What Is The Worthy Walk?

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Welcome to relentless truth with John Warren, the

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podcast that extracts truth from a wide range

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revealing who God is, who we are and

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how we relate to each other. Now, here's

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John with this week's powerful and practical insights.

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So today, we are continuing. We've we've had

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an introductory

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episode already on the book of.

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And so we're in

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C 1,

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And the theme of this book is is

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completeness

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in Christ.

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Isn't that just about the most beautiful

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theme,

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dear, Christian, brothers and sisters that we could

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focus on completeness

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in Christ. As I was thinking about this

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episode, I was and doing some planning. I

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was thinking,

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while, if only I could grasp

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that concept,

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completeness

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in in Christ.

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We look to so many other things

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for our completeness are being found in in

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him.

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He

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completes us perfectly. A lot of times you'll

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hear in the movies or or the the

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modern sentiment

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that that this this person,

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this human completes me.

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And and I... That's a lovely

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romantic

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sentiment,

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but no human really

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completes another

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person, the way Jesus Christ,

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the way

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our lord Jesus Christ

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completes us.

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And and so that's the theme of of

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this book. This book is about crystal.

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It's about the study of Jesus Christ. If

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we If we wanna know who

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Jesus really is,

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Is a wonderful book

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to study.

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And, you know,

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I know we've we've been through Philippians as

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well.

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I... I've had the opportunity over the last

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few years. Last many years really,

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to a 10 or so,

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to teach scripture

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almost constantly.

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And in the last couple of years,

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I agreed to to do some more classes

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at my church. And now now going forward,

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I'm I'm taking on an adult bible study

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in Orlando, on Mondays,

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late in the afternoon,

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that that'll come after

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teaching, for a full day,

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at Circle Christian School. And I'm I'm just

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blessed with the the opportunity to teach. This

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podcast now has gone on for almost

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3 years were past a hundred and 50

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episodes. I I forgot to do that thing

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that the producers and the marketing folks advised

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me to do when we started this podcast,

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I've I've really forgotten to take a a

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large season of time off

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to do do planning

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I've just kept

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kinda churning through all of these episodes week

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after week, not in some sort of rote

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way

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but but, hopefully in a way that bless

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this audience. Your your feedback is is a

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a rich rich blessing. And and by the

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way I didn't mention it, But the website

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the website is john warren media dot com.

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It's always a blessing to hear from you.

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My friends down in Australia,

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over in Australia, over and down, in Australia,

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it it is a blessing

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to hear from you even folks in New

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Zealand.

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What a rich blessing

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in in India, and many other many other

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countries and right here in in Florida, what

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a blessing it is.

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And and most of the other states. I

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enjoy data, So I I didn't start this

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podcast to

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to to put up impressive numbers, but the

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the data is just astounding at the number

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of of listeners and and it it does

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continue

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consistently

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to grow and I'm grateful for that.

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Well, 1 of the

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the advantages to all of this teaching is

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also a disadvantage and that is I get

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to immerse myself

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in in biblical truth.

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And and it's... For those of you who

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who teach

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bible,

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scripture, pastors and and the like,

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you know that it is 1 of the

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most convict things that you'll

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you'll ever do. A friend of mine who

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was a pastor

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years ago, that name named Mike Francis who

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who whose ministry is a blessing. He's always

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a pastor to me. But but he had

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a a heart attack on a nazi an

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brain injury. And and 1 of the things

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he he would say is that that, you

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know, before he preach each Sunday.

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Sometimes on Saturday, sometimes during preparation during the

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week.

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Well, most of the time, he he he

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had this completely

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un feeling. Well, I I have that feeling

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today talking about the completeness, our completeness in

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Christ, And today, specifically, we're gonna look at

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chapter 1 versus 9 through 13, and and

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it's... Most comment will call that the worthy

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walk.

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A walk worthy

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of

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our Lord Jesus Christ.

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that is is just so intimidating.

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Completeness in Christ our completeness, we can rest

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in him, and yet, I don't tend to

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rest. I tend to be fit and anxious.

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I tend to

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look to other things for

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completeness. And and my list of those other

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things, what we'll call them idol? We'll call

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them what they are. There they're actually not

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all that uni unemployed. They're they're they're actually

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noble sometimes.

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Those other things can be in routine. They

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can be and

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even in my teaching. How much teaching am

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I doing?

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How much recognition for that teaching do I

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get, not in a not in AAA

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man's applause sort away, but but just just

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even behind the scenes, even just thank you

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for what you do or or Like, this

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has made such a difference in my life.

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I guess that is the applause of of

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man sometimes.

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I mean, I think it's very real when

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when, Kathy Ce, who I loved Dearly,

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comes up to me and,

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year or so go, during a series we

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were doing on the

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attributes of god says wow, this is

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this is really changing the way

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I I read scripture.

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III

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really appreciate that feedback,

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but it is tempting then,

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to for me to,

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develop pride,

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rely on myself for some of of my

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completeness.

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Even though I teach it, I know how

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empty

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that is, I know that Christ is our

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sufficiency

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that the attributes of God are amazing that

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his essence is amazing.

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They doesn't have separate attributes that he's 1

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in substance.

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Even though I know all those things and

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that our completeness is in Christ.

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God inca. God in the flesh.

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Even though I know all those things and

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I read it here from Paul, even though

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I know Philippians, the book that we just

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read and I see how complimentary it is.

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It's because it was written

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from the same same in the same time

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period to just a slightly different group of

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But but even even though Paul is correcting

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some things in the church there,

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providing wonderful

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information for us. And I don't know it

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perfectly, but but I do know it well

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and have studied it well, Even even though

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all of that is true, even though I'm

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familiar with

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some of the Greek language and just how

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important it is, and we're gonna talk about

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a an important word that we talk about

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a lot today. I still

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tend to find my completeness in me. Even

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though I know I come up short. I

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wonder if you do this. You know, yeah,

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you know, you're ear even somewhat depressed over

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your limitations. You you know your

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pro for sin. You know

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that your your... Like, the hem writer said,

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you're prone to wonder.

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Wonder that is.

