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Romans 15:14-21 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Open up your copy of God's Word to the Book of Romans.
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It's been a good journey going through this book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse.
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I pray it's been a blessing to everyone's soul.
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I'm getting towards those final days, final weeks of finishing up this book.
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And today we will be in Romans 15, 14 through 21 will be our text today.
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But truly Romans is what some people have said, the gospel according to Paul.
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No other New Testament book gives us so much systematic theology and doctrine of what our salvation and our redemption means.
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And in chapters 12, all the way up through where we're at today,
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Paul is now working out again the practical living implications of the gospel.
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So if you have, in fact, believed and had true faith in what he has said in the previous chapters,
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if you believe those things, then your life will look like the final chapters of Romans.
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So God's saving grace always leads us to a new life in Christ and what it looks like to follow Jesus.
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So right thinking lives to right living.
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And two weeks ago, at the beginning of the chapter, verses 1 through 6,
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we see that Paul calls the strong believers, those who are mature in Christ,
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to bear with the weaknesses and failings of weaker believers.
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Then last week, we looked at how God, with the help of God, the Scripture, etc.,
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helps us to be patient with one mouth and one mind, we may glorify God.
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And so we give verses 8 through 13,
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Paul gives more reasons for accepting one another,
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showing that Jews and Gentiles are in fact one in Christ,
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and that that was a part of God's essential outworking of salvation.
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That was a part of his great plan for redemptive history,
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was to bring all peoples, Jews and Gentiles, into a single group that glorify him.
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So Romans is just chock full of gospel salvation.
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And again, it's like if our salvation was put on trial, Romans would be our case.
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Like that's what we would want to put forward in a legal sense of how we have been saved and redeemed in Christ.
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Martin Luther in the Reformation, who obviously, he was sent away to study the Scripture,
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and Romans is what actually struck him more than any and kind of brought him to true faith.
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But he wrote about the book of Romans,
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It is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart,
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but occupy himself with it every day as the daily bread of the soul.
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It can never be read or pondered too much.
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And the more it is dealt with, the more precious it becomes, and the better it tastes.
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So something beautiful about the book of Romans.
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So again, we're getting into our text today.
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We see how God used Paul to establish the churches throughout the Gentile world,
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particularly the way he's referring to is the Roman world.
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So he explains his unique ministry that God gave him graciously to the Gentiles.
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And so this is kind of where we pick up today.
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Let's read our text together.
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This is verses 14 through 21.
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He says,
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I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,
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that you yourselves are full of goodness,
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filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
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But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder,
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because of the grace given me by God,
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to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles
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in the priestly service of the gospel of God,
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so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable,
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sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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In Christ Jesus, then,
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I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
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For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me
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to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
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by the power of signs and wonders,
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by the power of the Spirit of God,
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so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Iklarim,
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I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ.
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And thus, I make it my ambition to preach the gospel.
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Not only will Christ have already been named,
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lest I build on someone else's foundation,
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but also as it is written,
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those who have never been told of Him will see,
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and those who have never heard will understand.
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And that's our text today.
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Join me in prayer.
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Lord, we again just offer up this time to You.
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I pray that You would just use Your Word
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to accomplish Your will in our individual lives
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and as our corporate body
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that You would work in and through us.
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It would have the desired effect that You intended on us.
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So just help me to communicate clearly
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what is here in Your Word.
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In Christ's name, Amen.
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So, as I said earlier,
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Paul is beginning to explain his unique ministry
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among the Gentiles
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and how he planted churches throughout the Gentile world.
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And so I have just four points today
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to help you kind of walk through this verse by verse.
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But the first one is Paul, the partner in faith.
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Paul, the partner in faith.
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This is verses 14 and 15.
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He says,
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I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,
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that you yourselves are full of goodness,
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filled with all knowledge,
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able to instruct one another.
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But on some points I have written to you very boldly
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by way of reminder
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because of the grace given me by God.
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So it's pretty profound, I think,
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that Paul actually wrote his greatest letter
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to a church that he had never been to before.
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in that kind of while.
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Like, he actually had never quite been to Rome yet.
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He had hoped to get there,
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and that's his plan to come to them.
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And eventually, he will eventually go to Rome,
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which looked, again,
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the center of the ancient world at this time.
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All roads lead to Rome, so to speak.
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But he had actually never been there.
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So I think it's just profound
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that he wrote one of his greatest letters
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to a church that he actually hadn't met in person.
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So he goes out of his way
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to assert confidence in them.
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He says, addressing them, my brothers,
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meaning he assures them that he is satisfied,
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that he's fully convinced,
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fully persuaded
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that God has worked in them.
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He says that they are full of goodness,
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which speaks to the quality of their moral character,
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their godliness,
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their godly living.
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Not necessarily perfect,
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but this idea of just growing in the goodness of God.
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And from whom, right,
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all goodness comes from.
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In fact, our English word, God,
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comes from the old Saxon term
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that means the good.
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That's where we get God from.
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And so it's saying that
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the goodness of God has filled you.
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Psalm 119, verse 68,
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it says that you are good and do good.
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Like God does good
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out of the overflow of who He is.
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He is good.
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So His goodness is given
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and enabled them
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not by their own strength or morality,
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but by the Holy Spirit.
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He is convinced of their moral goodness
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and godliness.
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Now as you read in Galatians 5,
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like goodness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
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So that moral goodness is seen
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visibly in good works,
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which God ordains in the lives of all believers.
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Then He goes on in verse 15.
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He goes,
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but on some points,
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I've written to you very boldly.
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Okay?
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So before we do that,
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He also mentions,
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I messed up my notes here,
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so forgive me,
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but the rest of verse 14,
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He mentions that
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they are able to instruct.
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That's important to sort of point out.
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With all knowledge,
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able to instruct one another.
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And that word instruct
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means to admonish,
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to warn,
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to give counsel to somebody.
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And with the knowledge
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that they've been given
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about God and the gospel
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and the word of God,
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from that knowledge,
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they are able to counsel
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one another inside the church.
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They are able to give advice
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to one another
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and warn against wrong conduct.
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So,
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He's pointing out
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to ordinary believers,
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especially those who are mature
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and have a greater level of wisdom,
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that they ought to give
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one another
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just practical living,
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sound advice
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on everyday living.
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And so,
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I think it's amazing
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that I'm thankful
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that I see our church
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just sort of doing this
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in so many ways.
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Like,
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we have been
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blessed with God's word
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and for many years
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been blessed
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with sound teaching
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in God's word.
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And that has led to
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all of you
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counseling one another
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in God's word.
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admonishing one another,
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encouraging one another
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in God's word.
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And that's what the church
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is supposed to do.
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It isn't just,
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well,
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you have a problem,
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so go talk to the pastors,
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right?
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It's,
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we can counsel one another
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according to
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the knowledge and maturity
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that God has given.
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So,
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Paul is saying that to them.
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Like,
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I'm convinced
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that you have
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all the knowledge
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and all the truth you need
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to instruct
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and counsel
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one another.
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And then he goes on
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to verse 15.
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On some of these points
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I've written to you
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very boldly.
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So that word
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boldly means
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daringly,
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decisively,
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openly.
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So meaning that he hasn't
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withheld anything
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from them.
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Right?
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There's some stuff
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in Romans that are hard
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to wrap your head around
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and he doesn't
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hold back.
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He kind of like just
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says it how it is
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and lets them
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hear the truth.
