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It's good to be here tonight. 
Appreciate the presence of all 

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that have come to be with us. 
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you're here. 
We're continuing in our study on

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the book of Philippians and the 
set of questions covers chapter 

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2 and verses 23 through 30. 
So we'll be finishing. 

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Philippians chapter 2 tonight. 
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I'd like to go back to verse 19 
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there and I'll read down through
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context here. 
Beginning there in verse 19. 

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But I trust in the Lord Jesus to
send Timothy to you shortly that

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I also may be encouraged when I 
know your state for. 

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I have no one like minded who 
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state for all seek their own, 
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of Christ Jesus. 
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proven character that as a son 
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He served with me in the gospel.
Therefore, I hope to send him at

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once as soon as I see how it 
goes. 

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With me, but I trust in the Lord
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shortly yet. 
I considered it necessary to 

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send done to you, epaphroditus. 
My brother fellow worker, and 

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fellow Soldier, but your 
messenger, and the one who 

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ministered to my need since he 
was longing for you all and was 

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distressed because you had heard
that he was sick for indeed. 

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He was sick almost unto death 
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And not only on him but on me 
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upon sorrow. 
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eagerly that when you see him 
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be less sorrowful receive him 
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gladly gladness and hold such 
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work of Christ, he came close to
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supply. 
What was lacking in your 

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service. 
Add me correctly, read and 

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barring any mistakes on my part 
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Those verses of scripture that 
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In the latter part of 
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to kind of set the tone for what
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Very briefly, we had studied 
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Timothy, was a man that was very
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perhaps, that would have been 
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evangelist. 
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Timothy labored together with 
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about. 
His character as well known 

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about his priorities and all of 
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In fact, we just studied last 
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labored with me in the gospel as
a son and a father. 

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being the father and Timothy 
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charge and and ruled over 
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so forth, like a young child 
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That's not what that means. 
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is And his relationship with 
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We labor together like a father 
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nothing greater than the Loyalty
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them have the same regard for 
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together with great loyalty. 
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that he's describing with 
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And Paul said, I have no one 
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greater than Timothy. 
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That would care for you like 
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In fact, Paul said he said this.
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other things and they think 
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don't think like Timothy. 
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thinks about Jesus Christ first 
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So he'd love to send Timothy. 
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but he knows that he can't as of
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once as soon as I see how it 
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And this covers the first 
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another the second verse verse 
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And then we'll look at the 
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in the Lord that I myself shall 
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how it goes with me? 
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I want to go with Timothy so I'm
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trial, just maybe I can go to 
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go shortly. 
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I myself shall also come 
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I want to notice that phrase I 
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times Paul understood this very 
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to know it's a great concept for
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our life. 
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put your life in the hands of 
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And you put God in charge. 
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saying here? 
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I want to go to Philip II, want 
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but I got to wait to see what's 
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the Lord. 
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hands but he also had faith that
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All right and he would be able 
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voice that holds the future is 
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by faith to but in verses 25 and
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Yet, I considered it necessary 
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Epaphroditus notice how he 
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This is really incredible. 
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These are some high praise 
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He said he's my brother. 
He's my fellow worker. 

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He's my fellow Soldier but then 
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messenger. 
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this word messenger, it could be
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can be used in a specific sense 
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its Origins is translated as 
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New Testament. 
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The word Apostle is used to 
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the Lord. 
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means, it means to be sent and 
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office of an apostle, and the 12
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Mathias was added to the 12. 
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sent by the Lord Chosen and sent
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Epaphroditus was not an apostle 
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general sense or generic sense, 
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sent, he was a minister. 
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epaphroditus, he's my brother. 
He's my fellow worker. 

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He's a fellow Soldier but he's 
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And the one who ministered to my
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distressed because you heard 
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Nature. 
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we have things that go wrong. 
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that and be really concerned 
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they're worried about things 
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sometimes we worry and then the 
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worry is, you know, be anxious 
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everything. 
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concerned about the things that 
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personal life. 
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in Philip, I were concerned for 
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worried about it in fact and 
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It says since he was longing for
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because you had heard that he 
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was sick or his own problem. 
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were worried That's amazing. 
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That you have an illness and 
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illness that almost took his 
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It was a serious illness and 
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distressed because and the word 
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describes, the confused or 
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restlessness, that results from 
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trauma. 
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because they were worried about 
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Because he was sick men in verse
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almost unto death, but God had 
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him, but on me also lest, I 
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sorrow. 
Had lest, I should have sorrow 

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upon sorrow. 
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This is really amazing because 
if you think about this and I've

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always known about this, but I 
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closely as I did today. 
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consider that? 
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God spares the life of someone 
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life of someone for showing 
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You ever stopped to consider. 
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saying. 
Paul is saying God had mercy and

