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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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You do witness betrayal. 
You do witness people who will 

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turn their backs on you. 
Everyone is not going to be in 

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favor of the way that we walk 
before the Lord. 

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Everyone's not going to be in 
favor of that. 

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And we have to be prepared for 
that and just know that we are 

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protected by Him. 
We are with Him, He's with us as

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we go through these things, He 
is with us. 

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So he says yes, and all who will
who desire to live godly in 

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Christ Jesus will suffer 
persecution. 

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I think most people just want to
live their lives. 

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I really do. 
For some people that means a 

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white picket fence, while for 
others it means chasing their 

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dreams, whatever they may be. 
But I don't think anyone ever 

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asks to live a life full of 
trouble and difficulty. 

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In Pastor Lewis's message today,
he warns you that when you 

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choose to live for Jesus, you're
going to experience difficulty. 

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The. 
Reward is worth it, but the 

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challenges are fierce. 
This life will be filled with 

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trouble, but heaven is waiting 
on the other side now. 

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Here's Pastor Lewis in the book 
of Romans Chapter 9 with today's

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edition of Living Waters of 
Grace. 

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So Paul does love. 
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in Romans Chapter 9 Paul said of
his brethren. 

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He said, I wish that I myself 
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brethren, for my brethren. 
And then the 1st Thessalonians 2

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and 8. 
He says we not only imparted the

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gospel to you, but also our own 
lives because you became dear to

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us. 
So Paul understood love, and he 

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definitely understood that it 
was necessary to have that agape

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love that can only come through 
the Holy Spirit in order for him

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to do what it is that God had 
called him to do. 

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And that's the same for us as 
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It's the mark of a Christian. 
That's why Jesus said that. 

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This is how you'll know that 
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have love one for another. 
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I love the fact that people will
say that, man, you know, you can

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tell that they love each other 
and they should be able to say 

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that. 
They should be able to say that 

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and I know that I feel love when
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I feel love. 
Thank God for that. 

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He goes on and he talks about 
the perseverance, you know, 

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being steadfast. 
Verse 11, he says the 

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persecutions, afflictions which 
happened to me at Antioch. 

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Paul was very clear about the 
fact that he did go through a 

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number of persecutions and 
sufferings that he did at 

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different places where he would 
preach the gospel. 

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When he went to Antioch, he 
taught the gospel there. 

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When he went into the 
synagogue's for a number of 

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people who believed. 
And as a result of that, the 

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unbelieving Jews, they wanted to
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Gentiles that were there, and 
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persecution against Paul and his
companions and they had to 

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leave. 
And they went into Iconium. 

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And when they went to Iconium, 
the very same thing. 

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He taught the Scriptures and 
Iconium, he taught the word of 

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God and he preached the gospel 
and there were many people who 

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heard the gospel and they 
listened and they became, and, 

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and they put their faith in 
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And as a result of putting their
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began to gather together and, 
and, and, and, and have an 

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assembly themselves. 
Well, the people who lived there

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who were not believers didn't 
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So they persecuted Paul and 
wanted to stone him and ran him 

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out of Iconium, Iconium. 
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Lystra, it was so bad that when 
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and I and Lystra, which is 
probably where Timothy heard the

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gospel from Paul the first time,
we understand that there was the

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people from Antioch that got 
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Iconium and all of them came 
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want to persecute Paul. 
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But in every situation, he 
continued to put his life on the

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line to share the gospel because
he believed that the one that he

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believed in was able to keep 
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so he did what God called him to
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It may be sometimes where it 
seems hairy or seems dangerous 

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for us to share the gospel or 
seem that it may cost us 

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something if we share the 
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But we have to believe that the 
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greater than anyone else. 
And He's able to keep us. 

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He's able to protect us. 
He's able to deliver us from any

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situation that we may run into 
as a result of being faithful to

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him. 
So he gets to Lystra and there 

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he is stoned. 
So Paul witnessed that. 

