{"id":1277,"date":"2025-03-16T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/339-greg-robinson-he-that-judges-me-is-the-lord\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T00:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:22:28","slug":"339-greg-robinson-he-that-judges-me-is-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/339-greg-robinson-he-that-judges-me-is-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"339: Greg Robinson – He That Judges Me is the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to the a class by Bro. Greg Robinson from his series on “God Has Made Foolish the Wisdom of this World” that he gave at the Whatshan Lake Bible School in 2022. This is the fifth class from that series titled “He That Judges Me is the Lord” . <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris selfie and
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\nI’m Chris, I’m Jason, and I’m <\/p>\n

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

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\nHello and welcome back.
\nThis is Brother Chris bringing <\/p>\n

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\nyou another talk to listen to
\nthis week. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re listening to the 5th class
\nin a series that was given by <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Greg Robinson at the
\nWatch and Lake Bible School in <\/p>\n

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\n2022.
\nThe overall theme for his study <\/p>\n

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\nwas taking a look at First
\nCorinthians, the 1st 4 chapters <\/p>\n

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\nand the title was God hath made
\nfoolish the Wisdom of this <\/p>\n

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\nWorld.
\nThroughout this entire series. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Greg is taking a look at
\nthe eclusion Corinth and pulls <\/p>\n

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\nout a lot of really interesting
\nNuggets about the eclusion on <\/p>\n

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\nthe context around there that I
\nhadn’t heard before. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’ll have the entire series
\non the good Chris Adelphian <\/p>\n

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\nTalks extended podcast and I
\nhighly recommend you listen to <\/p>\n

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\nI will especially say you should<\/p>\n

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\nat least listen to the 6th class
\nthat comes after this one. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause in this class, what I
\nreally appreciate is brother <\/p>\n

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\nGreg is taking a lot of the
\ndetail in the context and the <\/p>\n

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\nbackground that he built over
\nthe first four classes. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he does a good job of kind
\nof summarizing it in the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning of this class and then
\nlooks at sort of how to address <\/p>\n

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\nthe problems that the Corinthian
\necclesia was facing and how Paul<\/p>\n

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\ndirects them to do it.
\nBut then in Class 6, which is <\/p>\n

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\nwhere I kind of want to give you
\nsome homework is, he then takes <\/p>\n

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\nthat and looks at how we apply
\nthat to ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, Class 6 by itself wouldn’t
\nhave worked alone on the <\/p>\n

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\npodcast, which is why I’m doing
\nClass 5 because this one is a <\/p>\n

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\ngreat one to listen to.
\nIt gives you some action items <\/p>\n

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\nto think about, even just for
\nlistening to it. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Class 6, he goes even deeper
\non it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I found it to be one of
\nthose classes that kind of <\/p>\n

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\nconvicts you, makes you think.
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\nto do that one.
\nWhat I liked about Class 5 is <\/p>\n

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\nbecause he’s looking at all the
\ndifferent themes in Corinthians <\/p>\n

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\nand the kind of reminders of how
\nto face the problems that the <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthian ecclesia was facing.
\nIt served as a good reminder for<\/p>\n

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\nall of us of the role that we
\nplay in the ecclesia because no <\/p>\n

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\nmatter how big or small, we’re
\nall playing some part in helping<\/p>\n

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\none another along our walk.
\nThere was a question that he <\/p>\n

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\nsort of asks about halfway
\nthrough that really stood out to<\/p>\n

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\nme that I wanted to call it.
\nSo you listen to, which is when <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re having an interaction
\nwith anybody within our <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity, ask yourself, is what
\nI am doing building or <\/p>\n

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\ndestroying the faith of the
\nperson that I am talking to or <\/p>\n

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\nor working with?
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\nthings through that lens and
\nreminding ourselves of that, <\/p>\n

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\nthat is the goal that we should
\nalways be driving for when we’re<\/p>\n

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\ninteracting with each other.
\nWe’re supposed to encourage each<\/p>\n

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\nother to be to the Kingdom, to
\nmake it there. <\/p>\n

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\nIt can sometimes be difficult
\nbecause we’re all human. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so that’s what I enjoyed
\nabout Greg class in this class <\/p>\n

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\n5, is he kind of puts it all
\ntogether from the stuff he’s <\/p>\n

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\ndone in the first four classes,
\nwhich I would still recommend <\/p>\n

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\nyou listen to because there’s a
\nlot of really great information <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
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\nyour walk and encourages you to
\nthink about your interactions <\/p>\n

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\nand how we can best help one
\nanother along the walk until our<\/p>\n

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\nLord returns.
\nSo I hope that you find this to <\/p>\n

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\nbe as thought provoking and
\nencouraging as I did and that <\/p>\n

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\nyou listen to the entire series
\nas well on the extended podcast.<\/p>\n

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\nSo now I will turn it over to
\nour brother Greg Robinson for <\/p>\n

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\nhis class entitled He that
\nJudges Me is the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nYesterday we looked at how
\nimportant it was to work in the <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia, and I think Paul made
\nit very clear to us with a <\/p>\n

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\ncouple of really important
\nexamples for us of that. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul used the example of the
\nfield to show us that we need to<\/p>\n

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\nbe sure that we are actually
\ndoing the work that we needed to<\/p>\n

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\neach individually be making sure
\nthat we are, that we’re doing <\/p>\n

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\nour job of planting and
\nwatering. <\/p>\n

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\nHe reminded us that God is
\nworking next to us in that <\/p>\n

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\nfield.
\nAnd he reminded us that God owns<\/p>\n

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\nthe field.
\nIt’s his field that we’re <\/p>\n

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\nworking in.
\nAnd then Paul compared the <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia to a building and he
\nsaid that we need to make sure <\/p>\n

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\nthat when we’re building on the
\nfoundation of Christ, that what <\/p>\n

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\nwe build has to be compatible
\nwith Christ because Christ is <\/p>\n

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\nthat foundation.
\nAnd then he ended the chapter <\/p>\n

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\nwith with what I think is a
\nreally wonderful verse for us to<\/p>\n

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\nlook at, or a couple of verses.
\nHe says, for all things are <\/p>\n

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\nyours.
\nSo everything that God has done <\/p>\n

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\nand God is doing from the
\ncreation of the world, he says, <\/p>\n

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\nis ours.
\nIt’s for the purpose of bringing<\/p>\n

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\npeople to be the sons of God, he
\nsays, whether Paul or Paulus or <\/p>\n

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\nCephas.
\nSo all teachers, as a brother, <\/p>\n

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\nSimon said this morning, they’re
\nall servants. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re all working to do this
\nwork or the world itself, or <\/p>\n

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\nlife or death or things present
\nor things to come. <\/p>\n

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\nAll are yours and your Christ’s
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\nSo showing us that important
\nrole that we have brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters of helping each other to
\ndo that work and to help each <\/p>\n

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\nother because we’re also
\nservants in part of this <\/p>\n

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\nequation that he’s that he’s
\njust described for us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that kind of brings us to
\ntoday’s class and today’s class <\/p>\n

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\non chapter 4, Paul shows us the
\nrole of an apostle and he does <\/p>\n

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\nit several different ways.
\nAnd I think you’ll find them all<\/p>\n

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\nvery helpful.
\nHe shows us that apostles role, <\/p>\n

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\nthe role of an apostle, is not
\none of prestige, it’s not one of<\/p>\n

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\npower, but it is one of a
\nservant. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Paul works to show the
\nleaders of the ecclesia that <\/p>\n

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\nthey, at this point in time,
\nmany of them were out of line <\/p>\n

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\nbecause they were looking
\ninstead to to use their human <\/p>\n

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\nwisdom and their eloquence to
\nbecome popular. <\/p>\n

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\nThey had followers that admired
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\nhad formed factions in the
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\nleaders were ruling over.
\nAnd Paul’s answer to them is a <\/p>\n

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\nsimple one.
\nIf you would just become <\/p>\n

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\nservants like an apostle is
\nsupposed to be, these problems <\/p>\n

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\nwould take care of themselves.
\nSo Paul speaks to them about <\/p>\n

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\nthis and he emphasizes the point
\nthat we all need to be servants.<\/p>\n

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\nNow, Paul did have a special
\nauthority, was the other thing <\/p>\n

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\nthat we noticed in yesterday’s
\nstudy. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Paul had been appointed
\ndirectly by Christ to do what he<\/p>\n

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\nwas doing.
\nSo we don’t have that kind of a <\/p>\n

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\nsituation today where anybody is
\nappointed specifically by <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nWe’re all servants, and we’re <\/p>\n

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\nall servants to our brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in our ecclesias we have
\nwhat are called serving <\/p>\n

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\nbrethren, people that were
\nchosen by the ecclesia to serve <\/p>\n

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\nthe ecclesia.
\nAnd I just like to read just a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle quote out of the
\nEcclesial guide that I think <\/p>\n

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\nhelps to keep things in
\nperspective for all of us. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Ecclesial Guide says that
\nbrethren holding offices among <\/p>\n

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\nus shall be described as serving
\nbrethren, and that the <\/p>\n

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\ndenomination of each particular
\noffice shall have brother or <\/p>\n

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\nbrethren associated with it for
\nthe sake of preserving the <\/p>\n

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\nfamily character of our assembly
\nin harmony with the mind of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nAnd I think, I think this comes <\/p>\n

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\nright from the study that we’re
\ndoing here of First Corinthians,<\/p>\n

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\nright from the ideas of Paul.
\nAnd it is important for us in <\/p>\n

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\nthe ecclesia to make sure we
\nkeep this in mind because we’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to be looking at the role
\nthat Paul had as an apostle and <\/p>\n

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\nit was a special position that
\nhe was in. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’re servants of each other.
\nSo let’s jump in then to chapter<\/p>\n

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\n4 with this in mind.
\nSo Paul starts out verse 1. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says let a man so account of
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when he says us, he’s
\ntalking here about apostles. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s talking about the apostles
\nthat were responsible for the <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters in the
\ndifferent ecclesias. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says, let a man so account of
\nus, the apostles as ministers of<\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nAnd when you think about what an<\/p>\n

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\napostle is, he says, I want you
\nto think about them being <\/p>\n

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\nministers.
\nAnd the word that he uses here, <\/p>\n

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\nI think is, is, is exceptionally
\ngood for helping us to see where<\/p>\n

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\nwe ought to be and what kind of
\na, a role an apostle has. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and also what kind of a
\nrole we have by extension and <\/p>\n

