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Building a Resilient Church Culture: Part 3 - Robust Theology · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Well, good morning. I hope you have a copy of God's Word with you today.
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If you do, please join me in 2 Timothy chapter 3.
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Two weeks ago now, I began preaching a series of sermons, which is not a thing we do normatively here, expressing our need to build a resilient church culture.
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The first week was an overview, at which time I made the case that we live in days of growing, soft totalitarianism, particularly concerning anthropology, how we came to be, why we exist, etc.
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This is largely a problem concerning the very definition of mankind, and it is making inroads into our culture at a sweeping pace.
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I think perhaps you all know already what I've been talking about.
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There's going to be a pressure felt against Orthodox Christianity already being felt, but being felt in greater measure than I believe ever before in this country.
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If you haven't heard the past two sermons, I think you'll be well helped by listening to their recordings.
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For the sake of time, I can't rebuild each case as we're doing this.
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You should be able to find those on the website.
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But each week, I've begun with three prerequisite statements.
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Of course, I could say that correctly, prerequisite statements.
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And I think that they bear repeating once again.
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So I'm going to do these three things quickly before we get to the topic for today.
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Number one, as a general practice, we preach expositional sermons.
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Most simply put, this means that we take for the sermons point or points the main point or points of that week's text.
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We typically preach verse-by-verse exposition.
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And I'm looking forward in the fall to get started on the book of Romans with you.
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We want to be especially careful not to read into a text what we want the text to say.
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This is called eisegesis, right?
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We want to exegete the text.
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Many errors have arisen through the practice of eisegesis.
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And so, with that in mind, as we think about a text and we think about it topically,
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I just want to warn you to be especially discerning.
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Secondly, I am not trying to be an alarmist.
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But there are times in which we need to be thinking carefully and looking forward well.
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And because of this, your elders feel a burden to prepare you for challenges that we believe are coming.
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We love you very much.
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We want to teach you well from God's Word for your good and for the glory of our God.
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And to be frank, if we're entirely wrong,
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all the things that we're going to be talking about are just good and proper things for the church to be doing anyway.
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So, we'll be okay.
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Third, the six total weeks we're going to be spending thinking about building a resilient church culture
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will not be enough time to exhaust the topic.
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Nor will each week be enough time for the particular thing that we're talking about.
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I feel that like I want, you know, three times as many pages of notes as I presently have.
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But I hope that it will prime us and get us talking and thinking.
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We're going to need to do so both formally and informally, day to day.
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And above all, we would ask that you would spend time with the Lord and His Word as you consider the days in which we live.
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So, how do we build a resilient church culture, right?
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A church that is going to stand against the rising tide of this soft totalitarianism, right?
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A requirement to toe the cultural line.
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We're going to have to build it, right?
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It's not going to just happen, right?
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It will be spirit-empowered if it's valuable at all.
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But we're going to have to do some things in order for it to happen.
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We will have to be strong, right?
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Because the tide, the cultural tide, it will be destructive.
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And it will have to be cultural.
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It's going to have to be ingrained into every part of who we are as a people set apart for God's praise.
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So, this morning we're going to consider the second of five things your elders believe we need to be working on.
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The first was clear mission.
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The second, robust theology.
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The third, accurate history.
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The fourth, sacrificial hospitality.
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And the fifth, healthy family.
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Today, we're going to consider robust theology.
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Now, many people, when they hear the word theology, think, oh, that's for the theologians, right?
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That is for the high-minded in places of academia.
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But theology is merely the study of God, of our Creator.
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If we are to rightly answer the questions, how were we created?
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For what purpose were we created?
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How ought our lives to be ordered?
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If we're looking for any meaning or purpose at all, then we're going to have to do so theologically.
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Even the atheist makes a theological statement in declaring there is no God.
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That is a form of theology.
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Not only will we need to be theological to stand against the rising tide of soft totalitarianism,
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but we will have to do theology robustly.
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We're going to have to do it well.
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Our theology will need to be strong, and it will need to be healthy.
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It will need to be altogether biblical.
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We will need to know what we believe, why we believe it,
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and be able to recognize attacks at the very core of our Christian faith.
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So, let's begin this morning with our text.
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2 Timothy chapter 3.
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I'm going to read the entirety of chapter 3 and into verse 5 of chapter 4.
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Let me remind you that the subheadings and the verse numbers and the chapter numbers are not inspired.
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They're very helpful to us, right?
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We all arrived at the same point in our English text by saying chapter 3, verse 1, but not inspired.
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And I want you to see the flow of Paul's reasoning here to his disciple Timothy.
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Before I begin reading, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us.
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It was written for his glory and our good, and so we would do well to approach it with reverence,
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to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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2 Timothy 3, verse 1 and following.
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But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
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For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents,
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ungrateful, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control,
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brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit,
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lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
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having the appearance of godliness but denying its power.
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Avoid such people.
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For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women,
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burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,
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always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
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Just as Janice and John Brace opposed Moses, so these men also opposed the truth,
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men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
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But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
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You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love,
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my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra,
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which persecutions I endured, yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
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Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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while evil people and imposters will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed,
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knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings,
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which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,
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and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
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I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead,
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and by his appearing and his kingdom, preach the word.
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Be ready in season and out of season.
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Reprove, rebuke, and exhort with complete patience and teaching.
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For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching,
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but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
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and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
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As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering,
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do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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So, this is known as Paul's last epistle, the last letter that he wrote.
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He's on his deathbed, he's anticipating his soon coming end,
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and he's issuing these final words to Timothy, who is serving as a pastor,
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but that doesn't mean that the words here only apply to Timothy and his particular ministry.
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Notice that he says that this time is here and it is coming.
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Timothy himself experienced this and the practical application that he needed in his day,
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and we also need to consider it.
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So, to do so, we're going to do it in a two-point simple outline,
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which is as follows.
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Number one, two exhortations,
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and number two, three reasons for the two exhortations.
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We've got all those numbers.
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Number one, two exhortations.
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Number two, three reasons for the two exhortations.
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We won't look at this text exhaustively.
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Remember, I'm driving to a point, right?
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Trying carefully to exegete, not eisegete.
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Be discerning.
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We can't pick up every little detail that's found in this long bit of text.
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But I want to draw your attention first to two exhortations.
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So, number one, continue.
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Paul is urging Timothy, right?
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That's what it means to exhort.
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He's urging him to continue, right?
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In something specific, right?
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He says, but as for you, right?
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In contrast to these type of men,
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you continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed.
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Paul tells Timothy that there will be difficulty in the last days
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because of ungodly people.
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And his response to that is to instruct Timothy
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not to withdraw from society or abandon his work to start a new one,
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but to continue, right?
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To settle in, to keep moving forward.
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It's what many of the Puritans called plotting, right?
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Stay on the path.
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Just keep going.
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Continue.
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Timothy is told, right, to continue in what he had learned and believed,
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which we see as Paul continues is the Word of God.
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In verse 15, Paul calls this the sacred writings,
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which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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It says that he was familiar with them from a child, right?
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We know that his mother and his grandmothers were followers of Christ
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and taught him the Old Testament text that he might come to faith in Christ.
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And then in verse 16, we see Paul call this the Scripture,
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who has God as its very source, right?
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Breathed out, expired by God himself.
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If we are to continue, then we are going to have to continue by God's Word,
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which means we're going to have to study God's Word, right?
