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So today, we are continuing. We've we've had
an introductory
episode already on the book of.
And so we're in
C 1,
And the theme of this book is is
completeness
in Christ.
Isn't that just about the most beautiful
theme,
dear, Christian, brothers and sisters that we could
focus on completeness
in Christ. As I was thinking about this
episode, I was and doing some planning. I
was thinking,
while, if only I could grasp
that concept,
completeness
in in Christ.
We look to so many other things
for our completeness are being found in in
him.
He
completes us perfectly. A lot of times you'll
hear in the movies or or the the
modern sentiment
that that this this person,
this human completes me.
And and I... That's a lovely
romantic
sentiment,
but no human really
completes another
person, the way Jesus Christ,
the way
our lord Jesus Christ
completes us.
And and so that's the theme of of
this book. This book is about crystal.
It's about the study of Jesus Christ. If
we If we wanna know who
Jesus really is,
Is a wonderful book
to study.
And, you know,
I know we've we've been through Philippians as
well.
I... I've had the opportunity over the last
few years. Last many years really,
to a 10 or so,
to teach scripture
almost constantly.
And in the last couple of years,
I agreed to to do some more classes
at my church. And now now going forward,
I'm I'm taking on an adult bible study
in Orlando, on Mondays,
late in the afternoon,
that that'll come after
teaching, for a full day,
at Circle Christian School. And I'm I'm just
blessed with the the opportunity to teach. This
podcast now has gone on for almost
3 years were past a hundred and 50
episodes. I I forgot to do that thing
that the producers and the marketing folks advised
me to do when we started this podcast,
I've I've really forgotten to take a a
large season of time off
to do do planning
I've just kept
kinda churning through all of these episodes week
after week, not in some sort of rote
way
but but, hopefully in a way that bless
this audience. Your your feedback is is a
a rich rich blessing. And and by the
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It's always a blessing to hear from you.
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to hear from you even folks in New
Zealand.
What a rich blessing
in in India, and many other many other
countries and right here in in Florida, what
a blessing it is.
And and most of the other states. I
enjoy data, So I I didn't start this
podcast to
to to put up impressive numbers, but the
the data is just astounding at the number
of of listeners and and it it does
continue
consistently
to grow and I'm grateful for that.
Well, 1 of the
the advantages to all of this teaching is
also a disadvantage and that is I get
to immerse myself
in in biblical truth.
And and it's... For those of you who
who teach
bible,
scripture, pastors and and the like,
you know that it is 1 of the
most convict things that you'll
you'll ever do. A friend of mine who
was a pastor
years ago, that name named Mike Francis who
who whose ministry is a blessing. He's always
a pastor to me. But but he had
a a heart attack on a nazi an
brain injury. And and 1 of the things
he he would say is that that, you
know, before he preach each Sunday.
Sometimes on Saturday, sometimes during preparation during the
week.
Well, most of the time, he he he
had this completely
un feeling. Well, I I have that feeling
today talking about the completeness, our completeness in
Christ, And today, specifically, we're gonna look at
chapter 1 versus 9 through 13, and and
it's... Most comment will call that the worthy
walk.
A walk worthy
of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
And
that is is just so intimidating.
Completeness in Christ our completeness, we can rest
in him, and yet, I don't tend to
rest. I tend to be fit and anxious.
I tend to
look to other things for
completeness. And and my list of those other
things, what we'll call them idol? We'll call
them what they are. There they're actually not
all that uni unemployed. They're they're they're actually
noble sometimes.
Those other things can be in routine. They
can be and
even in my teaching. How much teaching am
I doing?
How much recognition for that teaching do I
get, not in a not in AAA
man's applause sort away, but but just just
even behind the scenes, even just thank you
for what you do or or Like, this
has made such a difference in my life.
I guess that is the applause of of
man sometimes.
I mean, I think it's very real when
when, Kathy Ce, who I loved Dearly,
comes up to me and,
year or so go, during a series we
were doing on the
attributes of god says wow, this is
this is really changing the way
I I read scripture.
III
really appreciate that feedback,
but it is tempting then,
to for me to,
develop pride,
rely on myself for some of of my
completeness.
Even though I teach it, I know how
empty
that is, I know that Christ is our
sufficiency
that the attributes of God are amazing that
his essence is amazing.
They doesn't have separate attributes that he's 1
in substance.
