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In Titus Chapter 1 and verse 5. 
The Apostle Paul told Titus, the

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reason that he left him in 
Crete. 

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In fact, the Bible says for this
reason, I left you in Crete that

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you should set in order the 
things that are lacking and 

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appoint ordain Elders in every 
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I have commanded you now 
interesting about Crete. 

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You remember this by way of 
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largest island. 
In the Mediterranean Sea, it was

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185 miles long and at its widest
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there were over 100 cities in 
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million people at this time of 
this writing and yet the Apostle

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Paul told Titus, I'm leaving you
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Concrete, because there's 
something very important that 

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you must do. 
And that is number one set in 

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order the things that are 
lacking, and one of which of 

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those things would be ordaining,
Elders in every city. 

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Now, every city, there means 
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the names of the office are 
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In fact, we can find in the word
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elder is described in three 
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All With the same office, he is 
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simply means older and with 
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In other words, the very 
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Elder would disqualify a young 
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being in that office of an 
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bishop and a bishop is the same 
office as an elder. 

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That word means overseer, and 
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congregation. 
Thirdly, he is called A pastor 

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and a pastor in the word of God 
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an elder meaning. 
Shepherd, describing his task to

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feed the flock. 
So why three names for the same 

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office, they all describe 
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aspects of his title and 
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he's to be older and with 
experience. 

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He has the duty to the 
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and he is a task to feed the 
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God and therefore he is a 
Shepherd, all right? 

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As important as it is to have 
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And they have elders and deacons
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There are requirements and 
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In fact, the Bible describes 
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a man to be an elder. 
What have we known so far? 

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What have we studied so far? 
Number one, a man must desire, 

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the office and it ordered the 
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He must eagerly desire, the 
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So, in other words that's not a 
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I'll sometimes in life, I'm not 
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was talking about in life 
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People want to be a figurehead 
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but they don't want the work. 
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responsibility of rolling up 
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very hard in the position that 
they've been given, they just 

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want the title. 
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desire in the same passage, he 
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title you must also eagerly. 
Fire. 

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The work number two. 
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Not a sinless, man? 
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blameless. 
That's a man that's clean. 

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I guess you would say. 
That's a man that has no 

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sustainable charge against. 
He's a man of reputation, not 

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only in the body of Christ, but 
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Christ, we noticed last time he 
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wife. 
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woman, man. 
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really a one woman man. 
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faithful and true to his bride. 
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true to his bride. 
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man. 
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picture. 
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regardless of how many he has 
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Need to be faithful Christians. 
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one, and our first today, and 
that is this. 

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He must be vigilant as found in 
the King James version Vigilant.

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Now if we notice the passage in 
1st Timothy Chapter 3, and verse

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to the King James calls, it 
Vigilant, what does that 

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actually mean? 
The word Vigilant by Debbie, 

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even means temperate. 
Or watchful the new King James, 

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just simply, says, temper. 
It's the same word. 

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It's what it means to be 
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be temperate, is To Be watchful.
Now, by the way, do you remember

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when I said that many of these 
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apply to every Christian In 
fact, a very safe word. 

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Vigilant is a word that Peter 
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and the warning, that all 
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first, Peter five and eight. 
In First Peter 5:8, Peter says, 

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be sober and be vigilant. 
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Why would we need to be sober 
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Peter says, why listen to this? 
Because your adversary the devil

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walks about Like a roaring lion 
seeking Those whom he may 

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devour. 
So, every Christian has to be 

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what watchful. 
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or requirements of an elder, he 
is to be temperate. 

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He is to be vigilant. 
He is to Be watchful. 

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Interesting word, the word 
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that means wine lists. 
And I looked that up and I tried

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to study that from the root 
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And it means this, it literally 
Means holding no whines now. 

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What's that mean? 
One scholar said, it means that 

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this is a man that has the 
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careful, and have the 
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all manners of things regarding 
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It's a man. 
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nowhere in his life. 
It has no place in his life, the

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lifestyle, or the substance. 
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But You Be watchful in all 
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Simply stated, keep your head 
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Said this, by the way, he said 
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I got to tell you my 
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Is not necessarily that. 
It's not necessarily calm. 