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We will need to know the sacred writings.
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And beloved, we live in a tragic day of biblical illiteracy.
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Too many people who claim to be a people of the book do not know the book they claim to be a people of.
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This is our text, and we ought to know it much more than we presently do.
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We will need to do robust theology.
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Not merely to know things, right?
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Not to be high-minded, not to be academic.
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This is not the great end of reading the Scripture,
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but rather to know personally our God.
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To know his purposes in the world,
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and know how we are to walk in his will.
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This is the end, the practical application of the knowledge of our God.
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And it will take work on your part.
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In a survey released by Lifeway Research,
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showed that evangelical Christians, only 36% say that they read their Bibles daily.
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What a shame.
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What an absolute shame.
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It's going to take work on your part.
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But it is also a community project.
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So if you will, listen.
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Ephesians chapter 4, beginning in verse 11.
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Jesus gives to the church apostles, prophets,
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which I'll argue is the Scripture.
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But for another time.
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The evangelists, the shepherd teachers,
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to do something specific,
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to equip the saints for the work of ministry,
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for building up the body of Christ.
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Right?
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So there's gifts given to the church
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to equip the saints, all of us,
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for the work of ministry,
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which is what?
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It's building up the body of Christ.
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And we're to do this work,
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verse 13 tells us,
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until we all attain to the unity of the faith
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and of the knowledge of the Son of God
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to mature manhood,
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to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
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Which means that this work will not be done this side of glory.
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Right?
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We're going to have to do robust theology
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until the Lord returns
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or takes us home.
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Right?
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One of the two.
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And it has a point,
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verse 14 of Ephesians 11 tells us,
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so that
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we may no longer be children
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tossed to and fro by the waves
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and carried about by every wind of doctrine.
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And doctrine just is a great word for truth.
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By human cunning,
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by craftiness
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and deceitful schemes.
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So how will we stand
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against the tide of soft totalitarianism
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against all the ideas
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that are out there in the world
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that are assaulting the church?
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We will do so
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by doing robust theology
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and doing it together in community.
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Speaking the truth to one another.
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This takes all kinds of forms.
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Right?
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As the clear mission of the church
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is to make disciples,
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we do this in big and public ways
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and we do this in small and private ways
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to press on together in the truth.
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To continue.
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In what we have learned
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and firmly believe.
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Right?
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The scripture itself.
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That's the first thing
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Paul is exhorting Timothy to do
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is to continue.
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But secondly,
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he exhorts him to preach.
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Chapter 4 and verse 2.
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He says,
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preach the word.
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Not only is Timothy exhorted
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to continue in what he has learned,
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but he is also exhorted
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to proclaim the word to others.
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To declare it to others.
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And I want to say to you
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that this is preaching,
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but you are also meant to preach.
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You are meant to proclaim the truth
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to others.
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Right?
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See Ephesians chapter 4.
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Timothy is told in this text
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that there will be difficulty
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and he is to respond
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to that difficulty
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by continuing in the truth
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and by proclaiming the truth.
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He is told to reprove,
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rebuke,
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and exhort.
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Or,
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if you prefer,
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correct,
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warn,
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and urge others.
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And to do this
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all the time.
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And to do this
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with patience
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and with careful instruction.
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Speaking the truth
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to one another
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has to be
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and has to continue to be
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and grow in measure
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built into who we are
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as a people.
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Always helping,
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always directing.
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We have to,
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as a church,
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have a louder voice
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than the culture's voice.
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Right?
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For what the truth is
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and what it is
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not.
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The second main point,
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let's look and see
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the reasons
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for these exhortations.
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Number one,
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three reasons
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for two exhortations.
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Number one,
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to avoid
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licentiousness
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and
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legalism.
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Right?
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Bear with me.
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If we are
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off the mark
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of how we are meant
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to respond to the truth
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as gospel people,
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it will be one in two ways.
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We'll either become
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licentious,
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right?
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We'll take for granted
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the grace of God
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and we'll throw off the law
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and we'll think
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that we can live
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however we'd like to live
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in response to God's grace.
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Right?
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God has forgiven me
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of my sin,
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therefore I can sin abundantly.
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Paul says,
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may it never be.
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The other temptation
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is to trend off
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toward legalism.
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Right?
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To think that
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we can earn our favor
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and what we seek
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is for other people
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to look like us
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and not like Christ.
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Right?
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To add to the law
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in particular ways
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and demand the same
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from others.
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So,
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walking
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in gospel response,
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obedient lives
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is like walking
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a tightrope
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and there's always
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two ways
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to fall off.
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Look at chapter 3
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and verse 2,
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2 Timothy.
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I won't read
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the whole list
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but you'll see
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people will be
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lovers of self,
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lovers of money,
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proud,
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arrogant,
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abusive,
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disobedient
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to their parent,
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jump down
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without self-control,
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treacherous,
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reckless,
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lovers of pleasure
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rather than
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lovers of God.
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So,
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you see all of this
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licentiousness
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in the text
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and then you see
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hints of legalism
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as well,
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them being proud
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and arrogant,
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having the appearance
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of godliness
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but denying
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its power.
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And these are people
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who are part of
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this fellowship
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of faith,
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right?
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they're to be
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found out,
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they're to be
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discovered,
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they're to be
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avoided.
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This is not just
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the culture
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at war here
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but the culture
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infiltrating within
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God's very people.
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Down through verse 7
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and Paul elaborates
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further but I think
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you can see the point.
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There is a promise
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of wicked people.
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They will be
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around us
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and within us.
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and because of this
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there's also a promise
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of persecution
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for the faithful.
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This verse is the
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hammer blow
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to the prosperity gospel.
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This verse,
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most who believe
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the prosperity gospel
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and see that what God
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is seeking to accomplish
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for us here
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is the avoidance
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of suffering,
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they have never heard.
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And I challenge you
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with this.
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When you meet somebody
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who's been at
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prosperity gospel churches
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ask them,
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have you ever heard
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2 Timothy 3, 12?
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This doesn't preach
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in a prosperity church.
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Indeed,
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all who desire
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to live a godly life
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in Christ Jesus
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will be
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persecuted.
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It will happen.
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It is inevitable
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that the world
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is going to push back.
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Ungodliness pushes back
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against godliness.
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We are disciples
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of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Why do we think
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that our path
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will look any different
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than His?
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Hated in this world,
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suffered and died
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for our sake.
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Why would we think
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that this world
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will love us
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and accept us
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for all that we have
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to offer?
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It will not.
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Those who desire
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to live a godly life
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in Christ Jesus
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will be persecuted.
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And it's on the heels
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of this
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that He then says
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to Timothy
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in verse 14,
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but as for you,
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this will happen.
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It will be going on,
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but as for you,
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continue
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in what you have learned
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and firmly believed.
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We must be careful
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not to believe
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that we have
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already arrived.
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We still may be tossed
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to and fro
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by the wind.
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We're going to have
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to press in
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and continue on
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because we want
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to avoid
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licentiousness
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and we want
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to avoid
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legalism.
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Right?
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We are susceptible
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to such errors.
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Listen for a moment
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to Paul's farewell words
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to the Ephesian elders
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recorded for us
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in Acts chapter 20,
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verse 28 and following.
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He says this
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and this is just,
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this strikes me,
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especially as an elder,
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as a warning
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for me
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and for all of us.