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He witnessed being stoned in. 
And it's possibility, don't know

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for sure because the Bible never
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possibility that when he was 
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stoned him and they thought he 
was dead, then they took him 

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outside of the city and their 
disciples gathered around him 

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and they suppose that he was 
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that maybe he was truly dead at 
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And maybe we don't. 
Again, we don't know because the

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Bible doesn't say that. 
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he actually had the experience 
of the 3rd heaven during that 

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particular time. 
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experience at that particular 
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heaven and witnessed the things 
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talk about, but he was stoned. 
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But then he got up. 
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steadfastness or his 
perseverance, because of his 

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love and because of his 
faithfulness, Paul got up and 

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went right back into the same 
city that they had actually 

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stoned him and continued to do 
the work that God had called him

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to do. 
What an example of 

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steadfastness. 
What an example of someone who's

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just relentless to do what it is
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Lord, give me that 
steadfastness. 

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Give me that relentlessness, 
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Father, so that I can, under any
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And then in verse 12, Paul makes
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this is this is not something 
that you probably want to put on

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your mirror or your refrigerator
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Verse 12, yes, all who desire to
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suffer persecution. 
That's probably not a good 

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motivation speech for those who 
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Lord. 
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have thought that Paul or you 
know, will want to say something

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a little bit more encouraging, 
but Paul was a straight shooter 

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and his attitude was I'm going 
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you know what? 
Jesus Christ gave us the truth 

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when he talked about, you know, 
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And if you go to the 10th 
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2nd 10th chapter of Matthew, 
Jesus makes a very interesting 

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statement over here, Tim chapter
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behold, I send you out as sheep 
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Therefore be wise as serpents 
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beware of men for they will 
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And this is his rallying speech 
to get them to be motivated to 

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go out and serve him. 
They're going to deliver you up 

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to councils. 
They're going to scourge you in 

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the synagogues. 
You will be brought before 

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governors and and kings for my 
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He goes on and say you'll be 
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because we'll give you what to 
speak at that particular time 

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for it will be given to you in 
that hour what you should speak 

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for it is not you who will 
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father who speaks in you. 
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your brother will deliver you up
to death or your father is going

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to deliver his children up and 
children's going to rise up 

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against their parents. 
I mean, that's not what you 

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would call a real motivational 
speech, you know, to get someone

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to serve you. 
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serving the Lord is about. 
You do witness portrayal. 

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You do witness people who will 
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Everyone is not going to be in 
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before the Lord. 
Everyone's not going to be in 

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favor of that and we have to be 
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that we are protected by him. 
We are with him, He's with us as

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we go through these things, He 
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So he says yes, and all who 
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in Christ Jesus will suffer 
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But he also says, if you look at
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and out of them all the Lord 
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So even through all those things
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bottom there at verse 11, he 
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delivered me. 
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we're going to suffer 
persecution, we serve the one 

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who was able and who will 
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situations. 
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almost every situation until the
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home. 
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gears again and Paul says, but 
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worse and worse, deceiving and 
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And that is the reason why 
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will suffer persecution because 
men are evil, men are wicked and

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they are imposters and they 
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And those imposters mean that 
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or, or they are men under 
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And, and they are going to grow 
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being deceived. 
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to have to deal with. 
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persecution to some degree. 
We're going to feel it. 

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Now there are countries, as 
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times, there are countries where
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beheaded almost every day, you 
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faith, imprisoned for their 
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I mean, they have to hide to do 
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They got to put themselves in 
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that we're doing right now that 
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There will come a time where we 
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In fact, the attack is on right 
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kids. 
There's an attack on kids, 

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parents. 
There's an attack on parents 

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because you, if you do not take 
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LGBTQ, transgender and all those
things, if you don't take on the

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world view, there are people who
are putting bills in place that 

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will give consequences to 
parents who will not back that 

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ungodly stance. 
Let me read something to you. 

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Just did a little research on 
that and this came out just 

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recently. 
This is back in November of this

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year. 
There was a woman who put 

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together a bill, a delegate from
out of Virginia, Elizabeth 

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Gunsman of Prince William 
County, and she intended parents

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to face abuse charges for not 
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And her bill would expand. 
Her bill would actually expand 

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the state's definition of child 
abuse and neglect to include 

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listen to this, to include 
parents who do not affirm their 

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child's gender identity or 
sexual orientation. 

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Here's the chilling part. 
One of the most crucial moments 

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of the interview. 
They interviewed this woman. 

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It came when a man by the name 
of Minoc posed this question to 

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Guzman. 
What could be the penalties of 

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the investigation or what 
penalties what the investigation

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includes? 
If a parent is not affirming of 

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their LGBTQ child, what could be
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This is what she said. 
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complete an investigation. 
It could be a felony, it could 

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be a misdemeanor. 
But we know that ACPS and I had 

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to look up what that was Child 
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I guess if a person put on a 
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anything inquiry into anybody, 
it's on your record, regardless 

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of whether it's founded or not, 
it's on your record. 

