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Good evening. 
Good evening everybody. 

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It's great to be here to worship
with you together and I'm 

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excited to be with you on our 
midweek to refocus to 

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re-energize around what matters.
It's been a great night so far 

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of worship to sing about things 
that we can truly hopen and 

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truly look forward to the rest 
of this week, to ground 

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ourselves in tonight. 
We're going to be continuing our

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chapter study through Colossians
chapter 4. 

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And tonight we have verses 7 
through 13, so if you'll please 

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turn with me. 
There will walk through those 

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verses beginning in verse 7 of 
Colossians chapter 4, he's going

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to get into the the closing 
right here. 

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And it, it's a closing, but it 
has a little bit of meat to it 

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has some things that we're going
to try to unpack a little bit. 

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They're reads tickets. 
You kiss a beloved brother 

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faithful Minister and fellow 
servant in the Lord will tell 

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you all the news about me. 
I'm sending him to you for this 

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very purpose that he may know 
your circumstances and comfort 

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your hearts with onesimus. 
A faithful and beloved brother, 

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who is one of you they will make
known to you all things which 

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are happening here. 
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner 

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greets you with Mark the cousin 
of Burma's Mark, the cousin of 

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An abyss about whom you were 
seat instructions. 

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If he comes to you, welcome him 
and Jesus, who is called 

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Justice. 
These are my only fellow workers

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for the kingdom of God, who are 
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They have proved to be a 
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To me, epaphras, who is one of 
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greets, you all always laboring 
fervently for you and prayers 

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that you may stand perfect, and 
complete and all the will of God

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for. 
I bear him witness that he has a

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great Zeal for you. 
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and those in hieropolis. 
So these are verses. 

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These are verses for 
consideration tonight and we're 

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going to go in to start off, 
talking about ticha kiss, there 

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is mentioned in the verse 7. 
The question that we have here 

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is who was ticha kiss and what 
does this word Minister Min? 

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So I was so thankful that Frank 
put together these questions 

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because I've gone through these 
closings before and had a little

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bit of trouble pulling something
out of them and not read. 

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Just reading over them I've 
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What does this mean? 
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asked for simple but they helped
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bit and so, ticha kiss. 
Did you kiss? 

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His word literally means casual,
or by chance. 

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My studies didn't get me 
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to be somewhat symbolic but I'm,
maybe you will, or maybe we will

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in the future, find some 
something of interest there. 

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So, ticha kiss is a man who 
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from Macedonia to Jerusalem. 
Right here. 

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He's being used as a as a letter
Bearer. 

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He and onesimus are the ones. 
Carrying this letter to the 

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Colossians. 
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that he was likely a native of 
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And so, being a native to this 
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is kind of close together. 
He was very useful to them as 

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being a mailman and delivering 
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And it says that he was so 
involved with Paul that he could

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relay the message of what is 
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So he go, he is Paul here says 
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are able to tell them all the 
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And so, if a man is that 
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politics says, hey, I'll let him
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This, this man is obviously, in 
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with Paul, he's in there putting
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And it's interesting what we're 
going to learn, because he's not

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probably as famous as Paul, but 
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Only side and through all of his
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It says there in the second half
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So in verse 8, it says I'm 
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purpose that he may know your 
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hearts. 
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is recorded in the Bible will be
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the few things that says about 
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there to know their 
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Their hearts, that is so simple.
Just to listen to them, to talk 

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to them and to comfort them. 
How many of you here can do 

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that? 
How many of us have the ability 

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to just do something simple like
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And this man is recorded in the 
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We'll go on down through history
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and this is I think one of the 
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touches here is that he is may 
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It's, you know, a lot of people 
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preaching, someone who's going 
to lead song and someone who's 

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got to be a public leader. 
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role but he is listed here is a 
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something that is just sitting 
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So it's never think that a man's
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that are are quantifiable and 
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Like in the worship service 
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are very important as well. 
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Minister. 
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who can be relied on. 
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of this man, ticha kiss, I spend
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else, so don't worry. 
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of just a reliable get down. 
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stand beside Pole? 
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we're asked what this word 
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And this word Minister means he 
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means one who executes the 
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of a master. 
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title the church has to offer 
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those who serve and those who 
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greatest and in this title of 
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one who's willing to sacrifice. 
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It says an argument arose among 
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the greatest, but Jesus knowing 
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took a child and put it, put him
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Whoever receives this child in 
my name, receives me and whoever

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receives me receives him who 
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among you all. 
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This man ticha kiss embodied 
that he took his job, whatever 

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his job. 
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was recognized for it. 
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about this man's personality. 
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common-sense man willing to be 
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details with a hearty love for 
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You know, he wasn't one who is 
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That were simple like I'm not 
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I want the one, you know, you 
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wrote and gets all the glory for
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No, he's just willing to get 
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Do what needs to be done. 
Maybe he was there for to do the

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rough work to do the dirty work 
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an old saying I ran across that.
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the worth of a man like tissue 
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It says that a horse went about 
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He lost his nail. 
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a man went without a horse 
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didn't have his horseshoe nail. 
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lost because the man was not 
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Kingdom lost. 
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involved. 
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the value of a small piece, in a
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It doesn't important job not to 
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Did you kiss was and business 
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We're taught that you need the 
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of customers. 
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salesman out front, making the 
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behind the scenes getting the 
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behind the scenes, getting 
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So that the quality is assured, 
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puzzle and we can see that touch
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How astonished you think he 
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told him that, these two 
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deliver would allow without last
this city without last 

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everything about this city. 
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toward to the end of the world 
for the simple things that he 

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did. 
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the simple things we do are 
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Goes on to say, in verse 9 with 
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brother, who is one of you, they
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things which are happening here.
So who is onesimus onesimus, his