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One time somebody said, man, 
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He really excited. 
Yeah, I know that but an elder 

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that is vigilant. 
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means watchful is a man that has
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You know, I could think of men 
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personality that I have known in
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I would say, you know what, 
that's the demeanor of an elder.

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That's it right there. 
That's a calm guy right there. 

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Now, I'm going to jump down to 
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to get back to this in just a 
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Why said that? 
This guy means he is Sir 

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Circumspect. 
That's a matter of not taking 

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unnecessary risks. 
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every possible circumstance of 
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choice, we get that. 
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good decisions. 
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What is dispassionate. 
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It actually means not influenced
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that he is able to be rational 
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Are you starting to get the idea
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of this man? 
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Lord's Church? 
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he circumspect. 
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straight thinker, he's keeping 
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mind to become clouded and 
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with philosophies and doctrines 
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He keeps straight about God's 
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He's a man, that is well, rooted
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Doctrine. 
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sword of the spirit. 
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can defend the truth and protect
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A serious business, being an 
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It's serious business. 
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remembering the warning that 
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29, you know, why you got to be 
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elder needed to Be watchful. 
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the qualifications of an elder 
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do Acts, 20, and 29 for. 
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departure, Savage wolves will 
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the flock, you know what they 
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They needed an elder. 
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To defend the word of God. 
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Is one who keeps the faith and 
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this while all others are losing
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Did you get that? 
He keeps his head when all 

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others are losing theirs. 
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Acts 27? 
Remember when Paul exercised his

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right I'm going to go and appeal
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You can go to Rome and appeal to
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He was in prison about two years
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Now, he's going to go before 
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He's got to get on a ship. 
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Remember that there was two 
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that ship. 
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doing. 
All of them had lost their 

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minds. 
There's a great storm. 

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They're panicking. 
All this may be one of the jump 

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The little boat and get out of 
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You know, Paul said be of good 
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she'll be as it was told me he 
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When everybody else lost there's
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But when I was 18 Tanner's, 
getting very close to this time.

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I was 18. 
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to go to college. 
My father gave me something that

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meant a great deal to me in my 
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Means a lot more now than it at 
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My father gave me the poem If by
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And it's very beginning. 
It says, if you can keep your 

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head, when all about you are 
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you, If you can trust yourself 
when all men doubt, you but make

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allowance for their doubting 
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At the end of this poem as he 
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being a man, he says that if he 
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is the Earth and everything 
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And which is more. 
You'll be a man. 

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My son. 
You got to keep your head when 

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all about you are losing theirs,
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you, an elder. 
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He's collected in all of his 
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before, not just in the church, 
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even in the community. 
So he's to be vigilant King. 

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James says he's to be temperate.
That means watchful. 

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He has a calm dispassionate. 
Demeter, that's an elder. 

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What else? 
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And by the way, this actually 
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going to find these kind of 
Stack Up on one another one 

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leads to another. 
So in other words, if I'm this 

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Vigilant guy, guess what? 
It's going to do, it's going to 

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translate in Being Sober minded.
Now, what does that work sober? 

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Minded mean, we go to our 
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dictionary for the word sober, 
in actually means this, it means

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sound mine. 
It means, Self controlled or 

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simply put sober-minded. 
So when Paul is talking about a 

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sober minded, man, he's talking 
about somebody that is under 

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control. 
You ever lose control? 

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This is a man that's 
well-behaved folks, get this in 

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actions and reactions. sometimes
we make the right choice, if we 

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have a period of time to prepare
ourselves for the action, But 

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sometimes we lose our mind when 
we don't have time to prepare 

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for the action. 
And our reaction is not what it 

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ought to be. 
Sometimes we sin and sometimes 

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we say things, we regret later. 
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not above that. 
I lived most of my life with a 

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really big mouth. 
You learn, you learn you shut 

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the mouth and it keeps you out 
of trouble. 

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This man here by the way, 
there's sober-minded, man, you 

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know what he is? 
He's a guy that makes the right 

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decisions with self-control in 
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and his non premeditated 
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Ever known somebody like that, 
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They're always reacting. 
Not this guy, this guy's got his

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act together. 
This guy has prepared himself. 

