{"id":1159,"date":"2024-06-30T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/302-james-jolly-exhortation-comforts-in-our-lord\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T03:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:40:49","slug":"302-james-jolly-exhortation-comforts-in-our-lord","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/302-james-jolly-exhortation-comforts-in-our-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"302: James Jolly – Exhortation: Comforts in Our Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an Exhortation from Bro. James Jolly titled \u201cComforts in Our Lord” that was given at the Cumberland Ecclesia on September 3, 2023.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good crystallion
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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Chris.
\nFor this week, we’re listening <\/p>\n

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\nto an exhortation that was given
\nby brother James Jolly back in <\/p>\n

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\nSeptember of 2023.
\nThis was actually given on <\/p>\n

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\nAustralian Father’s Day in his
\nexhortation, which is entitled <\/p>\n

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\nComforts in Our Lord.
\nBrother James is taking lessons <\/p>\n

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\nfrom Second Corinthians chapter
\none and generally overall from <\/p>\n

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\nthe 2nd letter to the
\nCorinthians, where he’s looking <\/p>\n

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\nat the reminders and the lessons
\nthat Paul had for the Corinth <\/p>\n

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\necclesia and how that applies to
\nUS. <\/p>\n

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\nOne particular point that he
\nmakes about midway through the <\/p>\n

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\nexpectation that I really
\nappreciated was the reminder of <\/p>\n

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\nthe need to be selfless rather
\nthan selfish. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause we need to be outwardly
\nfocused rather than inwardly <\/p>\n

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\nfocused when it comes to serving
\nand finding our happiness and <\/p>\n

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\nour joy.
\nAnd that we need to remember <\/p>\n

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\nthat what we put out is what we
\nget back. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the focus on that and the
\nreminder of that is always a <\/p>\n

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\ngood reminder.
\nAnd as a father myself, as he <\/p>\n

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\nwas talking about this for
\nAustralian Father’s Day, as I <\/p>\n

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\nmentioned, and in the United
\nStates, we just had our Father’s<\/p>\n

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\nDay just a little over a week
\nago when I’m recording this, it <\/p>\n

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\nwas a excellent reminder that we
\nneed to focus as much on what <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re giving as what we’re
\ngetting. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I really enjoyed this
\nexpectation. <\/p>\n

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\nI thought it was a excellent
\nreminder for us to re center our<\/p>\n

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\nfocus and to keep our eyes on
\nthe path that is before us. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope you find it encouraging
\nand that it helps you in your <\/p>\n

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\nwalk and encourages you through
\nthe coming week. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you again, as always for
\nlistening. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd with that, I will turn it
\nover to our brother James Jolly <\/p>\n

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\nfor his exhortation comforts in
\nour Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nHappy Father’s Day.
\nWe’ve come to read about a <\/p>\n

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\nfather this morning, and that
\nfather was Paul, who’s a father <\/p>\n

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\nto these people in Corinth.
\nAnd the book of Second <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians is a little bit of
\nan interesting one. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s not actually a lot of
\nnotes and stuff on it. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s not a lot of writings on
\nit, and it’s a book of a few <\/p>\n

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\nsurprises.
\nWhen we come to 2nd Corinthians <\/p>\n

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\nor or Corinthians altogether,
\nthey’re actually a very <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting crowd.
\nTo say that the Ecclesia of <\/p>\n

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\nCorinth was a rough seaport is
\nlike saying that the Titanic had<\/p>\n

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\na fairly bumpy crossing.
\nIt’s a complete understatement. <\/p>\n

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\nThis was an ecclesia where they
\nhad divisions, where people <\/p>\n

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\nlabeled themselves either of
\nPaul or of apostle or of Christ.<\/p>\n

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\nBrethren took each other to
\ncourt. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was poor understanding of
\nmarriage that led to serious <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship issues.
\nThere were arguments over calm <\/p>\n

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\nthings like circumcision,
\nslavery, celibacy, meets offered<\/p>\n

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\nto idols, sisters, roles in the
\necclesia, spirit gifts, <\/p>\n

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\nresurrection.
\nThere was a deep divide between <\/p>\n

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\nrich and poor.
\nThere was slaves, there were <\/p>\n

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\nmoral purists and there were ex
\npriestesses from a very naughty <\/p>\n

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\nplace up on the hill over there
\nand shaved headed Amazonians <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the Isle of Libos offshore.
\nIt was an interesting place. <\/p>\n

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\nLook, we have ecclesias that are
\nmade-up of people who have <\/p>\n

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\ndifferences of viewpoint,
\noccasional moral issues. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have to work together and and
\nsort things out from different <\/p>\n

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\nwalks of life.
\nAnd that’s the same as every <\/p>\n

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\necclesia around the world except
\nmaybe Corinth. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re literally off the charts
\nwhen it comes to the sort of <\/p>\n

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\nthings that Paul deals with.
\nSo the first surprise we have <\/p>\n

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\nwith the book of Corinthians is
\nthat it’s written at all. <\/p>\n

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\nFrankly, if it’d been up to you
\nand I, we probably would have <\/p>\n

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\ngiven them a post it note that
\nsaid too hard. <\/p>\n

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\nSo sorry, don’t call us, we’ll
\ncall you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that would have been that
\nit’s a very, very difficult and <\/p>\n

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\nchallenging thing.
\nAnd yet Paul wrote 4 epistles. <\/p>\n

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\nI know we’ve only got 2, but
\nthere’s a first one mentioned in<\/p>\n

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\nFirst Corinthians 5 verse 9,
\nwhere he says Paul comments and <\/p>\n

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\nsays that he’s already written
\nto them. <\/p>\n

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\nThat appears to be the first
\nbook of Corinthians. <\/p>\n

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\nThen the second book of
\nCorinthians is what we know of <\/p>\n

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\nas First Corinthians, where he
\nwrites to answer a whole string <\/p>\n

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\nof issues and he goes through
\nand he deals with all these <\/p>\n

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\nparticular problems 1 by 1.
\nAnd then there seems to have <\/p>\n

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\nbeen 1\/3, which was mentioned in
\nSecond Corinthians chapter 2, <\/p>\n

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\nverse four, if you’re making
\nnotes, and seven verse 12 where <\/p>\n

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\nhe says as of much affliction
\nand anguish of heart. <\/p>\n

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\nI wrote unto you with many
\ntears. <\/p>\n

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\nIt seems that after the one that
\nwe call First Corinthians, There<\/p>\n

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\nmay have been yet another letter
\nin between, which was a very <\/p>\n

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\nsevere slap across the wrist, a
\nvery good solid telling off from<\/p>\n

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\nPaul, which he wrote tearfully
\nworried about what impact would <\/p>\n

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\nhave.
\nAnd you’ll find as you go <\/p>\n

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\nthrough reading Second
\nCorinthians, he’s hanging out to<\/p>\n

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\nfind out from Titus what the
\nresponse was from this, what he <\/p>\n

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\ngets to hear from Titus.
\nAnd he gets to hear that they’re<\/p>\n

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\nrepentant and they actually took
\nit on the chin and they’re <\/p>\n

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\nwilling to accept the criticism.
\nAnd so he writes Second of <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians that we’ve got in
\nfront of us. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, they’re an amazing
\nbunch of people, these <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians.
\nIt’s the most unlikely place in <\/p>\n

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\nthe world for the truth to
\nthrive, the most unlikely <\/p>\n

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\nopportunity, you would say, for
\nan ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet thrive they did.
\nAnd not only thrive, but Paul <\/p>\n

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\nfelt like he was a father to
\nthese people. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, if if anyone we we
\nmeet in our life walk or in our <\/p>\n

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\necclesia, we think, oh, look,
\nthey couldn’t accept the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nJust have this thought about the
\nCorinthians in the back of your <\/p>\n

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\nmind.
\nPaul not only accepted them, he <\/p>\n

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\nfelt like a father to them.
\nAnd I’m just going to read you <\/p>\n

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\nfrom a a different translation
\nhere from 2nd Corinthians 7 <\/p>\n

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\nverse four to your face.
\nI talked about talk. <\/p>\n

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\nSorry I I start again to your
\nface. <\/p>\n

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\nI talk to you with utter
\nfrankness, but behind your back <\/p>\n

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\nI talk about you with the
\ndeepest pride. <\/p>\n

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\nWhatever troubles we have gone
\nthrough together, the thought of<\/p>\n

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\nyou fills me with comfort and
\ndeep happiness. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the words of a true
\nfather about a a bunch of people<\/p>\n

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\nwho he truly cares for that no
\nmod matter their background that<\/p>\n

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\nthey’ve come from.
\nLook how well they’ve succeeded.<\/p>\n

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\nHow well have they succeeded but
\nin in greatness and and wealth <\/p>\n

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\nand wonderfulness that they can
\ntake such criticism, that they <\/p>\n

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\ncan take such correction and
\nthat they can turn back with <\/p>\n

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\nlove and and move forward, but
\nthey’ve still got a problem. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s still a reason for Paul
\nto write this second book of <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians, because even though
\nTitus comes back and says, look,<\/p>\n