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Even though you know all those things, why

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do we

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re... Tend to rely on ourselves instead of

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trusting in Jesus Christ for

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for our completeness.

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I I think a lot of it is

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is is knowledge,

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but it's also our human limitations on this

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earth that will be with us.

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And as we mature in Christ, we tend

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grow in our knowledge of our own sin

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and our own limitations.

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So let me just read

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this introductory section, and then we're gonna,

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for... If you're following along if you're able

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to do so, you're not driving and you're

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someplace

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safe where you have access to a Bible.

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We're we're in 1,

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and you don't need to, you know,

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pull over the rest stop, and and

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I'm gonna read the the versus, to you,

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and you can you can keep but doing

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whatever it is you're doing and you'll get

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these these these very

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simple but profound concepts. So he starts out

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Paul and apostle of Christ Jesus by the

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Will of God and Timothy, our brother to

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the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at.

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Grace to you and peace from God our

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father. We've talked a lot on this podcast

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about Paul's

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introductions. They're there's so much you can learn.

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We can learn

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in in Philippians, the preview our previous study

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about servant leadership

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from from Paul.

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1 of the things that we talked about

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that you can see here

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is that

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Paul changes his greeting

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for his audience. For example,

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he founded the church at Philip,

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and he doesn't need to use the word

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an apostle. He doesn't need to establish his

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apostles ship. They are near and dear to

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his heart. Well, all the churches are near

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and dear. Weren't his his greetings are all

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warm.

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But here, for Colossal,

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he he he needs to establish his

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apostles ship.

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So

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Paul, really, if you... If you look a

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little closer than than maybe the obvious as

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you read these texts,

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You'll see that Paul

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is really doing a master on leadership among

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other things. And and and, yeah, there's some

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other themes. He's beautiful theology here.

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But if you just look at it, the

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way he leads is

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is is so tender. And he says to

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the saints. He calls the people saints. And

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in Philippians, he called Timothy and himself, bond

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servants or slaves, Greek word Dol,

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that that that that that word... We translate

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slave.

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And and and so he's humble. It's humble

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servant leadership, but it is leadership.

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And he's not afraid to lead. Grace to

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you and peace from God our father.

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Most theologian believe that these greetings that Paul

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does when he says Grace and peace. He

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he doesn't just, you know, pick

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those those those 2 words randomly. He... He's

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he's using a a Jewish

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piece and and gentile grace

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greeting, customer greetings to to greet both Jews

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and gentile.

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Hey, we we call him the the gospel,

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the apostle rather to

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the gentile.

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And and and so he he was... He

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spent a lot of his ministry con concerned

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about Unity

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in the church. We've even said during in

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Philip that, Philippians rather that he was concerned

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about the church at Philip and its unity.

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So many goes on. We also

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we always thank god, the father of our

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Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you

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since we heard of your faith in Christ

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Jesus and the love that you have for

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all the saints

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because of the hope laid up for you,

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in heaven. It is because of that great

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hope. We have to remember again, and again,

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who God is. It is because of him

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because he first

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loved us that we are able to have

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faith that we are able to love each

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other.

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The love that you have for all the

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saints. So this church

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is is is what your church and my

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church should strive to be known for for

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being... It is known for being a loving

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church.

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And and he says of this, you have

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heard before in the word of truth,

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the gospel,

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which has come to you as indeed in

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the whole world, it is bearing fruit and

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increasing

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as it also does among you since the

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day you heard it and understood the grace

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of God in truth.

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Just as you

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learned

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it from Ipa,

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our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful

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minister of Christ on your behalf and has

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made known to us

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your love

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in the spirit. This is a pap. This

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is not a p. This is p was

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in the church at Philip and had gone

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to

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attend Paul's needs and became ill almost died,

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that... That's a different guy. This is this

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is a path who Paul calls our beloved

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servant.

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So if epa might have been their pastor.

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Well Paul goes on in versus 9 through

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13, There's this this section that most comment

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reference as the worthy walk. And here's what

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he says. And so

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from the day we heard,

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we have not ceased to pray for you

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asking that you may be filled with the

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knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom

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and

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understanding so as to walk in a manner,

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worthy of the lord fully pleasing to him

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bearing fruit in every good work and increasing

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in the knowledge of god, being strengthened with

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all power

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according to his glorious might for all endurance

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and patience with joy, giving thanks to the

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father who has qualified you to share

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in the inheritance of the saints in light.

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That's the end of verse 12. That is

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all 1 sentence, believe it or not. Versus

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9 through 12, And then he says in

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verse 13 versus 13 and 14.

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He has delivered us

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from the domain of darkness and transferred us

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to the kingdom of his beloved son in

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whom we have

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redemption

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the forgiveness

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of sins.

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That this is such a beautiful

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section. He starts with And so from the

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day

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we heard,

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That is heard from,

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the beloved servant.

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About the saints

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at.

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And and so from from the day we

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heard about you, we've not ceased to pray

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for you. Now there there just aren't many

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of us who can say that.

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My my wife and I as we have

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matured in the faith.

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We spend a a couple of times per

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day, the beginning and end of the day,

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praying together.

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Almost every day.

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And we pray for many of you, many

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of the the same things day after day

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after day. So we could say

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in some respects that we've not ceased to

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pray

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for certain people? But but are we perfectly

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faithful to pray for all of those people

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could we make the claim, we have not

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ceased to pray for you no.

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But look at what Paul pray for asking

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that you may be filled with the knowledge

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of his will in all spiritual wisdom and

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understanding.

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Well, if you've listened to this podcast, you

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know about this word knowledge. That is used

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here. The root word is no,

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sometimes called, you know, Gen

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to sort of made a little more

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English ish. It's no, GN0SI,

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which is hard to say. So it it

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has been changed over the years to Gen

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sc.

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It... This word knowledge here is has the

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prefix epi on it, So it's epi,

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which is

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an intense form of knowing, and we've talked

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a lot about this. It it's a close...

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It's it's it's thorough knowledge

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but it's intimate knowledge. In fact,

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it's so intimate that this word

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is used in the sep 2 to describe

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intimacy between a man and a woman.

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So so this is this is intimate knowledge.

