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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
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As children of God, as 
Christians, we should be 

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obedient people, he said. 
Obey and seek to please our 

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masters in everything, willingly
giving ourselves to their 

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authority. 
It shouldn't be disrespectful. 

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He said that that we should be 
well, pleasing in everything, 

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not answering back. 
We shouldn't be disrespectful. 

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There's a difference between 
explaining A misunderstanding 

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and having a hostile debate with
someone who was in authority. 

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CS Lewis, in his book Mere 
Christianity, made the 

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comparison between your temper 
and rats in the cellar. 

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When you suddenly turn on the 
lights in the cellar and rats 

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scurry everywhere, it's not that
your movement produced the rats.

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They were already there. 
The same is true of your temper.

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When someone provokes you, the 
way you react only reveals what 

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was already there. 
Today, Pastor Lewis challenges 

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you to check what kind of 
character you have, even when 

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you're in tough situations. 
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Here's Pastor Lewis in Titus 
Chapter 2 with today's edition 

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of Living Waters of Grace. 
As we go through the book of 

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Titus by now, I'm sure you can 
see that it's a very rich book 

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and it's really hard to put time
limits on going through Titus 

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because it is very rich and 
there's so much in it. 

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It is a teaching epistle and 
therefore it's very important 

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not only to us as pastors or 
leaders, but it's important to 

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everyone. 
There's so much instruction and 

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so much godly direction that we 
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That is just, it's an awesome 
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When Paul wrote this to Titus, 
the instruction was to put 

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things in order. 
That was the whole premise, 

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putting things in order. 
Let's set the church in order. 

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And then and by setting the 
church in order, we set 

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ourselves in order. 
We set each other in order. 

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You see, our teaching should 
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is what Paul was instructing 
Titus and Timothy is the fact 

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that the teaching, our teaching 
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doctrinal teaching and given 
true doctrine, but also it 

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should be practical admonition. 
It should be about how to walk 

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out, how to live out what it is 
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Last time we were together, we 
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the older women and the things 
that the Lord admonished them to

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do in their lives, the 
exhortation that he had for 

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those group of people. 
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exhortation, but he also 
challenged Titus to be an 

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example. 
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be an example of what it is that
you are asking the people to be 

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as you build them up with your 
teaching. 

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Actually, Paul wrote more about 
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of Titus than he did actually as
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It's important that he be an 
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You see, whatever a pastor or 
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the people to be, whether you're
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teacher in school, whether 
you're a, a, a, a pastor or 

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leader in church, whatever it is
that we desire to see in other 

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people, we must first be the 
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And when we do that, we teach 
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that way as we do by just giving
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So as we look here in verse 9, 
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teach Titus about God's heart 
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And in this way, he now goes to 
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Remember we said that there were
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actually speaking to. 
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then the second was the old 
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And then he spoke to the young 
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And this fifth group now is to 
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And if we if we were to look at 
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OK or workers OK. 
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this, think about it in terms of
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conventional sense, but also 
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people with corporations. 
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verse 9. 
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be obedient to their own 
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all things, not answering back, 
not pilfering not but but 

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showing all good fidelity that 
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God our Savior in all things. 
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as we talked about before, these
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people who are willingly giving 
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This isn't forced labor people. 
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himself at the very open of the 
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bondservant of Jesus Christ, 
bondservant of God, and an 

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apostle of Jesus Christ, which 
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submitting to the authority of 
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Jesus Christ, just as it is that
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as well. 
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obedient. 
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the authority of those who are 
over you and this is what God is

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expecting. 
This is a testimony when even in

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situations like that, and I'm 
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I mean the Romans or the the 
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these men and women who were 
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I'm sure sometimes those 
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says as you come under them 
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well pleasing in everything. 
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the Christians were disobedient 
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So he's saying that as children 
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be obedient people. 
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our masters in everything, 
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their authority. 
It shouldn't be disrespectful. 

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He said that we should be, well,
pleasing at everything, not 

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answering back. 
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There's a difference between 
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and having a hostile debate with
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speaking to someone in a 
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There's a difference between the
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We can explain a 
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explain a situation where we 
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accused of something, but 
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that and engaging in a hostile 
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don't answer back. 
You're not. 

