{"id":1495,"date":"2026-06-14T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/404-josh-hodge-exhortation-what-is-your-joy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T03:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T03:33:49","slug":"404-josh-hodge-exhortation-what-is-your-joy","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/404-josh-hodge-exhortation-what-is-your-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"404: Josh Hodge – Exhortation: What is your joy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Josh Hodge on the topic of “What is your joy?” given at the Brantford Ecclesia in Ontario, Canada, on May 3rd, 2026.<\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHowdy, this week we’re listening<\/p>\n

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\nto an exhortation given by
\nBrother Josh Hodge at the <\/p>\n

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\nBranford, Ontario Ecclesia on
\nMay the 3rd, 2026 entitled What <\/p>\n

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\nis Your Joy?
\nAs you may have deduced, the <\/p>\n

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\ntitle is taken from First
\nThessalonians where Paul <\/p>\n

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\ndelivers that beautiful
\ndiscourse by asking 3 questions.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat is our hope or joy or crown
\nof rejoicing? <\/p>\n

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\nThe impressing message of this
\nexhortation is to get us to ask <\/p>\n

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\nourselves, where do we get our
\njoy? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is it that makes us
\nhappiest? <\/p>\n

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\nSee, for Paul, his joy and his
\nhope was being with his brothers<\/p>\n

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\nand sisters in God’s Kingdom.
\nAnd we’re all invited to reflect<\/p>\n

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\nand wonder.
\nIs that thought a source of joy <\/p>\n

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\nfor us?
\nDo the things of God truly bring<\/p>\n

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\nus happiness and satisfaction?
\nBrother Josh said something in <\/p>\n

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\nthis exhort to keep your ears
\nopen. <\/p>\n

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\nFor he says if we joy in the
\ntemporal things that are <\/p>\n

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\nnatural, our joy will be
\ntemporary. <\/p>\n

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\nThere will be no future joy for
\nthe things we are joying in now.<\/p>\n

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\nIt is the spiritual things that
\nwill be reflected in the future <\/p>\n

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\nfor eternity.
\nSo I hope by the end of this <\/p>\n

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\nexhort, we’ll all have a
\nstronger appreciation for the <\/p>\n

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\necclesia that God has put us in
\nand that we can learn to cherish<\/p>\n

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\nour beloved brethren to the
\npoint that we can recite Paul’s <\/p>\n

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\nwords.
\nYou are our glory and joy. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that, here is brother
\nJosh Hodge. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is your joy?
\nBrothers and sisters, young <\/p>\n

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\npeople, what is your hope, what
\nis your joy, and what is your <\/p>\n

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\n00:02:45,200 –> 00:02:50,240
\ncrown of rejoicing?
\nThese words have been echoed <\/p>\n

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\ndown through time and we hope
\nthis morning to to echo them <\/p>\n

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\nhere.
\nWhat is your hope? <\/p>\n

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\nHope.
\nThe Greek word elpis. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is your vision?
\nDo you have a vision of the <\/p>\n

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\nfuture?
\nWho is there, What is there? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat will it be like?
\nBrothers and sisters, our hope <\/p>\n

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\nis real, and we can’t forget
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s one other occurrence of
\nthis word in First <\/p>\n

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\nThessalonians.
\nJust turn to chapter 4 and verse<\/p>\n

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\n13 of First Thessalonians.
\nBut I would not have you to be <\/p>\n

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\nignorant, brethren, concerning
\nthem which are asleep, that ye <\/p>\n

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\nsorrow not even as others which
\nhave no hope. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, there’s a class of
\npeople that don’t have hope. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a class of people that
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nJust think about what that is in
\nthis context. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst Thessalonians 4 we keep
\nreading if we believe that Jesus<\/p>\n

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\ndied and rose again, Even so
\nthem also which sleep in Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nwill God bring with him.
\nDo you believe that? <\/p>\n

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\nIs that part of your hope?
\nFor this We say unto you by the <\/p>\n

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\nword of the Lord, that we which
\nare alive and remain unto the <\/p>\n

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\ncoming of the Lord, shall not
\nprevent them which are asleep. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord Himself shall descend
\nfrom heaven with a shout, with <\/p>\n

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\nthe voice of the Archangel, and
\nwith the trump of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThe dead in Christ shall rise
\nfirst, Then we which are alive <\/p>\n

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\nand remain shall be caught away
\nwith them in clouds to meet the <\/p>\n

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\nLord and air.
\nAnd so shall we ever be with the<\/p>\n

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\nLord.
\nDo we draw comfort from those <\/p>\n

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\nwords?
\nWe’ll only find comfort in them <\/p>\n

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\nif we believe in them.
\nAnd that’s part of our hope. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s how this chapter
\nends. <\/p>\n

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\nComfort one another with these
\nwords. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is our hope?
\nBrothers and sisters, young <\/p>\n

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\npeople, what is our joy?
\nWhat fills your mind with <\/p>\n

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\nhappiness?
\nWhat do you rejoice over? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat fills you up with comfort
\nand satisfaction? <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the common word for joy
\nin the Greek, meaning just that,<\/p>\n

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\njoy and gladness.
\nWe find this word occurs again <\/p>\n

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\nin chapter 3.
\nJust look at verse 6, when <\/p>\n

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\nTimotheus came from you unto us
\nand brought us good tidings of <\/p>\n

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\nyour faith and love, that he
\nhave good remembrance of us, <\/p>\n

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\nalways desiring greatly to see
\nus as we also to see you. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore, brethren, we were
\ncomforted over you and all our <\/p>\n

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\naffliction and distress by your
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\nFor now we live if he stand fast
\nin the Lord, Now we live, if we <\/p>\n

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\nstand fast in the Lord.
\nWhat is Paul’s saying? <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s saying my life and my my
\nbreath and energy comes from the<\/p>\n