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And he declared
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all the truth
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that was written
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in this letter
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to them
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very boldly.
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So,
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then he says
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by way of reminder.
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So,
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in some sense,
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the church,
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the believers in Rome
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did know about
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some of the things
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that Paul was writing about.
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And I was reading
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on this
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and at least
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two different commentators
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said this
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and I was like,
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I don't know
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if I really agree with that,
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but they said that
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he was not necessarily
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pointing out
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their need
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to hear all this
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because they knew it already.
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And I'm like,
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have they understood
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Romans already?
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Like,
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they understood
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the whole book
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of Romans already?
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And,
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I mean,
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that would be
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a bit far-fetched to me.
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But what I would say
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is that
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he knew they understood
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the foundational
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gospel message.
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But his desire
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was to build upon,
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enhance that knowledge,
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to add to it.
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And as I said before,
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we never move on
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beyond the gospel,
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only into a deeper
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understanding of it,
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a more profound
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understanding of the gospel.
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We greatly increased
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their knowledge of it
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and added on,
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built on,
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to what they already knew
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in their knowledge.
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So,
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I think that that's
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kind of what we're after
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in this text.
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So,
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there may be things
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that it would be good
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for you to hear again.
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Things for me
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to hear again.
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And it isn't saying
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that I don't think
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that you understand
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the simple gospel,
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but also,
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you need to grow
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in your profoundness
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of it
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and never tire of it.
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Continue to grow
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in your knowledge
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of the depths
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of God's salvation
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for you.
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Everything he's written
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about in Romans,
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redemption,
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justification,
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reconciliation,
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forgiveness,
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adoption,
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all these things
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that he talks about.
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Election.
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All these things
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he talks about
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in the book of Romans.
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You can spend
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the rest of your life
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pondering
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and never fully,
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fully grasp
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all those things
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that are there.
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This moves us on
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to point number two.
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Another,
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this is verse
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that Paul played.
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Point number two,
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Paul,
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the priest.
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This is verse 16.
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It says,
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to be a minister
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of Christ Jesus
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to the Gentiles
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in the priestly service
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of the gospel of God
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so that the offering
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of the Gentiles
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may be acceptable,
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sanctified
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by the Holy Spirit.
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So you see here,
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he calls himself
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a minister
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of Christ Jesus.
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That Greek word
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means like
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to be subordinate
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to a public
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administrator,
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connecting it
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maybe to someone
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who served
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in the public
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worship of God.
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And that's what
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he's kind of
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going after here.
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It's interesting
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when you look at
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the different terms
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for minister
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or ministry
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in the New Testament.
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You know,
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in our day,
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being a pastor
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can be
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a like
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cool,
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glamorous job
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where pastors
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get up on Sunday
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and they want to be
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the guy,
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the guy in the spotlight,
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the guy getting
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the attention
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and they're putting
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on productions
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more or less
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to entertain people
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and they like that.
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They like being
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in the center.
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If you actually know
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me and Nathan,
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we don't like
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being up here.
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It's not our thing.
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We'd rather be
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behind the scenes
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doing things
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but out of compulsion
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we have preached
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the gospel
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when there was
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no one else
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able to do it
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for many years here
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and we stepped
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into that role
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but another word
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for minister
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that is used
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in Luke 4.20
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and Acts 13
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this one fits
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the description
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well for me.
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It actually means
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under rower.
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How many of you
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have ever seen
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an old movie
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where it's like
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the Roman Empire
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and they're out
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in the ships
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and they have the oars?
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Anybody seen Ben-Hur?
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Anything like that?
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It means that
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you're down there.
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It means that
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you are an under rower.
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Humble,
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lowly,
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unrecognizable.
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Spurgeon wrote this
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about being a minister
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of the gospel.
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He said,
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we are ministers.
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The word has
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a very respectable
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sound.
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To be a minister
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is an aspiration
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of many youth.
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I mean that
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that's just cool to them.
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That's what they want to do.
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Get the attention.
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He says,
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perhaps if the word
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were otherwise rendered,
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their ambition
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might cool.
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Ministers are servants.
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They are not guests,
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but waiters.
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Not landlords,
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but laborers.
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The word
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has been rendered
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under rowers.
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Men who tug
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at the oars
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on the lowest bench.
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It is hard to work
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to row a galley.
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So meaning like
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a galley ship
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for like the Roman
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or Greek triremes.
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Those on the upper
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bank
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had the advantage
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of fresh air.
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So those rowers
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on the top
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had the advantage
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of fresh air.
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Those who were
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beneath them
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were more closely
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shut in.
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But I suppose
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that the lowest
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bank of rowers
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would faint
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with heat
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as well as
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worn out
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was sore
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and travail.
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He says,
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Brethren,
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let us be content
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to wear ourselves
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out
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in the worst
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position possible
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if by our labor
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we can speed
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the passage
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of our great
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Caesar
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and help
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the progress
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of the trireme
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of the church
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in which it
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has embarked.
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We are willing
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to be chained
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to the oar
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and to work
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through life
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to make his
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oar
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cleave the waves
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with not as captains
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nor as owners
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of the galley
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but as oarsmen
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of Christ.
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That's what they did.
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They chained
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the slaves
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to the lower oars
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so they couldn't
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just run.
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They had their life
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dependent on
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how they rowed.
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So he goes like
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let us be content
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to speed
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the ship
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of Christ.
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Lower oarsmen.
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So that's what
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this word means.
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So Paul says
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he is a minister
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of Christ Jesus.
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Right?
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He goes,
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he's a minister
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of the gospel
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and the gospel
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is used by Paul
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but in very rich language.
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He calls it here
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the gospel of God.
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In Romans 1.9
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the good news
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of his son.
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In 1 Corinthians 9.12
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the good news
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of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 4.4
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the glorious
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good news.
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Ephesians 6.15
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the good news
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of peace.
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and in Revelation
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14.6
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it's called
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the everlasting gospel
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or the everlasting
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representative
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of the old covenant.
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I am a representative
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of the gospel.
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And so
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to
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the Gentiles
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remember
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and
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before Christ
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came
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Gentiles
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were excluded
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in a huge way
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from any
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form of relationship
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with God.
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furthermore
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they were barred
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from access
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to the holy places
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and the temple.
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They were seen
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by Jews
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as unclean
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defiled.
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Keep in mind
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that's most of us
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in here
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that's
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you know
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anybody
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outside of
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the Jewish nation.
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And he says
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they were
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defiled
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and unclean.
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but Paul
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now
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is writing
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of how
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the Gentiles
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may offer
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he can offer
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them to God
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in an offering
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that is sanctified
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and fully
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acceptable
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to him.
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He has been
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God's instrument
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to bring about
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a great change
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in the redemptive
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plan of God
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where he took
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not just
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the message
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the gospel
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of God
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to the nations
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to the Gentile
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nations
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not just
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to the Jews
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and in this way
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he is completely
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different from
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Old Testament
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priests
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who just
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mediated
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for the Jews
19:28
by offering
19:29
sacrifices
19:30
at the temple.
19:32
And so
19:32
remember this
19:33
like prophets
19:34
represented
19:35
God
19:36
to the people
19:37
priests
19:39
represented
19:39
the people
19:40
to God.
19:41
What Paul
19:42
is trying to say
19:43
here is that
19:44
he is a priest
19:46
on behalf
19:46
of the Gentiles.
