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Perseverance of the Saints - Philippians 2:12-30 - Faithfulness · Mount Eaton Church

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  Good morning, family.
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  Turn to Philippians chapter 2.
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  All right.
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  So, we're going to continue on our journey of Philippians chapter 2.
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  It's an amazing letter and really excited to see as God works these truths out in our
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  lives, how we start walking in all these things that God has been teaching us.
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  So we're going to pray.
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  We're going to get in.
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  I hope you listen a little bit on the kids' corner because that's what today is all about,
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  obedience.
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  So, Father, I want to thank you so much for your faithfulness and goodness.
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  Thank you, Lord, for your Word.
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  Thank you that you are the God of the universe.
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  You have not only do you will and work in us for your good pleasure, but you cause us,
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  persevere us to do the same.
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  And Lord, we thank you and we praise you.
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  Help us to walk in obedience, to understand the importance of obedience and the examples
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  that you have given of these two particular obedient men that God, that Paul uses to
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  really help us to see the importance of living rightly.
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  Lord, we thank you and we praise you in Jesus' name.
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  Amen.
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  So in order for us to have an understanding of what Paul is saying in Philippians chapter
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  2, verse 12 through 30, I'm going to move up to verse 5 and reread this because this
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  is the concept.
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  This is what Paul is trying to put here.
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  I've said this over and over again.
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  If you can get rid of the subtitles and just read God's Word without the subtitle, just
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  read it or listen to it, just let it go.
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  You'll get a grasp of what he's trying to say.
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  I think subtitles, though, it helps us to grab a thought, really do an injustice to
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  helping us to understand the context.
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  Subtitles are not inspired.
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  They're just there to help you.
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  So verse 5, have this mind among yourselves which is yours in Christ Jesus, who though
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  he was in the form of God did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied
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  himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of man, being found in
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  human form.
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  He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death.
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  I want you to grasp that.
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  Even death on the cross.
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  Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every
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  name so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under
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  the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
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  Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now not only as in my presence,
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  but much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is
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  God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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  And I want you to, did you kind of grasp what Paul is doing in the continuance of that reading?
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  The context of what he's calling you to.
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  In the same way that Christ became obedient to the point of death, have you ever really
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  thought about how obedient are you?
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  Have you obeyed God's word to the point that you die?
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  In Romans 12, verse 1 and 2, therefore I urge you, brothers, in the view of God's mercy,
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  to offer your body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing unto God, for this is your
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  reasonable act of worship.
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  Did you get that?
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  The whole point of obedience is have you really become obedient to the point of death?
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  Even death on the cross, as Christ did.
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  I don't think any of us have gotten to that point.
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  Do you know why?
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  Because obedience is uncomfortable.
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  Obedience is uncomfortable.
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  Principle number one, if you love Christ, you will obey him.
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  Jesus says that, if you love me, you will obey me.
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  The measurement of true love in Christ is unwavering obedience.
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  Obedience even when it's highly difficult.
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  There's nothing more difficult than the willingness to die because of obedience.
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  I want you to get that.
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  Jesus died willingly.
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  I lay down my own life.
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  No one takes it from me.
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  To be obedient to the Father because that was the Father's plan.
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  It's an example.
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  Obedience means everything.
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  Okay?
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  Philippians chapter 2, verse 12 and 13, therefore, in other words, all the things I just read
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  to you, right?
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  Verse 5 through 11, Paul says, therefore, understanding all that I just explained to
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  you, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence, but much
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  more in my absence, you should continue to obey.
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  You know, he doesn't tell them that they need to obey.
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  He's reminding them, you've always obeyed.
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  I mean, what an amazing church.
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  You know, when I read the letter to the Philippians, I go, man, that's an amazing church, right?
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  Don't just be a good Berean by studying the word.
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  Be a good Philippian by living it.
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  The Philippians live it.
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  But then he says, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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  This is not the term where the people, I'm sure in the past, it says, see, in order for
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  you to stay saved, you got to work it out.
