and 
you're trying to help these 

715
00:43:53,100 --> 00:43:56,400
people. 
Your Samaritan. 

716
00:43:57,500 --> 00:44:00,500
Your false teacher because 
Samaritans have false teaching. 

717
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,000
And not only are you a false 
teacher, you're a false teacher 

718
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:08,200
that's energized by a devil. 
The perfect Son of God you think

719
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,800
you and I are going to just walk
through this life without such 

720
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:15,000
things. 
And I love what Jesus does Jesus

721
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,400
denies. 
That he was demon possessed 

722
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,200
because he didn't want anybody 
to think otherwise concerning 

723
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,400
the purity of his spiritual 
state, but he doesn't say 

724
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:22,900
anything about him being a 
Samaritan. 

725
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,300
Notice that? 
He doesn't say anything about 

726
00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:29,600
him being a smart, he would not 
entertain that insult from the 

727
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,900
people. 
They said you're a Samaritan. 

728
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:33,900
He just completely bypasses 
that. 

729
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,900
Because Jesus had a different 
heart for the Samaritans, and 

730
00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:42,900
these Jews did. 
Are you willing to patiently 

731
00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:46,200
endure? 
Evil. 

732
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,300
And remember this, when people 
can't answer your arguments, 

733
00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:51,900
they often will attack your 
character. 

734
00:44:52,300 --> 00:44:56,600
Just keep that in mind. 
But we come to the last Point 

735
00:44:56,600 --> 00:45:02,400
here. 
Paul says not only patiently 

736
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:06,400
enduring evil remaining in the 
spirit even though Satan will 

737
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,900
try to get under your skin and 
try to pull out of you fleshly 

738
00:45:08,900 --> 00:45:12,800
response. 
But correcting his opponents 

739
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:18,400
with gentleness. 
Correcting his opponents with 

740
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,200
gentleness. 
Now let me say this. 

741
00:45:22,100 --> 00:45:24,500
Because in our minds right now, 
we're all going to that word, 

742
00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:26,400
gentleness, aren't we. 
And it's true. 

743
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:29,300
We need to be gentle. 
But this point demands, 

744
00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,300
something else and it demands 
this that if we're going to be 

745
00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:33,400
vessels that God would use as 
God. 

746
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,700
Used Philip as God used. 
Many people that do not have 

747
00:45:35,700 --> 00:45:39,700
their names on Billboard's or in
books, but to win souls, you 

748
00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:42,800
must be, I must be willing to 
have uncomfortable 

749
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:47,900
conversations. 
Because God says here, that if 

750
00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:50,300
you're going to be such a vessel
for my use, you must be able to 

751
00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:53,300
willing to tell somebody that 
they're wrong and that they 

752
00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:56,500
don't have the right belief and 
that their understanding of the 

753
00:45:56,500 --> 00:45:59,100
Lord is not, right? 
And their, interpretation of the

754
00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:02,800
scripture is not in line with 
traditional Orthodoxy, you must 

755
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:06,900
be willing to say those things 
with somebody and that is 

756
00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:09,500
becoming increasingly difficult 
in our age. 

757
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:13,900
We are living in a time when our
culture is discipling, a 

758
00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:17,900
generation to A false sense of 
respect. 

759
00:46:19,700 --> 00:46:23,100
To the point where even if you 
dare State your own opinion, you

760
00:46:23,100 --> 00:46:25,600
should expect the fury of the 
cancer police. 

761
00:46:27,900 --> 00:46:31,100
And so, you have people now who 
are very educated, who are in 

762
00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:34,900
prominent positions, that will 
not say certain things because 

763
00:46:35,700 --> 00:46:38,300
you now, live in a society where
you are threatened and 

764
00:46:38,300 --> 00:46:40,300
intimidated for even stating 
what you believe about 

765
00:46:40,300 --> 00:46:44,500
something, do you think that's 
just a cultural phenomenon? 

766
00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:48,300
Do you think this 
oversensitivity and this push 

767
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:52,800
for people to be silenced or 
fired or smeared or cancel? 

768
00:46:53,100 --> 00:46:55,300
Do you think that's just a just 
a humid? 

769
00:46:55,300 --> 00:46:59,400
It's spiritual We're in a 
spiritual war. 

770
00:46:59,500 --> 00:47:02,500
So what's happening here? 
Satan is discipling, a 

771
00:47:02,500 --> 00:47:04,900
generation and future 
Generations. 

