Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 339.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is our third class of the
\nevening by our brother Greg <\/p>\n
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\nRobinson.
\nHis overall theme is God hath <\/p>\n
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\nmade foolishness the wisdom of
\nthis world. <\/p>\n
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\nOur reading has been First
\nCorinthians chapter 4. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is class 5 entitled He that
\njudges me is the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Greg, please.
\nBrother Jason. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning my dear brothers
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\nWhat is that?
\nOK, good morning, my dear <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters.
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\nAll right.
\nYesterday we looked at how <\/p>\n
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\nimportant it was to work in the
\necclesia, and I think Paul made <\/p>\n
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\nit very clear to us with a
\ncouple of really important <\/p>\n
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\nexamples for us of that.
\nPaul used the example of the <\/p>\n
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\nfield to show us that we need to
\nbe sure that we are actually <\/p>\n
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\ndoing the work that we needed to
\neach individually be making sure<\/p>\n
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\nthat we are, that we’re doing
\nour job of planting and <\/p>\n
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\nwatering.
\nHe reminded us that God is <\/p>\n
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\nworking next to us in that
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\nAnd he reminded us that God owns
\nthe field. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s his field that we’re
\nworking in. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then Paul compared the
\necclesia to a building, and he <\/p>\n
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\nsaid that we need to make sure
\nthat when we’re building on the <\/p>\n
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\nfoundation of Christ, that what
\nwe build has to be compatible <\/p>\n
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\nwith Christ, because Christ is
\nthat foundation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then he ended.
\nThe chapter with with what I <\/p>\n
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\nthink is a really wonderful
\nverse for us to look at or a <\/p>\n
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\ncouple 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.
\nHe says whether Paul or a Paulus<\/p>\n
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\nor Cephas.
\nSo all teachers, as her 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
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\nor death or things present or
\nthings to come. <\/p>\n
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\nAll are yours and you’re
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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 and I
\nthink you’ll find them all very <\/p>\n
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\nhelpful.
\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
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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
\nthem and they had become, they <\/p>\n
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\nhad formed factions in the
\necclesia, factions that these <\/p>\n
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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
\npoint that we all need to be <\/p>\n
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\nservants.
\nNow, Paul did have a special <\/p>\n
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\nauthority, was the other thing
\nthat we noticed in yesterday’s <\/p>\n
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\nstudy.
\nAnd Paul had been appointed <\/p>\n
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\ndirectly by Christ to do what he
\nwas doing. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we don’t have that kind of a
\nsituation today where anybody is<\/p>\n
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\nappointed specifically by
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re all servants, and we’re
\nall servants to our brothers and<\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nAnd in our ecclesias we have <\/p>\n
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\nwhat are called serving
\nbrethren, people that were <\/p>\n
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\nchosen by the ecclesia to serve
\nthe ecclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I just like to read just a
\nlittle quote out of the <\/p>\n
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\necclesial guide that I think
\nhelps to keep things in <\/p>\n
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\nperspective for all of us.
\nThe ecclesial guide says that <\/p>\n
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\nbrethren holding offices among
\nus shall be described as serving<\/p>\n
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\nbrethren, and that the
\ndenomination of each particular <\/p>\n
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\noffice shall have brother or
\nbrethren associated with it for <\/p>\n
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\nthe sake of preserving the
\nfamily character of our assembly<\/p>\n
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\nin harmony with the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think, I think this comes
\nright from the study that we’re <\/p>\n
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\ndoing here, First Corinthians,
\nright from the ideas of Paul. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it is important for us in
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\nkeep.
\nThis in mind because. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to be looking at the
\nrole that Paul had as an <\/p>\n
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\nposition that he was in. <\/p>\n
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\n4.
\nWith this in mind. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Paul starts out verse 1.
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\ntalking here about apostles,
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\ndifferent eccleses.
\nHe says, Let a man so account of<\/p>\n
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\nus, the apostles, as ministers
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\nWhen you think about what an <\/p>\n
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\na role an apostle has and, and <\/p>\n
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\nbottom of the ship and that’s
\nwhat Paul says. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says apostles then are under
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\nNow that sounds great, but I’m
\nshow you a picture here that <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand where we really are
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\nWhich, which people do you think
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\nThe other ones down underneath
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\nhave these little holes where
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\nthey’re able to then move their
\npaddle and to row the ship <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re following directions. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s Christ’s ship, isn’t it?
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\ncourse.
\nThank goodness for that. <\/p>\n
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\nI think the apostles then are
\nresponsible to Christ, and <\/p>\n
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\nChrist is the captain.
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\nSo apostles then are under
\nrowers, and I think that gives <\/p>\n
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\nFor if the apostles are under
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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
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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
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\nAnd you can imagine the ship
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\nAnd you can imagine them all <\/p>\n
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\ntrying to to lead the direction
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\nAt any given. <\/p>\n
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\nTime wouldn’t work, would it
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\nYou have to have one master, and
\nwe have a master and that <\/p>\n
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\nmasters.
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Paul’s hoping then that
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\nIt doesn’t matter how eloquent
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\nan under rower and you’re on the<\/p>\n
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\nwrong deck, get back down to
\nbeing an under rower. <\/p>\n
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\nIt makes it clear to us, doesn’t
\nit, that the apostles were <\/p>\n
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\nservants and so are we.
\nSo he says they need to be under<\/p>\n
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\nrowers.
\nHe says they need to be <\/p>\n
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\nstewards, and the word steward
\nhere is one who rules a house is<\/p>\n
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\nwhat that means.
\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, they’ve been <\/p>\n
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\nentrusted with something that
\nthey have a responsibility to <\/p>\n
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\nshare and to preach to the whole
\nworld. <\/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 2, he throws
\nanother word at us that gets us <\/p>\n
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\nreally thinking.
\nHe says, moreover, it is <\/p>\n
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\nrequired of these stewards,
\nthese these servants of the <\/p>\n
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\nhouse that they be found
\nfaithful servants in the House <\/p>\n
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\nof Christ have got to be
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\nGod.
\nSo the message that they teach <\/p>\n
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\nhas got to be consistent with
\nthe message that they received. <\/p>\n
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\nThey don’t get to change it.
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\ncommunicating the message that
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\nmessages have to be protected
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\nWe put these two first 2 verses
\nand some of these words <\/p>\n
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\nour minds when we think about
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\nThe apostles were servants who
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\nhear those words together?
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\nIsn’t that what’s said about
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\nNumbers chapter 12 and verse 7.
\nIt says that God’s servant Moses<\/p>\n
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\nwas faithful in all his house,
\nso that the message that God <\/p>\n
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\ngave to Moses, Moses faithfully
\ncommunicated to Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nCome over to Numbers chapter 12
\nand verse 1. <\/p>\n
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\nSo #7 verse 7 is where we have
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\nhouses as a servant.
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\ngives us some some context for
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\nAnd I think it gives us some
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\ntrying to say here about the
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\nthe Lord Jesus.
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\nSo Numbers chapter 12, verse
\none, this is a chapter about <\/p>\n
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\nMiriam and Aaron actually
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\nSo I think you already see that
\nthe similarities to what’s <\/p>\n
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\nhappening in Corinth.
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\none, it says, and Miriam and
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\nbecause of the Ethiopian woman
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\nwhat that means that he married
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\nthey said, Hath Yahweh indeed
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\nHath he not also spoken by us?
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\nsince God has spoken by us,
\nshouldn’t Moses listen to us and<\/p>\n
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\ndo what we think that he should
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\nabout his authority here. <\/p>\n
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\nIn verse three we get the
\ndivine. <\/p>\n
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\nCommentary What does God think
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\nWas God says.
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\nabove all the men which were
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\nThat’s unexpected.
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\nto read there, but that’s God’s
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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
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\nand then caught God calls Moses
\nand Aaron and Miriam to the <\/p>\n
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\nWe come down to verse 6 and God <\/p>\n
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\nsays, hear now my words.
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\nI, Yahweh will make myself known
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\nspeak to him in a dream.
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\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
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\nas well.