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You're not to be talking back to
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leaders or to your masters. 
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pilfering is is meaning 
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stealing, don't steal, don't 
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employment, thieving or taking 
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And, and basically Onissimus in 
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be one of the things that 
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committed. 
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committed that caused an issue 
taking something that didn't 

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belong to him. 
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or he's telling us as employees 
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What a awesome, what a terrible 
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someone accused you as a 
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you as a Christian of stealing, 
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And people, you know, there's 
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happens all the time. 
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They take pencils, little 
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They think that the company 
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One piece of paper turns into a 
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things. 
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times that I worked at at places
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everybody together and say, 
listen, we got toilet paper 

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that's missing. 
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know, find out that there's, you
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paper and they don't have it at 
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rolls of toilet paper. 
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There are times when companies 
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excess of that, Please take as 
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We have an excess of this, you 
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take as much as you need. 
That's different, but to still 

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is not a good testimony. 
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but showing we should show all 
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That means show honesty, show 
trustworthiness about show 

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faithfulness in our jobs. 
That's the testimony that we're 

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looking for that a worker should
be able to say or an employer 

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should be able to say that you 
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honest, you are trustworthy, 
you're you're loyal. 

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These are good things. 
These things bring glory to God 

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and to God's word. 
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the reason why we do that is so 
that they may adorn, meaning the

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the bond servants, that they may
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Savior in all things that they 
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That means be clothed, that you 
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You're not just spewing it out. 
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but you're actually clothed with
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It, it it's visible. 
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a garment. 
The goodness and the 

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righteousness of God. 
And what a testimony that is 

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without even necessarily having 
to tell people, yeah, I'm saved.

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But meanwhile, you know, you're 
loading up your car with things 

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that don't belong to you or 
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and you're speaking to them in a
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And then you say, oh, hey, by 
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You know, why don't you come and
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You know, that's going to be 
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feel justified to come and visit
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But if you're clothed with 
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clothed, if you're wearing it 
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blessing. 
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to ask them. 
They'll ask you, where do you go

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to church? 
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verse 11. 
And verse 11 is a very, very 

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involved verse because it's it's
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talking about the grace of God 
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we have received from God our 
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I'll read it and then I'll go 
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It says here, for the grace of 
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appeared to all men, teaching us
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worldly lust, we should live 
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in this present age. 
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is basically talking about the 
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Paul talks about a lot of 
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the book of Titus, but this is 
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about. 
This is like the first coming of

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Jesus Christ. 
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with this grace in which He 
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a grace that He came to us. 
He didn't come as executioner or

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judge, but He came as Savior. 
He came as a Savior. 

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The Bible says that He came. 
He was full of grace and truth. 

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And thank God for the truth that
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But my God, thank him for the 
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Thank Him for the grace. 
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or executioner as he could have.
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he didn't. 
He came as Savior. 

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And the Bible says that Jesus 
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save sinners. 
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he would, that he would be here,
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And it also talks about South in
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he actually appeared in two 
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He presented himself in two 
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The first time that he presented
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people was when he was born. 
If you look back in Luke chapter

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2 verse 8, this is what the 
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would witness Jesus Christ 
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He said, for there is born to 
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David, a Savior who is Christ 
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And this is the announcement 
that was made before all, before

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all these shepherds. 
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they spoke it and they shared it
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But this was the one of the 
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presented to the world as King, 
as Messiah, as shepherd, as 

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Savior. 
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and this is what we're talking 
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This is what we're celebrating 
today, His triumphal entry into 

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Jerusalem, when he came into 
Jerusalem riding on a donkey, 

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presenting himself as Messiah, 
as King, as Lord. 

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And the interesting thing about 
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he is the, he is the promised 
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He is the promised and rightful 
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that's why he came. 
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triumphal entry and and he's a 
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Zechariah Chapter 9, it was 
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before he even came. 
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be coming. 
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that day, the promised king, and
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He didn't come riding on a horse
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the people that I'm coming in 
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coming meek, I'm coming as one 
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to bring peace. 
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way he's going to come back. 
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He's coming back to establish 
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But in that triumphal entry, the
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The the, the, the, the a coat, 
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And when he came in, like I 
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because he fulfilled that 
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coming to you just and having 
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He is the rightful king also 
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king because the Bible says that
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Matthew 21, that the people were
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Hosanna, Hosanna to the son of 
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he was that, that they said 
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They acknowledged his kingship, 
save us, save us. 