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extended that Mercy in sparing, 
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But Paul said Not only did he 
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life, he extended Mercy to me. 
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sorrow that I lost my friend in 
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You know, that's really a 
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I got to thinking about that. 
I got to thinking about, you 

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know, there's a lot of things I 
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does and God's providential care
and we studied about that in a 

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Bible, study the other night, 
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I just know that God's 
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his providential care and God 
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Sometimes, we don't understand 
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But in this verse, it's saying 
this, I'm going to read it again

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for indeed. 
He was sick almost unto death, 

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but God Had mercy on him and not
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I should have sorrow upon 
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That's pretty powerful. 
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means sorrow upon sorrow. 
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undergoing terrible persecution.
Paul was imprisoned, Paul had an

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impending trial coming his way, 
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And instead of allowing him to 
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that would be with epaphroditus 
now Dying. 

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God was merciful to epaphroditus
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he spared his life. 
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be less sorrowful one scholar 
said to relieve the tension was.

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Another reason for sending 
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this time, besides the one 
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words, when the Brethren got to 
see him, you know, today we just

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text I knew Chris was going to 
Chris and his family were 

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running late. 
So I texted him to take the 

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invitation song in the closing 
prayer. 

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What I'm getting at is this, we 
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instant instantaneously, even if
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world, But in this case, they 
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have cell phones, they didn't 
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phone and making a phone call. 
So, Paul said it's good. 

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That epaphroditus goes back and 
relieve the stress because these

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Brethren and Philippi were 
greatly distressed and greatly 

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sorrowful and worried sick about
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So, he said, I'm going to send 
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that very thing, and also 
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Paul worried about them all. 
First 29, which covers question.

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Number four. 
Receive him therefore in the 

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Lord. 
With all gladly gladness and 

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hold such man in esteem. 
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is this how does a Christian 
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Well, first of all, when you 
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are receiving a fellow 
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brother or sister in Christ. 
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Christ. 
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epaphroditus. 
Now, interestingly they loved 

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him. 
So they didn't need instruction,

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or they didn't need admonition. 
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I think this was really just a 
friendly, loving encouraging, 

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reminder receive him in the 
Lord. 

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Now, this is what that means. 
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ways. 
Number one, it means receive him

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as a brother. 
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receiving him. 
In the Lord also means receive 

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him in the same way that the 
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Christian means christ-like. 
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we behave like Christ, if we're 
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we're going to follow Jesus and 
he is the, he is the husband and

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we are the bride being the 
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meaning, we are Christ. 
Like that means that in every 

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aspect of our life, we have to 
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Jesus. 
You know the world even came up 

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with a number that wwjd what 
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You know, I don't think people 
need to have some sort of a sign

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or a bracelet or a shirt. 
I think that people ought to be 

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able to have Christ Living in 
them to the point. 

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They don't need reminders like 
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If Jesus Christ is in me and I 
am following him, then his word 

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is burning in my heart too. 
I'm not going to need those 

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extra reminders. 
I got the word of God and I've 

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got Jesus Christ in my heart. 
So to receive him as you would 

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in the Lord is to receive him as
you will, as Jesus would do 

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also. 
And then he says to receive him 

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and give him honor or esteem 
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And finally, verse number 30, 
the question is summarize, this 

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verse and then Briefly summarize
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Here's the Reason, by the way, 
he got sick. 

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And I've looked and looked and 
researched and read scholar and 

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after scholar. 
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exactly the illness was and some
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tell you, I don't think we can 
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sure. 
All we know is what happened and

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when he got sick and it's in 
verse 30, Because for the work 

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of Christ, he came close to 
death, not regarding his life to

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supply. 
What was lacking in your service

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toward me? 
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sufficient enough or Provisions 
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Paul and have Paul have what he 
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So, what did, what did 
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He stayed along. 
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something of a secular. 
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provisions and bring it back to 
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whatever happened, whatever, you
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happened, he became ill. 
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was an illness that almost took 
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Now, it's very important to note
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When they didn't have enough 
Provisions, it wasn't the fault 

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of those in Philippi. 
It wasn't the church is Fault. 

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In fact, we find out later. 
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opportunity. 
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fault. 
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They wasn't enough and 
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ill, whatever happened to him, 
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Paul said I need to send him 
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relieve. 
The worry, also to get a good 

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report and Paul was longing for 
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Very shortly perhaps that his 
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would be cast aside. 
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custody and be able to travel 
with Timothy and go back there 

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and check on the church in 
Philippi. so, That's the 

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questions under consideration. 
So let's say I'm just going to 

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give you a quick summary of the 
chapter that will open it for 

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discussion. 
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theme being humility. 
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humility with regards to its 
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You know, it's really amazing. 
If, if people didn't have a 

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problem with humility, we really
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unity. 
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people possess the spirit of 
humility and the idea is this 

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don't just think about yourself.
And by the way, remember in the 

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beginning of the chapter in the 
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wasn't condemning someone that 
thought about his own needs or 

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his own self. 
He talked about, not thinking 

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about only, Be your own self. 
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So in the midst of taking care 
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somebody Beyond me or somebody 
above me and I put him above me,

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that is humility. 
And that actually works together

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to bond with unity and that 
covers verses 1 through 4 verses

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5 through 11. 
And I love this because now the 

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emphasis on Jesus. 
Here's the example. 