\nAnd so that their 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 so who is faithful
\nin mine house? <\/p>\n
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\nMy servant who’s faithful in my
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\nHe says with him will I speak
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\nI speak to Moses directly.
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\nthat means with clarity.
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\nwith clarity to him.
\nI speak directly to him, not in <\/p>\n
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\nnot in visions or in dreams and
\nnot in dark speeches or in or in<\/p>\n
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\nriddles.
\nHe says, here are we catching <\/p>\n
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\nthe illusion that Paul’s making
\nhere? <\/p>\n
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\nSo he’s telling us that God had
\nthis direct channel of <\/p>\n
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\ncommunication with Moses.
\nIt wasn’t like the communication<\/p>\n
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\nwith, with with the other
\nprophets. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then he goes on, and he
\nsays, and the similitude or the <\/p>\n
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\nlikeness of Yahweh, shall he or
\nshall Moses behold? <\/p>\n
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\nSo Moses saw the likeness of
\nGod, didn’t he? <\/p>\n
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\nHe saw the glory of God.
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\nillusion goes even further.
\nHe says, Wherefore then were ye <\/p>\n
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\nnot afraid to speak against my
\nservant Moses? <\/p>\n
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\nYou feel the power if, if they’d
\nmade the connection, the <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters that were
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\nfeel the power of what he’s
\nsaying here? <\/p>\n
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\nBut they should have been.
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\ncommunicate the message of <\/p>\n
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\nhe? <\/p>\n
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\nmeek way, I think that he had a <\/p>\n
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\ndirect messenger. <\/p>\n
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\nquestioning Paul’s relationship <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s put the pieces together of
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\nstewards that a man be found
\nfaithful. <\/p>\n
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\nWe made the connection there.
\nMoses was a servant who was <\/p>\n
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\nfaithful in all God’s house and
\nwe had those 3 keywords. <\/p>\n
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\nWe had servant, faithful, and
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nMoses had seen God’s likeness. <\/p>\n
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\nwith Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’d spoken directly with Christ
\nand he’d seen Christ likeness, <\/p>\n
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\nhadn’t he?
\nSo what were the implications? <\/p>\n
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\nMoses was under attack from
\nAaron and Miriam, who were <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Paul, we believe, was under <\/p>\n
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\nattack from the leaders of
\nCorinth, who were also asserting<\/p>\n
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\nAnd those who were criticizing <\/p>\n
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\nMoses were actually criticizing
\nGod in the same way those that <\/p>\n
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\nwere criticizing Paul were
\nactually criticizing Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nThe power there, I think is, is
\nremarkable for us. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, let’s go back to
\nFirst Corinthians chapter 4 with<\/p>\n
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\nAnd we see this special <\/p>\n
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\nChrist and the special <\/p>\n
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\ndelivering the message as a <\/p>\n
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\nthe faithful servant in Christ’s<\/p>\n
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\nAnd so he says in verse three, <\/p>\n
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\nsmall thing that I should be <\/p>\n
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\nOr of man’s judgment while <\/p>\n
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\nsaying, look, you’re saying
\nnegative things about me, you’re<\/p>\n
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\ntrying to discredit me.
\nI’m being judged by the factions<\/p>\n
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\nin Corinth.
\nBut that’s that’s really a small<\/p>\n
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\nthing.
\nIt’s not important. <\/p>\n
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\nhe was viewed by them because <\/p>\n
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\ntheir judgment was based on
\nman’s wisdom, just like it <\/p>\n
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\nwasn’t important to Moses.
\nIt was really what his Lord <\/p>\n
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\nthought That was what was
\nimportant. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what mattered.
\nSo in verse four, he says, for I<\/p>\n
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\nHe’s he’s, he’s explaining the <\/p>\n
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\nI I find that when I judge <\/p>\n
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\nI could justify just about <\/p>\n
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\nanything that I do.
\nYou ever experienced that, <\/p>\n
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\nright?
\nIf we do, we do something wrong.<\/p>\n
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\nWe can.
\nWe can justify it if someone <\/p>\n
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\nelse does the same thing.
\nWow. <\/p>\n
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\nCan’t believe that you did that,
\nPaul, saying, yeah, I find that <\/p>\n
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\nI’m just just not reliable in
\njudging myself because I can do <\/p>\n
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\nmyself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he says.
\nYet I’m not hereby justified. <\/p>\n
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\nSo just because I justify
\nmyself, he says, that doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nmean that I’m righteous.
\nThat doesn’t mean that I’m <\/p>\n
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\njustified, he says.
\nBecause I do have a judge. <\/p>\n
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\nHe that judgeth me is my master.
\nHe that judgeth me is the Lord, <\/p>\n
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\nhe says.
\nAnd it would be up to Christ if <\/p>\n
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\nhe was a faithful servant in his
\nhouse or not. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it would be up to Christ if
\nthe others were faithful <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a key point, I think, to <\/p>\n
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\nPaul also goes on to say, don’t <\/p>\n
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\ntry to judge other people’s
\nmotives for us. <\/p>\n
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\nsomeone else is thinking because<\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll most likely be wrong When
\nyou when you try to put together<\/p>\n
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\nall the motives for someone
\nelse’s actions and you kind of <\/p>\n
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\nstack them up and you work out
\nwhy they’ve done what they’ve <\/p>\n
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\ndone and you’re ready to go and
\nyou’re ready to go have a <\/p>\n
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\nconversation about them and to
\nand to tell them the mistakes <\/p>\n
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\nyour your judgment of their <\/p>\n
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\nmotives, you’re most likely
\ngoing to be wrong. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:41,360 –> 00:21:43,160
\nI think we’ve probably all
\nexperienced that, haven’t we? <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:44,320 –> 00:21:47,800
\nHe says don’t let that become a
\nsource of strife because it can <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:47,800 –> 00:21:51,680
\nbe so damaging.
\nAnd he clarifies all that in in <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:51,680 –> 00:21:53,760
\nverse five.
\nHe says, therefore judge nothing<\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:54,360 –> 00:21:57,080
\nbefore the time until the Lord
\ncome. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:58,120 –> 00:22:01,600
\nSo to the self appointed
\nleaders, Paul says since man’s <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:01,600 –> 00:22:07,760
\njudgment isn’t reliable, it’s
\nbest if we let Christ judge and <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:07,760 –> 00:22:12,280
\nwhen Christ comes he will judge.
\nHe says they both bring both to <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:12,280 –> 00:22:13,240
\nlight.
\nSorry. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:13,240 –> 00:22:16,760
\nBoth bring to light the hidden
\nthings of darkness, so the <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:16,760 –> 00:22:19,720
\nthings that no one knows about,
\nand to make manifest the <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:19,720 –> 00:22:23,360
\ncounsels of the hearts.
\nAnd then she’ll every man have <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:23,360 –> 00:22:26,240
\npraise of God, so their motives
\nwill will be exposed. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:27,640 –> 00:22:31,160
\nHe says let Christ be the one
\nwho judges the motives of <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:31,160 –> 00:22:34,800
\nothers.
\nThat’s what Aaron and Miriam <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:34,800 –> 00:22:37,080
\nshould have done.
\nAnd that’s what we should do <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:37,080 –> 00:22:40,560
\nalso.
\nWell, then Paul shifts gears a <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:40,560 –> 00:22:44,080
\nlittle bit.
\nAnd we talked about this verse 6<\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:44,080 –> 00:22:47,760
\nalready.
\nPaul’s trying to to work with <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:47,760 –> 00:22:52,600
\nthe people in the ecclesia that
\nhad this issue with elevating <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:52,600 –> 00:22:55,880
\nthemselves and maybe trying to
\nfill that void that they thought<\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:55,880 –> 00:22:59,000
\nPaul had left in what the truth
\nwas all about. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:59,720 –> 00:23:03,040
\nAnd we talked about the fact in
\nin chapter 1 that that Paul was <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:03,040 –> 00:23:08,000
\nusing the names of Paul,
\nApollos, Cephas and of Christ in<\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:08,000 –> 00:23:11,240
\nplace of the people that he was
\nactually speaking about. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:12,240 –> 00:23:17,920
\nYou remember Paul saying that?
