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Romans chapter 16 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Romans chapter 16 Let us pray, oh Lord, our God, who reigns on
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  high forever worthy to be praised.
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  Oh Lord God, here we are again. Father, we are your servants.
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  We are sold out. Lay down lovers, Father of the
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  way God. We only want what you want,
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  Father. We get out of our own way, out
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  of our own reasonings, God, out of our own feelings and emotions
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  and circumstances. And God, we come up to the
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  holiest of holy places. We come up to where you are,
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  Father, seated with you in heavenly places.
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  We are more than conquerors and we are the peacemakers of this
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  world. Father, Father us well.
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  God Almighty, we love you, Jesus.
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  Thank you Holy Spirit for the filling today.
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  Thank you, Holy Spirit, for the outpouring and the outflowing.
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  God, into the communities and into our neighborhoods of the
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  highways and the hedges and the byways.
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  God, we snatch those that are perishing.
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  Father, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ that today will be
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  the day of salvation. Let the zeal of your house
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  consume us, Father, and eat us up.
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  God, we just want more of you. We want the kind of glory, God.
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  We want to be there where you are, Father.
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  We know that you have gone to prepare a place for us, God, and
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  we await patiently like a bride waiting for her groom.
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  We have made ourselves ready. We have filled our lamps, God.
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  We have trimmed our Wicks, Father, and we wait patiently,
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  Lord, But help us to wait well. Help us not to grow despondent
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  and bored, Father. I pray in the name of Jesus that
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  we will be entertained by you, Lord, and you alone.
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  God, these scriptures have life and power, Father, that they are
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  alive and they are active and they are reading us today.
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  And so God, we don't try to be your PR.
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  We are just your bond servants. We are nothing but unprofitable
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  servants. And we have only done what was
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  our duty to do. Father, because of the great
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  exchange, Father, all of our sin, sickness, all of our
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  disease, God, our death and our sin.
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  Father, you gave us life and life abundant.
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  You forgave us for all of our sins.
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  And so, Lord Jesus Christ Almighty, we exalt you high
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  above every single principality and ruler, all the demonic
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  hosts. Father, we exalt your holy name.
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  You are the name above all names.
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  The only name worthy to be praised is Jesus Christ of
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  Nazareth, the long-awaited Messiah.
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  We love you, King Jesus, You are the King of Kings and the Lord
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  of Lords, and you are ruler over all of the universe.
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  And you, you are worthy to open the scroll.
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  You are worthy of all of our praise.
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  We get out of our own way. We say yes and Amen to all of
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  your ways. We pray for the peace of
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  Jerusalem, Father, Bring about your prophecies today, God.
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  I pray that you will rapture us up to where you are.
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  Father, we just want you. We do not want to just escape
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  all of the things of this world, God.
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  We want you more than we want this world, God, And that is
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  what we yearn for and that is what we want more than safety.
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  We just want you, God, and you alone.
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  We wait for you, but in the waiting God purify us.
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  Purge out all of the impurities Father.
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  Refine us in the refiners. Fire God, tread the winepress.
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  Jesus Christ, we are covered in your blood.
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  Jesus Christ, we wait for you. We know that we are holy because
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  you are holy and where you are we will be.
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  Father, we love you. King Jesus, show us your eternal
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  path today. As we read your word, let your
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  word read us. We hide it in our hearts today
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  so that we might not sin against you, Father, and it's in Jesus
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  Christ, holy and precious name that I pray.
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  Amen. Well, let's start in verse one.
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  I commend unto you Phoebe, our sister, which is a servant of
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  the church which is at centre. So here we can see that this
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  this is Paul ending his wonderful, amazing letter to the
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  Roman church. He was writing to them in
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  expectancy that he would go to them as a missionary, not
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  knowing that he would come to them and appear before Caesar
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  Nero and he would be on Rome's dime as a prisoner, but get to
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  live autonomously in a House of his own choosing.
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  To that you receive her in the Lord as become Saints, and that
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  you assist her in whatsoever business she has need of you.
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  For she has been a secure of many and of all of myself also.
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  So Paul is sending the church in Rome the admonition of Phoebe,
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  saying that she's been a great help to him and of many, and to
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  receive her and to receive her well with wonderful hospitality.
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  And that is our call as well. We should receive our brothers
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  and sisters with hospitality. And in by doing so, some have
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  entertained angels, three great Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers
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  in Christ Jesus. What a paradox between Aquila,
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  Priscilla and Ananias and Sapphira.
