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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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Join in on that with me. 
Don't be fearful continue to do 

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what God has called you to do 
and then he says here in verse 

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9, he says who has saved with us
a holy calling. 

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He called us to be separate from
the world. 

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The world is not going to go 
through those things. 

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The world is not going to take 
that risk, but because of what 

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we believe in and because what 
we know is waiting for us, that 

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promise of life, we can continue
to do what we've been called to 

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do. 
And whatever happens, happened. 

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Faith is the substance hoped 
for, the things unseen. 

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Literally, faith is believing in
something that you can't see. 

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So that means that faith 
requires risk. 

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How can we as followers of Jesus
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Well, it requires us to 1st 
believe in the One who empowers 

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us to do the things that He's 
called us to do. 

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When we believe in God, God 
moves. 

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Now, that doesn't mean that God 
doesn't move just because we 

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don't believe. 
God's will is like water. 

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It will always take the path of 
least resistance. 

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But when we believe, walk in 
faith, God moves in bigger ways.

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Now here's Pastor Lewis in the 
Book of Second Timothy chapter 

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1, as he continues his message 
last words. 

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He sees Paul getting arrested 
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he's in the same ministry. 
He is testifying to the same 

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name that Paul was testifying to
that's leading to his impending 

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execution. 
Maybe that caused Timothy to 

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weep. 
We don't really know what caused

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Timothy to weep. 
But Paul says I'm mindful of 

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those tears, that I may be 
filled with joy when I call into

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remembrance. 
Your genuine faith, Timothy, 

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your faith is not hypocritical. 
Your faith does not come from 

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surface belief. 
Your faith comes from the real, 

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the real source. 
Your faith is based upon your 

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knowledge and your belief in 
Jesus Christ. 

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That is genuine faith. 
It's faith in the face of fear. 

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It's faith in the face of all 
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It's faith in the face of 
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That's genuine faith, Faith and 
temptation, Timothy. 

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Your faith is not hypocritical 
because your examples were good.

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First, it was in your your 
grandmother, your grandmother 

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Lois, she was a faithful woman. 
And that was passed down to your

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mother, Eunice, who was a 
faithful woman. 

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They pray for you, Timothy, and 
now you have genuine faith. 

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I'm going to tell you something.
Most of us, and I know I am, 

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chief, I am definitely one who 
are here as a result of the 

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faithful prayers of someone who 
prayed for us. 

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Maybe it was your grandmother, 
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maybe it was your father, maybe 
it was your mother. 

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For me, it was mother, 
grandmother and my older sister.

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They desperately prayed for me 
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and maybe somebody did that for 
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So we have evidence that the 
fervent prayers of the righteous

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availeth much, and Timothy 
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So if you're praying for 
somebody that's not in here yet,

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if you're praying for somebody 
that you want to see walking 

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with the Lord before you leave, 
don't stop praying. 

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Regardless of what you see, 
regardless of what you see. 

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It's not about what we see. 
It's what we believe. 

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We serve a God that is able to 
change hearts, to change lives, 

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to change the destiny of men and
women. 

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He is able. 
So don't give up your prayers. 

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Don't give up your prayers. 
And then he goes on and he says 

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in verse 6, he says, therefore, 
I remind you now, this is his 

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first. 
If you're taking notes, this is 

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his first instruction to 
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He says, therefore I remind you,
stir up the gift of God that is 

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in you through the laying on of 
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Stir up the gift that's 
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Stir up that gift that is in 
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Every one of us have a gift 
that's in us that came to us at 

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the time that we got saved. 
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dwell on the inside of us, it 
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So we all have a gift, but non 
use fear and other things can 

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cause that gift to go dormant. 
Circumstances, frustrations, 

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problems in ministry, it can 
cause that gift to go dormant. 

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Non use of that gift. 
And Paula said, Timothy, stir up

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that gift. 
Fan those embers into a flame. 

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Timothy, don't let your ministry
die. 

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Don't let your faith die. 
Don't let your testimony die. 

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Stir it up. 
And that's what He's saying to 

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us. 
He sent it to me and I know He's

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saying it to you as well. 
Stir up that gift that's in you.

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God placed something in you. 
I don't know what it is, but He 

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placed a gift that's in each and
every one of you who believe. 

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Stir it up. 
Don't let it sit and go dormant.

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Don't let the enemy be able to 
celebrate because you are not 

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serving the Lord in the way that
God has called you to do it 

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because your gift went dormant. 
Stir it up. 

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Stir it up. 
But it's also important that we 

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remember that the gift is in 
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You're not the gift, he said. 
The gift that's in you. 