772
00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:09,700
To make sure that there would be
no critics of evil and sin 

773
00:47:09,700 --> 00:47:13,200
without a price. 
That's what it is. 

774
00:47:14,300 --> 00:47:18,300
And if the church is not on 
guard, what's intimidating, the 

775
00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:22,700
media to not say certain things.
What's arresting people from 

776
00:47:22,700 --> 00:47:25,800
even voicing their opinion about
politics or Trends. 

777
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,400
What's even causing students in 
a learning environment to feel 

778
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:31,200
crippled and paralyzed and 
fearful lest. 

779
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:34,200
They be highlighted as being 
rebellious for not adopting. 

780
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:37,600
The Narrative will come into the
Church of Jesus Christ. 

781
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:45,800
Paul says, they must be willing 
to correct their opponents and 

782
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:49,200
face falsehood. 
And now one might object and 

783
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:52,800
say, well, it says right here, 
gentle, they have to be yes, of 

784
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:56,200
course, gentle. 
We're not arguing against that, 

785
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:58,700
but can I challenge your 
definition of gentle please? 

786
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:01,500
What is your understanding of 
gentleness? 

787
00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:04,400
Is it to remain silent for fear 
of offending, those who are 

788
00:48:04,408 --> 00:48:07,700
clearly in the wrong? 
Is it to remain in a neutral 

789
00:48:07,700 --> 00:48:10,100
position with everyone? 
Even though they are promoting 

790
00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:12,800
heresy or disruption in the 
church? 

791
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:14,500
I would damage the reputation of
Christ. 

792
00:48:14,500 --> 00:48:16,000
What's your definition of 
gentle? 

793
00:48:18,700 --> 00:48:22,600
Now if you would think to 
yourself that gentle means timid

794
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:27,500
and silent and making sure that 
what you believe would never 

795
00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:30,600
cause friction in an environment
or in a relationship. 

796
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,800
You might have very great 
trouble with the definition of 

797
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:39,600
gentle in the Bible. because 
instead of debating about it, 

798
00:48:40,500 --> 00:48:43,100
and instead of coming up with 
our own ideas, why don't we go 

799
00:48:43,100 --> 00:48:47,400
to the best example of 
gentleness as personified? 

800
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:51,700
And embodied by someone, you 
know where I'm going, right? 

801
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:54,300
Listen to these words from the 
lips of the perfect. 

802
00:48:54,300 --> 00:48:59,000
Son of God. 
In Matthew 11:29, take my yoke 

803
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:03,400
upon you and learn from me for I
Am. 

804
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:11,100
What gentle And lowly in heart. 
And you will find rest for your 

805
00:49:11,100 --> 00:49:13,800
souls. 
You know what Jesus, just said 

806
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:17,100
to us this morning, do you want 
to learn what it means to be 

807
00:49:17,100 --> 00:49:19,300
gentle? 
Do you want to learn what it 

808
00:49:19,300 --> 00:49:28,800
means to be meek, learn from me.
And you know, some parts of the 

809
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:34,200
Bible with Jesus that might not 
fit our understanding of gentle.

810
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,400
Because gentle doesn't mean bold
rather. 

811
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,400
It does mean. 
Bold gentle does mean, 

812
00:49:43,900 --> 00:49:48,000
courageous gentle does mean 
willingness to confront what 

813
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:49,400
Paul has a mind about 
gentleness. 

814
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,900
It's about an attitude that is 
framed by a righteous goal and 

815
00:49:52,900 --> 00:49:55,500
that righteous goal is what we 
read later on in second Timothy 

816
00:49:55,500 --> 00:49:59,100
with those verses that we heard 
earlier to see someone delivered

817
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:03,600
from Satan snares. 
That you have God's glory in 

818
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:05,900
mind and man's good. 
In mind. 

819
00:50:06,100 --> 00:50:10,300
Paul is not advocating a manner 
of correction that satisfies 

820
00:50:10,300 --> 00:50:14,500
self. 
You're not in the business of 

821
00:50:14,500 --> 00:50:19,600
heresy hunting online. 
Or finding a minut error and 

822
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:23,100
somebody's teaching or their 
practice so that you can feel 

823
00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:25,300
better about yourself because 
you look more Superior. 

824
00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:27,000
That's not what Paul is talking 
about. 

825
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:34,900
It's about an attitude of the 
heart that will frame your words

826
00:50:34,900 --> 00:50:38,500
and your tone even though it 
comes in the form of rebuke. 