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\nvery faith and steadfastness of
\nthe brethren. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he says this in verse 9.
\nFor what thanks can we render to<\/p>\n

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\nGod again for you, for all the
\njoy wherewith we joy for your <\/p>\n

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\nsakes before our God.
\nThe joy that the apostle Paul <\/p>\n

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\nhad was founded on the
\nThessalonica ecclesia, on the <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters there.
\nThat’s what he’s telling them. <\/p>\n

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\nI joy in you.
\nWhat is our crown of rejoicing? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is your crown of rejoicing?
\nThat word rejoicing in First <\/p>\n

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\nThessalonians 2 and verse 19,
\nit’s not your common word for <\/p>\n

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\nrejoicing.
\nIt’s often translated boasting. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s translated as glorying, but
\nit’s different than the word <\/p>\n

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\nwhat is our?
\nWhat is our joy? <\/p>\n

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\nA number of versions actually
\nsay what is our boasting? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is our glorying or crown of
\nglorying? <\/p>\n

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\nCrown of boasting.
\nAnd so there’s something that’s <\/p>\n

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\na crown, a stephanos, that
\nelevates and brings them glory. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it’s not a prideful glory.
\nIt’s a glorious reward. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s something that’s reflective
\nand fitting of the work and <\/p>\n

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\nservice and of who Paul was in
\nthat life. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the same word in Second
\nCorinthians Chapter 7. <\/p>\n

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\nGreat is my boldness of speech
\ntoward you. <\/p>\n

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\n00:08:01,240 –> 00:08:06,400
\nGreat is my glorying of you.
\nI’m filled with comfort. <\/p>\n

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\n00:08:06,560 –> 00:08:12,920
\nI’m exceedingly joyful, he says.
\nAnd Paul was overjoyed, filled <\/p>\n

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\n00:08:12,920 –> 00:08:16,800
\nwith comfort to the point he
\ncould glory in the Corinthians <\/p>\n

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\n00:08:17,600 –> 00:08:20,280
\ndespite his difficulties and
\ntribulations. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s similar here in First
\nThessalonians chapter, but just <\/p>\n

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\nlike in Corinthians and here in
\nThessalonians, Paul seems to be <\/p>\n

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\nSpeaking of the comfort that he
\nhas, the rejoicing and the <\/p>\n

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\nthings that he’s glorying and
\nbased on the present, based on <\/p>\n

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\nthe people in the Thessalonica
\necclesia that were right there. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Paul’s answer to his own
\nquestion in chapter 2 and verse <\/p>\n

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\n19 is this, What is our hope?
\nWhat is our joy and crown of <\/p>\n

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\nrejoicing?
\nIsn’t it you, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters in the presence of our
\nLord Jesus Christ at his coming?<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:06,200 –> 00:09:11,400
\nIt’s you in the future, he says
\nat his coming. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:12,760 –> 00:09:17,280
\nPaul’s hope, his joyous crown of
\nrejoicing, was about those whom <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:17,280 –> 00:09:22,000
\nhe loved and their eternal
\nwell-being, their relationship <\/p>\n

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\nwith the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd how could he say that? <\/p>\n

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\nHe could say it because of verse
\n20. <\/p>\n

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\nYe are our glory and our joy.
\nThey were already his glory and <\/p>\n

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\nHis joy.
\nThey were already a reflection <\/p>\n

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\nof the work and service Paul had
\ndone with them. <\/p>\n

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\nThe joy and the hope and the
\nglory of the future was just a <\/p>\n

127
\n00:09:54,680 –> 00:09:58,240
\nreflection of what was
\nexperienced now with the <\/p>\n

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\necclesia.
\nPaul had poured himself out to <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:01,160 –> 00:10:06,440
\nthese brothers and sisters, and
\nnow they were steadfast. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:08,400 –> 00:10:13,680
\nYou see, someone getting to the
\nKingdom is not a reflection of <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:13,680 –> 00:10:19,640
\nindividual merit, is it, but of
\ncommunal fellowship, fellowship <\/p>\n

132
\n00:10:19,640 –> 00:10:23,480
\nof service, fellowship and
\ntrial, fellowship and <\/p>\n

133
\n00:10:23,480 –> 00:10:26,080
\nsufferings, fellowship and
\ncomfort, fellowship of <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:26,080 –> 00:10:29,480
\nsacrifice, fellowship of giving
\nand receiving. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:32,360 –> 00:10:36,920
\nAnd the joy that we have now
\nwith each other is a joy that <\/p>\n

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\nwill be reflected in the future.
\nAnd of course, if we joy in the <\/p>\n

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\ntemporal things that are
\nnatural, our joy will be <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:45,200 –> 00:10:50,320
\ntemporary.
\nThere will be no future joy for <\/p>\n

139
\n00:10:50,320 –> 00:10:52,760
\nthe very things that we’re
\njoining in now. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:54,280 –> 00:10:59,800
\nIt is the spiritual things that
\nwill be reflected in the future <\/p>\n

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\nfor eternity.
\nNow Paul is this immense feeling<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:05,280 –> 00:11:10,040
\nof joy and hope for his brothers
\nand sisters and they’re not even<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:10,040 –> 00:11:16,520
\npart of his home Ecclesia.
\nHow is that possible to have <\/p>\n

144
\n00:11:16,520 –> 00:11:19,840
\nsuch intense feelings for these
\nbrothers and sisters? <\/p>\n

145
\n00:11:21,360 –> 00:11:24,720
\nWell, we know he was an apostle
\nsent to the Gentiles, wasn’t he <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:26,320 –> 00:11:28,720
\nreally?
\nOur answer to that question is <\/p>\n