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He is calm and watchful. 
So what he's free, he's sober 

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minded, premeditated actions and
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You know, a guy like this is a 
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handle all the time. if he has 
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commentator said, If he 
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other words, a self-controlled 
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He is a spirit controlled, man. 
Now, the way that you are a 

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spirit controlled, man, it's not
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direct. 
If you're going to be a spirit 

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controlled, man, you are a man 
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the word of God. 
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basis of everything you have in 
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you are want to be 
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You got to be Spirit controlled.
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Christian, not just an elder, 
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If we're going to be have 
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Spirit control and you have to 
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the kind of person that you want
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So you don't have to make 
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Now, another scholar said that, 
this kind of a man is a man that

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does not live in a dream world 
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feelings. 
He's the kind of, man. 

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That we love to have in a church
business meeting. 

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He's the kind of man that's not 
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sets a great example and 
regardless of what you're 

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discussing he is under control. 
He is under control a person 

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that's caught up in frenzies of 
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Emotionalism is not a sober 
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Now, do you remember when Paul 
preached the gospel, The Festus 

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member that in Acts 26? 
He preaches the gospel, The 

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Festus, you know, they said 
about him. 

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They said, Paul you are out of 
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In fact, one translation says 
you are mad, you're nuts. 

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You're out of your mind. 
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the flip side or the opposite of
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You know what Paul said? 
Paul says no no no no that's not

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me. 
He said this, I'm not mad, I'm 

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not crazy. 
I'm not out of my mind Noble 

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Festus. 
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the King James says soberness. 
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basically saying I speak the 
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That's a sober minded, man. 
It's a man of reason. 

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He's the kind of man also that 
God uses to motivate others to a

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more fruitful and Abundant Life.
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he can calm the storms that come
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Now, more importantly, get this 
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Do you know why a 
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Do you know why he's controlled 
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The only way that he can be calm
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if he's common controlled on the
inside. 

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And we talked about things, 
where people make choices and 

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all that, you know, it really 
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really simple. 
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Where is your heart? 
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where that is, that's where your
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Jesus said, So, the problem 
isn't fixing, all the individual

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things in our life. 
A problem is fixing what's on 

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the inside if we want to be, 
well, behaved you got to fix it 

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on the inside? 
If I fix it on the inside, guess

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what? 
It will automatically manifest 

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itself on the outside and that's
what it means to be 

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self-controlled sober-minded, 
he's already fixed it on the 

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inside, camper it. 
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Sober minded. 
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What else? 
A sober minded man. 

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Is the next one. 
Back up. 

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The next one is he is a man of 
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A man of good behavior. 
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He not only is temperate and 
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noticed, but he's also a man of 
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Good behavior. 
Now we Vine, says this word 

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means orderly and it means 
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His deportment is good. 
It is kind, it's considerate. 

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In other words this guy's a 
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He's not abrasive, he's a 
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modest. 
He is a man of good behavior and

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when a man is of good behavior, 
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attached to that. 
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respectable. 
Now, this is a man that not only

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respects, God and respects 
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He respects himself so much 
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respectability. 
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It always reflects itself in 
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And by the way, it comes from 
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world that is around us. 
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in order, It denotes inward 
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adornment of beauty. 
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Ones building on the other. 
After you fixed it on the 

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inside. 
And by the way, the same word is

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used by Paul describing how a 
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Timothy 2 and 9 in like manner, 
also that a woman Adorn. 

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Them is women Adorn themselves 
in modest apparel and other 

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words respectable. 
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literature, it describes one who
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thus be regarded as genuinely 
moral and respectable. 

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But what does it mean to be? 
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another word from that original 
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you know what it's called. 
Cosmetics. 

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I'm going to tell you something,
ladies. 

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You're going to have to cut me a
little slack. 

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I'm not an expert on makeup, not
maybe there'd be something wrong

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with me. 
If I was I'm not an expert on 

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makeup and cosmetics. 
But I'm going to tell you 

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something. 
That's what this word means. 

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And there's two kinds of 
Cosmetics. 

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There's two kinds of makeup. 
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And the other is used to reveal.
Talk about cover up, cover up. 

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In other words, you are taking 
something and you are covering 

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up a blemish, you're covering 
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are, you example by this, by the
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This really happened. 
For 24 years, I was a painting 

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contractor and I painted all 
manner of buildings and what 

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have you? 
And we we had a contract with a 

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funeral home. 
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director had me come in and walk
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And there was a fellow that was 
laid out there in his casket and

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we walked in and I'm not 
kidding. 