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It's not just academic knowledge. It's not idaho

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just that that that... Oh, I know that

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flower is read,

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it it's it's no. And in this case,

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epic if for emphasis, strong,

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strong knowledge.

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Filled with the epi

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of his will in all

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spiritual wisdom

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and understanding. I find myself praying

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when I pray

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to start meetings or 2 or or when

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I'm with other believers, I I find myself

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and and sometimes alone and sometimes even in

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the middle of the night,

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praying for for wisdom.

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And praying to know

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God's will. Well, Paul talks about this very

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comfortably,

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and he says filled with the knowledge

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asking that you may be filled. So you

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talking out the church. With the knowledge,

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epi,

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intimate knowledge of Christ of his will,

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in all spiritual wisdom.

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And and

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understanding.

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So

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his is a reference back to to Christ

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in verse 7. He's a faithful minister of

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Christ on your behalf. His will is not

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referencing a path, obviously.

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So,

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so as them verse 10,

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to walk

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in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully

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pleasing to him.

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There there's there's this notion

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that we can... We tend to go to

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1 end of the spectrum or the other.

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We tend to be like the pendulum that

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just swings violently from 1 side of the

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cabinet to the other, or from 1 side

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to the other 1 extreme

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to the other, and we'll we'll we'll say

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things like it's so difficult. It's so difficult

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to know how to please God.

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And then, others, when the pendulum swings the

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other way, it'll It'll be God as my

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buddy, of course, he he's pleased with me.

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And and Paul is just spelling it out,

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walking in a manner worthy of the Lord.

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Fully pleasing to him

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must be possible or he wouldn't say it

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here. And then he and then he... There...

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There's a there's a pause there, and he

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says,

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breaking,

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bearing, sorry, bearing fruit

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in every good work and increasing

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in the knowledge

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of of God. Stenosis, again, Gen,

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of God.

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And so this this bearing fruit is related

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to

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increasing in the knowledge of God. This is

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not again just an academic exercises

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intimacy

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with him.

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That that fruit, that fruits of the spirit

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are talked about, a fair amount in scripture.

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This love, joy peace, patients, kindness,

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goodness faithfulness,

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gentleness and and self control.

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The the... This... This is the the bearing

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fruit, bearing the fruit that comes from walking

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by faith in in Christ,

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being strengthened

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with all power.

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According to his

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glorious might.

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According to the glorious might of Christ,

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Not your own might is what he's saying

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here. For all endurance and patience with joy.

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I hear people say, and I've said it

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before about myself, Well, I'm just not a

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patient person.

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Well, well, you need to be.

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I I struggle with endurance. I struggle

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III get frustrated. I get frustrated mostly with

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me.

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But I get frustrated with other people and

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are situations, things that are difficult. I I

558
00:21:38,668 --> 00:21:39,942
don't like difficult things.

559
00:21:40,834 --> 00:21:43,146
I don't like tension. I don't like tension

560
00:21:43,146 --> 00:21:44,662
among believers. I don't think we should have

561
00:21:44,662 --> 00:21:46,894
as much tension as we do. I don't

562
00:21:46,974 --> 00:21:48,409
I don't like the way people treat each

563
00:21:48,409 --> 00:21:49,127
other in the church.

564
00:21:50,099 --> 00:21:51,618
I certainly don't wanna be any part of

565
00:21:51,618 --> 00:21:51,778
that.

566
00:21:52,896 --> 00:21:55,454
But I I struggle with with all of

567
00:21:55,454 --> 00:21:55,694
this.

568
00:21:56,413 --> 00:21:59,050
But but notice that Paul says according to

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his

570
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glorious

571
00:22:01,383 --> 00:22:01,702
might.

572
00:22:03,301 --> 00:22:05,160
Being strengthened with all power

573
00:22:06,098 --> 00:22:09,295
according to his glorious. It is resting in

574
00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:13,541
him. Being complete in Jesus Christ, trusting in

575
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him. It it does not mean as some

576
00:22:15,537 --> 00:22:19,144
of my brethren would would would teach. That

577
00:22:19,144 --> 00:22:21,144
what we just throw it into autopilot and

578
00:22:21,144 --> 00:22:21,384
relax.

579
00:22:22,265 --> 00:22:24,105
That... That's not the point. It doesn't mean

580
00:22:24,105 --> 00:22:25,144
that we're not accountable,

581
00:22:25,625 --> 00:22:28,125
but it means that that we are trusting

582
00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:30,830
in him in his might, not in me,

583
00:22:31,149 --> 00:22:32,503
John and his might.

584
00:22:33,778 --> 00:22:35,553
Trusting in him, resting

585
00:22:36,183 --> 00:22:38,509
in him. You see how beautifully this fits

586
00:22:38,723 --> 00:22:40,549
with the sermon on the mount, be not

587
00:22:40,549 --> 00:22:40,788
anxious.

588
00:22:42,137 --> 00:22:44,043
Trust in and and he goes on, Look

589
00:22:44,043 --> 00:22:45,962
at the birds and the in the fields

590
00:22:45,962 --> 00:22:48,263
and the and and and they they... The

591
00:22:48,263 --> 00:22:49,240
birds don't have

592
00:22:49,612 --> 00:22:51,834
store houses for storing and yet your father

593
00:22:51,834 --> 00:22:53,103
and heaven meets all their needs.

594
00:22:53,754 --> 00:22:56,386
I'm I'm I'm para, but you you know

595
00:22:56,386 --> 00:22:57,365
that section

596
00:22:58,539 --> 00:23:00,613
even compares our parenting you if you're being

597
00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:01,890
evil, not how to give good gift your

598
00:23:01,890 --> 00:23:03,325
children, How much more you father than heaven.

599
00:23:03,899 --> 00:23:06,376
Give good things to those who who ask

600
00:23:06,376 --> 00:23:09,413
him. There's there's a trusting God resting in

601
00:23:09,413 --> 00:23:11,570
him. It's not resting in him without human

602
00:23:11,570 --> 00:23:14,701
effort. It is realizing that our power, all

603
00:23:14,701 --> 00:23:17,258
endurance and patience, our are the fruits of

604
00:23:17,258 --> 00:23:19,495
the spirit love joy peace patient's, kindness goodness.