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  You got to work out your own salvation to maintain your salvation.
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  That's not what this means.
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  Work out your salvation to get saved.
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  That's not what this means.
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  Working out your salvation has nothing to do with the reality of your position before
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  God.
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  Working out your own salvation is the reality of who you are already in Christ, right?
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  It's this idea that I need to practice it.
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  I need to literally live it out.
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  Live out your salvation with fear and trembling.
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  Why?
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  This fear is with reverence and honor and glory.
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  I should be absolutely thrilled to obey God.
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  Being obedient to God is not a burden.
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  It's your freedom.
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  Good choice on the song.
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  It's your freedom.
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  Your freedom is found when you're in obedience.
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  Why?
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  Because I have aligned my life with God.
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  That's why he says, it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good
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  pleasure.
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  You will desire and you will serve for his good pleasure.
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  If you're truly born again, you're going to live your life out in that way with fear and
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  trembling, with joy and the glory of God and there will nothing, nothing will stop you
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  from that.
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  You will accomplish and do all that God has already set in plan for you.
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  He is sovereign to the detail.
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  Second principle, be a faithful witness in word and deed.
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  See, a person who loves and obeys God will be faithful in word and deed.
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  You are not just a witness of Christ through sharing the word of Christ, but also a witness
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  in how you live.
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  The picture you leave them, the world, to see speaks volumes of the faith that you claim
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  you have.
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  You can't say, I love Jesus and just go out and live any way you want.
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  I have to question your sincerity.
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  And this is what he challenges and he exhorts the church in Philippi.
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  He says, listen, there's more at stake here besides your faithful witness of the gospel
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  and your commitment to obedience.
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  Here, do all things without grumbling or disputing.
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  It's the number one issue Christians have.
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  What do we do?
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  I do it all the time.
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  It's so bad.
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  I can't watch the news.
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  Do all things without grumbling or disputing.
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  But we do.
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  Why?
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  Because it's easy.
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  What kind of witness does that leave?
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  Verse 15.
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  So if we're doing all things without grumbling or complaining or disputing, that you may be
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  blameless and innocent.
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  You ever notice that when you grumble and complain, what does the world say about you?
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  You're a hypocrite.
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  You have nothing else to be happy about besides you.
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  You just want to grumble and complain about life is terrible.
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  But when you're not grumbling and you're not complaining, you are blameless and innocent.
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  There's nothing as children of God, there's nothing that anyone can bring an accusation
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  against.
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  You're a bubby approach.
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  Children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation.
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  In other words, it should not shock you that sinful people sin.
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  But what we've done in churches today is we have expected that the sinner should come
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  into the presence of church and live as if they're believers.
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  And what do you have?
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  Churches full of unseer believers.
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  Lost people.
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  No commitment to obedience.
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  No commitment to honor and to love God.
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  No commitment to walk in the things of God.
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  There's none of that is there.
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  What do they do?
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  They grumble and they dispute and they're not blameless or innocent because they're
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  not children of God.
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  And so we as children of God must be above reproach, must be blemish, must be without
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  blemish in the midst of a very crooked and twisted world we live in.
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  That's the difference.
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  How can they tell the difference?
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  And then he says this, among whom when you don't grumble, complain, when you are blameless
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  and innocent, when you are children without blemish, you shine as lights in the world.
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  And people who shine as lights in the world, people who aren't grumbling, complain, people
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  who are blameless and innocent, and the children of God without blemish hold fast to the very
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  thing that keeps them, perseveres them, called holding fast to the word of life.
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  The word of God is the key.
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  So that in the day of Christ, I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
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  This is what Paul's saying.
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  Paul's saying, listen, please, can you not do all this?
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  And can you make sure that you're doing this?
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  Because when you're holding fast to the word of life, all right, something that's very
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  important is that I don't want to, when Christ comes, see the investment and time and work
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  that I put into you go to waste.
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  I don't want to run in vain or labor in vain.
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  In other words, don't waste my time is what he's basically saying.