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  We see these two marriages in the book of Acts and you see how
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  Aquila and Priscilla represent a godly sold out, laid down lover
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  missionary heart marriage. And you see that Ananias and
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  Sapphira, their marriage is represented as a greedy one that
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  the devil used to try to destroy the early church.
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  And aren't we thankful that there is a marriage that is
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  represented to represented in the New Testament that we can
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  look up to? And that is what Aquila and
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  Priscilla amount to here in this text.
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  You need to know that they are wonderful examples for us to
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  follow, and Paul commends them here in the very last part of
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  his letter to the Church in Rome.
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  For who have for my life laid down their own necks, unto whom
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  not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the
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  Gentiles. So we as a whole, for all time's
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  sake, are very much encouraged and blessed by the ministry of
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  Aquila and Priscilla. They housed the Apostle Paul who
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  was writing so much of our New Testament that we are eternally
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  blessed by, and they are great examples for us to follow.
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  And we are all blessed by their decision to take Paul in and to
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  minister unto Paul's needs. Praise God Hallelujah for an
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  example of a healthy church and a healthy marriage.
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  And you can see here that there is a huge difference between
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  being married and being happily married.
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  And the difference is being in service to our Lord Jesus
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  Christ. And you will be happy in your
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  marriage, and you will treat your bride the way that Christ
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  treats the church. Friends 5 likewise greet the
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  church that is in their house. Salute my well beloved Epinitis
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  who is the 1st fruits of Achaea unto Christ.
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  So you can see that in the 1st century church, the called out
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  ones Ecclesia, there was not buildings.
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  As we have become accustomed to friends that we know of as
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  Church, I want you to know that Church is where two or more are
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  gathered and that is still relevant to today.
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  Friends, He is in the midst of you.
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  So there is actually if there are two brothers meeting in a
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  house, just know that there are five in attendance.
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  God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. 3 and 1.
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  And when you realize that, you will realize that all of your
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  rowdy friends have come over and it's going to be a Holy Ghost
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  party. And there is no party like a
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  Holy Ghost party, because the Holy Ghost party doesn't stop. 6
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  Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on US. 7 Salute Adrianakis
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  and Junior, my kinsmen, my fellow prisoners, who are of
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  note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
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  So here he is wanting to recognize some key players in
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  his ministry, those that have helped prop him up.
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  And you can see that Paul was not afraid, just like our Lord
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  Jesus Christ. He was not afraid to have women
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  in his company because he never blurred the lines and crossed
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  the lines as some are in the habit of doing.
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  You need to. As men of faith, we need to view
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  every single woman that we meet other than our wife as a mother,
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  a sister or a daughter. And when you do that, you will
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  not be tempted and you will see them as weak vessels that are in
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  need of a father figure, of an older brother, of a kinsman
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  Redeemer. You're going to see them as
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  those that are able to be your helper and those that are able
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  to have the information to bring to you to make hard decisions.
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  And Paul here was never turned away in his ministry by women
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  who could not lay any charge against him of blurring the
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  lines. And what a wonderful example for
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  us. So many people are brought low
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  by those temptations that they never dealt with in the
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  beginning. When they counted the cost, they
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  saw some kind of high position that was going to give them the
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  ability to Lord over others. And that is always brought to
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  the light by the Lord God Almighty, Who He sees
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  everything, He knows everything, He knows our inner motives, and
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  in due time, at the proper time, He will bring it all into the
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  light and it will be revealed. And how many people have been
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  completely turned off from church and turned off from God
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  because of a minister who did not know how to operate within
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  the confines of how God thinks of every single human being on
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  planet earth? And we are called to be men of
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  faith, and we are not called to be animals or to act like boys.
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  And God forbid we become feminine and act like women,
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  men. It is high time for men to act
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  like men to actually be the men of God that this world
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  desperately needs, to be the shepherds that the Lord has
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  ordained to go in to make sure that we are the protectors over
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  our families and the protectors over the congregation and to not
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  allow those positions to become vanity and pride.
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  Friends will which will always result in the downfall of a
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  ministry. And Paul modelled that for us
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  well. And you can see it with Phoebe.
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  You can see it with Mary. You can see it with Junior.
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  You see it, Friends. 8 Greet Ampless, my beloved in the Lord.