19:47
He wants to
19:48
represent
19:49
the Gentiles
19:50
to God
19:51
and that
19:52
Gentile
19:53
converts
19:54
are the
19:56
offering
19:56
that he
19:57
is giving
19:58
up to
19:58
God
19:59
and asking
20:00
that it
20:00
would be
20:01
acceptable
20:01
and pleasing
20:02
to God
20:03
and is set
20:04
apart
20:04
by the
20:05
holy
20:06
sanctified
20:07
by the
20:08
Holy Spirit.
20:09
And so
20:10
if you want
20:11
to
20:11
there's just
20:12
maybe two
20:12
other places
20:13
for you to
20:13
turn but
20:14
I'll spare
20:14
you this one
20:15
I'll just
20:16
read this to
20:16
you.
20:17
This is
20:17
Acts 9
20:18
10
20:20
through 16
20:21
but this
20:21
is when
20:22
Paul
20:23
had been
20:24
this is
20:25
after
20:25
he was
20:26
confronted
20:27
by Christ
20:27
on the road
20:28
to Damascus
20:28
he was on
20:29
his way
20:29
to
20:30
imprison
20:31
and possibly
20:32
kill
20:32
Christians
20:33
in Damascus
20:34
he was set
20:36
totally against
20:37
Christ
20:37
and Christ
20:38
met him
20:38
on the road
20:38
and saved
20:39
him
20:39
so now
20:40
he's blinded
20:41
and he's
20:41
in Damascus
20:42
and
20:43
God
20:44
comes to
20:45
a believer
20:46
in Damascus
20:47
named
20:48
Ananias
20:49
says
20:51
verse 10
20:51
there was
20:53
a disciple
20:54
at Damascus
20:54
named
20:55
Ananias
20:55
the Lord
20:56
said to
20:57
him
20:57
in a
20:58
vision
20:58
Ananias
20:59
he said
21:01
here I
21:01
am
21:01
Lord
21:02
the Lord
21:03
said to
21:04
him
21:04
rise up
21:04
and go
21:05
to a
21:06
street
21:06
that is
21:07
called
21:07
straight
21:08
and the
21:09
house
21:10
of Judas
21:10
look for
21:11
a man
21:12
of Tarsus
21:13
named
21:13
Saul
21:13
for behold
21:15
he is
21:16
praying
21:16
and he
21:18
has seen
21:18
a vision
21:19
a man
21:20
named
21:20
Ananias
21:21
come and
21:22
lay hands
21:22
on him
21:23
so that
21:23
he might
21:24
regain
21:24
his sight
21:25
but
21:26
Ananias
21:27
answered
21:27
Lord
21:28
I have
21:29
heard
21:30
from many
21:30
about this
21:31
man
21:31
how much
21:32
evil
21:32
he has
21:32
done
21:32
to your
21:33
saints
21:33
at
21:34
Jerusalem
21:35
and there
21:36
he has
21:36
the authority
21:37
from the
21:37
chief
21:38
priest
21:38
to bind
21:39
all
21:39
who
21:39
call
21:40
on
21:40
your
21:40
name
21:40
so
21:40
he's
21:41
saying
21:41
I've
21:42
heard
21:42
about
21:42
this
21:42
guy
21:43
he's
21:43
scary
21:43
he's
21:43
out
21:43
to
21:44
get
21:44
us
21:44
so
21:44
I'm
21:44
nervous
21:45
to go
21:46
to him
21:46
and it
21:47
says
21:48
but the
21:48
Lord
21:48
said
21:48
to him
21:49
go
21:49
for he
21:51
is a
21:52
chosen
21:53
instrument
21:53
of mine
21:55
to carry
21:56
my name
21:56
before the
21:57
Gentiles
21:58
and the
21:59
kings
21:59
and the
21:59
children
22:00
of Israel
22:01
for I
22:02
will show
22:02
him
22:02
how much
22:04
he must
22:04
suffer
22:04
for the
22:05
sake
22:05
of my
22:06
name
22:06
so
22:08
Paul
22:09
from the
22:10
very
22:10
beginning
22:10
he was
22:12
God's
22:12
chosen
22:13
instrument
22:14
to go
22:15
to the
22:15
Gentiles
22:16
and that's
22:17
that's
22:18
serious
22:18
it means
22:18
we should
22:19
listen to
22:19
him
22:19
like God
22:20
singled him
22:20
out for
22:21
that
22:21
purpose
22:22
and of course
22:24
he shared
22:24
with Jews
22:25
along the
22:25
way
22:26
but his
22:26
primary
22:27
focus
22:27
was for
22:29
those who
22:29
were outside
22:30
the blessing
22:31
of Israel
22:32
and so
22:33
he is that
22:34
mediator
22:35
in that sense
22:36
that he
22:36
preaches
22:36
God's
22:37
gospel
22:38
and carries
22:39
it to
22:39
the Gentiles
22:40
and makes
22:41
that acceptable
22:43
to God
22:43
by the
22:44
Holy Spirit
22:45
those Gentile
22:46
converts
22:47
would be
22:47
his offering
22:48
to God
22:49
so to
22:51
think about
22:51
this in
22:52
our ways
22:53
in what
22:55
ways has
22:55
God called
22:56
and equipped
22:57
and gifted
22:59
you
22:59
directed you
23:00
to serve
23:01
him
23:01
by
23:02
serving
23:03
others
23:04
in what
23:05
way
23:06
are you
23:06
serving
23:07
and sharing
23:08
the gospel
23:09
are you
23:10
being faithful
23:11
to that
23:12
do you
23:13
know what
23:13
that is
23:14
in what
23:16
ways
23:16
is God
23:17
not only
23:17
working
23:17
in you
23:18
through
23:18
sanctification
23:19
but working
23:20
out of
23:20
you
23:21
through
23:22
service
23:22
to others
23:23
it's
23:25
important
23:25
to realize
23:26
those
23:26
things
23:27
and like
23:28
all these
23:28
roles
23:29
that
23:30
Paul
23:31
had
23:31
he
23:32
was
23:32
always
23:32
pointing
23:33
forward
23:33
to
23:34
Christ
23:35
and
23:35
his
23:35
glory
23:36
this
23:37
goes
23:37
on
23:37
to
23:38
point
23:39
number
23:39
three
23:39
Paul
23:41
the
23:42
preacher
23:42
Paul
23:43
the
23:44
preacher
23:44
this is
23:44
17
23:45
through
23:45
19
23:46
he
23:47
says
23:47
in
23:47
Christ
23:48
Jesus
23:48
then
23:48
I
23:48
have
23:49
reason
23:49
to
23:49
be
23:50
proud
23:50
of
23:51
my
23:51
work
23:51
for
23:52
God
23:52
for
23:53
I
23:53
will
23:53
not
23:54
venture
23:54
to
23:54
speak
23:55
of
23:55
anything
23:55
except
23:55
what
23:56
Christ
23:56
has
23:56
accomplished
23:57
through
23:57
me
23:57
to
23:58
bring
23:58
the
23:59
Gentiles
23:59
to
23:59
obedience
24:00
by
24:00
word
24:01
and
24:01
deed
24:01