\nAnd so here he’s saying, just to<\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:17,920 –> 00:23:21,360
\nmake sure that, you know, just
\nto make sure that you’re clear <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:21,360 –> 00:23:25,240
\non this, I, you need to know
\nthat I’ve been using my name and<\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:25,240 –> 00:23:27,720
\nApollos’s name to show the
\nfactions that were in the <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:27,720 –> 00:23:30,640
\necclesia.
\nI have in a figure, he says. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:30,640 –> 00:23:34,080
\nTransferred to myself and to
\nApollos those names. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:34,760 –> 00:23:36,560
\nFor your sake.
\nSo I’ve used my name and <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:36,560 –> 00:23:38,800
\nApollos’s name in place of the
\nothers. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:39,720 –> 00:23:42,400
\nHe didn’t literally mean that it
\nwas Paul, Apollos, Peter in <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:42,400 –> 00:23:46,120
\nChrist.
\nSo why wouldn’t he want to <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:46,120 –> 00:23:50,240
\nmention their names?
\nI’ve had actually a few people <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:50,240 –> 00:23:52,560
\ncome up and suggest that to me
\nthat it would have been, it <\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:52,560 –> 00:23:55,960
\nwould have been more like Paul
\nto actually come up and say it <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:55,960 –> 00:23:59,040
\nwas brother this, brother this,
\nbrother this and brother this <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:59,640 –> 00:24:01,720
\nthat were actually the issues
\nand to put that in the letter. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:02,600 –> 00:24:05,040
\nWhy might he have have?
\nChosen not to do that and to do <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:05,040 –> 00:24:08,720
\nthis instead and to use these
\nother names instead of referring<\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:08,720 –> 00:24:13,040
\nto them directly.
\nIt’s almost like the the idea <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:13,040 –> 00:24:16,040
\nbehind Matthew 18, isn’t it?
\nWhere you go to a brother <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:16,320 –> 00:24:18,840
\npersonally and you speak to them
\ndirectly so that it doesn’t <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:18,840 –> 00:24:21,160
\nbecome an issue.
\nThat’s then in front of <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:21,160 –> 00:24:23,840
\neverybody.
\nIt increases the odds of them <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:23,840 –> 00:24:27,200
\nbeing able to solve the problem
\nif we don’t embarrass them in <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:27,200 –> 00:24:29,760
\nfront of everybody.
\nNow, there’s times when that <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:29,760 –> 00:24:32,160
\nneeds to happen and there needs
\nto be that correction that’s <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:32,160 –> 00:24:35,120
\nthat’s very public.
\nBut there’s also times when when<\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:35,120 –> 00:24:36,600
\ncorrection needs to be done
\nprivately. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:37,160 –> 00:24:38,560
\nAnd I think that’s what Paul’s
\ndoing here. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:38,560 –> 00:24:42,320
\nHe’s using these names because
\nhe doesn’t want to, to, to burn <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:42,320 –> 00:24:45,160
\nthe bridge of the opportunity of
\ntrying to help them out. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:46,280 –> 00:24:50,560
\nAnd I think that’s the mark
\nreally of a true apostle working<\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:50,560 –> 00:24:54,360
\nfor what’s the best for the
\npeople trying to to help them. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:24:54,760 –> 00:24:57,360
\nTo get to a place where they
\nwould be able to, to make <\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:57,360 –> 00:24:58,760
\ncorrections to what they were
\ndoing. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:59,640 –> 00:25:02,120
\nAnd so that’s what he says next.
\nHe says that you might learn in <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:02,120 –> 00:25:07,200
\nus not to think of men above
\nthat which is written, that no <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:07,200 –> 00:25:11,160
\none of you be puffed up for one
\nagainst another. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:11,960 –> 00:25:15,760
\nHe’s saying it’s all about
\nhelping the leaders to learn <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:15,760 –> 00:25:17,960
\nthat they are not higher than
\nothers. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:18,960 –> 00:25:21,480
\nAnd that’s why I think he goes
\nthrough that comparison with <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:21,480 –> 00:25:25,400
\nMoses to show them the position
\nthat they really were in and and<\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:25,400 –> 00:25:29,440
\nto show them how how problematic
\nthat thinking was for for Miriam<\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:29,440 –> 00:25:32,520
\nand Aaron and how they were
\nprobably heading down the same <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:32,520 –> 00:25:36,560
\nRd.
\nVerse 7. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:36,560 –> 00:25:42,240
\nThen he says, for who maketh
\nthee to differ from another? <\/p>\n
409
\n00:25:43,360 –> 00:25:45,720
\nAnd what has thou that thou
\ndidst not receive? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:25:47,240 –> 00:25:52,160
\nNow thou didst receive it.
\nWhy does thou glory as if thou <\/p>\n
411
\n00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:57,440
\nhas not received it?
\nSo what is he talking about <\/p>\n
412
\n00:25:57,440 –> 00:26:00,920
\nhere?
\nSo maybe one of us has a <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:00,960 –> 00:26:05,560
\nphotographic memory.
\nI wish that was me, but maybe <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:05,560 –> 00:26:07,400
\nsomeone does have a photographic
\nmemory. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:08,080 –> 00:26:11,200
\nWhere did you get the skill?
\nGot it from God. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:11,560 –> 00:26:14,480
\nSo should you glory in the skill
\nof of having that that memory. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:16,200 –> 00:26:18,720
\nWhat about a super logical
\nthinker, someone that could <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:18,720 –> 00:26:21,440
\nfigure things out all really
\nquickly and really easily? <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:22,360 –> 00:26:25,840
\nIs that to your glory?
\nNo, it’s, it’s, it’s to God’s <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:25,840 –> 00:26:27,480
\nglory, right?
\nBecause God’s the one who gave <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:27,480 –> 00:26:29,680
\nit to you.
\nMaybe understanding, maybe a <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:29,680 –> 00:26:31,080
\ngreat writer, They’re all the
\nsame. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:32,040 –> 00:26:34,360
\nSo in Corinth there were some
\nthat were boasting about the <\/p>\n
424
\n00:26:34,360 –> 00:26:36,760
\nspirit gifts that they had been
\ngiven, right? <\/p>\n
425
\n00:26:38,080 –> 00:26:41,000
\nWhere did they come from?
\nThis is this is just a gift that<\/p>\n
426
\n00:26:41,000 –> 00:26:42,120
\nGod gave you.
\nWhy should you? <\/p>\n
427
\n00:26:42,360 –> 00:26:45,520
\nWhy should you think that that
\nsomehow has made you better? <\/p>\n
428
\n00:26:46,320 –> 00:26:48,880
\nYou’re just been given that in
\norder to teach the Word. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:26:50,240 –> 00:26:54,000
\nAnd while we may have honed
\nthose abilities, Paul’s telling <\/p>\n
430
\n00:26:54,000 –> 00:26:55,840
\nus that those abilities came
\nfrom God. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:26:55,840 –> 00:26:58,160
\nSo there’s no room for anyone to
\nboast. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:00,800 –> 00:27:05,080
\nIt must be so difficult for our
\nGod, who gives us these <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:05,080 –> 00:27:08,160
\nabilities to do His work.
\nAnd when we succeed, then we <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:08,160 –> 00:27:11,160
\ntake the credit for the ability
\nthat he gave us. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:12,040 –> 00:27:15,720
\nAnd then God ends up not being
\nglorified, which is the whole <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:15,720 –> 00:27:20,200
\npurpose.
\nPaul changes what he’s talking <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:20,200 –> 00:27:24,920
\nabout in the next few verses.
\nHe almost lays out for us a <\/p>\n
438
\n00:27:24,920 –> 00:27:29,520
\nchecklist of what an apostles
\nlife is like. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:27:30,400 –> 00:27:32,520
\nAnd he says if you’re like this.
\nYou’re not an. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:27:32,520 –> 00:27:35,080
\nApostle.
\nBut if you’re like this, you. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:27:35,120 –> 00:27:38,000
\nAre an apostle, and he actually
\ncalls out those that they <\/p>\n
442
\n00:27:38,000 –> 00:27:40,800
\nthought that they were rulers.