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\nyes, they’ve accepted all your
\nparticular criticism, all your <\/p>\n

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\nanswers to their problems, the
\npeople of Corinth still have an <\/p>\n

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\nunderlying issue.
\nAnd the underlying issue is <\/p>\n

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\nselfishness, self in all its
\nmanifestations, self-interest <\/p>\n

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\nwhen considering the needs of
\nothers, self importance when, <\/p>\n

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\nwhen when looking at their own
\nopinion in discussions, self <\/p>\n

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\nfocusedness.
\nI mean, we saw a little bit of <\/p>\n

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\nit in first of Corinthians.
\nRemember the first of <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 11 says that people
\nwere eating and drinking <\/p>\n

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\nunworthily.
\nAnd unworthily is defined as <\/p>\n

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\neating and drinking when someone
\nelse is starving. <\/p>\n

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\nYou don’t care about the other
\nperson, the other side of the <\/p>\n

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\nroom.
\nYou’re going to eat and and to <\/p>\n

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\nthe full and so that’s what he
\ncriticized about the memorial <\/p>\n

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\nmeeting.
\nNow selfishness is, I won’t say <\/p>\n

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\nnormal, but it’s common.
\nIt’s part of humanity. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s it’s it’s it’s normal to us
\nPhilippians 2 verse 21 Paul says<\/p>\n

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\nand all seek their own, not the
\nthings which are Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can hear this heavy sigh as
\nhe says it. <\/p>\n

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\nAaron just seeks their own
\nstuff. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, is Paul sighing because he
\nwishes you didn’t? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, he’s actually signed
\nbecause he feels like you’re <\/p>\n

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\nmissing out.
\nIf you seek your own things, <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re actually missing out.
\nPaul’s going to encourage them <\/p>\n

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\nto find the joy of the truth,
\nthe consolation of the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd by the end of this book,
\nhe’s going to give one of the <\/p>\n

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\nmost rousing appeals to
\nfinancial contribution, the <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem Poor Fund.
\nAnywhere in the New Testament. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a huge slab at the end
\nof Second Corinthians, if you’re<\/p>\n

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\nreading through it this week,
\nthat’s about you can give to the<\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem poor fund.
\nHe’s taking the selfishness <\/p>\n

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\nproblem and turns that around to
\nthe point where he’s going to <\/p>\n

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\ntell you, why don’t you
\ncontribute to this Jerusalem <\/p>\n

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\npoor fund?
\nSo this is quite amazing. <\/p>\n

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\nHow does he do this?
\nHow? <\/p>\n

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\nHow can someone turn this around
\nfrom talking about this problem <\/p>\n

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\nof selfishness and get around to
\nthe point where he’s telling <\/p>\n

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\nthem, why don’t you give to this
\npoor fund? <\/p>\n

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\nI mean, how do you do that?
\nWell, actually, there’s another <\/p>\n

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\nsurprise for you here, and that
\nis that the first section of the<\/p>\n

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\nbook, about eight or nine
\nchapters or so, that at the <\/p>\n

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\nstart of the book is about Paul.
\nYou know, in fact, the word I <\/p>\n

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\noccurs 186 times, which is
\napproximately 3 to four times <\/p>\n

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\nmore than any other book in the
\nNew Testament. <\/p>\n

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\nBasically, you’ve got a problem
\nof selfishness. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does Paul do?
\nHe turns around and talks about <\/p>\n

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\nhimself in spade force, like if
\nI if I do that, I make a <\/p>\n

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\ncomplete mess of it.
\nBut Paul can do that. <\/p>\n

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\nHow is it that Paul can actually
\njust talk about himself and his <\/p>\n

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\nown experience?
\nIn fact, it’s probably the most <\/p>\n

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\nwe see about the real Paul.
\nIf you want to see a heart on <\/p>\n

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\nyour sleeve, open frankness
\nabout Paul and some of the <\/p>\n

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\nthings that went on in his life
\nthat you don’t learn anywhere <\/p>\n

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\nelse, read Second Corinthians.
\nHe opens up and tells you so <\/p>\n

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\nmuch about his life story.
\nThere’s there’s information <\/p>\n

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\nthere about maybe how many
\nshipwrecks he went through and <\/p>\n

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\nstuff like that that you don’t
\nget anywhere else. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s he’s been very open and
\nfrank and telling you about <\/p>\n

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\nhimself in order to help them
\novercome selfishness. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, how does how could that
\npossibly work? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, the answer is Paul is an
\nexample. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul has become Christ.
\nHe’s lost himself in seeking the<\/p>\n

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\nneeds of others.
\nHe’s all about them. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s all he’s interested in.
\nHe’s totally absorbed by the <\/p>\n

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\nmission given to him, which is
\nto save lives eternally. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is totally empty of self.
\nHe is totally free of <\/p>\n

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\nselfishness and constrained by
\nthe love of Christ that moves <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nYou know, he says in another <\/p>\n

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\nplace that he counted all things
\nas lost for Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does he mean by that?
\nHe he counts everything that he <\/p>\n

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\npreviously had as a waste of
\ntime so that he could do these <\/p>\n

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\nthings like Christ did, so that
\nhe could be like Christ and give<\/p>\n

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\nlike Christ did.
\nChrist gave us all. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what I want to be.
\nBut what did he have? <\/p>\n

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\nHe had a fantastic
\nqualification. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wasn’t just, you know, this
\nuniversity or that university. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was under the head teacher in
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\nHe sat at the feet of Gamaliel.
\nHe was a leader in his class, he<\/p>\n

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\nwas top of his Pharisee group,
\nhe was top of the table. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd all of that he counted as a
\nwaste of time and useless <\/p>\n

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\nbecause what he really wanted
\nwas to be like Christ, because <\/p>\n

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\nChrist just gave so much.
\nSo here’s the understanding that<\/p>\n

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\nPaul had.
\nHe can, he’s actually been <\/p>\n

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\ntransformed so much by Christ
\nthat he can actually talk about <\/p>\n

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\nhis own life openly.
\nAnd that’s an inspiration to <\/p>\n

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\nother people because he’s a
\nminister of the New Covenant. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s a man driven and controlled
\nby the love that he saw in <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nHe is ever a cheerful giver. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is an apostle with proven
\nauthority. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet Despite that position
\ngiven to him, he’s ever <\/p>\n

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\nselfless.
\nHe’s willing to suffer in order <\/p>\n

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\nto be selfless.
\nHe could glory even in his <\/p>\n

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\ninfirmities because he could
\ncease God’s strength working in <\/p>\n

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\nhis own life.
\nHe could feel that the things <\/p>\n

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\nthat were being achieved in him
\nwere God’s work being achieved. <\/p>\n

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\nSo yes, it’s a very different
\nepistle. <\/p>\n

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\nAs you read through it this
\nweek, you might have found first<\/p>\n

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\nof Corinthians to be a very
\nstructured set of answers. 2nd <\/p>\n

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\nof Corinthians is completely
\nunstructured. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s it’s got a lot of
\nrepetition in there because it’s<\/p>\n

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\na personal heart on the sleeve
\nconversation. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a sit down on the couch
\nmoment with Paul where he tells <\/p>\n

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\nus about what really drives him
\nin life. <\/p>\n

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\nBut let’s let’s go back then.
\nNow, this is not a Bible class. <\/p>\n

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\nWe, we, we want to talk about
\nwhat’s Paul’s secret recipe. <\/p>\n

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\nAn exhortation is not just to
\nremember Christ, but also to <\/p>\n

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\nthink about our week ahead and
\nto think about how we can be <\/p>\n

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\nstood up to love and good works.
\nHow can we actually move <\/p>\n

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\nforward?
\nWhat was what was Paul’s recipe?<\/p>\n

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\nWell, I think one of the first
\nparts of his recipe, his secret <\/p>\n

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\nrecipe for actually helping
\npeople around you and helping <\/p>\n

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\nthose around you to be selfless
\nis that he admitted weakness. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, sometimes we had this
\nwhole eclesial system where <\/p>\n

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\npeople take roles and it has a
\nflaw in that sometimes that puts<\/p>\n

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\npeople up on a pedestal.
\nHere I am speaking so you assume<\/p>\n

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\nI’m I’m fantastic and perfect.
\nWell, sorry, I wanted to don’t <\/p>\n

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\nwant to disappoint you too much
\nby telling you all the details, <\/p>\n

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\nbut it’s not the case.
\nAnd Paul is exactly like this. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul is one of those true father
\nfigures who’s not shying away <\/p>\n

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\nfrom his own personal weakness.
\nHe wants you to see that you can<\/p>\n

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\nactually have weakness too and
\nstill succeed through that <\/p>\n

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\nweakness.
\nI just want to read you this <\/p>\n

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\nsection here.
\nWe know the section second of <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 12, verse 7.
\nAnd lest I should be exalted <\/p>\n

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\nabove measure through the
\nabundance of the revelations <\/p>\n

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\nthat were given unto me, a thorn
\nin the flesh, a messenger of <\/p>\n

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\nSatan, was given to buffet me,
\nlest I should be exalted above <\/p>\n