by
24:02
the
24:02
power
24:03
of
24:03
signs
24:03
and
24:03
wonders
24:04
by
24:04
the
24:04
power
24:05
of
24:05
the
24:05
spirit
24:05
of
24:05
obedience
24:06
spirit
24:07
of
24:07
God
24:07
excuse
24:08
me
24:08
so
24:08
that
24:08
from
24:09
Jerusalem
24:09
and
24:10
all
24:10
the
24:10
way
24:10
around
24:11
I
24:12
have
24:12
fulfilled
24:13
the
24:13
ministry
24:13
of
24:14
the
24:14
gospel
24:14
of
24:14
Christ
24:15
so
24:16
it's
24:16
important
24:17
to
24:17
realize
24:17
here
24:18
that
24:18
Paul's
24:19
role
24:20
was
24:20
extremely
24:20
unique
24:21
he
24:22
was
24:22
called
24:22
again
24:23
to
24:23
go
24:23
to
24:23
the
24:23
Gentile
24:24
word
24:24
a
24:24
pivotal
24:25
moment
24:25
in
24:26
redemptive
24:27
history
24:27
and he
24:27
was
24:27
God's
24:28
instrument
24:28
to
24:28
do
24:29
that
24:29
a
24:30
huge
24:30
role
24:30
in
24:30
expanding
24:31
the
24:31
church
24:31
yet
24:32
he
24:33
always
24:34
seeks
24:34
to
24:34
keep
24:34
the
24:34
spotlight
24:35
on
24:35
Christ
24:36
and
24:36
not
24:36
himself
24:37
a
24:38
lot
24:38
of
24:38
people
24:38
would
24:38
see
24:38
that
24:39
as
24:39
a
24:40
huge
24:41
reason
24:41
to
24:42
boast
24:42
in
24:42
themselves
24:43
like
24:43
God
24:44
chose
24:44
me
24:44
to
24:44
do
24:45
that
24:45
in
24:45
that
24:45
cool
24:46
and
24:47
that's
24:47
not
24:47
at
24:47
all
24:47
he
24:48
is
24:48
aiming
24:48
at
24:49
the
24:50
word
24:50
proud
24:50
here
24:51
means
24:51
to
24:51
glory
24:52
or
24:52
to
24:52
brag
24:53
to
24:54
boast
24:54
and
24:55
actually
24:55
even
24:55
means
24:56
rejoice
24:56
in
24:56
Romans
24:57
5
24:57
the
24:58
Hebrew
24:58
translation
24:59
would
24:59
be
24:59
hallelujah
25:01
to
25:01
give
25:01
praise
25:02
right
25:03
so
25:03
there
25:04
are
25:04
legitimate
25:04
reasons
25:05
to
25:05
glory
25:06
and
25:06
exult
25:07
in
25:07
his
25:07
work
25:08
for
25:09
God
25:09
and
25:09
what
25:09
he
25:10
has
25:10
done
25:10
on
25:11
behalf
25:11
of
25:12
Christ
25:12
that
25:13
he
25:13
has
25:13
accomplished
25:14
those
25:14
things
25:15
he
25:16
actually
25:16
wrote
25:16
in
25:16
Galatians
25:17
6
25:17
but
25:19
far
25:19
be it
25:19
from
25:20
me
25:20
to
25:21
boast
25:21
except
25:22
in
25:22
the
25:22
cross
25:23
of
25:23
our
25:23
Lord
25:24
Jesus
25:25
Christ
25:25
by
25:25
which
25:26
the
25:26
world
25:26
has
25:26
been
25:26
crucified
25:27
to
25:27
me
25:28
and
25:28
I
25:29
to
25:29
the
25:30
world
25:30
so
25:31
there
25:31
is
25:31
a
25:31
permissive
25:32
form
25:33
of
25:33
boasting
25:33
it
25:34
means
25:34
to
25:34
brag
25:34
and
25:35
to
25:36
lay
25:36
it
25:36
on
25:36
thick
25:36
about
25:38
that
25:38
you
25:39
love
25:40
and
25:40
appreciate
25:41
and
25:42
so
25:42
this
25:42
is
25:43
a
25:43
permissive
25:43
form
25:44
it's
25:44
a
25:44
humble
25:44
acknowledgement
25:45
of
25:45
everything
25:46
he
25:47
has
25:47
achieved
25:48
and
25:49
accomplished
25:50
through
25:50
Christ
25:51
by the
25:51
power
25:51
of
25:51
the
25:52
Holy
25:52
Spirit
25:52
so
25:53
let me
25:53
just
25:53
pause
25:54
here
25:54
for
25:54
a
25:54
second
25:55
what
25:57
is
25:57
it
25:57
we
25:59
all
25:59
do
25:59
it
25:59
okay
26:00
even
26:00
if
26:00
you're
26:00
not
26:00
a
26:00
big
26:00
talker
26:01
you
26:01
do
26:01
it
26:02
other
26:02
ways
26:02
what
26:03
is
26:03
your
26:04
boast
26:04
what
26:05
is
26:06
your
26:06
brag
26:08
what
26:08
do
26:08
you
26:08
brag
26:09
about
26:09
what
26:10
do
26:10
you
26:10
make
26:10
a
26:10
big
26:10
deal
26:11
out
26:11
of
26:11
is
26:13
it
26:13
something
26:13
that
26:13
honors
26:14
God
26:15
and glorifies
26:16
God
26:16
is it
26:17
something
26:17
that you're
26:18
seeking to
26:18
get attention
26:19
for yourself
26:21
are you
26:21
more focused
26:23
on
26:23
your position
26:25
or role
26:25
in God's
26:26
kingdom
26:26
rather than
26:28
on God
26:29
himself
26:30
are you
26:30
concerned
26:31
more about
26:32
the temporal
26:32
rewards
26:33
of a
26:34
position
26:34
that you
26:35
might hold
26:35
versus
26:37
seeing
26:37
the
26:37
Lord
26:38
himself
26:38
as
26:38
your
26:39
reward
26:39
I
26:41
think
26:41
very
26:41
few
26:41
people
26:42
in
26:43
the
26:43
scripture
26:44
maybe
26:44
it would
26:45
be a
26:45
tie
26:45
between
26:47
these
26:47
two
26:47
guys
26:47
but
26:48
John
26:49
the
26:49
Baptist
26:49
and
26:50
Paul
26:50
Jesus
26:52
said
26:53
about
26:53
John
26:53
there
26:55
is
26:55
no
26:55
man
26:56
born
26:56
of
26:56
woman
26:56
greater
26:57
than
26:57
John
26:58
so
26:59
contemplate
27:00
that
27:00
and
27:03
remember
27:04
when
27:04
John
27:04
first
27:05
came
27:05
on
27:05
the
27:05
scene
27:05
like
27:05
he
27:06
was
27:06
the
27:06
stuff
27:06
like
27:07
all
27:08
the
27:08
people
27:08
were
27:08
going
27:09
to
27:09
see
27:09
him
27:09
they
27:09
were
27:10
flocking
27:10
to
27:10
him
27:10
from
27:10
everywhere
27:11
he
27:12
had
27:12
the
27:12
big
27:12
crowds
27:13
he
27:13
was
27:13
like
27:14
the
27:14
man
27:14
everybody
27:15
was
27:16
going
27:16
to
27:16
watch
27:17
and
27:18
his
27:19
baptism
27:19
for
27:20
the
27:21
remission
27:22
of
27:22
sin
27:22
and
27:24
eventually
27:25
right
27:25
Jesus
27:26
came
27:26
on
27:27
the
27:27
scene
27:27
and
27:28
all
27:29
the
27:29
people
27:29
stopped
27:30
going
27:30
to