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  Even if I am poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith,
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  I am glad and rejoice with you.
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  Why does he say that?
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  After he says, I don't want to run in vain, I'm happy you're holding fast to these things,
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  make sure you maintain that.
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  The sacrifice that I am putting in for you, I am glad and I rejoice with you.
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  The fact that we can be persecuted for the gospel and persecuted for our faith that we're
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  not only speaking the gospel, but we're living it out.
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  And I want you also, likewise, you should also be glad and rejoice with me because we
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  are co-laborers suffering together.
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  Are you joyful with the family when we're going through trials and troubles and struggles?
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  You should be.
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  It tells you about the genuineness of your faith.
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  And then Paul gives you two very important examples here.
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  If there's anyone, if there are two men that Paul clarifies about the reality of this life
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  that the Philippians are so faithfully doing.
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  Paul gives two more examples and this is what he says, I want you to, principle number three,
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  faithful men will be faithful in word and deed.
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  This is for you men.
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  Though this principle is for everybody, everyone should be faithful in word and deed.
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  This is specifically for the men because it's your responsibility to lead.
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  It's not the women's responsibility to lead.
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  It's yours.
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  It's ours.
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  And we will do so here.
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  And we are doing so.
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  But I'm going to exhort you and challenge you.
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  Think about this.
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  Faithful men will be faithful in word and deed.
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  What you do faithfully today, gentlemen, will build confidence in what you do tomorrow.
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  Therefore, there is no substitute for faithfulness.
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  In chapter two, verse 19 through 24, I hope in the Lord Jesus to send you Timothy, to
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  send Timothy to you soon so that I too may be cheered by the news of you.
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  I want you to get that out of everybody that Paul chooses to send to the Philippian church.
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  He sends Timothy, his son in the Lord.
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  Why?
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  Because this guy, and I want to say this to the young men.
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  Okay, this is to Chase and to Owen and to all the young men.
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  You want to be an example, you want to have an example of a godly man?
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  Timothy.
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  What a phenomenal young man.
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  To be honest with you, if anyone had daughters, this would be the guy I'd be like, yeah.
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  I want that to be my son-in-law.
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  I want this gentleman.
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  What a dude.
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  Now, look at what he says.
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  Because I know that when Timothy comes to you, he's going to bring me news that the
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  work and the labor that I have put in you has not gone in vain.
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  I'm going to be able to be cheerful about the work that's been accomplished.
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  This is what he says, verse 20, for I have no one like him.
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  Out of all the men Paul has, one is the man that I think is worthy of this responsibility.
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  Timothy.
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  I have no one like him who will genuinely, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.
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  You notice Timothy's heart.
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  Timothy's not there because Paul sent him.
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  Timothy's not there because he wants to make Paul happy.
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  Timothy's there because he genuinely has a concern for the people of Philippi.
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  He loves God's people.
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  Faithful men love God's people.
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  You need to love God's people who live in your house, and you need to love God's people
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  who live in this, who meet and gather at this house.
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  You love God's people.
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  Okay?
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  Look what he says in verse 21, for they, all the other, all the other quote unquote men,
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  all they, all, for they all seek their own interest and not those of Jesus Christ.
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  Second thing, Timothy seeks genuine concern and welfare for the Philippians because he
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  is interested in what Christ wants.
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  Period.
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  A heart fully devoted to being obedient to God.
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  Verse 22, but you know Timothy's proven worth.
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  In other words, Timothy has been tested.
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  Now you know why Timothy was given the responsibility to be the pastor of the Ephesian church.
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  He has proven himself.
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  You got to, you got to prove this out.
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  Pastors aren't pastor because they say they're pastors.
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  There are churches full of pastors that aren't pastors.
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  They need to prove themselves out.
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  How do they prove it out?
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  They prove it out by knowing and teaching the full counsel of God's word.
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  Not telling you what makes you happy, but being honest with you with the truth and being
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  sound in doctrine.
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  You first and second Timothy, you have a clear understanding.