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\nexplained if we look at the 1st
\n2 chapters or the context of <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:32,840 –> 00:11:34,240
\nthis question.
\nWhat is our hope? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:34,520 –> 00:11:37,080
\nWhat is our joy?
\nWhat is our crown of rejoicing? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:38,440 –> 00:11:40,680
\nSo let’s just look at some of
\nthe context. <\/p>\n

151
\n00:11:40,680 –> 00:11:44,560
\nTurn of me to chapter 1 and
\nverse 2. <\/p>\n

152
\n00:11:51,450 –> 00:11:55,930
\nIt says we give thanks to God
\nalways for you all, making <\/p>\n

153
\n00:11:55,930 –> 00:12:02,290
\nmention of you in our prayers,
\nremembering without ceasing your<\/p>\n

154
\n00:12:02,290 –> 00:12:05,490
\nwork of faith and labor of love
\nand patience of hope in our Lord<\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nBut did you notice the two <\/p>\n

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\nthings which indicate Paul’s
\nintensity and continuous love <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:17,090 –> 00:12:22,480
\nfor them, this consuming love he
\nsays, We give thanks to God <\/p>\n

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\nalways for you.
\nVerse 3, remembering without <\/p>\n

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\nceasing, Paul was consumed by
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nNow look at verse 5.
\nFor our gospel came not unto you<\/p>\n

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\nin Word only, but also in power
\nand in the Holy Spirit, and in <\/p>\n

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\nmuch assurance, as you know what
\nmanner of men we were among you <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:45,960 –> 00:12:50,520
\nfor your sake, and ye became
\nfollowers of us and of the Lord,<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:50,520 –> 00:12:54,240
\nhaving received the Word in much
\naffliction with joy of the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit.
\nNow there’s something a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit odd about verse 5.
\nDon’t know if you caught it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:02,080 –> 00:13:08,120
\nPaul says for our gospel, our
\ngospel. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does he say our gospel?
\nI think he says our gospel <\/p>\n

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\nbecause he let the gospel impact
\nhis own life. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was living the gospel.
\nHe was pouring out the gospel <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:25,400 –> 00:13:29,440
\nmessage in how he communicated
\nwith them and how he lived his <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nThere was personal devotion and <\/p>\n

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\nconviction and Paul expressed
\nthis message to them in the very<\/p>\n

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\nway that they that he lived his
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as a result, this group of
\nbelievers in Thessalonica and <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:49,120 –> 00:13:51,760
\nverse 6 ye became followers of
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nHaving received the word in much
\naffliction. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:57,480 –> 00:14:01,760
\nPaul was willing to share this
\ngospel even during a time of <\/p>\n

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\naffliction.
\nBut of course, this wasn’t <\/p>\n

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\nsimply the apostle Paul’s gospel
\nor or Silas’s or Timothy’s. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:12,080 –> 00:14:19,000
\nThis was the gospel of God.
\nJust turn to chapter 2 and we <\/p>\n

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\nread in verse 2.
\nBut even after that, we had <\/p>\n

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\nsuffered before and were
\nshamefully entreated, as ye <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:25,760 –> 00:14:27,960
\nknow, at Philippi.
\nWe were bold in our gospel to <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:27,960 –> 00:14:31,360
\nspeak unto you, the gospel of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:31,360 –> 00:14:33,080
\nSee there, it’s framed
\ndifferently. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:33,120 –> 00:14:36,680
\nThis is the gospel of God.
\nPaul had just made it his own. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,200 –> 00:14:41,000
\nThere’s a good question for all
\nof us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:42,240 –> 00:14:47,640
\nThe gospel message that we get
\nto read every day from God’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:47,640 –> 00:14:51,040
\nholy word of truth.
\nDoes it define who we are? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:52,680 –> 00:14:54,440
\nWell, it did for the apostle
\nPaul. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:57,040 –> 00:15:01,160
\nAnd if we keep reading in verse
\n4, it says, But as we were <\/p>\n

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\nallowed of God to be put in
\ntrust with the gospel, so we <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:06,040 –> 00:15:12,240
\nspeak and there we have it.
\nIt was really the gospel of God <\/p>\n

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\nthat was entrusted to the
\napostle Paul. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:17,360 –> 00:15:24,720
\nAnd it was on that basis that
\nthe apostle spoke what he did In<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:24,720 –> 00:15:28,200
\nverse 5 it says neither at any
\ntime use we flattering words, as<\/p>\n

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\nye know, nor a cloak of
\ncovetousness. <\/p>\n

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\nGod is witness, nor of men
\nsought. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:33,280 –> 00:15:37,480
\nWe glory neither of you, nor yet
\nof others, when we might have <\/p>\n

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\nbeen burdensome as the apostles
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:41,920 –> 00:15:44,320
\nFor but we were gentle among
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:44,720 –> 00:15:49,200
\nAnd you can see this language.
\nPaul didn’t misuse the gospel <\/p>\n

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\neither.
\nHe didn’t use it for his own <\/p>\n

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\nadvantage, although surely he
\ncould have. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:57,320 –> 00:15:59,440
\nHe didn’t use it for his
\nbenefit. <\/p>\n

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\nHe didn’t use it for his own
\npersonal glorying. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:05,120 –> 00:16:09,160
\nNo, Paul wasn’t just willing to
\nto give this gospel message. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at what he says in verse 8.
\nSo being affectionately desirous<\/p>\n

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\nof you, we were willing to have
\nimparted unto you not the gospel<\/p>\n

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\nof God only, but look at this,
\nbut also our own souls, because <\/p>\n

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\nye were very dear unto us.
\nIt’s quite the language, isn’t <\/p>\n

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\nit?
\nPaul’s saying I’m not just going<\/p>\n

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\nto give you this gospel message.
\nI’m prepared to give my life for<\/p>\n

