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Praise God.

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Go please 2 first Timothy,

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We're in the last chapter of first Timothy

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and we're over halfway through, believe or not.

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We won't be in this book too much

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longer.

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Timothy, last week, we kinda left off where

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Timothy was told to flee,

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certain things and to pursue

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you know, the Lord god and so forth.

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And we wanted to read those verses again,

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but just to put you remember it's what

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we left off of briefly

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Timothy has been instructing or Paul has been

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instructing Timothy

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to watch out for those

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who have more of an interest in

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controversial issues and for them god is a

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means of financial gain.

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And then he gives really powerful instruction

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about the believer relationship to riches and how

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disaster is is it is if you put

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money first to your life. If your goal

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is to be rich and how that's not

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the call that God's given to us. And

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that's not even the blessed life really. He

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talks about how those who want to be

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rich plunge themselves into many painful grief and

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and ultimately destruction and they wander away from

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the faith.

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So he... As he's instructing Timothy in that

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regard,

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that he tells him to flee those things,

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but to pursue god this and he mentions

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about 5 things that he's supposed to pursue.

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He calls him by the way, oh man

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of God.

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Which is interesting because you see the term

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man of God throughout the old testament in

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a number of times. That's the first and

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only time you see that term

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man of god use of someone in the

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new testament.

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And Paul is calling Timothy, a man of

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god. Hey, Amen, I love that.

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And Timothy indeed is a wonderful

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man of God and Paul's is helping him

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grow.

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But now when we get to verse 12,

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Paul is telling Timothy to fight the good

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fight of the faith

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to lay hold on eternal life.

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To what you were called in the presence

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of many witnesses.

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And and then in verse 13, he

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he gets says something incredibly

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powerful.

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As I was working through this.

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I was praying about and I was working

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on it and I wanted to it all

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the way through verse 16,

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And then I was, like man, I don't

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even know if I can get out of

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But I know we're gonna get to verse

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13 and finish verse 13 today, Lord Willing.

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Unless I go through a Trump situation and

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somebody actually hits me, but, you know, y'all

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always gotta trust the Lord.

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Thank you, Jesus. I'll be with you, Lord.

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anyway, it's kind of a trip when you

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think about it because when you look at

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this verse this

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this command,

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fight the good fight of the faith. Right?

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Fight the good fight of faith.

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By the way, our ministry, we have a

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ministry that had long before blessed started, you

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know, going way back,

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called good fight ministries.

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And it's taken from first Timothy 01:18 and

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first Timothy 06:12 right here

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because God calls Timothy twice to fight the

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good fight amen.

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And Timothy is told that second Timothy 2

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2 to teach others what Paul taught him.

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So they could teach other faithful men. So

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we're also supposed to be fighting the good

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fight amen.

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And this instruction is really for all of

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So let's look at this and and verse

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12 is just so packed.

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But if we look at this

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Timothy is being given in versus 12 and

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13, which we're gonna examine today. And we're

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taking a deep dive.

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I mean,

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I praise God. I mean, I I love

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to get in the word with you guys,

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and I praise God that you are people

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of the word.

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I remember when I was young Christian. I

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was under a certain church, and I was

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just desi

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just...

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I wish and hope Lord. Hope I could

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find a fellowship where they just devour the

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word and teach sound doctrine and and it's

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strong and it's powerful, and it's it's and

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you can grow in it. And it was

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hard to find, but I found ones right

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here.

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And I think you guys I just have

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to say we should

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praise God that we have his word that

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we could dive into together.

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He gives 3 reasons as to why Timothy

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is to persevere

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in his faith

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in verses 12 and 13.

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He gives 3 reasons that Timothy is to

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persevere

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his faith. And number 1, it's because God

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has called him to eternal life.

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And then we look at verse 12, fight

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the good fight of faith take hold of

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the eternal life to which you were called,

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and you were may... And you made the

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good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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let's just break this down, fight the good

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fight.

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Right?

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Fight the good fight. And the Greek word

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there is ag.

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It's related to the Greek word ag my.

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Which is related to and from which we

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get the word

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alpha, Ag, you know, or you can... It

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say Ae, but it's Ag.

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If we pronounce it how the acceptable way

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to pronounce the Koi Greek is today because

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we don't know how exactly pronounce it back

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then.

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But an Was a arena,

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I, a were at athletic or, you know,

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Olympic contest took place in those days The

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word also

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refers to

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more generally as, you know, fighting,

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take it to stand. We get the re...

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Word ago

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it right? Agony from this word, a

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or ago I.

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So we're called to fight to ago

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over something here.

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And it's... And I love that he calls...

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He says fight that what, fight.

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The good fight. That tells me that there's

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a lot of fights people that that people

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have that are not good fights.

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I remember far as a Christian.

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I got fights at times. I was a

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brawl type of guy. And they were... None

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of them were good fights, you know?

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I... And I just remember growing up in

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a household that was very loud.

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7 people, including the 5 kids, and it

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was 1 of the louder houses if not

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the allowed house on the block. We're always

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fighting about something, You know? Dad was gone

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at work, then mom became a nurse and

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she was gone, and we're out each other's

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throats quite often.

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I remember being, you know, all kinds of

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fights and seen all kinds of fights all

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my life, man. It wasn't until I came

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to Christ that I was introduced to the

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good fight.

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Because fights that you get in when you're

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in the world,

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oftentimes, you know, you feel guilty or you

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feel like you should said this or you

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shouldn't have done that. You have guilt, you

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know?

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But guess what? There's a fight that you

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can get into that you can have a

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really good conscience about Amen,

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fighting for souls, fighting for the gospel.

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Fighting for the good news. Fight the good

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fight. Hey, man, It's a good fight that

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we're in, and it's beautiful. And I praise

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God because so many people, they litter the

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world. Hundreds of millions billions of people. They

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they wake up with no reason to live.

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No purpose to live. It's kinda like the

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ec deal where it's just, you know,

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it's nothing new under the sun. Light becomes

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born and everything else. Man. Haven't had a

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boring day since I became a christian.

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Because guess what? There may be a time

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where I think, oh, there's not much to

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do. Guess what? I know there's a lot

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to do. I could seek the lord in

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prayer. I can witness. I could get the

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word. I can praise God. I can, you

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know, share my the love of Christ with

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people. There doesn't have to be any boring

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days for us.

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And because we've got the purpose of fighting

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the good fight. Amen. And we're all call

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to be involved in this fight of getting

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the gospel out. Of snatch souls from Hell.

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Amen, snatch them from the fire. So what

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a joy it is to be able to

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fight the good fight. And these at the

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Ag, these athletic contests

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that they would... You know, they'd have these

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assemblies.

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And they would have cherry races, and they

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would have foot races

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They'd have wrestling. They'd have different things. And

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this this terminology that Paul uses is quite

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interesting because

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it's both it can be taken as

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Paul has already referenced athletics in chapter 4,

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where it talks about discipline yourself under god.

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Some comment will say it also has a

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military aspect to it. Other comment disagree.

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I don't have a problem with that because

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when you say fight the good fight, there

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is a Paul in second timothy chapter 2

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versus 3 and 4, uses both a military

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and an athletic metaphor.

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Back to back

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about how the athlete... The Christian athlete has

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to... You know, an athlete has to operate

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a according to the rules. Right? But right

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before that, he says that as soldiers for

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Christ. We're not to ent ourselves in the

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affairs of this world. Amen, but to serve

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the 1 that's illicit us. So Paul uses

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both metaphors of athletics

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and of

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military,

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prowess and being involved in in the in

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the war for souls. So it's very important

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to keep in mind. We are in AAAAA

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battle that is very much a spiritual war.

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Rest... We wrestle not against wet.

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Flesh and blood, but against principles and powers.

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Paul first corinthians 06:12. Right?

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Second Corinthians chapter 10 versus 4 and 5.

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The weapons of our warfare for there. Our

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warfare... Therefore are not what Car or physical,

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but they're mighty through God that's pulling down

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struggles.

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Hey, man cast that imaginations. So Paul definitely,

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when I believe with Paul says fight the

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good fight, I believe he has different things

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in mind, the spiritual battle that we're in,

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but also that we're supposed to, like, those

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the the the Ag, supposed to fight man,

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and, you know, persevere.

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So he tells him to fight the good

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fight of faith. He's already told him this

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at first Timothy chapter 1 back up the

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first Timothy chapter 1.

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And Paul has... Gives him a command.

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This command I ent you verse 18,

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Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies

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previously made concerning you that by them you

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what.

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You fight the good fight. There is again.

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How he supposed to fight the good fight?

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Look at Verse 19 keeping faith

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because guess what Satan wants to destroy your

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faith.

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You have it you're in a spiritual war,

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keeping faith and a what.

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Good conscience,

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which some have what,

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rejected and what?

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Suffered ship wreck in regard to their faith.

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In other words, their faith was floating lawn,

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and

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it

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took on water and it sunk.

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And if you looked at a ship that's

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wrecked on the on the beach, you could

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say, hey, that was... That's a picture of

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some people's faith. And then he mentions who

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they are.

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Look at verse 20. Among these are Jaime,

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whom mana in the Greek and Alexander,

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whom I have handed over to Satan, so

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that they will be taught, not to bla.

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We don't have time to get into their

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whole story.

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We've done this because we've studied this this

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book verse by verse but it's good to

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know and understand that when he's telling Timothy

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to fight the good fight,

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he's given an example of what to not

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as to what not to let happened to

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your faith amen.

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And earlier in this chapter, he talks about

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certain people have gone astra from the truth.

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And then he gives these guys as examples,

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but he warns Timothy

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to keep the faith at a good conscience.

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And make sure and watch out.

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That does become ship back like it did

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with these guys.

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So to

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emphasize his point He uses these 2 men

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whose lives were destroyed in regard to the

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faith and says don't become like them.

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So he's letting them know, and I think

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this is heavy.

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Because of what he does and we'll discover

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this a little bit later in the study

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because he kind of reverses this,

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it gives a a totally opposite type of

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example. But here he wants to show Timothy

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why he needs to fight the good at

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fight of faith

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because he doesn't want his faith to become

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ship brick on the rocks of apostasy

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or wicked living.

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And you need to make sure that you're

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fight of the good fight of the faith.

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Amen.

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So

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because you can look around and say that

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would never happen And me, don't do that.

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Why Paul said, let him think he stands,

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take heed lest he fall. Amen.

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Peter should have take taken heed when Jesus

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warned him to tray unless he fell in

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temptation because he didn't think he could fall

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and he fell big time, denied the Lord.

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So these are really powerful examples as to

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why it's important to

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fight the good fight. Now let's go back

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to 06:12, fight the good fight of what?

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Of faith. What kind of fight are we

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fighting?

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We're fighting the fight of faith.

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Now,

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you have, you know, there's some... There's some

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things in here that, you know, comment and

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scholars will, you know, debate as to what

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he's talks about the good fight of faith

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in here. Is he talking about Paul's personal

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faith or is Paul talking about Timothy personal

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faith? Fight the good fight of your personal

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faith meaning continue to trust Jesus? Or is

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he talking about fight the good fight of

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faith meaning the content of Christian doctrine

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stand up for that, You know? And actually

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linguistic,

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it either interpretation with suffice as far as

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what the the the grammar says. It it

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could be either or.

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I personally believe it's both.

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Why do I believe that? Because I believe

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we gotta be really careful about not

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basically

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segmenting our Christianity.

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What do I mean? That we have to

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make sure that we don't look at our

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Faith as though,

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we compartment it, you know?

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K? Is it paul's...

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Is it Timothy personal faith is concerned about?

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Or is it the content of doctrine?

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And not that we don't speak to those

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different aspects of our lives, but I believe

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our I believe everything's is in view here

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because in first Timothy 4 verse 1,

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Couple chapters earlier, Paul warns that the holy

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spirit speaks expressly that in the latter times,

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some will depart from the faith.

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Given heat to person and doctors of demons.

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How does he encourage Timothy

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to fight the good fight in that context

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and not fall away? In chapter 4 verse

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16.

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He says that Timothy watch your life,

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your behavior. That would have to do with

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his personal faith. Amen.

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And you're what,

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doctrine

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that would have to do the content of

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Christian belief.

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Both of them

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He says, Timothy watched your life and your

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doctrine and so doing you will say both

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yourself and those who hear you.

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Amen?

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So I like to look at the my

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Christian faith, not as a Tv dinner. We're

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okay. Here's the,

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you know, here's a little bit of a

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meatloaf for

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whatever it is,

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or and, you know, salisbury steak. I don't

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know if they still they still have that.

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I know what as was a kid they

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had Salisbury steak. You remember that? It actually

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pretty good with potatoes.

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But I like to mix my meat with

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the potatoes, man.

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And

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Christian faith is not a Tv dinner as

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much as it's more like a gum or

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a stew.

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Your faith should perm everything you do.

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Oh, you know, joe, there's my Christian faith

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when I go to church, but then I

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then I go home. Well, wait a minute.

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You go home, well, I just go spend

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time with the, but I'm not really christian

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And really? Supposed to love your wife as

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Christ love the church you gave himself for.

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Oh, yeah. I'm a I'm a Christian on

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my wife just not my kids. Really? Supposed

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to train them up the lord. Amen?

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Bringing up the nurture national Lord? Oh, but

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not my work. Really, the bible says, do

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your work hard under the lord? Amen?

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All of our lives

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should

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be perm with Jesus. Amen.

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In fact,

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when you're at work when you're at school

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when you're the neighborhood when you're around these

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friends around those friends, whoever, you ought to

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be making sure that you're following Jesus that

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he's first in your life. You're not compromising

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your Christian faith. Amen.

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So we should be fighting for the, the

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reality of our personal faith in Christ.

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And now let the enemy en encroaching into

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our lives,

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it'll allow hearts to be hardened or anything

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like that. We have to fight the good

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fight. Amen. But we also need to fight

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the good fight in regard to Christian doctrine.

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In regard to the articles of the faith.

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Hey, amen.

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Fight the good fight of the faith. Amen.

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So,

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I believe that both are in view here

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and why limit it, you know?

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Because guess what? If I'm

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personally

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emphasizing fight a good fight for my personal

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faith in Christ,

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That's gonna also entail what I believe in

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Christian doctrine amen. And if I'm fighting for

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Christian doctrine and the the totality you what

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God's word says about truth. Guess what? That's

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gonna affect my life because my doctrine has

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not due just what I believe, but how

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I live for jesus how I love with

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all my heart. Amen. So to me it

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all goes together. So I believe paul's is

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encouraging him.