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He says,
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pay careful attention
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to yourselves
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and to all
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the flock.
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To yourselves
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and to the flock
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in which the Holy Spirit
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has made you overseers
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to care for the church
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of God
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which He obtained
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with His own
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blood.
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I know
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that after my departure
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fierce wolves
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will come in among you
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not sparing
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the flock.
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Okay.
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So we're going to
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pay attention
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to ourselves
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and to the flock
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because wolves are coming.
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Right?
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You can see this language
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being picked up here
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in 2 Timothy chapter 3.
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Right?
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This type of activity
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is going to be happening.
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This ungodliness
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coming in,
23:09
taking people captive.
23:10
We must be careful
23:11
but then in verse 30
23:12
He says,
23:12
and from among
23:13
your own selves
23:15
will arise men
23:17
speaking twisted things
23:18
to draw away
23:19
the disciples
23:20
after them.
23:22
So both from without
23:23
and from within
23:25
and so we are
23:26
then to be careful,
23:28
to pay careful attention
23:30
to ourselves
23:31
and to the flock.
23:36
To avoid licentiousness
23:37
and legalism.
23:41
The second reason,
23:42
the second reason
23:43
for these exhortations
23:44
is to do the opposite
23:45
of that
23:46
which is to pursue holiness.
23:47
Right?
23:47
We want to avoid
23:48
sinfulness
23:49
but we want to
23:50
also pursue
23:52
holiness
23:53
for the glory
23:54
of our God
23:55
to be a people
23:56
set apart
23:56
for His praise
23:58
in a dark
23:59
and a twisted generation.
24:02
Verse 16
24:03
is our classic
24:05
sufficiency
24:05
of Scripture text.
24:07
I hope you don't
24:08
grow tired of it.
24:09
all Scripture
24:11
breathed out by God
24:13
and profitable.
24:16
It comes from Him.
24:17
He is its source.
24:20
Carrying along
24:21
the pens of men,
24:22
it is His
24:23
word
24:25
and it is
24:26
profitable.
24:28
It is the very thing
24:29
we need
24:29
to teach,
24:31
to reprove,
24:32
to correct,
24:33
and to train
24:34
in righteousness.
24:35
In order to pursue holiness,
24:38
this is the text.
24:39
It is empowered by the Spirit
24:40
that we might
24:41
live in a way
24:42
that is pleasing
24:43
to our God.
24:45
And verse 17 says
24:46
that the man of God
24:46
may be
24:47
complete
24:48
and you can see there
24:50
the word proficient
24:51
would be another way
24:52
to translate that word.
24:53
that the man of God
24:54
may have all
24:55
that he needs
24:56
to be equipped
24:57
for every
24:59
good
24:59
work.
25:01
Every good work.
25:03
There is not a good work
25:04
outside of what
25:05
this book
25:06
instructs us
25:07
to do.
25:10
The Bible
25:10
is the sufficient
25:11
source for all things
25:13
pertaining
25:13
to godliness.
25:15
You want to know
25:16
how to please our God?
25:18
Look to His word.
25:20
He has
25:20
spoken.
25:21
He has
25:23
condescended
25:24
to become
25:25
an author.
25:26
And I just want you
25:26
to stop
25:27
and think about
25:28
that for a moment.
25:30
In our culture,
25:31
to become an author
25:32
could make you famous.
25:34
God is
25:35
infinitely famous
25:36
and yet He became
25:37
an author
25:38
to write us
25:39
a book.
25:41
A book that we
25:42
ought to pay attention to.
25:44
We ought to have
25:45
our lives
25:45
shaped by this book
25:47
for our eternal good
25:48
and for His
25:48
eternal
25:49
glory.
25:50
So this exhortation
25:52
to continue in the word
25:53
and to preach the word
25:54
or proclaim the word
25:55
has this as its
25:56
second reason
25:57
that order that we
25:58
might pursue
25:59
holiness.
26:01
Third,
26:03
we ought to continue
26:06
and to proclaim
26:07
to help others
26:09
pursue
26:10
holiness.
26:12
Now this
26:13
is a way
26:14
in my life
26:15
that the chapter break
26:16
did not serve me well
26:18
in my reading of
26:18
2 Timothy.
26:19
that I separated
26:21
the end of chapter 3
26:22
from the beginning
26:23
of chapter 4
26:24
for a lot of years.
26:26
But he flows
26:27
right from this
26:28
incredible,
26:29
incredible words,
26:31
right?
26:31
The man of God
26:32
may be complete,
26:33
equipped for
26:34
every good work.
26:35
And then he says,
26:37
I charge you
26:38
in the presence of God
26:39
and of Christ Jesus
26:40
who is to judge
26:41
the living
26:41
and the dead.
26:43
There will be a judgment
26:44
that will come.
26:45
There's something
26:45
to be warned
26:47
against.
26:49
And by his appearing
26:50
in his kingdom,
26:51
what?
26:52
Preach the word.
26:54
Be ready in season
26:55
and out of season
26:56
all the time.
26:57
Reprove,
26:57
rebuke,
26:58
exhort
26:58
with
27:00
complete
27:01
patience
27:03
and teaching.
27:04
many of you
27:06
know that I am
27:06
not in my
27:07
natural self
27:08
a patient person.
27:10
One of my
27:11
high values
27:12
in my flesh
27:13
is efficiency.
27:14
I love doing
27:15
things efficiently.
27:16
And let me tell you,
27:18
the church
27:18
is not efficient.
27:20
It is
27:21
anything but
27:22
efficient.
27:23
So the Lord
27:24
has had to do
27:25
a lot of work
27:25
of grace in me
27:26
and is still
27:27
completing that work.
27:29
The end of
27:30
verse 2
27:31
knocked me down
27:33
when I first saw
27:34
the connection here
27:35
that we are
27:37
to proclaim
27:37
the word
27:38
to one another
27:38
with complete
27:40
patience
27:41
and teaching
27:43
which means
27:43
instruction.
27:45
And why?
27:46
And why?
27:47
Why are we
27:48
to do this?
27:50
Verse 3
27:51
and into 4
27:52
tells us
27:53
4
27:54
the time
27:56
is coming
27:57
when people
27:59
will not endure
27:59
sound teaching
28:01
but having
28:03
itching ears
28:03
they will
28:04
accumulate for
28:04
themselves
28:05
teachers to
28:05
suit their
28:06
own passions
28:07
and they will
28:09
turn away
28:09
from listening
28:10
to the truth
28:10
and wander
28:11
off
28:11
into myths.
28:14
Beloved,
28:15
those who
28:16
claim to
28:16
follow Christ
28:17
will not
28:18
endure
28:19
Bible teaching
28:20
and the
28:22
response to
28:23
that is
28:23
that we
28:24
continue
28:26
to teach
28:27
with complete
28:29
patience.
28:30
We press on
28:30
we keep at it
28:31
we keep going
28:32
we keep
28:33
proclaiming
28:34
God's
28:35
word.