\nIn the ecclesia, in these next <\/p>\n
443
\n00:27:40,800 –> 00:27:43,520
\nfew verses, he’s saying.
\nEverybody should look at <\/p>\n
444
\n00:27:43,520 –> 00:27:47,360
\nthemselves.
\nAnd tell me or tell themselves, <\/p>\n
445
\n00:27:47,360 –> 00:27:50,600
\nI guess judge for themselves if
\nyou’re living the life of an <\/p>\n
446
\n00:27:50,600 –> 00:27:53,640
\napostle.
\nSo let’s see what he has to say.<\/p>\n
447
\n00:27:53,800 –> 00:28:00,120
\nVerse 8, he says, now ye are
\nfull, now ye are rich. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:01,200 –> 00:28:03,400
\nYou’ve reigned as kings without
\nus. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:04,240 –> 00:28:08,360
\nSo look at yourselves.
\nYou have everything you want. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:09,440 –> 00:28:11,880
\nYou’re ruling.
\nOver your own subjects, you have<\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:11,880 –> 00:28:15,440
\nthese followers in the ecclesia.
\nYou’re raining like kings, he <\/p>\n
452
\n00:28:15,440 –> 00:28:21,480
\nsays.
\nAre you ruling over your <\/p>\n
453
\n00:28:21,480 –> 00:28:25,840
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nAre you being honored, praised <\/p>\n
454
\n00:28:26,000 –> 00:28:27,360
\nand glorified?
\nHe says to them. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:28:28,560 –> 00:28:32,360
\nAnd then he says, I would to God
\nthat you did reign, that we <\/p>\n
456
\n00:28:32,360 –> 00:28:36,400
\nmight reign with you.
\nI think he’s saying here, it’d <\/p>\n
457
\n00:28:36,400 –> 00:28:38,080
\nbe nice if that’s really how it
\nwas. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:28:39,080 –> 00:28:42,360
\nIt’d be nice because we’d like
\nto be raining there right next <\/p>\n
459
\n00:28:42,360 –> 00:28:44,560
\nto you.
\nAnd maybe Paul’s thinking about <\/p>\n
460
\n00:28:44,560 –> 00:28:46,040
\nif that was the case, what would
\nit be? <\/p>\n
461
\n00:28:46,400 –> 00:28:49,240
\nWhere would we be?
\nWe’d be in the Kingdom, wouldn’t<\/p>\n
462
\n00:28:49,240 –> 00:28:51,680
\nwe, if that was actually how it
\nwas because we would actually <\/p>\n
463
\n00:28:51,680 –> 00:28:57,880
\nhave that job of of ruling over
\nthe nation’s verse 9, What does <\/p>\n
464
\n00:28:57,880 –> 00:28:59,640
\nhe say?
\nHe says for? <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:59,640 –> 00:29:04,760
\nI think he says for or.
\nThe reality is I think that God <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:04,760 –> 00:29:09,480
\nhas set forth that setting forth
\nthere is to display on a stage. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:10,920 –> 00:29:18,040
\nSo we set forth on a stage, all
\nof us, the apostles last, and he<\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:18,040 –> 00:29:19,520
\nsays last.
\nHe doesn’t mean that the last <\/p>\n
469
\n00:29:19,520 –> 00:29:22,560
\nones to get up on the stage.
\nWhat he means there is that they<\/p>\n
470
\n00:29:22,560 –> 00:29:25,560
\nare in the lowest of
\ncircumstances. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:29:26,440 –> 00:29:27,720
\nThey are the lowest of the
\ngroup. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:29:28,720 –> 00:29:31,640
\nAnd we know that’s right.
\nWe know that’s exactly how an <\/p>\n
473
\n00:29:31,640 –> 00:29:34,400
\napostle should be because that’s
\nthe cross of Christ. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:29:35,880 –> 00:29:39,840
\nThat’s the glory of God.
\nThat’s what Christ did. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:29:41,200 –> 00:29:46,920
\nHe says as it were appointed to
\ndeath for were made a spectacle <\/p>\n
476
\n00:29:46,920 –> 00:29:50,960
\nwere made at a theater to the
\nworld and to angels and to men. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:29:52,240 –> 00:29:56,200
\nHe says really how we should
\nfeel is. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:29:56,400 –> 00:29:58,960
\nLike we’re on a.
\nStage humbled and condemned to <\/p>\n
479
\n00:29:58,960 –> 00:30:01,760
\ndeath.
\nIf we’re following the example <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:01,760 –> 00:30:07,440
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ who was
\ndisplayed for all to see in <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:07,440 –> 00:30:10,680
\nverse 10, he says we’re fools
\nfor Christ’s sake. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:10,680 –> 00:30:13,000
\nSo people think we’re crazy.
\nPeople think we’re fools. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:13,000 –> 00:30:16,600
\nThey look at us if we’re that
\nway, if we’re if we’re living <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:16,600 –> 00:30:22,120
\nfor Christ’s sake, he says, but
\nyou are wise in Christ. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:22,640 –> 00:30:24,760
\nThe world looks at you as if
\nyou’re you’re wise. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:30:26,440 –> 00:30:28,720
\nMust not be right.
\nWe’re weak. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:30:29,960 –> 00:30:32,680
\nThe world, in its wisdom, sees
\nus as weak. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:30:35,400 –> 00:30:37,880
\nBut you’re strong.
\nThe world looks to you. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:30:38,880 –> 00:30:41,520
\nAnd sees you as strong, not
\nhumbling himself yourselves <\/p>\n
490
\n00:30:41,800 –> 00:30:48,240
\ninstead promoting yourself.
\nIt sees you as honorable, but <\/p>\n
491
\n00:30:48,240 –> 00:30:51,680
\nwe’re despised.
\nAnd so as Paul continues you, <\/p>\n
492
\n00:30:51,800 –> 00:30:54,040
\nyou could see the difference.
\nHe says, if these things are the<\/p>\n
493
\n00:30:54,040 –> 00:30:55,600
\nway that it is, then something’s
\nwrong. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:30:56,640 –> 00:30:58,600
\nYou’ve got it backwards.
\nYou’re you’re you’re looking to <\/p>\n
495
\n00:30:58,600 –> 00:31:01,400
\nrule over people.
\nIf that’s the way that it <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:01,400 –> 00:31:06,720
\nactually is with you, he says in
\nin verse 11, this is how <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:06,720 –> 00:31:09,080
\napostles live.
\nHe says even to this present <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:09,080 –> 00:31:12,480
\nhour, we hunger and thirst and
\nare naked. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:13,400 –> 00:31:16,280
\nIt’s a struggle for us.
\nOur our existence is difficult. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:16,880 –> 00:31:20,560
\nWe go without a lot of things
\nand he says we’re buffeted. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:20,600 –> 00:31:24,880
\nThat’s literally we’re slapped
\nin the face, he says, and we <\/p>\n
502
\n00:31:24,880 –> 00:31:28,160
\nhave no certain dwelling place.
\nI think that’s a pretty accurate<\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:28,160 –> 00:31:30,360
\ndescription of how the life of
\nthe apostles were. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:31:31,640 –> 00:31:34,680
\nWe contrast that then to the to
\nthe leaders in Corinth that <\/p>\n
505
\n00:31:34,680 –> 00:31:38,440
\nwe’re living.
\nAs kings ruling over the people,<\/p>\n
506
\n00:31:38,440 –> 00:31:41,000
\nif you will, they had these
\npeople that would that would <\/p>\n
507
\n00:31:41,000 –> 00:31:44,440
\nwork for them and do things for
\nthem and cover their expenses. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:31:48,520 –> 00:31:51,800
\nVerse 12 says and we labor
\nworking with our. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:31:51,800 –> 00:31:52,720
\nOwn.
\nHands. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:31:53,520 –> 00:31:57,320
\nWhat was Paul doing?
\nHe’s making tense, wasn’t he? <\/p>\n
511
\n00:31:58,000 –> 00:32:01,720
\nThat’s what he was doing when he
\ngot the Corinth, not living off <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:01,720 –> 00:32:03,800
\nthe Ecclesia.