Even though I know all those things and
that our completeness is in Christ.
God inca. God in the flesh.
Even though I know all those things and
I read it here from Paul, even though
I know Philippians, the book that we just
read and I see how complimentary it is.
It's because it was written
from the same same in the same time
period to just a slightly different group of
people.
But but even even though Paul is correcting
some things in the church there,
providing wonderful
information for us. And I don't know it
perfectly, but but I do know it well
and have studied it well, Even even though
all of that is true, even though I'm
familiar with
some of the Greek language and just how
important it is, and we're gonna talk about
a an important word that we talk about
a lot today. I still
tend to find my completeness in me. Even
though I know I come up short. I
wonder if you do this. You know, yeah,
you know, you're ear even somewhat depressed over
your limitations. You you know your
pro for sin. You know
that your your... Like, the hem writer said,
you're prone to wonder.
Wonder that is.
Even though you know all those things, why
do we
re... Tend to rely on ourselves instead of
trusting in Jesus Christ for
for our completeness.
I I think a lot of it is
is is knowledge,
but it's also our human limitations on this
earth that will be with us.
And as we mature in Christ, we tend
to
grow in our knowledge of our own sin
and our own limitations.
So let me just read
this introductory section, and then we're gonna,
for... If you're following along if you're able
to do so, you're not driving and you're
someplace
safe where you have access to a Bible.
We're we're in 1,
and you don't need to, you know,
pull over the rest stop, and and
I'm gonna read the the versus, to you,
and you can you can keep but doing
whatever it is you're doing and you'll get
these these these very
simple but profound concepts. So he starts out
Paul and apostle of Christ Jesus by the
Will of God and Timothy, our brother to
the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at.
Grace to you and peace from God our
father. We've talked a lot on this podcast
about Paul's
introductions. They're there's so much you can learn.
We can learn
in in Philippians, the preview our previous study
about servant leadership
from from Paul.
1 of the things that we talked about
that you can see here
is that
Paul changes his greeting
for his audience. For example,
he founded the church at Philip,
and he doesn't need to use the word
an apostle. He doesn't need to establish his
apostles ship. They are near and dear to
his heart. Well, all the churches are near
and dear. Weren't his his greetings are all
warm.
But here, for Colossal,
he he he needs to establish his
apostles ship.
So
Paul, really, if you... If you look a
little closer than than maybe the obvious as
you read these texts,
You'll see that Paul
is really doing a master on leadership among
other things. And and and, yeah, there's some
other themes. He's beautiful theology here.
But if you just look at it, the
way he leads is
is is so tender. And he says to
the saints. He calls the people saints. And
in Philippians, he called Timothy and himself, bond
servants or slaves, Greek word Dol,
that that that that that word... We translate
slave.
And and and so he's humble. It's humble
servant leadership, but it is leadership.
And he's not afraid to lead. Grace to
you and peace from God our father.
Most theologian believe that these greetings that Paul
does when he says Grace and peace. He
he doesn't just, you know, pick
those those those 2 words randomly. He... He's
he's using a a Jewish
piece and and gentile grace
greeting, customer greetings to to greet both Jews
and gentile.
Hey, we we call him the the gospel,
the apostle rather to
the gentile.
And and and so he he was... He
spent a lot of his ministry con concerned
about Unity
in the church. We've even said during in
Philip that, Philippians rather that he was concerned
about the church at Philip and its unity.
So many goes on. We also
we always thank god, the father of our
Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you
since we heard of your faith in Christ
Jesus and the love that you have for
all the saints
because of the hope laid up for you,
in heaven. It is because of that great
hope. We have to remember again, and again,
who God is. It is because of him
because he first
loved us that we are able to have
faith that we are able to love each
other.
The love that you have for all the
saints. So this church
is is is what your church and my
church should strive to be known for for
being... It is known for being a loving
church.
And and he says of this, you have
heard before in the word of truth,
the gospel,
which has come to you as indeed in
the whole world, it is bearing fruit and
increasing
as it also does among you since the
day you heard it and understood the grace
of God in truth.
Just as you
learned
it from Ipa,
our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful
minister of Christ on your behalf and has
made known to us
your love
in the spirit. This is a pap. This
is not a p. This is p was
in the church at Philip and had gone
to
attend Paul's needs and became ill almost died,
that... That's a different guy. This is this
is a path who Paul calls our beloved
servant.
So if epa might have been their pastor.