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  9 Salute Irvine, our helper in Christ, and Stycus, my beloved.
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  10 Salute Apolis, approved in Christ.
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  Salute them which are of Aristobulus household.
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  There are some scholars who think that maybe this old
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  Aristobulus was not actually a believer, but those of his
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  household were, and he, Paul, could not lay charge on
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  Aristobulus of being in Christ. But we can only surmise such
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  reasonings and thinkings. Praise God for his whole
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  household. 11 Salute Herodian, my kinsmen greet them that be of
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  the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. 12 Salute
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  Trifena and Trifosa, who labor in the Lord.
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  Salute the beloved purses which labored much in the Lord. 13
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  Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
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  Perhaps this Rufus is the son of the man who had to carry Jesus
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  Christ cross when he was too weak to carry it.
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  And we know that he had sons, and one of them, their names was
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  Rufus. And he became a prominent leader
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  of the early church. And you can see it all played
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  together, this tapestry. And God is so amazing in showing
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  us and honoring us the men and women who were there in the
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  beginning, who put their full faith, knowing that it meant
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  certain death and persecution, and they counted the cost, and
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  they found that he was worthy. 14 Salute asynchronous Fleon,
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  Irmas, Patrabos, Hermes, the brothers which are with them. 15
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  Salute Phylogos and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and
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  Olympus and all the Saints which are with them.
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  So here we can see that Paul is wanting to honor all those who
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  came alongside of him and help to support him in his missionary
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  endeavors. And we are eternally blessed by
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  all of these names. These are not just names you can
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  tell. This is a personal letter that
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  Paul wrote and it was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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  How amazing is this book that we hold in our hands. 16 Salute one
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  another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute
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  you. 17 Now I beg you, brothers, mark them which cause divisions
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  and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned,
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  and avoid them. Paul cannot make it any more
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  plain. Inspired by the Holy Spirit what
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  it is that we are to do with people that are addicted to
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  drama, those that love to gossip, those that love to sow
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  discord amongst brethren? We are to avoid them.
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  Friends, warn A divisive person once and then warn them again
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  after that have nothing to do with them, for you can be sure
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  that they are warped and self condemned.
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  Friends, do not cast your pearls amongst swine, he says.
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  Mark them and avoid them. This is godly wisdom friends.
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  Too many of us try to stay in the fight too long and we are
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  overcome by all of the negativity and God does not
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  desire that for you. Friends, Jesus often withdrew to
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  lonely places and that is what you need to know that it is OK.
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  Go and be strengthened in the Lord as David did when all the
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  people wanted to kill him. He strengthened himself in the
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  Lord and that is our call. We cannot minister to others out
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  of an empty cup. And when you surround yourselves
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  with people that are negative and people that are drama,
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  you're going to find yourself drained friends, and you must
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  avoid them, and go to the secret place and pray to the Father,
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  and be indwelled with the Holy Spirit, and be full of the Holy
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  Spirit to be able to be useful for the Kingdom of God. 18 For
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  they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own
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  belly. And by good words and fair
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  speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
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  He's telling us that their belly is their God.
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  Lowercase G that is why fasting is so important friends is we
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  tell the body that it is to be made subject to the spiritual
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  the spiritual supersedes all of the physical and if you are not
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  fasting, your belly will become your God and you may give clever
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  little Jingle speeches. You may memorize scripture, but
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  they have no power, friends, because you are not in tune with
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  the Lord God, because you have not disciplined the physical.
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  And here he's saying that the simple will be LED astray by all
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  the cleverness in the craftiness of the ravenous wolves in
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  sheep's clothing. And they love the prosperity
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  gospel because it speaks right in to all of their vanity and
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  pride. We must deal with those people.
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  19 For your obedience has come abroad unto all men.
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  I am glad, therefore, on your behalf.
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  But yet I would have you wise unto that which is good and
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  simple concerning evil. So he's saying, don't set your
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  minds on all the bad and the evil and all of the things that
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  are being upended in our world. All of the local news and all of
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  the World News that tells us that everything is going
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  sideways, he says. Don't try to figure out evil.
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  Know that it's there. Know that we must be on guard.
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  But we do not need to be so completely obsessive over all of
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  the evil that is in the world. We need to be so completely
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  obsessive over the things that are godly and good and pure and
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  wholesome friends. That is the things that we think
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  upon. And what you behold, you become
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  friends. Behold the glory of the Father.
