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This is Living Waters of Grace, 
the teaching ministry of Lewis 

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Harold, assistant pastor of 
Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland 

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County in Greensburg, PA. 
Now here's Pastor Lewis as he 

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continues teaching through God's
Word. 

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Our walk our lives should 
demonstrate what we believe, our

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lifestyle, our behavior, all 
that should demonstrate what we 

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believe or not. 
Be one who proclaim to know God,

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but then our behavior 
disqualifies us or our behavior 

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cause us to look like. 
We deny Him because of the way 

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that we behave, but we should 
walk in obedience to the Lord. 

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Our example is Jesus Christ, who
loved us so much that he died 

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for us. 
What do people really see when 

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they watch how you live? 
In today's message, Pastor Lewis

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reminds us that our walk must 
match our talk. 

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The way we live, the choices we 
make, and the love we show 

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should clearly demonstrate what 
we say we believe. 

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No one should hear us claim to 
know God while our behavior 

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looks like we deny Him. 
Your lifestyle is the loudest 

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sermon you'll ever possibly 
preach. 

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How does your daily behavior 
show the world that you truly 

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belong to Jesus now? 
Here's Pastor Lewis in the Book 

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of First Timothy, chapter 4, 
with today's edition of Living 

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Waters of Grace. 
It is important that we give 

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thanks to God when you know, I 
love when I'm sitting in a 

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restaurant and there's another 
family that's there and we see 

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them praying together before 
they eat. 

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I love seeing that. 
I love seeing that. 

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I love seeing young kids who 
understand that I don't eat 

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anything off this table until I 
give thanks. 

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That's a wonderful thing, a 
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Give thanks. 
So then in verse 6, he goes on, 

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he says if you instruct the 
brother in these things and what

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things and all the things we 
just got finished talking about 

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instructor brothers about these 
bad false teachers, instruct 

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them about how to look out for 
these doctrines of demons and 

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these deceiving spirits. 
Instructor brethren about 

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setting things apart for the 
Lord's purpose and doing all 

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things unto the Lord. 
He says, if you do that, then 

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you will be a good minister of 
Jesus Christ. 

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Nourished. 
I love this word nourished in 

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the words of faith. 
That word nourished. 

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It's a powerful word. 
It means actually need to be 

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sustained, sustained by the 
words of faith, to be supplied 

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with everything that's necessary
for my life, for life and living

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and health is all. 
And my spiritual growth is all 

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supplied to me, and I'm 
sustained through the words of 

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faith to the words of faith. 
Studying the Word of God has 

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impact on our lives in so many 
different areas. 

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Obeying the Word of God has 
impact in our lives in so many 

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different areas. 
It sustains us. 

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It sustains us. 
And then he says it's a good 

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minister of Jesus Christ who is 
sustained by the words of faith.

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It's a good minister that has 
supplied everything that is 

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necessary for life through the 
Word of God. 

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And it's important for pastors. 
No Pastor Clark is able to sit 

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in here today and be fed. 
He feeds us so much. 

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He feeds us so much, but he 
understands that it's important 

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for him to also be fed. 
There's ways that you can 

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actually know, spend so much 
time and be so focused on 

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feeding everybody else and you 
die of starvation. 

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It's important for us to be fed 
as Christians. 

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We go out and we share Christ. 
We share the word of God with 

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people, we share it with our 
families, we share it with our 

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friends, we share it with our Co
workers and we're always giving,

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sharing it and distributing. 
But it's also important that we 

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be fed so we can be nourished, 
so that we can have what's 

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needed to be able to give out. 
It's so important and then here 

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in verse 7 and verse 7 he says, 
but reject, reject profane an 

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old wise fables and exercise 
yourself toward godliness. 