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This guy was greater than the 
Jolly Green Giant. 

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This guy was as green as green 
could be. 

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You know what they did, they 
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this guy and they booked him 
that they got so much of this on

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his face. 
There wasn't one Speck of green 

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left. 
In other words, they covered up 

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what he really was. 
That's not the kind of 

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Cosmetics. 
I'm talking about. 

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I'm talking about the kind of 
Cosmetics here that is 

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demonstrated in your behavior. 
In other words, it reveals who 

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you really are on the inside, 
that's what behavior is. 

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It reveals what we've are 
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If you want to liken that to 
make up today, which I'm not an 

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expert on at all. 
It would be something that 

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reveals the beauty that you 
already are. 

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Not something that's traveled 
on, with a spatula, to cover up.

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What you really are. 
Respectable. 

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Two kinds of cosmetics. 
But the one that we're talking 

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about is the kind that reveals 
and highlights, what is there? 

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So, what's there? 
What's this man? 

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Revealing here it is. 
He is with. 

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The revealer being his, what 
being his good behavior 

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cosmetic. 
You know, it's do. 

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It it's revealing or 
highlighting and bringing out 

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the character of Jesus Christ, 
that is already in his heart. 

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That's what that means. 
Again, we're building one on the

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other, he's calm and watchful, 
at least two self-control with 

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his actions that are 
premeditated and non 

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premeditated reactions and he 
demonstrates that in good 

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behavior, which reveals Jesus 
Christ and his already in his 

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heart of who he is. 
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Not only is he a man of good 
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But he's a man that is 
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simply says, given to 
hospitality Interesting word 

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here, going back to our passage.
This passage actually is 

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translated from a word. 
That means a lover of strangers.

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A lover of strangers. 
You know, I talk to people in my

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life. 
This one person said that long 

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ago, I don't like people. 
Okay, I don't get that purse 

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next to the and Frank. 
My problem is I really don't 

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like me, I don't really don't 
like people. but I think you got

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to like people And an elder has 
to be a lover strangers. 

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I know there has to be 
hospitable. 

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And you know, when Paul wrote 
this, they would have understood

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that. 
You know why? 

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Because in ancient Oriental 
culture and custom at the time, 

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you know what they would have 
understood, they would have 

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understood that even separate 
from the church. 

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I'm just talking about culture 
of the day, you know what they 

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would have understood, they 
would have understood that. 

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It was the custom of the day 
that a stranger was coming 

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through town. 
Not only do you, bring them into

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your house and feed them, give 
them a meal but It was their 

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culture that they that she gave 
him a place to stay overnight. 

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You know why they didn't have 
hotels and motels and all that 

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stuff that we have today. 
You could stop anywhere in the 

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middle of the night. 
You can find a place to stay. 

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Not then. 
What about Christians though? 

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How about Christians that were 
passing through town, you know, 

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when they want to stay, you 
know, where they would love to 

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stay, it would love to stay with
other Christians that were given

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to hospitality traveling by 
Elders as church leaders were 

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those that had to set the proper
example, and they would show and

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extend Hospitality to them. 
You remember, when Paul wrote 

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the letter to Philemon? 
It's one chapter long is so 

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powerful. 
It is largely. 

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We it is largely a writing about
a man by the name of onesimus, a

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runaway slave. 
Now Paul is writing to Philemon 

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and you remember what Paul said 
King James says this, in that 

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one chapter, when he talks about
this, he says this King James 

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prepare for me, a lodging, the 
new King James. 

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I love this. 
It says, prepare a guest room 

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for me. 
In other words, I need a place 

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to stay. 
I need you Philemon. 

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To be hospitable. 
I need you to extend 

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Hospitality. 
Now I got to say this. 

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I know today, it's difficult 
because If you don't know the 

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person, I'm not talking about a 
crystal talking about just 

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people, in general, we don't 
have that custom. 

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It's it could be very dangerous.
Might invite somebody in your 

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house and do terrible harm your 
family. 