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\nmeasure.
\nFor this thing I besought the <\/p>\n

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\nLord’s Christ, that it might
\ndepart from me. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he said, My grace is
\nsufficient for thee, for my <\/p>\n

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\nstrength is made perfect in
\nweakness. <\/p>\n

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\nMost gladly, therefore will I
\nglory in my infirmities and the <\/p>\n

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\npower of that the power of
\nChrist may rest upon me. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore I take pleasure in
\ninfirmities, in reproaches, in <\/p>\n

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\nnecessities, in persecutions, in
\ndistresses for Christ’s sake. <\/p>\n

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\nFor when I am weak, then I am
\nstrong. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, now, don’t get Paul wrong.
\nPaul’s not saying here that the <\/p>\n

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\nmore you suffer, the more
\nrighteous you are. <\/p>\n

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\nWe shouldn’t go out and flog
\nourselves like the Catholics in <\/p>\n

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\nthe dark ages and say, there you
\ngo, I’m now more righteous <\/p>\n

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\nbecause I sit on a bed of nails.
\nI make my life hard and <\/p>\n

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\ntherefore I’m more right.
\nThat’s not what Paul’s saying at<\/p>\n

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\nall.
\nHe says when I’m weak, then <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s an opportunity for
\nChrist to shine through in me. <\/p>\n

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\nThe way of following Christ
\nstill works. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, in this chapter he
\nsays we we gave up all hope. <\/p>\n

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\nWould Michael read it for us?
\nI’ll read it from a different <\/p>\n

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\ntranslation.
\nJust look at this in chapter one<\/p>\n

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\nand verse eight.
\nWe should like you our we should<\/p>\n

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\nlike you, our brethren, to know
\nsomething of what we went <\/p>\n

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\nthrough in age.
\nAt that time we were completely <\/p>\n

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\noverwhelmed.
\nThe burden was more than we <\/p>\n

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\ncould bear.
\nIn fact, we told ourselves that <\/p>\n

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\nthis was the end.
\nYet we believe now that we had <\/p>\n

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\nthis experience of coming to the
\nend of our tether, that we might<\/p>\n

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\nlearn to trust not in ourselves,
\nbut in God. <\/p>\n

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\nWho can raise the dead.
\nIt was God who preserved us from<\/p>\n

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\nimminent death, and it was He
\nwho still preserves us. <\/p>\n

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\nFurthermore, we trust.
\nWe trust in Him to keep us safe <\/p>\n

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\nin the future.
\nBe honest about your life. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you’ve even had a brush with
\ndeath, you got to see that as an<\/p>\n

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\nopportunity because what it does
\nis it shows you the miracle of <\/p>\n

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\nGod working in our lives.
\nIf God’s miracle is that we <\/p>\n

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\nshould live through danger and
\nout the other side, then the <\/p>\n

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\nreason we live out the other
\nside is to perform His miracles,<\/p>\n

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\nto do his work, and to live like
\nhe showed us this. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is a good answer to the
\nselfishness problem. <\/p>\n

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\nThe problem that they had of
\nselfishness is answered by Paul <\/p>\n

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\nwho says, look at me, I’m
\nnothing without Christ in me. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd all I’m hopeful for in my
\nlife is that I’m allowed to go <\/p>\n

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\nthrough all these troubles and
\ndifficulties because then I <\/p>\n

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\ncould truly see Christ’s work
\nand how Christ’s answers work in<\/p>\n

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\nall circumstances, and how
\nChrist’s way of living life <\/p>\n

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\nactually helps people, the
\nworld’s way of living. <\/p>\n

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\nAnswers don’t actually fix
\nproblems, but Christ do. <\/p>\n

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\nEven in difficult times, they
\ncan help to answer the problems.<\/p>\n

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\nAll right, OK, enough beating
\naround the Bush. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s go for the Master.
\nHow does he put it? <\/p>\n

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\nHe puts it simply.
\nAnd if you forget my whole <\/p>\n

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\nexhort this morning, fair
\nenough, you might be tired. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what about this?
\nDon’t forget this, Christ said, <\/p>\n

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\nFor whosoever shall save his
\nlife shall lose it, and <\/p>\n

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\nwhosoever shall lose his life
\nfor my sake shall find it. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you could spend your whole
\nlife out there struggling around<\/p>\n

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\ntrying to find yourself.
\nAnd the world offers you this. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says, buy this, this will
\nmake you somebody. <\/p>\n

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\nGet this career that’ll make you
\nsomebody. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here you are at 40, working
\nyourself to the bone in this <\/p>\n

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\ncareer that’s supposed to make
\nyou somebody. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does it make you?
\nExhausted, tired. <\/p>\n

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\nDoes it make you the wonderful
\nperson that they promised? <\/p>\n

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\nDoes the career bring you the
\nhappiness that they promised? <\/p>\n

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\nI tell you it does not, But
\nChrist does. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause you might give yourself
\nto the service of others in some<\/p>\n

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\nwhat the world would consider as
\na little way. <\/p>\n

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\nSunday school, preparing a
\nlittle talk somewhere, going <\/p>\n

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\ndown to Beth Salem and sitting
\nthere and spending time with <\/p>\n

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\nsome older person.
\nBut here’s the difference. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:51,440 –> 00:18:54,920
\nYou actually have the answers.
\nWhen you live the life of <\/p>\n

327
\n00:18:54,920 –> 00:18:58,160
\nChrist, you actually do some
\neternal good. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:18:59,080 –> 00:19:02,920
\nYou know the father who goes off
\nto work, He puts his pennies <\/p>\n

329
\n00:19:02,920 –> 00:19:05,480
\ninto a bank account. 2 weeks
\nlater, he doesn’t know where <\/p>\n

330
\n00:19:05,480 –> 00:19:07,400
\nthey all went.
\nThey’ve all vanished, they’ve <\/p>\n

331
\n00:19:07,400 –> 00:19:10,480
\nall been spent.
\nBut the mother who rocks the <\/p>\n

332
\n00:19:10,480 –> 00:19:15,080
\ncradle and sings that little
\nsong to her child, her child <\/p>\n

333
\n00:19:15,080 –> 00:19:16,560
\nwill sing that in the
\nMillennium. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:19:18,920 –> 00:19:23,000
\nJust don’t forget that the
\nwoman’s position, if she is a <\/p>\n

335
\n00:19:23,560 –> 00:19:26,720
\nsomeone who teaches those
\nchildren, has a wonderful role. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:19:26,960 –> 00:19:29,520
\nShe can change lives for
\neternity. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:19:29,960 –> 00:19:33,360
\nI can’t, not at work.
\nI work with computers that did <\/p>\n

338
\n00:19:33,360 –> 00:19:38,680
\nin three years, you know who’s
\ngot the better opportunities. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:19:38,680 –> 00:19:40,640
\nSometimes it’s not always the
\ncase. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:19:40,640 –> 00:19:45,400
\nI know you need to point people
\nto the comfort of Christ. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:19:45,480 –> 00:19:48,600
\nHere’s the other part, the
\nsurprising part of Paul’s key. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:19:48,920 –> 00:19:50,920
\nYou think if he’s going to talk
\nabout all the sufferings he’s <\/p>\n

343
\n00:19:50,920 –> 00:19:53,080
\ngoing to have, he’s not going to
\ntalk about comfort. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:19:53,080 –> 00:19:55,920
\nBut he does.
\nIn fact, we read it this morning<\/p>\n

345
\n00:19:56,040 –> 00:19:59,640
\nin one of the most repetitious
\nsections of all scripture. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:20:00,200 –> 00:20:03,600
\nI thought that he also himself
\nlikewise took part of the same, <\/p>\n

347
\n00:20:03,800 –> 00:20:06,640
\nwas saying the same thing over
\nand over a few too many times. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:20:06,880 –> 00:20:08,960
\nBut just look at what we read
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:20:09,520 –> 00:20:11,720
\nHave you ever?
\nCan you think of another section<\/p>\n

350
\n00:20:11,720 –> 00:20:16,280
\nof scripture which uses the same
\nword 9 times for consolation or <\/p>\n

351
\n00:20:16,280 –> 00:20:19,600
\ncomfort in this section?
\nI read it to you from a a blend <\/p>\n

352
\n00:20:19,600 –> 00:20:21,120
\nof a couple of different
\ntranslations. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:20:21,440 –> 00:20:25,280
\nI thank God the Father of our
\nLord Jesus Christ, that He is <\/p>\n

354
\n00:20:25,280 –> 00:20:28,160
\nour Father and the source of all
\nmercy and comfort. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:20:28,600 –> 00:20:32,800
\nFor He gives us comfort in our
\ntrials, so that we in turn may <\/p>\n

356
\n00:20:32,800 –> 00:20:36,560
\nbe able to give the same sort of
\ncomfort to others in theirs by <\/p>\n

357
\n00:20:36,560 –> 00:20:39,680
\nthe comfort we ourselves are
\ncomforted with of God. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:20:39,680 –> 00:20:43,600
\nIndeed, experience shows us that
\nthe more we share Christ’s <\/p>\n