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  Don't try to figure out the schemes of the enemy, just
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  beware of them. That it is reality.
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  Do not be ignorant, brothers, in what the enemy is about.
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  No matter how he presents it, it always leads to stealing,
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  killing. And destroying, no matter how
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  beautiful it looks like in the beginning, no matter how moral
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  it looks like in the beginning, no matter how progressive it
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  looks like in the beginning, it is always stealing, killing, and
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  destroying. That is all that you need to
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  know. That is the simple truth of how
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  the enemy works and what his tactics and his ultimate goal
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  is. Any time that he comes into a
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  camp, we must crush the head of rebellion.
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  Crush the head of the serpent, friends 20 and the God of peace
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  shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.
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  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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  Amen. Think about it.
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  It's exactly what I just said. He is going to get his head
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  crushed. All the way back in Genesis,
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  whenever God was dealing with the serpent, He said you will
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  have to writhe on your belly. He was telling him he'd bruise
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  his heel, but that Jesus Christ will crush his head.
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  He knows that his time is short and that is why he's flailing.
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  That is why you see all of the evil in the world that is
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  culminating into Armageddon. Friends, go and read the end of
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  Revelation and we will together. But go and read it.
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  Jesus Christ amasses all the evil into a literal geographical
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  place called Megiddo and He will deal with every single evil
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  person that is in the world, those that are bent upon
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  destruction. But He has given us time after
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  time after time to repent and to come back with Him.
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  And He is long-suffering, Friends, but it is not infinite.
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  We are limited in our ability to respond to Him because time is
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  not unlimited. We will be ushered into eternity
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  by and by soon enough. But in the meantime and in
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  between time. His mercies are new every day.
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  Put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ today and be saved,
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  Friends. 21 Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius and Jason
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  Saucipater, my kinsmen, salute you. 22 I, tortillas who write
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  this epistle salute you in the Lord. 23 Gaius, my host and of
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  the whole church, salute you, arrest us, the Chamberlain of
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  the city salute you, and Quartus a brother. 24 The grace of our
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  Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
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  Amen. 25 Now to him that is of power to establish you according
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  to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to
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  the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the
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  world began, 26 but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures
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  of the prophets, according to the commandment of the
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  everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of
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  faith, we'll end on 27 To God only wise be glory through Jesus
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  Christ forever. Amen.
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  This last little section is such a beautiful section.
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  We need to meditate upon it. Friends, It is only by grace
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  that we're made right and have our right standing in the at one
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  mint with the Lord Jesus Christ. We now know that it is only His
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  power that establishes everything.
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  It was by the breath of His mouth He created all in the
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  entire Galaxy, in the entire universe, was spoken into
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  existence, and that is the power that establishes everything seen
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  and unseen. This is the good news friends,
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  and the only good news that is out there.
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  There is no good news other than Jesus Christ and what He did for
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  us on the cross whenever He took all of our sins on Him and He
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  made us holy in the sight of God.
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  And there is only one revelation.
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  There is not revelations, friends.
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  There is only one revelation. And it is Jesus Christ who was
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  made manifest for us, friends, who took on all of our sins.
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  And this was a mystery that was hidden all throughout the Old
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  Testament. But as soon as Jesus Christ
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  arrived on the scene, Anna saw it, and you know that John the
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  Baptist was the forerunner, and you know that it was all brought
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  out into the open and everything.
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  If you came to him honestly, if you come to him honestly, you
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  will find out that everything points to Jesus Christ.
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  He is the chief cornerstone. 26 But now is made known, and by
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  the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of
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  the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience
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  of faith. When you come to Him by faith,
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  He will show you that all the scriptures point to Jesus
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  Christ, and it does not need to be hidden any longer if you will
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  just come to Him honestly. And it is only God who gets the
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  glory. It is only God, Jesus Christ,
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  and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.
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  Oh man, I hope you've been blessed by this last chapter
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  here in Romans. I know, I sure have.
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  I've been very blessed by this book in the Bible.
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  What an amazing time we've had together.
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  We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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  We'll be starting on our journey in First Corinthians, these
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  carnal Christians, and it should not be so, but Paul calls them
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  that and we believe it. Thank you, Father, for your holy
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  scriptures. I'm praying for you.
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  I love you. I'll see you back here tomorrow.
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  God bless you.