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So a Child Protective Services 
could mean or could harm your 

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employment, it could harm their 
education because nowadays many 

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people do a CPS database search 
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So what is based what they're 
basically saying is this, if Big

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Brother or this LGBTQ or the 
government, if they can't find a

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way to charge conservative 
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very least the government and 
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that mean social work 
counselors, psychologists and 

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all people who work with kids, 
those advocates between kids and

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parents will see to it that you 
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parents. 
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right now. 
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resigned to just follow whatever
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look, you've watched me, you 
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doctrine. 
Don't sway from those things. 

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And he's saying it to us. 
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Don't sway from the word of God.
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He that is in the world, right? 
He that is in you is greater 

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than He that is in the world. 
He that is in you is greater 

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than He that is in the world. 
He that is in you and in you is 

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greater than He that is in the 
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We don't have to fall to that. 
God will keep us. 

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He will keep us. 
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you must continue. 
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you must continue on the things 
that you have heard and things 

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that you have learned and been 
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have learned them, knowing what 
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And it wasn't just Paul that 
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God from. 
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God from Paul. 
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from his grandmother Lois, from 
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He's learned the word of God. 
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from seeing it in action with 
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to see other believers as well. 
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And that from childhood you have
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are able to make you wise for 
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is in Christ Jesus, the Holy 
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the sacred writings, Timothy, 
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time that you were a child, and 
they're able to make you wise. 

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They're able to make you wise 
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James. 
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says simply this. 
Therefore, lay aside all 

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filthiness and overflow 
wickedness, and receive with 

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meekness the implanted word 
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souls. 
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God. 
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he's talking to Timothy, Timothy
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scriptures. 
They only had the Old Testament.

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They had the New Testament this 
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So when he's talking about the 
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your souls, he's talking about 
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Well, we know from history that 
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listening to Old Testament 
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In the book of Acts chapter 8, 
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Samaria and was called by the 
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going down from Jerusalem to 
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eunuch, an Ethiopian eunuch. 
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Ethiopian eunuch who was reading
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didn't even understand. 
Philip began to preach to him 

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right from the 53rd chapter of 
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the gospel to this man and he 
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I also know another situation 
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preached and people got saved. 
Back in 1998, a pat, my late 

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pastor by the name of Reverend 
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preached A sermon from the book 
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began to preach on the strange 
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the adulterous woman. 
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sermon, the Lord opened the eyes
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wife's eyes, opened our eyes, 
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repentance. 
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on the book of Proverbs, chapter
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open our eyes and to cause us to
see that we were sinners in need

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of a Savior. 
We put our trust in Jesus Christ

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that day and we've never looked 
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There is power not just in the 
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Old Testament, but in the whole 
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In the whole council of God, all
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inspiration of God. 
That means all Scripture is God 

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breathed. 
It actually means all scriptures

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God breathed. 
It's breathed out by God. 

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This is not just an ordinary 
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and wrote. 
This is a book that was breathed

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out by God himself. 
That's why it's so powerful and 

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it is profitable for doctrine, 
for correction, for instruction 

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and righteousness, that the man 
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thoroughly equipped for every 
good work. 

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What he is saying is that the 
Word of God, this powerful, 

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powerful book, and I'll never 
forget when I heard of a friend 

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of mine who was a pastor and his
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This man threw the Bible out on 
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preacher. 
He said, does that contain the 

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word of God or is that the word 
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And everyone who said that it 
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ordained. 
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this is the word of God that was
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And that's exactly what this is.
This is the word of God. 

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So when people try to convince 
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circle that, well, this is just 
a book that's written by men, 

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this is just a book that's 
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interpretations are right. 
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If that's right, this is God 
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It's God breathed. 
I don't care who he used to to 

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pen the Bible. 
I don't care who he used to pen.

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He used the donkey to speak to a
prophet. 

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So I don't care who he uses to 
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This Bible is God breathed. 
The Bible has been written over 

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1600 years by 40 different men, 
40 different men, 66 books. 