359
\n00:20:43,600 –> 00:20:47,360
\nsufferings, the more we’re able
\nto give of His comfort. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:20:47,720 –> 00:20:53,000
\nThis means that if we experience
\ntrouble, we can pass on to you <\/p>\n

361
\n00:20:53,560 –> 00:20:56,280
\ncomfort and help towards
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:20:56,720 –> 00:21:00,880
\nFor if we ourselves have been
\ncomforted, we know how to <\/p>\n

363
\n00:21:00,880 –> 00:21:04,520
\nencourage you to endure
\npatiently the sort of troubles <\/p>\n

364
\n00:21:04,960 –> 00:21:10,040
\nthat we have ourselves endured.
\nWe are quite confident that if <\/p>\n

365
\n00:21:10,040 –> 00:21:13,560
\nyou have to, you have to suffer
\ntroubles as we have done. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:21:13,800 –> 00:21:18,080
\nThen, like us, you’ll find the
\ncomfort and encouragement of <\/p>\n

367
\n00:21:18,080 –> 00:21:21,080
\nGod.
\nNow the Bible, we say, never <\/p>\n

368
\n00:21:21,080 –> 00:21:24,240
\nwastes words, but that looked to
\nme like it wasted a whole lot. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:21:24,720 –> 00:21:27,320
\nIt kind of repeated itself.
\nThe word comfort or consolation <\/p>\n

370
\n00:21:27,320 –> 00:21:30,360
\noccurs 9 times, the word
\nsuffering about six. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:21:31,160 –> 00:21:33,840
\nThat’s a lot.
\nPaul’s trying to drive home a <\/p>\n

372
\n00:21:33,960 –> 00:21:37,520
\nparticular point.
\nHe’s put this first in his <\/p>\n

373
\n00:21:37,600 –> 00:21:40,560
\nepistle.
\nWhat’s he trying to drive home? <\/p>\n

374
\n00:21:40,600 –> 00:21:42,080
\nHe’s trying to drive home.
\nLook, if you’re of a <\/p>\n

375
\n00:21:42,080 –> 00:21:45,320
\nmathematical mind, perhaps you
\nunderstand it like this. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:21:45,680 –> 00:21:49,160
\nSuffering brings comfort.
\nDid you get it? <\/p>\n

377
\n00:21:49,400 –> 00:21:52,080
\nYou didn’t read again.
\nIt’s all there. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:21:52,480 –> 00:21:54,680
\nSuffering brings comfort.
\nNow, don’t get me wrong. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:21:54,920 –> 00:21:57,600
\nWe’re not saying that suffering
\nis the thing that makes you <\/p>\n

380
\n00:21:57,600 –> 00:21:59,120
\nrighteous.
\nWhy does he suffer? <\/p>\n

381
\n00:21:59,320 –> 00:22:01,800
\nHe suffers the loss of all
\nthings for them. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:22:02,560 –> 00:22:06,400
\nHe suffers because it’s a whole
\nlife of giving. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:22:06,480 –> 00:22:11,680
\nThat’s what his his life is.
\nHe gives totally as Christ did. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:22:11,920 –> 00:22:15,320
\nThat’s what he’s trying to do in
\nhis life and it brings a sort of<\/p>\n

385
\n00:22:15,320 –> 00:22:17,440
\nsuffering.
\nWhat’s the result of that? <\/p>\n

386
\n00:22:17,720 –> 00:22:20,320
\nWhere there’s a comfort and
\nconsolation that comes out of <\/p>\n

387
\n00:22:20,320 –> 00:22:21,320
\nit.
\nWe’re going to, we’re going to <\/p>\n

388
\n00:22:21,320 –> 00:22:23,880
\ntalk about that in a minute.
\nBut first let’s focus in on this<\/p>\n

389
\n00:22:23,880 –> 00:22:28,360
\nidea of suffering because we
\ndon’t live in an age of <\/p>\n

390
\n00:22:28,360 –> 00:22:30,360
\nsuffering.
\nYou don’t allow yourself to <\/p>\n

391
\n00:22:30,360 –> 00:22:34,240
\nsuffer now you think about self
\n1st and you go, Oh no, look, I <\/p>\n

392
\n00:22:34,640 –> 00:22:37,320
\nknow that that’s that’s a
\nproblem and I try to avoid that.<\/p>\n

393
\n00:22:37,440 –> 00:22:38,840
\nNo, sorry, sorry.
\nJust a minute. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:22:39,760 –> 00:22:42,600
\nWe live in an age of
\nselfishness. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:22:42,600 –> 00:22:45,320
\nJust this picture for a second.
\nYou have a little conversation <\/p>\n

396
\n00:22:45,320 –> 00:22:47,560
\nwith someone from Athens, right?
\nOne of the people that Paul’s <\/p>\n

397
\n00:22:47,560 –> 00:22:50,720
\ntalked to.
\nSo James, right, you’ve got a <\/p>\n

398
\n00:22:51,080 –> 00:22:54,480
\nsocial profile of yourself up on
\nthe Internet for all the world <\/p>\n

399
\n00:22:54,480 –> 00:22:57,280
\nto see and it’s got a picture of
\nyourself called an icon. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:22:57,440 –> 00:22:59,600
\nThat’s that’s like an idol,
\nright? <\/p>\n

401
\n00:22:59,640 –> 00:23:00,800
\nOf of yourself.
\nRight. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:23:00,800 –> 00:23:05,440
\nSo you’re not selfish, but
\nyou’ve got an icon of yourself. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:23:06,520 –> 00:23:09,120
\nOh, look, everyone does it.
\nYou know, this is normal. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:23:09,960 –> 00:23:11,920
\nBe realistic.
\nThis is the age we live in. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:23:11,920 –> 00:23:13,160
\nEveryone.
\nEveryone does this. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:23:13,160 –> 00:23:13,760
\nOK.
\nRight. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:23:13,760 –> 00:23:14,800
\nYeah.
\nOK. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:23:14,800 –> 00:23:17,760
\nSo you’ve got an entertainment
\ndevice either in your pocket or <\/p>\n

409
\n00:23:17,760 –> 00:23:20,440
\nslap to your wall somewhere, and
\nyou spend a few hours on that? <\/p>\n

410
\n00:23:21,240 –> 00:23:22,960
\nYeah.
\nWell, you’ve got to have me <\/p>\n

411
\n00:23:22,960 –> 00:23:25,440
\ntime.
\nSorry. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:23:25,440 –> 00:23:26,320
\nWhat’s this?
\nWhat’s this? <\/p>\n

413
\n00:23:26,320 –> 00:23:30,680
\nMe time business.
\nThat’s that’s this idea that’s <\/p>\n

414
\n00:23:30,680 –> 00:23:33,040
\npushed by the the world around
\nyou that you’ve got to have me <\/p>\n

415
\n00:23:33,040 –> 00:23:35,160
\ntime.
\nNow don’t get me wrong, I’m not <\/p>\n

416
\n00:23:35,160 –> 00:23:37,160
\nsaying you need to weigh
\nyourself into the ground without<\/p>\n

417
\n00:23:37,160 –> 00:23:42,160
\na hobby, but seriously, the
\nconcept of me time is an excuse <\/p>\n

418
\n00:23:42,160 –> 00:23:47,320
\ngiven by the world that that we
\nneed to sorry, did you find <\/p>\n

419
\n00:23:47,320 –> 00:23:49,000
\nyourself happy from that me
\ntime? <\/p>\n

420
\n00:23:50,560 –> 00:23:56,720
\nBecause Christ found himself
\nhappy from give time from US <\/p>\n

421
\n00:23:56,720 –> 00:23:59,160
\ntime.
\nYou know, there’s a problem. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:23:59,160 –> 00:24:02,160
\nYou hear it in society where
\npeople keep talking about me, <\/p>\n

423
\n00:24:02,880 –> 00:24:05,680
\nnot us.
\nThe world’s desperately trying <\/p>\n

424
\n00:24:05,680 –> 00:24:08,280
\nto break down the sense of
\necclesia, the sense of family, <\/p>\n

425
\n00:24:08,440 –> 00:24:12,000
\nthe sense of us.
\nIt’s us that makes you happy <\/p>\n

426
\n00:24:12,000 –> 00:24:16,120
\nwhen you lose yourself in being
\npart of giving to us. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:24:16,920 –> 00:24:18,400
\nThat’s how Christ found
\nhappiness. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:24:19,160 –> 00:24:21,600
\nYou know, we look at Christ and
\nwe come here and the churches <\/p>\n

429
\n00:24:21,600 –> 00:24:25,600
\nlook here and say he miserably
\nsuffered on the cross for you. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:24:25,600 –> 00:24:29,880
\nYou know what he said just
\nbefore he went to that cross? <\/p>\n

431
\n00:24:30,880 –> 00:24:36,480
\nMy joy I leave with you.
\nMy joy is for you, and that your<\/p>\n

432
\n00:24:36,480 –> 00:24:41,120
\njoy may be full.
\nAnd what I want you to do is you<\/p>\n