605
00:23:19,989 --> 00:23:22,943
Faithfulness, gentleness and self control. All of those

606
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:25,758
things come from him, but there is a

607
00:23:26,215 --> 00:23:28,791
a being strengthened that we go through

608
00:23:29,103 --> 00:23:32,039
as we walk in a manner worthy of

609
00:23:32,039 --> 00:23:34,681
the lord. That is as as we follow

610
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Christ.

611
00:23:36,418 --> 00:23:38,560
And then he says giving thanks to the

612
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:39,060
father

613
00:23:39,433 --> 00:23:41,362
who has qualified you

614
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to share

615
00:23:43,243 --> 00:23:44,219
in the inheritance

616
00:23:45,164 --> 00:23:46,845
of the saints in light.

617
00:23:47,884 --> 00:23:49,505
He has delivered us

618
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from the domain of darkness

619
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and transferred us

620
00:23:54,140 --> 00:23:55,119
to the kingdom

621
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of his beloved son. In whom

622
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we have

623
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redemption

624
00:24:01,034 --> 00:24:02,252
the forgiveness

625
00:24:02,629 --> 00:24:05,660
of sands. He has bought us by his

626
00:24:05,660 --> 00:24:09,111
precious blood, purchased us. That's sort that word

627
00:24:09,648 --> 00:24:10,547
redemption is

628
00:24:11,816 --> 00:24:13,194
Even the forgiveness

629
00:24:13,651 --> 00:24:15,666
of sins, we're gonna get to that beautiful

630
00:24:15,725 --> 00:24:17,160
section in a couple of weeks where he

631
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,394
says having forgiveness us our sins and having

632
00:24:19,394 --> 00:24:20,691
nailed them to

633
00:24:21,162 --> 00:24:21,798
the cross.

634
00:24:22,593 --> 00:24:26,091
What what a beautiful promise. We we don't

635
00:24:26,091 --> 00:24:28,499
wake up every day trusting in

636
00:24:29,032 --> 00:24:29,907
ourselves, do we.

637
00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:33,111
We trust in God. This walking in the

638
00:24:33,111 --> 00:24:33,430
manner,

639
00:24:35,424 --> 00:24:36,062
we look back,

640
00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:38,295
so as to walk in a manner worthy

641
00:24:38,295 --> 00:24:39,811
of the Lord fully pleasing to him.

642
00:24:40,545 --> 00:24:42,384
Bearing fruit and every good work and increasing

643
00:24:42,384 --> 00:24:43,265
in the knowledge of God.

644
00:24:43,904 --> 00:24:46,484
Knowledge is essential. I used to think

645
00:24:46,865 --> 00:24:47,365
that

646
00:24:47,677 --> 00:24:50,318
I couldn't wait to graduate from high school

647
00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:53,387
or and then later from college so that

648
00:24:53,466 --> 00:24:54,893
I could stop having to learn.

649
00:24:56,496 --> 00:24:58,480
I had a bad view of of of

650
00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,433
learning and of life.

651
00:25:00,147 --> 00:25:01,576
And I thought, you know, and I see

652
00:25:01,576 --> 00:25:02,926
this in some of my students sometimes.

653
00:25:03,498 --> 00:25:05,331
I can't wait to shut this bad boy

654
00:25:05,331 --> 00:25:07,324
down, throw it into neutral and just Coast.

655
00:25:07,961 --> 00:25:10,114
I've learned enough. I'm good. I'm proficient and

656
00:25:10,114 --> 00:25:10,751
in my field.

657
00:25:11,404 --> 00:25:13,478
And and wow did I not realize how

658
00:25:13,478 --> 00:25:15,472
how my field banking was going to change

659
00:25:15,472 --> 00:25:16,429
so much over the years.

660
00:25:17,147 --> 00:25:18,981
How Naive of me to think that, okay.

661
00:25:19,141 --> 00:25:21,706
I've arrived. I'm on autopilot now. I'm good.

662
00:25:21,945 --> 00:25:24,887
I pretty much thought that. But but notice

663
00:25:24,887 --> 00:25:25,626
how counterintuitive

664
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,625
this this truth is that that it is

665
00:25:28,625 --> 00:25:31,343
our knowledge of god knowing who he he

666
00:25:31,343 --> 00:25:34,599
is knowing who Jesus is. But but that

667
00:25:34,599 --> 00:25:35,394
that word knowledge,

668
00:25:36,108 --> 00:25:38,650
remember, be filled being filled with the knowledge

669
00:25:38,650 --> 00:25:40,477
of his will and all spiritual wisdom and

670
00:25:40,477 --> 00:25:43,045
understanding all spiritual wisdom and understanding. Notice that.

671
00:25:43,523 --> 00:25:46,078
That that is that word epi, which which

672
00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:48,552
is is is an intimate knowledge, a a

673
00:25:48,552 --> 00:25:49,510
full knowledge.

674
00:25:50,242 --> 00:25:54,220
Of knowing in terms of intimacy with Jesus

675
00:25:54,379 --> 00:25:56,629
Christ, our lord. That knowledge

676
00:25:57,416 --> 00:26:00,751
requires academic, not requires knowledge of the facts.

677
00:26:01,386 --> 00:26:03,054
There's no what you can't say, well, I

678
00:26:03,054 --> 00:26:03,848
just love Jesus.

679
00:26:04,562 --> 00:26:05,595
If you don't know him.

680
00:26:06,484 --> 00:26:08,874
That that we are to know him to

681
00:26:08,874 --> 00:26:11,263
walk with him? It is critical. And I

682
00:26:11,263 --> 00:26:13,175
know sometimes you think, well, I just don't

683
00:26:13,175 --> 00:26:14,609
know where to start. And what about all

684
00:26:14,609 --> 00:26:17,249
these pastors? You'd have these conflicting views and

685
00:26:17,249 --> 00:26:18,623
what do I what do I do with

686
00:26:18,838 --> 00:26:20,825
denomination? And what about all these translations of

687
00:26:20,825 --> 00:26:22,096
the bible? I hear all this all the

688
00:26:22,096 --> 00:26:22,335
time?