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So Customs have changed somewhat
regarding that but not 

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Christians. 
Not about members of the body of

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Christ, how many people say, you
know, one of the great things 

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about being a member of the 
church, you can be on the other 

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side of the country or the world
and you can have Christians, 

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have you over in their house? 
Feed you and put you up for the 

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night. 
And treat you like a brother or 

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a sister. 
A lover of strangers. 

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Have you ever heard somebody 
referred to as they were? 

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So friendly that they never met 
a stranger? 

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I know people like that. 
Her lover strangers. 

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Now we get that right. 
But there's something else 

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that's connected to this, please
get this. 

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And now I'm going to talk to 
every single person sitting here

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in this room. 
Here it is. 

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You have the same 
responsibilities that all Elders

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do in this regard. 
Here it is. 

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That is being a lover of 
strangers to those that are 

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brand new Congress. 
What ask you a question? 

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I love his congregation, I love.
The direction that we are going 

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together. 
I've known you. 

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Most of my life, some of you. 
But I want to ask a question to 

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the congregation. 
Are you really ready to grow? 

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We want to grow. 
Which is baptized 10 people we 

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want to grow. 
Oh yeah, that's grow preach it. 

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Let's grow. 
Are you really ready? 

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You have a responsibility to You
have a responsibility of doing 

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what? 
Helping to integrate these brand

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new members, both socially and 
spiritually. 

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In the kingdom of God, that's 
all members. 

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I read one commentator and he 
said this. 

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And by the way, that's not this,
that's not to folks, I'm not 

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taking a shot, that's not to 
folks, but I read this, and it's

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probably this way and various 
places. 

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But listen to this, he said in 
our high-tech Society, men and 

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women who work with cold and 
personal machines all week long,

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they don't need to find Cold 
impersonal, people at services 

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on Sunday morning. 
That's true. 

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He said, we need more than 
correct heads. 

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Filled with correct doctrines. 
We need Hearts filled with 

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correct. 
Christian love and extend to our

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new members, an elder that 
practices Hospitality folks. 

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That's the guy that's warm. 
He's friendly, he's responsive 

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to others. 
He's this guy, he's the guy that

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people feel at ease around. 
People want to be around. 

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Well, finally. 
Not only does an elder have to 

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be hospitable, a lover of 
strangers, but he also needs to 

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be able to teach. 
I'm going to tell you this. 

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Sometimes we talk about well 
what's actually teaching is it 

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public or private? 
Does he have to teach publicly 

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or can it just be privately and 
if he teaches publicly does it 

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erase every bit of his re 
obligation privately and these 

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are questions that often times. 
Come up. 

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Well, let's talk about that the 
word able in the King James just

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simply means or is translated. 
Act. 

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And that word means able to 
teach is found in the very same 

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passage. 
It is our fifth point this 

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morning. 
What does it mean? 

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It literally means capable of 
teaching. 

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It means somebody that is 
capable of doing that. 

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The question is, why is that? 
Why shouldn't the Elder, teach 

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Paul gave the answer Ephesians 
4. 

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Listen to this Ephesians 4 
beginning in verse 11 and he 

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himself gave some to be 
Apostles, some prophets, some 

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evangelists some pastors which 
are elders and teachers for the 

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equipping of the Saints for the 
work of the ministry for the 

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edifying of the body of Christ. 
So teaching is necessary. 

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Now teaching isn't just public 
teaching of lessons from the 

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pulpit. 
It's not it also includes 

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private teaching, it includes 
the ability to talk to someone 

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and privately teach them. 
And I will tell you this. 

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Some of the greatest good in 
teaching is done privately. 

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Sometimes the greatest harm is 
done privately if it's false Oh,

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don't downgrade or minimize 
private teaching. 

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An elder has to be a man that is
able to teach. 

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He has to be skillful in doing, 
so he has to be capable of doing

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that. 
But not only publicly, but it 

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has to be in private to what 
else he has to be able to impart

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spiritual knowledge and advice 
quietly, reverently skillfully 

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and lovingly. 
That's responsibility. 

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Of an elder. 
You know, the idea of teaching 

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is actually described in this 
way as a sign of spiritual 

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maturity and spiritual growth. 
Hebrews chapter 5, beginning in 

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verse 12, listen to this. 
This is and I believe it to be 

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the Apostle, Paul writing the 
Hebrew Christians. 