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David or through the line of 
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the son of David. 
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son of David, but in the spirit 
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coming through that they had 
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before him and they were laying 
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him to be able to come into the 
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or they're acknowledging him as 
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that they receive the procession
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their cities. 
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them, they put all these things 
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them to come in. 
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did. 
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they thought He came in because 
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the Kingdom and to knock over 
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themselves as the king and take 
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He was coming because he was 
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He was going to defeat, but he 
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Roman rule. 
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branches come in. 
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palm branches? 
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Palm Sunday, right? 
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things. 
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symbolic for victory and peace, 
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So when, So when Jesus came in, 
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was victor because what he was 
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would have victory over sin and 
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He came in as peace because he 
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Jesus is our peace and he 
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man. 
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triumphed over Satan, and he did
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He was triumphant over saving 
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Jesus came in. 
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His resurrection is our hope for
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So when Jesus came in, all these
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didn't just come in just to 
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establish himself as Messiah, 
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a lamb that would be slain. 
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He was the one who was the 
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without blemish and without spot
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He was the perfect sacrifice. 
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way on Palm Sunday. 
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my own life, have I allowed 
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in my life? 
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throne of my heart? 
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Do I call him king? 
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his lordship in my life? 
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show that is through our good 
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continues to talk about here in 
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Bible said in verse 12 that he's
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ungodliness and worldly lust, we
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righteously, and godly. 
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salvation was not just so that 
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down like we have now. 
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do, but it's for good works, 
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unbelievers that a change has 
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The power of God working in our 
hearts is through the good works

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that we offer to others or that 
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should deny ungodliness. 
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and, and, and, and, and we 
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righteously, or upright and 
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Ephesians chapter 4, the Bible 
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man. 
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life, there's a change and we 
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old, those things that used to 
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Ephesians 4 and 22 says that you
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conduct the old man which grows 
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deceitful lusts, and be renewed 
in the spirit of your mind, and 

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that you put on the new man 
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To God in true righteousness and
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there's so much darkness, 
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much wickedness, and they need 
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that we live a life that shows 
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life that shows that the power 
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The world needs to see that. 
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understand, we may not know it, 
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world want to see that because 
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Suicide attempts are up. 
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have an answer. 
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so that they can see the God in 
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to trust in, something to 
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in this present age. 
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our great God and Savior Jesus 
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where Jesus is equal is is named
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this chapter. 
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10 when he said that we should 
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doctrine of God, our Savior in 
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Jesus Christ. 
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looking for the blessed hope and
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God and Savior Jesus Christ. 
So when people try to tell you 

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that what the Bible never says 
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the Bible never says that. 
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bring them. 
He said it twice. 

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They said it twice. 
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them. 
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second coming, that that time 
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him coming back. 
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believers, that's our hope as 
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those who live for the Lord that
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that we're going to see him. 
We're going to, we're going to, 

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we're going to be able to love 
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Paul talked about the fact that 
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going to receive a crown of 
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And not only him, but everyone 
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receive a crown of 
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So this coming, this, this 
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that we all look forward to. 
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That's our hope for the 
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of our great God and Savior. 
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If it happens in the next 5 
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I'd be OK with it that we never 
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drive anywhere else. 
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to my car, I'll be OK with it. 
I just want to see him. 

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I just want to be with him. 
I want this to be over. 

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But then again, He has a plan 
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here. 
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do with the good works that He's
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So while we're here, abode and 
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So then in verse 14, He goes 
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does. 
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goes back to talking about his 
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So he says here in verse 14, who
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That's who we're looking for. 
We're looking for the one who 

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gave himself for us. 
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looking for no other king. 
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God because it was only one who 
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This has been Living Waters of 
Grace, a ministry of Pastor 

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Louis Harrell of Calvary Chapel,
Westmoreland. 

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Today's message has been on the 
book of Titus. 

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This book is a master class in 
how Christians should live in 

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modern culture. 
Titus was ministering to the 

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people of Crete, an island off 
the coast of Greece, but he was 

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facing many challenges. 
The Cretans who came to know 

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Jesus seemed to assimilate Jesus
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Spirit inside of them. 
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themselves to Jesus but shutting
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around them. 
The Apostle Paul encourages 

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Titus to help his audience find 
a middle ground where they can 

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live in this world while still 
following a different way of 

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life in Jesus. 
If you would like to learn more 

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about what it means to 
faithfully follow the teachings 

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of Christ in a world full of 
darkness, we'd love to get 

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connected with you in person. 
If you are in Greensburg, PA, 

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we'd love to invite you to join 
us at Calvary Chapel 

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Westmoreland. 
We meet every Sunday at 10:30 AM

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at 400 E Pittsburgh St., Ste. 
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someone to tune in next time 
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Until next time, this has been 
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of Grace.