689
00:26:23,464 --> 00:26:25,220
What about these translations? Which 1 can I

690
00:26:25,220 --> 00:26:27,614
trust Or well, the the original manuscript were

691
00:26:27,614 --> 00:26:30,088
were never recovered and and and this this

692
00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:33,297
this manuscript is is is is decent, but

693
00:26:33,297 --> 00:26:34,975
but it? I I hear it still has

694
00:26:34,975 --> 00:26:35,214
errors.

695
00:26:36,093 --> 00:26:37,132
What what am I to do?

696
00:26:38,330 --> 00:26:40,202
Well, There's enough accurate

697
00:26:40,818 --> 00:26:42,754
information in most of these

698
00:26:43,132 --> 00:26:44,647
translations. I'll, I'll just give you a few.

699
00:26:45,365 --> 00:26:48,076
English standard standard version. New King James,

700
00:26:48,889 --> 00:26:49,603
n iv,

701
00:26:51,191 --> 00:26:52,778
I don't know whether I named new American

702
00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:55,478
standard yet or not. But but those 3

703
00:26:55,478 --> 00:26:56,137
or 4

704
00:26:56,764 --> 00:26:57,799
are pretty solid.

705
00:26:58,437 --> 00:27:00,429
And and you can you can... I saw

706
00:27:00,429 --> 00:27:02,522
somebody on social media nit picking

707
00:27:02,898 --> 00:27:05,288
2 2 versus that get translated differently in

708
00:27:05,288 --> 00:27:06,027
the Es

709
00:27:06,499 --> 00:27:07,958
English standard version versus,

710
00:27:08,497 --> 00:27:11,054
and the N n versus the old King

711
00:27:11,134 --> 00:27:12,971
James version. Well you you can you can

712
00:27:12,971 --> 00:27:14,704
certainly do that. But if you look at

713
00:27:15,223 --> 00:27:17,079
the the versus in context,

714
00:27:17,855 --> 00:27:20,248
it they... They... They're well translated. They get

715
00:27:20,248 --> 00:27:21,285
the point across.

716
00:27:22,002 --> 00:27:23,678
If you wanna go study the Greek words,

717
00:27:23,837 --> 00:27:27,033
use a use it an inter linear or

718
00:27:27,033 --> 00:27:28,248
or or or

719
00:27:28,702 --> 00:27:30,053
a a great dictionary,

720
00:27:30,688 --> 00:27:32,992
resource online like blue letter bible dot org.

721
00:27:33,882 --> 00:27:35,075
They have an app as well.

722
00:27:36,427 --> 00:27:37,461
I have it on my phone.

723
00:27:38,257 --> 00:27:39,371
You can you can look up the greek

724
00:27:39,371 --> 00:27:40,166
words if you'd like.

725
00:27:41,056 --> 00:27:42,328
And I I do that from time to

726
00:27:42,328 --> 00:27:44,474
time. I think that's helpful. You can also

727
00:27:44,474 --> 00:27:46,620
find a good a good commentary series.

728
00:27:47,177 --> 00:27:47,972
For c,

729
00:27:48,624 --> 00:27:50,935
and it's it's a shame, but but, you

730
00:27:50,935 --> 00:27:52,950
you can't just go to 1 source for

731
00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:55,320
for the entire bible although there are some

732
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:56,777
that try to to

733
00:27:57,885 --> 00:27:59,717
be as effective as possible. There's 1 on

734
00:27:59,876 --> 00:28:02,903
Philippians and that I like. And it says

735
00:28:03,222 --> 00:28:05,213
the title is joy and completeness in Christ.

736
00:28:06,502 --> 00:28:08,094
By Guy named Robert Gram mack,

737
00:28:09,526 --> 00:28:09,844
and

738
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,629
there there are some editors that are listed

739
00:28:12,629 --> 00:28:13,107
as well.

740
00:28:13,679 --> 00:28:15,774
Who are well known, but but Gram mack

741
00:28:15,832 --> 00:28:19,282
is is the writer of a good commentary.

742
00:28:19,738 --> 00:28:21,333
But but if you if you get yourself

743
00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:23,423
an English standard bible. If you say, okay.

744
00:28:23,583 --> 00:28:25,101
I buy end of this notion that Paul

745
00:28:25,101 --> 00:28:26,380
is saying that I need to be filled

746
00:28:26,380 --> 00:28:28,537
with the knowledge of his will. I still

747
00:28:28,537 --> 00:28:31,109
don't know where to go, take to to

748
00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:34,470
to get solid in my knowledge. Well, III

749
00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:35,769
would I would just

750
00:28:36,150 --> 00:28:36,710
suggest this.

751
00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:39,109
Do this in bite sized pieces.

752
00:28:39,923 --> 00:28:40,481
Start with,

753
00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:43,512
maybe the gospel of John. If you've never

754
00:28:43,512 --> 00:28:46,224
really read scripture before or start with the

755
00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,537
book of Romans or start with Philippians and

756
00:28:48,537 --> 00:28:49,037
c.

757
00:28:49,748 --> 00:28:52,855
Maybe go back and listen to old relentless

758
00:28:52,855 --> 00:28:55,347
truth podcast episodes as we walked her

759
00:28:55,962 --> 00:28:58,591
in kind of a some summary format,

760
00:28:59,481 --> 00:29:01,389
the the book of Romans. It is it

761
00:29:01,389 --> 00:29:04,090
is rep repeat with beautiful theology. I try

762
00:29:04,090 --> 00:29:05,839
not to use buzz words. I try to

763
00:29:05,839 --> 00:29:08,794
explain the concepts try to move relatively slowly

764
00:29:08,794 --> 00:29:10,145
through some of the real critical,

765
00:29:10,701 --> 00:29:11,734
know, essential,

766
00:29:12,290 --> 00:29:15,072
foundational truths of the of the Christian faith.