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\ndoing the work of teaching.
\nSo he says, I want you to be <\/p>\n

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\nministers of Christ.
\nThis word minister means a <\/p>\n

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\nservant, but it’s not just any
\nservant that he’s talking about <\/p>\n

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\nhere.
\nThe word servant here actually <\/p>\n

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\nmeans an under rower of a ship,
\nso someone who’s down in the <\/p>\n

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\nbottom of the ship.
\nAnd that’s what Paul says. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says apostles then are under
\nrowers in a ship. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that sounds great, but I’m
\nshowing you a picture here that <\/p>\n

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\nreally puts it in perspective,
\nat least it did for me, to, to <\/p>\n

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\nunderstand where we really are
\nin this hierarchy. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there’s a picture of where we
\nare now which, which people do <\/p>\n

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\nyou think we are?
\nWhich people do you think the <\/p>\n

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\napostles were on here?
\nThe other ones down underneath <\/p>\n

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\nthe deck, they’re the ones that
\nhave these little holes where <\/p>\n

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\ntheir paddle sticks out and
\nthey’re able to then move their <\/p>\n

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\npaddle and to row the ship
\nforward. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re following directions.
\nThey’re working all the time. <\/p>\n

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\nWorking.
\nIt’s Christ’s ship, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s the one that determines the
\ncourse. <\/p>\n

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\nThank goodness for that.
\nI think the apostles then are <\/p>\n

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\nresponsible to Christ, and
\nChrist is the captain of the <\/p>\n

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\nship.
\nSo apostles then are under <\/p>\n

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\nrowers.
\nAnd I think that gives us a lot <\/p>\n

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\nof perspective.
\nIt puts us in our place as well.<\/p>\n

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\nFor if the apostles are under
\nrowers, if Paul was an under <\/p>\n

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\nrower like this, then we must be
\nunder rowers as well. <\/p>\n

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\nWe must be still.
\nWe must be like him under the <\/p>\n

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\ndeck, rowing in the direction
\nthat Christ has shown us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the leaders of Corinth that
\nwere causing the problems in the<\/p>\n

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\necclesia, we’re acting as if
\nthey were up on the deck, that <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe they were deck captains
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you can imagine the ship
\nwith three or four or five, or <\/p>\n

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\nhow many of her factions and,
\nand leaders there were up on top<\/p>\n

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\nof the deck.
\nAnd you can imagine them all <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to, to lead the direction
\nof where this ship was going to <\/p>\n

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\ngo at any given time.
\nWouldn’t work, would it? <\/p>\n

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\nWouldn’t work.
\nYou have to have one master and <\/p>\n

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\nwe have a master and that
\nmasters the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Paul’s hoping then that
\nthey’ll get the point. <\/p>\n

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\nIt doesn’t matter how eloquent
\nyour talk is, no matter how many<\/p>\n

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\nfriends you have, if you’re not
\nan under rower, then you’re on <\/p>\n

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\nthe wrong deck.
\nGet back down to being an under <\/p>\n

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\nrower.
\nIt makes it clear to us, doesn’t<\/p>\n

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\nit, that the apostles were
\nservants and so are we. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he says they need to be under
\nrowers. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says they need to be
\nstewards. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the word steward here is one
\nwho rules a house is what that <\/p>\n

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\nmeans.
\nSo they’re untrusted. <\/p>\n

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\nThen A steward was, as the word
\nmeans, is a person who’s <\/p>\n

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\nentrusted to manage a house.
\nI want you to take special note <\/p>\n

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\nof that.
\nThey were managers of a house. <\/p>\n

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\nNote that because it’s going to
\nbe important in just a minute. <\/p>\n

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\nSo these apostles are servants,
\nand they’re a part of Christ’s <\/p>\n

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\nhouse, and they’re managing
\nsomething that’s very, very <\/p>\n

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\nvaluable for Christ.
\nAnd what is it that they’re <\/p>\n

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\nmanaging?
\nThey’re managing the mysteries <\/p>\n

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\nof God.
\nWe ran into this in first <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians 2, verse 7.
\nThe mysteries of God are the <\/p>\n

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\ntruths that were once hidden but
\nhave now been revealed. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the apostles have been given
\nsomething. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’ve been entrusted with
\nsomething that they have a <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility to share and to
\npreach to the whole world. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the apostles here, and
\nespecially Paul had a <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibility to Christ because
\nthey were servants in his house.<\/p>\n

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\nThey were servants who were
\nmanaging the mysteries of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThe point that Paul makes is
\nthat the apostles were not <\/p>\n

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\nworking for status.
\nThey’re under rowers and they’ve<\/p>\n

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\ngot a job to do and that’s to
\nmanage the mysteries of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then in verse two, he throws
\nanother word at us that gets us <\/p>\n

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\nreally thinking.
\nHe says moreover, it is required<\/p>\n

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\nof these stewards, these these
\nservants of the house that they <\/p>\n

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\nbe found faithful servants in
\nthe House of Christ have got to <\/p>\n

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\nbe faithful with the mysteries
\nof God. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the message that they teach
\nhas got to be consistent with <\/p>\n

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\nthe message that they received.
\nThey don’t get to change it. <\/p>\n

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\nThey have to be faithfully
\ncommunicating the message that <\/p>\n

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\nthey’ve been given and those
\nmessages have to be protected <\/p>\n

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\nand they have to be delivered.
\nWe put these two first 2 verses <\/p>\n

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\nand some of these words together
\nand an echo, I think, comes to <\/p>\n

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\nour minds when we think about
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nThe apostles were servants who
\nwere faithful in the House of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nAnd what do we realize when we <\/p>\n

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\nhear those words together?
\nFaithful servants in the house? <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t we think about Moses?
\nIsn’t that what’s said about <\/p>\n

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\nMoses?
\nNumbers chapter 12 and verse 7 <\/p>\n

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\nit says that God’s servant Moses
\nwas faithful in all his house, <\/p>\n

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\nso that the message that God
\ngave to Moses, Moses faithfully <\/p>\n

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\ncommunicated to Israel.
\nCome over to Numbers chapter 12 <\/p>\n

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\nand verse 1.
\nSo #7 verse 7 is where we have <\/p>\n

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\nMoses being faithful in all his
\nhouses as a servant. <\/p>\n

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\nNumbers chapter 12 verse one
\ngives us some some context for <\/p>\n

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\nwhy that statement was made.
\nAnd I think it gives us some <\/p>\n

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\ncontext about what Paul is
\ntrying to say here about the <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship that Paul has with
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Numbers chapter 12 verse one,
\nthis is a chapter about Miriam <\/p>\n

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\nand Aaron actually speaking out
\nagainst Moses. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I think you already see that
\nthe the similarities to what’s <\/p>\n

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\nhappening in Corinth.
\nSo number chapter 12, verse one,<\/p>\n

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\nit says and Miriam and Aaron
\nspake against Moses because of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Ethiopian woman whom he had
\nmarried, for he had married an <\/p>\n

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\nEthiopian woman.
\nSo there’s different ideas as to<\/p>\n

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\nwhat that means that he married
\nan Ethiopian woman. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t think that’s
\nparticularly relevant to what <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re looking at right now.
\nLet’s just say that Miriam and <\/p>\n

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\nAaron had a problem with what
\nMoses had done in marrying this <\/p>\n

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\nEthiopian woman.
\nBut the point is that Moses, <\/p>\n

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\nsorry, Miriam and Aaron spoke
\nout against Moses. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause of this, they spoke out
\nagainst him, and they said, hath<\/p>\n

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\nYahweh indeed spoken only by
\nMoses? <\/p>\n

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\nHath he not also spoken by us?
\nThey said God spoken by us too. <\/p>\n

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\nMiriam was a prophetess and
\nAaron was a priest, so God had <\/p>\n

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\nspoken by them.
\nThat was true. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they said, so since God has
\nspoken by us, shouldn’t Moses <\/p>\n

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\nlisten to us and do what we
\nthink that he should do, or do <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we say that he should do
\nhere? <\/p>\n

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\nSo Miriam and Aaron spoke out
\nagainst what Moses was doing and<\/p>\n

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\nabout his authority here.
\nThey said we’re just like Moses <\/p>\n

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\nand we know what happened, don’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord heard it in verse three
\nwe get the divine commentary. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does God think about what
\nwhat their complaint was? <\/p>\n

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\nGod says now the man Moses was
\nvery meek above all the men <\/p>\n

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\nwhich were upon the face of the
\nearth. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s unexpected.
\nThat’s not what we’d expect to <\/p>\n

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\nto read there, but that’s God’s
\ncomment about Moses. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s like when you read that,
\nyou think how could they be <\/p>\n

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\nsaying something against Moses
\nif he is this this meek man, as <\/p>\n

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\nGod says, the meekest man that
\nwas on the the face of the earth<\/p>\n

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\nand then caught God calls Moses
\nand Aaron and Miriam to the <\/p>\n

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\nTabernacle.
\nWe come down to verse 6 and God <\/p>\n

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\nsays hear now my words, if there
\nbe a prophet among you, I, <\/p>\n

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\nYahweh will make myself known
\nunto him in a vision and I’ll <\/p>\n

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\nspeak to him in a dream.
\nSo that’s how I communicate with<\/p>\n

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\npeople.
\nAs we’re going through this, I <\/p>\n

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\nwant you to be thinking about
\nwhat what might have been <\/p>\n

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\nhappening in Corinth because
\ndidn’t the brothers in Corinth <\/p>\n

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\ndidn’t the brothers and some of
\nthe sisters have the the the <\/p>\n

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\ngifts of the spirit in Corinth?
\nWasn’t that also the case there?<\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s likely that some of
\nthese teachers had those gifts <\/p>\n

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\nas well.
\nAnd so that they’re charges <\/p>\n

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\nagainst Paul might be the same
\nor very similar to what the <\/p>\n

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\ncharges were against Moses.
\nVerse 7, he says, but my servant<\/p>\n

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\nMoses is not.
\nSo who is faithful in mine <\/p>\n

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\nhouse?
\nMy servant who’s faithful in my <\/p>\n

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\nhouse.
\nHe says with him will I speak <\/p>\n

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\nmouth to mouth?
\nI speak to Moses directly, even <\/p>\n

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\napparently he says here, and
\nthat means with clarity. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when I talk to Moses, I speak
\nwith clarity to him. <\/p>\n

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\nI speak directly to him, not in
\nnot in visions or in dreams and <\/p>\n