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None of them. 
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say, well, wait a minute, this 
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It's not the book that's the 
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It's the understanding of the 
person that's reading is the 

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problem. 
Everything in the Word of God 

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can be explained through 
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Now, there's some things we 
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There's some things we don't 
know about the word of God, and 

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I'm fine with that. 
We'll know when we see him. 

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But the word of God there is no 
contradictions. 

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It's written over 3 languages in
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This word is powerful. 
There's been many of people who 

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have tried to get rid of the 
Bible over many years. 

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No one has ever been able to do 
it because this word is living. 

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This is a powerful word of God 
itself, and it's good for, for, 

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for, for doctrine. 
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teaching. 
Teaching the true gospel is good

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for reproof. 
It's good for pointing out error

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or being able to refute error. 
It's good for correction. 

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It's good for fixing the error 
and being able to get us back on

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the right path. 
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instruction and righteousness. 
That means it's good for us to 

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keep it right, to keep our lives
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It's the Word of God that can do
that. 

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I have such a love for the Word 
of God because it was the word 

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of God that I had to hold on to 
in so many situations in my 

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life. 
It was the word of God that 

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helped me. 
It was the Word of God that 

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comfort me. 
It was the Word of God that 

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convicts me and will correct me 
when I'm off. 

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It's the word of God that does 
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No one can come to me and give 
me anything logical that could 

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help me to change, but the Word 
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It wasn't my mother, it wasn't 
my my father, it wasn't my 

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sister who convinced me to turn 
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It was the Word of God and the 
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God when it was preached. 
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God that keeps me in line and 
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When the Spirit convicts me of 
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and I do, there are times that I
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there to help me with those 
things just like it's there for 

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you. 
The Word of God, it's powerful. 

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It's powerful and the man of 
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Paul talks about the man of God 
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man of God in the New Testament.
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God was always referred to was 
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They called the prophets the man
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When the prophet came to town, 
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It was the prophets, but here 
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second Timothy, he refers to 
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verse 11 refers to as the man of
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message of God. 
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God, was a good example for 
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Timothy needed a good example. 
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believer. 
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was a believer, but his father 
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Paul became his spiritual 
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spiritual children in the faith.
If we're walking with the Lord 

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as adults, we should have 
spiritual children in the faith,

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people that we can pour into. 
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Timothy knew the Scriptures 
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his own mother and his 
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It is so important that if you 
have young children to expose 

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them now to the Scriptures. 
Expose them now to the 

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Scriptures. 
Give it to them as often as you 

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can, as much as you can. 
When they get old, those things 

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don't go anywhere. 
Regardless of what decisions 

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they make, the Scripture is 
there. 

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The truth is there, and trust 
me, they do. 

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They get old and they make their
own decisions. 

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And you wonder sometime, did you
hear anything that I said to you

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when you were younger? 
Did you hear anything? 

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But without a doubt the 
scriptures are real and they are

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true and they are good to help 
one to find salvation, able to 

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make one wise for salvation and 
can save souls. 

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It's the scriptures that can do 
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Thank you for tuning in to 
Living Waters of Grace with 

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Pastor Lewis Harrell. 
We're currently in the books of 

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First and Second Timothy. 
Some of the things included in 

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these New Testament letters from
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newly established Pastor Timothy
was being encouraged to hold 

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fast to what was true. 
He was challenged to confront 

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and address the false teachers 
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He was also reminded to accept 
his calling to the ministry with

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gratefulness and to address the 
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Ephesian church. 
Paul was imparting his 

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experience and knowledge to the 
next generation. 

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Timothy was receptive to 
learning and gleaning what he 

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could from Paul's wisdom. 
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ministry across multiple 
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Those who have lived a little 
more life should be open to 

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sharing their successes and also
things they've learned along the

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way. 
That we're not a win. 

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The younger generations coming 
up can learn and appreciate much

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from those ahead of them, and 
perhaps avoid some of the same 

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pitfalls that their mentors work
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It's a beautiful relationship 
when the hearts are in the right

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place to learn and grow. 
You trust that you're in a 

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community where this is 
happening. 

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Older ones providing advice and 
wisdom, and each side learning 

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and growing from one another. 
This certainly was the case for 

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Paul and Timothy as they were 
comrades for the sake of the 

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gospel. 
For more information on where 

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this teaching came from, go to 
calvarychapelonline.com. 

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There you can also learn about 
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person. 
This has been living waters of 

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grace.