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All right, my Bible in 365, 
brothers and sisters, we have 

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arrived at the most incredible 
book of first Timothy. 

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And boy can I tell you I love 
this book. 

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Now, I love it because it does 
several things. 

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Number one, it reveals an 
incredible relationship that we 

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see in the Bible and one that I 
think is important. 

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Every Paul ought to have a 
Timothy, and every Timothy ought

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to have a Paul, and every person
should be a Paul and a Timothy 

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at some point in their life. 
And that's why this book is 

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incredible. 
Now I want to talk about the 

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central theme, and you guys know
that I've been doing this. 

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First and foremost, I want to 
say that if you want to dig 

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deeper into First Timothy, you 
can go to jamescadis.com, listen

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to all of my teachings through 
the whole book. 

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And it is important that you do 
that because you will get deeper

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into it and more grounded in all
that is being communicated here.

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But what I've been, what I've 
been doing lately is I have been

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searching through the passage 
and looking for a few verses 

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that I believe are central to 
the entirety of the book. 

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And I think that you can do that
relatively well with most Bible 

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books. 
And specifically in this letter,

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we have it. 
OK, It is first Timothy chapter 

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3, verses 14 through 16. 
Why? 

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Because it tells us what the 
central theme of First Timothy 

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really is. 
The Church of the living God 

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must be governed by the truth of
God, and that truth is centered 

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on none other than Jesus Christ.
It is powerful and it is real 

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and it is remarkable. 
Let me read the passage to you 

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because the passage is it's just
very much appropriate to all 

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that we've been talking about as
of late First Timothy chapter 3.

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Let me start in verse 14. 
It says these things right I 

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unto thee, hoping to come unto 
thee shortly. 

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Yes, I'm reading King James, I 
always do. 

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But if I tarry long that thou 
mayest know how thou oughtest to

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behave thyself in the House of 
God, which is the Church of the 

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living God, the pillar and 
ground of the truth, and without

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controversy, Great is the 
mystery of godliness. 

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God was manifest in the flesh, 
justified in the spirit scene of

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angels, preached unto the 
Gentiles, believed on in the 

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world, received up into glory. 
There is so much to say about 

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this, and I wish I had all the 
time in the world to talk about 

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it, but that's why I told you to
go to jamescaddies.com. 

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Let's talk about verses 14 
through 15 because it's 

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important. 
In the 14th verse and the 15th 

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verse, which I just read, Paul 
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First Timothy. 
He wants him to understand how 

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believers ought to conduct 
themselves in God's house, 

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meaning the church. 
OK, look, the church doesn't 

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belong to a pastor. 
It doesn't belong to a 

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congregation, you guys. 
It doesn't belong to an 

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organization of sorts. 
It belongs to the living God, to

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the true and living God. 
And that's what the apostle Paul

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is actually talking about. 
God has established expectations

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for his people, for their 
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and by the way, for their 
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Why? 
Because the church is not the 

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steeple, OK? 
The church is not the building. 

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The church is the body of 
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It's the people. 
Look throughout his letter, Paul

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very much addresses issues like 
prayer and leadership and 

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personal holiness and actual 
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and obviously responsibility 
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What do you do within that 
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The church is never free, has 
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be free to redefine what God has
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And that's what he's talking 
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He speaks about many other 
things, but these are the things

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look, the church, God's church, 
the Church of Jesus Christ has a

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divine responsibility. 
Look what it says in verse 15, 

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the Church of the living God. 
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Look, he he deepens the 
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ground of the truth. 
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uphold the truth, not to 
manufacture it, not to play 

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around with it, not to to play 
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The being called a pillar is 
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something and the church is 
responsible for publicly 

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upholding or supporting. 
Defending, that's a better word,

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defending the truth that God has
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By the way, sorry if I sound a 
little, it's a Sunday night and 

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I just finished doing 4 Bible 
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So the other thing that Paul 
does and this is important, is 

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he repeatedly warns Timothy 
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He even talks about the 
deceptive doctrine that they 

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communicate. 
And of course he even talks to 

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them about people who depart 
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He names them even sound 
doctrine and godly conduct 

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cannot be separated. 
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What we believe determines how 
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The, the, the, and I've been 
saying this, the moment the 

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church compromises the truth in 
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it begins abandoning its God's 
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And guys, I've talked about this
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Conservatism without Christ is 
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It's nuts. 
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Christ in the middle. 
That's why Christ is the center 

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of everything. 
That's why his word is critical.