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\nnot in dark speeches or in or in
\nriddles. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says here are we catching the
\nillusion that Paul’s making <\/p>\n

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\nhere?
\nSo he’s telling us that God had <\/p>\n

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\nthis direct channel of
\ncommunication with Moses. <\/p>\n

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\nIt wasn’t like the communication
\nwith with with the other <\/p>\n

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\nprophets.
\nAnd then he goes on and he says <\/p>\n

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\nand the similitude or the
\nlikeness of Yahweh. <\/p>\n

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\nShall he or shall Moses behold?
\nSo Moses saw the likeness of <\/p>\n

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\nGod, didn’t he?
\nHe saw the glory of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then the power of Paul’s
\nillusion goes even further. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says, wherefore then were ye
\nnot afraid to speak against my <\/p>\n

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\nservant Moses?
\nYou feel the power if if they’d <\/p>\n

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\nmade the connection, the
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

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\nThat were the problem in
\nCorinth. <\/p>\n

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\nYou feel the power of what he’s
\nsaying here. <\/p>\n

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\nMiriam and Aaron were not afraid
\nto speak out against Moses, but <\/p>\n

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\nthey should have been.
\nAnd there were some in Corinth <\/p>\n

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\nthat spoke out against Paul.
\nBut Paul had a special channel <\/p>\n

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\nof communication with Christ, to
\ncommunicate the message of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist to the brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul’s telling us that, isn’t
\nhe? <\/p>\n

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\nPaul’s explaining to them in a
\nmeek way, I think, that he had a<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:40,360 –> 00:20:43,640
\na message, he was a messenger of
\nthe gospel of Christ and that he<\/p>\n

326
\n00:20:43,640 –> 00:20:47,000
\nwas a direct messenger to the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:20:48,920 –> 00:20:51,680
\nThose in in Corinthian who were
\nelevating their own importance <\/p>\n

328
\n00:20:52,240 –> 00:20:55,200
\nand questioning Paul’s
\nrelationship with Christ were <\/p>\n

329
\n00:20:55,200 –> 00:21:00,800
\njust like Miriam and like Aaron.
\nLet’s put the pieces together of<\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:00,800 –> 00:21:11,760
\nthis.
\nSo he says moreover it’s <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:11,760 –> 00:21:14,360
\nrequired and stewards that a man
\nbe found faithful and we made <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:14,360 –> 00:21:17,160
\nthe connection there.
\nMoses was a servant who was <\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:17,160 –> 00:21:21,800
\nfaithful in all God’s house and
\nwe had those 3 keywords. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:23,000 –> 00:21:25,520
\nWe had servant, faithful and
\nhouse. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:26,240 –> 00:21:28,680
\nMoses has this special
\nrelationship with God. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:29,400 –> 00:21:33,720
\nGod spoke directly to him and
\nMoses had seen God’s likeness. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:35,040 –> 00:21:40,160
\nPaul had a special relationship
\nwith Christ. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:41,640 –> 00:21:46,120
\nHe’d spoken directly with Christ
\nand he’d seen Christ likeness, <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:46,120 –> 00:21:49,720
\nhadn’t he?
\nSo what were the implications? <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:50,600 –> 00:21:53,880
\nMoses was under attack from
\nAaron and Miriam, who were <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:53,880 –> 00:21:57,760
\nasserting their authority.
\nAnd Paul, we believe, was under <\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:57,760 –> 00:22:00,800
\nattack from the leaders of
\nCorinth who were also asserting <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:00,800 –> 00:22:04,200
\ntheir authority.
\nAnd those who were criticizing <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:04,200 –> 00:22:10,880
\nMoses were actually criticizing
\nGod in the same way those that <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:10,880 –> 00:22:16,200
\nwere criticizing Paul were
\nactually criticizing Christ. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:17,720 –> 00:22:20,120
\nThe power there, I think is, is
\nis remarkable for us. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:21,120 –> 00:22:23,320
\nAll right, let’s go back to
\nFirst Corinthians chapter 4 with<\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:23,320 –> 00:22:26,920
\nthis idea in mind.
\nAnd we see this special <\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:27,280 –> 00:22:31,360
\nrelationship that Paul has with
\nChrist and the special <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:31,360 –> 00:22:35,600
\nresponsibility that he has in
\ndelivering the message as a <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:35,600 –> 00:22:40,400
\nsteward, because he is
\ndefinitely the faithful servant <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:40,600 –> 00:22:44,400
\nin Christ’s house.
\nAnd so he says in verse three, <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:45,040 –> 00:22:48,080
\nhe says, but with me, it’s a
\nvery small thing that I should <\/p>\n

354
\n00:22:48,080 –> 00:22:55,240
\nbe judged of you or of man’s
\njudgement while saying, look, <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:56,440 –> 00:22:58,600
\nyou’re saying negative things
\nabout me, you’re trying to <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:58,600 –> 00:23:02,480
\ndiscredit me.
\nI’m being judged by the factions<\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:02,480 –> 00:23:05,160
\nin Corinth.
\nBut that’s that’s really a small<\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:05,160 –> 00:23:08,200
\nthing.
\nIt’s not important. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:08,800 –> 00:23:13,000
\nIt wasn’t important to Paul how
\nhe was viewed by them because <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:13,000 –> 00:23:15,960
\ntheir judgement was based on
\nman’s wisdom. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:17,320 –> 00:23:19,120
\nJust like it wasn’t important to
\nMoses. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:20,400 –> 00:23:22,600
\nIt was really what his Lord
\nthought. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:23,520 –> 00:23:26,520
\nThat was what was important.
\nThat’s what mattered. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:29,400 –> 00:23:32,520
\nSo in verse four, he says, for I
\nknow nothing by myself. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:34,680 –> 00:23:36,400
\nHe’s he’s he’s explaining the
\ntruth here. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:37,440 –> 00:23:40,040
\nMy judgement of myself is not
\nreliable. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:41,280 –> 00:23:44,880
\nI I find that when I judge
\nmyself, I cut myself slack. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:45,320 –> 00:23:48,960
\nI could justify just about
\nanything that I do you ever <\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:48,960 –> 00:23:52,560
\nexperienced that right?
\nIf we do, we do something wrong.<\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:52,560 –> 00:23:55,360
\nWe can we can justify it if if
\nsomeone else does the same <\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:55,360 –> 00:23:58,440
\nthing.
\nWow, can’t believe that you did <\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:58,440 –> 00:24:01,880
\nthat, Paul saying, yeah, I, I
\nfind that I’m just just not <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:01,880 –> 00:24:05,000
\nreliable in judging myself
\nbecause I can do this, because I<\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:05,000 –> 00:24:09,800
\ncan justify myself.
\nSo he says, yet I’m not hereby <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:09,800 –> 00:24:11,720
\njustified.
\nSo just because I justify <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:11,720 –> 00:24:15,040
\nmyself, he says, that doesn’t
\nmean that I’m righteous. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:15,040 –> 00:24:21,840
\nThat doesn’t mean that I’m
\njustified, he says, because I do<\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:21,840 –> 00:24:26,480
\nhave a judge.
\nHe that judges me is my master. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:27,960 –> 00:24:29,760
\nHe that judges me is the Lord,
\nhe says. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:30,480 –> 00:24:33,520
\nAnd it would be up to Christ if
\nhe was a faithful servant in his<\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:33,520 –> 00:24:37,760
\nhouse or not.
\nAnd it would be up to Christ if <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:37,760 –> 00:24:41,200
\nthe others were faithful
\nservants in Christ’s house or <\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:41,200 –> 00:24:44,160
\nnot.
\nSo it’s a key point, I think to <\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:44,160 –> 00:24:48,200
\nunderstanding the relationship.
\nPaul also goes on to say, don’t <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:48,200 –> 00:24:51,240
\ntry to judge other people’s
\nmotives for us. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:51,560 –> 00:24:55,480
\nDon’t try to think about what
\nsomeone else is thinking because<\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:55,520 –> 00:24:58,320
\nyou’ll most likely be wrong.
\nWhen you when you try to put <\/p>\n

388
\n00:24:58,320 –> 00:25:01,640
\ntogether all the motives for
\nsomeone else’s actions and you <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:01,640 –> 00:25:04,440
\nkind of stack them up and you
\nwork out why they’ve done what <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:04,440 –> 00:25:06,880
\nthey’ve done and you’re ready to
\ngo and you’re ready to go have a<\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:06,880 –> 00:25:10,360
\nconversation about them and to
\nand to tell them the mistakes <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:10,360 –> 00:25:13,720
\nthat they’ve made based upon
\nyour your judgement of their <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:13,720 –> 00:25:16,520
\nmotives, you’re most likely
\ngoing to be wrong. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:17,120 –> 00:25:18,960
\nI think we’ve probably all
\nexperienced that, haven’t we? <\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:20,080 –> 00:25:23,560
\nHe says, don’t let that become a
\nsource of strife because it can <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:23,560 –> 00:25:27,440
\nbe so damaging.
\nAnd he clarifies all that in in <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:27,440 –> 00:25:29,560
\nverse five.
\nHe says therefore judge nothing <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:30,120 –> 00:25:32,880
\nbefore the time until the Lord
\ncome. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:33,880 –> 00:25:37,400
\nSo to the self appointed
\nleaders, Paul says since man’s <\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:37,400 –> 00:25:43,480
\njudgement isn’t reliable, it’s
\nbest if we let Christ judge and <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:43,480 –> 00:25:48,040
\nwhen Christ comes he will judge.
\nHe says to both bring both to <\/p>\n

402
\n00:25:48,040 –> 00:25:50,840
\nlight, sorry, both bring to
\nlight the hidden things of <\/p>\n

403
\n00:25:50,840 –> 00:25:54,840
\ndarkness, so the things that no
\none knows about and to make <\/p>\n