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And if Paul wanna be more specific, I

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believe he easily could have with the grammar.

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So it's important that we fight the good

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fight of the faith

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Now,

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let's go back to 06:12. Let's go a

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little deeper.

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Fight the good fight of faith. What's the

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next term?

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Take hold.

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Take hold

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of the eternal life to which you were

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called.

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Supposed to take hold of eternal life.

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Take hold. Take hold. I love that.

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Take hold. That words can be used at

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times as

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intensified,

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meaning to grab onto to to hold tightly.

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And I believe that's the meaning here.

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In Matthew chapter 14 verse 31. You remember

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when Peter tried to walk on the water

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and he actually was successful at first.

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Then he saw the waves. And he started

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to sink. And said Jesus,

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Grabbed him. Same greek word. He took hold

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of him.

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How do you think he grabbed Peter. Just

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saw? No big deal. No. He grabbed him.

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Kept him from sinking name amen. And that's

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the way we ought to be grabbing eternal

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life. It's used 3 times

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in the book of acts of Paul being

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taken hold of by his enemies.

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Act 16, I'll just give you 1 example.

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When Paul and Silas

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cast demon out of the Fortune teller and

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the slave owners that owned her had them

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beaten, it says they took hold of Paul

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silas.

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Okay?

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They took hold of them.

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Like Peter was taking hold of by jesus.

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We're supposed to be taking hold of eternal

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life. Amen.

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So it's interesting,

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because there's many, many scriptures that deal with

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taking hold of

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whether it's life,

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eternal life,

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which is the context here or the things

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that have to do with eternal life, taking

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hold of Jesus who is our life.

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Holy fast to our confession and so forth.

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In fact, Hebrews 03:14 says we have come

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to share in Christ if we hold

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firmly till the end, the confidence we had

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at first.

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Hebrews 3 6, but christ is faithful as

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the son over God's house, and we are

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his house. If we hold on

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to our courage and the hope which we

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boast.

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Hebrews was 04:14.

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Therefore, since we have this great high priest

547
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a great High priest Jesus, who has passed

548
00:18:59,802 --> 00:19:01,547
through the Heavens. Jesus son of God led

549
00:19:01,547 --> 00:19:03,579
us hold fast our

550
00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:04,200
confession.

551
00:19:04,919 --> 00:19:06,039
Hebrews 10:23.

552
00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:08,539
Let us hold fast our confession of hope

553
00:19:08,599 --> 00:19:11,593
without wave for you promise is faithful.

554
00:19:12,366 --> 00:19:14,912
First corinthians 15 verse 2 in regard to

555
00:19:14,912 --> 00:19:15,548
the gospel.

556
00:19:16,264 --> 00:19:16,741
Paul writes,

557
00:19:17,537 --> 00:19:20,173
by this gospel you are saved if you

558
00:19:20,173 --> 00:19:21,229
hold firmly

559
00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,619
to the word. I preached you. Otherwise, you

560
00:19:24,619 --> 00:19:27,002
have believed to know purpose or in vain.

561
00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:30,126
Revelation 03:11, Jesus says to the church at

562
00:19:30,445 --> 00:19:32,200
Philadelphia there. I'm coming soon.

563
00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:34,832
Hold on to what you have so that

564
00:19:34,832 --> 00:19:36,826
no 1 will take your crown.

565
00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:40,528
Go with me to Philippians it's chapter 3

566
00:19:40,665 --> 00:19:43,214
verse 10 where Paul talks about this as

567
00:19:43,214 --> 00:19:45,365
well. And and I love it, especially, I

568
00:19:45,365 --> 00:19:46,582
love all these verses

569
00:19:46,973 --> 00:19:49,443
I love Philippians 3 because Paul talks about

570
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when he came to the Lord.

571
00:19:51,594 --> 00:19:53,426
He considered his past life as done,

572
00:19:54,144 --> 00:19:54,383
right?

573
00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:55,896
As refuse.

574
00:19:56,549 --> 00:19:58,622
As garbage that he might gain Christ.

575
00:19:59,340 --> 00:20:01,094
And he refused to let go of Jesus,

576
00:20:01,493 --> 00:20:02,631
and Paul went through

577
00:20:03,407 --> 00:20:05,400
all these horrific things in life.

578
00:20:06,608 --> 00:20:08,198
He stoned and left for dead,

579
00:20:08,914 --> 00:20:10,821
whipped several times, you know, all these things.

580
00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:12,729
We've talked about this before. He had a...

581
00:20:12,968 --> 00:20:14,001
He went through a lot of things, but

582
00:20:14,001 --> 00:20:17,045
he refused to let go of the Lord.

583
00:20:17,364 --> 00:20:18,642
And that's what we ought need to make

584
00:20:18,642 --> 00:20:21,036
sure we're doing that we're refusing to let

585
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go. And if Philippians is chapter 3 verse

586
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10,

587
00:20:24,164 --> 00:20:25,678
Paul says that I may know him. This

588
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is his hope that I may know him.

589
00:20:27,271 --> 00:20:28,944
He wants to know Jesus. It's not just

590
00:20:28,944 --> 00:20:30,617
about knowing about him is knowing him. Have

591
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a relationship with him. And the power of

592
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his resurrection

593
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And the fellowship of his suffering

594
00:20:36,370 --> 00:20:39,159
being conform to his death verse 11. In

595
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order that I attain to the what.

596
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The resurrection from the dead,

597
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and in the Greek it's the out resurrection

598
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and that being distinct from the resurrection of

599
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those who are perish. This is the resurrection

600
00:20:52,853 --> 00:20:54,519
of the righteous or the just, and the

601
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Greek Greek is literally e out from among

602
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the dead. That I might attain, he says

603
00:20:59,776 --> 00:21:01,708
to the out resurrection from the dead

604
00:21:02,083 --> 00:21:04,789
first 12, not that Have already obtained it

605
00:21:04,789 --> 00:21:07,096
or have already become perfect, but I what.

606
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I press on.

607
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If you call my phone,

608
00:21:13,190 --> 00:21:14,869
which has always filled up because I have

609
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all my messages kicked to my

610
00:21:17,683 --> 00:21:20,716
my text because I just text now, and

611
00:21:20,876 --> 00:21:22,631
I'll talk on the phone at times, but

612
00:21:22,791 --> 00:21:24,626
I don't like to listen to 30 messages.

613
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You know, when...

614
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So I... My my iphone is always filled

615
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up, so then you'll have head up having

616
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to text me, which is great. That's what

617
00:21:31,634 --> 00:21:33,620
I want because I I get way more

618
00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:35,865
done texting. And then I get people I

619
00:21:35,865 --> 00:21:37,144
was talking with Doug on the phone today.

620
00:21:37,625 --> 00:21:39,224
I was on the phone with somebody else

621
00:21:39,224 --> 00:21:41,065
for 2 hours. Actually, so I think that

622
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was skype an interview. Right?

623
00:21:42,825 --> 00:21:43,785
So Always talking.

624
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But, you know,

625
00:21:45,715 --> 00:21:47,550
my my ears were flat. I didn't know

626
00:21:47,550 --> 00:21:48,348
why. No. I'm kidding.

627
00:21:49,146 --> 00:21:50,263
You talk a lot, you know.

628
00:21:51,140 --> 00:21:53,227
But you'll hear on my phone. My messages

629
00:21:53,227 --> 00:21:55,139
is, I say press on. I've said that

630
00:21:55,139 --> 00:21:56,732
since I was young Christian, encourage people to

631
00:21:56,732 --> 00:21:59,519
press on in Jesus, and pauses says, but

632
00:21:59,599 --> 00:22:01,604
I press on. So that I may what.

633
00:22:03,116 --> 00:22:04,729
So I may lay hold

634
00:22:05,105 --> 00:22:07,173
of that for which also I was laid

635
00:22:07,173 --> 00:22:09,162
hold of by Christ Jesus.

636
00:22:09,654 --> 00:22:11,724
Brother Did not regard myself as having laid

637
00:22:11,724 --> 00:22:12,521
hold of it yet.

638
00:22:13,158 --> 00:22:15,012
But 1 thing I do for getting

639
00:22:15,626 --> 00:22:17,538
what lies behind and reaching forward to what

640
00:22:17,538 --> 00:22:20,730
lies ahead. I press on to toward the

641
00:22:20,730 --> 00:22:23,747
goal. Of the prize of the upward upward

642
00:22:23,747 --> 00:22:25,652
call of god in christ Jesus.

643
00:22:26,464 --> 00:22:28,381
Now he has eternal life. He's not doubting

644
00:22:28,381 --> 00:22:30,698
that he has life. But he has not

645
00:22:30,698 --> 00:22:32,935
yet received the resurrection from the dead amen.

646
00:22:33,509 --> 00:22:35,821
He's he's looking forward to that out. Therefore,

647
00:22:35,981 --> 00:22:37,894
he's holding on to his faith and he's

648
00:22:37,894 --> 00:22:40,446
refusing to let go. Now let's look at

649
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:41,642
Chapter 6 verse 12 again.

650
00:22:42,534 --> 00:22:43,731
Fight the good fight of faith,

651
00:22:44,450 --> 00:22:46,206
take hold, take hold of what.

652
00:22:47,404 --> 00:22:48,202
Take hold of the what.

653
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:49,959
The eternal life,

654
00:22:50,757 --> 00:22:51,316
you guys.

655
00:22:52,607 --> 00:22:54,043
There's a lot of things people are taking

656
00:22:54,043 --> 00:22:54,761
hold of today,

657
00:22:55,479 --> 00:22:55,638
tonight,

658
00:22:56,356 --> 00:22:59,067
this week throughout the year that they're grabbing

659
00:22:59,067 --> 00:23:00,663
on that they want. You know, they want

660
00:23:00,663 --> 00:23:02,512
this. They want that. And they can't take

661
00:23:02,512 --> 00:23:03,867
it with them, and that was Paul's point

662
00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:06,499
earlier. Right? Which is interesting. I think in

663
00:23:06,499 --> 00:23:08,572
light of what Paul was saying about how

664
00:23:08,891 --> 00:23:10,326
not to live for riches, and those who

665
00:23:10,326 --> 00:23:12,169
want to be rich in this world wander

666
00:23:12,169 --> 00:23:13,994
from the Faith Pure themselves in in the

667
00:23:13,994 --> 00:23:16,374
ruined destruction and so forth, and he says

668
00:23:16,374 --> 00:23:17,723
that you came in the world nothing and

669
00:23:17,723 --> 00:23:18,913
you you're gonna leave the world nothing.

670
00:23:19,563 --> 00:23:20,835
You could take hold of anything you want

671
00:23:20,835 --> 00:23:22,028
here, you got can take it with you.

672
00:23:23,539 --> 00:23:24,254
But guess what.

673
00:23:25,208 --> 00:23:26,958
You could take and half forever, take hold

674
00:23:26,958 --> 00:23:27,673
of eternal life.

675
00:23:29,438 --> 00:23:30,790
Was it the gains the whole world What

676
00:23:30,790 --> 00:23:32,540
if you could take take it to some

677
00:23:32,540 --> 00:23:34,848
place. Well, was it prophet jesus says if

678
00:23:34,848 --> 00:23:35,802
you gain the whole world? And you lose

679
00:23:35,802 --> 00:23:36,121
your what?

680
00:23:36,854 --> 00:23:39,491
Your soul. There's no profit in that. So

681
00:23:39,571 --> 00:23:42,128
Paul's is saying, take hold of eternal life.

682
00:23:42,528 --> 00:23:44,365
Now we're talking about fighting the good fight.

683
00:23:44,605 --> 00:23:44,765
Right?

684
00:23:45,578 --> 00:23:49,018
We're talking about... Athletic contest or a war

685
00:23:49,075 --> 00:23:50,744
and whether it's a war or a battle

686
00:23:50,744 --> 00:23:52,651
or set. Athletic contest there's a prize.

687
00:23:53,144 --> 00:23:54,739
That's why somebody gets involved in this athletic

688
00:23:54,739 --> 00:23:55,398
a contest

689
00:23:56,095 --> 00:23:57,770
that they might get this wreath. Right?

690
00:23:58,966 --> 00:24:01,120
Today that they might get the gold, you

691
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,476
know, or silver bronze,

692
00:24:03,369 --> 00:24:05,369
that they might get some surprised. Well, the

693
00:24:05,369 --> 00:24:06,890
prize that we are fighting the good fight

694
00:24:06,890 --> 00:24:08,730
for blows all that away. Amen?

695
00:24:09,850 --> 00:24:11,529
It's eternal life.

696
00:24:12,504 --> 00:24:14,022
It's eternal life,

697
00:24:15,141 --> 00:24:17,479
and that's important to keep in mind because

698
00:24:18,897 --> 00:24:19,616
that's the prize.

699
00:24:23,533 --> 00:24:25,279
Is... And I ask the question sometimes, is

700
00:24:25,279 --> 00:24:27,208
there anything more important that you

701
00:24:27,819 --> 00:24:28,612
could have in life?

702
00:24:29,818 --> 00:24:31,407
In this world. I'm asking all you.

703
00:24:32,122 --> 00:24:33,472
So there's anything more important that you could

704
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:34,663
have than eternal life?

705
00:24:35,616 --> 00:24:35,934
No.

706
00:24:37,697 --> 00:24:40,163
Well, Jesus well, Jesus is eternal life. He's

707
00:24:40,163 --> 00:24:42,390
the way the truth and the life.

708
00:24:44,553 --> 00:24:46,784
First, John, chapter 1, the first couple verses

709
00:24:46,784 --> 00:24:49,014
say he is the eternal life. And first

710
00:24:49,094 --> 00:24:51,325
John... Chapter 5, les versus ed with him

711
00:24:51,325 --> 00:24:52,360
being the eternal life.

712
00:24:53,967 --> 00:24:54,285
Wow.

713
00:24:55,079 --> 00:24:56,825
You know, Jesus said, I am the resurrection

714
00:24:56,825 --> 00:24:57,484
and the

715
00:24:58,096 --> 00:24:58,413
life.

716
00:24:59,127 --> 00:25:01,033
Well, the context there is his eternal life.