\nAnd it’s something we we read <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:03,800 –> 00:32:07,880
\nabout that Paul did by choice
\nand we begin to see that that <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:07,880 –> 00:32:09,920
\nwas the existence that he had
\nwhen he was in Corinth. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:10,520 –> 00:32:15,600
\nHe says being reviled, we bless.
\nSo when when someone criticizes <\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:15,840 –> 00:32:19,880
\nus in an abusive way, we speak
\nwell of them being persecuted. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:19,880 –> 00:32:23,000
\nHe says we suffer it when people
\nare hostile to us. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:32:23,000 –> 00:32:26,400
\nWe just we just put up with it.
\nThat’s what an apostle does, he <\/p>\n
519
\n00:32:26,400 –> 00:32:29,640
\nsays.
\nAnd finally, verse 13, he <\/p>\n
520
\n00:32:29,640 –> 00:32:32,800
\nfinishes his his his points.
\nHe says being defamed. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:32:33,600 –> 00:32:35,960
\nWe entreat.
\nSo when people speak poorly <\/p>\n
522
\n00:32:35,960 –> 00:32:41,560
\nabout us, slander us, we entreat
\nliterally it means to to call to<\/p>\n
523
\n00:32:41,560 –> 00:32:44,640
\none side.
\nWe appeal to them gently. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:32:45,280 –> 00:32:49,080
\nWe try to work with them to try
\nto help them were made as the <\/p>\n
525
\n00:32:49,080 –> 00:32:53,800
\nfilth or or the refuse of the
\nworld and we’re the off scouring<\/p>\n
526
\n00:32:53,920 –> 00:32:58,400
\nor The Dirty scrapings of all
\nthings to this day. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:32:59,560 –> 00:33:02,080
\nSo the whole list then that that
\nPaul gives us here of what an <\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:02,080 –> 00:33:05,160
\napostle does.
\nIs is is pretty? <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:05,160 –> 00:33:08,600
\nStraightforward, isn’t it?
\nAn apostle isn’t lifted up. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:09,560 –> 00:33:12,520
\nApostle is humbled apostle.
\nAn apostle is a servant. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:14,280 –> 00:33:16,360
\nAnd that’s what the the leaders
\nof Corinth should have, should <\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:16,360 –> 00:33:18,440
\nhave figured out for what he has
\nto say here. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:23,040 –> 00:33:28,800
\nSo then in verse. 14 Paul says,
\nI write not these things to <\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:28,800 –> 00:33:33,840
\nshame you.
\nI’m not trying to discredit you.<\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:33,840 –> 00:33:37,280
\nI’m not trying to embarrass you.
\nI’m trying to get you to to, to <\/p>\n
536
\n00:33:37,280 –> 00:33:44,000
\nfigure this out, he says, but as
\nmy beloved sons, I warn you. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:33:45,480 –> 00:33:49,720
\nSo he begins the next section
\nwith this idea of fathership and<\/p>\n
538
\n00:33:49,720 –> 00:33:54,920
\nsonship, and he says, I’m
\nwarning you as if you. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:33:54,920 –> 00:33:58,800
\nWere.
\nMy sons, because this is what an<\/p>\n
540
\n00:33:58,800 –> 00:34:02,440
\napostle does, and this is what
\nwe all should be doing. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:03,680 –> 00:34:08,679
\nWe should be treating each other
\nas if each other is our son. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:08,960 –> 00:34:12,480
\nOr our daughter.
\nHe says for though you have <\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:12,600 –> 00:34:18,360
\n10,000 instructors in Christ,
\nthis word instructors is an <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:18,360 –> 00:34:21,560
\nimportant one to understand.
\nHere the word instructors is the<\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:21,560 –> 00:34:27,159
\nword pedagogue.
\nIt’s a servant whose job it was <\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:27,159 –> 00:34:31,080
\nto take the children to school
\nto make sure that they got to <\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:31,080 –> 00:34:34,159
\nschool each day.
\nAnd the pedagogue would be paid <\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:34,159 –> 00:34:37,159
\nto do this to, to drop the kids
\noff at school, to make sure that<\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:37,159 –> 00:34:40,800
\nthe kids did the homework and
\nthey were in charge of their <\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:40,800 –> 00:34:45,040
\ntheir general conduct.
\nNow the same word is used in in <\/p>\n
551
\n00:34:45,040 –> 00:34:49,520
\nGalatians chapter 3.
\nIt’s probably we won’t look it <\/p>\n
552
\n00:34:49,520 –> 00:34:51,320
\nup.
\nGalatians chapter 3, verse 24, <\/p>\n
553
\n00:34:51,320 –> 00:34:55,400
\nit says the law was our
\nschoolmaster to bring us to <\/p>\n
554
\n00:34:55,400 –> 00:34:59,080
\nChrist.
\nSo Paul uses this word there to <\/p>\n
555
\n00:34:59,080 –> 00:35:03,480
\nshow that the the the purpose of
\nthe law was to bring them to <\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:03,480 –> 00:35:07,920
\nChrist, but that it was Christ,
\nit was Christ who would who <\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:07,920 –> 00:35:11,320
\nwould save them.
\nSo these pedagogues then they <\/p>\n
558
\n00:35:11,320 –> 00:35:15,200
\ndid their job, but they’re
\nconcerned for the children was <\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:15,200 –> 00:35:19,320
\nvery limited.
\nThey were like the hireling, if <\/p>\n
560
\n00:35:19,320 –> 00:35:20,520
\nyou will, because they were
\npaid. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:21,440 –> 00:35:24,400
\nTheir main concern, the main
\nmotivation in working with the <\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:24,400 –> 00:35:27,800
\nthe children would be getting
\nthe paycheck at the end of the <\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:27,800 –> 00:35:30,280
\nmonth and being paid for what
\nthey did. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:31,040 –> 00:35:32,960
\nThey were definitely not a
\nsubstitute. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:32,960 –> 00:35:36,320
\nFor a father.
\nAnd so Paul says, it didn’t <\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:36,320 –> 00:35:38,040
\nmatter if there were 10.
\nThousand of these. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:35:38,040 –> 00:35:41,280
\nThat’s not what we’re looking
\nfor. 10,000 hirelings or 10,000 <\/p>\n
568
\n00:35:41,280 –> 00:35:43,880
\npedagogues.
\nWhat we need? <\/p>\n
569
\n00:35:43,880 –> 00:35:49,960
\nAre fathers, he says, yet ye
\nhave yet have ye not not many <\/p>\n
570
\n00:35:49,960 –> 00:35:53,120
\nfathers?
\nFor in Christ Jesus I have <\/p>\n
571
\n00:35:53,120 –> 00:35:57,280
\nbegotten you through the gospel.
\nSo Paul’s telling them I’m not <\/p>\n
572
\n00:35:57,280 –> 00:36:01,640
\nlike the pedagogue.
\nInstead, I’m like your Father, <\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:04,240 –> 00:36:08,000
\nyou’re like my sons.
\nI’m not doing this to get paid. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:09,160 –> 00:36:12,440
\nThat’s important.
\nI’m doing this because I love <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:12,440 –> 00:36:14,800
\nyou and because I want to save
\nyou. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:36:15,760 –> 00:36:20,720
\nThat’s the difference here
\nbetween a pedagogue and Paul who<\/p>\n
577
\n00:36:20,720 –> 00:36:23,880
\nwas their father, between as it
\nsays, you’re the instructor that<\/p>\n
578
\n00:36:23,880 –> 00:36:27,880
\nthey had to Paul.
\nThe brothers and sisters were <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:27,880 –> 00:36:33,880
\nhis children.
\nLet’s go over to first Peter <\/p>\n
580
\n00:36:33,880 –> 00:36:35,520
\nchapter 1.
\nThere’s a couple of couple of <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:35,520 –> 00:36:39,480
\nverses that I think helpful to
\nto point out this idea here of <\/p>\n
582
\n00:36:39,760 –> 00:36:47,880
\nour sonship by the word of God
\nand how we’re born of God’s word<\/p>\n
583
\n00:36:49,440 –> 00:36:54,400
\nand how Paul was in a way their
\nfather because he had delivered <\/p>\n
584
\n00:36:54,400 –> 00:36:58,440
\nto them that word.