404
\n00:25:54,840 –> 00:25:56,720
\nmanifest the councils of the
\nhearts. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:25:57,880 –> 00:26:00,720
\nAnd then shall every man have
\npraise of God so their motives <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:00,720 –> 00:26:05,200
\nwill will be exposed.
\nHe says let Christ be the one <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:05,200 –> 00:26:07,320
\nwho judges the motives of
\nothers. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:08,360 –> 00:26:12,440
\nThat’s what Aaron and Miriam
\nshould have done and that’s what<\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:12,440 –> 00:26:16,320
\nwe should do also.
\nWell then Paul shifts gears a <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:16,320 –> 00:26:20,360
\nlittle bit and we’ve talked
\nabout this verse 6 already. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:21,120 –> 00:26:25,400
\nPaul’s trying to to work with
\nthe people in the ecclesia that <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:25,400 –> 00:26:30,360
\nhad this issue with elevating
\nthemselves and maybe trying to <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:30,360 –> 00:26:33,920
\nfill that void that they thought
\nPaul had left in what the truth <\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:33,920 –> 00:26:36,760
\nwas all about.
\nAnd we talked about the fact in <\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:36,760 –> 00:26:40,440
\nin chapter 1 that that Paul was
\nusing the names of Paul, <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:40,440 –> 00:26:45,440
\nApollos, Cephas and of Christ in
\nplace of the people that he was <\/p>\n

417
\n00:26:45,440 –> 00:26:49,280
\nactually speaking about.
\nYou remember Paul saying that? <\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:52,320 –> 00:26:56,200
\nAnd so here he’s saying, just to
\nmake sure that you know, just to<\/p>\n

419
\n00:26:56,200 –> 00:26:58,600
\nmake sure that you’re clear on
\nthis, you need to know that I’ve<\/p>\n

420
\n00:26:58,600 –> 00:27:03,120
\nbeen using my name and Apollos’s
\nname to show the factions that <\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:03,120 –> 00:27:06,400
\nwere in the ecclesia.
\nI have in a figure, he says, <\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:06,400 –> 00:27:10,880
\ntransferred to myself and to
\nApollos those names for your <\/p>\n

423
\n00:27:10,880 –> 00:27:12,320
\nsake.
\nSo I’ve used my name and <\/p>\n

424
\n00:27:12,320 –> 00:27:14,600
\nApollos’s name in place of the
\nothers. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:15,520 –> 00:27:18,200
\nHe didn’t literally mean that it
\nwas Paul, Apollos, Peter in <\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:18,200 –> 00:27:21,920
\nChrist.
\nSo why wouldn’t he want to <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:21,920 –> 00:27:26,040
\nmention their names?
\nI’ve had actually a few people <\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:26,040 –> 00:27:28,360
\ncome up and and suggest that to
\nme that it would have been, it <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:28,360 –> 00:27:31,720
\nwould have been more like Paul
\nto actually come up and say it <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:31,720 –> 00:27:34,840
\nwas brother this, brother this,
\nbrother this and brother this, <\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:35,400 –> 00:27:37,480
\nthat were actually the issues
\nand to put that in the letter. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:38,280 –> 00:27:41,120
\nWhy might he have have chosen
\nnot to do that and to do this <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:41,360 –> 00:27:44,560
\ninstead and to use these other
\nnames instead of referring to <\/p>\n

434
\n00:27:44,560 –> 00:27:48,800
\nthem directly?
\nIt’s almost like the the idea <\/p>\n

435
\n00:27:48,800 –> 00:27:51,800
\nbehind Matthew 18, isn’t it,
\nwhere you go to a brother <\/p>\n

436
\n00:27:52,120 –> 00:27:54,640
\npersonally and you speak to them
\ndirectly so that it doesn’t <\/p>\n

437
\n00:27:54,640 –> 00:27:56,920
\nbecome an issue.
\nThat’s then in front of <\/p>\n

438
\n00:27:56,920 –> 00:27:59,600
\neverybody.
\nIt increases the odds of them <\/p>\n

439
\n00:27:59,600 –> 00:28:03,000
\nbeing able to solve the problem
\nif we don’t embarrass them in <\/p>\n

440
\n00:28:03,000 –> 00:28:05,520
\nfront of everybody.
\nNow, there’s times when that <\/p>\n

441
\n00:28:05,520 –> 00:28:07,920
\nneeds to happen and there needs
\nto be that correction that’s <\/p>\n

442
\n00:28:07,920 –> 00:28:10,880
\nthat’s very public.
\nBut there’s also times when when<\/p>\n

443
\n00:28:10,880 –> 00:28:12,400
\ncorrection needs to be done
\nprivately. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:12,920 –> 00:28:14,320
\nAnd I think that’s what Paul’s
\ndoing here. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:14,320 –> 00:28:18,080
\nHe’s using these names because
\nhe doesn’t want to, to, to burn <\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:18,080 –> 00:28:20,920
\nthe bridge of the opportunity of
\ntrying to help them out. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:22,000 –> 00:28:26,360
\nAnd I think that’s the mark
\nreally of a true apostle working<\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:26,360 –> 00:28:30,160
\nfor what’s the best for the
\npeople, trying to to help them <\/p>\n

449
\n00:28:30,520 –> 00:28:33,120
\nto get to a place where they
\nwould be able to, to make <\/p>\n

450
\n00:28:33,120 –> 00:28:34,600
\ncorrections to what they were
\ndoing. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:28:35,440 –> 00:28:37,920
\nAnd so that’s what he says next.
\nHe says that you might learn in <\/p>\n

452
\n00:28:37,920 –> 00:28:43,000
\nus not to think of men above
\nthat which is written, that no <\/p>\n

453
\n00:28:43,000 –> 00:28:46,960
\none of you be puffed up for one
\nagainst another. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:28:47,760 –> 00:28:51,520
\nHe’s saying it’s all about
\nhelping the leaders to learn <\/p>\n

455
\n00:28:51,520 –> 00:28:53,760
\nthat they are not higher than
\nothers. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:28:54,760 –> 00:28:57,240
\nAnd that’s why I think he goes
\nthrough that comparison with <\/p>\n

457
\n00:28:57,240 –> 00:29:01,200
\nMoses to show them the position
\nthat they really were in and and<\/p>\n

458
\n00:29:01,200 –> 00:29:05,200
\nto show them how how problematic
\nthat thinking was for for Miriam<\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:05,200 –> 00:29:08,280
\nand Aaron and how they were
\nprobably heading down the same <\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:08,280 –> 00:29:15,440
\nRd. verse 7.
\nThen he says, For who maketh <\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:15,440 –> 00:29:20,720
\nthee to differ from another, and
\nwhat hast thou that thou didst <\/p>\n

462
\n00:29:20,720 –> 00:29:24,560
\nnot receive?
\nNow if thou didst receive it, <\/p>\n

463
\n00:29:25,360 –> 00:29:29,680
\nwhy does thou glory as if thou
\nhadst not received it? <\/p>\n

464
\n00:29:32,200 –> 00:29:33,520
\nSo what is he talking about
\nhere? <\/p>\n

465
\n00:29:34,760 –> 00:29:37,960
\nSo maybe one of us has a
\nphotographic memory. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:29:38,840 –> 00:29:42,680
\nI wish that was me, but maybe
\nsomeone does have a photographic<\/p>\n

467
\n00:29:42,680 –> 00:29:44,840
\nmemory.
\nWhere did you get the skill? <\/p>\n

468
\n00:29:46,240 –> 00:29:48,920
\nGot it from God.
\nSo should you glory in the skill<\/p>\n

469
\n00:29:48,920 –> 00:29:53,440
\nof of having that that memory?
\nWhat about a super logical <\/p>\n

470
\n00:29:53,440 –> 00:29:56,080
\nthinker, someone that could
\nfigure things out all really <\/p>\n

471
\n00:29:56,080 –> 00:29:59,400
\nquickly and really easily?
\nIs that to your glory? <\/p>\n

472
\n00:30:00,320 –> 00:30:02,800
\nNo, it’s it’s, it’s to God’s
\nglory, right, because God’s the <\/p>\n

473
\n00:30:02,800 –> 00:30:05,480
\none who gave it to you.
\nMaybe understanding, maybe a <\/p>\n

474
\n00:30:05,480 –> 00:30:06,880
\ngreat writer.
\nThey’re all the same. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:30:07,800 –> 00:30:10,120
\nSo in Corinth there were some
\nthat were boasting about the <\/p>\n

476
\n00:30:10,120 –> 00:30:12,560
\nspirit gifts that they had been
\ngiven, right? <\/p>\n

477
\n00:30:13,880 –> 00:30:16,640
\nWhere did they come from?
\nThis is, this is just a gift <\/p>\n

478
\n00:30:16,640 –> 00:30:17,920
\nthat God gave you.
\nWhy should you? <\/p>\n

479
\n00:30:18,120 –> 00:30:21,320
\nWhy should you think that that
\nsomehow has made you better? <\/p>\n

480
\n00:30:22,080 –> 00:30:24,640
\nYou’re just been given that in
\norder to teach the word. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:30:26,000 –> 00:30:29,760
\nAnd while we may have honed
\nthose abilities, Paul’s telling <\/p>\n

482
\n00:30:29,760 –> 00:30:31,600
\nus that those abilities came
\nfrom God. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:30:31,600 –> 00:30:33,960
\nSo there’s no room for anyone to
\nboast. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:30:36,240 –> 00:30:40,840
\nBut it must be so difficult for
\nour God who gives us these <\/p>\n

485
\n00:30:40,840 –> 00:30:43,920
\nabilities to do his work.
\nAnd when we succeed, then we <\/p>\n

486
\n00:30:43,920 –> 00:30:46,920
\ntake the credit for the ability
\nthat he gave us. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:30:47,800 –> 00:30:51,480
\nAnd then God ends up not being
\nglorified, which is the whole <\/p>\n

488
\n00:30:51,480 –> 00:30:55,960
\npurpose.
\nPaul changes what he’s talking <\/p>\n

489
\n00:30:55,960 –> 00:31:00,680
\nabout in the next few verses.
\nHe almost lays out for us a <\/p>\n

490
\n00:31:00,680 –> 00:31:05,280
\nchecklist of what an apostles
\nlife is like. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:31:06,160 –> 00:31:09,040
\nAnd he says if you’re like this,
\nyou’re not an apostle, but if <\/p>\n

492
\n00:31:09,040 –> 00:31:11,720
\nyou’re like this, you are an
\napostle. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:31:11,720 –> 00:31:14,400
\nAnd he actually calls out those
\nthat they thought that they were<\/p>\n

494
\n00:31:14,400 –> 00:31:18,120
\nrulers in the ecclesia.
\nIn these next few verses, he’s <\/p>\n

495
\n00:31:18,120 –> 00:31:22,600
\nsaying everybody should look at
\nthemselves and tell me or tell <\/p>\n

496
\n00:31:22,600 –> 00:31:25,920
\nthemselves, I guess, judge for
\nthemselves if you’re living the <\/p>\n