717
00:25:02,398 --> 00:25:03,669
Thief comes to still killing story destroyed, but

718
00:25:03,748 --> 00:25:04,939
I've come to give you life and to

719
00:25:04,939 --> 00:25:05,972
give you more abundantly.

720
00:25:06,448 --> 00:25:07,798
He is our life, Amen.

721
00:25:08,513 --> 00:25:10,817
But Paul is talking about this contest here.

722
00:25:11,389 --> 00:25:13,866
And the prize that he's telling Timothy to

723
00:25:13,866 --> 00:25:16,024
fight the good fight for is to stand

724
00:25:16,024 --> 00:25:18,501
in the faith, not to fall away, whether

725
00:25:18,501 --> 00:25:20,752
his personal faith lord or from content of

726
00:25:20,752 --> 00:25:22,265
biblical doctrine, both.

727
00:25:23,859 --> 00:25:24,655
Don't fall away.

728
00:25:25,293 --> 00:25:27,285
Because you have the prize of eternal life

729
00:25:27,285 --> 00:25:28,400
and you need to take hold of that

730
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:28,878
eternal life.

731
00:25:30,087 --> 00:25:32,653
And think about how Paul uses this metaphor

732
00:25:33,107 --> 00:25:35,571
in first Corinthians 9. Remember that, we're not

733
00:25:35,571 --> 00:25:37,263
gonna take the time to go there because

734
00:25:37,654 --> 00:25:38,775
many of you are very aware of it.

735
00:25:38,934 --> 00:25:40,855
I talked about this passage not too long

736
00:25:40,855 --> 00:25:43,255
ago. But that's where Paul says, at, I

737
00:25:43,255 --> 00:25:44,934
beat my body down. So after I preach

738
00:25:44,934 --> 00:25:47,100
the gospel to others, I myself would not

739
00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:50,513
be rejected by God. A doc. Amen. He

740
00:25:50,513 --> 00:25:52,736
says, he says in the Olympic games, I'm

741
00:25:52,736 --> 00:25:54,324
para him. He goes, you know,

742
00:25:55,529 --> 00:25:57,116
they run. They do all... They do these

743
00:25:57,116 --> 00:25:59,179
things, he says for a perishable wreath.

744
00:26:00,686 --> 00:26:01,718
They worked their tails off.

745
00:26:02,289 --> 00:26:04,518
But something that they just gonna dis deteriorate.

746
00:26:04,836 --> 00:26:06,269
That even wasn't even go bed then it

747
00:26:06,269 --> 00:26:07,225
was a wreath, you know?

748
00:26:07,941 --> 00:26:10,091
Woven wreath is beautiful, but, man,

749
00:26:10,664 --> 00:26:12,424
days, weeks go by, just deteriorate it. And

750
00:26:12,424 --> 00:26:13,384
then before you know it's gone.

751
00:26:14,105 --> 00:26:14,904
All that work.

752
00:26:16,345 --> 00:26:17,785
And then eventually you were forgotten.

753
00:26:18,439 --> 00:26:20,277
Do you know the top 10 Olympic athletes

754
00:26:20,277 --> 00:26:21,076
in the first century,

755
00:26:21,955 --> 00:26:22,675
what their names were?

756
00:26:23,474 --> 00:26:24,193
Either do I.

757
00:26:24,992 --> 00:26:26,291
They just... They're not even

758
00:26:26,670 --> 00:26:27,170
remembered

759
00:26:27,644 --> 00:26:28,845
ultimately in the end.

760
00:26:29,565 --> 00:26:30,924
But eternal life is forever.

761
00:26:31,565 --> 00:26:33,244
And that's what we're supposed to be fighting

762
00:26:33,244 --> 00:26:34,284
for. And Paul says,

763
00:26:34,859 --> 00:26:37,895
I run. I beat my body down, and

764
00:26:38,055 --> 00:26:39,493
He says, I box is not boxing the

765
00:26:39,493 --> 00:26:41,172
air man. I run the race to win

766
00:26:41,172 --> 00:26:42,710
that I may have the imp

767
00:26:43,023 --> 00:26:44,773
Though says inc crown.

768
00:26:46,682 --> 00:26:48,989
Inc. That's eternal. The crown of life.

769
00:26:51,155 --> 00:26:54,425
And that's what James talks about. James 01:12,

770
00:26:55,462 --> 00:26:57,158
you know, blessing are those who persevere.

771
00:26:58,014 --> 00:26:59,050
Right? Why?

772
00:26:59,781 --> 00:27:01,367
For once they have been approved, or once

773
00:27:01,367 --> 00:27:03,509
they have stood the test as 1 translation

774
00:27:03,509 --> 00:27:05,651
says, they will receive the crown,

775
00:27:06,126 --> 00:27:06,920
which is life.

776
00:27:07,888 --> 00:27:09,741
Which God will give to all those who

777
00:27:09,878 --> 00:27:11,312
love him. James 01:12.

778
00:27:12,347 --> 00:27:14,098
So if you persevere in the race, you'll

779
00:27:14,098 --> 00:27:15,952
receive what, the crown of life

780
00:27:17,065 --> 00:27:19,224
First Corinthians 9, the incredible crown.

781
00:27:20,265 --> 00:27:22,105
Revelation chapter 2 from Jesus lips.

782
00:27:22,744 --> 00:27:23,964
I should say from his

783
00:27:24,265 --> 00:27:25,164
lips to the

784
00:27:26,118 --> 00:27:28,112
7 angels that he spoke to.

785
00:27:29,229 --> 00:27:30,744
He told the church Sm to be faithful

786
00:27:30,744 --> 00:27:32,021
in the death. They're gonna go to prison.

787
00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:34,174
Be faithful and the death and I will

788
00:27:34,174 --> 00:27:35,530
give you the crown what? The crown of

789
00:27:35,530 --> 00:27:35,610
what?

790
00:27:36,344 --> 00:27:37,143
The crown of life,

791
00:27:39,540 --> 00:27:40,579
and then he goes on and say, he

792
00:27:40,579 --> 00:27:42,177
that overcomes will not be hurt by the

793
00:27:42,177 --> 00:27:42,816
second death.

794
00:27:44,669 --> 00:27:45,627
Top about the lake of fire.

795
00:27:46,586 --> 00:27:48,503
So here, we're talking about eternal life and

796
00:27:48,503 --> 00:27:49,781
contrast to eternal damn nation.

797
00:27:51,632 --> 00:27:53,932
And many people look at the Christian faith

798
00:27:54,090 --> 00:27:55,518
I told you before it over and over

799
00:27:55,518 --> 00:27:57,501
again, the look at it as a little

800
00:27:57,501 --> 00:27:58,929
sprint up an aisle.

801
00:27:59,739 --> 00:28:01,096
To make a decision for Jesus.

802
00:28:02,134 --> 00:28:02,693
And that's it.

803
00:28:03,571 --> 00:28:05,907
No. It's not a sprint up the aisle

804
00:28:06,046 --> 00:28:07,483
or ginger walk.

805
00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:10,929
It starts. You get in the race by

806
00:28:10,929 --> 00:28:13,002
coming to Jesus z amen. If you sincerely

807
00:28:13,002 --> 00:28:14,996
came up an aisle, and you could confess

808
00:28:14,996 --> 00:28:16,990
your your sin before Christ and accepting him

809
00:28:16,990 --> 00:28:18,106
his Lord to Save. You got saved.

810
00:28:18,838 --> 00:28:20,273
But that's the beginning of the race. Say,

811
00:28:20,352 --> 00:28:20,512
amen.

812
00:28:21,627 --> 00:28:23,641
You have to persevere in the faith

813
00:28:24,018 --> 00:28:25,372
to the end, and that's what Paul is

814
00:28:25,372 --> 00:28:28,001
telling Timothy needs given him reasons that he

815
00:28:28,001 --> 00:28:29,793
ought to persevere.

816
00:28:31,049 --> 00:28:34,242
In fact, reach eternal life is something that

817
00:28:34,242 --> 00:28:36,478
we ultimately reap through faith in Christ.

818
00:28:38,649 --> 00:28:40,487
We have. Now. It's... I would just saw

819
00:28:40,487 --> 00:28:43,044
something from Ellen White, who is basically the

820
00:28:43,044 --> 00:28:45,441
main leader of the seventh day dentist movement.

821
00:28:46,974 --> 00:28:49,046
And I saw where she would say nobody

822
00:28:49,046 --> 00:28:50,481
can know they have eternal life now.

823
00:28:51,357 --> 00:28:53,988
Well, that's biblical. First john 05:13.

824
00:28:54,227 --> 00:28:55,997
These things are First on 05:12. He that

825
00:28:55,997 --> 00:28:57,913
has the son has the life. Amen, He

826
00:28:57,913 --> 00:28:58,951
that does not have the son does not

827
00:28:58,951 --> 00:29:00,627
have a life. First on 05:13, these things

828
00:29:00,627 --> 00:29:02,224
are written that you may know that you

829
00:29:02,224 --> 00:29:05,434
have eternal life. Amen? We have eternal life

830
00:29:05,434 --> 00:29:07,755
right now because Jesus bore our sins on

831
00:29:07,755 --> 00:29:09,835
the cross. Amen, and we're not saved by

832
00:29:09,835 --> 00:29:11,835
works of righteousness at week. Righteousness that we

833
00:29:11,835 --> 00:29:13,755
could do. We could never earn our salvation.

834
00:29:14,169 --> 00:29:15,945
Jesus paid for our sins on the cross

835
00:29:16,003 --> 00:29:17,678
and rose again. And through faith in him,

836
00:29:17,838 --> 00:29:19,513
we have the gift of eternal life. Amen,

837
00:29:20,231 --> 00:29:22,145
what a beautiful truth that is. But you

838
00:29:22,145 --> 00:29:22,544
know what?

839
00:29:25,115 --> 00:29:27,914
Jesus talked about those who will inherit eternal

840
00:29:27,914 --> 00:29:28,154
life.

841
00:29:29,355 --> 00:29:31,809
There's a already, but not yet. We haven't

842
00:29:32,088 --> 00:29:33,837
moved into the fullness of that life.

843
00:29:35,189 --> 00:29:37,733
And it's important to understand that, the scriptures

844
00:29:37,733 --> 00:29:41,152
say, for instance, in galatians 6 7 through

845
00:29:41,152 --> 00:29:42,442
9. Remember those verses,

846
00:29:43,399 --> 00:29:45,074
do not be deceived. God has not mocked.

847
00:29:45,552 --> 00:29:47,387
He that sow the flesh from the flesh

848
00:29:47,387 --> 00:29:47,786
re what.

849
00:29:48,982 --> 00:29:51,317
Corruption, but he that sow to the spirit

850
00:29:52,108 --> 00:29:52,847
will reap

851
00:29:53,545 --> 00:29:54,183
eternal life.

852
00:29:55,939 --> 00:29:57,615
And we shall reap Po goes honestly say,

853
00:29:57,855 --> 00:29:59,291
if we do not give up.

854
00:30:01,144 --> 00:30:02,105
If we do not give up.

855
00:30:02,825 --> 00:30:03,545
Meaning, hold on.

856
00:30:04,345 --> 00:30:04,585
Amen.

857
00:30:05,144 --> 00:30:08,205
Hold on to Jesus. He is our life

858
00:30:08,598 --> 00:30:11,412
John 12:25 G jesus says the man who

859
00:30:11,470 --> 00:30:12,905
loves his life will lose it.

860
00:30:13,863 --> 00:30:15,617
While the man who hates his life in

861
00:30:15,617 --> 00:30:18,663
this world will keep it for eternal life.

862
00:30:20,417 --> 00:30:22,968
Romans 2 7, Paul talks about those who

863
00:30:22,968 --> 00:30:23,924
by persistence,

864
00:30:24,403 --> 00:30:27,049
those who continue in the faith. Right? And

865
00:30:27,049 --> 00:30:29,999
in doing good, seek glory, honor and immortality,

866
00:30:30,318 --> 00:30:32,950
he will give he will give eternal life.

867
00:30:33,747 --> 00:30:35,661
The good works there are evidence of your

868
00:30:35,661 --> 00:30:35,901
faith.

869
00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:39,970
You don't earn your salvation. Romans 06:22 paul

870
00:30:39,970 --> 00:30:42,115
says, but now that you have been set

871
00:30:42,115 --> 00:30:44,500
free from sin. And I become slaves to

872
00:30:44,579 --> 00:30:44,817
God.

873
00:30:45,469 --> 00:30:48,819
The benefit you reap leads to h and

874
00:30:48,819 --> 00:30:52,488
the result is eternal life. He's talking about

875
00:30:52,488 --> 00:30:54,264
that final aspect of

876
00:30:54,641 --> 00:30:54,801
salvation.

877
00:30:55,850 --> 00:30:56,804
Titus 3 7.

878
00:30:57,439 --> 00:30:59,425
Paul's so... Paul said so that have been

879
00:30:59,425 --> 00:31:02,047
justified by his grace. We've been justified. Right?

880
00:31:02,619 --> 00:31:05,570
By his grace, we might become heirs having

881
00:31:05,570 --> 00:31:07,484
the hope of eternal life.

882
00:31:08,521 --> 00:31:10,435
So in 1 sense, we already have eternal

883
00:31:10,435 --> 00:31:11,552
life because we have Jesus. He lives in

884
00:31:11,552 --> 00:31:12,031
his a amen.

885
00:31:12,841 --> 00:31:14,745
But we look forward to the full manifestation

886
00:31:14,745 --> 00:31:17,205
of that life at the resurrection. Amen.

887
00:31:18,157 --> 00:31:19,268
So it's quite beautiful.

888
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,240
I love Jude, 20 and 21.

889
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,559
But you beloved in building yourselves up in

890
00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:27,039
your most holy faith, praying in the holy

891
00:31:27,039 --> 00:31:29,864
spirit keep yourselves in the love of God

892
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,624
waiting anxiously listen to this, waiting anxiously for

893
00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:34,953
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to

894
00:31:35,089 --> 00:31:37,178
eternal life. We waiting for Jesus to bring

895
00:31:37,178 --> 00:31:37,977
us eternal life.

896
00:31:40,934 --> 00:31:41,913
We've been saved

897
00:31:42,692 --> 00:31:43,731
from our sins, amen.