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And he talks about a puts on the
same level able to teach along 

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with spiritual maturity and 
growth This is what he says for 

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though. 
By this time, you ought to be 

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teachers. 
In other words, you've been a 

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member of the body of Christ 
long enough. 

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There's times has gone by But 
you're not, you need someone to 

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teach you again, the first 
principles of the Oracles of God

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and you have come to need milk 
and not have solid food for 

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everyone who partakes. 
Only of milk is unskillful in 

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the word of righteousness. 
For he is a babe, but solid food

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belongs to those who are full 
age. 

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That is those who by reason of 
use, have their senses, 

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exercised to discern, both, good
and evil. 

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They're the writer of Hebrews. 
I believe it to be Paul 

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describes a Teacher as someone 
that has grown to maturity and 

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it demonstrates. 
His maturity and growth in his 

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spiritual life. 
Well folks, I'm going to tell 

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you to teach well, you got to 
study well. 

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Got study. 
You have got to study. 

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I'm not talking about just study
to get a lesson together. 

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I'm talking about studying to 
learn the word of God, study, 

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the Bible. 
And let me just say in passing 

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as a little bit of advice to all
the teachers if you're 

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struggling with what the cues to
teach on. 

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What topic should I teach, man? 
I've been teaching all these 

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topics. 
I've ran out of thoughts. 

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I ran out of theories. 
I ran out of ideas. 

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My advice to you is advice. 
That was given to me many many, 

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many years ago, don't do it that
way. 

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Studying the Bible study the 
Bible and I'm telling you, 

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you're going to have topic 
sleeping off the page study the 

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Bible studying in the context 
and it was given written all the

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circumstances surrounding it. 
You'll have a greater knowledge 

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of the word of God, and you'll 
have all kinds of ideas. 

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What to preach on? 
All right. 

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Why do you got to know the word 
of God Elders, Titus 1 and 9, 

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listen to this holding fast, the
faithful word, as he has been 

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taught, that he may be able by 
sound Doctrine, both to exhort 

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and convict those who contradict
the King James says, convince 

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the gainsayers, all that means 
is you have to be able to exhort

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and convict those. 
That would teach things that 

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contradict the word of God. 
In order to do that, you got to 

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know the word of God. 
Paul told Timothy to commit the 

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word to Faithful Men that they 
may be able to teach others. 

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Also, second Timothy 2:24 25 and
the servant of the Lord must do,

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this must not quarrel but be 
gentle to all able to teach 

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patient in humility correcting, 
those who are in opposition, if 

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God, perhaps will grant them 
repentance. 

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So that they may know the truth.
There's a lot of things to be. 

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Worked on him, all of our life. 
In conclusion. 

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We've noticed, now, nine things 
that are requirements to be an 

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elephant. 
I know that Paul told Titus, I'm

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leaving you, I'm leaving you in 
Crete to set in order the things

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that are lacking and ordain 
Elders in every city or every 

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church. 
That's true, but make no mistake

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about it. 
When they were ordained in every

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city, they fit the 
qualifications all of them, 

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every qualification, there's 24,
this is just 9. 

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What have we known so far in 
closing? 

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Guys, got a desired office and 
if you desire the position, you 

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got a desire to work. 
You got to be a blameless, man. 

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All that means is no, 
sustainable charge held against 

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you. 
You have a good reputation. 

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You have a clean slate, you need
to be the husband of one wife 

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talked about that last time. 
That just simply means a 

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one-woman, man. 
You got to have faithful 

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children. 
That means that they're faithful

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Christians. 
You need to be vigilant or 

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temperate which is calm and 
watchful. 

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That's going to lead to what 
having self-control in all of 

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Your actions and reactions. 
What else is it going to do? 

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It's going to lead you to 
demonstrate that. 

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What is on the inside in a 
respectable good behavior? 

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You're going to become a lover 
of strangers. 

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You're going to be a hospitable 
man and you will be skillful and

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capable and teaching the word of
God. 

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S9. 
Next time probably won't get 

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past eat a whole verse but next 
is not given to Wine. 

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Not violent, not greedy for 
money, but gentle not 

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quarrelsome and not Covetous. 
That's first Timothy chapter 3 

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and verse 3, that'll be next 
time. 

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