497
\n00:31:25,920 –> 00:31:29,400
\nlife of an apostle.
\nSo let’s see what he has to say.<\/p>\n

498
\n00:31:29,560 –> 00:31:35,880
\nVerse 8, he says, now ye are
\nfull, now ye are rich. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:31:36,920 –> 00:31:39,160
\nYou’ve reigned as kings without
\nus. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:31:39,960 –> 00:31:44,120
\nSo look at yourselves.
\nYou have everything you want. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:31:45,240 –> 00:31:47,400
\nYou’re ruling over your own
\nsubjects. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:31:47,400 –> 00:31:49,120
\nYou have these followers in the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:31:49,560 –> 00:31:51,600
\nYou’re reigning like kings, he
\nsays. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:31:56,400 –> 00:31:58,160
\nAre you ruling over your
\nbrothers and sisters? <\/p>\n

505
\n00:31:59,880 –> 00:32:02,480
\nAre you being honored, praised
\nand glorified? <\/p>\n

506
\n00:32:02,480 –> 00:32:05,880
\nHe says to them.
\nAnd then he says, I would to God<\/p>\n

507
\n00:32:05,880 –> 00:32:09,600
\nthat she did reign, that we
\nmight reign with you. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:32:11,080 –> 00:32:13,440
\nI think he’s saying here, it’d
\nbe nice if that’s really how it <\/p>\n

509
\n00:32:13,440 –> 00:32:16,600
\nwas.
\nIt’d be nice because we’d like <\/p>\n

510
\n00:32:16,600 –> 00:32:18,360
\nto be raining there right next
\nto you. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:32:19,160 –> 00:32:21,400
\nAnd maybe Paul’s thinking about
\nif that was the case, what would<\/p>\n

512
\n00:32:21,400 –> 00:32:23,120
\nit be?
\nWhere would we be? <\/p>\n

513
\n00:32:24,000 –> 00:32:26,240
\nWe’d be in the Kingdom, wouldn’t
\nwe, if that was actually how it <\/p>\n

514
\n00:32:26,240 –> 00:32:29,680
\nwas, because we would actually
\nhave that job of of ruling over <\/p>\n

515
\n00:32:29,680 –> 00:32:33,960
\nthe nation’s verse 9, What does
\nhe say? <\/p>\n

516
\n00:32:33,960 –> 00:32:38,040
\nHe says for?
\nI think he says for or the <\/p>\n

517
\n00:32:38,040 –> 00:32:43,360
\nreality is I think that God has
\nset forth that’s setting forth <\/p>\n

518
\n00:32:43,360 –> 00:32:48,920
\nthere is to display on a stage.
\nSo he set forth on a stage all <\/p>\n

519
\n00:32:48,920 –> 00:32:54,360
\nof us, the apostles last and he
\nsays last. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:32:54,360 –> 00:32:56,560
\nHe doesn’t mean that the last
\nones to get up on the stage. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:32:57,120 –> 00:33:00,360
\nWhat he means there is that they
\nare in the lowest of <\/p>\n

522
\n00:33:00,360 –> 00:33:03,520
\ncircumstances.
\nThey are the lowest of the group<\/p>\n

523
\n00:33:04,520 –> 00:33:07,440
\nand we know that’s right.
\nWe know that’s exactly how an <\/p>\n

524
\n00:33:07,440 –> 00:33:10,160
\napostle should be because that’s
\nthe cross of Christ. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:33:11,680 –> 00:33:15,640
\nThat’s the glory of God.
\nThat’s what Christ did. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:33:17,000 –> 00:33:22,680
\nHe says as it were appointed to
\ndeath for were made a spectacle <\/p>\n

527
\n00:33:22,680 –> 00:33:26,720
\nwere made at a theater to the
\nworld and to angels and to men. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:33:28,000 –> 00:33:33,120
\nHe says really how we should
\nfeel is like we’re on a stage <\/p>\n

529
\n00:33:33,120 –> 00:33:37,520
\nhumbled and condemned to death
\nif we’re following the example <\/p>\n

530
\n00:33:37,520 –> 00:33:43,200
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ who was
\ndisplayed for all to see in <\/p>\n

531
\n00:33:43,200 –> 00:33:46,280
\nverse 10.
\nHe says we’re fools for Christ’s<\/p>\n

532
\n00:33:46,280 –> 00:33:47,760
\nsake.
\nSo people think we’re crazy. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:33:47,760 –> 00:33:50,720
\nPeople think we’re fools.
\nThey look at us if we’re that <\/p>\n

534
\n00:33:50,720 –> 00:33:53,200
\nway, if we’re if we’re living
\nfor Christ’s sake. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:33:54,800 –> 00:33:57,920
\nHe says, but you are wise in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:33:58,400 –> 00:34:02,720
\nThe world looks at you as if
\nyou’re you’re wise must not be <\/p>\n

537
\n00:34:02,720 –> 00:34:04,480
\nright.
\nWe’re weak. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:34:05,720 –> 00:34:12,679
\nThe world in its wisdom sees us
\nas weak, but you’re strong. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:34:12,679 –> 00:34:16,199
\nThe world looks to you and sees
\nyou as strong, not humbling <\/p>\n

540
\n00:34:16,199 –> 00:34:18,960
\nhimself yourselves, instead
\npromoting yourself. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:34:20,320 –> 00:34:24,880
\nIt sees you as honorable, but
\nwe’re despised. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:34:26,120 –> 00:34:28,440
\nAnd so as Paul continues you,
\nyou could see the difference. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:34:28,440 –> 00:34:31,000
\nHe says if these things are the
\nway that it is, then something’s<\/p>\n

544
\n00:34:31,000 –> 00:34:33,280
\nwrong.
\nYou’ve got it backwards. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:34:33,280 –> 00:34:36,159
\nYou’re you’re you’re looking to
\nrule over people if that’s the <\/p>\n

546
\n00:34:36,159 –> 00:34:38,159
\nway that it actually is with
\nyou. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:34:39,560 –> 00:34:43,320
\nHe says in in verse 11, this is
\nhow apostles live. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:34:43,320 –> 00:34:47,719
\nHe says even to this present
\nhour, we hunger and thirst and <\/p>\n

549
\n00:34:47,719 –> 00:34:50,360
\nare naked.
\nIt’s a struggle for us. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:34:50,360 –> 00:34:54,360
\nOur our existence is difficult.
\nWe go without a lot of things <\/p>\n

551
\n00:34:55,040 –> 00:34:58,000
\nand he says we’re buffeted.
\nThat’s literally we’re slapped <\/p>\n

552
\n00:34:58,000 –> 00:35:02,240
\nin the face, he says, and we
\nhave no certain dwelling place. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:35:02,240 –> 00:35:05,360
\nI think that’s a pretty accurate
\ndescription of how the life of <\/p>\n

554
\n00:35:05,360 –> 00:35:09,320
\nthe apostles were.
\nWe contrast that then to the to <\/p>\n

555
\n00:35:09,320 –> 00:35:13,880
\nthe leaders in Corinth that were
\nliving as kings, ruling over the<\/p>\n

556
\n00:35:13,880 –> 00:35:16,480
\npeople, if you will.
\nThey had these people that would<\/p>\n

557
\n00:35:16,480 –> 00:35:19,520
\nthat would work for them and do
\nthings for them and cover their <\/p>\n

558
\n00:35:19,520 –> 00:35:26,520
\nexpenses.
\nVerse 12 says, and we labor <\/p>\n

559
\n00:35:26,520 –> 00:35:30,040
\nworking with our own hands.
\nWhat was Paul doing? <\/p>\n

560
\n00:35:31,960 –> 00:35:34,760
\nHe’s making tense, wasn’t he?
\nThat’s what he was doing when he<\/p>\n

561
\n00:35:34,760 –> 00:35:38,120
\ngot to Corinth, not living off
\nthe ecclesia. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:35:38,360 –> 00:35:41,280
\nAnd it’s something we we read
\nabout that Paul did by choice, <\/p>\n

563
\n00:35:42,280 –> 00:35:44,840
\nand we begin to see that that
\nwas the existence that he had <\/p>\n

564
\n00:35:44,840 –> 00:35:49,440
\nwhen he was in Corinth.
\nHe says being reviled, we bless.<\/p>\n

565
\n00:35:49,440 –> 00:35:53,200
\nSo when when someone criticizes
\nus in an abusive way, we speak <\/p>\n

566
\n00:35:53,200 –> 00:35:58,040
\nwell of them being persecuted.
\nHe says we suffer it when people<\/p>\n

567
\n00:35:58,040 –> 00:36:00,400
\nare hostile to us.
\nWe just, we just put up with it.<\/p>\n

568
\n00:36:00,800 –> 00:36:02,560
\nThat’s what an apostle does, he
\nsays. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:36:04,160 –> 00:36:06,840
\nAnd finally in verse 13, he
\nfinishes his his his points. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:36:06,840 –> 00:36:09,960
\nHe says, being defamed.
\nWe entreat. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:36:09,960 –> 00:36:15,040
\nSo when people speak poorly
\nabout us, slander us, we entreat<\/p>\n

572
\n00:36:15,120 –> 00:36:17,920
\nliterally it means to to call to
\none side. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:36:19,040 –> 00:36:22,120
\nWe appeal to them gently.
\nWe try to work with them to try <\/p>\n

574
\n00:36:22,120 –> 00:36:25,600
\nto help them.
\nWe’re made as the filth or or <\/p>\n

575
\n00:36:25,600 –> 00:36:29,920
\nthe refuse of the world and
\nwe’re the off scouring or The <\/p>\n

576
\n00:36:29,920 –> 00:36:34,200
\nDirty scrapings of all things to
\nthis day. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:36:35,320 –> 00:36:37,880
\nSo the whole list then that that
\nPaul gives us here of what an <\/p>\n

578
\n00:36:37,880 –> 00:36:41,960
\napostle does is is is pretty
\nstraightforward, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

579
\n00:36:42,720 –> 00:36:46,880
\nAn apostle isn’t lifted up.
\nApostle is humbled apostle. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:36:46,880 –> 00:36:51,080
\nAn apostle is a servant.
\nAnd that’s what the the leaders <\/p>\n

581
\n00:36:51,080 –> 00:36:53,600
\nof Corinth should have, should
\nhave figured out from what he <\/p>\n

582
\n00:36:53,600 –> 00:37:02,080
\nhas to say here.
\nSo then in verse 14, Paul says, <\/p>\n