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Verse 8 says for bodily exercise
profits a little, but godliness 

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is profitable for all things, 
having the promise of the life 

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that now is and of that which is
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This is a faithful saying and 
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Paul saying here, he's 
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physical exercise, which was 
important in Greek culture 

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because remember, they put a lot
of emphasis on physical activity

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and physical fitness. 
That's why we get the Olympic 

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Games and some of these other 
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They come, most of those come 
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lot of emphasis on that. 
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being a self-discipline, 
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They see it as being medicinal. 
It's good for my health, my 

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physical health, it's good for 
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And they see that. 
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valued. 
They really highly value people 

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who give themselves to physical 
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And you know what, we used to do
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You know, we do it here. 
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physical fitness started to get 
real popular and gyms were 

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popping up everywhere physical, 
you know, fitness facilities 

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were popping up everywhere. 
You got LA Fitness, you got at 

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one time they had, what was it 
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I can't remember the name of 
that now, but that was a 

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fitness. 
They had all kind of fitness 

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centers, neighborhood fitness 
centers, you name it, and people

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were just gone involved in. 
If jogging was popular at one 

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time, then it wasn't. 
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then it wasn't. 
Racquetball. 

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Remember racquetball that was 
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wasn't, you know, weightlifting.
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weightlifting and, and building 
up their bodies and being 

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physically strong. 
All those things are popular at 

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one time and then it wasn't, I 
remember even for myself that I,

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I know you can't tell by it now,
but there was a time that I used

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to work out probably six days a 
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I was really into physical 
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And I thought that if I didn't 
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hours a day or what not, that 
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I was the worst thing in the 
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I wasn't saved then. 
I had many hours of physical 

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fitness, 0 hours in the word of 
God, 0 wasn't even going to 

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church, Wasn't even going to 
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And what I'm saying here is that
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bad thing, it is still a good 
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But when your body becomes your 
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bad thing because now you've 
turned it into an idol. 

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I did that. 
My body became my idol. 

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I spent much more time 
worshipping that in front of a 

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mirror, right? 
You train, They got mirrors all 

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over the place so you can see 
what you look like. 

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You're worshiping, worshiping. 
And I spent many times, many 

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hours doing that on my own body.
0 hours with the Lord. 

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And I think about what the Lord 
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Peter, you couldn't watch with 
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my life, in our lives. 
Do we give God at least one hour

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as a minimum? 
Do we give him at least one 

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hour? 
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Not saying that if you don't do 
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as the person that does do it. 
That's what he's saying at all. 

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What he's saying is where is God
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Is he a priority? 
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that, putting him in 
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Is he a priority? 
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physical exercise here in verse 
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It does profit, but it profits a
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It profits a little. 
It's only profitable for here 

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while we're here. 
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grave. 
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physically fit, they will die of
something if Jesus Christ don't 

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come back first. 
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does profit a little, but the 
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There's a limited profit, but 
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Godliness is profitable for all 
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It's not just profitable for you
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for later on, and it's also 
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It's profitable for all things. 
It's profitable for mind, body 

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and soul, Timothy, and that's 
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The word of God and pursuing 
godliness is profitable in all 

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things, not just some, not just 
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And the important thing is that 
though we must suffer because he

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says here, he says here having 
the promise of life that now is 

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and that which is to come. 
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faithful saying and worthy of 
all acceptance. 

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That means it's, it's a 
trustworthy word. 

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But then verse 10, he says for 
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for this reason, Timothy, we 
both labor or we strive and we 

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suffer reproach. 
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We do it for godliness because 
it is profitable not only for 

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now and it's also profitable for
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So we strive for godliness, we 
seek godliness, we pursue 

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godliness, and we suffer 
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We suffer the shame, we suffer 
the mocking, we suffer the 

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persecution. 
We do all that, and we do it 

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because we trust in the look at 
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He doesn't just say we trust in 
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living God, the living God not 
trusting in the idols that the 

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Ephesians trusted in, not 
trusting in those statues that 

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they did, the statue of Diana 
and the other statues, not 

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trusting in those we're trusting
in the living God and his 

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promises are sure. 
We have hope, and that's what 

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we're trusting in. 
That's what we're trusting in. 

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And I pray that we put our trust
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We put our trust in the right 
thing, put our trust in Jesus 

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Christ who gives us all things, 
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hope of salvation which we have 
and eternity which we have. 