898
00:31:45,579 --> 00:31:46,794
We're being san

899
00:31:47,881 --> 00:31:48,778
and continually

900
00:31:49,548 --> 00:31:51,929
set apart from sin. And 1 day we'll

901
00:31:51,929 --> 00:31:54,329
be glorified and be totally separate the very

902
00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:56,806
presence of Sin. Amen, and and and inherit

903
00:31:56,806 --> 00:31:58,883
at the fullness of our salvation. So it's

904
00:31:58,883 --> 00:32:00,721
quite robust, it's Christian theology,

905
00:32:01,201 --> 00:32:03,362
and that's why I challenge you as Christians.

906
00:32:03,521 --> 00:32:05,502
When I was being interviewed today, the person

907
00:32:05,581 --> 00:32:07,008
I was interview interviewing me interviewing me, a

908
00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:08,910
brother from England named Chris. Really neat brother.

909
00:32:09,718 --> 00:32:10,827
And I've been interviewed by

910
00:32:11,382 --> 00:32:13,284
Tal, who... They do a lot of shows

911
00:32:13,284 --> 00:32:16,796
together, but he was encouraging, very encouraging. He

912
00:32:17,423 --> 00:32:19,658
He loves our ministry in a a good

913
00:32:19,658 --> 00:32:22,451
fight and in a blessed hope. And but

914
00:32:22,451 --> 00:32:23,568
he said he's been a church to church

915
00:32:23,568 --> 00:32:25,497
to church church, and he goes I've been

916
00:32:25,497 --> 00:32:27,170
all over the place. And he said finally

917
00:32:27,170 --> 00:32:28,843
when he found our ministry, and not that

918
00:32:28,843 --> 00:32:30,914
where was doing it, but it's sad it's

919
00:32:30,914 --> 00:32:32,747
kind of far few between, he goes, I

920
00:32:32,747 --> 00:32:34,181
finally found, you know,

921
00:32:34,834 --> 00:32:36,672
where you, you know, there's exit jesus of

922
00:32:36,672 --> 00:32:37,151
the scripture,

923
00:32:37,870 --> 00:32:39,388
where we actually go through the bible and

924
00:32:39,388 --> 00:32:41,226
learn what it means and and and go

925
00:32:41,226 --> 00:32:44,031
deep, You know, and that's what what we

926
00:32:44,031 --> 00:32:45,864
ought to be doing amen. So,

927
00:32:46,899 --> 00:32:49,768
looks look at 06:12 again of first Timothy.

928
00:32:50,246 --> 00:32:51,441
Fight the good fight of faith,

929
00:32:52,893 --> 00:32:54,491
Take hold of eternal life.

930
00:32:55,371 --> 00:32:57,128
We've looked at that right, to which you

931
00:32:57,128 --> 00:32:57,528
were what,

932
00:32:58,727 --> 00:33:00,245
to which you were called.

933
00:33:01,057 --> 00:33:02,884
Let's look at that. To which you were...

934
00:33:03,122 --> 00:33:04,655
Now that's the first

935
00:33:05,108 --> 00:33:08,127
reason he gives him as to why he

936
00:33:08,127 --> 00:33:08,921
needs the persevere.

937
00:33:09,734 --> 00:33:12,950
Because you were Timothy. You were called

938
00:33:14,847 --> 00:33:16,126
you were called to eternal life.

939
00:33:17,498 --> 00:33:18,873
And that's very, very

940
00:33:19,248 --> 00:33:20,703
important to understand and

941
00:33:22,510 --> 00:33:23,624
what it mean to be called.

942
00:33:24,752 --> 00:33:26,182
That's even... A lot of things in this

943
00:33:26,182 --> 00:33:27,612
verse are actually, you know,

944
00:33:28,882 --> 00:33:31,583
controversial depending on what system theology you believe

945
00:33:31,583 --> 00:33:33,186
and or what have you and And to

946
00:33:33,186 --> 00:33:35,013
me, this really shouldn't be very complex.

947
00:33:35,807 --> 00:33:37,872
You know, Some will talk about how there's

948
00:33:37,872 --> 00:33:39,064
a general call,

949
00:33:40,017 --> 00:33:41,764
and there's an efficacious call.

950
00:33:42,654 --> 00:33:44,974
A general call is whereby God calls everybody

951
00:33:44,974 --> 00:33:46,595
to himself and

952
00:33:47,134 --> 00:33:48,494
makes it sound as though he wants to

953
00:33:48,494 --> 00:33:49,474
save everybody

954
00:33:49,789 --> 00:33:51,944
But the efficacious call a secret call because

955
00:33:51,944 --> 00:33:54,099
really, he wants to damn most people, but

956
00:33:54,099 --> 00:33:56,893
he efficacious works in certain people and it's

957
00:33:56,893 --> 00:33:59,641
inter... Also called the inter call whereby God

958
00:33:59,777 --> 00:34:02,479
actually reveals the gospel to you because you've

959
00:34:02,479 --> 00:34:04,307
been predetermined to be saved, and then you

960
00:34:04,307 --> 00:34:06,134
can understand the gospel, but the other people

961
00:34:06,134 --> 00:34:07,088
you didn't really want. You know?

962
00:34:08,059 --> 00:34:09,737
That's not... That that makes it to

963
00:34:11,015 --> 00:34:13,651
act... Actually, that moves away from what we're

964
00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:14,610
really called to you guys.

965
00:34:15,343 --> 00:34:17,417
The salvation that we're called to and how

966
00:34:17,417 --> 00:34:19,331
god's call is sincere for everyone.

967
00:34:20,129 --> 00:34:22,043
He doesn't will that any with Perish. Amen?

968
00:34:22,761 --> 00:34:24,516
He is a good God. God is love.

969
00:34:25,009 --> 00:34:26,206
And he did still love the world that

970
00:34:26,206 --> 00:34:28,518
he gave his only begun son. So what's

971
00:34:28,518 --> 00:34:30,911
the difference. And what happens is because sometimes

972
00:34:30,991 --> 00:34:33,065
Christians throughout the new testament are called the

973
00:34:33,065 --> 00:34:33,304
called.

974
00:34:34,181 --> 00:34:34,341
Right?

975
00:34:34,994 --> 00:34:35,789
Oh, we're the called?

976
00:34:36,903 --> 00:34:37,937
What about the knob believers?

977
00:34:38,494 --> 00:34:39,528
Were they called yes.

978
00:34:40,164 --> 00:34:41,358
Oh, why we called the called?

979
00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:43,753
And I believe when you look at the

980
00:34:43,753 --> 00:34:45,895
script description, you can say in that some

981
00:34:45,895 --> 00:34:47,402
sense there maybe, you know what you might

982
00:34:47,402 --> 00:34:48,751
call a general call, but I believe it's

983
00:34:48,751 --> 00:34:49,782
a very sincere call.

984
00:34:50,835 --> 00:34:53,815
And anyone can respond to it. It becomes

985
00:34:54,355 --> 00:34:57,474
efficacious meaning effective in your life when you

986
00:34:57,474 --> 00:34:58,775
mix your faith

987
00:34:59,088 --> 00:35:00,043
with God's grace.

988
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,590
When you put trust in Jesus and the

989
00:35:02,590 --> 00:35:03,784
gospel of Christ, Amen,

990
00:35:04,659 --> 00:35:06,092
then it becomes efficacious.

991
00:35:07,061 --> 00:35:09,364
But it doesn't mean that God doesn't want

992
00:35:09,364 --> 00:35:10,476
everybody to answer the call.

993
00:35:13,097 --> 00:35:14,289
Isn't faith a gift though?

994
00:35:15,416 --> 00:35:17,087
In the objective sense it is,

995
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:19,951
none of us could believe if Jesus didn't

996
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,542
die for us if there was no incarnation

997
00:35:21,542 --> 00:35:23,292
if God didn't reveal himself to his amen,

998
00:35:24,103 --> 00:35:26,014
So in that sense, we couldn't even... The

999
00:35:26,014 --> 00:35:27,766
grace of god that brings salvation though has

1000
00:35:27,766 --> 00:35:30,235
appeared to all men. Amen. So we couldn't

1001
00:35:30,235 --> 00:35:32,226
believe so in 1 sense faith is a

1002
00:35:32,226 --> 00:35:34,390
gift. In another sense is a gift too

1003
00:35:34,390 --> 00:35:36,539
in the sense that, certain people have the

1004
00:35:36,539 --> 00:35:39,165
gift of faith, certain Christians, Romans is chapter

1005
00:35:39,165 --> 00:35:41,333
12, there's different gifts. Certain people just have

1006
00:35:41,333 --> 00:35:43,570
an ability just to trust God

1007
00:35:43,969 --> 00:35:45,647
for certain things because they've been given,

1008
00:35:46,286 --> 00:35:47,085
a gift of faith.

1009
00:35:47,818 --> 00:35:49,332
But when we're talking about salvation,

1010
00:35:50,447 --> 00:35:53,577
the gift of faith is something god calls

1011
00:35:53,714 --> 00:35:54,771
everyone to, He offers

1012
00:35:55,723 --> 00:35:57,501
he brings us all evidence

1013
00:35:58,838 --> 00:36:00,836
to believe if we respond the light that

1014
00:36:00,836 --> 00:36:01,475
he gives us.

1015
00:36:03,410 --> 00:36:05,090
In fact, you know how I know that

1016
00:36:05,170 --> 00:36:06,289
Jesus wants us to believe,

1017
00:36:07,650 --> 00:36:09,170
and how our belief is all on a

1018
00:36:09,170 --> 00:36:11,410
on a subjective level, it's your belief though.

1019
00:36:11,823 --> 00:36:12,856
You're the 1 believing.

1020
00:36:13,572 --> 00:36:15,241
You could it be call it a believer.

1021
00:36:15,797 --> 00:36:17,387
You could be called the believer if you

1022
00:36:17,387 --> 00:36:18,261
weren't the 1 believing.

1023
00:36:18,897 --> 00:36:20,407
Otherwise, it would be a mis no. Amen,

1024
00:36:21,139 --> 00:36:22,737
but you truly are a believer.

1025
00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:26,413
You truly are... And that's the subjective aspect,

1026
00:36:26,652 --> 00:36:28,431
and that is your responsibility.

1027
00:36:29,539 --> 00:36:32,420
Because belief is not merit. It's not something

1028
00:36:32,634 --> 00:36:34,856
that we are doing that's credited as some

1029
00:36:34,856 --> 00:36:36,364
kind of work whereby we merit or earn

1030
00:36:36,364 --> 00:36:36,999
our salvation.

1031
00:36:38,049 --> 00:36:39,987
Belief or trust is simply

1032
00:36:40,446 --> 00:36:41,724
receptive of his goodness.

1033
00:36:42,284 --> 00:36:44,521
Amen. Is that which turns to he receives

1034
00:36:44,521 --> 00:36:45,000
his grace.

1035
00:36:46,135 --> 00:36:48,954
And I challenge you guys to understand deeper

1036
00:36:49,014 --> 00:36:49,514
theology

1037
00:36:50,214 --> 00:36:51,734
because I want us to be deeper in

1038
00:36:51,734 --> 00:36:53,815
our walks with Jesus understand how God works.

1039
00:36:54,309 --> 00:36:56,297
And grow. It's my prayer for our fellowship

1040
00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:57,888
in and the people that hear me are

1041
00:36:57,888 --> 00:36:59,820
that they grow in the knowledge of Jesus

1042
00:36:59,877 --> 00:37:00,672
in his word.

1043
00:37:01,323 --> 00:37:03,072
That way, you don't get let astra by

1044
00:37:03,072 --> 00:37:04,503
every window of doctrine that comes by. You

1045
00:37:04,503 --> 00:37:06,807
don't get confused about the goodness of god.

1046
00:37:07,204 --> 00:37:08,659
So we understand faith

1047
00:37:08,969 --> 00:37:11,361
there is the aspect where it's a gift

1048
00:37:11,361 --> 00:37:13,515
in the sense that god god calls everyone,

1049
00:37:13,594 --> 00:37:15,508
and he reveals his son, and he lights

1050
00:37:15,508 --> 00:37:17,263
hard everyone that comes in the world. Hey,

1051
00:37:17,422 --> 00:37:17,582
amen.

1052
00:37:18,473 --> 00:37:20,536
But it's subjective in the sense that is

1053
00:37:20,536 --> 00:37:21,568
your decision.

1054
00:37:23,394 --> 00:37:25,536
And so much so is it your decision,

1055
00:37:26,028 --> 00:37:28,332
that Jesus is upset with his disciples,

1056
00:37:28,888 --> 00:37:30,000
oh, y of little faith.

1057
00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:30,874
Right?

1058
00:37:31,986 --> 00:37:33,654
He he rebuke him for not believe he

1059
00:37:33,654 --> 00:37:35,243
meaning they should have at times. Amen.

1060
00:37:36,293 --> 00:37:39,087
And he's blown away by the Roman leader

1061
00:37:39,087 --> 00:37:40,683
or was also a blown away by the

1062
00:37:40,683 --> 00:37:42,280
came I haven't to seen faith like this

1063
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,036
in all of Israel. Why is he blown

1064
00:37:44,036 --> 00:37:44,275
away?

1065
00:37:44,849 --> 00:37:46,128
If he just gave it to her and

1066
00:37:46,128 --> 00:37:48,206
she couldn't help but have it. No, because

1067
00:37:48,206 --> 00:37:50,124
it's her own response to him.

1068
00:37:51,083 --> 00:37:52,761
And that's why Jesus says, if you don't

1069
00:37:52,761 --> 00:37:54,200
believe my words believe my what.

1070
00:37:55,492 --> 00:37:56,369
Believe my miracles.

1071
00:37:58,363 --> 00:38:00,357
Because we do have to put our trust

1072
00:38:00,357 --> 00:38:01,793
in the Lord, and we have to fight

1073
00:38:01,793 --> 00:38:03,149
the good fight of faith and we have

1074
00:38:03,149 --> 00:38:04,918
to continue to trust the Lord.

1075
00:38:06,032 --> 00:38:07,647
Now it's interesting here

1076
00:38:08,182 --> 00:38:09,297
to go a little bit deeper now.

1077
00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:12,085
What does he mean by this call,

1078
00:38:13,119 --> 00:38:13,175
the

1079
00:38:14,891 --> 00:38:15,370
Timothy,

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fight the good fight of faith,

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lay hold on eternal life to which you

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were called because you were called by God.