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And the doctrines that we 
developed that guide us are are 

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are just as critical. 
Look what it says in verse 16 

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and I read it to you. 
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godliness. 
Notice this God was manifest in 

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the flesh. 
Paul immediately, and I know 

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you're, you're seeing this, you,
you can notice this, he 

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immediately moves from the 
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the literal person of Christ. 
He says it, God was manifest in 

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the flesh. 
Jesus Christ is God revealed in 

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human flesh, justified in the 
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Think about that phrase. 
Christ was vindicated by the 

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Spirit with his resurrection 
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demonstrating who he is, 
defeating death, defeating sin, 

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scene of angels. 
The significance of Christ's 

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coming extends beyond what he 
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That's the picture when we see 
the phrase scene of angels 

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preached unto the Gentiles. 
Thank you Jesus, by the way, for

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that. 
Thank you That the gospel is 

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intended for everybody, not just
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Believed on in the world is 
another phrase that's being used

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here, and it means that the 
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those of us that hear it. 
My favorite, one of my absolute 

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favorite phrases that I see here
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I love this. 
Actually, the way it's actually 

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phrased is received up into 
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It's a big difference from what 
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Jesus ascended into heaven where
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remarkable. 
Look, Christianity is not simply

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a system of moral behavior or a 
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organization. 
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We walk with Christ at a much 
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is accepting right now. 
Everything centers on the person

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and of course, the finished work
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Now we have a responsibility 
today, and the Bible lays it out

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for us right here in Timothy. 
We must remain faithful to God's

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Word even when truth becomes 
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That's something Charlie lived 
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We must recognize that godliness
is not optional for those who 

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claim to follow Christ. 
It's not like, well, I'm going 

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to just be godly today and not 
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Christian nonetheless. 
No, it doesn't work that way. 

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We have to refuse to substitute 
programs and personalities and 

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podcasts and traditions, 
cultural acceptance like we 

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cannot, we cannot substitute 
those things for biblical truth.

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We cannot do it. 
The health of the church is 

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ultimately going to be measured 
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submit to God's Word and its 
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You cannot. 
If you do not put your faith and

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trust in Christ and you do not 
obey His Word, we have a 

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problem. 
You put your faith and trust for

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salvation and you obey His word 
because it is the least thing 

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that you can do. 
It's your reasonable service. 

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The church doesn't exist and has
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truth is. 
The church exists to proclaim 

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the truth God has already given 
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If we now listen to me. 
OK, this is an important 

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warning. 
If we abandoned the truth, we 

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abandoned the very 
responsibility that God has 

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entrusted to us. 
If we remain faithful, if we say

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no, we refuse to abandon God's 
Word, and we remain faithful to 

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His Word, we fulfill the purpose
for which He established His 

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church. 
Purpose is bigger than us. 

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That purpose is far more 
fulfilling than anything we can 

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bring to the table because He's 
the God of heaven that chose to 

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give us everything that we have.
And for that, what do we say to 

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God? 
Be the glory. 

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Great things He has done, and we
thank Him. 

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Then we run, and we run hard and
we finish that race and we do 

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what God has asked us to do. 
Because for each and every 

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single one of us, here it is. 
The best is yet to come. 

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We'll pursue Him, seek Him, grow
in Him. 

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Let the church be the church. 
Be a part of seeking the truth 

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and watch God do great things. 
I'm proud of you guys. 

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You're learning the Word, you're
growing in the Word, and I am 

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excited to see how you continue 
to seek the Lord in dramatic and

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powerful and wonderful ways. 
I love you guys, God bless you. 

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Keep fighting the good fight.