Well Paul goes on in versus 9 through
13, There's this this section that most comment
reference as the worthy walk. And here's what
he says. And so
from the day we heard,
we have not ceased to pray for you
asking that you may be filled with the
knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom
and
understanding so as to walk in a manner,
worthy of the lord fully pleasing to him
bearing fruit in every good work and increasing
in the knowledge of god, being strengthened with
all power
according to his glorious might for all endurance
and patience with joy, giving thanks to the
father who has qualified you to share
in the inheritance of the saints in light.
That's the end of verse 12. That is
all 1 sentence, believe it or not. Versus
9 through 12, And then he says in
verse 13 versus 13 and 14.
He has delivered us
from the domain of darkness and transferred us
to the kingdom of his beloved son in
whom we have
redemption
the forgiveness
of sins.
That this is such a beautiful
section. He starts with And so from the
day
we heard,
That is heard from,
the beloved servant.
About the saints
at.
And and so from from the day we
heard about you, we've not ceased to pray
for you. Now there there just aren't many
of us who can say that.
My my wife and I as we have
matured in the faith.
We spend a a couple of times per
day, the beginning and end of the day,
praying together.
Almost every day.
And we pray for many of you, many
of the the same things day after day
after day. So we could say
in some respects that we've not ceased to
pray
for certain people? But but are we perfectly
faithful to pray for all of those people
could we make the claim, we have not
ceased to pray for you no.
But look at what Paul pray for asking
that you may be filled with the knowledge
of his will in all spiritual wisdom and
understanding.
Well, if you've listened to this podcast, you
know about this word knowledge. That is used
here. The root word is no,
sometimes called, you know, Gen
to sort of made a little more
English ish. It's no, GN0SI,
which is hard to say. So it it
has been changed over the years to Gen
sc.
It... This word knowledge here is has the
prefix epi on it, So it's epi,
which is
an intense form of knowing, and we've talked
a lot about this. It it's a close...
It's it's it's thorough knowledge
but it's intimate knowledge. In fact,
it's so intimate that this word
is used in the sep 2 to describe
intimacy between a man and a woman.
So so this is this is intimate knowledge.
It's not just academic knowledge. It's not idaho
just that that that... Oh, I know that
flower is read,
it it's it's no. And in this case,
epic if for emphasis, strong,
strong knowledge.
Filled with the epi
of his will in all
spiritual wisdom
and understanding. I find myself praying
when I pray
to start meetings or 2 or or when
I'm with other believers, I I find myself
and and sometimes alone and sometimes even in
the middle of the night,
praying for for wisdom.
And praying to know
God's will. Well, Paul talks about this very
comfortably,
and he says filled with the knowledge
asking that you may be filled. So you
talking out the church. With the knowledge,
epi,
intimate knowledge of Christ of his will,
in all spiritual wisdom.
And and
understanding.
So
his is a reference back to to Christ
in verse 7. He's a faithful minister of
Christ on your behalf. His will is not
referencing a path, obviously.
So,
so as them verse 10,
to walk
in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully
pleasing to him.
There there's there's this notion
that we can... We tend to go to
1 end of the spectrum or the other.
We tend to be like the pendulum that
just swings violently from 1 side of the
cabinet to the other, or from 1 side
to the other 1 extreme
to the other, and we'll we'll we'll say
things like it's so difficult. It's so difficult
to know how to please God.
And then, others, when the pendulum swings the
other way, it'll It'll be God as my
buddy, of course, he he's pleased with me.
And and Paul is just spelling it out,
walking in a manner worthy of the Lord.
Fully pleasing to him
must be possible or he wouldn't say it
here. And then he and then he... There...
There's a there's a pause there, and he
says,
breaking,
bearing, sorry, bearing fruit
in every good work and increasing
in the knowledge
of of God. Stenosis, again, Gen,
of God.
And so this this bearing fruit is related
to
increasing in the knowledge of God. This is
not again just an academic exercises
intimacy
with him.
That that fruit, that fruits of the spirit
are talked about, a fair amount in scripture.
This love, joy peace, patients, kindness,
goodness faithfulness,
gentleness and and self control.
The the... This... This is the the bearing
fruit, bearing the fruit that comes from walking
by faith in in Christ,
being strengthened
with all power.
According to his
glorious might.
According to the glorious might of Christ,
Not your own might is what he's saying
here. For all endurance and patience with joy.