827
00:50:38,500 --> 00:50:40,900
Like, you know, that there are 
some people in your life that 

828
00:50:40,900 --> 00:50:44,100
are passionate about truth that 
will even lift their voice if 

829
00:50:44,100 --> 00:50:47,700
they have to. 
But all the while you can sense 

830
00:50:47,700 --> 00:50:51,800
the love You can sense, Christ's
love. 

831
00:50:53,300 --> 00:50:55,500
And there are other people who 
are trying to do the same thing,

832
00:50:55,500 --> 00:50:58,200
but because they don't have the 
spirit of God operating through 

833
00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:00,200
them. 
It shuts people off. 

834
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:05,300
Immediately Jesus says, learn 
from me for. 

835
00:51:05,300 --> 00:51:09,500
I am gentle and lowly in heart. 
Gentle doesn't mean you keep 

836
00:51:09,500 --> 00:51:11,600
quiet. 
Gentle doesn't mean that you 

837
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:13,700
don't question. 
Gentle doesn't mean that 

838
00:51:13,700 --> 00:51:15,000
sometimes you even have to 
rebuke. 

839
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,000
No no. 
You know what I'm worried about.

840
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,500
When I read this verse, I'm 
worried about what's happening 

841
00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:23,000
in our culture is affecting the 
church to what degree. 

842
00:51:24,100 --> 00:51:27,400
Imagine I just imagine you're 
oblivious to those certain text 

843
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:31,700
about Jesus and how he dealt 
with certain people and I just 

844
00:51:31,700 --> 00:51:34,600
read to you about a person who 
spoke these things to certain 

845
00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:36,900
people. 
You know what, I think would 

846
00:51:36,900 --> 00:51:39,600
happen with most Christians, 
they would think that Christ was

847
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:46,800
very uncrossed, like they would 
think crisis very unchristian, 

848
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:52,800
like, And so, we have to 
understand that there is a 

849
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:56,200
righteous boldness and 
confrontation, but it is always 

850
00:51:56,200 --> 00:52:00,400
tamed by humility. 
And it is always stained by 

851
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:04,800
wisdom that knows when to speak 
up in a certain way and when to 

852
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:07,700
be patient and correct seeing 
someone because the opposite 

853
00:52:07,700 --> 00:52:09,400
extreme, right? 
Because I know what can happen 

854
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:11,900
with a snippet like this. 
Somebody can cut this off and 

855
00:52:11,900 --> 00:52:15,200
say, look, what look what this 
man is saying, Jesus whipped up 

856
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:17,200
people in the temple. 
So we should Jesus. 

857
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:19,300
Did it twice in his ministry, 
not every Sunday. 

858
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:24,200
Jesus didn't go around with a 
whip around his belt whipping, 

859
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:25,600
people. 
Every time he saw them. 

860
00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:30,500
He knew when he knew when to 
stand up for the truth. 

861
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:34,600
He knew when to sit down with a 
woman who was in sin and be very

862
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:38,000
patient. 
And I would say this look at the

863
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:40,500
connection and closing as we 
come back to 2nd Timothy. 

864
00:52:40,500 --> 00:52:44,700
These things are so important, 
those so simple so very 

865
00:52:44,700 --> 00:52:48,800
important that it connects to 
The Sovereign work of God which 

866
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:52,800
says here in verse 25 God May 
perhaps grant them repentance 

867
00:52:52,900 --> 00:52:54,800
leading to a knowledge of the 
truth. 

868
00:52:56,100 --> 00:53:01,500
God works with human agents in 
the business of redemption, he 

869
00:53:01,500 --> 00:53:05,400
does. 
See this excludes this concept 

870
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:07,800
that if God can move, someone's 
heart and change them and 

871
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,600
convict them and regenerate, and
then I can sit on my hands. 

872
00:53:11,300 --> 00:53:14,700
No, he looks for a specific 
quality of Christians and then 

873
00:53:14,700 --> 00:53:17,000
he works through them. 
And what I see here in the 

874
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:20,300
progression of thought, is when 
we as Believers, we furnish 

875
00:53:20,300 --> 00:53:23,600
ourselves, this way, when we 
place these things in our lives,

876
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:27,900
we better position ourselves and
people that we confront to know 

877
00:53:27,900 --> 00:53:31,500
truth and to be led to 
repentance. 

878
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:35,100
Some of you in here, maybe more 
passionate than others. 