583
\n00:37:02,080 –> 00:37:05,040
\nI write not these things to
\nshame you. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:37:05,040 –> 00:37:10,960
\nI’m not trying to discredit you.
\nI’m not trying to embarrass you.<\/p>\n

585
\n00:37:11,760 –> 00:37:13,920
\nI’m trying to get you to, to, to
\nfigure this out. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:37:15,320 –> 00:37:19,800
\nHe says, but as my beloved sons,
\nI warn you. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:37:21,280 –> 00:37:25,520
\nSo he begins the next section
\nwith this idea of fathership and<\/p>\n

588
\n00:37:25,520 –> 00:37:32,320
\nsonship and he says, I warning
\nyou as if you were my sons, <\/p>\n

589
\n00:37:33,400 –> 00:37:37,440
\nbecause this is what an apostle
\ndoes and this is what we all <\/p>\n

590
\n00:37:37,440 –> 00:37:40,920
\nshould be doing.
\nWe should be treating each other<\/p>\n

591
\n00:37:40,920 –> 00:37:45,480
\nas if each other is our son or
\nour daughter. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:37:46,760 –> 00:37:51,880
\nHe says for though you have
\n10,000 instructors in Christ, <\/p>\n

593
\n00:37:53,040 –> 00:37:55,280
\nthis word instructors is an
\nimportant one to understand. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:37:55,280 –> 00:37:58,600
\nHere the word instructors is the
\nword pedagogue. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:38:00,560 –> 00:38:04,440
\nIt’s a servant whose job it was
\nto take the children to school <\/p>\n

596
\n00:38:05,280 –> 00:38:07,800
\nto make sure that they got to
\nschool each day. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:38:08,680 –> 00:38:11,440
\nAnd the pedagogue would be paid
\nto do this to, to drop the kids <\/p>\n

598
\n00:38:11,440 –> 00:38:14,120
\noff at school, to make sure that
\nthat the kids did the homework <\/p>\n

599
\n00:38:15,520 –> 00:38:18,520
\nand they were in charge of their
\ntheir general conduct. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:38:19,440 –> 00:38:22,240
\nNow the same word is used in in
\nGalatians Chapter 3. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:38:24,200 –> 00:38:25,480
\nIt’s probably we won’t look it
\nup. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:38:25,560 –> 00:38:28,600
\nGalatians chapter 3, verse 24,
\nit says the law was our <\/p>\n

603
\n00:38:28,920 –> 00:38:31,720
\nschoolmaster to bring us to
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:38:32,640 –> 00:38:36,600
\nSo Paul uses this word there to
\nshow that the the the purpose of<\/p>\n

605
\n00:38:36,600 –> 00:38:41,040
\nthe law was to bring them to
\nChrist, but that it was <\/p>\n

606
\n00:38:41,040 –> 00:38:44,360
\nChrist’s, it was Christ who
\nwould who would save them. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:38:45,360 –> 00:38:49,440
\nSo these pedagogues then they
\ndid their job, but they’re <\/p>\n

608
\n00:38:49,440 –> 00:38:52,000
\nconcerned for the children was
\nvery limited. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:38:53,240 –> 00:38:55,920
\nThey were like the hireling, if
\nyou will, because they were <\/p>\n

610
\n00:38:55,920 –> 00:38:58,560
\npaid.
\nTheir main concern, the main <\/p>\n

611
\n00:38:58,560 –> 00:39:02,240
\nmotivation in working with the
\nthe children would be getting <\/p>\n

612
\n00:39:02,240 –> 00:39:05,640
\nthe paycheck at the end of the
\nmonth and being paid for what <\/p>\n

613
\n00:39:05,640 –> 00:39:08,000
\nthey did.
\nThey were definitely not a <\/p>\n

614
\n00:39:08,000 –> 00:39:12,120
\nsubstitute for a father.
\nAnd so Paul says it didn’t <\/p>\n

615
\n00:39:12,120 –> 00:39:13,840
\nmatter if there were 10,000 of
\nthese. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:39:13,840 –> 00:39:17,080
\nThat’s not what we’re looking
\nfor, 10,000 hirelings or 10,000 <\/p>\n

617
\n00:39:17,080 –> 00:39:21,640
\npedagogues.
\nWhat we need are fathers, he <\/p>\n

618
\n00:39:21,640 –> 00:39:24,920
\nsays.
\nYet ye have yet, have ye not? <\/p>\n

619
\n00:39:25,120 –> 00:39:28,840
\nNot many fathers.
\nFor in Christ Jesus I have <\/p>\n

620
\n00:39:28,840 –> 00:39:33,040
\nbegotten you through the gospel.
\nSo Paul’s telling them, I’m not <\/p>\n

621
\n00:39:33,040 –> 00:39:37,400
\nlike the pedagogue.
\nInstead, I’m like your father, <\/p>\n

622
\n00:39:40,000 –> 00:39:43,760
\nyou’re like my sons.
\nI’m not doing this to get paid. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:39:44,920 –> 00:39:48,200
\nThat’s important.
\nI’m doing this because I love <\/p>\n

624
\n00:39:48,200 –> 00:39:50,560
\nyou and because I want to save
\nyou. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:39:51,520 –> 00:39:56,480
\nThat’s the difference here
\nbetween a pedagogue and Paul who<\/p>\n

626
\n00:39:56,480 –> 00:39:59,640
\nwas their father between as it
\nsays, you’re the instructor that<\/p>\n

627
\n00:39:59,640 –> 00:40:03,640
\nthey had to Paul.
\nThe brothers and sisters were <\/p>\n

628
\n00:40:03,640 –> 00:40:09,640
\nhis children.
\nLet’s go over to first Peter <\/p>\n

629
\n00:40:09,640 –> 00:40:11,280
\nchapter 1.
\nThere’s a couple of couple of <\/p>\n

630
\n00:40:11,280 –> 00:40:15,240
\nverses that I think helpful to
\nto point out this idea here of <\/p>\n

631
\n00:40:15,360 –> 00:40:23,600
\nour sonship by the word of God.
\nAnd how we’re born of God’s word<\/p>\n

632
\n00:40:25,160 –> 00:40:30,160
\nand how Paul was in a way their
\nfather, because he had delivered<\/p>\n

633
\n00:40:30,160 –> 00:40:34,200
\nto them that word.
\nSo first Peter chapter one verse<\/p>\n

634
\n00:40:34,200 –> 00:40:43,280
\n23 says being born again, not of
\ncorruptible seed, but of <\/p>\n

635
\n00:40:43,280 –> 00:40:48,920
\nincorruptible by the word of
\nGod, which liveth and abideth <\/p>\n

636
\n00:40:48,920 –> 00:40:51,720
\nforever.
\nCome over to James chapter 1. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:40:54,840 –> 00:40:57,280
\nJames says the same thing.
\nHe tells us we’ve been begotten <\/p>\n

638
\n00:40:57,520 –> 00:41:05,320
\nwith the word of truth.
\nJames chapter 1 and in verse 18 <\/p>\n

639
\n00:41:06,680 –> 00:41:14,640
\nsays of his own will begat he us
\nwith the word of truth that we <\/p>\n

640
\n00:41:14,640 –> 00:41:17,280
\nshould be a kind of firstfruits
\nof his creatures. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:41:18,720 –> 00:41:21,760
\nSo he’s talking here about the
\nfact that we’re his children <\/p>\n

642
\n00:41:22,840 –> 00:41:27,720
\nthat were born through the
\nspirit seed that’s planted in <\/p>\n

643
\n00:41:27,720 –> 00:41:31,240
\nus.
\nThat word of God that develops <\/p>\n

644
\n00:41:31,280 –> 00:41:36,400
\nin us that leads to a new birth
\nas it it begins to change our <\/p>\n

645
\n00:41:36,400 –> 00:41:40,520
\nmind, as it creates in us this
\nnew creature, this new way of <\/p>\n

646
\n00:41:40,520 –> 00:41:45,080
\nthinking and leads ultimately to
\na new birth in immortality. <\/p>\n

647
\n00:41:46,360 –> 00:41:50,800
\nAnd Paul’s telling them that I’m
\nthe one that’s planted that seed<\/p>\n

648
\n00:41:50,800 –> 00:41:53,960
\nin you and I’m the one who loves
\nyou and has made it my <\/p>\n

649
\n00:41:53,960 –> 00:41:57,880
\nresponsibility to help that
\nprocess continue in you. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:41:59,360 –> 00:42:01,200
\nThink about what Jesus told
\nNicodemus. <\/p>\n

651
\n00:42:02,320 –> 00:42:06,320
\nHe says we have to be born of
\nthe water and of the Spirit. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:42:06,320 –> 00:42:08,120
\nWe have to be born of the word
\nof God. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:42:09,480 –> 00:42:13,600
\nSo this spiritual birth is what
\nPaul’s talking about here, that <\/p>\n

654
\n00:42:13,600 –> 00:42:17,160
\nhe wanted to have take place in
\nall of them as the seed that <\/p>\n

655
\n00:42:17,160 –> 00:42:20,880
\ngrows inside them.
\nAnd Paul was concerned with the <\/p>\n

656
\n00:42:20,880 –> 00:42:24,680
\ndevelopment of that new life in
\neach of his brothers and <\/p>\n

657
\n00:42:24,680 –> 00:42:29,120
\nsisters.
\nAt the same time, the pedagogues<\/p>\n

658
\n00:42:29,120 –> 00:42:31,320
\nwould not be thinking about this
\ndevelopment. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:42:32,240 –> 00:42:37,000
\nInstead, they were thinking
\nabout their paycheck or their <\/p>\n

660
\n00:42:37,000 –> 00:42:39,600
\nprestige, their status in the
\necclesia. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:42:40,560 –> 00:42:42,880
\nYou think about the kings of
\nIsrael, at least most of the <\/p>\n

662
\n00:42:42,880 –> 00:42:45,000
\nkings of Israel.
\nThey, they were, they were given<\/p>\n

663
\n00:42:45,000 –> 00:42:47,680
\na position of authority over the
\npeople of Israel. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:42:48,240 –> 00:42:53,760
\nAnd if they’d focused on helping
\nthe people, saving the people, <\/p>\n

665
\n00:42:54,600 –> 00:42:56,640
\nthey would have been a great
\nsuccess and the and the whole <\/p>\n

666
\n00:42:56,640 –> 00:42:58,960
\nnation would have been converted
\nand many more would have been <\/p>\n

667
\n00:42:58,960 –> 00:43:01,680
\nsaved.
\nBut they focused instead on <\/p>\n