I hear people say, and I've said it
before about myself, Well, I'm just not a
patient person.
Well, well, you need to be.
I I struggle with endurance. I struggle
III get frustrated. I get frustrated mostly with
me.
But I get frustrated with other people and
are situations, things that are difficult. I I
don't like difficult things.
I don't like tension. I don't like tension
among believers. I don't think we should have
as much tension as we do. I don't
I don't like the way people treat each
other in the church.
I certainly don't wanna be any part of
that.
But I I struggle with with all of
this.
But but notice that Paul says according to
his
glorious
might.
Being strengthened with all power
according to his glorious. It is resting in
him. Being complete in Jesus Christ, trusting in
him. It it does not mean as some
of my brethren would would would teach. That
what we just throw it into autopilot and
relax.
That... That's not the point. It doesn't mean
that we're not accountable,
but it means that that we are trusting
in him in his might, not in me,
John and his might.
Trusting in him, resting
in him. You see how beautifully this fits
with the sermon on the mount, be not
anxious.
Trust in and and he goes on, Look
at the birds and the in the fields
and the and and and they they... The
birds don't have
store houses for storing and yet your father
and heaven meets all their needs.
I'm I'm I'm para, but you you know
that section
even compares our parenting you if you're being
evil, not how to give good gift your
children, How much more you father than heaven.
Give good things to those who who ask
him. There's there's a trusting God resting in
him. It's not resting in him without human
effort. It is realizing that our power, all
endurance and patience, our are the fruits of
the spirit love joy peace patient's, kindness goodness.
Faithfulness, gentleness and self control. All of those
things come from him, but there is a
a being strengthened that we go through
as we walk in a manner worthy of
the lord. That is as as we follow
Christ.
And then he says giving thanks to the
father
who has qualified you
to share
in the inheritance
of the saints in light.
He has delivered us
from the domain of darkness
and transferred us
to the kingdom
of his beloved son. In whom
we have
redemption
the forgiveness
of sands. He has bought us by his
precious blood, purchased us. That's sort that word
redemption is
Even the forgiveness
of sins, we're gonna get to that beautiful
section in a couple of weeks where he
says having forgiveness us our sins and having
nailed them to
the cross.
What what a beautiful promise. We we don't
wake up every day trusting in
ourselves, do we.
We trust in God. This walking in the
manner,
we look back,
so as to walk in a manner worthy
of the Lord fully pleasing to him.
Bearing fruit and every good work and increasing
in the knowledge of God.
Knowledge is essential. I used to think
that
I couldn't wait to graduate from high school
or and then later from college so that
I could stop having to learn.
I had a bad view of of of
learning and of life.
And I thought, you know, and I see
this in some of my students sometimes.
I can't wait to shut this bad boy
down, throw it into neutral and just Coast.
I've learned enough. I'm good. I'm proficient and
in my field.
And and wow did I not realize how
how my field banking was going to change
so much over the years.
How Naive of me to think that, okay.
I've arrived. I'm on autopilot now. I'm good.
I pretty much thought that. But but notice
how counterintuitive
this this truth is that that it is
our knowledge of god knowing who he he
is knowing who Jesus is. But but that
that word knowledge,
remember, be filled being filled with the knowledge
of his will and all spiritual wisdom and
understanding all spiritual wisdom and understanding. Notice that.
That that is that word epi, which which
is is is an intimate knowledge, a a
full knowledge.
Of knowing in terms of intimacy with Jesus
Christ, our lord. That knowledge
requires academic, not requires knowledge of the facts.
There's no what you can't say, well, I
just love Jesus.
If you don't know him.
That that we are to know him to
walk with him? It is critical. And I
know sometimes you think, well, I just don't
know where to start. And what about all
these pastors? You'd have these conflicting views and
what do I what do I do with
denomination? And what about all these translations of
the bible? I hear all this all the
time?
What about these translations? Which 1 can I
trust Or well, the the original manuscript were
were never recovered and and and this this
this manuscript is is is is decent, but
but it? I I hear it still has
errors.
What what am I to do?
Well, There's enough accurate
information in most of these
translations. I'll, I'll just give you a few.
English standard standard version. New King James,
n iv,
I don't know whether I named new American
standard yet or not. But but those 3
or 4
are pretty solid.