27:30
see
27:30
John
27:31
and
27:32
started
27:33
to go
27:33
see
27:33
Jesus
27:34
instead
27:34
so you
27:36
pick up
27:36
on that
27:37
so put
27:38
yourself
27:39
in
27:39
John's
27:39
position
27:40
oh man
27:42
I'm like
27:44
not as
27:44
popular
27:44
or not
27:45
as cool
27:45
anymore
27:46
and that's
27:47
not
27:48
that was not
27:48
John's
27:49
attitude
27:49
but his
27:50
some of
27:50
the men
27:50
who
27:50
John
27:51
discipled
27:51
came to
27:53
him
27:53
and basically
27:53
said that
27:54
though
27:54
they came
27:55
to him
27:55
this is
27:55
John
27:55
4
27:56
and they
27:57
said to
27:57
him
27:58
Rabbi
27:58
he who
27:59
was with
27:59
you across
27:59
the Jordan
28:00
to whom
28:00
you bore
28:01
witness
28:01
look
28:02
he is
28:02
baptizing
28:03
everybody
28:03
now
28:04
meaning
28:04
like
28:04
they're
28:04
all
28:04
going
28:05
to
28:05
him
28:05
now
28:05
not
28:05
coming
28:06
to
28:06
see
28:06
our
28:06
cool
28:06
show
28:07
anymore
28:07
and
28:09
all
28:09
are
28:09
going
28:09
to
28:09
him
28:10
and
28:10
John
28:10
answered
28:10
a
28:11
person
28:12
cannot
28:13
receive
28:13
even
28:14
one
28:14
thing
28:14
unless
28:15
it is
28:16
given
28:16
to
28:16
him
28:16
from
28:17
heaven
28:17
so
28:18
meaning
28:18
that
28:19
any
28:19
good
28:19
thing
28:19
that
28:20
comes
28:20
is
28:20
only
28:21
a
28:22
gift
28:22
of
28:22
God
28:22
and
28:23
if
28:23
it's
28:24
a
28:24
gift
28:24
you
28:24
can't
28:25
boast
28:25
about
28:25
it
28:25
it
28:26
was
28:26
something
28:26
given
28:31
that
28:31
I
28:32
am
28:32
not
28:32
the
28:33
Christ
28:33
but
28:34
I
28:34
was
28:35
sent
28:35
before
28:36
him
28:36
the
28:37
one
28:37
who
28:38
has
28:38
the
28:38
bride
28:39
is
28:40
the
28:40
bridegroom
28:40
the
28:42
friend
28:42
of
28:42
the
28:42
bridegroom
28:43
who
28:43
stands
28:43
and
28:44
hears
28:44
him
28:44
rejoices
28:45
greatly
28:45
at
28:46
the
28:46
bridegroom's
28:47
voice
28:47
therefore
28:49
this
28:50
joy
28:50
of
28:50
mine
28:51
is
28:51
now
28:51
complete
28:51
he
28:52
must
28:52
increase
28:53
but
28:54
I
28:54
must
28:55
decrease
28:55
this
28:57
is
28:57
Paul's
28:58
attitude
28:58
as
28:58
well
28:59
he
28:59
only
28:59
wants
29:00
to
29:00
boast
29:00
in
29:01
glory
29:02
and
29:02
the
29:02
fact
29:02
that
29:03
God
29:03
has
29:03
done
29:04
things
29:05
through
29:05
him
29:06
for
29:06
his
29:06
own
29:06
glory
29:07
he
29:08
is
29:08
quite
29:08
content
29:09
to
29:09
be
29:09
kind
29:09
of
29:09
behind
29:10
the
29:10
scenes
29:10
and
29:11
not
29:11
be
29:12
the
29:12
one
29:12
up
29:12
front
29:13
all
29:13
the
29:13
time
29:14
if
29:15
you
29:15
actually
29:15
know
29:15
Paul's
29:16
personality
29:16
if
29:17
you
29:17
read
29:17
about
29:18
it
29:18
he
29:18
wasn't
29:18
like
29:18
that
29:18
kind
29:19
of
29:19
guy
29:19
he
29:19
wasn't
29:19
like
29:20
what
29:21
the
29:21
Roman
29:21
and
29:21
Greek
29:22
world
29:22
was
29:22
used
29:23
to
29:23
they
29:23
wanted
29:23
a
29:24
warrior
29:25
king
29:25
like
29:30
guy
29:31
but
29:32
he
29:32
pointed
29:32
all
29:32
things
29:33
to
29:33
Christ
29:33
and
29:35
so
29:35
do
29:35
you
29:35
cherish
29:36
your
29:36
role
29:36
in
29:38
the
29:38
great
29:38
wedding
29:38
more
29:39
than
29:39
the
29:39
wedding
29:40
itself
29:40
you
29:41
rejoice
29:42
when
29:42
you
29:42
hear
29:42
the
29:43
bride
29:43
groom
29:43
are
29:44
you
29:45
angry
29:45
that
29:45
you're
29:45
not
29:46
getting
29:46
the
29:46
attention
29:46
anymore
29:48
be
29:49
very
29:50
careful
29:50
about
29:51
all
29:51
these
29:51
things
29:51
and
29:52
Paul
29:53
goes
29:53
on
29:53
and
29:55
he
29:56
says
29:56
in
29:57
the
29:57
next
29:57
part
29:58
of
29:58
this
29:58
verse
29:58
18
29:59
he
29:59
being
30:00
very
30:00
careful
30:00
to
30:01
point
30:01
to
30:01
where
30:01
all
30:01
this
30:01
comes
30:02
from
30:02
for
30:03
I
30:03
will
30:03
not
30:04
venture
30:04
like
30:06
meaning
30:06
I
30:06
won't
30:06
even
30:07
get
30:07
close
30:07
like
30:07
I
30:08
won't
30:08
even
30:08
try
30:08
to
30:08
get
30:08
close
30:09
to
30:10
speak
30:10
of
30:10
anything
30:10
except
30:11
what
30:11
Christ
30:11
has
30:11
accomplished
30:12
through
30:12
me
30:13
so
30:14
meaning
30:14
all
30:15
of
30:15
God's
30:15
enabling
30:16
grace
30:16
all
30:17
of
30:17
God's
30:17
strength
30:18
and
30:18
power
30:18
that
30:19
he
30:19
gives
30:20
to
30:20
his
30:20
people
30:20
as
30:20
we
30:21
humbly
30:21
!
30:21
go
30:21
to
30:21
!
30:21
him
30:21
and
30:22
!
30:22
to
30:23
carry
30:23
out
30:23
and
30:24
accomplish
30:24
his
30:25
will
30:25
for
30:26
the
30:27
purpose
30:27
to
30:28
bring
30:28
the
30:28
Gentiles
30:29
to
30:29
obedience
30:29
so
30:31
he's
30:31
summarizing
30:32
his
30:32
entire
30:32
ministry
30:33
here
30:33
at
30:33
this
30:33
point
30:33
by
30:34
saying
30:34
God
30:35
has
30:35
accomplished
30:35
all
30:35
this
30:36
work
30:36
through
30:37
him
30:37
by
30:37
word
30:38
and
30:38
by
30:38
deed
30:39
both
30:41
by
30:42
preaching
30:42
about
30:42
Christ
30:43
and
30:43
his
30:43
actions
30:44
his
30:44
sacrificial
30:45
love
30:45
his
30:46
service
30:46
to
30:47
them
30:47
some
30:48
people
30:49
some
30:49
ministries
30:50
some
30:50
churches
30:50
get
30:50
criticized
30:51
for
30:51
doing
30:51
one
30:51
or the
30:51
!