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God calls us to eternal life. Is that

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awesome that he really does love us and

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00:38:26,956 --> 00:38:29,928
he calls us to eternal life. He provided

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salvation through the cross. Amen. The provision has

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been made, but he calls us to eternal

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life. God's called you

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personally.

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And and he's reminding Timothy that you've been

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called to

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eternal life.

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Now,

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as I said, it's not that complicated.

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Go to Matthew chapter 22.

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You remember the teaching that Jesus gave in

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regard to the wedding feast. Amen.

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And go ahead when you go to Matthew

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22, look at verse 14.

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And verse 14, this is there's that famous

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phrase there for many are called, but fewer

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are what.

1103
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Fewer are chosen.

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For many are call, but few are chosen.

1105
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How's is that many are call, but only

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a few

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are chosen.

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Many would say, oh, this is the general

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call God calls people generally, but he really...

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Some would say he doesn't really wanna save

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them though, and that's why they're not chosen.

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I say that that's not

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biblical accurate

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that god calls him

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any sincere in his call. The reason to

1116
00:39:39,516 --> 00:39:42,195
call it doesn't move from general to f

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efficacious is because they refuse to respond to

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the call.

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Just back up and look at the context.

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Chapter

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22 verse 1. Jesus spoke to them again

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in parable saying the kingdom of heaven may

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be compared to a king who gave me

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wedding feast for his son, and he sent

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out his slaves to what?

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See that word call? To what?

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Are you with me? To call those who

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had been invited?

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Sometimes when I see the word call, you

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know, I look at it.

1131
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Many are called, fewer were chosen invited, you

1132
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know? When Paul says, you are the called.

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That means I look at call and I

1134
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think that's a privilege to be called. I

1135
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look at it as invited. It's a sin.

1136
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I'd be called to eternal life. That's an

1137
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invitation.

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So when I see Call I also see

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invited.

1140
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And I love it because that helps me

1141
00:40:33,545 --> 00:40:35,714
get my brain around the idea. That many

1142
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are invited, but few are what chosen.

1143
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Many are invited, but not a very response

1144
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to the invitation.

1145
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Therefore, in a special sense as Christians you

1146
00:40:44,074 --> 00:40:46,069
can be called the called. You'd be called

1147
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the invite go through next new testament that

1148
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you're 1 the invited. Well, we're others invited.

1149
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Yeah, they were, but they didn't accept it.

1150
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But be happy that you were invited. Amen.

1151
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So he says, look at verse 3, and

1152
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he sent out as slaves to call those

1153
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who had been invited to the wedding feast

1154
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and they were what?

1155
00:41:04,336 --> 00:41:04,972
Unwilling to come.

1156
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Do you think the fault of them not

1157
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being at the wedding feast is

1158
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to put the 1 who invites

1159
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them his fault or their fault.

1160
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It puts the blame on the person

1161
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It puts the blame on the person.

1162
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If you don't end up in heaven in

1163
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the end, it's not because God doesn't love

1164
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you. It's not because he's didn't die for

1165
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you, It's not because God didn't

1166
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didn't invite you. It's because you rejected his

1167
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invitation in the end.

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They're called, but they... What?

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They were unwilling.

1170
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Right? To come,

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which I love John chapter 5 versus 34

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35 39 40, where Jesus says to the

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Jewish leaders that hey Wanna kill him later.

1174
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He says, I'm saying these things to you

1175
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that you may be saved.

1176
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But you're unwilling to come to me that

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you may have life.

1178
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I don't know how much clearer it can

1179
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be made than right there.

1180
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I'm saying they seems to that you may

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be saved for your unwilling economy that you

1182
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may have life. And here we see verse

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4. Again, he sent out other slaves saying,

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tell those who have been invited behold, I

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have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my

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fat and livestock,

1187
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all are butcher, and everything is ready, come

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to the wedding feast.

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But they paid no attention and went their

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way. 1 to his own farm another to

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his business.

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And the rest sees his slaves and mistreated

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them and killed them.

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But the king was enraged,

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he sent his armies and destroyed those murders

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and set their city on fire

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That was what happened in 70 ad d

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when God allowed, you know, Israel

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to be destroyed by the Romans after they

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rejected

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Messiah about 30 some years later. Verse 8,

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then he said to his slaves, the wedding

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is ready.

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But those who were invited were not worthy,

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Go there for to the main highways. And

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as many as you find there, invite to

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the wedding feast. It's not just for the

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Jews. Now it's open to the gentile. Amen.

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Those slaves went out into the streets and

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gathered together all they found, both evil and

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good and the wedding hall was filled with

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dinner guests.

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But when the king came

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in to look over the dinner guest, he

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saw a man there who was not dressed

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in wedding clothes.

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And he said to a friend,

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How did you come in here without wedding

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clothes and the man was speechless.

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The king has said to the servants, bind

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him hand and foot and throw him into

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the outer darkness in that place where we

1223
00:43:34,159 --> 00:43:36,950
weeping says Jesus and national teeth. For many

1224
00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:38,067
are calm, but fewer are wet.

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Fewer are chosen. So the invitation goes out,

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whose will may come.

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But there is a condition.

1228
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You have to come on god's terms.

1229
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Not on your own terms.

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00:43:52,471 --> 00:43:54,306
You can't see, oh, you know what?

1231
00:43:55,741 --> 00:43:57,496
I I get it. You know, their signs

1232
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as we sing come just as you are.

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If you say come, just as you are

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meaning,

1235
00:44:03,264 --> 00:44:04,164
you know, just

1236
00:44:04,545 --> 00:44:06,304
come, don't have to pretend you're something different

1237
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than you are. Just be real. That's 1

1238
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thing. But if you may come just as

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00:44:09,996 --> 00:44:11,355
you are and don't repent of your sins

1240
00:44:11,355 --> 00:44:13,273
and don't you you know, don't put your

1241
00:44:13,273 --> 00:44:14,871
trust in christ and so forth though that's

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00:44:14,871 --> 00:44:15,830
not what that... That's about.

1243
00:44:16,642 --> 00:44:18,470
We have to meet the terms of god's,

1244
00:44:19,345 --> 00:44:21,253
we have to come to him with repent

1245
00:44:21,253 --> 00:44:21,809
faith. Amen.

1246
00:44:23,001 --> 00:44:24,989
And this guy came in his own wedding

1247
00:44:24,989 --> 00:44:25,227
clothes.

1248
00:44:25,799 --> 00:44:26,835
You know, if you come in your own

1249
00:44:26,835 --> 00:44:28,986
wedding clothes and your own righteousness, the bible

1250
00:44:28,986 --> 00:44:30,500
says that all my rights. This is like

1251
00:44:30,500 --> 00:44:32,253
filthy rags before God. Hey, amen?

1252
00:44:33,223 --> 00:44:34,416
And Paul says is not that he wanna

1253
00:44:34,416 --> 00:44:35,769
be found not that I'll be found in

1254
00:44:35,769 --> 00:44:37,360
my own righteousness, but the righteous that comes

1255
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,473
to faith in Christ. Amen.

1256
00:44:39,269 --> 00:44:41,675
You can only get into heaven. If your

1257
00:44:41,675 --> 00:44:43,030
sins have been washed away by the blood

1258
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of Christ. And he is your righteousness.

1259
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Otherwise, it's all like, just bunch of filthy

1260
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rags before god's disgusting.

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So that's why this guy's booted out. Many

1262
00:44:52,289 --> 00:44:54,434
are calm, but fewer are what, chosen.

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If this guy simply would have put on

1264
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the righteous of Christ, which be faith in

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00:44:59,224 --> 00:45:00,580
the messiah, which is really what this is

1266
00:45:00,580 --> 00:45:01,219
talking about here.

1267
00:45:02,016 --> 00:45:03,612
If others were willing to come,

1268
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So first of all, you might need to

1269
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be willing to come. And when you come,

1270
00:45:07,918 --> 00:45:09,688
you have to come on God's terms, Amen

1271
00:45:09,822 --> 00:45:10,536
to salvation.

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You have to put your faith in Jesus

1273
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as your messiah.

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In fact, flip over just 1 chapter to

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00:45:17,702 --> 00:45:20,722
chapter 23 verse 37, and you see Jesus

1276
00:45:20,722 --> 00:45:22,153
lament over Jerusalem,

1277
00:45:23,044 --> 00:45:25,598
God bless you. Jerusalem, Jerusalem verse 37.

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00:45:26,077 --> 00:45:28,631
Jerusalem Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones

1279
00:45:28,631 --> 00:45:30,626
those who are sent to her. How often

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00:45:30,706 --> 00:45:31,025
I what?

1281
00:45:32,076 --> 00:45:34,382
Wanna gather your children together, the way a

1282
00:45:34,382 --> 00:45:36,530
hand gathers her chicks under her wings,

1283
00:45:37,166 --> 00:45:37,962
and you were what.

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00:45:39,255 --> 00:45:39,494
Unwilling.

1285
00:45:40,135 --> 00:45:41,815
He will it, but they were wet.

1286
00:45:42,934 --> 00:45:43,335
Unwilling.

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00:45:44,135 --> 00:45:46,989
K? So the call of God is this

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perfectly sincere.

1289
00:45:49,329 --> 00:45:52,209
He wills to gather Israel the Jews together

1290
00:45:52,344 --> 00:45:52,899
in faith,

1291
00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:54,985
but

1292
00:45:55,851 --> 00:45:56,646
They were unwilling.

1293
00:45:58,794 --> 00:46:00,226
We need to make sure that we're willing

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00:46:00,226 --> 00:46:02,626
amen. How do you answer the call? You

1295
00:46:02,626 --> 00:46:04,294
are willing. You have ears here. You say,

1296
00:46:04,373 --> 00:46:05,724
yes, lord, I'm coming. Amen.

1297
00:46:06,994 --> 00:46:08,027
You receive that call.

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00:46:08,821 --> 00:46:11,307
And it's imperative that you recognize

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because some people get the car before the

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00:46:14,651 --> 00:46:14,890
horse.

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00:46:16,169 --> 00:46:18,565
They think people are destined for damn nation,

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00:46:20,656 --> 00:46:21,134
Therefore,

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00:46:21,693 --> 00:46:23,686
they won't respond to the call of God.

1304
00:46:24,325 --> 00:46:27,276
But the bible actually teaches that God pre

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00:46:27,276 --> 00:46:28,951
destiny us based on his foreign knowledge.

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Says in chapter 8 versus 28 and 29

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of Romans

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00:46:35,174 --> 00:46:37,322
verse 28 God works all things together for

1309
00:46:37,322 --> 00:46:39,169
the good for those who love him. In

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00:46:39,169 --> 00:46:40,845
order the call the according purpose, amen.

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So if you're loving God. Right? Says those

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00:46:45,633 --> 00:46:47,960
who love God and Corinthians paul, Those who

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00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:50,347
love God are known by god. So if

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you love God, Faith works through love the

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00:46:52,494 --> 00:46:53,927
bible says, you're known by god.

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00:46:54,897 --> 00:46:56,648
He knows that you responded to his grace,

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and he works all things together for you,

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00:46:58,957 --> 00:46:59,514
for the good,

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00:47:00,231 --> 00:47:01,505
for those who love him and are call

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00:47:01,505 --> 00:47:02,221
the queen's purpose.

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00:47:02,952 --> 00:47:06,315
How so. Very next verse 4 to conjunction

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connects to verse 28.

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For whom he fore knew those who would

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love him,

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00:47:11,478 --> 00:47:13,785
Right? He pre desi them to be conform

1326
00:47:13,785 --> 00:47:15,536
to what, the image of his son.

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00:47:16,570 --> 00:47:19,115
So god knows who for... He fore knows

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00:47:19,115 --> 00:47:21,441
who loves him and And if you come

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00:47:21,441 --> 00:47:21,760
to him,

1330
00:47:23,355 --> 00:47:25,190
he's gonna work everything for the good in

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00:47:25,190 --> 00:47:27,981
your life and pre destiny you to become

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00:47:27,981 --> 00:47:28,619
by his son.

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00:47:29,417 --> 00:47:29,896
Beautiful,

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00:47:30,630 --> 00:47:32,069
Well, when did he know that before the

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world was created,

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He knew who had come to when he

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went.

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And so this call though,

1339
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if you respond to the call,

1340
00:47:42,859 --> 00:47:43,735
it is for knowledge.

1341
00:47:44,451 --> 00:47:45,406
You receive the gospel.

1342
00:47:45,980 --> 00:47:47,980
Your hope destiny for salvation.

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In fact, go to Isaiah chapter 65 since

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we're looking at the call,

1345
00:47:53,273 --> 00:47:56,218
this is really powerful. Really eye open. And

1346
00:47:56,297 --> 00:47:57,650
I think this will really help you out

1347
00:47:57,650 --> 00:47:59,720
and your understanding of what we're talking about

1348
00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:02,426
here. It's not super complex. It's beautiful actually.

1349
00:48:03,079 --> 00:48:04,760
And it just shows you how God is

1350
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:05,260
perfectly

1351
00:48:06,199 --> 00:48:06,679
impartial,

1352
00:48:07,639 --> 00:48:08,199
full of love,

1353
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,079
you know, full of loving kindness.

1354
00:48:12,053 --> 00:48:12,689
Slow to anger,

1355
00:48:13,246 --> 00:48:14,916
giving people opportunity to repent.

1356
00:48:15,712 --> 00:48:17,701
Look at Isaiah 65 and what says in

1357
00:48:17,701 --> 00:48:18,416
versus 1 and 2.

1358
00:48:19,704 --> 00:48:21,611
The Lord God says, I permitted myself to

1359
00:48:21,611 --> 00:48:23,598
be sought by those who did not ask

1360
00:48:23,598 --> 00:48:23,916
for me.

1361
00:48:24,711 --> 00:48:26,221
And this is quoted in the book Romans

1362
00:48:26,221 --> 00:48:27,572
about how an in salvation plan.

1363
00:48:28,303 --> 00:48:29,975
Some of this. I permitted myself to be

1364
00:48:29,975 --> 00:48:31,409
sop by those who did not ask for

1365
00:48:31,409 --> 00:48:33,558
me. I permitted myself to be found by

1366
00:48:33,558 --> 00:48:35,230
those who did not seek me. I said,

1367
00:48:35,549 --> 00:48:37,955
here am I? Here in Miami, he revealed

1368
00:48:37,955 --> 00:48:38,673
himself. Right?