28:37
This blew my
28:38
mind open
28:39
I don't know
28:39
if it does
28:39
for you
28:40
but as I
28:41
have tried
28:41
to teach
28:42
things
28:42
and teach
28:42
things
28:43
and teach
28:43
things
28:43
over the
28:43
past 13
28:44
years
28:45
and just
28:45
things that
28:45
don't seem
28:46
to stick
28:46
like what
28:47
is happening
28:47
why is
28:48
none of
28:48
this
28:48
sticking
28:49
why are
28:50
people not
28:50
hearing
28:51
these good
28:52
exhortations
28:53
from the
28:53
scripture
28:54
right why
28:55
is it
28:55
not
28:55
I'm not
28:57
saying you
28:58
guys are
28:58
all not
28:59
enduring
28:59
and you
29:00
have itching
29:00
ears
29:01
but it
29:03
happens
29:03
it happens
29:04
in this
29:04
fellowship
29:05
and the
29:06
exhortation
29:07
to me
29:07
and to
29:08
you
29:08
is to
29:09
keep
29:09
at it
29:10
just
29:10
keep
29:11
proclaiming
29:12
the truth
29:12
just
29:12
keep
29:13
doing
29:13
theology
29:14
for the
29:15
good of
29:15
people
29:16
and for
29:16
the glory
29:17
of God
29:18
that we
29:18
would help
29:18
others
29:19
to pursue
29:20
holiness
29:21
now I
29:24
know
29:25
broadly
29:26
as a
29:26
church
29:26
we love
29:28
theology
29:29
what a
29:30
good thing
29:30
what a
29:31
wonderful
29:31
thing
29:31
you bear
29:33
with me
29:33
the fact
29:33
that you're
29:34
even here
29:34
means you're
29:35
willing to
29:35
tolerate
29:36
some
29:37
theological
29:38
presentation
29:38
on the
29:40
Lord's
29:40
day
29:40
get up
29:42
and some
29:42
people have
29:42
said I'm
29:43
more like a
29:43
lecturer
29:44
than a
29:44
preacher
29:45
I don't
29:46
know what
29:47
to do
29:47
with that
29:47
I
29:47
sometimes
29:48
feel like
29:48
good
29:49
preaching
29:50
is a
29:50
lecture
29:50
but
29:51
we're
29:55
going to
29:56
have to
29:56
continue
29:56
or we're
29:57
going to
29:57
have to
29:57
press
29:58
and we're
29:58
going to
29:58
have to
29:58
see that
29:59
each and
29:59
every one
29:59
of us
29:59
plays a
30:00
part
30:00
in doing
30:01
this
30:01
well
30:02
together
30:03
so I'm
30:05
going to
30:05
cover again
30:06
and I'm
30:06
going to
30:06
do it
30:06
in brief
30:07
because
30:07
it's
30:08
already
30:08
new
30:09
a
30:10
concept
30:10
called
30:11
theological
30:11
triage
30:12
I'm
30:13
going to
30:13
do it
30:13
quickly
30:13
we've
30:14
done it
30:14
before
30:14
if you
30:15
happen to
30:15
have a
30:16
bulletin
30:16
I just
30:16
quickly put
30:17
notes on
30:17
the back
30:18
for you
30:18
if you
30:18
want to
30:18
scribble
30:19
on the
30:19
back
30:19
of
30:19
that
30:20
I want
30:22
to tell
30:22
you that
30:22
this concept
30:23
is not
30:24
explicitly
30:24
found anywhere
30:25
in the
30:25
Bible
30:25
although
30:26
you could
30:26
argue it
30:27
is
30:27
implicitly
30:28
I
30:29
I think
30:29
the term
30:30
was
30:31
invented
30:33
by
30:33
Albert
30:33
Moeller
30:34
the
30:34
president
30:34
of
30:34
Southern
30:35
Seminary
30:36
but it's
30:37
a practice
30:38
that has
30:38
been
30:38
happening
30:39
and we
30:39
can read
30:39
about it
30:40
throughout
30:40
the history
30:41
of the
30:42
church
30:42
triage
30:44
is the
30:44
assigning
30:45
of
30:45
importance
30:46
right
30:46
we have
30:47
a number
30:47
of medical
30:47
professionals
30:48
in
30:48
in the
30:50
church
30:50
and so
30:50
you know
30:50
exactly
30:51
what
30:51
triage
30:51
is
30:52
but if
30:52
you
30:52
note
30:52
if an
30:53
entire
30:54
bus
30:54
was in
30:55
an
30:55
accident
30:55
and there
30:56
were a lot
30:56
of varied
30:57
injuries
30:57
in that
30:58
accident
30:58
and that
30:58
entire
30:59
bus load
30:59
was taken
31:00
to the
31:01
emergency
31:01
room
31:01
somebody
31:02
there
31:03
the doctor
31:03
in charge
31:04
or maybe
31:04
the charge
31:05
nurse
31:05
would quickly
31:06
do
31:07
triage
31:07
they would
31:08
assign
31:08
importance
31:09
to the
31:10
injuries
31:10
right
31:11
somebody
31:11
bumped
31:11
their head
31:12
they can
31:12
sit to
31:13
the side
31:13
and wait
31:14
right
31:14
somebody's
31:15
got a
31:15
piece
31:16
of
31:16
bus
31:17
frame
31:17
through
31:18
their
31:18
abdomen
31:19
they're
31:19
getting rushed
31:20
to the
31:20
back
31:20
right
31:21
it's an
31:21
assigning
31:22
of
31:23
importance
31:24
how much
31:24
time
31:25
and energy
31:25
do we
31:26
give
31:26
to different
31:27
areas
31:28
of
31:28
theology
31:29
right
31:30
so you
31:31
have
31:31
in a
31:33
tier
31:33
you've
31:33
got
31:33
primary
31:34
secondary
31:36
tertiary
31:37
and
31:38
one of my
31:39
favorite words
31:39
in the
31:39
world
31:40
quaternary
31:40
doctrines
31:42
right
31:43
now I
31:44
want to
31:44
address
31:44
these
31:45
just in
31:45
brief
31:45
and I'm
31:46
going to
31:46
take them
31:46
in opposite
31:47
order
31:47
so we're
31:48
going to
31:48
build from
31:48
least
31:49
important
31:49
to
31:50
most
31:50
important
31:51
so
31:51
firstly
31:52
quaternary
31:53
theology
31:54
or
31:55
doctrines
31:56
are just
31:57
this
31:57
frankly
31:58
they're
31:58
unimportant
31:58
they don't
32:00
matter
32:00
it's the
32:01
kind of
32:01
stuff
32:01
that sometimes
32:02
people like
32:02
to sit
32:02
around
32:02
and muse
32:03
about
32:03
lots of
32:04
quaternary
32:05
conversations
32:06
on seminary
32:06
campuses
32:07
right
32:07
let's just
32:08
think and
32:08
muse
32:09
my classic
32:10
example is
32:11
is there
32:11
life on
32:12
other
32:12
planets
32:12
I don't
32:14
care
32:15
the Bible
32:18
says nothing
32:18
about it
32:19
maybe
32:20
maybe
32:20
so if
32:22
you're a
32:22
college
32:22
guy
32:23
this is
32:24
college
32:24
guys
32:24
question
32:24
I like
32:25
to ask
32:25
this
32:25
question
32:25
I won't
32:26
take a
32:27
meeting
32:27
with you
32:27
to ask
32:27
this
32:28
question
32:28
it doesn't
32:29
matter
32:29
it's
32:29
unimportant
32:30
there's
32:31
other
32:31
things we
32:31
can talk
32:31
about
32:32
but
32:32
