{"id":318,"date":"2020-06-15T05:16:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T05:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/095-dennis-paggi-exhortation-flee-pursue-and-listen-quietly\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:50:33","slug":"095-dennis-paggi-exhortation-flee-pursue-and-listen-quietly","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/095-dennis-paggi-exhortation-flee-pursue-and-listen-quietly\/","title":{"rendered":"095: Dennis Paggi – Exhortation: Flee, Pursue, and Listen Quietly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we are listening to an exhortation Titled \u201cFlee, Pursue, and Listen Quietly\u201d that was given on May 24, 2020 by Bro. Dennis Paggi from the Verdugo Hills Ecclesia for the Simi Hills Eccleisa\u2019s live stream.<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Christian
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\nI’m Levi.
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\nweek for you to listen with a
\nshort intro beforehand to kind <\/p>\n

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\nof set the stage for the talk.
\nYou’re about to hear and now <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s hear more about this
\nweek’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nFor talk this week or listening
\nto an expectation. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was given at the Simi
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\nEcclesia back in May 24th.
\nJust this past year, that was <\/p>\n

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\ngiven by her brother.
\nDennis pagi from the Verdugo <\/p>\n

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\nHills, Ecclesia during see, nice
\nlive stream and he’s focusing <\/p>\n

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\nspecifically on 1st Timothy
\nChapter 6, verses 11 through 16.<\/p>\n

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\nIf you would like to turn those
\nup, while you listen to you his <\/p>\n

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\nexpectation, that would be a
\ngood place to go and he is <\/p>\n

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\ntaking a really close.
\nLook at these six verses. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd specifically, three words
\nthat come out of these verses, <\/p>\n

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\nthe words fully pursue and
\nlisten quietly. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd also this expectation was
\ngiven right after a baptism by a<\/p>\n

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\nnew sister, send during the
\nexcitation brother, Dennis is <\/p>\n

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\nmentioning that sister a couple
\ndifferent times and mentions <\/p>\n

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\nthat these five verses, which
\nare Paul’s expectation to <\/p>\n

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\nTimothy, is Timothy starts his
\nservice to the effusion. <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia.
\nThat this excerpt Station this <\/p>\n

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\nchunk of versus is applicable to
\nall of us just in the same way <\/p>\n

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\nthat Paul mentored Timothy as a
\nspiritual father. <\/p>\n

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\nAlso these words can be used to
\nencourage and push us forward <\/p>\n

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\nbrother.
\nDennis has a really great manner<\/p>\n

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\nabout him when he gives these
\nexpectations where he’s very <\/p>\n

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\nstructured, he breaks it down
\nbut he has lots of little <\/p>\n

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\nnuggets that he’ll almost like
\npull in at random points while <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s talking, he’ll make a
\ncomment and then he’ll make a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle little side comment that
\nbrings just that little bit more<\/p>\n

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\ndepth.
\nInto the topic that is looking <\/p>\n

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\nat.
\nSo it was a really enjoyable <\/p>\n

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\none.
\nI really encourage you one. <\/p>\n

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\nUplifting 11 that kind of Lights
\na fire under you get you kind of<\/p>\n

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\npassionate and moving forward
\nand one of the other things that<\/p>\n

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\nare really interesting
\nthroughout his brother, Dennis <\/p>\n

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\nis really great Storyteller.
\nSo as a result, the provides <\/p>\n

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\nthese very detailed stories of
\nsome camping trips that he and <\/p>\n

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\nhis family used to go on that.
\nHelp, really give you a real <\/p>\n

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\nvisual anchor to grab hold of
\nwhen it comes to describing <\/p>\n

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\nthese three words fully pursue
\nand listened quietly. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a great expectation.
\nI remember when I when I heard <\/p>\n

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\nit it was one that sounded
\nreally good and wanted to share <\/p>\n

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\nit with everybody here as
\nalways, please continue to send <\/p>\n

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\nin recommendations.
\nSo if you have them, please <\/p>\n

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\ncontinue to send them in.
\nWe’re appreciative as leave. <\/p>\n

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\nI mentioned last week, we’re now
\ngoing back to once a week. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it’ll be being posted on
\nSunday for you to listen during <\/p>\n

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\nthe during the coming week.
\nPlease keep sending in your your<\/p>\n