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We're not the gift. 
Don't let people think you're 

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the gift. 
Don't let people make you 

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believe that you are the gift. 
The gift is in you. 

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It's in US whatever that gift is
teaching praise and worship, AV 

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leadership, whatever the gift is
administration. 

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It doesn't matter. 
The gift is what's in you. 

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So he goes on that was necessary
just to put out there before we 

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move on. 
Then verse 7 he says, for God 

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has not given us a spirit of 
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and a sound mind that was must 
have been necessary to say Paul 

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would not have made that 
admonition if it wasn't 

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necessary. 
Somewhere along the line Timothy

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must have became timid somewhere
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Somewhere along the line Timothy
must have become pretty silent 

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about his gift and was not 
teaching the word of God or 

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doing what he needed to do with 
the gift that was placed in him.

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Somewhere along the line 
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Timothy was becoming fearful. 
Otherwise Paul would not have 

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made that admonition to him. 
He would not have brought that 

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up. 
And it was right after he said, 

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stir up the gift. 
And then he says, for God has 

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not given us a spirit of fear. 
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That tells us that Timothy 
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fearful. 
Maybe it's because he was seeing

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so many people executed around 
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Maybe it's because he was seeing
the treatment. 

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Maybe it was because he was 
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Maybe he was because the older 
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just disrespecting him so much 
that he become fearful. 

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But whatever the case was, he 
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And Paul said God did not give 
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Timothy, God gave us a lot of 
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came with the spirit that God 
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A lot of things come with the 
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In fact, if you go to Isaiah 
Chapter 11 verses one, it talks 

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about the seven spirits of God, 
the fear of the Lord, the spirit

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of counsel and might, the spirit
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and the spirit of fear. 
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Anything that we fear, it's the 
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And that's a reverent fear, not 
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It's the fear of God, the 
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So somewhere along the line 
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So he goes on here and he says, 
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spirit was power, love, and a 
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mind, a mind of self-control. 
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spirit. 
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Fear wasn't one of them. 
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he says, look, serve boldly and 
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And he's given us that same 
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not fearfully. 
So he goes on here in verse 8, 

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so #1 stir up the gift of God #2
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Therefore, do not be ashamed of 
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of me his prisoner. 
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Do not be ashamed of the 
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When you look at that, when you 
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really talks about don't be 
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disappointed of the testimony of
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There's a lot of things that 
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us, so we lose faith. 
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testimony of Jesus Christ, so we
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And Paul says don't be ashamed 
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Don't be ashamed to suffer for 
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Don't be ashamed to talk about 
Jesus Christ, Timothy. 

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He is the Messiah. 
He is the real deal. 

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He is the Son of God, He is the 
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You don't have to be ashamed. 
You won't be disappointed if you

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put your faith in him, Timothy. 
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Timothy, Don't be ashamed. 
Don't be ashamed. 

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And that's what he talks about. 
Then he says nor of me, his 

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prisoner. 
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Wait a minute, You, you're doing
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I mean, think about how some 
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you're always talking about 
Jesus and you talk about your 

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faith, but look at you, you're 
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Look at you, you going through, 
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You ain't prospering. 
Don't care about that because we

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have the promise of life that 
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beginning. 
I don't care about what goes on 

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here in this world. 
So what I know, I serve a God 

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who's able to do anything that 
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you. 
I serve a God who's able. 

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But the promise that he gave us 
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that's what we trust in. 
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So don't be ashamed of me 
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suffering. 
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and this is #3 the third 
instruction, Share with me in 

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the sufferings for the gospel 
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Timothy, join me in the 
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Join me in it. 
Suffer with me, you know, Don't 

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try to avoid it. 
Preach the Word. 

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And if you have to suffer as a 
result of preaching the Word, as

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a result of sharing the message 
of the gospel, so be it. 

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Then join in it with me, Paul 
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I want to know you in the 
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I want to stand the way you did.
Jesus stood and looked of all of

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the people who wanted to kill 
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He looked right into their face 
and continued to teach what God 

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gave him to teach, to preach 
what God gave him, to preach, to

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do what God gave him to do. 
Looking right into the face of 

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those who he knew wanted to kill
him, he kneeled down in front of

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the man who he knew was going to
betray him. 

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But he didn't become ashamed of 
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He washed his feet anyway. 
He washed his feet anyway. 

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And Paul is saying, let's join 
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Join in that with me, join in on
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Don't be fearful. 
Continue to do what God has 

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called you to do. 
And then he says here in verse 

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9, he says who has saved with us
a holy calling. 