And and you can you can... I saw
somebody on social media nit picking
2 2 versus that get translated differently in
the Es
English standard version versus,
and the N n versus the old King
James version. Well you you can you can
certainly do that. But if you look at
the the versus in context,
it they... They... They're well translated. They get
the point across.
If you wanna go study the Greek words,
use a use it an inter linear or
or or or
a a great dictionary,
resource online like blue letter bible dot org.
They have an app as well.
I have it on my phone.
You can you can look up the greek
words if you'd like.
And I I do that from time to
time. I think that's helpful. You can also
find a good a good commentary series.
For c,
and it's it's a shame, but but, you
you can't just go to 1 source for
for the entire bible although there are some
that try to to
be as effective as possible. There's 1 on
Philippians and that I like. And it says
the title is joy and completeness in Christ.
By Guy named Robert Gram mack,
and
there there are some editors that are listed
as well.
Who are well known, but but Gram mack
is is the writer of a good commentary.
But but if you if you get yourself
an English standard bible. If you say, okay.
I buy end of this notion that Paul
is saying that I need to be filled
with the knowledge of his will. I still
don't know where to go, take to to
to get solid in my knowledge. Well, III
would I would just
suggest this.
Do this in bite sized pieces.
Start with,
maybe the gospel of John. If you've never
really read scripture before or start with the
book of Romans or start with Philippians and
c.
Maybe go back and listen to old relentless
truth podcast episodes as we walked her
in kind of a some summary format,
the the book of Romans. It is it
is rep repeat with beautiful theology. I try
not to use buzz words. I try to
explain the concepts try to move relatively slowly
through some of the real critical,
know, essential,
foundational truths of the of the Christian faith.
But Paul is,
really talking about the value of
knowledge of God. And in that is included
intimacy in in Christ. Because it's it's not
just academic knowledge. It is it is knowledge
of the facts.
And closeness in him. So if you get
yourself an English standard version or New King
James or even new American standard, even in
Iv,
you can... Or even the old King James
version if you prefer the more formal
language, I think it's a little harder to
understand for us. But I I would commend
the the the English standard version because it's
easy to read
relatively easy. There's still some confusing passages you're
gonna have some of those. You're gonna have
hear conflicting views on things. I'm I've mentioned
diluted to it earlier, the way we square
off in our denomination. And you might hear
oh, well, this means this, and this is
the role of baptism and the means of
baptism, the method of baptism.
And and yet, you'll hear another group say,
oh, no. No No. They have it wrong.
But but I but I think if you
if you look at the the essentials, the
big doctrines, the essentials of the faith.
You you can you can do that through
your own study of scripture. I'm glad to
help. If your question is legitimate and you're
not trying to trap me.
Which some people do sometimes,
and and you you really want an understanding
of the essentials, and and you say, you
know what this passage bugs me. I can't...
I don't see it here, or you just
wanna talk through it. I Send along an
email. I'm happy to to do that. It's
an honor.
To do that. It's not an imposition. Sometimes
people contact me and I'd say, I'm so
sorry. I know you're busy. Well, yeah, I
am busy, but this is what my life
is all about. I want to come alongside
you
and I want us to come alongside each
other and be strengthened with all power as
Paul says,
according to his glorious might for all endurance
and patience with joy. So all of those
fruits that we bear, love joy peace, patience,
kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. They are
developing in our lives throughout our lives. You're
not gonna get to the point unlike the
way Americans think, and this is not a
project. You're not gonna get to point in
6 months, 12 months, 5 years, 10 years.
This isn't a long term strategic plan. I
mean, it kinda is, but It's not 1
where you're gonna say, okay. Well, we achieved
that that objective.
We we we achieved all of these strategic
objectives. Now we can move on to goodness
faith on this. And no. They they will
all be developing in us while we're on
this earth. The other frustrating thing about this
earth is
It's full of sin.
I would just ask you to remember this
this word gentleness and self control. We we
are to bear with others.
We are to out undo each other in
showing each other kindness.
And so keep in mind that, yes, we're
on AAA
sinful earth. And and this is something that
we're to engage in being strengthened with all
power according to his glorious might. It's about
his strength.
We trust in him,
not in ourselves
for all endurance
and patience
with joy. So don't say to others.
I'm just not a patient person.
Welcome aboard. No 1 is.
No 1 is by by nature. God has
developed patience in some people
more so than others. He develop joy and
some people more so than others. But we
are commanded to do these things. So God
gives us the ability
to do the things he commands us to
do.