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\nrecommendations.
\nWe really appreciate those. <\/p>\n

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\nSo as always, thank you for
\nlistening and we hope that we <\/p>\n

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\nyou find this to be an uplifting
\nand encouraging place for you to<\/p>\n

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\nfind some little bit of
\nspiritual upliftment in your <\/p>\n

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\nweek.
\nAnd with that, we’ll turn it <\/p>\n

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\nover to our brother.
\nDennis patchy for his <\/p>\n

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\nextrication, flee pursue and
\nlistened quietly. <\/p>\n

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\nGood morning, everyone.
\nNear and far here all of us and <\/p>\n

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\nremote few.
\nThanks. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst of all, thank you to the
\nsee me Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the see me brethren for
\nproviding all of us the <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual life line.
\nDuring this time of covid-19, <\/p>\n

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\nand a special thank you to
\nbrother. <\/p>\n

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\nJim who has been behind the
\nscenes working diligently from <\/p>\n

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\nthe very beginning.
\nSo we’re very, very <\/p>\n

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\nappreciative.
\nThankful, very thankful to our <\/p>\n

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\nHeavenly Father, for what we saw
\nthis morning and thank you to <\/p>\n

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\nour new Sister Lisa, for making
\nthis a special Sunday for all of<\/p>\n

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\nus.
\nOur thoughts, this morning will <\/p>\n

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\ncome from 1st, Timothy Chapter
\n6, verses 11 to 16 and while you<\/p>\n

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\nare turning it up.
\nI would like to share two <\/p>\n

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\nexperiences to help all of us.
\nRemember to keywords in Paul’s <\/p>\n

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\ncharge to Young Timothy Those
\nwho of you who know, our family <\/p>\n

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\nknow that we love the Virginia
\nLakes area, and the eastern <\/p>\n

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\nSierras and that we have had
\ncanoes and kayaks in our family <\/p>\n

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\nfor many decades.
\nAnd I’d like to share two <\/p>\n

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\nexperiences from being on the
\nwater that will help us. <\/p>\n

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\nHopefully, remember to keywords
\nfrom the Apostle Paul. <\/p>\n

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\nOne evening about dusk is, I was
\nfishing in my kayak. <\/p>\n

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\nI witnessed a good example of
\nthe meaning of the word flee. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was a young woman.
\nPerhaps in her mid-20s, who was <\/p>\n

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\nfishing from the shore on the
\nopposite side of the lake about <\/p>\n

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\n500 feet from me.
\nAll of a sudden she began to <\/p>\n

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\nhoot and a holler.
\nShe had hooked a large trout, <\/p>\n

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\nand was letting the world.
\nKnow what she had on the end of <\/p>\n

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\nher line.
\nAfter a few minutes, she was <\/p>\n

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\nable to pull it to Shore and
\nheld it up for her companions to<\/p>\n

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\nadmire about five minutes before
\nshe had hooked the trout a bear <\/p>\n

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\nhad come out of the forest down
\nto the lake and slowly began <\/p>\n

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\nmoving in the direction of the
\nyoung woman. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was making its rounds.
\nForaging for fish that had been <\/p>\n

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\nthat it died during the day and
\nwere floating on the surface of <\/p>\n

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\nthe water.
\nThe bear was heading generally <\/p>\n

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\nin her Direction but very
\nslowly. <\/p>\n

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\nSo she was in no immediate
\nDanger. <\/p>\n

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\nShe and her friends were making
\nso much noise, and we’re so <\/p>\n

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\nfocused on the big fish.
\nThey were unable to hear any of <\/p>\n

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\nthe warnings that were being
\nshouted to her by the fishermen <\/p>\n

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\nthat were nearby when the young
\nwoman and her companions. <\/p>\n

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\nFinally looked up from their
\ncelebration, they too saw the <\/p>\n

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\nbear.
\nNow, about 200 feet away, they <\/p>\n

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\nhad plenty of time to get away
\nfrom the bear but I Could see <\/p>\n

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\nfrom over 500 feet away in
\ndarkening, light that there was <\/p>\n

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\npanic in their movements.
\nThere were quick decisions about<\/p>\n

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\nwhat to grab.
\nShould we take the fish? <\/p>\n