30:52
there
30:52
are
30:53
whole
30:53
denominations
30:54
that go
30:54
on
30:54
mission
30:55
trips
30:55
and
30:55
they
30:55
just
30:55
build
30:56
schools
30:56
and
30:56
they
30:56
give
30:57
food
30:57
to
30:57
people
30:57
and
30:57
they
30:57
don't
30:58
preach
30:58
the
30:58
gospel
30:59
while
30:59
they're
30:59
there
31:00
then
31:01
others
31:01
may
31:01
go
31:01
and
31:01
preach
31:02
the
31:02
gospel
31:02
but
31:02
won't
31:02
actually
31:03
feed
31:03
the
31:03
hungry
31:04
won't
31:04
actually
31:04
help
31:04
them
31:05
so
31:05
Paul
31:06
is
31:06
doing
31:06
both
31:07
by
31:07
word
31:08
and
31:08
deed
31:08
he
31:08
is
31:08
proclaiming
31:09
Christ
31:09
proclaiming
31:11
the
31:11
gospel
31:11
and
31:12
humbly
31:13
serving
31:13
!
31:13
those
31:14
people
31:14
so
31:15
therefore
31:16
in
31:22
Christ
31:23
who
31:24
has
31:24
worked
31:24
through
31:24
him
31:25
to
31:26
the
31:26
Gentiles
31:26
so
31:28
something
31:28
I
31:29
thought
31:30
about
31:30
was like
31:30
do you
31:30
find
31:31
yourself
31:31
often
31:32
frustrated
31:32
and
31:33
burned
31:34
out
31:34
in your
31:35
service
31:35
to
31:36
God
31:36
by
31:37
serving
31:37
others
31:38
frustrated
31:40
that
31:40
others
31:41
aren't
31:41
seeing
31:41
your
31:41
work
31:42
frustrated
31:42
that
31:43
you're
31:43
not
31:43
getting
31:43
the
31:43
recognition
31:44
that
31:44
you
31:44
think
31:44
you
31:44
deserve
31:45
if
31:46
that's
31:46
the
31:46
case
31:47
you're
31:47
very
31:47
likely
31:48
serving
31:48
in
31:49
your
31:49
own
31:49
strength
31:49
and
31:50
for
31:50
your
31:50
own
31:50
glory
31:51
that's
31:52
a
31:52
dead
31:52
indicator
31:53
if
31:54
you're
31:54
feeling
31:54
that
31:55
way
31:55
in
31:55
your
31:55
role
31:56
but
31:57
when
31:58
you're
31:58
doing
31:58
it
31:58
for
31:59
God's
31:59
glory
31:59
and
32:00
he
32:00
supplies
32:00
you
32:00
the
32:00
strength
32:01
it's
32:02
a whole
32:02
other
32:02
story
32:03
then
32:04
he
32:04
goes
32:04
on
32:04
verse 19
32:06
that
32:07
his
32:07
ministry
32:08
was
32:08
accompanied
32:08
by
32:10
powerful
32:10
signs
32:11
and
32:11
wonders
32:12
referring
32:13
to
32:13
miracles
32:14
that
32:14
accompany
32:15
Paul's
32:15
gospel
32:16
proclamation
32:17
throughout
32:17
his
32:18
ministry
32:18
so
32:19
miracles
32:20
he
32:20
mentions
32:20
a
32:21
sign
32:22
something
32:23
that
32:23
pointed
32:23
to
32:24
the
32:25
power
32:25
of
32:25
God
32:26
the
32:26
power
32:26
of
32:27
Christ
32:28
that
32:28
those
32:29
things
32:29
came
32:30
from
32:30
this
32:31
showed
32:32
also
32:32
God's
32:33
mercy
32:33
and
32:33
love
32:34
for
32:34
broken
32:34
sinners
32:35
right
32:36
so
32:36
this
32:36
is
32:36
a
32:36
sign
32:37
like
32:37
this
32:37
is
32:37
showing
32:38
you
32:38
this
32:38
is
32:38
pointing
32:38
to
32:38
God
32:39
and
32:39
his
32:39
power
32:39
these
32:41
miracles
32:41
then
32:42
it
32:42
says
32:43
wonders
32:43
that
32:43
just
32:44
simply
32:44
means
32:44
like
32:45
these
32:45
acts
32:45
were
32:45
so
32:46
astonishing
32:47
they
32:48
were
32:48
amazed
32:49
by
32:49
what
32:49
they
32:50
saw
32:50
and
32:51
so
32:51
all
32:51
these
32:52
things
32:52
accompanied
32:53
Paul's
32:54
preaching
32:54
of
32:55
the
32:55
gospel
32:55
to
32:58
the
32:58
Gentiles
32:59
so
32:59
he
32:59
has
32:59
covered
33:00
the
33:00
entire
33:00
Gentile
33:01
world
33:01
there
33:02
so
33:03
I
33:04
could
33:04
ask
33:04
you
33:04
this
33:05
question
33:05
like
33:06
how
33:06
can
33:06
Paul
33:07
say
33:07
that
33:07
his
33:07
work
33:08
has
33:08
been
33:08
complete
33:08
when
33:09
many
33:10
have
33:10
still
33:10
not
33:10
heard
33:11
in
33:11
the
33:12
gospel
33:12
well
33:13
you
33:13
kind
33:14
of
33:14
see
33:14
that
33:14
in
33:14
the
33:14
following
33:15
verses
33:15
this is
33:15
kind
33:15
of
33:16
cool
33:16
like
33:16
Paul
33:17
didn't
33:17
necessarily
33:17
go
33:18
to
33:18
every
33:18
single
33:19
Gentile
33:19
city
33:19
in
33:20
the
33:20
Roman
33:21
world
33:21
but
33:21
he
33:21
went
33:22
to
33:22
like
33:22
a lot
33:22
of
33:22
main
33:23
centers
33:23
like
33:24
Corinth
33:24
Athens
33:25
eventually
33:26
he
33:27
goes
33:27
to
33:27
Rome
33:27
these
33:28
places
33:29
that
33:29
were
33:29
crossroads
33:30
where
33:30
he
33:31
planted
33:31
a
33:31
church
33:32
and
33:32
from
33:32
that
33:32
church
33:33
people
33:34
went
33:34
out
33:34
and
33:35
planted
33:35
other
33:36
churches
33:36
do you
33:38
also
33:38
know
33:38
that
33:38
the
33:39
Colossians
33:39
that
33:40
was
33:41
planted
33:41
by
33:41
somebody
33:42
who
33:43
actually
33:43
came
33:43
to
33:43
know
33:44
Christ
33:44
in
33:44
Ephesus
33:45
when
33:45
Paul
33:45
was
33:46
in
33:46
Ephesus
33:46
and
33:47
they
33:47
took
33:47
that
33:47
back
33:48
and
33:49
they
33:49
started
33:49
the
33:49
church
33:50
at
33:51
Colossae
33:51
so
33:52
by
33:53
that
33:53
he
33:54
bringing
33:54
the
33:54
gospel
33:55
to
33:55
all
33:55
the
33:55
outlying
33:56
areas
33:56
and
33:57
so
33:58
this
33:59
leaves
33:59
us
33:59
with
33:59
the
34:00
last
34:00
point
34:00
point
34:01
number
34:02
four
34:02
Paul
34:04
the
34:05
pioneer
34:05
this
34:07
is
34:07
verse
34:08
20
34:08
through
34:08
21
34:09
he
34:10
says
34:10
and thus
34:10
I
34:11
make it
34:11
my
34:11
ambition
34:12
to
34:12
preach
34:12
the
34:13
gospel
34:13
not
34:14
where
34:14
Christ
34:15
has
34:15
already
34:15
been
34:15
named
34:16
unless
34:16
I
34:16
built
34:16
on
34:16
someone
34:17
else's
34:17
foundation
34:18
but
34:19
as
34:19
it
34:19