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\nyou.
\nThat’s how much I care for you. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:45,760 –> 00:16:49,240
\nThat word affectionately
\ndesirous in verse 8, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:49,240 –> 00:16:54,480
\nbeginning there it means or it’s
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:54,560 –> 00:16:57,640
\nIt gives us that idea of 2nd
\nCorinthians 1215, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nI will gladly spend and be spent
\nfor you, affectionately desirous<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:06,680 –> 00:17:10,599
\nof you.
\nIt’s powerful, emotive language.<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:12,119 –> 00:17:14,960
\nNow Paul’s bringing this gospel
\nto them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:15,640 –> 00:17:18,640
\nHe’s doing so in a in a couple
\nof ways. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:19,760 –> 00:17:21,359
\nI just want to point out two of
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nWe skipped over verse 7.
\nVerse 7 says, but we were gentle<\/p>\n

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\namong you as a nurse cherisheth
\nher children, A nurse it means <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:35,760 –> 00:17:38,280
\njust that, a nurse or a
\ncaregiver. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:39,800 –> 00:17:43,200
\nThis role was primarily the
\nresponsibility of the mother who<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:43,200 –> 00:17:46,720
\nnurtured the children.
\nBut Paul is saying that he’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:46,720 –> 00:17:50,160
\ncaring for the Thessalonians
\nlike that in a nurturing way. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:50,160 –> 00:17:55,120
\nHe provided for their emotional
\nand spiritual well beings. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:56,880 –> 00:18:01,640
\nThat word cherisheth in verse 7
\nmeans to warm, to to cherish <\/p>\n

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\nwith tender love, to foster with
\ntender care. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:05,360 –> 00:18:08,160
\nYou know, it’s only used one
\nother time in the New Testament.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s Ephesians 5 and verse 29.
\nEphesians 5, verse 29. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the only other
\noccurrence of that exact Greek <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,960 –> 00:18:23,840
\nword.
\nIt says no man ever yet hated <\/p>\n

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\nhis own flesh, but nourisheth it
\nand cherisheth it even as the <\/p>\n

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\nLord, the ecclesia And Christ
\ndid give his life for the <\/p>\n

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\necclesia, didn’t He?
\nPaul’s saying just like the Lord<\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ cherished you.
\nThat’s that’s how I’m bringing <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:46,960 –> 00:18:55,400
\nthe gospel to you, but not just
\nas a mother, not just as a nurse<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:55,400 –> 00:18:59,320
\nor a caregiver.
\nMore than that, the apostle says<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:00,080 –> 00:19:05,200
\nin verse 9, he says, ye remember
\nbrethren, our labour. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:06,320 –> 00:19:08,280
\nNow, this isn’t the normal word
\nfor labour. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:08,680 –> 00:19:16,240
\nThis means intense labor coupled
\nwith trouble and toil and <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:16,240 –> 00:19:19,560
\nweariness.
\nThat’s the labor that the <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:19,560 –> 00:19:25,360
\napostle Paul is giving them.
\nYou know, our labor, he says. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:25,400 –> 00:19:32,280
\nAnd travail means hardship,
\ndistress for laboring. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:32,280 –> 00:19:40,480
\nNow this is the more common word
\nfor laboring, but this time it’s<\/p>\n

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\nconstant for laboring night and
\nday. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:46,760 –> 00:19:48,880
\nBecause we would not be
\nchargeable to any of you. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:48,880 –> 00:19:55,840
\nWe preached unto you the gospel
\nof God, your witnesses, and God <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:55,840 –> 00:19:59,520
\nalso how holily and justly and
\nunblameably we behaved ourselves<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:59,520 –> 00:20:03,200
\namong you that believe.
\nPaul’s pouring himself out to <\/p>\n

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\nthe Thessalonians.
\nHe’s saying, you know. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know what manner of man I
\nam. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know what I’ve given you and
\nhe says verse 11 as ye know how <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:14,240 –> 00:20:18,200
\nwe exhorted and comforted and
\ncharged everyone of you as a <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:18,200 –> 00:20:27,080
\nfather doth his children.
\nCan you feel the dedication, the<\/p>\n

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\nintense focus of the apostle to
\nshare the gospel, but to live <\/p>\n

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\nwhat he was sharing and to live
\nit towards the very people that <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:41,200 –> 00:20:47,120
\nhe is sharing the gospel with?
\nAnd he doesn’t just do it in a <\/p>\n

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\ngentle way as a a nurse or a
\nmother does, but he does it in a<\/p>\n

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\nfatherly way.
\nIt says he, he exhorts them that<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:56,880 –> 00:21:01,520
\nword, exhorting the means to
\ncall to one side. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s comforting them.
\nHe’s he’s calling them to their <\/p>\n

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\nside.
\nAnd it kind of struck me <\/p>\n

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\nactually as a father, what I
\nfind myself doing with my <\/p>\n

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\nchildren as you have to educate
\nthem or warn them or comfort <\/p>\n

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\nthem in, in different ways.
\nI will call my child to my side <\/p>\n

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\nand I always put out both hands
\nand I have them take my hands. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there’s a, a connection.
\nI’ve called them to my side and <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll have that serious
\nconversation with them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Paul’s saying, this is what
\nI’ve done for you, <\/p>\n

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\nThessalonians.
\nI’ve treated you in a fatherly <\/p>\n

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\nway.
\nYou know, we, we often suffer <\/p>\n

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\nbecause of the truth’s sake,
\ndon’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Thessalonians, as a
\nresult of adopting the gospel <\/p>\n

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\nmessage, would suffer.
\nThey would endure trial. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know how many exhortations
\nare said from this platform <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:06,760 –> 00:22:09,040
\nwhere trial is a part of the
\nexhortation? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:09,120 –> 00:22:13,280
\nIt’s addressed because trial and
\ndifficulty, we know, is such a <\/p>\n