not
32:33
that
32:33
tertiary
32:35
tertiary
32:38
doctrine
32:39
these
32:39
kinds
32:40
of
32:40
things
32:40
are
32:41
important
32:41
so
32:42
they're
32:42
not
32:42
unimportant
32:43
but
32:44
they're
32:44
important
32:45
for
32:45
you
32:45
and
32:46
possibly
32:47
those
32:47
you
32:47
have
32:48
some
32:48
measure
32:48
of
32:48
authority
32:49
over
32:50
this
32:51
is
32:51
those
32:51
gray
32:52
areas
32:52
of
32:52
the
32:52
scripture
32:53
that
32:53
we're
32:53
all
32:53
trying
32:53
to
32:54
navigate
32:54
how
32:54
exactly
32:55
am
32:55
I
32:56
meant
32:56
to
32:57
do
32:57
such
32:58
and
32:58
such
32:59
so
33:00
an
33:00
example
33:01
how
33:02
will
33:02
you
33:02
navigate
33:03
October
33:03
31st
33:04
in our
33:05
culture
33:05
do
33:07
you
33:07
celebrate
33:07
in
33:07
what
33:07
measure
33:08
do
33:08
you
33:08
do
33:08
you
33:09
do
33:09
something
33:09
else
33:10
do
33:10
you
33:10
do
33:10
an
33:11
outreach
33:11
do
33:11
you
33:11
hunker
33:12
in
33:12
your
33:12
home
33:12
and
33:12
turn
33:13
off
33:13
all
33:13
the
33:13
lights
33:13
what
33:13
are
33:14
you
33:14
going
33:14
to
33:14
do
33:14
and
33:14
your
33:15
family
33:15
and
33:15
with
33:15
your
33:16
children
33:16
navigate
33:17
the
33:18
holiday
33:18
of
33:19
October
33:19
31st
33:21
do
33:22
you
33:22
have
33:22
any
33:22
particular
33:23
convictions
33:23
concerning
33:24
food
33:25
or
33:25
drink
33:26
is it
33:27
okay
33:27
to
33:27
consume
33:28
alcohol
33:28
in
33:28
moderation
33:28
is it
33:29
not
33:29
okay
33:29
to
33:30
consume
33:30
alcohol
33:31
in
33:32
moderation
33:32
let me
33:34
give you
33:34
an
33:34
example
33:34
of
33:35
tertiary
33:35
type
33:36
of
33:36
thinking
33:37
from
33:37
1st
33:37
Corinthians
33:38
chapter
33:39
8
33:39
this
33:39
is
33:39
Paul
33:40
here
33:40
reasoning
33:41
!
33:41
the
33:41
Corinthian
33:41
believers
33:42
they were
33:43
having
33:43
some
33:44
conflict
33:44
over
33:44
whether
33:45
or not
33:45
it was
33:45
okay
33:46
to
33:46
eat
33:46
food
33:47
that
33:47
had
33:47
been
33:48
offered
33:48
to
33:48
idols
33:48
right
33:49
so
33:49
this
33:49
meat
33:50
was
33:50
offered
33:50
to
33:51
idols
33:51
and
33:51
then
33:51
sold
33:51
in
33:52
the
33:52
marketplace
33:52
and
33:53
there
33:53
were
33:53
some
33:53
who
33:53
thought
33:54
that
33:54
was
33:54
okay
33:54
and
33:55
some
33:55
who
33:55
thought
33:55
it
33:55
was
33:55
entirely
33:56
unacceptable
33:57
listen
33:58
to what
33:58
he
33:58
says
33:58
therefore
33:59
as to
34:00
the
34:00
eating
34:00
of
34:00
food
34:01
offered
34:01
to
34:01
idols
34:01
we
34:02
know
34:03
that
34:03
an
34:03
idol
34:04
has
34:04
no
34:04
real
34:04
existence
34:05
and
34:06
that
34:06
there
34:06
is
34:06
no
34:06
god
34:07
but
34:07
one
34:07
so
34:09
he
34:09
basically
34:09
saying
34:09
we
34:09
know
34:10
that
34:10
food
34:10
offered
34:11
to
34:11
idols
34:11
it
34:11
doesn't
34:12
matter
34:12
because
34:12
there
34:12
there's
34:13
no
34:13
other
34:13
gods
34:14
for
34:15
although
34:15
there
34:15
may
34:16
be
34:16
so
34:16
called
34:16
gods
34:17
in
34:17
heaven
34:17
or
34:17
on
34:17
earth
34:18
as
34:18
indeed
34:18
there
34:18
are
34:19
many
34:19
gods
34:20
and
34:20
many
34:20
lords
34:20
yet
34:21
for
34:21
us
34:22
there
34:22
is
34:22
one
34:22
God
34:23
the
34:23
father
34:23
from
34:23
whom
34:24
all
34:24
things
34:24
and
34:25
from
34:25
whom
34:25
we
34:25
exist
34:26
and
34:26
one
34:26
Lord
34:27
Jesus
34:27
Christ
34:27
through
34:36
some
34:36
people
34:36
haven't
34:37
matured
34:37
in
34:37
this
34:37
way
34:38
just
34:39
yet
34:39
but
34:40
some
34:40
through
34:40
former
34:41
association
34:41
with
34:42
idols
34:42
eat
34:43
food
34:44
as
34:44
really
34:44
offered
34:45
to
34:45
an
34:45
idol
34:45
and
34:45
their
34:46
conscience
34:46
being
34:46
weak
34:47
is
34:47
defiled
34:47
so
34:48
people
34:49
who
34:49
have
34:49
been
34:49
converted
34:49
to
34:50
Christ
34:50
were
34:50
once
34:50
idolaters
34:51
and
34:51
they
34:51
don't
34:51
think
34:52
this
34:52
is
34:52
okay
34:53
this
34:53
feels
34:54
like
34:55
an
34:55
offense
34:56
against
34:56
the
34:57
one
34:58
true
34:58
God
34:58
Paul
34:59
says
35:00
then
35:00
food
35:00
will
35:00
not
35:01
commend
35:01
us
35:01
to
35:01
God
35:01
we
35:03
are
35:03
no
35:03
worse
35:03
off
35:03
if
35:04
we
35:04
do
35:04
not
35:04
eat
35:04
and
35:04
no
35:04
better
35:05
off
35:05
if
35:05
we
35:05
do
35:05
but
35:07
take
35:07
care
35:07
that
35:07
this
35:08
right
35:08
of
35:08
yours
35:08
does
35:09
not
35:09
somehow
35:09
become
35:09
a
35:10
stumbling
35:10
block
35:10
to
35:10
the
35:11
weak
35:11
for
35:12
if
35:12
anyone
35:12
sees
35:13
you
35:13
who
35:13
have
35:13
knowledge
35:14
eating
35:14
in
35:14
an
35:15
idol's
35:15
temple
35:15
will
35:16
he
35:16
not
35:16
be
35:16
encouraged
35:17
if
35:17
his
35:17
conscience
35:18
is
35:18
weak
35:18
to
35:18
eat
35:19
food
35:19
offered
35:19
to
35:19
idols
35:19
and
35:21
so
35:21
by
35:21
your
35:21
knowledge
35:22
this
35:22
weak
35:22
person
35:22
is
35:22
destroyed
35:23
the
35:23
brother
35:23
for
35:24
whom
35:24
Christ
35:24
died
35:25
so
35:25
they
35:25
be
35:25
sinning
35:25
in
35:25
their
35:26
own
35:26
conscience
35:27
thus
35:29
sinning
35:29
against
35:29
your
35:29
brothers
35:30
and
35:30
wounding
35:30
their
35:31
conscience
35:31
when
35:31
it
35:31
is
35:31
weak
35:32
you
35:32
sin
35:32
against
35:33
Christ
35:34
therefore
35:36
if
35:36
food
35:36
makes
35:37
my
35:37
brother
35:37
stumble
35:37
I
35:38
will
35:38
never
35:39
eat
35:40
meat
35:40
lest
35:41
I
35:41
make
35:42
my
35:42
brother
35:42
stumble
35:43
catch
35:45
that
35:45
reasoning
35:45
there
35:46
right
35:46
this
35:47
is
35:48
the
35:48
kind
35:48
of
35:48
thing
35:48
this
35:49
issue
35:49
is
35:49
the
35:49
kind
35:50
of
35:50
thing
35:50
that
35:50
characterizes
35:51
many
35:51
churches
35:52
!