1369
00:48:39,391 --> 00:48:41,226
To a nation which did not call on

1370
00:48:41,226 --> 00:48:43,380
my name. I have spread out my what.

1371
00:48:44,433 --> 00:48:44,933
Hands

1372
00:48:45,391 --> 00:48:47,147
all day long.

1373
00:48:47,706 --> 00:48:48,525
Sounds like

1374
00:48:49,143 --> 00:48:51,777
Matthew chapter 28 3 verse 37, when he's

1375
00:48:51,777 --> 00:48:54,188
crying over Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets

1376
00:48:54,188 --> 00:48:55,547
and Stones those who are sent to her

1377
00:48:55,547 --> 00:48:57,385
how often I would have gathered together and

1378
00:48:57,385 --> 00:48:59,063
does chicks. I would have gathered you, but

1379
00:48:59,063 --> 00:49:01,301
you unwilling. Here saying all day long I've

1380
00:49:01,301 --> 00:49:02,500
been stretching on my hands to you guys.

1381
00:49:03,708 --> 00:49:03,946
Right?

1382
00:49:05,536 --> 00:49:07,920
I've spread out my hands all day long

1383
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,701
to a rebellious people who walk in the

1384
00:49:10,701 --> 00:49:11,710
way, which doesn't

1385
00:49:12,147 --> 00:49:14,690
which is not good, following their own thoughts.

1386
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:17,950
So check this out. What does he do

1387
00:49:17,950 --> 00:49:18,347
about that?

1388
00:49:19,794 --> 00:49:20,911
There are those he goes on to talk

1389
00:49:20,911 --> 00:49:22,745
about who are faithful, who turned to him

1390
00:49:22,745 --> 00:49:23,862
who seek him. That's beautiful.

1391
00:49:24,739 --> 00:49:26,015
But look what he says of those who

1392
00:49:26,015 --> 00:49:27,451
don't that he's spreading out his hands. Do

1393
00:49:27,451 --> 00:49:29,206
you look at verse 11, Very clear.

1394
00:49:30,650 --> 00:49:32,869
But you who for forsaken the Lord,

1395
00:49:33,900 --> 00:49:35,748
who forget my holy mountain

1396
00:49:36,596 --> 00:49:39,390
who said a table for fortune, a demon

1397
00:49:39,469 --> 00:49:42,329
God, and who fill cups with mixed wine

1398
00:49:42,329 --> 00:49:43,997
for destiny, another demon God.

1399
00:49:44,871 --> 00:49:45,506
I will what.

1400
00:49:46,873 --> 00:49:47,429
I will went?

1401
00:49:48,384 --> 00:49:49,497
Destined in you for the sword.

1402
00:49:50,213 --> 00:49:51,643
Why does god destined people for the sword?

1403
00:49:51,802 --> 00:49:53,154
Oh, because he just never wanted them begin

1404
00:49:53,154 --> 00:49:55,155
with no? He spread out his on hands

1405
00:49:55,155 --> 00:49:57,060
all day lied for these guys. Even when

1406
00:49:57,060 --> 00:49:59,442
they were rebellious. Why? He tells us why.

1407
00:49:59,918 --> 00:50:01,188
I will destiny you for the sword.

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00:50:01,998 --> 00:50:03,826
And all of you will bow down for

1409
00:50:03,826 --> 00:50:05,893
the slot to the slaughter. Why? Why Lord?

1410
00:50:06,052 --> 00:50:07,244
He says it right because?

1411
00:50:08,437 --> 00:50:10,822
Because this is the cause. Be cause the

1412
00:50:10,822 --> 00:50:13,313
cause. That people are destined for destruction because

1413
00:50:13,392 --> 00:50:13,792
I went.

1414
00:50:14,991 --> 00:50:15,550
I called,

1415
00:50:16,749 --> 00:50:17,708
but you did not what.

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00:50:18,747 --> 00:50:18,987
Answer.

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00:50:19,706 --> 00:50:20,265
I spoke.

1418
00:50:20,999 --> 00:50:22,217
But you did not wet

1419
00:50:22,755 --> 00:50:23,074
here.

1420
00:50:24,669 --> 00:50:26,664
And you did evil in my sight and

1421
00:50:26,664 --> 00:50:27,860
what? And what?

1422
00:50:28,833 --> 00:50:30,586
Chose. You might wanna kinda circle some of

1423
00:50:30,586 --> 00:50:33,137
these words. They're making a choice and you

1424
00:50:33,137 --> 00:50:35,050
chose that in which I did not delight.

1425
00:50:35,449 --> 00:50:36,326
So isn't that powerful?

1426
00:50:36,900 --> 00:50:40,099
God destined you based on the choices that

1427
00:50:40,099 --> 00:50:40,500
you make.

1428
00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:43,700
And if you respond to the gospel,

1429
00:50:44,352 --> 00:50:46,816
and God's goodness. Say amen, He'll save you.

1430
00:50:47,372 --> 00:50:48,802
You're destined become like Jesus.

1431
00:50:49,677 --> 00:50:51,505
But if you reject his call, which all

1432
00:50:51,505 --> 00:50:53,589
day long cries out to you to be

1433
00:50:53,589 --> 00:50:55,427
saved and you reject that call,

1434
00:50:56,067 --> 00:50:57,664
he'll destiny for destruction why?

1435
00:50:58,704 --> 00:51:00,642
Because you chose evil

1436
00:51:01,101 --> 00:51:02,460
because you rejected his call.

1437
00:51:03,271 --> 00:51:03,907
Are you with me?

1438
00:51:04,782 --> 00:51:06,610
Really powerful. I think that's 1 of the

1439
00:51:06,610 --> 00:51:09,075
clearest places in scripture what shows you how

1440
00:51:09,075 --> 00:51:13,089
god's calling and and destiny people and and

1441
00:51:13,230 --> 00:51:15,549
choosing people and their choices work together.

1442
00:51:16,109 --> 00:51:17,569
And this principle

1443
00:51:18,029 --> 00:51:20,190
is throughout the new testament regarding the gospel.

1444
00:51:21,643 --> 00:51:22,681
Those who are unwilling,

1445
00:51:24,117 --> 00:51:25,713
reject the salvation that could be theirs.

1446
00:51:26,751 --> 00:51:29,065
So many are called, but fewer are chosen.

1447
00:51:29,479 --> 00:51:32,193
In fact, it's interesting, We're told in second

1448
00:51:32,353 --> 00:51:32,853
Peter

1449
00:51:33,470 --> 00:51:33,710
that,

1450
00:51:34,507 --> 00:51:37,301
chapter 1, it talks about how God's called

1451
00:51:37,301 --> 00:51:37,541
this.

1452
00:51:38,432 --> 00:51:40,420
But according his divine power. Right?

1453
00:51:41,454 --> 00:51:43,362
And it praise God It's, you know, it's

1454
00:51:43,362 --> 00:51:43,839
beautiful,

1455
00:51:44,237 --> 00:51:46,304
but then he warns them to not to

1456
00:51:46,304 --> 00:51:47,656
fall away, but to grow in grace,

1457
00:51:48,387 --> 00:51:49,657
and not to get the point where they

1458
00:51:49,657 --> 00:51:51,723
forget. Remember that text where they forget that

1459
00:51:51,723 --> 00:51:53,709
they were purified or cleansed,

1460
00:51:54,583 --> 00:51:55,774
forgiven of their past sins.

1461
00:51:56,981 --> 00:51:59,365
That's believers. Only believers were cleansed of their

1462
00:51:59,365 --> 00:52:01,113
past ins. Right? And then he says to

1463
00:52:01,113 --> 00:52:04,450
them, make your calling an election sure.

1464
00:52:06,057 --> 00:52:07,413
So even though we've been called,

1465
00:52:08,130 --> 00:52:10,204
chapter 1 versus 3 and 4 second, Peter

1466
00:52:10,204 --> 00:52:10,364
1.

1467
00:52:11,161 --> 00:52:12,597
Now we need to make our call election

1468
00:52:12,597 --> 00:52:14,352
sure by continuing in the faith by taking

1469
00:52:14,352 --> 00:52:16,436
hold of eternal life. And continuing simply to

1470
00:52:16,436 --> 00:52:17,072
trust Jesus.

1471
00:52:17,866 --> 00:52:19,455
That's how you make your calling an election

1472
00:52:19,455 --> 00:52:19,694
sure.

1473
00:52:20,806 --> 00:52:22,236
You know who Jesus is coming back for?

1474
00:52:25,359 --> 00:52:26,400
No. He's coming back with,

1475
00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:29,440
Right when the antichrist comes and rains, and

1476
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,199
then the church was caught up just before

1477
00:52:31,199 --> 00:52:33,014
the antichrist destroyed Armageddon

1478
00:52:33,372 --> 00:52:34,802
we meet Christ the air on his way

1479
00:52:34,802 --> 00:52:35,041
down.

1480
00:52:35,677 --> 00:52:37,822
But, you know who comes with him. Most

1481
00:52:37,822 --> 00:52:39,093
believers are already with the lord. Did you

1482
00:52:39,093 --> 00:52:39,331
know that?

1483
00:52:40,938 --> 00:52:43,570
Because there's been 2000 years of of of

1484
00:52:43,570 --> 00:52:44,926
believers dying and going to heaven.

1485
00:52:45,644 --> 00:52:48,297
And the dead increase rise first. So they'll

1486
00:52:48,356 --> 00:52:50,110
comprise the armies of heaven. Right?

1487
00:52:51,481 --> 00:52:52,438
And we'll be caught up to meet them

1488
00:52:52,438 --> 00:52:54,113
in the air. Listen to what it says

1489
00:52:54,113 --> 00:52:55,469
in revelation 17 14.

1490
00:52:56,506 --> 00:52:58,261
These meaning the 10 kings that give their

1491
00:52:58,261 --> 00:53:00,016
power to the antichrist, their kingdoms.

1492
00:53:01,063 --> 00:53:03,520
These will wage war against the lamb, and

1493
00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:05,739
the lamb will overcome them because he is

1494
00:53:05,818 --> 00:53:08,293
Lord of Lords and king of kings And

1495
00:53:08,293 --> 00:53:10,529
those who are with him are the called.

1496
00:53:12,605 --> 00:53:15,100
Oh, listen to this. They're the called and

1497
00:53:15,319 --> 00:53:15,798
chosen.

1498
00:53:18,046 --> 00:53:19,636
Why are they chosen because he answered the

1499
00:53:19,636 --> 00:53:19,875
call?

1500
00:53:21,465 --> 00:53:23,850
He knew they'd the call. He's already... He's

1501
00:53:23,850 --> 00:53:25,917
telling, Steven this is a future prophecy before

1502
00:53:25,917 --> 00:53:28,394
it's totally fulfilled yet. But shows his foreign

1503
00:53:28,394 --> 00:53:30,854
knowledge. But listen this. Those who are with

1504
00:53:30,854 --> 00:53:32,226
him are the call

1505
00:53:33,313 --> 00:53:34,130
and chosen

1506
00:53:34,662 --> 00:53:35,162
and

1507
00:53:35,947 --> 00:53:36,447
faithful.

1508
00:53:38,886 --> 00:53:40,974
What guys joined together let know man

1509
00:53:41,666 --> 00:53:43,572
or woman set apart. Amen.

1510
00:53:44,222 --> 00:53:45,970
Being called and chosen to faithful go get...

1511
00:53:46,129 --> 00:53:46,765
Go together, guys.

1512
00:53:48,354 --> 00:53:50,420
Because they made their calling an election sure.

1513
00:53:50,896 --> 00:53:53,216
Call and chosen to call election. You make

1514
00:53:53,216 --> 00:53:54,807
sure how do you make sure by continuing

1515
00:53:54,807 --> 00:53:55,524
to trust Jesus.

1516
00:53:56,240 --> 00:53:58,070
And when you go through hard times. When

1517
00:53:58,070 --> 00:54:00,138
your faith is tested, you continue to hold

1518
00:54:00,138 --> 00:54:02,383
on to eternal life. Hey amen. You continue

1519
00:54:02,383 --> 00:54:04,219
to fight the good fight of faith. You

1520
00:54:04,219 --> 00:54:04,857
continue to say Lord,

1521
00:54:05,655 --> 00:54:07,491
I believe, if I'm struggling my faith help

1522
00:54:07,491 --> 00:54:08,848
my un belief, help me grow in my

1523
00:54:08,848 --> 00:54:09,407
faith. Amen.

1524
00:54:10,538 --> 00:54:12,125
You go through some hard time some temptation.

1525
00:54:12,284 --> 00:54:14,982
You you fall short. You you you you

1526
00:54:14,982 --> 00:54:16,728
fall the city even. He says, I write

1527
00:54:16,728 --> 00:54:17,760
these things that you don't send. But if

1528
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:19,283
you do send, you have a you have

1529
00:54:19,283 --> 00:54:21,434
an advocate with Father Jesus, Christ Righteous. Now

1530
00:54:21,434 --> 00:54:23,108
you confess your scene you say father forgive

1531
00:54:23,108 --> 00:54:24,940
me of my sins cleanse me of all

1532
00:54:24,940 --> 00:54:26,772
the righteousness. Then you walk in the light.

1533
00:54:26,931 --> 00:54:28,365
First John 1 7. If we walk in

1534
00:54:28,365 --> 00:54:30,455
light, As he's in light. We have fellow

1535
00:54:30,455 --> 00:54:32,211
1 with another lot of Jesus christ son

1536
00:54:32,211 --> 00:54:33,488
cleanse from all sins. Amen.

1537
00:54:35,005 --> 00:54:36,601
You have to depend on Jesus every day.

1538
00:54:38,290 --> 00:54:39,564
Don't be waiting for purgatory?

1539
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:40,599
Oh.

1540
00:54:41,556 --> 00:54:43,148
I'll get right in purgatory Man. I'll burn

1541
00:54:43,148 --> 00:54:44,661
off my sins. That's a lie in the.

1542
00:54:44,900 --> 00:54:46,745
If you're not right with Jesus, When you

1543
00:54:46,745 --> 00:54:48,570
leave this earth, you'll never be right with

1544
00:54:48,649 --> 00:54:48,966
Jesus.