668
\n00:43:01,680 –> 00:43:06,120
\ntheir position and on their
\npower and didn’t spend much time<\/p>\n

669
\n00:43:06,120 –> 00:43:10,200
\nat all, and some spent none at
\nall on spiritual development. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:43:12,040 –> 00:43:14,000
\nAll right, back to First
\nCorinthians chapter 4. <\/p>\n

671
\n00:43:20,400 –> 00:43:25,640
\nPaul says, Wherefore I beseech
\nyou, be followers of me. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:43:27,080 –> 00:43:30,280
\nThat word followers there means
\nimitators of me. <\/p>\n

673
\n00:43:30,280 –> 00:43:35,880
\nIn other words, I want you all
\nto be followers of fathers, I <\/p>\n

674
\n00:43:35,880 –> 00:43:39,560
\nshould say of me.
\nAnd if we understand how Paul <\/p>\n

675
\n00:43:39,560 –> 00:43:41,840
\ncared for the spiritual
\ndevelopment of his brothers and <\/p>\n

676
\n00:43:41,840 –> 00:43:45,400
\nsisters, we’d understand exactly
\nwhat Paul is talking about here.<\/p>\n

677
\n00:43:46,160 –> 00:43:50,400
\nInstead of looking for ways to
\nto to be popular, look for ways <\/p>\n

678
\n00:43:50,400 –> 00:43:52,560
\nto help the spiritual
\ndevelopment of your brothers and<\/p>\n

679
\n00:43:52,560 –> 00:43:58,600
\nsisters.
\nHe says you too can change your <\/p>\n

680
\n00:43:58,600 –> 00:44:04,960
\nways and become like fathers if
\nyou will become the servants of <\/p>\n

681
\n00:44:04,960 –> 00:44:08,520
\nyour brothers and sisters and if
\nyou will put the salvation of <\/p>\n

682
\n00:44:08,520 –> 00:44:12,040
\nyour brothers and sisters first.
\nThat’s the solution. <\/p>\n

683
\n00:44:13,440 –> 00:44:17,760
\nBecome a servant.
\nThat’s what Moses was, wasn’t <\/p>\n

684
\n00:44:17,760 –> 00:44:20,000
\nhe?
\nHe was a servant that was <\/p>\n

685
\n00:44:20,000 –> 00:44:25,040
\nfaithful in God’s house.
\nWe have to keep in mind the <\/p>\n

686
\n00:44:25,040 –> 00:44:27,400
\npoint that that was being made
\nat the beginning of the chapter.<\/p>\n

687
\n00:44:28,160 –> 00:44:31,840
\nMoses was different from his
\nbrethren. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:44:32,800 –> 00:44:37,040
\nCome back with me to to Numbers
\nchapter 12 for just one a couple<\/p>\n

689
\n00:44:37,040 –> 00:44:39,240
\nof verses here and we’ll look at
\nthat just one more time. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:44:56,000 –> 00:44:59,920
\nSo Numbers chapter 12, verse 6,
\nwe see how Moses was different. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:45:00,880 –> 00:45:03,800
\nHe says, God says, and he said,
\nhear now my words. <\/p>\n

692
\n00:45:04,280 –> 00:45:06,960
\nIf there be a prophet among you,
\nI, Yahweh, will make myself <\/p>\n

693
\n00:45:06,960 –> 00:45:11,320
\nknown unto him in a vision, and
\nwill speak to him in a dream. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:45:12,480 –> 00:45:17,040
\nMy servant Moses is not so.
\nWho is faithful in all my house.<\/p>\n

695
\n00:45:17,920 –> 00:45:22,040
\nWith him will I speak mouth to
\nmouth, even apparently, and not <\/p>\n

696
\n00:45:22,040 –> 00:45:24,640
\nin dark speeches and
\nsimilitudes? <\/p>\n

697
\n00:45:25,520 –> 00:45:27,920
\nSorry.
\nAnd the similitudes of Yahweh <\/p>\n

698
\n00:45:27,920 –> 00:45:30,840
\nshall he behold.
\nWherefore then, were you not <\/p>\n

699
\n00:45:30,840 –> 00:45:33,160
\nafraid to speak against my
\nservant Moses? <\/p>\n

700
\n00:45:34,200 –> 00:45:37,360
\nSo Moses, so Paul was telling us
\nthat he was different from his <\/p>\n

701
\n00:45:37,360 –> 00:45:42,880
\nbrethren, that Christ had spoken
\ndirectly to him, that he had <\/p>\n

702
\n00:45:42,880 –> 00:45:46,000
\nseen Christ.
\nAnd so Paul had this greater <\/p>\n

703
\n00:45:46,000 –> 00:45:50,280
\nresponsibility, he had this
\ngreater responsibility to <\/p>\n

704
\n00:45:50,280 –> 00:45:54,080
\ndeliver faithfully the words of
\nGod to his brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n

705
\n00:45:55,000 –> 00:45:59,480
\nAnd so Paul calls on us to be
\nfollowers of that, to be <\/p>\n

706
\n00:45:59,480 –> 00:46:03,320
\nfaithful with the word of God
\nand working to save our brothers<\/p>\n

707
\n00:46:03,320 –> 00:46:06,760
\nand sisters.
\nVerse 17. <\/p>\n

708
\n00:46:06,760 –> 00:46:08,680
\nIf we come back to first
\nCorinthians chapter 4. <\/p>\n

709
\n00:46:10,600 –> 00:46:15,280
\nSo Paul says with this in mind,
\nwith this idea of saving our <\/p>\n

710
\n00:46:15,280 –> 00:46:17,800
\nbrothers and sisters, with this
\nidea of showing you what it’s <\/p>\n

711
\n00:46:17,800 –> 00:46:22,800
\nlike to be a father, sharing the
\nword and helping to plant the <\/p>\n

712
\n00:46:22,800 –> 00:46:26,280
\nword into into each other.
\nHe says, for this cause I’ve <\/p>\n

713
\n00:46:26,280 –> 00:46:30,440
\nsent unto you Timotheus.
\nAnd what does he call Timotheus?<\/p>\n

714
\n00:46:31,480 –> 00:46:37,600
\nVerse 17, my beloved son, why
\ndoes he use that term, my <\/p>\n

715
\n00:46:37,600 –> 00:46:40,400
\nbeloved son?
\nBecause Paul had also planted <\/p>\n

716
\n00:46:40,400 –> 00:46:46,240
\nthe word in Timotheus and
\nTimotheus was Paul was a father,<\/p>\n

717
\n00:46:46,240 –> 00:46:50,560
\nlike a father to Timotheus.
\nAnd then he says, and he is <\/p>\n

718
\n00:46:50,920 –> 00:46:55,800
\nfaithful in the Lord.
\nAnd where does he get that idea?<\/p>\n

719
\n00:46:56,400 –> 00:46:59,160
\nAgain, he follows the pattern of
\nMoses, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n

720
\n00:46:59,160 –> 00:47:02,720
\nOne that’s that’s faithful.
\nYou’ve got this beloved son <\/p>\n

721
\n00:47:02,720 –> 00:47:06,320
\nwho’s faithful, and Paul sent
\nTimothy then to be a faithful <\/p>\n

722
\n00:47:06,320 –> 00:47:11,200
\nservant in Christ’s house in
\nCorinth, and what would he do <\/p>\n

723
\n00:47:11,200 –> 00:47:13,520
\nwhen he got there?
\nIt says, Who shall bring you <\/p>\n

724
\n00:47:13,600 –> 00:47:18,080
\ninto remembrance of my ways,
\nwhich be in Christ, as I teach <\/p>\n

725
\n00:47:18,120 –> 00:47:24,400
\neverywhere in every ecclesia.
\nAnd so Timothy was in Corinth, <\/p>\n

726
\n00:47:26,240 –> 00:47:29,320
\nand Timothy would remind them of
\nhow it had been when Paul was <\/p>\n

727
\n00:47:29,320 –> 00:47:31,280
\nthere, when the preaching got
\ninto gear. <\/p>\n

728
\n00:47:32,000 –> 00:47:34,640
\nAnd Timothy would be able to
\nshow them the cooperation that <\/p>\n

729
\n00:47:34,640 –> 00:47:37,920
\nhe had with Paul and to show
\nthem that there was no rivalry <\/p>\n

730
\n00:47:37,920 –> 00:47:42,280
\nbetween he and Paul.
\nAnd hopefully they would be able<\/p>\n

731
\n00:47:42,280 –> 00:47:46,920
\nto see that both he and Paul
\nwere servants working for the <\/p>\n

732
\n00:47:46,920 –> 00:47:49,480
\nsalvation of the brothers and
\nsisters in Corinth. <\/p>\n

733
\n00:47:53,960 –> 00:48:00,760
\nVerse 18, he says, but some are
\npuffed up as though I would not <\/p>\n

734
\n00:48:00,760 –> 00:48:04,480
\ncome to you.
\nSo Paul says there’s still a <\/p>\n

735
\n00:48:04,480 –> 00:48:07,640
\nproblem.
\nHe’s there are some in the <\/p>\n

736
\n00:48:07,640 –> 00:48:12,560
\necclesia that have pride.
\nThere are some in the ecclesia <\/p>\n

737
\n00:48:12,560 –> 00:48:18,000
\nwho are working against what
\nPaul is doing and they’re doing <\/p>\n

738
\n00:48:18,000 –> 00:48:22,360
\nthings because they don’t think
\nthat Paul is ever going to come <\/p>\n

739
\n00:48:22,360 –> 00:48:26,440
\nback to Corinth.
\nHe says as though I would not <\/p>\n

740
\n00:48:26,440 –> 00:48:29,160
\ncome to you.
\nThey thought that Paul was <\/p>\n

741
\n00:48:29,160 –> 00:48:31,920
\ntimid.
\nThey thought that Paul was was, <\/p>\n

742
\n00:48:31,920 –> 00:48:34,560
\nwas weak, that his message was
\nweak. <\/p>\n

743
\n00:48:35,400 –> 00:48:38,720
\nAnd they said, there’s no way
\nthat Paul is going to come back <\/p>\n

744
\n00:48:38,840 –> 00:48:42,240
\nand, and, and step up and, and,
\nand change things that are <\/p>\n

745
\n00:48:42,240 –> 00:48:45,400
\nhappening here in the ecclesia.
\nHis ways are are <\/p>\n

746
\n00:48:45,400 –> 00:48:48,280
\nunsophisticated.
\nAnd so they grew more and more <\/p>\n