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\nEspecially that big one or just
\nleave them all for the bear to <\/p>\n

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\neat rather than eating us.
\nWhat about the chairs? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat about the fishing tackle?
\nWhat about what about my jacket <\/p>\n

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\nover there so I could see all
\nthat activity going on. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m happy to report that the
\nwoman and her friends were able <\/p>\n

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\nto escape, taking all their gear
\nand the big fish and they lived <\/p>\n

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\nto tell the tale.
\nIt was a graphic example of the <\/p>\n

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\nmeaning of the word to flee.
\nAnother experience again on a <\/p>\n

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\nlake.
\nThis time, Mono Lake usually on <\/p>\n

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\nour trips to the Sierras.
\nWe drive down to Mono Lake, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is a very large and salty
\nbody of water. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s home to algae Alkali flies,
\nand brine shrimp, and the feed. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is the feeding and resting
\nspot for millions of migratory <\/p>\n

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\nbirds in the breeding and
\nnesting grounds for a very large<\/p>\n

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\npercentage of the Nia seagull.
\nMono Lake is famous in the water<\/p>\n

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\nwars of the Owens Valley versus
\nLos Angeles and has unique <\/p>\n

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\nstructures called tufas tall
\nspires which are deposits of <\/p>\n

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\ncalcium carbonate which with the
\nreceding Waters over the past <\/p>\n

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\ndecades, to centuries are now in
\nsome places above the water and <\/p>\n

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\nvisible.
\nSome even on dry land, some a <\/p>\n

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\nfew hundred feet offshore and
\nsome still deeply submerged in. <\/p>\n

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\nThe depths of Mono Lake, we love
\nto canoe and kayak around the <\/p>\n

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\ntwo photos that are in the
\nwater. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we enjoy seeing the nesting,
\nOspreys owls and swallows in the<\/p>\n

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\ntufas.
\nSometimes we paddle over to Rush<\/p>\n

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\nCreek which is about three miles
\naway towards the Western end of <\/p>\n

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\nthe lake and I’ve also paddled
\naround two large islands on the <\/p>\n

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\nNorthwestern side of the lake
\nalso about three miles away. <\/p>\n

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\nWe like to be off the water by
\n11 a.m. because on most summer <\/p>\n

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\ndays, there is a strong wind
\nthat usually blows from the <\/p>\n

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\nsouth we park at Navy Beach on
\nthe southern shore of the lake. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when the wind comes up, it
\nblows us across the lake away <\/p>\n

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\nfrom where our vehicles are on a
\nfew occasions. <\/p>\n

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\nThe wind has come up earlier and
\nstronger than we have in <\/p>\n

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\nSubpoenaed and we have had to
\nwork hard, to make it back to <\/p>\n

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\nthe southern Shore, where the
\ntrucks are parked. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen you are paddling as hard as
\nyou can with your head down your<\/p>\n

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\nlegs braced against the sides of
\nyour craft, all your muscles <\/p>\n

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\nbeing used to generate maximum
\npower for each stroke. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is a graphic experience that
\nillustrates the meaning of the <\/p>\n

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\nword to pursue.
\nBack to First Timothy. <\/p>\n

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\nTimothy.
\nFirst Timothy is one of four <\/p>\n

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\nletters written to individuals
\nin the New Testament first and <\/p>\n

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\nsecond Timothy Titus and
\nPhilemon are the four written to<\/p>\n

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\nindividuals in the New Testament
\nand the letters to Timothy and <\/p>\n

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\nTitus are considered to be
\npastoral letters. <\/p>\n

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\nFor they deal with matters of
\norganization within the <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia.
\nAnd Philemon is considered to be<\/p>\n

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\na private letter.
\nBut really all four of these <\/p>\n

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\nletters contain, both pastoral
\nand private encouragement from <\/p>\n

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\nthe Apostle Paul a bit of
\nbackground on 1st Timothy. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul Silas and Timothy and
\nothers were with Paul in Ephesus<\/p>\n

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\nfor the two years that he stayed
\nand preached there. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd towards the end of his, it
\nwas towards the end of his third<\/p>\n

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\nmissionary journey and Paul left
\nEphesus soon after the riot that<\/p>\n