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\nreal part of our lives and it’s
\nsuch a real part of God <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:17,120 –> 00:22:19,440
\ndeveloping and working with our
\ncharacter. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:21,520 –> 00:22:25,320
\nAnd here in verse 14, we can see
\nthat now the Thessalonian <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:25,320 –> 00:22:27,880
\nbrethren are enduring trial for
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:27,880 –> 00:22:32,280
\nBrethren became followers of the
\necclesia of God, which in Judea <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:32,280 –> 00:22:36,840
\nare in Christ Jesus.
\nFor ye also suffered like things<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:36,840 –> 00:22:40,320
\nof your countrymen, even as they
\nhave of the Jews. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:41,160 –> 00:22:43,560
\nSo, so how are they following
\nother ecclesias? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:44,560 –> 00:22:47,440
\nThey were following them in the
\nfact that they suffered with <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:47,440 –> 00:22:54,240
\nthem.
\nBeing part of the body of Christ<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:54,240 –> 00:22:59,160
\nmeans that’s part of our lot to
\nsuffer with Christ. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:00,240 –> 00:23:03,360
\nWe keep reading who both killed
\nthe Lord Jesus and their own <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:03,360 –> 00:23:05,680
\nprophets.
\nThey’re persecuting us and they <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:05,680 –> 00:23:09,120
\nplease not God, and are contrary
\nto all men, forbidding us to <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:09,120 –> 00:23:12,600
\nspeak to the Gentiles that they
\nmight be saved to fill up their <\/p>\n

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\nsins alway for the wrath is to
\ncome upon them to the utmost. <\/p>\n

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\nThese brethren suffered the very
\npain that Paul suffered because <\/p>\n

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\nPaul in his pain and in his
\nsuffering shared the truth and <\/p>\n

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\nlived it.
\nJust look at the sentiments. <\/p>\n

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\nNow verse 17 as we approach our
\nP verse again, verse 17 says, <\/p>\n

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\nBut we brethren, being taken
\nfrom you for a short time in <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:52,840 –> 00:23:57,200
\npresence, not in heart,
\nendeavoured the more abundantly <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:57,200 –> 00:24:02,600
\nto see your face with great
\ndesire, wherefore we would have <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:02,760 –> 00:24:06,760
\ncome unto you, even I Paul once
\nand again, but Satan hindered <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:06,760 –> 00:24:10,640
\nus.
\nIsn’t that an amazing sentiment?<\/p>\n

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\nJust love that, don’t you,
\nbrothers and sisters, I was <\/p>\n

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\ntaken from you for a short time
\nin presence, but I was not gone <\/p>\n

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\nin heart.
\nI was right there in your midst.<\/p>\n

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\nMy mind was there with you,
\ncomforting you, cheering you on <\/p>\n

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\nin the race.
\nHe was gone physically, but he <\/p>\n

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\nwas there with them in heart, so
\nmuch so that he tried to come <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:38,560 –> 00:24:41,560
\nback to them on more than one
\noccasion. <\/p>\n

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\nJust think what Paul has
\nexpressed to the ecclesia so <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:49,040 –> 00:24:51,800
\nfar.
\nWe’ve learned in chapter 1, he <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:51,800 –> 00:24:56,600
\nhe thinks about them always and
\nprays without ceasing for them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:58,400 –> 00:25:01,880
\nPaul’s adopted the gospel of God
\nwith such intensity, he calls it<\/p>\n

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\nhis own gospel.
\nAnd it’s that gospel which he’s <\/p>\n

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\npassed on to the ecclesia.
\nHe does so without being a <\/p>\n

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\nburden to them in every way
\npossible. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:10,920 –> 00:25:13,160
\nHe shares the gospel amidst
\npersecution. <\/p>\n

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\nHe does so as a caregiver, as a
\nfather, and now he desperately <\/p>\n

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\nwants to see them and has
\nattempted to on multiple <\/p>\n

325
\n00:25:21,280 –> 00:25:29,040
\noccasions.
\nAnd he was stopped by Jewish <\/p>\n

326
\n00:25:29,040 –> 00:25:33,320
\nopposition, Gentile opposition,
\nlikely the Satan referred to in <\/p>\n

327
\n00:25:33,320 –> 00:25:38,960
\nverse 18.
\nAnd so it makes perfect sense <\/p>\n

328
\n00:25:38,960 –> 00:25:44,960
\nthat at this point in his
\nletter, he would say of brothers<\/p>\n

329
\n00:25:44,960 –> 00:25:50,880
\nand sisters, what is our hope,
\nWhat is our joy? <\/p>\n

330
\n00:25:50,880 –> 00:25:57,040
\nWhat is our crown of rejoicing?
\nIt’s you. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:25:59,600 –> 00:26:02,960
\nIt’s you in the presence of our
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:26:03,120 –> 00:26:12,280
\nYou are our glory and joy, and
\nYou are glory and joy, whether I<\/p>\n

333
\n00:26:12,280 –> 00:26:15,840
\ncan see you or not, whether I am
\nthere physically or in your <\/p>\n

334
\n00:26:15,840 –> 00:26:22,160
\npresence or whether I am there
\nin heart, my hope and my joy and<\/p>\n

335
\n00:26:22,160 –> 00:26:25,160
\nmy crown of rejoicing,
\neverything that I work for the <\/p>\n

336
\n00:26:25,160 –> 00:26:31,600
\nApostle Paul says just to see
\nyou in the presence of our Lord <\/p>\n

337
\n00:26:31,600 –> 00:26:38,720
\nJesus Christ.
\nBrothers and sisters, young <\/p>\n