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And then he goes on, He says, 
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Meaning, meaning Jesus Christ 
who is the Savior of all men, 

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especially those who believe 
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This is not a universality or 
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He's not talking about 
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That's not what he's saying. 
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the one who created all men. 
He is the one who preserves all 

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men. 
He's the one who died for all 

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men. 
Over here chapter 2 over in 

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verse 4, he says who desires, 
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be saved, all right. 
And then over here in verse 6, 

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chapter 2, verse 6, it says who 
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so he died for all and his 
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But he realizes that it's only 
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Jesus Christ. 
Only those who believe on Jesus 

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Christ, only those who have 
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Christ for their salvation will 
be saved, will have the benefits

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of salvation, which is eternal 
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But yes, He died for everyone. 
Everyone has the opportunity to 

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get saved and then he goes on 
and this is when this is the 

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meat of it right here. 
And after this we'll start to 

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wind down. 
But in verse 12, this is my 

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favorite part because this is 
really direct instruction and it

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gives us exactly what we need to
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This is what we strive for as 
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He says let no one despise your 
youth but be an example to the 

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believers and this be an example
to the believers or it could be 

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be an example of the believers 
in both words fit in the Greek 

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text, but it's being an example 
to the believers where examples 

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to those who are in the church 
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who are in the church. 
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believers, that means that when 
we're out in the world, we're to

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be an example of believers to 
the world or to those who are 

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not saved. 
And he goes and he says, what is

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it that we should be examples 
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He gives us six things. 
Now, other manuscripts, there's 

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only 5. 
The one that's missing in other 

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manuscripts is Spirit. 
We'll talk about that when we 

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get to it. 
But in this version, it gives us

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6. 
He says we should be an example 

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in Word. in Word, our speech 
should be honest and loving 

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towards each other. 
We shouldn't have speech that 

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we're talking down to each other
or mocking each other or being 

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disrespectful to each other. 
We shouldn't be slanderous to 

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each other. 
Our speech should be honest and 

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be loving. 
The Bible says even when we 

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confront each other, if we have 
to confront each other with an 

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issue, we still speak the truth 
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According to Ephesians 4 and 15,
our speech should not be corrupt

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or shouldn't be filthy or 
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edifying. 
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Tom on Wednesday night and he 
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people who are encouraging, 
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and how it makes you feel or how
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you're around someone that's 
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positive impact on you. 
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faith for one thing, but it also
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It's not that self defeated 
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into when we first saw them, but
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We just feel better and that's 
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encouraging. 
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encouraging, it should be 
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in Ephesians 4 and 29. 
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of your mouth but that which is 
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that it may impart. 
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condemnation. 
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grace to the hears. 
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condemning to others, but it 
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When Jesus Christ came, he came 
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realm. 
We should be examples of that. 

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always be with grace, with 
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word, not just that we should 
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or should be edifying or 
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have knowledge of the word. 
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to people and we share the word 
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place of knowledge. 
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about growing in the grace and 
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Jesus Christ. 
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should be an examples in 
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should demonstrate what we 
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behavior. 
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we believe or not be one who 
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But then our behavior 
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cause us to look like we deny 
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behave. 
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to the Lord. 
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loved us so much that he died 
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love. 
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motivation for anything that we 
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each other, it should always be 
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It should never be because of 
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It should never be because then 
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this. 
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Jesus Christ. 
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that I always referred back to 
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verse 55 when they were going 
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Jesus Christ and the disciples 
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trying to get to Jerusalem, and 
the Samaritans denied them from 

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going through. 
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disciples got upset about it. 
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to just call down fire from 
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the way Elijah did it? 
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There was a loving response. 
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You don't know what spirit you. 
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He said the Son of Man didn't 
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I came to save man. 
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them, but we got to remember 
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We want to get them back. 
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offended us, and you can't do 
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We are here to save man. 
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be examples in faith. 
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Someone who was a Christian, 
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Christianity should always be a 
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means trustworthy. 
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rely on Jesus Christ. 
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Our faith leads to faithfulness.
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we're going to do it and we 
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Ephesus was a city that was 
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immorality, just like it is 
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in our world, you know, there, 
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temptation and so much 
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around this time. 
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be tempted. 
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to be an example, Timothy, you 
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believers even in your purity. 
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it talks about, he said, this is
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Even your sanctification, our 
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us. 
That's how we demonstrate who we

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belong to and Timothy, and 
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First Timothy chapter 5 verse 
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He told Timothy. 
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encourage. 
I'm sorry. 