is
34:19
written
34:20
those
34:21
who
34:21
have
34:21
never
34:21
been
34:22
told
34:22
of
34:22
them
34:22
will
34:23
see
34:23
those
34:24
who
34:24
have
34:24
never
34:25
heard
34:25
will
34:25
understand
34:26
so
34:27
Paul's
34:28
main
34:28
focus
34:29
and it
34:29
should
34:29
be
34:29
ours
34:30
as
34:30
well
34:30
is
34:32
to
34:32
preach
34:32
the
34:32
gospel
34:33
he
34:34
says
34:34
in
34:34
areas
34:35
where
34:36
the
34:37
name
34:37
of
34:37
Christ
34:38
has
34:38
not
34:38
yet
34:38
been
34:38
spoken
34:39
the
34:40
name
34:40
of
34:40
Christ
34:40
has
34:41
not
34:41
been
34:41
heard
34:41
there
34:42
no
34:42
churches
34:43
planted
34:43
this
34:44
is what
34:44
we would
34:45
call
34:45
in missions
34:45
the
34:46
unreached
34:46
peoples
34:47
people
34:48
that
34:48
have
34:49
no
34:49
access
34:49
to
34:50
the
34:50
bible
34:50
or to
34:51
the
34:52
gospel
34:52
to
34:52
the
34:52
church
34:53
and
34:54
so
34:54
he
34:55
said
34:55
thereby
34:56
right
34:56
fulfilling
34:57
the
34:57
prophecy
34:58
spoken
34:58
in
34:58
Isaiah
34:59
52
34:59
talking
35:01
about
35:01
the
35:01
Messiah
35:02
he
35:02
says
35:03
Isaiah
35:04
said
35:04
almost
35:04
700
35:05
years
35:05
prior
35:06
he
35:07
the
35:08
Messiah
35:08
will
35:08
sprinkle
35:09
many
35:09
nations
35:10
kings
35:10
will
35:11
shut
35:11
their
35:11
mouths
35:12
on
35:12
account
35:12
of
35:12
him
35:12
for
35:13
what
35:13
they
35:14
have
35:14
not
35:15
been
35:15
told
35:15
they
35:15
will
35:16
see
35:16
what
35:17
they
35:17
have
35:17
not
35:17
heard
35:18
they
35:19
will
35:19
understand
35:20
so
35:21
his
35:21
desire
35:21
was to
35:22
find
35:22
new
35:22
territory
35:23
where
35:24
he
35:25
could
35:25
preach
35:25
the
35:25
gospel
35:26
which
35:27
explains
35:27
in the
35:27
following
35:28
verses
35:28
why
35:28
he
35:28
wants
35:29
to
35:29
go
35:29
to
35:29
Spain
35:30
which
35:31
I
35:31
have
35:31
believed
35:33
that
35:33
he
35:33
actually
35:33
did
35:33
end
35:33
up
35:34
in
35:34
Spain
35:34
since
35:35
he's
35:36
kind
35:36
of
35:36
gone
35:36
around
35:36
the
35:37
Mediterranean
35:37
world
35:38
the
35:38
Roman
35:38
world
35:38
at
35:39
this
35:39
point
35:39
Spain
35:40
was
35:40
still
35:40
kind
35:41
of
35:41
a
35:41
target
35:41
for
35:42
him
35:42
to
35:42
go
35:43
to
35:43
a
35:43
huge
35:43
part
35:44
of
35:44
the
35:44
Roman
35:44
Empire
35:45
and
35:46
yet
35:46
his
35:46
ambition
35:47
!
35:47
again
35:47
not
35:48
an
35:48
absolute
35:49
rule
35:49
because
35:49
it
35:50
was
35:50
fitting
35:50
for
35:50
him
35:51
to
35:51
go
35:51
to
35:51
Rome
35:52
itself
35:53
eventually
35:53
the
35:53
seat
35:54
of
35:54
all
35:54
Roman
35:54
power
35:55
and
35:55
influence
35:56
that
35:56
was
35:56
his
35:56
goal
35:57
to
35:58
eventually
35:58
go
35:58
there
35:59
and
35:59
so
36:00
this
36:01
verse
36:01
particularly
36:02
verse
36:03
21
36:04
verse
36:04
20
36:04
is
36:05
the
36:06
battle
36:06
cry
36:07
for
36:08
our
36:08
missions
36:09
to
36:09
go
36:09
to
36:10
the
36:10
unreached
36:10
peoples
36:10
we
36:12
need
36:12
to
36:12
go
36:12
and
36:13
fulfill
36:13
the
36:14
great
36:15
commission
36:15
I'm
36:16
thankful
36:17
that
36:17
our
36:17
church
36:18
has
36:18
in
36:19
ways
36:20
participated
36:21
in
36:21
this
36:21
also
36:23
thankful
36:23
that
36:24
I
36:25
have
36:25
friends
36:25
that
36:26
are
36:26
abroad
36:26
that
36:28
are
36:30
preaching
36:30
to
36:31
the
36:32
unreached
36:32
peoples
36:32
I
36:34
remember
36:34
I
36:36
remember
36:36
when
36:37
9-11
36:37
happened
36:38
and at
36:38
that
36:38
time
36:39
my
36:40
small
36:40
god
36:41
was
36:41
the
36:42
United
36:42
States
36:42
military
36:43
and
36:43
that's
36:44
like
36:44
what
36:44
I
36:44
wanted
36:44
to
36:45
do
36:45
I
36:46
wanted
36:46
to
36:46
join
36:47
and
36:47
I
36:47
wanted
36:47
to
36:47
go
36:48
fight
36:48
because
36:48
of
36:48
what
36:48
happened
36:49
on
36:49
9-11
36:49
and
36:50
a lot
36:51
of
36:51
my
36:51
friends
36:51
did
36:51
and
36:53
after
36:54
that
36:54
though
36:54
like
36:55
obviously
36:55
I
36:55
got
36:55
turned
36:56
down
36:56
because
36:56
I
36:56
have
36:57
a
36:57
respiratory
36:57
disease
36:58
and
36:59
I
36:59
was
36:59
so
37:00
sad
37:02
angered
37:03
frustrated
37:03
and
37:05
and
37:05
now
37:06
I
37:06
know
37:06
why
37:07
I
37:07
am
37:07
so
37:07
thankful
37:08
like
37:08
God
37:08
intended
37:08
for
37:09
me
37:09
to
37:09
fight
37:09
a
37:09
different
37:09
kind
37:10
of
37:10
war
37:10
the
37:12
eternal
37:12
and unseen
37:13
war
37:13
versus
37:14
the
37:15
temporal
37:15
and
37:16
there
37:18
was
37:18
another
37:18
time
37:18
when
37:20
I
37:20
had a
37:21
lot
37:21
of
37:21
my
37:21
friends
37:21
that
37:22
were
37:22
getting
37:22
ready
37:22
to
37:23
graduate
37:23
and
37:24
go
37:24
overseas
37:25
that
37:25
were
37:25
going
37:25
to
37:25
go
37:25
do
37:26
missions
37:26
and
37:28
to
37:28
unreached
37:28
peoples
37:29
and
37:30
I
37:30
had
37:31
that
37:31
same
37:31
feeling
37:32
that
37:33
I
37:33
had
37:34
a
37:34
long
37:34
time
37:34
ago
37:34
like
37:35
I
37:35
feel
37:35
stuck
37:36
here
37:36
I
37:37
can't
37:37
go
37:38
I
37:39
want
37:39
to
37:39
go
37:39
to
37:40
the
37:41
unreached
37:41
but
37:43
I
37:43
feel
37:43
like
37:43
my
37:44
health
37:44
has
37:44
sort
37:44
of
37:44
chained
37:45
me
37:45
here
37:45
and
37:46
one
37:47
of
37:47
my
37:47
friends
37:48
a
37:49
guy
37:49
named
37:49
Justin
37:50
told
37:52
me
37:52
that
37:52
I
37:53
think
37:54
God
37:54
has
37:54
like
37:54
planted
37:55
!