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  Paul's exhortation to Timothy.
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  Then he says, how as a son with a father, he has served me in the gospel.
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  Notice Timothy's heart.
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  Gospel.
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  Nothing else matters but gospel.
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  It's your number one responsibility is the gospel.
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  God has not given you anything else but gospel.
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  And over and over and over again from chapter one into chapter two, that's what you're
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  hearing.
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  Gospel, gospel, gospel.
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  Do it.
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  Do gospel.
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  And he says this, I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with
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  me.
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  And I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
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  I'm going to make sure once everything gets settled here, I'm sending Timothy to you
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  for you because he genuinely loves you, genuinely cares for you.
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  He's seeking the interest of Christ and he has been a well proven young man in the Lord.
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  Why?
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  Because he has served with me for the sake of the gospel.
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  Faithful men will be faithful in word and deed.
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  You have two opportunities every month, gentlemen, to grow in word so that you can live in deed,
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  in discipleship with other men.
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  Second and fourth Saturday of every month, eight o'clock in the morning.
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  No reason why you can't be here.
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  If you can't give God four hours of time to get together with men, to work out your salvation,
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  to learn of him in that little bit of time every month.
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  That doesn't mean there's not going to be times when it's going to be busy.
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  I get it.
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  But if you have a free time and there's nothing going on that day, make it your ambition to
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  be there for a couple hours and hang out with guys so we can talk together about Christ
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  and his word, man to man.
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  Learn biblical manhood.
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  Okay?
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  That's my challenge to you as men, because everyone is watching you.
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  Next principle.
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  You are what God says you are.
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  Let's go.
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  And you do what God has for you to do.
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  Romans chapter nine verse 21, has the potter no right over the clay to make out of the
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  same lump one vessel of honorable use and another of dishonorable use?
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  God has determined who you are, whose you are, what you are, and what you will do.
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  It's his determination.
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  The reason why I use that Bible verse is because you see this very clear example of a vessel
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  of honorable use named Epaphroditus.
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  Epaphroditus, what a gentleman.
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  What a man committed.
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  Now I want you to hear this list.
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  Philippians chapter two verse 25 through 30.
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  I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker
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  and fellow soldier and your messenger and minister to meet to my need.
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  Do you hear that list?
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  First thing, Epaphroditus is family.
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  Epaphroditus is a co-worker for the sake of the gospel and Epaphroditus is a soldier
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  of the living God.
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  And he is a messenger that you have sent who was there to minister to my need.
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  You are what God says you are and you will do what God says you will do.
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  And that's exactly what happens with Epaphroditus.
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  Epaphroditus was sent to care for Paul from the Philippian church and not only did he
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  do that but he did far more.
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  Look what it says in verse 26.
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  For he has been longing for you all.
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  In other words, he misses the family.
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  I get excited when I haven't seen somebody in a while and I walk in and I'm like, I'm
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  like beeline.
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  I just get excited when I don't see you and I see you and you're like there he is and
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  there she is.
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  Hey, hey, give me a hug.
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  I get excited.
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  How can you not get excited?
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  And at the same time, that's the point what Paul is saying here that Epaphroditus was
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  he was like man I miss him.
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  I miss the family.
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  This is what he says because he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because
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  you heard that he was ill.
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  He was worried that they were worried.
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  Now, people go pastor don't worry.
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  I can't help it.
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  I'm worried that you're worried which makes me worry.
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  I know.
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  Don't be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving.
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  I get it.
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  But I can't help it.
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  It's a shepherd issue and that's exactly what Epaphroditus is doing.
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  He's like I'm distressed because you heard of I was they heard that I was ill.
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  I'm like worried about it.
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  I don't want them to worry.
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  Everything's okay.
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  And then Paul says this.
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  Indeed he was ill near to near to death.
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  He got really sick.
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  He was going to die.
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  But look at what Paul says.
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  But God had mercy on him and not only on him but me also.
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  Why?
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  Lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
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  God had mercy on him and me so that I didn't have to worry.