35:53
picking
35:54
a
35:55
tertiary
35:55
doctrine
35:55
and
35:55
making
35:56
it
35:56
your
35:56
hill
35:56
to
35:56
die
35:57
on
35:57
you
35:57
are
35:57
going
35:58
to
35:58
convince
35:58
others
35:58
that
35:59
you're
35:59
reading
35:59
the
35:59
Bible
35:59
correctly
36:00
on
36:00
this
36:00
particular
36:01
gray
36:01
issue
36:02
it's
36:03
not
36:03
unimportant
36:04
but
36:05
it's
36:05
not
36:05
ultimately
36:06
important
36:07
right
36:07
you
36:08
may
36:08
have
36:08
more
36:09
maturity
36:09
or
36:10
in
36:10
some
36:10
cases
36:11
less
36:11
and
36:12
don't
36:12
we
36:12
do
36:13
well
36:13
trying
36:14
to
36:14
navigate
36:14
the
36:15
gray
36:15
areas
36:16
together
36:17
right
36:17
pressing
36:18
at one
36:18
another
36:18
making
36:19
our
36:20
case
36:20
and
36:21
moving
36:21
on
36:21
Paul
36:22
here
36:22
is
36:22
willing
36:23
to
36:23
become
36:23
a
36:23
vegetarian
36:24
for
36:25
the
36:25
sake
36:25
of
36:25
others
36:26
I
36:27
don't
36:27
know
36:28
I
36:29
don't
36:29
know
36:29
that
36:29
I'm
36:29
there
36:30
it'd
36:30
be
36:30
a
36:31
tough
36:32
one
36:32
for
36:32
me
36:32
notice
36:36
his
36:36
position
36:37
on
36:38
this
36:38
lesser
36:39
lesser
36:40
ordered
36:40
matter
36:42
right
36:42
so
36:43
that's
36:44
tertiary
36:44
!
36:45
tertiary
36:45
things
36:46
there
36:46
ought
36:47
to
36:47
be
36:47
a
36:47
lot
36:47
of
36:48
different
36:50
views
36:50
in
36:51
that
36:51
tertiary
36:51
fashion
36:52
in the
36:52
life
36:52
of
36:52
the
36:52
church
36:52
lots
36:53
of
36:53
diversity
36:53
lots
36:54
of
36:54
levels
36:54
of
36:54
maturity
36:55
we're
36:55
growing
36:55
in
36:55
faith
36:55
we're
36:56
moving
36:56
on
36:56
together
36:57
all
36:58
right
36:58
secondary
37:00
doctrine
37:00
very
37:02
important
37:03
this
37:03
category
37:04
particularly
37:05
for
37:06
local
37:06
church
37:07
unity
37:08
right
37:08
my
37:09
classic
37:09
example
37:10
concerns
37:10
the
37:11
ordinance
37:11
of
37:11
baptism
37:12
how
37:13
are
37:13
we
37:13
as
37:13
a
37:13
church
37:14
going
37:14
to
37:14
practice
37:15
the
37:15
ordinance
37:15
of
37:15
baptism
37:16
it
37:16
matters
37:16
what
37:17
do
37:17
we
37:17
believe
37:17
the
37:17
bible
37:18
teaches
37:18
about
37:18
this
37:19
so
37:19
we
37:19
are
37:19
credo
37:20
baptists
37:20
which
37:20
means
37:21
we
37:21
believe
37:22
that
37:22
christians
37:23
people
37:24
who have
37:24
made
37:24
believable
37:26
professions
37:26
of
37:27
faith
37:27
should
37:27
be
37:27
baptized
37:27
we
37:29
are
37:29
not
37:29
pedo
37:30
baptists
37:30
who
37:30
baptize
37:31
infants
37:32
we
37:33
can
37:33
extend
37:34
a lot
37:34
of
37:35
charity
37:35
right
37:35
to
37:36
our
37:36
pedo
37:37
baptist
37:37
brothers
37:37
and
37:38
sisters
37:38
it's
37:39
really
37:39
difficult
37:39
to be
37:40
in
37:40
fellowship
37:40
when
37:41
you
37:41
disagree
37:41
about
37:41
how
37:42
this
37:42
particular
37:43
ordinance
37:43
is meant
37:44
to be
37:45
practiced
37:46
so
37:46
that's
37:46
a good
37:46
classic
37:47
secondary
37:47
example
37:49
lastly
37:51
primary
37:52
doctrine
37:52
right
37:53
this is
37:54
important
37:54
important
37:55
important
37:56
right
37:56
this is
37:57
high order
37:58
importance
37:58
these
37:59
are the
37:59
hills
38:00
to die
38:00
on
38:00
right
38:01
this is
38:01
where we
38:02
stand
38:02
and say
38:03
no further
38:03
we will
38:04
not
38:04
compromise
38:05
in any
38:05
measure
38:06
on
38:06
these
38:06
things
38:07
things like
38:07
penal
38:08
substitutionary
38:09
atonement
38:09
right
38:10
Christ
38:10
died
38:10
in
38:11
our
38:11
stead
38:11
and
38:11
paid
38:11
the
38:12
price
38:12
for
38:12
our
38:12
sin
38:13
non
38:14
negotiable
38:14
if
38:14
you're
38:14
going
38:15
to be
38:15
in
38:15
the
38:15
faith
38:15
right
38:15
the
38:16
humanity
38:16
and
38:17
deity
38:17
of
38:18
Christ
38:18
is
38:18
hypostatic
38:19
union
38:19
not
38:20
negotiable
38:21
right
38:21
the
38:21
gospel
38:21
falls
38:22
apart
38:22
at
38:23
every
38:23
point
38:23
if
38:23
he
38:24
wasn't
38:24
both
38:24
human
38:25
and
38:25
God
38:26
the
38:27
inerrancy
38:28
infallibility
38:29
authority
38:29
and
38:29
sufficiency
38:30
of the
38:31
Bible
38:31
justification
38:33
by grace
38:33
alone
38:34
through faith
38:34
alone
38:35
in Christ
38:35
alone
38:36
and the
38:36
list
38:36
goes
38:37
on
38:38
these
38:38
are
38:38
the
38:39
things
38:39
right
38:39
these
38:40
are
38:40
the
38:40
things
38:40
that
38:40
ought
38:40
to
38:40
unite
38:41
us
38:41
hold
38:42
us
38:42
together
38:42
keep
38:43
us
38:43
pressing
38:43
on
38:44
together
38:45
right
38:45
these
38:46
are
38:46
the
38:47
things
38:47
that
38:48
those
38:48
other
38:49
matters
38:49
are
38:51
brought
38:51
in
38:51
to
38:51
distract
38:52
us
38:52
from
38:52
to
38:53
tear
38:53
us
38:53
apart
38:54
what
38:54
a
38:54
great
38:55
work
38:55
of
38:55
the
38:55
enemy
38:56
right
38:56
to
38:57
bring
38:57
in
38:58
tertiary
38:59
particularly
38:59
but also
39:00
secondary
39:00
doctrines
39:01
and cause
39:01
us
39:02
to
39:02
divide
39:02
over
39:03
the
39:04
primary
39:04
doctrine
39:05
that
39:05
matters
39:05
most
39:06
I
39:07
think
39:07
this
39:08
is
39:08
what
39:08
Jude
39:09
is
39:09
talking
39:09
about
39:09
in
39:10
verse
39:10
three
39:10
where
39:10
he
39:10
says
39:11
beloved
39:11
although
39:12