767
00:29:16,043 --> 00:29:17,479
But Paul is,

768
00:29:18,676 --> 00:29:21,570
really talking about the value of

769
00:29:22,028 --> 00:29:25,176
knowledge of God. And in that is included

770
00:29:25,714 --> 00:29:28,188
intimacy in in Christ. Because it's it's not

771
00:29:28,188 --> 00:29:30,582
just academic knowledge. It is it is knowledge

772
00:29:30,582 --> 00:29:31,221
of the facts.

773
00:29:31,954 --> 00:29:34,668
And closeness in him. So if you get

774
00:29:34,668 --> 00:29:36,584
yourself an English standard version or New King

775
00:29:36,743 --> 00:29:39,537
James or even new American standard, even in

776
00:29:39,696 --> 00:29:40,096
Iv,

777
00:29:41,548 --> 00:29:43,466
you can... Or even the old King James

778
00:29:43,466 --> 00:29:45,404
version if you prefer the more formal

779
00:29:45,863 --> 00:29:48,021
language, I think it's a little harder to

780
00:29:48,021 --> 00:29:50,744
understand for us. But I I would commend

781
00:29:50,744 --> 00:29:53,868
the the the English standard version because it's

782
00:29:53,925 --> 00:29:54,981
easy to read

783
00:29:55,674 --> 00:29:58,457
relatively easy. There's still some confusing passages you're

784
00:29:58,457 --> 00:30:00,460
gonna have some of those. You're gonna have

785
00:30:00,460 --> 00:30:03,642
hear conflicting views on things. I'm I've mentioned

786
00:30:03,642 --> 00:30:05,949
diluted to it earlier, the way we square

787
00:30:05,949 --> 00:30:08,668
off in our denomination. And you might hear

788
00:30:08,668 --> 00:30:11,132
oh, well, this means this, and this is

789
00:30:11,132 --> 00:30:12,960
the role of baptism and the means of

790
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,947
baptism, the method of baptism.

791
00:30:15,439 --> 00:30:16,955
And and yet, you'll hear another group say,

792
00:30:17,034 --> 00:30:18,550
oh, no. No No. They have it wrong.

793
00:30:19,188 --> 00:30:20,783
But but I but I think if you

794
00:30:20,783 --> 00:30:22,857
if you look at the the essentials, the

795
00:30:22,857 --> 00:30:24,851
big doctrines, the essentials of the faith.

796
00:30:25,504 --> 00:30:27,262
You you can you can do that through

797
00:30:27,262 --> 00:30:30,859
your own study of scripture. I'm glad to

798
00:30:30,859 --> 00:30:33,176
help. If your question is legitimate and you're

799
00:30:33,176 --> 00:30:34,215
not trying to trap me.

800
00:30:35,349 --> 00:30:36,789
Which some people do sometimes,

801
00:30:37,829 --> 00:30:39,990
and and you you really want an understanding

802
00:30:39,990 --> 00:30:42,230
of the essentials, and and you say, you

803
00:30:42,230 --> 00:30:44,080
know what this passage bugs me. I can't...

804
00:30:44,319 --> 00:30:46,303
I don't see it here, or you just

805
00:30:46,303 --> 00:30:48,447
wanna talk through it. I Send along an

806
00:30:48,447 --> 00:30:50,352
email. I'm happy to to do that. It's

807
00:30:50,352 --> 00:30:50,828
an honor.

808
00:30:51,479 --> 00:30:53,712
To do that. It's not an imposition. Sometimes

809
00:30:53,712 --> 00:30:55,068
people contact me and I'd say, I'm so

810
00:30:55,068 --> 00:30:56,743
sorry. I know you're busy. Well, yeah, I

811
00:30:56,743 --> 00:30:58,578
am busy, but this is what my life

812
00:30:58,578 --> 00:31:00,811
is all about. I want to come alongside

813
00:31:00,811 --> 00:31:01,311
you

814
00:31:01,624 --> 00:31:03,618
and I want us to come alongside each

815
00:31:03,618 --> 00:31:06,010
other and be strengthened with all power as

816
00:31:06,170 --> 00:31:06,569
Paul says,

817
00:31:07,287 --> 00:31:09,520
according to his glorious might for all endurance

818
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,163
and patience with joy. So all of those

819
00:31:12,163 --> 00:31:14,702
fruits that we bear, love joy peace, patience,

820
00:31:14,940 --> 00:31:15,336
kindness,

821
00:31:15,892 --> 00:31:19,403
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. They are

822
00:31:19,403 --> 00:31:22,280
developing in our lives throughout our lives. You're

823
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:23,878
not gonna get to the point unlike the

824
00:31:23,878 --> 00:31:26,035
way Americans think, and this is not a

825
00:31:26,035 --> 00:31:28,210
project. You're not gonna get to point in

826
00:31:28,210 --> 00:31:30,529
6 months, 12 months, 5 years, 10 years.

827
00:31:30,849 --> 00:31:32,769
This isn't a long term strategic plan. I

828
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mean, it kinda is, but It's not 1

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where you're gonna say, okay. Well, we achieved

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that that objective.

831
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We we we achieved all of these strategic

832
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objectives. Now we can move on to goodness

833
00:31:42,818 --> 00:31:44,980
faith on this. And no. They they will

834
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all be developing in us while we're on

835
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this earth. The other frustrating thing about this

836
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earth is

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It's full of sin.

838
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I would just ask you to remember this

839
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this word gentleness and self control. We we

840
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are to bear with others.

841
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We are to out undo each other in

842
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showing each other kindness.

843
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And so keep in mind that, yes, we're

844
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on AAA

845
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sinful earth. And and this is something that

846
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we're to engage in being strengthened with all

847
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,069
power according to his glorious might. It's about

848
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his strength.

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We trust in him,

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not in ourselves

851
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for all endurance

852
00:32:22,319 --> 00:32:23,299
and patience

853
00:32:23,679 --> 00:32:25,359
with joy. So don't say to others.

854
00:32:26,093 --> 00:32:27,288
I'm just not a patient person.

855
00:32:27,845 --> 00:32:29,200
Welcome aboard. No 1 is.