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He says encourage the young 
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We need to be in here. 
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one of you, one or the other. 
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you're my sister. 
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I have to be pure. 
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You have to be pure. 
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verse 13. 
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come, give attention to reading,
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to reading. 
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reading, reading the word of God
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He's talking about preaching the
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to do what the word of God says 
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obey that and in doctrine, which
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salvation or the end times to 
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things. 
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give attention to those things. 
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Timothy, don't neglect the gift 
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to you by prophecy with the 
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eldership. 
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gift it was imported to. 
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of hands, now God doesn't have 
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The elders will come and they'll
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send these people out. 
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does it. 
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neglect that gift that was given
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stir up the gift that was given 
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Don't let that gift lay dormant.
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we can neglect the gift. 
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it, or we can neglect it by 
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Give yourself entirely to them, 
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evident to all. 
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the Lord, when you're studying 
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you're spending more time 
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that becomes obvious to other 
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They can see it in you when you 
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Lord, your progress becomes 
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want to continue to progress in 
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your doctrine, continuing them 
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yourself and those who hear you.
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yourselves to your ministry and 
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But then, he says, also remember
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time to time. 
Take heed to yourself into the 

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doctrine. 
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the faith? 
Where am I am I lining up with 

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what the Word of God is telling 
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As it says in Second Corinthians
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yourself as to whether you are 
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Am I lining up? 
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Am I where I need to be? 
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give to the Lord that I have not
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Are there things I need to give 
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What am I trusting Lord to 
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heart? 
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seeking Him to do it? 
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we need to understand that when 
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ourself and we save those who 
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When we are good examples to the
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want what we have and those 
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They come looking to the Lord. 
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when he and Silas was in jail in
Philippi, when they were in jail

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because of the way they behave 
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persecution, being tormented, 
beaten in stocks, because of the

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way they behave themselves, the 
jailer came to them and said 

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what must I do to be saved? 
May our lives be that way, that 

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people see our conduct in every 
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something that's sought to them.
They want, they want it, they 

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want it. 
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So Paul says, look, we have to 
preach the Word, we have to 

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practice the Word, and we have 
to progress in the Word. 

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Timothy. 
That's what a good minister 

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does. 
This is what Paul is saying to 

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Timothy, because when we do 
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ourselves, but then we also help
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things. 
Amen. 

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God bless you. 
Thank you for tuning in to 

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Living Waters of Grace with 
Pastor Lewis Harrell. 

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We're currently in the books of 
First and Second Timothy. 

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Some of the things included in 
these New Testament letters from

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Paul are that the young and 
newly established Pastor Timothy

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was being encouraged to hold 
fast to what was true. 

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He was challenged to confront 
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that were rising up. 
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his calling to the ministry with
gratefulness and to address the 

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happenings going on in the 
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Paul was imparting his 
experience and knowledge to the 

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next generation. 
Timothy was receptive to 

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learning and gleaning what he 
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This is how it should be in 
ministry across multiple 

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generations. 
Those who have lived a little 

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more life should be open to 
sharing their successes and also

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things they've learned along the
way. 

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That we're not a wind. 
The younger generations coming 

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up can learn and appreciate much
from those ahead of them, and 

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perhaps avoid some of the same 
pitfalls that their mentors work

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through mentoring. 
It's a beautiful relationship 

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when the hearts are in the right
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We trust that you're in a 
community where this is 

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happening. 
Older ones providing advice and 

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wisdom, and each side learning 
and growing from one another. 

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This certainly was the case for 
Paul and Timothy as they were 

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comrades for the sake of the 
gospel. 

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This has been living waters of 
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