I
39:12
was
39:12
very
39:13
eager
39:13
to
39:13
write
39:13
to
39:13
you
39:13
about
39:13
our
39:14
common
39:14
salvation
39:14
I
39:15
found
39:15
it
39:15
necessary
39:15
to
39:16
write
39:16
appealing
39:16
to
39:17
you
39:17
to
39:18
contend
39:18
for
39:19
the
39:19
faith
39:19
that
39:19
was
39:19
once
39:20
for
39:20
all
39:20
delivered
39:21
to
39:21
the
39:21
saints
39:22
right
39:22
the
39:22
faith
39:22
once
39:23
for
39:23
all
39:23
delivered
39:24
to
39:24
the
39:24
saints
39:24
those
39:25
non
39:26
negotiable
39:27
things
39:28
this
39:30
process
39:31
we're
39:32
going to
39:32
have
39:32
to be
39:32
good
39:33
at
39:33
you're
39:34
going
39:34
to
39:34
have
39:35
to
39:35
be
39:35
able
39:35
to
39:35
decipher
39:36
where
39:36
does
39:36
this
39:37
disagreement
39:38
fall
39:39
is this
39:39
a thing
39:40
that we
39:40
can be
39:40
kind
39:41
hearted
39:42
about
39:42
charitable
39:43
toward
39:43
one
39:43
another
39:43
yeah
39:44
I'm
39:44
going to
39:44
consider
39:45
your
39:45
case
39:45
here
39:45
and
39:45
we're
39:46
going to
39:46
press
39:46
at
39:46
one
39:46
another
39:47
are
39:47
we
39:47
going
39:47
to
39:48
take
39:48
things
39:48
that
39:48
are
39:48
tertiary
39:49
and
39:49
call
39:49
others
39:49
not
39:50
Christian
39:50
because
39:52
they
39:52
don't
39:52
see
39:52
it
39:52
the
39:52
way
39:53
we
39:53
see
39:53
it
39:53
I
39:55
have
39:55
been
39:55
called
39:55
unfaithful
39:56
more times
39:57
in this
39:57
church
39:58
than I
39:58
care
39:59
to
39:59
tell
39:59
you
39:59
and
40:00
I
40:00
saw
40:00
this
40:00
I'm
40:01
done
40:01
doing
40:01
it
40:02
men
40:03
who
40:03
think
40:03
they
40:03
know
40:03
the
40:04
Bible
40:04
and
40:04
can
40:04
call
40:04
me
40:05
unfaithful
40:05
and
40:06
I
40:06
don't
40:07
see
40:07
it
40:07
the
40:07
same
40:07
way
40:07
which
40:07
is
40:08
them
40:08
calling
40:08
me
40:08
not
40:09
a
40:09
Christian
40:09
catch
40:11
that
40:11
I
40:11
see
40:12
the
40:12
Bible
40:12
this
40:12
way
40:12
you're
40:13
not
40:13
obeying
40:13
it
40:13
this
40:13
way
40:14
I
40:15
don't
40:15
read
40:16
it
40:16
that
40:16
way
40:16
well
40:17
then
40:17
am
40:17
I
40:17
not
40:18
a
40:18
Christian
40:18
it's
40:19
what
40:19
they're
40:19
declaring
40:19
in
40:20
doing
40:20
that
40:20
we
40:21
need
40:22
to
40:22
draw
40:22
a
40:22
firm
40:22
line
40:23
about
40:23
this
40:23
kind
40:24
of
40:24
behavior
40:24
I
40:25
love
40:25
people
40:26
who
40:26
love
40:26
the
40:26
word
40:27
but
40:27
you
40:28
need
40:28
to
40:28
understand
40:28
where
40:29
the
40:29
doctrines
40:30
fall
40:31
what
40:32
ought
40:32
to
40:32
divide
40:32
us
40:33
when
40:34
and
40:34
how
40:34
should
40:34
we
40:34
declare
40:35
somebody
40:35
outside
40:35
the
40:36
faith
40:36
be
40:37
cautious
40:37
about
40:38
how
40:38
you
40:38
practice
40:39
theological
40:39
triage
40:41
this
40:42
is
40:42
why
40:42
we've
40:43
been
40:43
working
40:43
for
40:43
quite
40:44
some
40:44
time
40:44
!
40:44
a
40:45
more
40:45
robust
40:46
statement
40:46
of
40:47
faith
40:47
which
40:48
we're
40:48
going
40:48
to
40:48
bring
40:48
to
40:48
you
40:48
as
40:48
a
40:48
church
40:49
you'll
40:49
be
40:49
in
40:50
the
40:50
process
40:50
as
40:51
a
40:51
congregational
40:52
church
40:52
I hope
40:53
sooner
40:53
than
40:53
later
40:54
we've
40:55
picked
40:55
up
40:56
the
40:56
1689
40:57
second
40:57
london
40:57
baptist
40:58
confession
40:58
we've
40:59
been
40:59
working
40:59
hard
41:00
on it
41:00
we've
41:00
been
41:00
making
41:01
some
41:01
small
41:02
changes
41:02
we've
41:03
been
41:03
adding
41:03
some
41:04
things
41:04
some
41:04
substantial
41:05
sections
41:05
to
41:06
it
41:06
Zach
41:07
Skilling
41:07
as
41:08
a
41:08
pastoral
41:08
assistant
41:09
has
41:09
been
41:09
doing
41:09
a
41:14
through
41:15
this
41:15
to
41:16
bring
41:16
it
41:16
to
41:16
you
41:16
as
41:16
a
41:16
rough
41:17
draft
41:17
for
41:17
your
41:17
thought
41:18
and
41:18
we
41:19
hope
41:19
your
41:19
approval
41:19
maybe
41:20
some
41:20
minor
41:21
changes
41:21
need
41:21
to
41:22
be
41:22
made
41:22
and
41:23
this
41:23
document
41:24
will
41:24
contain
41:24
within
41:25
it
41:25
those
41:25
things
41:26
primary
41:26
and
41:27
those
41:27
things
41:27
secondary
41:28
it'll
41:29
be a
41:29
document
41:30
that
41:30
says
41:30
as
41:30
a
41:30
confessional
41:31
people
41:31
this
41:31
is
41:31
what
41:32
we
41:32
believe
41:32
the
41:32
Bible
41:32
teaches
41:33
on
41:33
these
41:33
matters
41:34
and
41:35
it
41:35
will
41:35
also
41:35
say
41:36
what
41:36
we
41:36
are
41:36
not
41:37
going
41:37
to
41:37
divide
41:44
and
41:45
we
41:45
are
41:45
not
41:45
going
41:45
to
41:45
be
41:46
getting
41:46
in
41:46
fights
41:46
over
41:47
such
41:47
a
41:47
thing
41:47
and
41:49
perhaps
41:49
we'll
41:49
discover
41:50
new
41:50
things
41:51
we
41:51
have
41:51
to
41:51
pick
41:51
up
41:51
and
41:52
think
41:52
about
41:52
together
41:53
perhaps
41:53
they
41:54
need
41:54
to
41:54
be
41:54
added
41:54
to
41:55
such
41:56
a
41:56
confession
41:57
this
41:58
type
41:58
of
41:59
robust
41:59
theology
42:00
thinking
42:01
together
42:01
about
42:01
what
42:02
the
42:02
Bible
42:02
teaches
42:03
us
42:03
is
42:04
going
42:04
to
42:04
be
42:04
very
42:05
important
42:05
in
42:06
the
42:06
coming
42:06
days
42:07
this
42:08
week
42:09
I
42:09
managed
42:09
to
42:09
see
42:10
!