747
\n00:48:48,280 –> 00:48:51,040
\nbold about opposing the
\nteachings of Paul. <\/p>\n

748
\n00:48:52,280 –> 00:48:56,200
\nAnd by sending Timothy first,
\nPaul hoped that they might <\/p>\n

749
\n00:48:56,280 –> 00:49:01,680
\nrealize that Paul was going to
\ncome and that he was going to <\/p>\n

750
\n00:49:01,680 –> 00:49:04,360
\nwork to try to correct things in
\nthe ecclesia. <\/p>\n

751
\n00:49:05,400 –> 00:49:09,880
\nAnd so Paul says, But I will
\ncome to you shortly if the Lord <\/p>\n

752
\n00:49:09,880 –> 00:49:13,000
\nwill.
\nSo Paul says, make no mistake, <\/p>\n

753
\n00:49:14,960 –> 00:49:18,120
\ndon’t think that I’m not going
\nto come, because if the Lord <\/p>\n

754
\n00:49:18,120 –> 00:49:21,960
\nwill, I am going to come.
\nAnd when I come, he says and <\/p>\n

755
\n00:49:21,960 –> 00:49:27,120
\nwill know not the speech of
\nthem, which are puffed up when I<\/p>\n

756
\n00:49:27,120 –> 00:49:29,680
\ncome to to to investigate what’s
\nhappening there. <\/p>\n

757
\n00:49:30,360 –> 00:49:34,880
\nWhen I come to check into the
\nproblems, I’m not going to look <\/p>\n

758
\n00:49:34,880 –> 00:49:37,280
\nat the words of eloquence that
\nthey’re speaking. <\/p>\n

759
\n00:49:38,160 –> 00:49:42,960
\nI’ll be looking for a lot more
\nthan just words, but the powers <\/p>\n

760
\n00:49:44,040 –> 00:49:46,600
\nI’ll be looking for the actions
\nI’ll be looking for the results.<\/p>\n

761
\n00:49:46,600 –> 00:49:49,520
\nI’ll be looking for what’s being
\nbrought forth by this. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:49:50,080 –> 00:49:53,440
\nI’ll be looking for spiritual
\ndevelopment in the ecclesia that<\/p>\n

763
\n00:49:53,440 –> 00:49:58,280
\nonly comes when the Word of God
\nis faithfully taught to the <\/p>\n

764
\n00:49:58,280 –> 00:50:02,040
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nHe says in verse 20, for the <\/p>\n

765
\n00:50:02,040 –> 00:50:07,320
\nKingdom of God is not in Word,
\nbut it’s in power. <\/p>\n

766
\n00:50:08,680 –> 00:50:11,560
\nThe Kingdom of God is about
\nactions and about taking up the <\/p>\n

767
\n00:50:11,560 –> 00:50:15,480
\ncross.
\nBack just a couple of pages to <\/p>\n

768
\n00:50:15,480 –> 00:50:20,640
\n1st Corinthians chapter one
\nverse 18 back to what we talked <\/p>\n

769
\n00:50:20,640 –> 00:50:27,000
\nabout a couple of days ago Back
\nto the power of the word back to<\/p>\n

770
\n00:50:27,000 –> 00:50:31,840
\nthe power that it has to save.
\nFirst Corinthians one verse 18 <\/p>\n

771
\n00:50:31,840 –> 00:50:35,400
\nhe says for the preaching of the
\ncross is to them that are that <\/p>\n

772
\n00:50:35,400 –> 00:50:40,680
\nperish foolishness, but unto us
\nwhich are saved it is the power <\/p>\n

773
\n00:50:41,400 –> 00:50:52,200
\nof God.
\nAnd verse 21, he says, what will<\/p>\n

774
\n00:50:52,200 –> 00:51:00,000
\nye, what do you choose?
\nShould I come to you with a rod?<\/p>\n

775
\n00:51:02,240 –> 00:51:06,400
\nWhat does he mean by rod?
\nWhat does he mean? <\/p>\n

776
\n00:51:06,400 –> 00:51:12,720
\nShall I come to you with a rod?
\nObviously he’s not going to come<\/p>\n

777
\n00:51:12,720 –> 00:51:16,040
\nand beat those leaders of the
\necclesia into submission. <\/p>\n

778
\n00:51:16,440 –> 00:51:17,520
\nThat’s not what he’s saying
\nhere. <\/p>\n

779
\n00:51:18,760 –> 00:51:21,840
\nSo what does he mean by shall I
\ncome to you with a rod? <\/p>\n

780
\n00:51:24,560 –> 00:51:27,400
\nHere’s what Vines has to say the
\nword means or the applications <\/p>\n

781
\n00:51:27,400 –> 00:51:28,960
\nof what the word is.
\nAnd I think they’re helpful to <\/p>\n

782
\n00:51:28,960 –> 00:51:32,240
\nlook at.
\nVines says that a rod is a <\/p>\n

783
\n00:51:32,240 –> 00:51:37,560
\nstaff, a rod or a scepter.
\nIt’s used of Aaron’s rod. <\/p>\n

784
\n00:51:37,560 –> 00:51:41,240
\nAnd what do we think about when
\nwe think about Aaron’s rod? <\/p>\n

785
\n00:51:42,160 –> 00:51:44,280
\nWe think of Aaron’s rod that
\nbudded, right? <\/p>\n

786
\n00:51:45,040 –> 00:51:49,400
\nWe think about God acknowledging
\nthe responsibility that he had <\/p>\n

787
\n00:51:49,400 –> 00:51:55,520
\ngiven to Aaron.
\nIt’s used as a staff that’s used<\/p>\n

788
\n00:51:55,520 –> 00:51:57,640
\non a journey.
\nSo something to help us on our <\/p>\n

789
\n00:51:57,640 –> 00:52:02,000
\nway.
\nIt’s used of a ruler staff or as<\/p>\n

790
\n00:52:02,000 –> 00:52:04,880
\na scepter.
\nIt’s used of authority. <\/p>\n

791
\n00:52:04,880 –> 00:52:08,080
\nThen it’s used as a rod for
\nchastisement. <\/p>\n

792
\n00:52:08,800 –> 00:52:12,360
\nSo for correction.
\nIt’s also used as a as a <\/p>\n

793
\n00:52:12,360 –> 00:52:15,680
\nmeasuring rod.
\nSo something that’s used for <\/p>\n

794
\n00:52:15,680 –> 00:52:19,440
\njudgement to determine if
\nsomething is is is faithful. <\/p>\n

795
\n00:52:20,720 –> 00:52:24,800
\nWe get the idea then of this
\nbeing direction and correction. <\/p>\n

796
\n00:52:26,040 –> 00:52:32,080
\nSo Paul’s asking them to get
\nthings corrected so that he does<\/p>\n

797
\n00:52:32,080 –> 00:52:36,160
\nnot have to bring the correction
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

798
\n00:52:37,560 –> 00:52:42,040
\nBut what did Paul want?
\nWhat was Paul looking for from <\/p>\n

799
\n00:52:42,040 –> 00:52:45,000
\nthem?
\nWhat did Paul hope to be able to<\/p>\n

800
\n00:52:45,000 –> 00:52:51,600
\ncome to them with in love and in
\nthe spirit of meekness? <\/p>\n

801
\n00:52:55,080 –> 00:52:59,720
\nHe says in love and in the
\nspirit of meekness. <\/p>\n

802
\n00:53:01,280 –> 00:53:05,720
\nAnd I think again, we can’t help
\nbut miss the connection with <\/p>\n

803
\n00:53:05,720 –> 00:53:10,680
\nMoses, who is faithful, who was
\na faithful servant for God’s <\/p>\n

804
\n00:53:10,680 –> 00:53:19,680
\necclesia, and who was very meek
\nabove all the men which were on <\/p>\n

805
\n00:53:19,680 –> 00:53:24,240
\nthe face of the earth.
\nWhat a great comparison that is <\/p>\n

806
\n00:53:24,240 –> 00:53:25,920
\nfor us brothers and sisters to
\nlook at. <\/p>\n

807
\n00:53:27,120 –> 00:53:30,800
\nWe think about Paul, we think
\nabout him after the pattern of <\/p>\n

808
\n00:53:30,800 –> 00:53:33,520
\nMoses.
\nWe think about the importance of<\/p>\n

809
\n00:53:33,520 –> 00:53:40,400
\nus being faithful, taking God’s
\nmessage and not changing it, but<\/p>\n

810
\n00:53:40,400 –> 00:53:43,720
\ndelivering it as it’s been given
\nto us, to our brothers and <\/p>\n

811
\n00:53:43,720 –> 00:53:49,560
\nsisters, and looking not for our
\nown advantage, not for our own <\/p>\n

812
\n00:53:49,560 –> 00:53:54,240
\nstatus or, or or feeling good,
\nbut do looking for the <\/p>\n

813
\n00:53:54,240 –> 00:53:55,760
\nwell-being of our brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

814
\n00:53:55,760 –> 00:54:00,160
\nBecause we love our brothers and
\nsisters and we want to be their <\/p>\n

815
\n00:54:00,160 –> 00:54:03,280
\nservants.
\nThat’s what an apostle is and <\/p>\n

816
\n00:54:03,280 –> 00:54:07,480
\nthat’s what we are called to be
\nas well as the sisters. <\/p>\n

817
\n00:54:08,000 –> 00:54:11,240
\nAnd that’s what would take,
\nthat’s what it would take to <\/p>\n

818
\n00:54:11,240 –> 00:54:15,080
\nsolve the problems that the
\necclesia in Corinth faced. <\/p>\n

819
\n00:54:16,440 –> 00:54:18,080
\nAnd that’s what we’re going to
\ndo tomorrow’s tomorrow. <\/p>\n

820
\n00:54:18,080 –> 00:54:21,840
\nWe’re going to look and take
\nwhat we’ve learned in <\/p>\n

821
\n00:54:22,000 –> 00:54:24,240
\nCorinthians so far in these
\nfirst four chapters. <\/p>\n

822
\n00:54:25,240 –> 00:54:28,840
\nAnd we’re going to look at how
\nwhat we’ve learned would <\/p>\n

823
\n00:54:28,840 –> 00:54:32,480
\nactually reverse the process
\nthat we looked at in our first <\/p>\n

824
\n00:54:32,480 –> 00:54:36,560
\nclass of the ecclesia being
\ninfiltrated by the ways of the <\/p>\n

825
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