433
\n00:24:41,120 –> 00:24:43,240
\nshould love others as I have
\nloved you. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:24:44,200 –> 00:24:49,520
\nWas Jesus a happy man or a sad
\nman for going to the cross? <\/p>\n

435
\n00:24:49,520 –> 00:24:54,960
\nI’m going to suggest to you that
\nhe was happy to do it because he<\/p>\n

436
\n00:24:54,960 –> 00:25:01,640
\nhad a joy of giving and a sense
\nof us that he went to the cross <\/p>\n

437
\n00:25:01,800 –> 00:25:04,800
\nwith this sense of us.
\nHis whole life has wrapped up in<\/p>\n

438
\n00:25:04,800 –> 00:25:08,480
\nUS, not me.
\nAnd the world teaches us the <\/p>\n

439
\n00:25:08,480 –> 00:25:12,080
\nwrong thing.
\nThe world teaches us a me <\/p>\n

440
\n00:25:12,080 –> 00:25:14,520
\nperspective.
\nIt’s a lie. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:25:15,200 –> 00:25:19,640
\nIt will not succeed in bringing
\nyou the comfort of happiness. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:25:19,640 –> 00:25:22,680
\nIt won’t.
\nYou won’t be connected to people<\/p>\n

443
\n00:25:22,680 –> 00:25:25,080
\nthe same way that Paul wants you
\nto do. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:25:25,520 –> 00:25:29,480
\nYou won’t be finding the
\nconsolation that you should <\/p>\n

445
\n00:25:29,480 –> 00:25:33,520
\nachieve.
\nDo you know suffering’s not an <\/p>\n

446
\n00:25:33,520 –> 00:25:35,680
\neasy thing?
\nDon’t get me wrong that you <\/p>\n

447
\n00:25:35,680 –> 00:25:38,080
\ncould listen to this talk,
\nperhaps online and, and go back <\/p>\n

448
\n00:25:38,080 –> 00:25:40,480
\nacross and say, oh, James says
\nif you suffer, you’re more <\/p>\n

449
\n00:25:40,480 –> 00:25:41,920
\nrighteous or something like
\nthat. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:25:42,560 –> 00:25:44,240
\nBe careful with this idea of
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:25:44,320 –> 00:25:47,000
\nIt’s it’s an idea.
\nYou want to see how Paul defines<\/p>\n

452
\n00:25:47,000 –> 00:25:49,160
\nit in Corinthians.
\nHis suffering is that he was <\/p>\n

453
\n00:25:49,160 –> 00:25:50,880
\nwilling to suffer in order to
\ngive. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:25:51,720 –> 00:25:55,440
\nIt’s a connected thought, you
\nknow he says here in Hebrews <\/p>\n

455
\n00:25:55,520 –> 00:26:00,280
\nchapter 12 verse 7 and 10.
\nIf he endured chastening, God <\/p>\n

456
\n00:26:00,280 –> 00:26:03,720
\ndeals with you as sons.
\nFor what son is he whom his <\/p>\n

457
\n00:26:03,720 –> 00:26:07,920
\nFather chasteneth not now, no,
\nchastening for the present is <\/p>\n

458
\n00:26:07,920 –> 00:26:10,480
\njoyous, but grievous
\nnevertheless. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:26:10,480 –> 00:26:14,120
\nIt yieldeth the peaceable fruits
\nof righteousness unto them that <\/p>\n

460
\n00:26:14,120 –> 00:26:16,920
\nare exercised thereby.
\nJust look. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:26:16,960 –> 00:26:19,760
\nI I really find it interesting
\nhe uses the word exercised. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:26:20,160 –> 00:26:22,840
\nWe understand that concept.
\nI’d like to lose a bit of <\/p>\n

463
\n00:26:22,840 –> 00:26:23,280
\nweight.
\nSee. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:26:23,280 –> 00:26:26,200
\nSo how am I going to do that?
\nWell, I’m going to think about <\/p>\n

465
\n00:26:26,200 –> 00:26:27,480
\nit.
\nI’m going to sit there and I’m <\/p>\n

466
\n00:26:27,480 –> 00:26:28,960
\ngoing to think about losing
\nweight. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:26:28,960 –> 00:26:32,400
\nIs it going to work?
\nNo, it’s not going to work. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:26:32,960 –> 00:26:36,200
\nWe know how exercise works.
\nNo pain, no gain. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:26:36,400 –> 00:26:38,520
\nDon’t do the exercise, no weight
\nloss. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:26:38,640 –> 00:26:42,040
\nSimple.
\nAnd Paul says, well, it’s going <\/p>\n

471
\n00:26:42,040 –> 00:26:43,960
\nto yield fruit if you’re
\nexercised by it. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:26:45,000 –> 00:26:48,920
\nYou know, the, the actual
\nsuffering is not passive. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:26:49,200 –> 00:26:52,160
\nIt’s active.
\nYou’ve got to do something. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:26:52,920 –> 00:26:55,520
\nSo if you’re sitting here
\nsaying, oh, why am I upset? <\/p>\n

475
\n00:26:55,960 –> 00:26:59,440
\nWhy am I feeling low in my life?
\nMaybe it’s because you’ve lost <\/p>\n

476
\n00:26:59,440 –> 00:27:02,800
\nyourself in me.
\nWhy don’t you lose yourself in <\/p>\n

477
\n00:27:02,800 –> 00:27:06,120
\nUS?
\nWhy don’t you take on say yes to<\/p>\n

478
\n00:27:06,120 –> 00:27:08,360
\ndoing Sunday school teaching for
\nthe new Sunday school year. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:27:08,960 –> 00:27:11,440
\nSay yes to doing a lecture
\nsometime down the track. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:27:11,680 –> 00:27:14,440
\nPut yourself out to go and help
\nsomeone else. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:27:15,200 –> 00:27:17,200
\nYou know, it’s there’s, there’s
\nplenty of people there at <\/p>\n

482
\n00:27:17,200 –> 00:27:18,880
\nleisure who are working hard to
\ndo this. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:27:19,160 –> 00:27:22,800
\nAnd this is what we need and it
\nit’s a cure in the age of <\/p>\n

484
\n00:27:22,800 –> 00:27:26,360
\nselfishness for this focus that
\nthe world’s trying to teach us, <\/p>\n

485
\n00:27:26,560 –> 00:27:28,920
\na focus on self.
\nWhat’s it going to bring you? <\/p>\n

486
\n00:27:28,920 –> 00:27:31,720
\nWell, it’s going to bring you
\nthis idea of comfort. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:27:31,720 –> 00:27:34,760
\nNow, I’m no Greek expert.
\nNo, most of you probably aren’t.<\/p>\n

488
\n00:27:35,360 –> 00:27:37,600
\nExcuse me.
\nI don’t know you as well as I <\/p>\n

489
\n00:27:37,600 –> 00:27:40,680
\nknow my pleasure you may be.
\nBut I I do know that as <\/p>\n

490
\n00:27:40,680 –> 00:27:42,680
\nChristadelphins, often we’re
\nquite good at picking up on <\/p>\n

491
\n00:27:42,680 –> 00:27:45,720
\nstand out words.
\nAnd this is one, it’s Paraclete <\/p>\n

492
\n00:27:45,720 –> 00:27:49,160
\noff.
\nAnd it’s a word that literally <\/p>\n

493
\n00:27:49,160 –> 00:27:52,200
\nmeans it’s a legal term.
\nIt’s for a legal assistant. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:27:52,200 –> 00:27:55,640
\nIt’s for someone who you call to
\nbe your intercessor. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:27:56,000 –> 00:27:58,920
\nYou, you summon them to stand
\nalongside you. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:28:00,200 –> 00:28:02,920
\nPaul said about this in the end
\nof his life when he went on <\/p>\n

497
\n00:28:02,920 –> 00:28:05,480
\ntrial and he said there’s none
\nthat stood by me. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:28:06,080 –> 00:28:08,720
\nHe, he could, he wanted to have
\nsomeone to stand alongside and <\/p>\n

499
\n00:28:08,720 –> 00:28:13,600
\nbe his legal assistant.
\nIt’s it’s the same phrase that <\/p>\n

500
\n00:28:13,600 –> 00:28:17,840
\ngets used in Acts chapter 16 and
\nverse 9, which is really nice. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:28:17,840 –> 00:28:22,200
\nOne where he has a vision
\nappeared to pull by by night and<\/p>\n

502
\n00:28:22,200 –> 00:28:26,760
\nthere stood a man of Macedonia
\nand called out for comfort. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:28:26,760 –> 00:28:30,040
\nIt’s the same word paracletos
\nhim saying come over to <\/p>\n

504
\n00:28:30,040 –> 00:28:33,320
\nMacedonia and help us.
\nCome come over here and help us.<\/p>\n

505
\n00:28:33,520 –> 00:28:36,360
\nWe need the truth.
\nWe want you to come over and <\/p>\n

506
\n00:28:36,360 –> 00:28:39,200
\nactually help us so that that
\ncome over to Macedonia and help <\/p>\n