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So this is what I need you to 
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But here's the example and 
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The emphasis is on, Jesus and 
his humility and exultation in 

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other words because he humbled 
himself, God, exalted him, and 

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gave him a name. 
That was greater and higher than

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every name. 
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Why do I think that obviously is
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It is the description of him, 
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It has to, if it doesn't. 
Then why does it say that when 

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Jesus comes back? 
They'll be a time when every 

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knee will bow and every tongue 
will confess that Jesus is Lord,

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So Not only was he given all 
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heaven and on Earth, but he was 
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He is Lord of our life. 
He is Lord of it all. 

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Therefore, he's been given that 
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Why he humbled himself in 
submission to God's plan and God

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exalted him for doing that? 
All right, verses 12 through 17.

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Now, Then he talks about letting
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Paul encourages them to work out
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trembling practical things that 
they can do. 

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He tells them to hold fast the 
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rejoice in the day of Christ. 
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Paul said you keep going, So 
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of Christ and what's that mean? 
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talking about the second coming.
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comes back. 
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be rejoicing when you make it, 
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important because there are 
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For example, that you have had, 
some sort of effort, you've done

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something that has helped 
convert them, and maybe you go 

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years and you've never seen, you
never see him again. 

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When the Lord comes back, 
there's rejoicing because they 

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have kept the faith and you have
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I think about the fact that 
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the Lord comes back to hang in 
there and know that when the day

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of Christ comes the labor is not
in vain. 

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That's what Paul said that the 
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got to add this though. 
Paul was not saying when he said

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my labor is in vain. 
He was not saying that he was 

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going to be judged based on 
their obedience and I don't 

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think we're going to be judged 
either based on somebody else's 

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obedience and faithfulness. 
You know, we can do all that we 

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can we can take the word of God 
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We could preach the truth. 
We can do all that, but there 

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comes a time when a person has 
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and if they choose something 
else and they choose to turn 

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their back on the Lord, we're 
not going to be judged for their

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making that choice. 
Their faithfulness does not mean

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whether the work was successful 
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You know why? 
Because all we do is plant and 

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water, that's it. 
And God gives the increase so we

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don't get the credit when they 
obey and we won't get the blame 

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when they disobey. 
But what he's saying is this, my

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labor would not be in vain? 
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a success. 
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make it to the end and together,
we Rejoice that covers those 

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versus now. 19 through 23. 
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Timothy. 
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introduction. 
I'll not do that. 

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Again, his proven character and 
all that he was known for 

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wanting to send Timothy 
understanding that, perhaps he 

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would be out of the imprisonment
soon and he can go to, and then 

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finally verses 25 to 29. 
It covers, the questions under 

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consideration tonight and that 
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epaphroditus their relationship.
Their love for him, what he did.

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You sacrificed and God's Great 
Mercy in sparing his life. 

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Absolutely and Terry read that 
scripture when he said that they

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came to his Aid and he says and 
he wanted them to do that but 

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not so that he could receive a 
gift. 

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But so that it would be fruit 
credited to their account. 

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Anytime a congregation is behind
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It is fruit for your account 
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And that means this to in a 
practical sense, there's going 

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to be people just because you're
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and it is a command to give and 
we give of our means on the 

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first day of the week we must 
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And when we do give whatever 
amount that is, we give that 

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which is purposely purpose in 
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Prosper, like the word of God 
says, okay, when that money from

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the treasury is taken and used 
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There's going to be people in 
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the preacher that sent that is 
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There's people in heaven that 
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That means this, just like Danny
said, you are involved in every 

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aspect of a work. 
When you're behind an evangelist

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preaching, the gospel in every 
aspect of it. 

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I think the greatest things that
are done for the cause of Christ

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are oftentimes done behind the 
scenes when nobody even sees it 

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it could be a During Christ 
doing something behind the 

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scenes. 
It needs to be done, could be a 

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brother in Christ. 
Could be an older person could 

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be a younger person doesn't 
really matter, but some of the 

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greatest things that are ever 
done are done behind the scenes 

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when nobody knows and the 
greatest things we can do God 

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sees that when we're not trying 
to do it to get the credit. 

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We're just doing a little part, 
a little work, God sees every 

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bit of it and that's credit. 
That's fruit credited to your 

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