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He called us to be separate from
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The world is not going to go 
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The world is not going to take 
that risk, but because of what 

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we believe in and because what 
we know is waiting for us, that 

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promise of life, We can continue
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do. 
And whatever happens, happens. 

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And he's going to tell us why 
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little further down. 
But he called us with a holy 

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calling. 
That means it's a calling to be 

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separate. 
You know, you're a chosen 

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people. 
You know, you're a royal 

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priesthood, you're a holy 
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You're separate. 
You're separate. 

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You're a peculiar people. 
You're a people unto me. 

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You're separated unto me. 
So he says, walk in that. 

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And then he goes on and he says 
according, not according to your

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works, but according to his own 
purpose and grace Things here in

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the world that we achieve. 
We achieve them because of our 

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efforts. 
We achieve them because of our 

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efforts. 
You get a job based on your 

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history of work, things that you
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It's based on your own effort. 
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always relate things to sports, 
but there's a lot of kids right 

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now that are playing high school
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OK, There's thousands of high 
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the country and thousands of 
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There's only a few. 
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will give scholarships to these 
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they're doing it through their 
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What Paul is saying here is that
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but it's not going to be because
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It's going to be because of 
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Nothing that we do makes us 
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God. 
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It's all according to His 
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through His grace. 
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favor, but it's also that 
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given us to do for his purpose. 
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And then he goes on and he says 
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Christ Jesus before time began, 
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appearing of our Savior Jesus 
Christ, who has abolished death 

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and brought life and immortality
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Here's Paul again focusing on 
the promise of life. 

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He says, look, this thing was 
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done before time began. 
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before our time, OK, Not before 
God's time. 

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God doesn't have a time, right? 
He's infinite. 

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There's no beginning, there's no
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It was already established, 
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sovereign. 
He knows the end from the 

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beginning. 
We see to the corner. 

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He sees around the corner but 
what he saw. 

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But what he brought to us 
whenever it was revealed was 

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basically the same message that 
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old. 
He abolished death through the 

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cross and brought life and 
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gospel. 
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the message that God wants us to
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That's what Jesus wants us to 
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It's the message of life through
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That's what the gospel is. 
It's a message of life. 

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Those who don't believe the 
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That's death, that's death. 
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eternal life. 
It's eternal life. 

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He's given it to us. 
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verse 11 and he says to which I 
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apostle and a teacher of the 
Gentiles. 

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Paul said it's for this gospel 
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I'm talking about with you now. 
It's for that gospel that I was 

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appointed to be an apostle. 
I was appointed to be 1 sent 

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from God with the message to 
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I was appointed that. 
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appointed to be a preacher. 
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who goes out and he shares he, 
he exhorts and he shares the 

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gospel. 
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good news. 
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that as well. 
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teacher. 
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instructor of the doctrines of 
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I was appointed to do those 
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That's why I was called by God. 
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reason, in verse 12, for this 
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things. 
For this reason, for the message

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of life that God has given me, I
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suffering right now because of 
the message of the gospel. 

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That's why he's suffering, he 
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Nevertheless. 
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focused on his situation. 
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fact that I'm in a dungeon, the 
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that I'm lonely. 
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The fact that I'm looking at 
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He never focused on that, he 
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But nevertheless, I am not 
ashamed. 

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You know, if you can read this 
and not feel some enthusiasm, 

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some a spirit rousing up the 
stirring of the Spirit reading 

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this, Paula said, I don't care 
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I don't care about that. 
I don't care because I know who 

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I believed. 
I know who I believe. 

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I believe the Messiah, Jesus 
Christ is the Messiah. 

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I'm not believing what those 
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He is the Messiah. 
He's the truth. 

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He's the way, and he is the 
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I know who I believe. 
I know it. 

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It's in my knower. 
He said I know who I believe. 

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I am persuaded. 
Paul says I'm already persuaded.

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You know, no one has to persuade
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No one has to convince me. 
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keep what I have committed to 
him, and that's his life, that's

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his soul. 
He's able to keep it and he's 

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able to keep it for us. 
He's able to keep it for us as 

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well. 
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he says those who try to keep 
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If you try to keep this life we 
have down here mingling with the

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world, we don't lose that. 
But those who will lose their 

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life for my sake, meaning Jesus 
Christ, the sake of Jesus 

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Christ, they will find it. 
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They'll find it. 
So he says he's able to keep it 

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against that day. 
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hold fast the pattern of sound 
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me in faith and love, which are 
in Christ Jesus. 