507
\n00:28:39,200 –> 00:28:45,040
\nus is this same idea of comfort.
\nIt’s in our word exhortation. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:28:45,320 –> 00:28:48,320
\nYou know, exhortation doesn’t
\njust mean to stand here. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:28:48,320 –> 00:28:50,440
\nAnd I, I tell you a whole lot of
\nuseful facts. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:28:50,880 –> 00:28:54,080
\nIt means to draw someone
\nalongside and and that’s how an <\/p>\n

511
\n00:28:54,080 –> 00:28:57,240
\nexhort should be is that we we
\nfeel drawn alongside maybe the <\/p>\n

512
\n00:28:57,240 –> 00:29:00,120
\nspeakers that he’s open and
\nhonest enough to tell you how he<\/p>\n

513
\n00:29:00,120 –> 00:29:03,400
\nfeels and perhaps the fact that
\nhe struggles in life and you <\/p>\n

514
\n00:29:03,400 –> 00:29:07,400
\nfeel alongside that because and
\nthen you feel alongside Christ. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:29:07,480 –> 00:29:10,160
\nThat’s the more important thing
\nthat you can see things from <\/p>\n

516
\n00:29:10,160 –> 00:29:14,440
\nChrist’s perspective that you
\nfeel like you stand alongside <\/p>\n

517
\n00:29:14,840 –> 00:29:17,720
\nsomeone else who who that that
\nis the comfort. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:29:18,320 –> 00:29:21,520
\nYou know Jesus talks about it
\nand he says blessed are they <\/p>\n

519
\n00:29:21,520 –> 00:29:23,800
\nthat mourn for they shall be
\ncomforted. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:29:25,120 –> 00:29:29,760
\nSo he’s he’s got the same idea.
\nWhy would you mourn? <\/p>\n

521
\n00:29:29,880 –> 00:29:32,240
\nWhat’s the mourning?
\nWhy would you why would you need<\/p>\n

522
\n00:29:32,240 –> 00:29:35,920
\ncomforting?
\nWell, that particular phrase is,<\/p>\n

523
\n00:29:35,960 –> 00:29:39,520
\nis Christ is referring to the
\nquote in Isaiah, you know, the <\/p>\n

524
\n00:29:39,520 –> 00:29:43,840
\none where he says that he says
\nhe’s preached good tidings to <\/p>\n

525
\n00:29:43,840 –> 00:29:47,120
\nthose that are bound to that
\nhe’ll bind up the broken <\/p>\n

526
\n00:29:47,120 –> 00:29:49,240
\nhearted.
\nHe’ll proclaim liberty to the <\/p>\n

527
\n00:29:49,240 –> 00:29:53,560
\ncaptives and comfort all that
\nmourn In Isaiah chapter 61, You <\/p>\n

528
\n00:29:53,560 –> 00:29:56,480
\nknow it, It’s talking about the
\nproblem of sin. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:29:57,440 –> 00:30:02,040
\nThe problem that we have when we
\ncome here is that we feel a <\/p>\n

530
\n00:30:02,040 –> 00:30:03,400
\nproblem.
\nWe, we don’t feel good about <\/p>\n

531
\n00:30:03,400 –> 00:30:09,520
\nourselves and we come Sunday by
\nSunday remembering that we have <\/p>\n

532
\n00:30:09,760 –> 00:30:13,680
\ngone our selfish ways and we
\nactually don’t feel good about <\/p>\n

533
\n00:30:13,680 –> 00:30:15,320
\nthat.
\nWe would actually like to have <\/p>\n

534
\n00:30:15,320 –> 00:30:17,800
\nbeen someone like Christ.
\nAnd when we come here, the <\/p>\n

535
\n00:30:17,800 –> 00:30:21,360
\nexample of Christ levels us all.
\nWe’re all looking at this table <\/p>\n

536
\n00:30:21,360 –> 00:30:23,800
\nbefore us thinking I, I just
\ndon’t match up. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:30:23,800 –> 00:30:27,120
\nI’m, I’m not good enough.
\nI’ve, I’ve had my failings, I’ve<\/p>\n

538
\n00:30:27,120 –> 00:30:29,520
\nhad my selfishness moments
\nthroughout this week. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:30:30,360 –> 00:30:33,640
\nMaybe I’ve spoken bitter words.
\nI’ve I let my temper get the <\/p>\n

540
\n00:30:33,640 –> 00:30:36,920
\nbetter of me feeling that I need
\nto defend myself. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:30:36,920 –> 00:30:39,320
\nMaybe I haven’t.
\nI’ve wasted time that I could <\/p>\n

542
\n00:30:39,320 –> 00:30:42,320
\nhave spent helping someone else
\nor I didn’t reach out when the <\/p>\n

543
\n00:30:42,320 –> 00:30:44,880
\nopportunity presented itself And
\nlook at Christ. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:30:44,880 –> 00:30:49,520
\nHe never missed an opportunity.
\nAnd we do feel bad about that. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:30:49,880 –> 00:30:52,160
\nWe do come here with a sense of
\nof sadness. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:30:52,160 –> 00:30:55,040
\nThere’s a good, good thing in
\nfeeling a little bit of sorrow <\/p>\n

547
\n00:30:55,040 –> 00:30:59,120
\nwhen we come here this morning.
\nPaul, did you know if Paul? <\/p>\n

548
\n00:30:59,920 –> 00:31:03,240
\nOne of the things about Paul is
\nI think he had an incredible <\/p>\n

549
\n00:31:03,240 –> 00:31:06,920
\ninsight into the actual nature
\nof mankind himself. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:31:07,320 –> 00:31:10,120
\nHe looked into himself and he
\nsaid a wretched man that I am <\/p>\n

551
\n00:31:10,320 –> 00:31:12,880
\nwho will deliver me from the
\nbody of this death. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:31:13,640 –> 00:31:16,800
\nI think Christ, you know what
\nthat expression body of this <\/p>\n

553
\n00:31:16,800 –> 00:31:18,760
\ndeath actually refers to?
\nSorry. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:31:18,880 –> 00:31:22,200
\nThis is a horrible piece of
\nhorrible history that they used <\/p>\n

555
\n00:31:22,200 –> 00:31:25,400
\nto get a dead prisoner and a
\nlive prisoner and chain the two <\/p>\n

556
\n00:31:25,400 –> 00:31:28,880
\ntogether until the disease from
\nthe dead one would kill the live<\/p>\n

557
\n00:31:28,880 –> 00:31:30,680
\n1.
\nAnd that was a torture method, <\/p>\n

558
\n00:31:30,680 –> 00:31:33,520
\nthe horrible torture method
\nRomans used to use. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:31:33,960 –> 00:31:37,880
\nAnd but just a moment, that’s
\nhow Paul saw himself. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:31:39,000 –> 00:31:41,120
\nThat is the expression that he
\nused. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:31:41,240 –> 00:31:43,600
\nWho shall deliver me from this
\nbody of death? <\/p>\n

562
\n00:31:44,160 –> 00:31:46,880
\nHe sees that as himself.
\nWow. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:31:47,160 –> 00:31:52,080
\nThat is, that’s his insight into
\nthe great apostle Paul, his <\/p>\n

564
\n00:31:52,080 –> 00:31:56,200
\ninsight into himself as he saw
\nhimself like that and he looked <\/p>\n

565
\n00:31:56,200 –> 00:31:59,080
\nto Christ to deliver him from
\nhimself. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:31:59,320 –> 00:32:00,480
\nWe, we know where the problem
\nis. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:32:00,480 –> 00:32:05,120
\nIf we’re truly honest problems
\nin here, it’s me, ’cause I, I <\/p>\n

568
\n00:32:05,120 –> 00:32:09,360
\nwant to be selfish and, and I
\nknow that that separates me from<\/p>\n

569
\n00:32:09,360 –> 00:32:11,680
\nGod.
\nI feel distance from God when I <\/p>\n

570
\n00:32:11,680 –> 00:32:14,240
\ncome here.
\nI feel this is hard, these, <\/p>\n

571
\n00:32:14,240 –> 00:32:17,360
\nthese emblems because I come
\nhere feeling that I’ve got my <\/p>\n

572
\n00:32:17,360 –> 00:32:20,320
\nfaults and I feel distance from
\nGod. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:32:20,400 –> 00:32:25,360
\nWell, the comfort is that you
\nfeel drawn close to God, James <\/p>\n

574
\n00:32:25,360 –> 00:32:29,960
\nsays cleanse your hands, purify
\nyour hearts, draw near to God <\/p>\n

575
\n00:32:29,960 –> 00:32:33,280
\nand he’ll draw near to you.
\nYou know, so this is what we <\/p>\n

576
\n00:32:33,280 –> 00:32:36,400
\ncome for Sunday by Sunday is the
\ncomfort. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:32:37,080 –> 00:32:41,680
\nNow the comfort goes like this.
\nThe comfort is that God wants to<\/p>\n

578
\n00:32:41,680 –> 00:32:44,680
\ndraw near to us.
\nIf you’re honest enough to see <\/p>\n

579
\n00:32:44,680 –> 00:32:47,800
\nyour faults, if you’re, you
\nreally want to commit to the <\/p>\n