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\nwas instigated by Demetrius.
\nThe silversmith and we are told <\/p>\n

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\nthat Timothy and erastus had
\nleft just before that Riot the <\/p>\n

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\ndetails of Acts. 19 make for
\nvery noisy reading. <\/p>\n

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\nYou will remember that.
\nThe Ephesian mob was in the <\/p>\n

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\ntheater shouting for two hours.
\nGreat is Artemis. <\/p>\n

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\nGreat is Diana of the Ephesians
\nThe ruins in that area indicate <\/p>\n

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\nthat the theater was about 150
\nyards by 100 yards in size and <\/p>\n

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\nit had excellent acoustics.
\nAnd they estimate that it held <\/p>\n

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\nbetween 17 to 22, thousand
\npeople at full capacity, think <\/p>\n

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\nStaples Center in Los Angeles.
\nAs I think about that incident <\/p>\n

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\nin Acts chapter 19, just as I
\nthink about it, my ears ring <\/p>\n

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\nthinking of the constant noise
\nand the constant intensity of <\/p>\n

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\nthose two hours.
\nImagine two hours. <\/p>\n

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\nGreat is Artemis, the god of the
\nEphesians First Timothy chapter <\/p>\n

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\n1 verse 3 tells us that Paul
\nurged Timothy, to stay at <\/p>\n

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\nEphesus, to help guide and
\norganize, the Ecclesia Timothy <\/p>\n

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\nwas probably in his late teens.
\nWhen he started to travel with <\/p>\n

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\nPaul and he was still considered
\na young man. <\/p>\n

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\nIn 1st Timothy 4:12 from our
\nreadings yesterday, when Paul <\/p>\n

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\ntold him to let no one despise
\nhim for his youth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re now about 13 14 years
\nafter his first encounter with <\/p>\n

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\nthe Apostle Paul.
\nAnd so Timothy is now in his <\/p>\n

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\nearly 30s.
\nBrother Brad last week spoke to <\/p>\n

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\nus about the mentorship of
\nJoshua by Moses and we see the <\/p>\n

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\nsame pattern with Paul and
\nTimothy in the acts and in the <\/p>\n

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\nEpistles.
\nSo Timothy is perhaps in his <\/p>\n

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\nearly 30s when he is given the
\nresponsibility in Ephesus and it<\/p>\n

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\nmust have been a challenging
\ntask. <\/p>\n

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\nFrom what we are told in the
\nepistle itself, the occlusal <\/p>\n

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\nenvironment was at times chaotic
\nand contentious, there was <\/p>\n

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\nstrong personalities, holding
\nwrong beliefs and teaching wrong<\/p>\n

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\nDoctrine.
\nThere were rich in poor, there <\/p>\n

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\nwere a Jew and Gentile, there
\nwas brother and sister slave <\/p>\n

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\nowner in their brother and
\nsister slaves within the <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia.
\nAnd the Great temple to Artemis <\/p>\n

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\nDiana in Ephesus was one of the
\nSeven Wonders of the Ancient <\/p>\n

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\nWorld and no doubt there were
\nsome in the Ecclesia who came <\/p>\n

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\nfrom that background as well.
\nThe temple to Diana was a major <\/p>\n

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\ntourist destination for its day.
\nIt was one of the Seven Wonders <\/p>\n

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\nof the Ancient World and
\npilgrims from all over. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Roman Empire would come not
\njust to see the Great temple in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Statue of the Goddess, but
\nto buy the silver shrines at <\/p>\n

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\nDemetrius was so worried about
\nThey would also need places to <\/p>\n

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\nstay food to eat entertainment
\nof all sorts. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so, the whole city was
\naffected by this Pagan Temple. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd would certainly benefit
\nfinancially from The Busy <\/p>\n

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\ntourist trade, We would like to
\nfocus our attention on today’s <\/p>\n

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\nreading chapter 6 verses 11
\nthrough 16. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re in a few words, a few
\nverses Paul encourages, young <\/p>\n

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\nTimothy after sharing
\ninstructions for the Ecclesia <\/p>\n

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\nand the first five chapters.
\nThe Apostle moves to consider <\/p>\n

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\nfalse teachers and true
\ncontentment in chapter 6, from <\/p>\n

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\nthe middle of verse 22 verse 10
\nand he concludes this section in<\/p>\n