How how wonderful is that?
As as parents that's really how we should
parent. We shouldn't just give our children commands,
we should give them the tools
necessary to accomplish... Oh, god does this perfectly.
Giving thanks to the father who has qualified
you. So develop a thankful heart. You know
how many of my sins, my error, my
my stuff that gets in the way of
living this Christian life is solved,
best by by by thankful.
Most of it. If I recognize
that I didn't get this on my own
merit, even the good in me came from
him.
Sure. I worked at it I submitted. I
tried to gain knowledge. But at the end
of the day, it all comes from god,
the father.
God the the sun
and the holy spirit.
He's qualified you to share in the inheritance
of the saints in light.
He has given you an eternal inheritance.
It is because he has first loved us,
that should overwhelm us, Paul is say.
He has delivered us from the domain of
darkness
and transferred us to the kingdom of his
beloved son. There's so much we could say
here. I'm try I'm gonna make this study
relatively
light will go into the weeds from time
to time, but but isn't it beautiful to
think about how we were in the domain
of darkness?
And he has transferred us to the kingdom
of his beloved son. This is god's work
in you by faith.
We can rest in this beautiful truth. In
whom we have redemption his son.
The forgiveness of sins.
There is nothing greater.
There that we we we are transferred
into his kingdom. The kingdom of his beloved
son.
In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of
sense.
So when I'm down,
and when I want to be all self
reliant,
when I feel defeated because of that self
reliance,
I should come back to this section
and realize that it is my being in
him.
My... My this knowledge this is intimacy with
Christ is what Paul is talking about.
He's transferred us from the domain of darkness.
And sometimes we get depressed over that darkness.
We talked about looking forward
a few episodes ago.
In Philippians,
a number of episodes ago. We talked about
looking forward rather than looking back the way
Paul describes it.
Well, it's it's wonderful to do that.
It not not to live lives of regret
is the way we put it. In in
that episode,
recognizing that we've been delivered from the domain
of darkness. You might say oh, but you
don't know my sin. Well, you don't know
mine.
And and you you you might you might
have a hard time listening to this podcast
if you knew mine.
I there's no pastor
no bible teacher who stands up in front
of AAA crowd on Sunday or any other
time who is fault less.
Who's even close
to fault list. No none of us are
teaching god's word
because we merit this standing.
In him on our own. He has delivered
every single 1 of us who are delivered
from the domain of darkness and transferred us.
To the kingdom of his
beloved son. It is all by grace
through faith. And whom we have redemption
the forgiveness of sins. It's interesting. Comment sort
of peel that last little clause off of
this paragraph.
This paragraph that only has a couple of
sentences in it.
And they kinda tag that onto to the
next section that we'll get to
next week. So God willing will talk about
this this last
little little little section here. This last thought,
in this paragraph and we'll take on the
next
section which is on the pre
of of Christ. So Paul is saying, here's
who you are in him. And then and
then he's gonna say, and he is preeminent.
You can rest
in him. What a wonderful promise. Thank you
for listening.
I hope this is,
important
information. I hope this... These biblical truths are
are
powerful in your own life, as I said
earlier, if you struggle with this? How do
How do I go about getting this knowledge
that you're talking about? I'm happy to share
all of the resources I know about with
you that that have proven to be accurate
and and and reliable.
I try to stay away from some of
the more absurd
arguments about,
more more f
translations and things that are are just not
helpful. But if you wanna have a serious
conversation on on this topic. Don't hesitate to
reach out using the contact form on our
website john warren media dot com or send
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email. We might be able to schedule time
on the phone even if necessary, I I
want to come alongside you and help you
grow
in God's grace as I grow in his
grace. It's funny. We can break down these
these fruits of the spirit love Joy peace
patience
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. And
I I can tell you the ones that
God is working in my life. It seems
as we get older, we become more gentle,
What what a blessing
that is young people I would encourage you
not to wait
to ask god to develop by his... By
the power of the holy spirit
through this epi
of his will and all spiritual wisdom and
under standing to grow in each of these
attributes.
So that's our section for today. We're in
the book of c
If I say Philippians from time to time,
please forgive me because we've just completed that
study.
So we're in, we just talk talked about
versus 9 through 14
of chapter 1 of.
We'll start there
next week in our study of our completeness
in Christ until next time.
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