42:10
a
42:10
long
42:10
range
42:11
mountain
42:11
view
42:11
if
42:12
you've
42:13
lived
42:13
up
42:13
here
42:13
very
42:13
long
42:14
you
42:14
have
42:14
those
42:14
moments
42:14
where
42:15
you're
42:15
driving
42:15
along
42:15
and
42:16
the
42:16
sun
42:17
breaks
42:17
through
42:17
the
42:18
clouds
42:18
in
42:18
the
42:18
perfect
42:18
way
42:19
and
42:19
out
42:19
somewhere
42:19
in
42:19
the
42:20
distance
42:20
you see
42:20
a
42:20
view
42:21
of
42:21
the
42:22
mountains
42:22
and
42:22
it
42:22
was
42:22
one
42:23
of
42:23
those
42:23
awe
42:23
inspiring
42:24
moments
42:24
where
42:24
you
42:24
go
42:25
what
42:26
a
42:26
view
42:26
and
42:26
I
42:26
think
42:27
as
42:27
people
42:27
generally
42:28
we're
42:29
compelled
42:29
by
42:30
big
42:30
grand
42:31
long
42:32
views
42:33
I
42:33
just
42:34
started
42:34
thinking
42:34
about
42:34
what
42:34
it
42:34
was
42:35
in
42:35
me
42:35
that
42:35
caused
42:36
that
42:36
and
42:36
then
42:37
I
42:37
used
42:37
how
42:38
I
42:38
also
42:38
really
42:38
love
42:39
things
42:39
up
42:40
close
42:40
so
42:41
how
42:41
I
42:42
enjoy
42:42
finding
42:42
something
42:43
little
42:44
in
42:44
the
42:44
woods
42:45
bright
42:46
red
42:46
mushroom
42:47
don't
42:48
eat
42:48
it
42:49
you know
42:51
particularly
42:51
colorful
42:51
bug
42:52
I mean
42:52
it's
42:52
just
42:52
an
42:52
amazing
42:53
amount
42:53
of
42:54
diversity
42:54
and
42:55
creativity
42:56
and the
42:57
creation
42:57
in which
42:57
we
42:57
live
42:57
it's
42:58
just
42:58
also
42:58
awe
42:59
inspiring
42:59
to
42:59
me
43:00
and
43:00
I
43:00
started
43:00
thinking
43:01
about
43:01
how
43:01
everything
43:01
in
43:01
the
43:02
middle
43:02
all
43:02
the
43:02
middle
43:03
ground
43:03
I
43:03
don't
43:03
pay
43:04
that
43:04
much
43:04
attention
43:05
to
43:05
it's
43:07
not
43:07
inspiring
43:08
and
43:08
unbeautiful
43:09
I
43:09
just
43:09
don't
43:09
really
43:09
pay
43:10
that
43:10
much
43:10
attention
43:10
to
43:10
it
43:10
and
43:11
I
43:11
kind
43:11
of
43:12
translated
43:12
this
43:12
over
43:13
into
43:13
my
43:14
Christian
43:14
walk
43:15
all the
43:16
stuff
43:17
in the
43:17
middle
43:17
all the
43:17
days
43:18
in which
43:18
I'm
43:18
walking
43:18
all of
43:19
the
43:19
trials
43:20
that I
43:20
go
43:20
through
43:21
the
43:21
work
43:21
that's
43:21
out
43:22
ahead
43:22
of
43:22
us
43:23
seems
43:26
to be
43:26
a
43:26
burden
43:27
seems
43:28
to weigh
43:29
me
43:29
down
43:29
my
43:30
once
43:31
a
43:31
day
43:31
scroll
43:31
through
43:32
twitter
43:32
makes
43:32
me
43:32
feeling
43:33
so
43:33
discouraged
43:34
the
43:36
day
43:36
in
43:36
day
43:37
out
43:37
interactions
43:37
that
43:38
don't
43:38
seem
43:38
to
43:38
go
43:38
the
43:38
way
43:38
you
43:39
want
43:39
them
43:39
to
43:39
go
43:39
the
43:40
physical
43:40
suffering
43:41
that
43:41
we
43:41
experience
43:42
from
43:43
time
43:44
to
43:44
time
43:44
in
43:44
doing
43:45
robust
43:45
theology
43:46
I
43:46
get
43:46
these
43:46
grand
43:46
views
43:47
of
43:47
our
43:47
God
43:47
and
43:47
his
43:48
promises
43:48
to
43:48
us
43:48
the
43:49
life
43:49
that
43:49
exists
43:50
beyond
43:50
this
43:51
life
43:52
and
43:53
I
43:53
also
43:53
am
43:53
shown
43:54
in
43:54
great
43:54
focus
43:55
the
43:55
things
43:55
that
43:56
are
43:56
up
43:56
close
43:56
the
43:57
way
43:57
that
43:57
God
43:58
is
43:58
working
43:58
in
43:59
the
43:59
minutia
44:00
of
44:00
my
44:01
life
44:01
it's
44:02
a
44:02
scripture
44:02
worked
44:04
in me
44:04
by the
44:04
spirit
44:04
that
44:05
helps
44:05
me
44:05
to
44:05
see
44:05
this
44:06
and
44:06
what
44:07
it
44:07
does
44:07
is
44:07
it
44:07
brings
44:08
all
44:08
of
44:08
the
44:08
middle
44:09
into
44:09
focus
44:09
it
44:11
brings
44:11
clarity
44:12
to
44:12
everything
44:12
else
44:13
that
44:14
I'm
44:14
walking
44:14
through
44:15
we
44:17
need
44:17
to
44:17
do
44:17
robust
44:18
theology
44:18
right
44:19
so
44:19
that
44:19
we
44:19
can
44:19
see
44:20
the
44:20
big
44:20
and
44:20
the
44:21
grand
44:21
where
44:22
God
44:22
is
44:52
glory
44:52
of
44:53
his
44:53
name
44:53
let's
44:54
pray
44:55
together