\nSo first Peter chapter one verse<\/p>\n
585
\n00:36:58,440 –> 00:37:07,520
\n23 says being born again, not of
\ncorruptible seed, but of <\/p>\n
586
\n00:37:07,520 –> 00:37:13,160
\nincorruptible by the word of
\nGod, which liveth and abideth <\/p>\n
587
\n00:37:13,160 –> 00:37:15,960
\nforever.
\nCome over to James chapter 1. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:19,120 –> 00:37:21,480
\nJames says the same thing.
\nHe tells us we’ve been begotten <\/p>\n
589
\n00:37:21,800 –> 00:37:29,560
\nwith the word of truth.
\nJames chapter 1 and in verse 18 <\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:30,960 –> 00:37:38,880
\nsays of his own will begat he us
\nwith the word of truth that we <\/p>\n
591
\n00:37:38,880 –> 00:37:41,520
\nshould be a kind of firstfruits
\nof his creatures. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:37:42,960 –> 00:37:45,960
\nSo he’s talking here about the
\nfact that we’re his children <\/p>\n
593
\n00:37:47,040 –> 00:37:51,960
\nthat were born through the
\nspirit seed that’s planted in <\/p>\n
594
\n00:37:51,960 –> 00:37:58,320
\nus, that word of God that
\ndevelops in us that leads to a <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:58,320 –> 00:38:02,480
\nnew birth as it it begins to
\nchange our mind, as it creates <\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:02,480 –> 00:38:06,320
\nin us this new creature, this
\nnew way of thinking and leads <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:06,320 –> 00:38:09,280
\nultimately to a new birth in
\nimmortality. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:10,600 –> 00:38:15,040
\nAnd Paul’s telling them that I’m
\nthe one that’s planted that seed<\/p>\n
599
\n00:38:15,040 –> 00:38:18,200
\nin you and I’m the one who loves
\nyou and has made it my <\/p>\n
600
\n00:38:18,200 –> 00:38:22,080
\nresponsibility to help that
\nprocess continue in you. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:38:23,600 –> 00:38:25,440
\nThink about what Jesus told
\nNicodemus. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:26,560 –> 00:38:30,520
\nHe says we have to be born of
\nthe water and of the Spirit. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:38:30,520 –> 00:38:32,360
\nWe have to be born of the word
\nof God. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:38:33,720 –> 00:38:37,840
\nSo this spiritual birth is what
\nPaul’s talking about here that <\/p>\n
605
\n00:38:37,840 –> 00:38:39,360
\nhe wanted to have take.
\nPlace in all. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:39,360 –> 00:38:42,320
\nOf them as the seed that grows
\ninside them. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:38:43,200 –> 00:38:48,120
\nAnd Paul was concerned with the
\ndevelopment of that new life in <\/p>\n
608
\n00:38:48,120 –> 00:38:49,440
\neach of his brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:38:50,800 –> 00:38:54,880
\nAt the same time, the pedagogues
\nwould not be thinking about this<\/p>\n
610
\n00:38:54,880 –> 00:38:57,880
\ndevelopment.
\nInstead they were thinking about<\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:58,520 –> 00:39:03,360
\ntheir paycheck or their
\nprestige, their status in the <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:03,360 –> 00:39:05,960
\necclesia.
\nYou think about the kings of <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:05,960 –> 00:39:07,720
\nIsrael, at least most of the
\nkings of Israel. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:07,720 –> 00:39:10,560
\nThey they were, they were given
\na position of authority over the<\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:10,560 –> 00:39:15,440
\npeople of Israel.
\nAnd if they’d focused on helping<\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:15,440 –> 00:39:19,720
\nthe people, saving the people,
\nthey would have been a great <\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:19,720 –> 00:39:21,320
\nsuccess.
\nAnd, and the whole nation would <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:21,320 –> 00:39:24,720
\nhave been converted and many
\nmore would have been saved, but <\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:24,720 –> 00:39:29,200
\nthey focused instead on their
\nposition and on their power and <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:29,200 –> 00:39:33,360
\ndidn’t spend much time at all,
\nand some spent none at all on <\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:33,360 –> 00:39:37,000
\nspiritual development.
\nAll right, back to First <\/p>\n
622
\n00:39:37,000 –> 00:39:46,800
\nCorinthians chapter 4.
\nPaul says, Wherefore I beseech <\/p>\n
623
\n00:39:46,800 –> 00:39:52,640
\nyou, be followers of me.
\nThat word followers there means <\/p>\n
624
\n00:39:52,640 –> 00:39:57,160
\nimitators of me.
\nIn other words, I want you all <\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:57,160 –> 00:40:01,360
\nto be followers of fathers, I
\nshould say, of me. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:02,600 –> 00:40:05,040
\nAnd if we understand how Paul
\ncared for the spiritual <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:05,040 –> 00:40:08,280
\ndevelopment of his brothers and
\nsisters, we’d understand exactly<\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:08,280 –> 00:40:11,960
\nwhat Paul is talking about here,
\ninstead of looking for ways to <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:11,960 –> 00:40:15,160
\nto to be popular.
\nLook for ways to help the <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:15,160 –> 00:40:19,120
\nspiritual development of your
\nbrothers and sisters, he says. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:20,120 –> 00:40:28,080
\nYou too can change your ways and
\nbecome like fathers if you will <\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:28,080 –> 00:40:31,560
\nbecome the servants of your
\nbrothers and sisters, and if you<\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:31,560 –> 00:40:34,040
\nwill put the salvation of your
\nbrothers and sisters first, <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:35,400 –> 00:40:38,960
\nthat’s the solution.
\nBecome a servant. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:40:40,440 –> 00:40:42,080
\nThat’s what Moses was, wasn’t
\nhe? <\/p>\n
636
\n00:40:42,960 –> 00:40:46,440
\nHe was a servant that was
\nfaithful in God’s house. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:47,920 –> 00:40:50,520
\nWe have to keep in mind the
\npoint that that was being made <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:50,520 –> 00:40:55,600
\nat the beginning of the chapter.
\nMoses was different from his <\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:55,600 –> 00:40:58,360
\nbrethren.
\nCome back with me to to Numbers <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:58,360 –> 00:41:02,320
\nchapter 12 for just one, a
\ncouple of verses here and we’ll <\/p>\n
641
\n00:41:02,320 –> 00:41:21,800
\nlook at that just one more time.
\nSo Numbers chapter 12 verse 6, <\/p>\n
642
\n00:41:22,720 –> 00:41:26,880
\nwe see how Moses was different.
\nHe says, God says, and he said, <\/p>\n
643
\n00:41:26,880 –> 00:41:30,480
\nHear now my words, if there be a
\nprophet among you, I, Yahweh, <\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:30,480 –> 00:41:34,520
\nwill make myself known unto him
\nin a vision, and will speak to <\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:34,520 –> 00:41:39,760
\nhim in a dream.
\nMy servant Moses is not so who <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:39,800 –> 00:41:44,120
\nis faithful in all my house With
\nhim will I speak mouth to mouth,<\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:44,920 –> 00:41:48,840
\neven apparently, and not in dark
\nspeeches and similitudes? <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:49,760 –> 00:41:52,120
\nSorry.
\nAnd the similitudes of Yahweh <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:52,120 –> 00:41:55,080
\nshall he behold.
\nWherefore then were you not <\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:55,080 –> 00:41:57,360
\nafraid to speak against my
\nservant Moses? <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:58,440 –> 00:42:00,560
\nSo Moses.
\nSo Paul was telling us that he <\/p>\n
652
\n00:42:00,560 –> 00:42:05,120
\nwas different from his brethren,
\nthat Christ had spoken directly <\/p>\n
653
\n00:42:05,120 –> 00:42:10,240
\nto him, that he had seen Christ.
\nAnd so Paul had this greater <\/p>\n
654
\n00:42:10,240 –> 00:42:13,440
\nresponsibility.