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\nverses.
\nNine and ten with warnings about<\/p>\n

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\nthe love of money and return to
\nthat same warning and verses 17 <\/p>\n

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\nthrough 19.
\nSo, sandwich between those two <\/p>\n

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\nwarnings about money and about
\nmaterialism, we find are many <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation to Timothy and for us
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if the apostle was concerned
\nabout materialism in the <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia at Ephesus, he might
\nwell, be concerned about the <\/p>\n

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\nsame.
\nChewin, the cliches of our <\/p>\n

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\nWestern World, so let’s look
\nover Timothy’s shoulder as he <\/p>\n

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\nreads Paul’s warning.
\nAnd First Timothy chapter 6, <\/p>\n

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\nverses 9 and 10 he says, but
\nthose who desire to be rich fall<\/p>\n

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\ninto temptation into a snare and
\ntoo many senseless and harmful <\/p>\n

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\ndesires that plunge, people into
\nruin and destruction. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that first phrase is the key
\npoint, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nThose who desire to be rich
\nbecause when he uses the word <\/p>\n

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\ndesire, he focuses on our inward
\nattitude, our state of mind. <\/p>\n

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\nThe way we think the way we feel
\ntowards money and towards <\/p>\n

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\nmaterial things and perhaps,
\nPaul has Demetrius, the <\/p>\n

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\nsilversmiths in mind here.
\nIf you remember an instigating, <\/p>\n

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\nthe riot and Ephesus, Demetrius
\nsays, a couple of things and <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll turn back pretty quickly
\nto Acts chapter, 19, verses 26 <\/p>\n

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\nand 27.
\nContext. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, this is Ephesus at the
\ntime that Paul had preached <\/p>\n

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\nthere now for two years And
\nthere arose verse 23, no little <\/p>\n

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\ndisturbance, concerning the way
\nfor a man named Demetrius. <\/p>\n

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\nA silversmith who made silver
\nshrines of Artemis brought no <\/p>\n

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\nlittle business to the Craftsman
\nand here’s what he says to <\/p>\n

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\ninstigate the riot verses 26 and
\n27. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you see and hear that not
\nonly in Ephesus, but in almost <\/p>\n

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\nall of Asia, this Paul has
\npersuaded and turned away. <\/p>\n

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\nA great, many people saying that
\nGod’s made with hands are not <\/p>\n

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\nGods verse 27 and there is
\ndanger. <\/p>\n

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\nNot only that, this trade of
\nours may come into disrepute but<\/p>\n

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\nalso that the Temple of the
\ngreat goddess, Artemis may be <\/p>\n

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\ncounted as nothing and that
\nShane that she may even be. <\/p>\n

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\nPosed from her magnificence.
\nShe humo Asia in the world <\/p>\n

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\nworship so insert it in his
\nconcern about the Great Goddess.<\/p>\n

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\nDiana.
\nArtemis is also the comment that<\/p>\n

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\nthis trade of ours maybe may
\ncome into disrepute it as well. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so he’s concerned about
\nfinancial things, he desires to <\/p>\n

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\nbe rich and he desires that
\nsource of income to continue. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Paul says those Those who
\ndesire to be rich to Timothy and<\/p>\n

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\nto the Ecclesia fall into
\ntemptation into a snare and into<\/p>\n

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\nmany senseless and harmful
\ndesires that plunge, people into<\/p>\n

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\nruin and destruction.
\nThen he goes on to verse 10 and <\/p>\n

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\nit’s a verse that is often
\nmisquoted, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so because it’s misquoted we
\nneed to be sure we read it <\/p>\n

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\ncarefully.
\nWhat does it say? <\/p>\n

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\nThe love of money is a root of
\nall kinds of evil, not money <\/p>\n

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\nitself but the love of money.
\nAnd he goes on to say that it is<\/p>\n

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\nthrough this craving that some
\nhave wandered away from the <\/p>\n

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\nfaith and pierced themselves
\nwith many pain. <\/p>\n

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\nWas when Paul says Love of
\nMoney, it is the Greek word <\/p>\n

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\nfill.
\nOur gorya phileo is part of that<\/p>\n

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\nword.
\nAnd that’s our old friend, love <\/p>\n