37:55
you
37:55
here
37:55
to
37:56
help
37:56
disciple
37:58
and
37:58
train
37:58
us
37:58
so
37:59
that
37:59
we
37:59
can
37:59
go
37:59
out
38:00
you
38:00
are
38:01
the
38:01
drill
38:02
instructor
38:02
you
38:03
are
38:03
the
38:03
guy
38:03
training
38:04
us
38:04
to
38:05
go
38:05
abroad
38:06
that
38:06
was
38:07
such
38:07
an
38:07
encouragement
38:08
to
38:08
me
38:08
to
38:08
know
38:09
my
38:09
role
38:10
and
38:11
in
38:13
Justin's
38:14
wedding
38:14
he gave
38:14
us
38:14
little
38:15
pocket
38:15
knives
38:16
that
38:16
had
38:16
Matthew
38:18
24
38:19
14
38:20
carved
38:20
on
38:21
it
38:21
so
38:21
turn
38:21
to
38:21
Matthew
38:22
24
38:22
today
38:27
Justin
38:28
and
38:29
his
38:29
family
38:29
are
38:30
in
38:30
a
38:31
closed
38:32
and
38:32
dangerous
38:33
Middle
38:35
Eastern
38:35
country
38:36
predominantly
38:37
Muslim
38:38
they've
38:39
been there
38:39
for a
38:40
few
38:40
years
38:40
now
38:41
and
38:42
this
38:42
is
38:42
one
38:42
of
38:42
those
38:42
verses
38:43
that
38:43
rings
38:43
hard
38:44
on
38:44
him
38:44
to
38:44
go
38:44
and
38:45
preach
38:45
the
38:45
gospel
38:45
where
38:46
Christ
38:47
has
38:47
not
38:47
yet
38:48
been
38:48
heard
38:48
the
38:50
gospel
38:51
has
38:51
been
38:51
yet
38:51
to
38:51
be
38:51
proclaimed
38:52
!
38:52
Matthew
38:53
24
38:54
verse
38:56
14
38:56
this
38:57
is what
38:57
Jesus
38:57
said
38:58
verse
39:00
14
39:00
the
39:01
gospel
39:02
of the
39:02
kingdom
39:02
will
39:04
be
39:04
proclaimed
39:05
throughout
39:05
the
39:05
whole
39:06
world
39:06
as a
39:07
testimony
39:08
to the
39:08
nations
39:09
and
39:10
then
39:10
the
39:10
end
39:11
will
39:11
come
39:12
right
39:13
astounding
39:16
It's
39:16
God's
39:17
plan
39:18
to reach
39:19
all the
39:19
nations
39:19
all the
39:20
peoples
39:20
all the
39:21
different
39:22
nations
39:23
around
39:24
this
39:24
world
39:24
and
39:25
to
39:25
bring
39:25
the
39:25
men
39:26
to
39:26
one
39:26
and
39:27
Jesus
39:28
says
39:28
when
39:28
that
39:28
happens
39:29
the
39:29
end
39:29
will
39:30
come
39:30
and
39:31
so
39:31
we
39:32
have
39:32
friends
39:33
that
39:33
are
39:33
abroad
39:34
doing
39:34
this
39:34
now
39:35
seeking
39:36
to
39:36
usher
39:36
in
39:37
the
39:37
kingdom
39:37
of
39:38
God
39:38
and
39:39
we
39:39
can
39:39
play
39:39
that
39:40
role
39:40
here
39:40
we
39:41
can
39:41
preach
39:41
the
39:41
gospel
39:42
where
39:42
we
39:42
are
39:42
at
39:43
we
39:43
can
39:44
be
39:44
involved
39:44
in
39:44
the
39:44
sending
39:45
and
39:45
the
39:45
praying
39:45
of
39:46
people
39:46
overseas
39:47
and
39:48
so
39:48
I ask
39:49
that
39:50
you
39:51
would
39:51
remember
39:51
there's
39:52
a
39:52
bigger
39:52
picture
39:53
at
39:53
work
39:53
here
39:54
than
39:54
just
39:54
what's
39:54
going
39:54
on
39:55
here
39:55
today
39:56
that
39:56
you
39:57
remember
39:57
the
39:58
work
39:58
of
39:58
God
39:58
that
39:59
is
39:59
abroad
39:59
and
40:01
the
40:01
so-called
40:01
pioneers
40:02
that are
40:03
out there
40:03
going
40:03
to
40:04
places
40:05
where
40:05
there
40:05
is
40:05
no
40:05
church
40:06
no
40:06
Bible
40:06
and
40:08
to
40:08
bring
40:08
new
40:11
converts
40:11
from all
40:12
these
40:12
different
40:12
nations
40:12
into
40:13
one
40:14
people
40:14
that
40:14
we
40:15
might
40:15
glorify
40:15
God
40:16
with
40:16
one
40:16
voice
40:17
so
40:18
let's
40:19
pray
40:19
that
40:19
that
40:19
happens
40:20
this
40:20
isn't
40:21
our
40:21
home
40:21
we're
40:22
not
40:22
meant
40:22
to
40:22
be
40:22
here
40:23
forever
40:23
it's
40:24
all
40:24
going
40:25
to
40:25
come
40:25
to
40:25
an
40:25
end
40:25
so
40:26
how
40:27
does
40:27
that
40:27
alter
40:27
your
40:27
thinking
40:28
about
40:28
what
40:28
you're
40:29
pursuing
40:29
and
40:30
doing
40:30
right
40:30
now
40:31
live
40:32
for
40:32
Christ
40:33
and
40:33
his
40:33
kingdom
40:34
and
40:34
it
40:34
will
40:34
not
40:34
fail
40:35
so
40:36
this
40:36
is
40:36
what
40:36
Paul
40:36
is
40:37
saying
40:37
that
40:37
he
40:37
glories
40:38
in
40:38
what
40:38
God
40:39
has
40:39
accomplished
40:39
through
40:39
him
40:40
and
40:41
his
40:41
ministry
40:41
to
40:41
the