\nHe had this greater <\/p>\n
655
\n00:42:13,440 –> 00:42:17,240
\nresponsibility to deliver
\nfaithfully the words of God to <\/p>\n
656
\n00:42:17,240 –> 00:42:21,200
\nhis brothers and sisters.
\nAnd so Paul calls on us to be <\/p>\n
657
\n00:42:21,200 –> 00:42:25,200
\nfollowers of that, to be
\nfaithful with the word of God <\/p>\n
658
\n00:42:25,600 –> 00:42:28,120
\nand working to save our brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:42:30,240 –> 00:42:35,000
\nVerse 17 if we come back to
\nFirst Corinthians chapter 4, So <\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:35,000 –> 00:42:39,480
\nPaul says with this in mind,
\nwith this idea of saving our <\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:39,480 –> 00:42:42,000
\nbrothers and sisters, with this
\nidea of showing you what it’s <\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:42,000 –> 00:42:47,040
\nlike to be a father, sharing the
\nword and helping to plant the <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:47,040 –> 00:42:50,520
\nword into into each other.
\nHe says, for this cause I’ve <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:50,520 –> 00:42:54,680
\nsent unto you Timotheus.
\nAnd what does he call Timotheus?<\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:55,720 –> 00:43:01,840
\nVerse 17, my beloved son, Why
\ndoes he use that term, my <\/p>\n
666
\n00:43:01,840 –> 00:43:04,640
\nbeloved son?
\nBecause Paul had also planted <\/p>\n
667
\n00:43:04,640 –> 00:43:10,480
\nthe word in Timotheus and
\nTimotheus was Paul was a father,<\/p>\n
668
\n00:43:10,480 –> 00:43:14,760
\nlike a father to Timotheus.
\nAnd then he says, and he is <\/p>\n
669
\n00:43:15,320 –> 00:43:20,000
\nfaithful in the Lord.
\nAnd where does he get that idea?<\/p>\n
670
\n00:43:20,640 –> 00:43:23,400
\nAgain, he follows the pattern of
\nMoses, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n
671
\n00:43:23,400 –> 00:43:26,960
\nOne that’s, that’s faithful.
\nYou’ve got this beloved son <\/p>\n
672
\n00:43:26,960 –> 00:43:30,040
\nwho’s faithful.
\nAnd Paul sent Timothy then to be<\/p>\n
673
\n00:43:30,040 –> 00:43:33,680
\na faithful servant in Christ’s
\nhouse in Corinth. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:43:34,840 –> 00:43:36,120
\nAnd what would he do when he got
\nthere? <\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:36,120 –> 00:43:39,960
\nIt says, Who shall bring you
\ninto remembrance of my ways, <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:39,960 –> 00:43:44,920
\nwhich be in Christ, as I teach
\neverywhere in every ecclesia. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:47,240 –> 00:43:52,440
\nAnd so Timothy was in Corinth.
\nAnd Timothy would remind them of<\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:52,440 –> 00:43:54,840
\nhow it had been when Paul was
\nthere, when the preaching got <\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:54,840 –> 00:43:57,520
\ninto gear.
\nAnd Timothy would be able to <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:57,520 –> 00:44:00,880
\nshow them the cooperation that
\nhe had with Paul and to show <\/p>\n
681
\n00:44:00,880 –> 00:44:03,320
\nthem that there was no rivalry
\nbetween he and Paul. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:44:04,280 –> 00:44:08,760
\nAnd hopefully they would be able
\nto see that both he and Paul <\/p>\n
683
\n00:44:09,440 –> 00:44:12,800
\nwere servants working for the
\nsalvation of the brothers and <\/p>\n
684
\n00:44:12,800 –> 00:44:22,200
\nsisters in Corinth.
\nVerse 18, he says, but some are <\/p>\n
685
\n00:44:22,200 –> 00:44:25,880
\npuffed up as though I would not
\ncome to you. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:44:27,760 –> 00:44:31,760
\nSo Paul says there’s still a
\nproblem, is there are some in <\/p>\n
687
\n00:44:31,760 –> 00:44:36,800
\nthe ecclesia that have pride.
\nThere are some in the ecclesia <\/p>\n
688
\n00:44:36,800 –> 00:44:42,240
\nwho are working against what
\nPaul is doing and they’re doing <\/p>\n
689
\n00:44:42,240 –> 00:44:46,600
\nthings because they don’t think
\nthat Paul is ever going to come <\/p>\n
690
\n00:44:46,600 –> 00:44:50,680
\nback to Corinth.
\nHe says, as though I would not <\/p>\n
691
\n00:44:50,680 –> 00:44:53,360
\ncome to you.
\nThey thought that Paul was <\/p>\n
692
\n00:44:53,360 –> 00:44:56,120
\ntimid.
\nThey thought that Paul was, was,<\/p>\n
693
\n00:44:56,320 –> 00:44:58,760
\nwas weak, that his message was
\nweak. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:59,640 –> 00:45:02,920
\nAnd they said there’s no way
\nthat Paul is going to come back <\/p>\n
695
\n00:45:03,080 –> 00:45:06,440
\nand, and, and step up and, and,
\nand change things that are <\/p>\n
696
\n00:45:06,440 –> 00:45:09,600
\nhappening here in the ecclesia.
\nHis ways are are <\/p>\n
697
\n00:45:09,600 –> 00:45:12,560
\nunsophisticated.
\nAnd so they grew more and more <\/p>\n
698
\n00:45:12,560 –> 00:45:15,280
\nbold about opposing the
\nteachings of Paul. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:45:16,520 –> 00:45:20,440
\nAnd by sending Timothy first,
\nPaul hoped that they might <\/p>\n
700
\n00:45:20,560 –> 00:45:25,920
\nrealize that Paul was going to
\ncome and that he was going to <\/p>\n
701
\n00:45:25,920 –> 00:45:28,600
\nwork to try to correct things in
\nthe ecclesia. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:45:29,680 –> 00:45:34,160
\nAnd so Paul says, but I will
\ncome to you shortly if the Lord <\/p>\n
703
\n00:45:34,160 –> 00:45:37,240
\nwill.
\nSo Paul says, make no mistake, <\/p>\n
704
\n00:45:39,240 –> 00:45:40,880
\ndon’t think that I’m not going
\nto come. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:45:41,600 –> 00:45:44,880
\nBecause if the Lord will, I am
\ngoing to come and when I come, <\/p>\n
706
\n00:45:44,880 –> 00:45:49,520
\nhe says and will know not the
\nspeech of them, which are puffed<\/p>\n
707
\n00:45:49,520 –> 00:45:52,960
\nup.
\nWhen I come to to to investigate<\/p>\n
708
\n00:45:52,960 –> 00:45:55,720
\nwhat’s happening there.
\nWhen I come to check into the <\/p>\n
709
\n00:45:55,720 –> 00:46:00,920
\nproblems, I’m not going to look
\nat the words of eloquence that <\/p>\n
710
\n00:46:00,920 –> 00:46:03,400
\nthey’re speaking.
\nI’ll be looking for a lot more <\/p>\n
711
\n00:46:03,400 –> 00:46:09,560
\nthan just words, but the powers.
\nI’ll be looking for the actions.<\/p>\n
712
\n00:46:09,560 –> 00:46:11,960
\nI’ll be looking for the results.
\nI’ll be looking for what’s <\/p>\n
713
\n00:46:12,160 –> 00:46:13,720
\nbeing.
\nBrought forth by this. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:46:14,320 –> 00:46:17,680
\nI’ll be looking for spiritual
\ndevelopment in the ecclesia that<\/p>\n
715
\n00:46:17,680 –> 00:46:22,520
\nonly comes when the Word of God
\nis faithfully taught to the <\/p>\n
716
\n00:46:22,520 –> 00:46:26,040
\nbrothers and sisters, he says in
\nverse 20. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:46:26,040 –> 00:46:31,520
\nFor the Kingdom of God is not in
\nWord, but it’s in power. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:46:32,880 –> 00:46:35,800
\nThe Kingdom of God is about
\nactions and about taking up the <\/p>\n
719
\n00:46:35,800 –> 00:46:39,720
\ncross.