580
\n00:32:47,800 –> 00:32:51,840
\nlife of Christ of going forward
\nin in a self sacrificing way, if<\/p>\n

581
\n00:32:51,840 –> 00:32:54,960
\nyou really want that, then God
\nwants to draw near to you. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:32:55,560 –> 00:32:58,520
\nYou know, and, and we’re, we’re
\ngiven in Romans, that little <\/p>\n

583
\n00:32:58,520 –> 00:33:01,640
\ncourt thing, Paracletos is a
\ncourtroom term, right? <\/p>\n

584
\n00:33:02,480 –> 00:33:06,400
\nSo in Romans you’re given a
\ncourtroom scene and it’s <\/p>\n

585
\n00:33:06,400 –> 00:33:09,240
\ndescribed like this.
\nWhat shall we say then? <\/p>\n

586
\n00:33:09,560 –> 00:33:12,120
\nIf God be for us, who can be
\nagainst us? <\/p>\n

587
\n00:33:12,640 –> 00:33:16,040
\nSo you’re going to get to the
\njudgement seat and normally <\/p>\n

588
\n00:33:16,040 –> 00:33:19,120
\nAustralian courtrooms or as far
\nas I understand, have got the <\/p>\n

589
\n00:33:19,120 –> 00:33:22,760
\njudge up the front and the
\naccusing party and the defending<\/p>\n

590
\n00:33:22,760 –> 00:33:25,560
\nparty on the right and left.
\nSo you’re standing over on the <\/p>\n

591
\n00:33:25,560 –> 00:33:27,880
\ndefending side hoping that
\nsomeone’s going to stand with <\/p>\n

592
\n00:33:27,880 –> 00:33:30,400
\nyou, Paracletus.
\nAnd you look around and you <\/p>\n

593
\n00:33:30,400 –> 00:33:32,280
\nthink, well, who’s on the
\naccusing side? <\/p>\n

594
\n00:33:33,480 –> 00:33:39,880
\nGod’s not there, he’s over here.
\nHe stands on my side and, and <\/p>\n

595
\n00:33:39,880 –> 00:33:43,040
\nwhat’s he done?
\nHe that spared his own son. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:33:43,040 –> 00:33:45,480
\nSo you look at this defender,
\nthis Paracletus that you’ve got <\/p>\n

597
\n00:33:45,480 –> 00:33:49,040
\nstanding alongside you.
\nHow far is he willing to go? <\/p>\n

598
\n00:33:50,520 –> 00:33:52,560
\nYou.
\nYou come here Sunday by Sunday <\/p>\n

599
\n00:33:52,600 –> 00:33:55,800
\nand you feel in insignificant
\nabout yourself. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:33:55,800 –> 00:33:58,200
\nYou feel down about yourself and
\nyour own failings, right? <\/p>\n

601
\n00:33:58,520 –> 00:34:01,360
\nHow far is this paracletos
\nwilling to go? <\/p>\n

602
\n00:34:01,840 –> 00:34:06,720
\nIt says he spared not his own
\nson, but delivered him up for us<\/p>\n

603
\n00:34:06,960 –> 00:34:09,719
\nall.
\nHow shall he not more freely <\/p>\n

604
\n00:34:09,719 –> 00:34:13,000
\ngive us all things?
\nYou question whether God wants <\/p>\n

605
\n00:34:13,000 –> 00:34:15,239
\nyou in the Kingdom.
\nThere’s your answer. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:34:15,800 –> 00:34:18,199
\nGod’s willing to give his Son to
\nget you into the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:34:18,960 –> 00:34:23,320
\nYou, his Son, his beloved Son,
\nlet that sink in. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:34:25,239 –> 00:34:27,679
\nWho shall lay anything to the
\ncharge of God’s elect? <\/p>\n

609
\n00:34:28,320 –> 00:34:31,080
\nGod that justifies.
\nThat’s the paraclegos that <\/p>\n

610
\n00:34:31,080 –> 00:34:33,719
\nstands by you.
\nWhere’s the condemning? <\/p>\n

611
\n00:34:33,800 –> 00:34:38,159
\nOn the other side?
\nIs Christ that died for the sake<\/p>\n

612
\n00:34:38,159 –> 00:34:40,600
\nof you gonna stand over there on
\nthe condemning side? <\/p>\n

613
\n00:34:41,040 –> 00:34:46,360
\nYeah, rather that is risen again
\nand that he now stands almost <\/p>\n

614
\n00:34:46,360 –> 00:34:49,600
\nparacletos, but not quite the
\nright word on the right hand of <\/p>\n

615
\n00:34:49,600 –> 00:34:52,239
\nGod to make intercession for
\nyou. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:34:53,679 –> 00:34:55,520
\nWhere’s the attacking side in
\nall of this? <\/p>\n

617
\n00:34:55,520 –> 00:34:59,040
\nIt’s not there.
\nWho is going to separate us from<\/p>\n

618
\n00:34:59,040 –> 00:35:02,120
\nthe love of Christ?
\nShall tribulation, shall <\/p>\n

619
\n00:35:02,120 –> 00:35:06,200
\ndistress, persecution, famine,
\nnakedness, peril, the sword. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:35:07,720 –> 00:35:10,920
\nPorsches told us that those
\nthings can bring you closer to <\/p>\n

621
\n00:35:10,920 –> 00:35:15,880
\nChrist and God closer to you.
\nIt is written for thy sake. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:35:15,880 –> 00:35:18,440
\nWe’re killed all the day long.
\nWe’re counted as sheep to the <\/p>\n

623
\n00:35:18,440 –> 00:35:21,160
\nslaughter.
\nNay, in all these things we’re <\/p>\n

624
\n00:35:21,160 –> 00:35:24,120
\nmore than conquerors through Him
\nwho loved us. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:35:25,160 –> 00:35:27,320
\nThat’s how you can be a success
\nstory. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:35:28,000 –> 00:35:29,840
\nTrue success is redefined for
\nus. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:35:29,840 –> 00:35:32,960
\nTrue success is admitting your
\nfaults and you’re willing to <\/p>\n

628
\n00:35:32,960 –> 00:35:37,640
\nstand on the accused side, but
\nwhen you do, God stands <\/p>\n

629
\n00:35:37,640 –> 00:35:40,160
\nalongside you.
\nChrist has given his life to <\/p>\n

630
\n00:35:40,160 –> 00:35:44,480
\nsave you if you will accept it,
\nand that is you being a true <\/p>\n

631
\n00:35:44,480 –> 00:35:47,640
\nconqueror.
\nAnd you go forward in your week <\/p>\n

632
\n00:35:48,040 –> 00:35:53,360
\nwilling to accept the weakness
\nof your nature and yet to give <\/p>\n

633
\n00:35:53,560 –> 00:35:57,560
\nto others.
\nAnd you feel in that position <\/p>\n

634
\n00:35:58,520 –> 00:36:02,920
\nthat God stands alongside you,
\nthat your Father stands <\/p>\n

635
\n00:36:03,000 –> 00:36:05,040
\nalongside you, your true Father
\nin heaven. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:36:06,240 –> 00:36:09,080
\nI just want to read a little
\nsnippet from Seasons of Comfort <\/p>\n

637
\n00:36:09,680 –> 00:36:13,240
\nfor our consolations also bound
\nby Christ. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:36:14,000 –> 00:36:17,480
\nThe knowledge that Christ is
\nwith the Father as our friend <\/p>\n

639
\n00:36:17,960 –> 00:36:22,040
\nand living forever while all is
\nchange and death around us. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:36:22,720 –> 00:36:26,360
\nAnd then he comes again at the
\nappointed time to deliver us <\/p>\n

641
\n00:36:26,680 –> 00:36:29,720
\nfrom the weakness of this
\ncorruptible and to give us a <\/p>\n

642
\n00:36:29,720 –> 00:36:34,000
\nplace in the glorious society.
\nThe perfected sons of God is a <\/p>\n

643
\n00:36:34,000 –> 00:36:37,560
\ncontinual comfort in this valley
\nof the shadow of death. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:36:38,360 –> 00:36:44,320
\nOn this indeed we must rely as a
\nsupreme comfort for all others <\/p>\n

645
\n00:36:44,400 –> 00:36:47,880
\nmay fail.
\nAnd other comforts that Paul <\/p>\n

646
\n00:36:47,880 –> 00:36:52,040
\nexperienced, he describes in
\nRomans chapter one as being <\/p>\n

647
\n00:36:52,360 –> 00:36:56,560
\ncomforted together with the
\nmutual faith of himself and his <\/p>\n

648
\n00:36:56,560 –> 00:36:59,600
\nbrethren.
\nYou don’t come here alone, <\/p>\n

649
\n00:36:59,600 –> 00:37:02,400
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nIf you come here feeling <\/p>\n

650
\n00:37:02,400 –> 00:37:05,120
\napologetic, a feeling that
\nyou’ve got something to be sorry<\/p>\n

651
\n00:37:05,120 –> 00:37:07,440
\nfor, when you come to these
\nemblems, you’re not alone. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:37:08,400 –> 00:37:11,240
\nIt’s about us.
\nWhen you come here seeking to <\/p>\n