338
\n00:26:38,720 –> 00:26:45,680
\npeople, what feelings do you
\nhave for the Platanka Guyana <\/p>\n

339
\n00:26:45,680 –> 00:26:49,960
\necclesia?
\nWhat about the Georgetown <\/p>\n

340
\n00:26:49,960 –> 00:26:55,160
\necclesia in Guyana?
\nWhat about the Coventry West <\/p>\n

341
\n00:26:55,160 –> 00:26:59,320
\necclesia in the UK or the North
\nBattleford ecclesia in <\/p>\n

342
\n00:26:59,320 –> 00:27:05,600
\nSaskatchewan, or the Enfield
\necclesia in Australia, or the <\/p>\n

343
\n00:27:05,600 –> 00:27:10,800
\nPrince George ecclesia in BC?
\nYou know, and I’d imagine, <\/p>\n

344
\n00:27:10,800 –> 00:27:15,680
\nbrothers and sisters, is that
\nthere are some very strong <\/p>\n

345
\n00:27:15,680 –> 00:27:20,200
\nfeelings of loving care, of
\ngentle concern, of deep <\/p>\n

346
\n00:27:20,200 –> 00:27:23,320
\ncompassion for some of those
\necclesias. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:27:25,440 –> 00:27:28,520
\nWhile some of the other
\necclesias, there might be <\/p>\n

348
\n00:27:28,520 –> 00:27:32,040
\nfeelings of satisfaction that
\nthe the truth is vibrant and is <\/p>\n

349
\n00:27:32,040 –> 00:27:37,160
\nabounding elsewhere, but there’s
\nless of those personal intense <\/p>\n

350
\n00:27:37,360 –> 00:27:39,120
\nfeelings.
\nHow can that be? <\/p>\n

351
\n00:27:39,400 –> 00:27:43,240
\nWhy for one ecclesia have
\ndifferent feelings than another <\/p>\n

352
\n00:27:43,240 –> 00:27:46,480
\necclesia when they’re all far
\naway? <\/p>\n

353
\n00:27:48,200 –> 00:27:52,320
\nBut it’s because you have those
\nstrong feelings are a result of <\/p>\n

354
\n00:27:52,320 –> 00:27:56,880
\nbeing invested in developing in
\nrelationships with some people <\/p>\n

355
\n00:27:57,040 –> 00:28:00,600
\nin those ecclesias.
\nYou’ve sacrificed for those <\/p>\n

356
\n00:28:00,600 –> 00:28:02,640
\necclesias at one point in your
\nlife. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:28:05,320 –> 00:28:07,720
\nNow, not all of us have
\nconnections all over the world <\/p>\n

358
\n00:28:07,720 –> 00:28:09,560
\nto all of these different
\necclesias. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:28:10,720 –> 00:28:14,200
\nAnd God doesn’t hold us
\nresponsible or expect us to have<\/p>\n

360
\n00:28:14,200 –> 00:28:17,520
\nrelationships all over the world
\nto all sorts of different <\/p>\n

361
\n00:28:17,520 –> 00:28:23,640
\necclesias.
\nBut what we should all have in <\/p>\n

362
\n00:28:23,640 –> 00:28:30,440
\ncommon is what God does hold us
\nresponsible for the ecclesia <\/p>\n

363
\n00:28:30,440 –> 00:28:35,280
\nwhich He puts us in.
\nAnd I didn’t realise, I have to <\/p>\n

364
\n00:28:35,280 –> 00:28:40,160
\nadmit, that the the visitor list
\nwas going to have such a diverse<\/p>\n

365
\n00:28:40,160 –> 00:28:42,360
\namount of ecclesias.
\nI think there was like 10 <\/p>\n

366
\n00:28:42,360 –> 00:28:44,440
\ndifferent ecclesias mentioned,
\nwhich is wonderful. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:28:44,640 –> 00:28:47,480
\nAnd I think we all need to to
\nthink about this personally <\/p>\n

368
\n00:28:47,480 –> 00:28:53,000
\nwith, with our home ecclesias.
\nBut brothers and sisters, what <\/p>\n

369
\n00:28:53,440 –> 00:28:57,920
\nare your feelings when I say the
\nBrantford ecclesia, that’s your <\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:57,920 –> 00:29:01,520
\nhome ecclesia.
\nDoes that bring you joy and <\/p>\n

371
\n00:29:01,520 –> 00:29:04,560
\nhope?
\nDoes it consume your minds with <\/p>\n

372
\n00:29:04,560 –> 00:29:07,200
\nall the sentiments that the
\nApostle Paul had? <\/p>\n

373
\n00:29:09,160 –> 00:29:13,080
\nNow our mind can be taken over
\nby so many different things, <\/p>\n

374
\n00:29:13,080 –> 00:29:18,240
\ncan’t it?
\nThat’s generally the things that<\/p>\n

375
\n00:29:18,240 –> 00:29:21,320
\nwe invest our time into, our
\nresources. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:29:22,000 –> 00:29:25,760
\nAnd it can’t be that our hope
\nand our rejoicing is the love of<\/p>\n

377
\n00:29:25,760 –> 00:29:32,560
\nmoney, or the financial state we
\npossess, or the financial state <\/p>\n

378
\n00:29:32,560 –> 00:29:36,560
\nwe hope to possess.
\nIt can’t be that our hope and <\/p>\n

379
\n00:29:36,560 –> 00:29:39,680
\nour rejoicing is the house we
\nown or the house we want to the <\/p>\n

380
\n00:29:39,880 –> 00:29:42,280
\nthe car that we have or the car
\nthat we want. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:29:43,400 –> 00:29:47,440
\nIt can’t be that our mind and
\nour thoughts are taken over by <\/p>\n