\nBack just a couple of pages to <\/p>\n
720
\n00:46:39,720 –> 00:46:44,880
\n1st Corinthians chapter one
\nverse 18 back to what we talked <\/p>\n
721
\n00:46:44,880 –> 00:46:51,240
\nabout a couple of days ago back
\nto the power of the word back to<\/p>\n
722
\n00:46:51,240 –> 00:46:56,080
\nthe power that it has to save.
\nFirst Corinthians one verse 18. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:46:56,080 –> 00:46:59,640
\nHe says for the preaching of the
\ncross is to them that are that <\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:59,640 –> 00:47:04,920
\nperish foolishness, but unto us
\nwhich are saved it is the power <\/p>\n
725
\n00:47:05,680 –> 00:47:16,480
\nof God.
\nIn verse 21 he says, What will <\/p>\n
726
\n00:47:16,480 –> 00:47:19,520
\nye?
\nWhat do you choose? <\/p>\n
727
\n00:47:21,160 –> 00:47:27,480
\nShould I come to you with a rod?
\nWhat does he mean by rod? <\/p>\n
728
\n00:47:30,040 –> 00:47:33,520
\nWhat does he mean?
\nShall I come to you with a rod? <\/p>\n
729
\n00:47:35,120 –> 00:47:38,800
\nObviously he’s not going to come
\nand beat those leaders of the <\/p>\n
730
\n00:47:38,800 –> 00:47:41,480
\nEcclesia into submission.
\nThat’s not what he’s saying <\/p>\n
731
\n00:47:41,480 –> 00:47:44,920
\nhere.
\nSo what does he mean by shall I <\/p>\n
732
\n00:47:44,920 –> 00:47:50,040
\ncome to you with a rod?
\nHere’s what Vines has to say the<\/p>\n
733
\n00:47:50,040 –> 00:47:52,600
\nword means or the applications
\nof what the word is, and I think<\/p>\n
734
\n00:47:52,600 –> 00:47:57,080
\nthey’re helpful to look at.
\nVine says that a rod is a staff,<\/p>\n
735
\n00:47:57,080 –> 00:48:01,760
\na rod or a scepter.
\nIt’s used of Aaron’s rod. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:48:01,760 –> 00:48:05,480
\nAnd what do we think about when
\nwe think about Aaron’s rod? <\/p>\n
737
\n00:48:06,400 –> 00:48:08,520
\nWe think of Aaron’s rod that
\nbutted, right? <\/p>\n
738
\n00:48:09,280 –> 00:48:13,640
\nWe think about God acknowledging
\nthe responsibility that he had <\/p>\n
739
\n00:48:13,640 –> 00:48:19,800
\ngiven to Aaron.
\nIt’s used as a staff that’s used<\/p>\n
740
\n00:48:19,800 –> 00:48:22,240
\non a journey, so something to
\nhelp us on our way. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:48:23,480 –> 00:48:26,840
\nIt’s used of a ruler staff or as
\na scepter. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:48:27,920 –> 00:48:31,400
\nIt’s used of authority.
\nThen it’s used as a rod for <\/p>\n
743
\n00:48:31,400 –> 00:48:35,640
\nchastisement.
\nSo for correction, it’s also <\/p>\n
744
\n00:48:35,640 –> 00:48:39,920
\nused as a as a measuring rod.
\nSo something that’s used for <\/p>\n
745
\n00:48:39,920 –> 00:48:43,680
\njudgment to determine if
\nsomething is, is, is faithful. <\/p>\n
746
\n00:48:44,960 –> 00:48:49,040
\nWe get the idea then of this
\nbeing direction and correction. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:48:50,320 –> 00:48:56,360
\nSo Paul’s asking them to get
\nthings corrected so that he does<\/p>\n
748
\n00:48:56,360 –> 00:49:00,400
\nnot have to bring the correction
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:49:01,840 –> 00:49:06,320
\nBut what did Paul want?
\nWhat was Paul looking for from <\/p>\n
750
\n00:49:06,320 –> 00:49:09,240
\nthem?
\nWhat did Paul hope to be able to<\/p>\n
751
\n00:49:09,240 –> 00:49:15,120
\ncome to them with?
\nIn love and in the spirit of <\/p>\n
752
\n00:49:15,120 –> 00:49:21,760
\nmeekness.
\nHe says in love and in the <\/p>\n
753
\n00:49:21,760 –> 00:49:28,560
\nspirit of meekness.
\nAnd I think again, we can’t help<\/p>\n
754
\n00:49:28,600 –> 00:49:32,520
\nbut miss the connection with
\nMoses, who is faithful. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:49:33,320 –> 00:49:38,480
\nIt was a faithful servant for
\nGod’s ecclesia, and who was very<\/p>\n
756
\n00:49:38,560 –> 00:49:45,560
\nmeek above all the men which
\nwere on the face of the earth. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:49:47,080 –> 00:49:48,840
\nWhat a great.
\nComparison, that is, for us <\/p>\n
758
\n00:49:48,840 –> 00:49:53,080
\nbrothers and sisters to look at.
\nWhen we think about Paul, we <\/p>\n
759
\n00:49:53,080 –> 00:49:55,520
\nthink about him after the
\npattern of Moses. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:49:56,280 –> 00:50:02,200
\nWe think about the importance of
\nus being faithful, taking God’s <\/p>\n
761
\n00:50:02,200 –> 00:50:06,080
\nmessage and not changing it, but
\ndelivering it as it’s been given<\/p>\n
762
\n00:50:06,080 –> 00:50:11,840
\nto us, to our brothers and
\nsisters, and looking not for our<\/p>\n
763
\n00:50:11,840 –> 00:50:14,520
\nown advantage, not for our own
\nstatus. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:50:14,800 –> 00:50:19,040
\nOr or or feeling good but do
\nlooking for the well-being of <\/p>\n
765
\n00:50:19,040 –> 00:50:22,520
\nour brothers and sisters because
\nwe love our brothers and sisters<\/p>\n
766
\n00:50:23,080 –> 00:50:24,880
\nand we want to be their
\nservants. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:50:25,960 –> 00:50:29,520
\nThat’s what an apostle is, and
\nthat’s what we are called to be <\/p>\n
768
\n00:50:29,720 –> 00:50:33,000
\nas well.
\nAnd sisters, and that’s what <\/p>\n
769
\n00:50:33,000 –> 00:50:37,200
\nwould take, that’s what it would
\ntake to solve the problems that <\/p>\n
770
\n00:50:37,200 –> 00:50:41,360
\nthe ecclesia in Corinth faced.
\nAnd that’s what we’re going to <\/p>\n
771
\n00:50:41,360 –> 00:50:44,120
\ndo tomorrow’s tomorrow.
\nWe’re going to look and take <\/p>\n
772
\n00:50:44,120 –> 00:50:47,480
\nwhat we’ve learned in
\nCorinthians so far in these <\/p>\n
773
\n00:50:47,480 –> 00:50:51,080
\nfirst four chapters.
\nAnd we’re going to look at how <\/p>\n
774
\n00:50:51,320 –> 00:50:55,560
\nwhat we’ve learned would
\nactually reverse the process <\/p>\n
775
\n00:50:55,560 –> 00:50:59,520
\nthat we looked at in our first
\nclass of the Ecclesia being <\/p>\n
776
\n00:50:59,520 –> 00:51:01,280
\ninfiltrated by the ways of the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:51:02,200 –> 00:51:04,360
\nAnd we’ll see how.
\nWhat Paul’s? <\/p>\n
778
\n00:51:04,360 –> 00:51:08,320
\nTaught us here the relationships
\nand the service that we can give<\/p>\n
779
\n00:51:08,320 –> 00:51:12,040
\nto each other can reverse those
\nthings and bring the ecclesia <\/p>\n
780
\n00:51:12,040 –> 00:51:17,120
\nback to a place which is focused
\non saving its members and upon <\/p>\n
781
\n00:51:17,120 –> 00:51:18,520
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