1545
00:54:50,156 --> 00:54:51,108
You have to make sure you're in the

1546
00:54:51,108 --> 00:54:51,743
faith right now.

1547
00:54:54,140 --> 00:54:57,106
So we have all these wonderful passages, and

1548
00:54:57,242 --> 00:54:59,174
it's it's amazing too. When you look at

1549
00:54:59,310 --> 00:54:59,787
hebrews,

1550
00:55:00,518 --> 00:55:02,981
Chapter 3, it says verse 1. Therefore holy

1551
00:55:02,981 --> 00:55:05,523
brethren, partake of a heavenly calling.

1552
00:55:07,429 --> 00:55:09,673
Partake of a heavenly calling. Where this heavily

1553
00:55:09,673 --> 00:55:12,151
calling in chapter 3 verse 1. Yet, he

1554
00:55:12,151 --> 00:55:13,829
warns them, listen to this,

1555
00:55:14,788 --> 00:55:16,866
3 different times, he warns them don't harden

1556
00:55:16,866 --> 00:55:18,225
in your hearts to that call.

1557
00:55:19,517 --> 00:55:21,034
And don't tune out the holy spirit.

1558
00:55:21,753 --> 00:55:23,588
As they did in the wilderness, when I

1559
00:55:23,588 --> 00:55:25,185
laid their car as low and wipe them

1560
00:55:25,185 --> 00:55:27,021
out before they entered the promised lamb.

1561
00:55:28,153 --> 00:55:30,226
Yeah. Your holy brother. Your partake is loving

1562
00:55:30,226 --> 00:55:32,220
call... Emily calling. You are in your calling.

1563
00:55:32,459 --> 00:55:34,931
You're going forward, but 3 different times he

1564
00:55:34,931 --> 00:55:36,925
warns them don't harden your parts.

1565
00:55:39,091 --> 00:55:40,308
And it's

1566
00:55:41,321 --> 00:55:43,494
amazing when you you think it through in

1567
00:55:44,029 --> 00:55:46,202
in verse 12. That's that famous verse

1568
00:55:46,514 --> 00:55:48,348
famous if you go to this church, take

1569
00:55:48,348 --> 00:55:49,247
care of brethren

1570
00:55:49,784 --> 00:55:51,060
that there not being in any 1 of

1571
00:55:51,060 --> 00:55:53,453
you and un an evil, unbelievable heart that

1572
00:55:53,453 --> 00:55:55,527
falls away from the living God. But encourage

1573
00:55:55,527 --> 00:55:56,186
1 another

1574
00:55:56,579 --> 00:55:58,657
day by day or day after day, as

1575
00:55:58,657 --> 00:56:00,734
long as it's still called the today. So

1576
00:56:00,734 --> 00:56:02,652
that none of you will be hardened by

1577
00:56:02,652 --> 00:56:03,930
the d forgetful of sin,

1578
00:56:04,584 --> 00:56:06,340
And that's just... That's a fourth time. 3

1579
00:56:06,340 --> 00:56:08,335
times it says, don't be hardened. Don't harden

1580
00:56:08,335 --> 00:56:10,330
your hearts. Here he gives them this word

1581
00:56:10,330 --> 00:56:12,246
it talks about don't be... Don't let this

1582
00:56:12,246 --> 00:56:14,019
happen. About those who will be hard by

1583
00:56:14,019 --> 00:56:16,339
the People of sin. That 14. For we

1584
00:56:16,339 --> 00:56:18,099
have become partake of Christ. If we hold

1585
00:56:18,099 --> 00:56:19,940
fast it this again, if we hold fast

1586
00:56:19,940 --> 00:56:21,790
the beginning of our assurance, firm until the

1587
00:56:21,790 --> 00:56:24,334
end, while it is said today, if you

1588
00:56:24,334 --> 00:56:26,878
hear his voice, do not harden your hearts

1589
00:56:26,878 --> 00:56:29,264
as when they provoke me. So Paul is

1590
00:56:29,264 --> 00:56:30,377
telling Timothy, Timothy,

1591
00:56:31,988 --> 00:56:33,266
You should fight the good fight. You need

1592
00:56:33,266 --> 00:56:34,326
to fight the good fight

1593
00:56:34,784 --> 00:56:36,302
of faith. You need to lay hold on

1594
00:56:36,302 --> 00:56:38,060
eternal life because you recall Timothy.

1595
00:56:38,714 --> 00:56:41,114
You've been called. Now fulfill that calling.

1596
00:56:41,835 --> 00:56:43,434
Now let's go back to chapter 6 verse

1597
00:56:43,434 --> 00:56:43,674
12.

1598
00:56:45,755 --> 00:56:45,889
Now

1599
00:56:47,049 --> 00:56:48,250
Look at what we've looked at so far.

1600
00:56:48,489 --> 00:56:51,630
Fight. The good fight of faith, take hold

1601
00:56:51,849 --> 00:56:53,690
of the eternal life to which you were

1602
00:56:53,690 --> 00:56:54,190
called

1603
00:56:55,303 --> 00:56:56,021
and I love this.

1604
00:56:57,218 --> 00:57:00,091
Here's reason number 2 that Timothy is told

1605
00:57:00,091 --> 00:57:02,086
by Paul that he should persevere in his

1606
00:57:02,086 --> 00:57:02,325
faith.

1607
00:57:03,135 --> 00:57:05,279
And reason number 2 is because Timothy has

1608
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made a good confession in the presence of

1609
00:57:07,263 --> 00:57:07,898
many witnesses.

1610
00:57:08,692 --> 00:57:10,279
Verse 12, fight the good fight of faith

1611
00:57:10,279 --> 00:57:11,964
take hold of the eternal leg to which

1612
00:57:11,964 --> 00:57:14,545
you were called and you made the good

1613
00:57:14,764 --> 00:57:17,904
confession in the presence of many witnesses.

1614
00:57:20,138 --> 00:57:21,092
Wow, that's powerful.

1615
00:57:22,364 --> 00:57:23,159
So Timothy,

1616
00:57:24,511 --> 00:57:26,896
don't give up. You made a great confession

1617
00:57:26,896 --> 00:57:27,794
of your faith

1618
00:57:28,344 --> 00:57:30,901
And the idea of confession became a technical

1619
00:57:30,901 --> 00:57:32,579
term for confessing Christ as your Lord.

1620
00:57:33,458 --> 00:57:35,376
And Timothy had confessed Jesus Christ says as

1621
00:57:35,536 --> 00:57:35,775
Lord.

1622
00:57:36,428 --> 00:57:38,251
You know, different comment will say this could

1623
00:57:38,251 --> 00:57:39,598
have been at a tri when he was

1624
00:57:39,598 --> 00:57:41,049
at, you know, facing

1625
00:57:41,579 --> 00:57:42,476
some kind of

1626
00:57:42,927 --> 00:57:43,244
you know,

1627
00:57:44,054 --> 00:57:44,554
hostility

1628
00:57:45,170 --> 00:57:47,643
in court because of his faith. Others say

1629
00:57:47,643 --> 00:57:49,398
it could have been his...

1630
00:57:49,956 --> 00:57:52,508
Some commentaries have say maybe Paul is talking

1631
00:57:52,508 --> 00:57:54,915
about when they or ordained him and the

1632
00:57:54,915 --> 00:57:57,625
elders of pre laid hands on him. I

1633
00:57:57,625 --> 00:58:00,277
think the best explanation is probably talking about

1634
00:58:00,734 --> 00:58:01,690
Timothy baptism.

1635
00:58:02,662 --> 00:58:04,256
In the early church, that's where you gave

1636
00:58:04,256 --> 00:58:05,931
your public testimony, and it talks about many.

1637
00:58:06,170 --> 00:58:07,706
Not just a few that were many witnesses

1638
00:58:08,003 --> 00:58:10,017
to Timothy giving his testimony

1639
00:58:10,727 --> 00:58:11,705
given his public

1640
00:58:12,081 --> 00:58:13,992
confession. And Praise God, we just had a

1641
00:58:13,992 --> 00:58:14,788
baptism Sunday.

1642
00:58:15,345 --> 00:58:17,893
And baptism are just so awesome because that's

1643
00:58:17,893 --> 00:58:20,131
where you what it means to give a

1644
00:58:20,131 --> 00:58:21,266
confession is a public

1645
00:58:21,639 --> 00:58:22,139
declaration

1646
00:58:22,670 --> 00:58:24,177
that you belong to Jesus that you a

1647
00:58:24,177 --> 00:58:26,399
follower of Christ. It's a beautiful thing, guys.

1648
00:58:27,287 --> 00:58:29,910
And I love baptism and, you know, it's

1649
00:58:29,910 --> 00:58:32,056
a joy. It's such a joy to see

1650
00:58:32,056 --> 00:58:32,374
people.

1651
00:58:33,169 --> 00:58:35,315
Their lives their hearts just being changed and

1652
00:58:35,315 --> 00:58:35,815
transformed

1653
00:58:36,284 --> 00:58:38,426
and through faith in Christ and then going

1654
00:58:38,426 --> 00:58:39,244
into the water

1655
00:58:39,934 --> 00:58:42,631
and and and giving testimony that I belong

1656
00:58:42,631 --> 00:58:43,108
to Jesus,

1657
00:58:43,838 --> 00:58:45,668
And what Steven and I will do and

1658
00:58:45,668 --> 00:58:47,818
sometimes the other elders, you know, we'll we'll

1659
00:58:47,818 --> 00:58:50,069
pray for them, but we'll also make a

1660
00:58:50,206 --> 00:58:52,133
declaration of faith, you know, And if you've

1661
00:58:52,133 --> 00:58:53,969
been baptized, you know what that's like, You

1662
00:58:53,969 --> 00:58:56,523
know, you'll confess Jesus Christ as as your

1663
00:58:56,523 --> 00:58:58,199
lord, you confess him as God in the

1664
00:58:58,199 --> 00:58:58,837
flesh, Amen.

1665
00:59:00,287 --> 00:59:02,278
Your faith in God, you know, God God

1666
00:59:02,278 --> 00:59:04,529
made all things. Amen, and that he

1667
00:59:04,985 --> 00:59:06,497
became flesh and that he lived a perfect

1668
00:59:06,497 --> 00:59:08,343
life and you'll repeat that and that He

1669
00:59:08,343 --> 00:59:09,855
went to the cross, and he paid for

1670
00:59:09,855 --> 00:59:12,242
sins and he rose again, and he ascended

1671
00:59:12,242 --> 00:59:13,753
the father. He's paying for us now and

1672
00:59:13,753 --> 00:59:16,158
he's coming back again. Amen, and receive us

1673
00:59:16,158 --> 00:59:18,074
to himself and we with him forever, and

1674
00:59:18,074 --> 00:59:19,829
you'll confess that he's your Lord and they

1675
00:59:19,829 --> 00:59:21,745
are saved by create... By Grace to faith

1676
00:59:21,745 --> 00:59:23,741
and that you you reno the wicked of

1677
00:59:23,741 --> 00:59:24,140
the world.

1678
00:59:24,713 --> 00:59:26,304
Amen and Jesus christ is your Lord.

1679
00:59:26,941 --> 00:59:28,952
And you'll have a testimony

1680
00:59:29,407 --> 00:59:31,476
in regard to what your faith is. And

1681
00:59:31,476 --> 00:59:32,987
if you haven't been baptized it's important,

1682
00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:35,239
You know? Now we believe that you're saved

1683
00:59:35,239 --> 00:59:36,280
prior to baptism,

1684
00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:38,440
we don't have time to get into that,

1685
00:59:38,599 --> 00:59:41,135
But if you're trusting Christ, you're sad, but

1686
00:59:41,334 --> 00:59:44,147
if you're truly saved, you'll wanna be baptized

1687
00:59:44,205 --> 00:59:46,119
because Jesus says if you love me, obey

1688
00:59:46,119 --> 00:59:47,954
my come command and say amen. So that's

1689
00:59:47,954 --> 00:59:50,427
very, very important that we confess him.

1690
00:59:51,478 --> 00:59:52,514
As our Lord and Savior.

1691
00:59:53,391 --> 00:59:54,587
Second, Timothy 02:12,

1692
00:59:55,144 --> 00:59:56,579
paul says if we endure,

1693
00:59:57,137 --> 00:59:59,862
we shall also reign with him. If we

1694
00:59:59,862 --> 01:00:03,073
deny him, he also would deny us. Paul's

1695
01:00:03,211 --> 01:00:05,922
emphasizing the importance of Timothy continuing to hold

1696
01:00:05,922 --> 01:00:07,219
on to his early

1697
01:00:07,597 --> 01:00:08,097
confession

1698
01:00:08,570 --> 01:00:10,250
when he publicly declared whether it was his

1699
01:00:10,250 --> 01:00:13,289
baptism or somewhere else before many people that

1700
01:00:13,289 --> 01:00:15,210
that Jesus is his lord, which by the

1701
01:00:15,210 --> 01:00:16,730
way, a big deal in those days guys.

1702
01:00:17,704 --> 01:00:19,699
It's a big deal today because you can't

1703
01:00:19,699 --> 01:00:21,694
be saved if you refuse to confess christ

1704
01:00:21,694 --> 01:00:22,014
your Lord.

1705
01:00:22,732 --> 01:00:24,648
But in those days, man, it could cost

1706
01:00:24,648 --> 01:00:25,286
you your life.

1707
01:00:26,737 --> 01:00:29,313
In fact, it caused many people lives because

1708
01:00:29,372 --> 01:00:31,368
they looked at Zeus as the chief God.

1709
01:00:31,687 --> 01:00:33,763
And the... And, basically, it came to a

1710
01:00:33,922 --> 01:00:36,891
Zenith regarding persecution if you confess jesus Christ

1711
01:00:36,971 --> 01:00:38,567
Lord because guess what that meant.

1712
01:00:39,605 --> 01:00:40,583
That meant that

1713
01:00:41,201 --> 01:00:41,701
he's

1714
01:00:42,478 --> 01:00:43,376
higher than

1715
01:00:44,088 --> 01:00:44,727
the Caesars.

1716
01:00:45,525 --> 01:00:48,079
And Caesar was supposed to be the head

1717
01:00:48,079 --> 01:00:48,478
guy.