382
\n00:29:47,760 –> 00:29:50,640
\nwho’s going to be the next Prime
\nMinister or who’s going to be <\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:50,640 –> 00:29:54,720
\nthe next president, which
\nparties in power, what policies <\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:54,720 –> 00:29:57,440
\nthey make.
\nIt can’t be that our mind is <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:57,440 –> 00:30:01,720
\ntaken over by some sports team’s
\nsuccess and failure. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:30:02,000 –> 00:30:05,640
\nIt can’t be that our minds are
\ntaken over by our natural <\/p>\n

387
\n00:30:05,640 –> 00:30:09,000
\ncitizenship.
\nIt can’t be that our minds are <\/p>\n

388
\n00:30:09,000 –> 00:30:12,200
\nconsumed, brothers and sisters,
\nby the things of the world. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:30:13,960 –> 00:30:23,200
\nLet our hope and our joy not be
\naligned with the people of the <\/p>\n

390
\n00:30:23,200 –> 00:30:28,120
\nworld, but let it be involved
\nwith the people of God, the <\/p>\n

391
\n00:30:28,120 –> 00:30:31,640
\nfaithful that God has put into
\nyour life. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:30:33,880 –> 00:30:36,960
\nBecause these are the people
\nthat will one day be in the <\/p>\n

393
\n00:30:36,960 –> 00:30:39,040
\npresence of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:30:41,960 –> 00:30:46,600
\nAnd if we don’t involve
\nourselves with the people that <\/p>\n

395
\n00:30:46,600 –> 00:30:53,480
\nGod has put in our lives to
\ninteract with, how can they be <\/p>\n

396
\n00:30:53,480 –> 00:30:58,480
\nour hope and our joy and our
\ncrown of rejoicing? <\/p>\n

397
\n00:31:01,160 –> 00:31:05,360
\nI want you to, no matter what
\necclesia you’re from, think <\/p>\n

398
\n00:31:05,360 –> 00:31:09,560
\nabout the things that you can
\nrejoice over in your home <\/p>\n

399
\n00:31:09,560 –> 00:31:14,000
\necclesia, the things that have
\neternal implications. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:31:18,360 –> 00:31:21,280
\nI was going to ask somebody from
\nBrantford to to give me a list <\/p>\n

401
\n00:31:21,280 –> 00:31:26,560
\nof some of the things that can
\nbe rejoiced over here, but I <\/p>\n

402
\n00:31:26,560 –> 00:31:31,560
\nactually didn’t find it too hard
\nbeing just down the road coming <\/p>\n

403
\n00:31:31,560 –> 00:31:35,640
\nup with a list of wonderful
\nthings that this ecclesia is <\/p>\n

404
\n00:31:35,640 –> 00:31:37,720
\nknown for.
\nI think that speaks to the <\/p>\n

405
\n00:31:37,720 –> 00:31:45,520
\necclesia constantly.
\nThere are baptisms here. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:31:45,520 –> 00:31:50,280
\nIf you look over the past 7-8
\nyears, there’s been a number <\/p>\n

407
\n00:31:50,960 –> 00:31:55,280
\nannounced from this ecclesia.
\nAnd if if angels rejoice over 1 <\/p>\n

408
\n00:31:55,280 –> 00:31:59,920
\nSinner that repents, how much
\nmore should all the beautiful <\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:59,920 –> 00:32:03,880
\nand wonderful baptisms that take
\nplace in this ecclesial hall <\/p>\n

410
\n00:32:04,280 –> 00:32:08,120
\ninto the moving stories that are
\nassociated with those <\/p>\n

411
\n00:32:08,120 –> 00:32:17,200
\nindividuals for God’s praise?
\nWhat about the hope for the next<\/p>\n

412
\n00:32:17,200 –> 00:32:21,080
\ngeneration?
\nIt’s a big Sunday school, a <\/p>\n

413
\n00:32:21,080 –> 00:32:26,320
\nlittle disciples group.
\nThat’s something to rejoice over<\/p>\n

414
\n00:32:26,720 –> 00:32:32,920
\nand to hope in.
\nWhat about hoping and rejoicing <\/p>\n

415
\n00:32:32,920 –> 00:32:37,480
\nin the strength of Bible study?
\nThere are many people in this <\/p>\n

416
\n00:32:37,480 –> 00:32:42,000
\nroom that love to discuss the
\nWord of God, to wrestle through <\/p>\n

417
\n00:32:42,000 –> 00:32:47,200
\npassages.
\nThat’s something to rejoice <\/p>\n

418
\n00:32:47,200 –> 00:32:50,560
\nover.
\nI know there’s a number in this <\/p>\n

419
\n00:32:50,560 –> 00:32:53,400
\nroom who’ve been able to visit
\nthe Holy Land. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:32:55,320 –> 00:33:00,520
\nMaybe not everybody, but that’s
\nsomething to rejoice over, to <\/p>\n

421
\n00:33:00,520 –> 00:33:02,960
\ntake the strength from those
\nbrothers and sisters that have <\/p>\n

422
\n00:33:02,960 –> 00:33:07,120
\nwalked the same steps of the
\nLord Jesus Christ, the Apostle <\/p>\n

423
\n00:33:07,120 –> 00:33:13,000
\nPaul and others.
\nThis ecclesia is busy and <\/p>\n

424
\n00:33:13,000 –> 00:33:14,880
\nactive.
\nYou don’t have to be a member of<\/p>\n

425
\n00:33:14,880 –> 00:33:20,520
\nthis ecclesia to know that.
\nA number of study days, the <\/p>\n

426
\n00:33:20,520 –> 00:33:23,560
\nnumber of young people, events.
\nYou know, sometimes we can feel <\/p>\n

427
\n00:33:23,560 –> 00:33:28,040
\nlike so busy.
\nThere’s you get 1 ecclesial <\/p>\n