653
\n00:37:11,240 –> 00:37:16,200
\nhave God alongside you and feel
\nlike he stands alongside you in <\/p>\n

654
\n00:37:16,200 –> 00:37:18,360
\nyour need of that, you’re not
\nalone. <\/p>\n

655
\n00:37:19,000 –> 00:37:22,240
\nYou stand alongside all of us.
\nWe stand together. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:37:22,240 –> 00:37:25,800
\nAnd when you go out willing to
\nsacrifice perhaps what you want <\/p>\n

657
\n00:37:25,800 –> 00:37:31,120
\nin life in order to give to
\nothers, we work together as us <\/p>\n

658
\n00:37:31,680 –> 00:37:35,480
\nand me becomes lost.
\nThat’s not a bad thing. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:37:36,280 –> 00:37:38,480
\nThe world tells you, go out,
\nfind yourself. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:37:39,840 –> 00:37:45,600
\nIt’s rubbish, it’s a lie.
\nGo out and find Christ in you. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:37:45,600 –> 00:37:50,880
\nThe hope of glory finding me is
\nthe world’s lie. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:37:51,200 –> 00:37:55,360
\nDoesn’t make you happy.
\nDo you know what makes you happy<\/p>\n

663
\n00:37:55,400 –> 00:37:58,520
\nIs to be beyond the focus on
\nself. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:37:59,560 –> 00:38:01,840
\nYou’ll be one of those people
\nwho don’t need to worry about <\/p>\n

665
\n00:38:01,840 –> 00:38:05,880
\nself.
\nYou know, faith looks upward to <\/p>\n

666
\n00:38:05,880 –> 00:38:07,320
\nGod.
\nI know this is a a phrase you’ve<\/p>\n

667
\n00:38:07,320 –> 00:38:11,720
\nprobably heard before.
\nWhereas selfishness looks down <\/p>\n

668
\n00:38:12,280 –> 00:38:15,120
\ntowards the things on earth,
\nthey all pass away. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:38:16,080 –> 00:38:18,520
\nAnd the way Russia’s going,
\nprobably the sooner rather than <\/p>\n

670
\n00:38:18,520 –> 00:38:22,040
\nlater, all these things that you
\nstrive for, they’ll all pass <\/p>\n

671
\n00:38:22,040 –> 00:38:25,600
\naway.
\nBut faith looks upward to where <\/p>\n

672
\n00:38:25,600 –> 00:38:29,320
\nGod is and the plans that he’s
\ngot for you and your brother and<\/p>\n

673
\n00:38:29,320 –> 00:38:33,240
\nsisters and the children in your
\necclesia and your future in the <\/p>\n

674
\n00:38:33,240 –> 00:38:34,640
\nKingdom.
\nAnd the wonderful thing is that <\/p>\n

675
\n00:38:34,840 –> 00:38:37,760
\nmortals are going to learn
\nbecause you learnt them now, and<\/p>\n

676
\n00:38:38,400 –> 00:38:39,760
\nyou’re going to share those
\nthings with them. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:38:41,000 –> 00:38:45,320
\nHope looks forward to the future
\nthat God’s made, not at the <\/p>\n

678
\n00:38:45,320 –> 00:38:47,480
\nselfish achievements that you’ve
\nachieved. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:38:48,520 –> 00:38:50,400
\nIt’s funny, isn’t it?
\nYou can achieve all sorts of <\/p>\n

680
\n00:38:50,400 –> 00:38:53,080
\ngreat things in this life, and
\nit takes a while before you <\/p>\n

681
\n00:38:53,080 –> 00:38:56,560
\nrealise no one else cares.
\nWho was the football legend who <\/p>\n

682
\n00:38:57,120 –> 00:39:02,520
\nkicked a great goal 16 years ago
\nin some particular Oval? <\/p>\n

683
\n00:39:02,880 –> 00:39:05,800
\nNobody knows.
\nWho’s the person who achieved <\/p>\n

684
\n00:39:05,800 –> 00:39:07,840
\nthat university degree 16 years
\nago? <\/p>\n

685
\n00:39:08,520 –> 00:39:11,840
\nYou might know if it’s you, but
\nnobody else seems to care. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:39:13,640 –> 00:39:18,240
\nAll these things are forgotten
\nbecause that’s looking backwards<\/p>\n

687
\n00:39:18,920 –> 00:39:21,200
\nand the world is set in reverse
\ngear. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:39:21,200 –> 00:39:24,720
\nThey’re looking backwards.
\nThey don’t have faith that looks<\/p>\n

689
\n00:39:24,720 –> 00:39:28,560
\nupward, they have selfishness
\nthat looks downward on the <\/p>\n

690
\n00:39:28,560 –> 00:39:31,720
\nthings that earth promises will
\ngive them to make them happy. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:39:32,840 –> 00:39:35,040
\nThey don’t look forward in hope
\nto God’s future. <\/p>\n

692
\n00:39:35,560 –> 00:39:38,000
\nThey look selfishly back at
\ntheir own achievements. <\/p>\n

693
\n00:39:39,000 –> 00:39:42,440
\nAnd most importantly, look
\noutward in love. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:39:43,960 –> 00:39:48,040
\nYou’ll find happiness there.
\nYou can do things which the <\/p>\n

695
\n00:39:48,040 –> 00:39:51,360
\nworld might not see as great.
\nTeach Sunday school, go make a <\/p>\n

696
\n00:39:51,360 –> 00:39:55,120
\nmeal for someone, turn up on
\nsomeone’s doorstep and give them<\/p>\n

697
\n00:39:55,120 –> 00:39:57,560
\na coffee.
\nTime to talk to them and break <\/p>\n

698
\n00:39:57,560 –> 00:40:01,720
\nup their lonely day.
\nDon’t do something for somebody <\/p>\n

699
\n00:40:01,720 –> 00:40:04,320
\nelse.
\nParents who constantly give for <\/p>\n

700
\n00:40:04,320 –> 00:40:08,040
\nthe sake of their kids maybe
\nspend hours in a job that isn’t <\/p>\n

701
\n00:40:08,040 –> 00:40:11,640
\nthat fun because it pays the
\nbills and helps the family out <\/p>\n

702
\n00:40:11,720 –> 00:40:14,680
\nand allows them to get on with
\nthe important things of life. <\/p>\n

703
\n00:40:15,480 –> 00:40:21,000
\nLove looks outwards to others.
\nSelfishness looks inwardly for <\/p>\n

704
\n00:40:21,000 –> 00:40:23,600
\nanswers within, and there’s no
\nlight in there. <\/p>\n

705
\n00:40:24,000 –> 00:40:26,520
\nPaul’s told us you speak
\naccording to yourself. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:40:26,520 –> 00:40:30,920
\nThere’s no light in you.
\nSo as we come this morning to <\/p>\n

707
\n00:40:31,400 –> 00:40:37,400
\nseek Christ and to seek the
\ncomfort of Scriptures, let’s not<\/p>\n

708
\n00:40:37,400 –> 00:40:41,360
\nbe afraid of suffering.
\nLet’s not be afraid of giving. <\/p>\n

709
\n00:40:42,640 –> 00:40:45,880
\nLet’s come with repentance for
\nthe things that perhaps we’ve <\/p>\n

710
\n00:40:45,880 –> 00:40:49,920
\ndone wrong and yet call Christ
\nalongside. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:40:49,960 –> 00:40:52,160
\nRenew your covenant with Christ
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

712
\n00:40:52,680 –> 00:40:56,640
\nCall them alongside as your
\nparacletos and God alongside <\/p>\n

713
\n00:40:57,560 –> 00:41:00,440
\nthat you can actually have the
\nthing that makes you feel happy <\/p>\n

714
\n00:41:00,440 –> 00:41:04,200
\nin life, which is to feel close
\nto God and feel close to Christ <\/p>\n

715
\n00:41:04,200 –> 00:41:07,280
\nin your life.
\nNot only because they forgive <\/p>\n

716
\n00:41:07,280 –> 00:41:11,800
\nyou over and over again if need
\nbe, but also that you’re doing <\/p>\n

717
\n00:41:11,800 –> 00:41:14,600
\ntheir work.
\nYou’re discovering what made <\/p>\n

718
\n00:41:14,600 –> 00:41:17,320
\nthem happy.
\nDon’t just sit back and say I <\/p>\n

719
\n00:41:17,320 –> 00:41:20,880
\ndon’t have joy in my life.
\nChrist said when he gave us this<\/p>\n

720
\n00:41:20,880 –> 00:41:24,800
\nfeast, my joy I give with you,
\nbut you don’t have that joy in <\/p>\n

721
\n00:41:24,800 –> 00:41:27,000
\nyour life.
\nTry it. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:41:27,720 –> 00:41:30,240
\nTry what he gave you and see if
\nit helps. <\/p>\n

723
\n00:41:31,320 –> 00:41:46,800
\nThank you.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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\n00:41:46,800 –> 00:41:48,360
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726
\n00:41:51,640 –> 00:41:54,000
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302: James Jolly – Exhortation: Comforts in Our Lord<\/a><\/blockquote>