1718
01:00:48,957 --> 01:00:51,112
And you were threatening... Well, in fact, look

1719
01:00:51,112 --> 01:00:53,300
at what Paul says, Go to first Timothy

1720
01:00:53,516 --> 01:00:55,346
chapter 6, of verse 12,

1721
01:00:56,300 --> 01:00:57,596
and I want you to

1722
01:00:59,339 --> 01:01:00,638
look beyond verse

1723
01:01:01,017 --> 01:01:03,254
12 to verse 13 and then 14.

1724
01:01:04,213 --> 01:01:05,971
I charge you in the presence of God

1725
01:01:05,971 --> 01:01:08,452
who gives life to all things and of

1726
01:01:08,610 --> 01:01:11,628
Christ Jesus who testified the good confession before

1727
01:01:11,628 --> 01:01:14,168
punches pilot, that you keep the command without

1728
01:01:14,168 --> 01:01:16,180
staying or rep approach until the appearing of

1729
01:01:16,180 --> 01:01:17,220
our lord Jesus Christ,

1730
01:01:17,860 --> 01:01:20,260
which he will bring about at the proper

1731
01:01:20,260 --> 01:01:21,539
time. He who is what.

1732
01:01:22,274 --> 01:01:24,829
The... The blessing and the only what. The

1733
01:01:24,829 --> 01:01:27,143
only sovereign. He say guess what? Caesars not

1734
01:01:27,143 --> 01:01:27,702
the sovereign.

1735
01:01:28,261 --> 01:01:30,517
In fact, our Lord God is the only

1736
01:01:30,576 --> 01:01:30,896
sovereign.

1737
01:01:31,788 --> 01:01:33,143
The king of kings and the Lord of

1738
01:01:33,222 --> 01:01:34,338
Lords? Do you know how?

1739
01:01:35,295 --> 01:01:37,606
How s this would seem if you're reading

1740
01:01:37,606 --> 01:01:38,801
this in the first century?

1741
01:01:39,932 --> 01:01:40,432
Because

1742
01:01:40,889 --> 01:01:43,679
Caesar's... I mean, Jesus was crucified under the

1743
01:01:43,679 --> 01:01:46,231
pre pretext that he was claiming to overthrow

1744
01:01:46,231 --> 01:01:46,789
rome. Right?

1745
01:01:48,639 --> 01:01:50,239
And that's what the jews said, hey, He.

1746
01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:52,559
Oh, we have Caesar or king because that

1747
01:01:52,559 --> 01:01:53,199
was a big deal.

1748
01:01:54,639 --> 01:01:56,893
So to call Jesus your Lord, you're only

1749
01:01:56,893 --> 01:01:57,292
sovereign.

1750
01:01:57,851 --> 01:01:58,569
That's a big deal.

1751
01:01:59,527 --> 01:02:01,204
And that's what Paul is telling Timothy to

1752
01:02:01,204 --> 01:02:02,800
keep up that confession. And by the way,

1753
01:02:03,119 --> 01:02:05,136
this is... He's ready at Timothy and Ethic

1754
01:02:05,608 --> 01:02:07,516
Ep is a hotbed for Emperor worship.

1755
01:02:08,072 --> 01:02:10,537
The emperor was held as Supreme, and Paul

1756
01:02:10,537 --> 01:02:11,275
was writing

1757
01:02:11,729 --> 01:02:12,604
pete Timothy?

1758
01:02:13,733 --> 01:02:15,882
Our God supreme. He's the king of kings

1759
01:02:15,962 --> 01:02:16,679
He's a Lord of Lords.

1760
01:02:17,474 --> 01:02:19,306
Any of these earthly kings are subs soviet

1761
01:02:19,306 --> 01:02:21,217
to him. That's a big deal. He say,

1762
01:02:21,376 --> 01:02:23,385
don't quit your confession. Just read the book

1763
01:02:23,385 --> 01:02:25,699
of acts. These testimonies got them in a

1764
01:02:25,699 --> 01:02:27,534
lot of trouble, but it was very important

1765
01:02:27,534 --> 01:02:29,210
because in chapter 10 versus 9 and 10.

1766
01:02:29,544 --> 01:02:31,377
And I'm reading from the complete Jewish Bible

1767
01:02:31,377 --> 01:02:33,529
because it brings out the continuous tenses in

1768
01:02:33,529 --> 01:02:35,442
these verses. Listen to Romans 10 9 and

1769
01:02:35,442 --> 01:02:37,847
10 about confessing Jews as Lord. That if

1770
01:02:37,847 --> 01:02:40,155
you confess publicly or acknowledged publicly,

1771
01:02:42,304 --> 01:02:44,612
with your mouth that Yes asu is Lord

1772
01:02:44,612 --> 01:02:46,284
and trust in your heart that god raised

1773
01:02:46,284 --> 01:02:48,214
him from the dead, you will be delivered.

1774
01:02:49,094 --> 01:02:51,755
For with the heart 1 goes on trusting

1775
01:02:51,894 --> 01:02:53,675
and this continues toward righteousness

1776
01:02:54,054 --> 01:02:55,907
while the with the mouth 1 keeps on

1777
01:02:55,907 --> 01:02:58,859
making public acknowledgment and that's continues toward deliverance.

1778
01:03:00,615 --> 01:03:01,673
It's a continual

1779
01:03:02,051 --> 01:03:02,551
confession

1780
01:03:02,942 --> 01:03:05,011
fighting the good fight, the idea there is

1781
01:03:05,011 --> 01:03:07,079
continuing to fight the good fight. Of course,

1782
01:03:07,239 --> 01:03:09,785
Jesus said, if you confess him before the

1783
01:03:09,785 --> 01:03:12,109
father or before man, he'll confess before the

1784
01:03:12,109 --> 01:03:14,589
father in Heaven in Matthew 10:32

1785
01:03:14,589 --> 01:03:16,670
and 33 or 31 and 32. But if

1786
01:03:16,670 --> 01:03:18,750
you deny him before, man, He'll deny before

1787
01:03:18,750 --> 01:03:20,759
the father. Who is in Heaven, and hebrews

1788
01:03:20,759 --> 01:03:23,071
reads 04:14 says, therefore since we have a

1789
01:03:23,071 --> 01:03:25,223
great high priest, who has passed through the

1790
01:03:25,223 --> 01:03:27,375
heavens. Jesus is the son of God, let

1791
01:03:27,375 --> 01:03:30,179
us hold fast our confession. So 1 of

1792
01:03:30,179 --> 01:03:31,374
the things you're supposed to hold fast to

1793
01:03:31,374 --> 01:03:33,229
is what, to our

1794
01:03:33,685 --> 01:03:36,097
confession. The third and last reason

1795
01:03:36,553 --> 01:03:37,372
that Jesus

1796
01:03:37,843 --> 01:03:40,793
or Paul gives Timothy to persevere in the

1797
01:03:40,793 --> 01:03:43,025
faith isn't in chapter 2 verse 13, which

1798
01:03:43,025 --> 01:03:44,061
we will look at briefly.

1799
01:03:44,619 --> 01:03:45,735
Chapter 2 verse 13.

1800
01:03:46,546 --> 01:03:48,533
Paul says I charge you. He's charging Timothy.

1801
01:03:48,771 --> 01:03:51,974
In the presence of God, Timothy, God's here

1802
01:03:52,746 --> 01:03:53,302
watching you.

1803
01:03:54,271 --> 01:03:56,416
Who gives life to all things. He's the

1804
01:03:56,416 --> 01:03:58,880
1 who deserves your allegiance because he's the

1805
01:03:58,880 --> 01:04:00,628
1 that gives life to all things. And

1806
01:04:00,628 --> 01:04:03,189
of Christ Jesus who check this out. Who

1807
01:04:03,189 --> 01:04:03,689
testified

1808
01:04:04,068 --> 01:04:07,824
the good confession before po pilot. In other

1809
01:04:07,824 --> 01:04:10,940
words, Timothy, you keep your confession. You fight

1810
01:04:10,940 --> 01:04:12,632
the good fight of faith. You lay hold

1811
01:04:12,632 --> 01:04:14,784
on eternal life to which you were called

1812
01:04:14,784 --> 01:04:17,357
and made a confess before many witnesses. You

1813
01:04:17,494 --> 01:04:19,647
be a powerful witness. You don't let go

1814
01:04:19,647 --> 01:04:21,657
of your testimony. You don't let over your

1815
01:04:21,657 --> 01:04:23,652
confession and look to Jesus who before po

1816
01:04:23,652 --> 01:04:25,887
pilot gave a good confession. Let him be

1817
01:04:25,887 --> 01:04:27,963
your example. And by the way, Jesus, what

1818
01:04:27,963 --> 01:04:30,614
was his confession before Pie like are you

1819
01:04:30,614 --> 01:04:32,775
king? He says, you said it. I am

1820
01:04:32,775 --> 01:04:34,295
a king. And for that reason I was

1821
01:04:34,295 --> 01:04:34,534
born.

1822
01:04:35,574 --> 01:04:37,255
He coulda called 12 leads angels to rescue

1823
01:04:37,255 --> 01:04:38,135
and what he didn't and he knew he's

1824
01:04:38,135 --> 01:04:41,103
was gonna get him crucified. That admission. Yeah.

1825
01:04:41,342 --> 01:04:41,742
I'm king.

1826
01:04:43,098 --> 01:04:43,736
But guess what?

1827
01:04:44,534 --> 01:04:46,782
Jesus testified that he was king not so

1828
01:04:46,782 --> 01:04:48,931
he could be saved. He persevere his testimony,

1829
01:04:49,090 --> 01:04:51,240
so he could die as arcing king for

1830
01:04:51,240 --> 01:04:52,992
our sins, so we could be saved, amen.

1831
01:04:53,151 --> 01:04:54,186
He didn't have to do it. He did

1832
01:04:54,186 --> 01:04:54,265
it.

1833
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:57,239
But he's telling Paul was telling Timothy, you

1834
01:04:57,239 --> 01:04:58,920
need to make sure you keep your confession.

1835
01:04:59,239 --> 01:05:01,400
What's the confession the same thing, not that

1836
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:03,813
we're king, that Jesus king. Amen. That he

1837
01:05:03,813 --> 01:05:06,127
is king, that he is save Amen? That's

1838
01:05:06,127 --> 01:05:08,122
our confession. When do we give it? Whenever

1839
01:05:08,122 --> 01:05:10,117
you can, man? Where do you give it

1840
01:05:10,117 --> 01:05:12,367
before it believers before non believers because they

1841
01:05:12,367 --> 01:05:14,362
need to be saved to amen, We need

1842
01:05:14,362 --> 01:05:17,955
to keep our confession and stand fast in

1843
01:05:17,955 --> 01:05:18,434
the faith.

1844
01:05:21,243 --> 01:05:21,743
Where

1845
01:05:22,438 --> 01:05:23,872
everywhere you can. Why?

1846
01:05:24,589 --> 01:05:26,182
Because you won't be safe if you don't

1847
01:05:26,182 --> 01:05:27,856
confess you as Lord, Romans 10 9 and

1848
01:05:27,856 --> 01:05:29,370
10, and other people need to hear it

1849
01:05:29,370 --> 01:05:29,848
at Amen.

1850
01:05:32,176 --> 01:05:33,314
Now I think it's fascinating

1851
01:05:33,772 --> 01:05:35,708
because I started with how Timothy

1852
01:05:36,804 --> 01:05:39,214
first Timothy 01:18 through 20, he tells the

1853
01:05:39,214 --> 01:05:40,412
fight the good fight. The first time he

1854
01:05:40,412 --> 01:05:41,291
gives example examples like Hi chai

1855
01:05:42,170 --> 01:05:42,889
And Alexander,

1856
01:05:43,768 --> 01:05:44,508
who didn't

1857
01:05:45,127 --> 01:05:46,485
fight the good fight and ship record their

1858
01:05:46,485 --> 01:05:48,726
faith. Now he turns to a positive example.

1859
01:05:48,964 --> 01:05:51,743
He turns to Jesus. Amen, look to Jesus.

1860
01:05:52,140 --> 01:05:54,840
Looked how, he testified before Po pilot, and

1861
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:55,872
he did not give in.

1862
01:05:56,524 --> 01:05:58,439
List to Hebrews chapter 12 verse 1 guys.

1863
01:05:58,759 --> 01:06:00,594
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud

1864
01:06:00,594 --> 01:06:03,467
witnesses surrounding us. Let us also lay aside

1865
01:06:03,467 --> 01:06:04,286
every en comforts

1866
01:06:04,678 --> 01:06:07,066
and the sin which so easily ent us

1867
01:06:07,066 --> 01:06:08,737
and let us run with endurance the race

1868
01:06:08,737 --> 01:06:10,409
that is set before us. There are the

1869
01:06:10,409 --> 01:06:13,115
races again. Verse 2 fixing our eyes on

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Jesus as the author and perfect of faith,

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who for the joy sent before him endured

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the cross, despise the shame and has sat

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down at the right hand of the throne

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of god. For consider him,

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who has endured such hostility by sinner against

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him so that you will not grow weary

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and lose heart. Amen?

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So let's fight the good fight of the

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faith.

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That's stand fast. Let's not give in. I

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wanna challenge you. A,

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fight the good fight. Don't give in. Don't

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throw in the towel.

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Be of fight for your personal faith and

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word, and prayer, c, fight for the content

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of Christian faith. Stand, for God's truth. Being

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ap. For Jesus d, lay hold on eternal

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life. Never let it go. E, make your

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calling election sure, Continue respond to guys called

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don't let your heart get hard because of

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sin. F, remember, your public confession before the

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many witnesses when you first got saved, and

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g, remember Jesus,

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that Jesus testified the Good confession before punches

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pilot. He didn't have to do it. He

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did it for us because he loves this.

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And lastly, h looked to Jesus who finished

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and sat down at the right hand of

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God, the father Amen, and then guess what.

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Revelation 21. I promised the church of Philadelphia,

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but everyone has to here,

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Jesus says,

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even as I overcame and sat down with

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my father on his throne in heaven.

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If you overcome, he that overcomes also sit

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down with me on my throne amen.

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Happy days guy's ahead, Amen.

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You can't be at that convention right now,

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but you get to be somewhere far better,

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the eternal throne of God.

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And you'll hear the words well done good

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and faithful servant and enter into the Joy

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of the Lord, Amen.

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Out, please stand.