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name, actually, means profitable
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letter that he was unprofitable 
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become profitable to Paul 
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onesimus was the runaway slave 
he got away and he ran into Paul

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on the way and he was converted 
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Paul learned of all these 
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Philemon to make all this right.
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character in that he gave up his
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He gave in and submitted to, to 
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true Freedom. 
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cool to see him worked into this
closing as he's developed, a 

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relationship with Paul and he's 
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and he is described as faithful 
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And that's great for a man to 
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like that to to do whatever it 
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when maybe in the past. 
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And I like that. 
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personal issues of him being a 
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this letters to colossi and 
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all them. 
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Philemon was to handle the 
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personal matters were personal 
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out in front of everyone for 
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Going on to question 3. 
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following men and were 
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in verse 10? 
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prisoner greets, you, and Mark 
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cousin of Barnabas. 
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His name means best master, like
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And I guess some think that he 
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is from thessalonica and It acts
19, verse 29, he's involved in 

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some other situations and acts. 
He was the one who was grabbed 

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with Gaius. 
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had the riot over the issues 
that that, you know, the god, 

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the Temple of the Goddess. 
Diana wasn't getting the sales 

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from the silver anymore and so, 
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They lost their business because
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the gods of the area. 
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There was a riot and among the 
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And, and aristarchus was the man
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He was grabbed Paul got out of 
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grabbed and I think one of the 
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aristarchus was kind of was 
established by these, this 

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thing, he went through, he was 
in danger for Christ. 

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He was grabbed by a mob and that
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Put yourself in that position a 
bunch of mad businessmen ready 

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to ready for heads to roll 
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And he seems to be established 
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to find out that he's here with 
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And then he's goes on to be a 
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And eventually tradition says 
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he was killed for Christ and let
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That will be grounded in remain 
firm in Christ through our 

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trials and through the things 
that try us like aristarchus 

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because it seems to have made 
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Going on to Mark. 
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Mark? 
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and he worked with Paul and 
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travels, Mark has an interesting
story because he was on a good 

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track, he was traveling with 
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And then, he decided to abandon 
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going to more difficult work, he
wanted to stay back with 

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Barnabas and said, hey, I'm not 
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that caused some serious tension
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So Mark has a little bit of some
rough history with Paul but it's

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great. 
It's awesome to see that he here

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So this was the situation where 
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took Mark and they went their 
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actually the first mention of 
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a big deal for him to be spoken 
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Corinthians chapter 3 Mark is re
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Paul said he is he's kind of 
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he's seen that he's useful for 
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appreciates that in him. 
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name is actually Joseph from 
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name Barnabas, which means son 
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And that's a pretty cool name 
that you could be known for your

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encouraging attributes. 
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this little ending, who we can 
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him. 
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Let's not forget these, these 
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And as I studied these, these 
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me, I guess it's kind of hard to
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order, but I can encourage you 
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people and it helps you connect 
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someone on a map. 
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just aristarchus if that's 
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was, you know, aristarchus of 
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And all these people were local 
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They're just people and they 
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He was a levite from Cyprus. 
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in the early church. 
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first with all, put the kingdom 
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possessions, he has his first 
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of Acts was that he sold a field
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the money and laid it at the 
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He took what he owned and invest
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He got rid of the things he had 
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Christ Paul acknowledges him and
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being for supporting himself 
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on the churches, to give him 
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work in. 
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survive and did the work of the 
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didn't require money from the 
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So, Paul welcome engine. 
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Barnabas was the one who when 
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getting started with the church,
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him, like who is this guy? 
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Mr. Was the one who stood up for
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look good for Saul or for Paul, 
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It says that he was when he came
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was sent to Antioch. 
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all to remain faithful to the 
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he was a good man full of the 
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great. 
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Lord. 
So someone's spirit whose Filled

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with the Lord and filled with an
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Add many to the Lord. 
Don't forget that your attitude 

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matters. 
Kevin encouraging Spirit, he 

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fasted and prayed with Paul in 
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trying to decide where they were
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their missionary journey, that 
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He was the one their fasting 
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He did have a couple bad spots 
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Paul called him out for being 
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circumcision party and and 
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Jerusalem Council. 
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perfect. 
He had his mess-ups to. 

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The next person is Jesus, who is
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And the only thing I could find 
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have been his Roman name and his
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obviously not Jesus the Christ 
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But I love what Paul said there 
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comfort. 
To me, he's saying that they're 

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my only fellow workers for the 
kingdom of God, who were of the 

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circumcision. 
So, Paul is looking at these 

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guys who came from, where he 
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know, these guys have comforted 
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especially comforting to Paul 
because you know what, if you 

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had left, everything you ever 
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What if you left? 
Your family, all your people. 

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You left everyone to raise you 
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against them. 
How awesome would it be to have 

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people who came from now same 
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say, hey man, you're doing the 
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We can validate you in that. 
We also are studying God's word 

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and we found that you're right, 
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And these men need need to 
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how encouraging that must have 
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And also it was encouraging, I'm
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Romans 9, Paul was extremely 
sorrowful for his room for his 

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Jewish Brethren. 
He says that he wished, he could

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give up his own salvation so 
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And so it must have been very 
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have a few rather than like this
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And we're willing to to adopt 
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Going on to the fourth question.
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A bondservant of Christ. 
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another to the disregard of 
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extending an advancing Christ 
cause among men by selfishly 

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sacrificing And he goes on to 
say that he was laboring for for

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them in prayers. 
He regarded this, this work of 

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praying for them diligently, as 
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That's a powerful work and it's 
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And finally, we're was 
hieropolis, it was an ancient 

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Greek city, just north of 
laodicea about six miles and it 

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wasn't too far from colossi. 
So it's a little Inland from the

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coast and in Asia Minor there. 
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