856
00:32:30,474 --> 00:32:33,422
No 1 is by by nature. God has

857
00:32:33,422 --> 00:32:35,037
developed patience in some people

858
00:32:35,349 --> 00:32:37,741
more so than others. He develop joy and

859
00:32:37,741 --> 00:32:39,975
some people more so than others. But we

860
00:32:39,975 --> 00:32:43,165
are commanded to do these things. So God

861
00:32:43,165 --> 00:32:44,542
gives us the ability

862
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to do the things he commands us to

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00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:47,318
do.

864
00:32:48,351 --> 00:32:50,018
How how wonderful is that?

865
00:32:51,210 --> 00:32:53,592
As as parents that's really how we should

866
00:32:53,592 --> 00:32:56,793
parent. We shouldn't just give our children commands,

867
00:32:57,830 --> 00:32:59,924
we should give them the tools

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00:33:00,541 --> 00:33:03,354
necessary to accomplish... Oh, god does this perfectly.

869
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Giving thanks to the father who has qualified

870
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you. So develop a thankful heart. You know

871
00:33:09,239 --> 00:33:12,048
how many of my sins, my error, my

872
00:33:12,437 --> 00:33:14,498
my stuff that gets in the way of

873
00:33:14,498 --> 00:33:16,162
living this Christian life is solved,

874
00:33:16,717 --> 00:33:18,802
best by by by thankful.

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00:33:19,903 --> 00:33:21,918
Most of it. If I recognize

876
00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:24,607
that I didn't get this on my own

877
00:33:24,607 --> 00:33:27,238
merit, even the good in me came from

878
00:33:27,238 --> 00:33:27,477
him.

879
00:33:28,448 --> 00:33:30,279
Sure. I worked at it I submitted. I

880
00:33:30,279 --> 00:33:32,031
tried to gain knowledge. But at the end

881
00:33:32,031 --> 00:33:34,579
of the day, it all comes from god,

882
00:33:35,216 --> 00:33:35,694
the father.

883
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God the the sun

884
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and the holy spirit.

885
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He's qualified you to share in the inheritance

886
00:33:43,865 --> 00:33:45,464
of the saints in light.

887
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He has given you an eternal inheritance.

888
00:33:50,092 --> 00:33:51,839
It is because he has first loved us,

889
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that should overwhelm us, Paul is say.

890
00:33:54,875 --> 00:33:57,515
He has delivered us from the domain of

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00:33:57,515 --> 00:33:58,015
darkness

892
00:33:58,475 --> 00:34:00,475
and transferred us to the kingdom of his

893
00:34:00,475 --> 00:34:02,315
beloved son. There's so much we could say

894
00:34:02,315 --> 00:34:04,174
here. I'm try I'm gonna make this study

895
00:34:04,409 --> 00:34:04,909
relatively

896
00:34:05,289 --> 00:34:07,289
light will go into the weeds from time

897
00:34:07,289 --> 00:34:10,089
to time, but but isn't it beautiful to

898
00:34:10,089 --> 00:34:12,089
think about how we were in the domain

899
00:34:12,089 --> 00:34:12,730
of darkness?

900
00:34:13,943 --> 00:34:16,188
And he has transferred us to the kingdom

901
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:19,177
of his beloved son. This is god's work

902
00:34:19,177 --> 00:34:21,318
in you by faith.

903
00:34:21,969 --> 00:34:25,321
We can rest in this beautiful truth. In

904
00:34:25,321 --> 00:34:27,476
whom we have redemption his son.

905
00:34:28,194 --> 00:34:29,950
The forgiveness of sins.

906
00:34:30,523 --> 00:34:32,349
There is nothing greater.

907
00:34:33,064 --> 00:34:35,787
There that we we we are transferred

908
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,781
into his kingdom. The kingdom of his beloved

909
00:34:38,781 --> 00:34:39,019
son.

910
00:34:39,829 --> 00:34:42,527
In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of

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00:34:42,527 --> 00:34:42,765
sense.

912
00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:45,067
So when I'm down,

913
00:34:45,782 --> 00:34:47,766
and when I want to be all self

914
00:34:47,766 --> 00:34:48,083
reliant,

915
00:34:48,735 --> 00:34:51,135
when I feel defeated because of that self

916
00:34:51,135 --> 00:34:51,375
reliance,

917
00:34:51,934 --> 00:34:54,034
I should come back to this section

918
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and realize that it is my being in

919
00:34:56,894 --> 00:34:57,215
him.

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My... My this knowledge this is intimacy with

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00:35:01,381 --> 00:35:03,536
Christ is what Paul is talking about.

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00:35:04,334 --> 00:35:07,862
He's transferred us from the domain of darkness.

923
00:35:08,262 --> 00:35:10,339
And sometimes we get depressed over that darkness.

924
00:35:10,579 --> 00:35:12,198
We talked about looking forward

925
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a few episodes ago.

926
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In Philippians,

927
00:35:16,263 --> 00:35:18,277
a number of episodes ago. We talked about

928
00:35:18,733 --> 00:35:20,806
looking forward rather than looking back the way

929
00:35:20,885 --> 00:35:21,682
Paul describes it.

930
00:35:22,574 --> 00:35:24,808
Well, it's it's wonderful to do that.

931
00:35:25,766 --> 00:35:28,878
It not not to live lives of regret

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00:35:28,878 --> 00:35:30,967
is the way we put it. In in

933
00:35:30,967 --> 00:35:31,765
that episode,

934
00:35:32,563 --> 00:35:34,637
recognizing that we've been delivered from the domain

935
00:35:34,637 --> 00:35:36,471
of darkness. You might say oh, but you

936
00:35:36,471 --> 00:35:38,943
don't know my sin. Well, you don't know

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00:35:38,943 --> 00:35:39,183
mine.

938
00:35:40,631 --> 00:35:42,929
And and you you you might you might

939
00:35:42,929 --> 00:35:44,753
have a hard time listening to this podcast

940
00:35:44,753 --> 00:35:45,465
if you knew mine.

941
00:35:46,258 --> 00:35:47,630
I there's no pastor

942
00:35:48,177 --> 00:35:50,164
no bible teacher who stands up in front

943
00:35:50,164 --> 00:35:53,264
of AAA crowd on Sunday or any other

944
00:35:53,264 --> 00:35:54,934
time who is fault less.