879
00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:37,300
Some of you in here are better 
at the kindness thing that the 

880
00:53:37,300 --> 00:53:39,300
teaching thing. 
And some in here are more 

881
00:53:39,300 --> 00:53:40,500
better. 
The teaching thing that the 

882
00:53:40,508 --> 00:53:44,900
kindness thing, we need both and
let me say this, this is so 

883
00:53:44,900 --> 00:53:49,300
important to apply because when 
we deal with people as a church 

884
00:53:49,300 --> 00:53:52,400
that is passionate about truth. 
Notice Paul's language. 

885
00:53:52,500 --> 00:53:55,400
He says that they may come to 
their senses and Escape The 

886
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:59,000
Snare of the devil after being 
captured by him to do his will 

887
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:03,700
people are not your enemy. 
They're held hostage, you want 

888
00:54:03,700 --> 00:54:07,300
to be gentle, you want to be 
soft, you want to be calculated 

889
00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:09,200
with your words. 
You want to know when to say it 

890
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:13,000
and how to say it realize that 
they are held prisoner, they are

891
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:17,400
not your enemy. 
They're duped and they're 

892
00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:22,000
clouded and they need you by the
grace of God to help them see. 

893
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:25,300
Liberty. 
May we pray and ask God to help 

894
00:54:25,300 --> 00:54:28,700
us apply these things and wisdom
for the sake of the glory of 

895
00:54:28,700 --> 00:54:31,700
Jesus Christ and his gospel. 
Let's pray. 

896
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,900
Heavenly Father, we come before 
you as vessels in your house. 

897
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,000
Longing to cleanse ourselves 
from that, which is 

898
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:55,700
dishonorable. 
So that we may be vessels of 

899
00:54:55,700 --> 00:55:00,700
honorable use Lord. 
We heard your word concerning 

900
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:06,900
the instruments that you see Fit
for your use, in the business of

901
00:55:06,900 --> 00:55:10,100
rescuing people from satanic, 
bondage. 

902
00:55:10,900 --> 00:55:12,400
And Lord, we want to be those 
people. 

903
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:14,600
We want to be those people. 
That would be found ready when 

904
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you see a soul. 
In the neighborhood, that 

905
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doesn't know, but his longing to
know Christ. 

906
00:55:23,100 --> 00:55:28,400
Thank you for the awesome truth 
that your roster is very large. 

907
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,700
You do not only have a handful 
that will do all this work. 

908
00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:35,500
You have a great roster of 
people fathers and mothers 

909
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:41,000
students, doctors businessmen, 
stay-at-home moms Part-time 

910
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,000
workers at a retail store. 
Lord, you have a great roster. 

911
00:55:45,100 --> 00:55:48,100
But Lord, we lay our lives down.
We ask you to help us to not be 

912
00:55:48,100 --> 00:55:52,200
quarrelsome, but to be kind to 
everyone Lord, to be able to 

913
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:56,600
know the truth and to be able to
communicate the truth, despite 

914
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our personalities are 
limitations. 

915
00:55:58,300 --> 00:56:00,600
Got your. 
Holy Spirit has been given to us

916
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:05,000
to be powerful Witnesses. 
Look to patiently endure evil, 

917
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,500
because this is a difficult work
where people will scorn us and 

918
00:56:08,500 --> 00:56:13,300
mock us even within the church. 
Helped us be like the master who

919
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did not retaliate with Insults 
but remained on the path of not 

920
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sinning with his mouth but being
bold with the truth and Lord, we

921
00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:28,200
ask that you would give us the 
love and the compassion to be 

922
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:31,500
able to correct others. 
But with a certain attitude that

923
00:56:31,500 --> 00:56:34,500
would not turn them off. 
But also at times to be bold, 

924
00:56:34,500 --> 00:56:38,400
when we need to to shake people 
from their deception, give us 

925
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,000
the wisdom to know how to walk 
in. 

926
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:44,300
What at what time with which 
person Lord, we submit ourselves

927
00:56:44,300 --> 00:56:47,500
because we Not to be used with 
our lives and we give you glory 

928
00:56:47,500 --> 00:56:49,600
for the wisdom that you have 
provided this morning. 

929
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:51,400
So that we would not be left in 
the dark. 

930
00:56:51,900 --> 00:56:54,200
We say yes to your will and to 
your commands. 

931
00:56:54,500 --> 00:57:00,700
And we ask you o God in heaven, 
use us use us in 2021 for your 

932
00:57:00,700 --> 00:57:04,100
namesake and Jesus name we pray.
Amen. 

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Can we stand as We Worship the 
Lord?