428
\n00:33:28,040 –> 00:33:31,480
\nevent done, then there’s the
\nnext one to prepare for. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:33:31,480 –> 00:33:36,960
\nDo you ever feel like that?
\nBut that’s a good thing. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:33:37,360 –> 00:33:41,280
\nThat’s something to rejoice over
\nbecause the busy you are, the <\/p>\n

431
\n00:33:41,280 –> 00:33:47,400
\nless time there is for other
\nthings to fill our tongue. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:33:48,760 –> 00:33:51,160
\nAnd isn’t it the things of the
\ntruth that we should be busy in?<\/p>\n

433
\n00:33:51,960 –> 00:33:54,600
\nAnd the more things we have
\ngoing, the more opportunities we<\/p>\n

434
\n00:33:54,600 –> 00:33:59,200
\nhave for everybody to fulfill
\ntheir roles. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:34:01,640 –> 00:34:04,600
\nYou know, the greatest
\ncommandment is to love God, to <\/p>\n

436
\n00:34:04,600 –> 00:34:08,480
\nbe like Him, to listen to Him,
\nto communicate to Him, to uphold<\/p>\n

437
\n00:34:08,480 –> 00:34:11,760
\nhis commandments, His
\nprinciples, His ways, and His <\/p>\n

438
\n00:34:11,760 –> 00:34:15,120
\ngospel.
\nAnd the second commandment is to<\/p>\n

439
\n00:34:15,120 –> 00:34:19,040
\nlove your neighbor, which is
\nalthough applying everything <\/p>\n

440
\n00:34:19,040 –> 00:34:24,719
\nthat God is to those that God
\nloves and giving everything you <\/p>\n

441
\n00:34:24,719 –> 00:34:29,600
\nhave to them, making God’s
\ngospel, our gospel and living <\/p>\n

442
\n00:34:29,600 –> 00:34:35,600
\nit.
\nWhen Paul says what is his crown<\/p>\n

443
\n00:34:35,600 –> 00:34:40,800
\nof rejoicing, that word crown
\nrefers to the Stefanos, the <\/p>\n

444
\n00:34:40,800 –> 00:34:45,840
\nLaurel wreath that’s awarded to
\nthe victor at a public games. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:34:46,560 –> 00:34:50,880
\nIt refers to the overwhelming
\njoy of triumph, of victory. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:34:53,400 –> 00:34:59,480
\nChrist was plated with a
\nstephanos of thorns. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:35:01,880 –> 00:35:05,040
\nIt signified His identification
\nwith mankind and that he was <\/p>\n

448
\n00:35:05,040 –> 00:35:10,560
\ntempted in all points, like as
\nwe are, and in some small <\/p>\n

449
\n00:35:10,560 –> 00:35:14,960
\ntemporary way.
\nSin had victory for three days, <\/p>\n

450
\n00:35:14,960 –> 00:35:17,840
\ndidn’t it?
\nChrist’s heal was bruised as he <\/p>\n

451
\n00:35:17,840 –> 00:35:22,640
\nlay lifeless in the tomb, but in
\nhis resurrection he triumphed <\/p>\n

452
\n00:35:22,640 –> 00:35:26,640
\nover sin for eternity, leading
\nthe way for all of mankind. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:35:29,440 –> 00:35:36,520
\nAnd won’t it be such a great
\nvictory if we are standing not <\/p>\n

454
\n00:35:36,520 –> 00:35:42,800
\nalone, but together with all
\nthose in this room in the <\/p>\n

455
\n00:35:42,800 –> 00:35:45,920
\npresence of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist? <\/p>\n

456
\n00:35:49,040 –> 00:35:53,440
\nThat will be our crown of
\nrejoicing because we helped get <\/p>\n

457
\n00:35:53,720 –> 00:35:57,320
\npeople there.
\nWe helped get our families and <\/p>\n

458
\n00:35:57,320 –> 00:36:02,640
\nour brothers and sisters to the
\npresence of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

459
\n00:36:02,640 –> 00:36:04,880
\nChrist.
\nIt will be our crown of <\/p>\n

460
\n00:36:04,880 –> 00:36:09,000
\nrejoicing elsewhere called the
\ncrown of righteousness, the <\/p>\n

461
\n00:36:09,000 –> 00:36:12,480
\ncrown of life, the crown of
\nincorruptibility, the crown of <\/p>\n

462
\n00:36:12,480 –> 00:36:19,280
\nglory that fades, not away.
\nAs we reflect on this past week <\/p>\n

463
\n00:36:20,320 –> 00:36:27,920
\nand on the week ahead in the
\nmemorials, let us reflect on <\/p>\n

464
\n00:36:27,920 –> 00:36:34,920
\nwhere we truly receive joy, on
\nwhere our hope lies. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:36:36,960 –> 00:36:41,400
\nBecause the memorial, the
\nmemorials before us are not <\/p>\n

466
\n00:36:41,400 –> 00:36:47,160
\nsimply about us.
\nIt’s about the body of the Lord <\/p>\n

467
\n00:36:47,160 –> 00:36:51,480
\nJesus Christ.
\nAnd his body is made-up of many <\/p>\n

468
\n00:36:51,480 –> 00:36:54,080
\nmembers, all who sit in this
\nroom. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:36:56,360 –> 00:36:59,960
\nSo let us reflect on where we
\nreceive joy, where our hope <\/p>\n

470
\n00:37:00,240 –> 00:37:04,880
\nlies.
\nBecause in these memorials are <\/p>\n

471
\n00:37:04,880 –> 00:37:11,760
\nbound the hope, the joy, and the
\ncrown of rejoicing that we await<\/p>\n

472
\n00:37:11,760 –> 00:37:27,710
\nfor.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

473
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