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  I didn't have to have sorrow.
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  I didn't want to be.
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  I didn't want to deal with his death and my illness.
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  And God had mercy on us.
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  When our when our sick brothers and sisters here or aren't here reach out to them touch
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  them contact them make a text message if you have to.
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  Sometimes it's hard.
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  I get it.
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  But you know what we know what's special about what we do here at Mount Eaton is our deacons
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  have deacon areas now.
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  They deke which is exciting.
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  And their responsibility is every month to make contact with each family that that that
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  they have been given.
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  Now the good news some of you guys have like families of nine.
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  That's pretty it's pretty easy phone call.
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  But how about all the singles that we have.
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  So their job is to literally make a phone call or if they see him at church say hey
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  how you doing making sure that they get in contact.
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  We should be all of us should be here to do the same thing as best as we possibly can.
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  And this is what Paul says in verse 28.
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  I am the more eager to send him therefore why that you may rejoice at seeing him again.
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  What would happen when I say it this way I know when John was sick and and he I see a
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  song today is in church.
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  He's he's alive.
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  Should you not be excited.
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  Because one day I won't see him again.
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  And one day I'm not going to see you.
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  And one day you're not going to see me.
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  And what are you going to do when family goes home.
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  And you don't see them anymore.
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  And that's why he says I am the more eager to send him therefore that you may rejoice
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  in seeing him again.
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  And every opportunity you get to see them you love the heck out of them.
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  Even when we get on each other's nerves because we're family.
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  And this is what he says and that I may be less anxious.
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  My anxiety went away when I when I saw John he has mask on but I said whoo.
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  You know even when I see families and they go away and you go on vacation and I see them
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  come back from vacation.
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  I'm like excited.
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  Who could.
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  You should do the same.
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  This is what he says in verse 29 I know we're all getting teary eyed now.
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  I'm sorry.
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  So receive him in the Lord with all joy and honor such men.
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  Be joyful and honor such a man.
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  Let me say this.
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  There's only one of you.
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  And when God gives you godly men that lead you and that love on you.
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  Man love it.
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  Honor them.
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  Find joy even even among the women who are leaders among the women.
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  Find joy.
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  God has given you godly women and godly men to lead you and to teach you and disciple
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  you and to mentor you.
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  And enjoy it.
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  Verse 30.
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  This is why for he nearly died for the work of Christ risking his life to complete what
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  was lacking in your service to me.
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  In other words he gave every ounce of what he had to the point that point of death even
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  when I can imagine a Baphrodite is he is probably really fevered out and sick as a dog right.
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  He is still serving and caring for Paul.
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  He is giving it all.
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  And that's why there aren't many men like that.
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  So he gives us these two examples.
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  So let me give you these principles one more time.
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  If you love Christ you will obey him.
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  The measure of true love in Christ is unwavering obedience.
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  Be faithful.
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  Be a faithful witness in word and indeed.
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  You are not just a witness of Christ through sharing the word of Christ but you're also
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  a witness in how you live.
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  The picture that you leave the world to see speaks volumes of the faith you claim to have.
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  Faithful men will be faithful in word and deed.
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  Whatever what you do faithfully today will build confidence in what you do tomorrow.
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  There is no substitute for faithfulness.
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  You are what God says you are and you will do what God has for you to do.
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  Therefore be faithful men.
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  Give your ways to him and he will honor you.
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  It's God's will for you.
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  Father I want to thank you so much for your faithfulness and goodness.
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  We thank you for this wonderful letter.
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  We thank you for the examples you have given us about what it means to be a godly man and
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  to live a life of obedience to the point of death and to give our all and to be what you
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  have called us to be and to do what you have called us to do and that is gospel.
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  Thank you that we're part of the family.
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  Thank you that we are coworkers in this wonderful journey and mission that you have given us.
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  And thank you that we can contend for the faith as faithful soldiers being a faithful
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  witness and serving the family.
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  Lord we praise you and we thank you in Jesus name.
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