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I just want to stop there for a 
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He says hold fast. 
That means grab hold to hold 

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tightly, hold near, stand on. 
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hold fast the sound words. 
Let's not miss the word that he 

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put in between that. 
He said hold fast the pattern of

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sound words. 
Let's not change the gospel. 

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Let's not minimize the gospel. 
Let's not water down the gospel.

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Let's not make the gospel 
something that it's not, don't 

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add to or take away from it. 
The gospel is not a a get rich 

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quick scheme. 
The gospel is not a motivational

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speech kind of a thing. 
It's not for motivational 

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speaking. 
It's not a self help program. 

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The gospel is not a prosperity 
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It's not a way just to get 
money, he said. 

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Hold the pattern the way that I 
gave it to you, Timothy, which 

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is the way that I got it from 
Jesus Christ. 

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Hold on to that. 
Keep that same pattern. 

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Keep that word true. 
Be true to the word that I have 

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given to you. 
Don't change it. 

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Don't try to influence anybody 
by doing something different. 

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Don't try to modernize it. 
Don't try to make it appealing 

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to the new believer. 
No, Timothy, no. 

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I know you're young and there's 
young people that's going to be 

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trying to come to your church, 
but don't change the pattern of 

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the gospel of those sound words.
Keep those words the same. 

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Keep the message, the message. 
Keep the main thing, the main 

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thing, Timothy, and don't turn 
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And when you give it to somebody
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them the same way. 
Hold the pattern and that's what

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God is saying to us. 
Hold the pattern of sound 

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teaching. 
We don't have to water nothing 

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down. 
It's one of the things I love 

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about Calvary Chapel. 
You can't really do that because

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you're going verse by verse, 
chapter by chapter. 

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You can't roam around and try to
twist and turn and and make 

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things into your own message. 
No, you can't do it. 

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What's here. 
That's what you got to teach. 

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That's what you got to teach. 
Thank you, Jesus. 

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Amen. 
Thank you, Jesus. 

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So as we get ready to think 
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Christ, he said I only said what
my father gave me to say. 

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I only did what my father told 
me to do. 

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He was true to the word of God. 
He kept the pattern of the 

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sound. 
He never changed it. 

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Jesus Christ the same yesterday,
today, and forever. 

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He didn't change anything to try
to gain popularity. 

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When he knew people wanted to 
kill him for his message, he 

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didn't change his message so it 
sounded less threatening. 

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He didn't do that. 
He kept the pattern of sound 

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words. 
When he knew that the Pharisees 

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were trying to trick him up, He 
didn't do something to try to 

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appease him. 
He spoke the gospel. 

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He spoke the word of God. 
He didn't change it when the 

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devil came to him, when he was 
in the wilderness, when he 

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fasted for 40 days and 40 nights
and the devil was trying to get 

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him to change things up. 
He just simply preached the word

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every time. 
He didn't come up with his own 

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examples or come up with his own
way or something that might be a

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pleasing or appealing to Satan. 
He didn't do that. 

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He kept the pattern of sound 
words. 

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Let's keep the pattern of sound 
words. 

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We endeavor to do that here in 
this house. 

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For many years, Clark has been a
a watchman over this house. 

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To keep the message pure, the 
way that it comes out of this 

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work, we have to do the same. 
We have to do the same. 

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He was called to do it, we're 
called to do it and we have to 

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continue to do. 
It you've been listening to 

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Pastor Louis Harrell here on 
Living Waters of Grace, we're 

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digging into all that Paul 
shared with Timothy in the books

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of First and Second Timothy. 
Timothy was commissioned to do 

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the following fight, the good 
fight of faith, lay hold on 

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eternal life, to which you were 
also called and have confessed 

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the good confession in the 
presence of many witnesses. 

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Timothy would be carrying on 
what Paul had taught him and 

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continuing on in ministry, even 
though Paul knew that more 

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hardships would come. 
For Timothy. 

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This is the Christian life. 
It's not glamorous. 

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It's not some celebrity status. 
It's hard fought, it's gritty, 

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it's unpopular, but it's worth 
it. 

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Do you believe that today? 
Are you willing to fight the 

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good fight even at the cost of 
earthly pleasures? 

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Living the life of a follower of
Jesus will have its heavenly 

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rewards. 
To be a part of a community 

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that's looking forward to that 
heavenly reward, we invite you 

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to join us at Calvary Chapel 
Westmoreland. 

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If you're in the Greensburg, PA 
area, come be with us this 

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Sunday at 10:30 AM at 400 E 
Pittsburgh St. 

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