945
00:35:55,824 --> 00:35:57,040
Who's even close

946
00:35:57,496 --> 00:36:00,363
to fault list. No none of us are

947
00:36:00,363 --> 00:36:01,421
teaching god's word

948
00:36:01,956 --> 00:36:04,027
because we merit this standing.

949
00:36:04,758 --> 00:36:07,462
In him on our own. He has delivered

950
00:36:07,462 --> 00:36:09,791
every single 1 of us who are delivered

951
00:36:10,166 --> 00:36:12,472
from the domain of darkness and transferred us.

952
00:36:13,123 --> 00:36:14,814
To the kingdom of his

953
00:36:15,346 --> 00:36:18,069
beloved son. It is all by grace

954
00:36:18,522 --> 00:36:21,880
through faith. And whom we have redemption

955
00:36:22,269 --> 00:36:25,146
the forgiveness of sins. It's interesting. Comment sort

956
00:36:25,146 --> 00:36:28,261
of peel that last little clause off of

957
00:36:28,261 --> 00:36:29,060
this paragraph.

958
00:36:29,793 --> 00:36:31,298
This paragraph that only has a couple of

959
00:36:31,298 --> 00:36:32,011
sentences in it.

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And they kinda tag that onto to the

961
00:36:35,180 --> 00:36:36,710
next section that we'll get to

962
00:36:37,098 --> 00:36:39,587
next week. So God willing will talk about

963
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this this last

964
00:36:42,746 --> 00:36:45,291
little little little section here. This last thought,

965
00:36:45,864 --> 00:36:47,778
in this paragraph and we'll take on the

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00:36:47,778 --> 00:36:48,278
next

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00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,830
section which is on the pre

968
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of of Christ. So Paul is saying, here's

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00:36:53,999 --> 00:36:56,005
who you are in him. And then and

970
00:36:56,005 --> 00:36:58,647
then he's gonna say, and he is preeminent.

971
00:36:58,941 --> 00:36:59,996
You can rest

972
00:37:00,608 --> 00:37:03,147
in him. What a wonderful promise. Thank you

973
00:37:03,147 --> 00:37:03,782
for listening.

974
00:37:04,273 --> 00:37:05,148
I hope this is,

975
00:37:06,421 --> 00:37:06,921
important

976
00:37:07,853 --> 00:37:10,717
information. I hope this... These biblical truths are

977
00:37:10,717 --> 00:37:11,090
are

978
00:37:11,608 --> 00:37:13,123
powerful in your own life, as I said

979
00:37:13,123 --> 00:37:15,036
earlier, if you struggle with this? How do

980
00:37:15,195 --> 00:37:17,108
How do I go about getting this knowledge

981
00:37:17,108 --> 00:37:19,601
that you're talking about? I'm happy to share

982
00:37:19,834 --> 00:37:21,509
all of the resources I know about with

983
00:37:21,509 --> 00:37:24,162
you that that have proven to be accurate

984
00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:26,534
and and and reliable.

985
00:37:27,172 --> 00:37:28,368
I try to stay away from some of

986
00:37:28,368 --> 00:37:29,427
the more absurd

987
00:37:30,056 --> 00:37:31,009
arguments about,

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00:37:31,644 --> 00:37:32,700
more more f

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00:37:33,311 --> 00:37:35,534
translations and things that are are just not

990
00:37:35,534 --> 00:37:37,860
helpful. But if you wanna have a serious

991
00:37:38,154 --> 00:37:40,722
conversation on on this topic. Don't hesitate to

992
00:37:40,722 --> 00:37:42,481
reach out using the contact form on our

993
00:37:42,481 --> 00:37:44,958
website john warren media dot com or send

994
00:37:44,958 --> 00:37:47,116
along an email to john at john warren

995
00:37:47,116 --> 00:37:49,929
media dot com. I will bond to your

996
00:37:49,929 --> 00:37:51,449
email. We might be able to schedule time

997
00:37:51,449 --> 00:37:54,170
on the phone even if necessary, I I

998
00:37:54,170 --> 00:37:57,130
want to come alongside you and help you

999
00:37:57,130 --> 00:37:57,630
grow

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00:37:57,943 --> 00:38:00,563
in God's grace as I grow in his

1001
00:38:00,563 --> 00:38:03,287
grace. It's funny. We can break down these

1002
00:38:03,343 --> 00:38:05,090
these fruits of the spirit love Joy peace

1003
00:38:05,090 --> 00:38:05,590
patience

1004
00:38:06,378 --> 00:38:09,809
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. And

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00:38:09,969 --> 00:38:11,884
I I can tell you the ones that

1006
00:38:11,963 --> 00:38:14,532
God is working in my life. It seems

1007
00:38:14,532 --> 00:38:17,086
as we get older, we become more gentle,

1008
00:38:17,565 --> 00:38:18,624
What what a blessing

1009
00:38:19,002 --> 00:38:21,157
that is young people I would encourage you

1010
00:38:21,157 --> 00:38:22,056
not to wait

1011
00:38:22,529 --> 00:38:25,080
to ask god to develop by his... By

1012
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:26,378
the power of the holy spirit

1013
00:38:27,153 --> 00:38:28,371
through this epi

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00:38:29,226 --> 00:38:31,220
of his will and all spiritual wisdom and

1015
00:38:31,220 --> 00:38:34,686
under standing to grow in each of these

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00:38:34,984 --> 00:38:35,303
attributes.

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00:38:36,021 --> 00:38:38,972
So that's our section for today. We're in

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the book of c

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00:38:41,459 --> 00:38:43,454
If I say Philippians from time to time,

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please forgive me because we've just completed that

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00:38:45,848 --> 00:38:46,087
study.

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00:38:46,726 --> 00:38:49,793
So we're in, we just talk talked about

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versus 9 through 14

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00:38:51,918 --> 00:38:53,770
of chapter 1 of.

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We'll start there

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00:38:55,577 --> 00:38:58,079
next week in our study of our completeness

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00:38:58,136 --> 00:38:59,726
in Christ until next time.

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Thanks for listening to relentless truth with John

1029
00:39:07,693 --> 00:39:08,011
Warren.

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