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\nfriendship.
\nSo, Paul says it is friendship. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is the love, friendship with
\nmoney and the word that he used <\/p>\n

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\nthat is translated.
\nMoney is the Greek word for <\/p>\n

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\nsilver.
\nAnd perhaps again, there is that<\/p>\n

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\nreference back to the riot and
\nEphesus, where Demetrius the <\/p>\n

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\nsilversmiths with his love of
\nsilver, was instigating the riot<\/p>\n

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\nthat would result.
\nFinally, in Paul leaving <\/p>\n

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\nEphesus.
\nAnd not until Timothy would come<\/p>\n

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\nback to continue to work with
\nthe Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nSo as Paul concludes this first
\nepistle, he now begins to exhort<\/p>\n

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\nTimothy about spiritual goals.
\nAbout his courageous Savior and <\/p>\n

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\nabout his powerful, Heavenly
\nFather. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, let’s think about his word
\nstarting in verse 11. <\/p>\n

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\nHe starts out this little
\nsection, but as for you, oh man,<\/p>\n

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\nof God.
\nPaul could see what Timothy was <\/p>\n

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\ncapable of and he challenges him
\nto fulfill that vision and he <\/p>\n

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\nnames him with it, he gives him
\na title. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gives him a new name if you
\nwill. <\/p>\n

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\nOh man of God, we just saw this
\nmorning, the beginning of a walk<\/p>\n

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\nin Christ of a young lady who
\nnow has a new name. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is now Lisa woman of God.
\nIt is now Sister Lisa sister to <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nNow as we apply as we imagine <\/p>\n

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\nthese words, applying to Timothy
\nand to ourselves Sense. <\/p>\n

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\nHow you feel when you hear this
\nphrase addressed to you. <\/p>\n

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\nBut as for you, oh woman of God.
\nBut as for you o sister of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ that applies
\nto all of us, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nWherever we might be however
\nlong ago our baptism was and <\/p>\n

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\ninsert your name here in the
\npassage but as for you Brad or <\/p>\n

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\nJames or Lisa or Paula or
\nwhatever that name might be as <\/p>\n

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\nfor you.
\nOh man and woman of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAll of a sudden, you take a
\nlittle deeper breath, and your <\/p>\n

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\nshoulder is get back a little
\nbit more because you are being <\/p>\n

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\ncalled to a high position and
\ngreat responsibility and <\/p>\n

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\nwonderful blessing.
\nSo, this is how Paul begins this<\/p>\n

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\nmini exhortation to Timothy as
\nhe closes this epistle. <\/p>\n

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\nBut as for you o, man of God
\nflee these things and they are <\/p>\n

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\nthe these things that he just
\ntalked about with false teachers<\/p>\n

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\nin true contentment with
\ngodliness with warnings against <\/p>\n

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\nmaterialism.
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\nfrom Tashan to get away from.
\nAnd think of our earlier <\/p>\n

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\nexample, realize what this
\naction verb requires us to do it<\/p>\n

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\nrequires us to recognize Danger.
\nSure, for what it is. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then run away from it.
\nNow, it’s easy to recognize a <\/p>\n

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\n300 pound, bear, 200 feet away.
\nThat’s pretty easy to recognize,<\/p>\n

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\nisn’t it?
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\nit’s harder to recognize what
\nthose dangers are quite often. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are attitudes and thought
\npatterns and our own weaknesses <\/p>\n

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\nat our that draw us away from
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so when Paul says to Timothy
\nflee these things, it requires a<\/p>\n

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\nperception, doesn’t it?
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\nfrom those things.
\nHe told the Corinthians to flee <\/p>\n

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\nfrom idolatry and he will tell
\nTimothy and second Timothy to <\/p>\n

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\nflee, youthful passions.
\nAnd again it requires a <\/p>\n

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\nrecognition of the danger that
\nwe find ourselves in. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the wisdom in the energy to
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\ndifferent direction.
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329
\n00:24:26,900 –> 00:24:30,900
\nthat contrast flee from these
\nthings. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:24:30,900 –> 00:24:34,100
\nAnd now pursue and Paul does
\nthat a lot, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n

331
\n00:24:34,200 –> 00:24:37,500
\nAnd other Epistles?
\nHe talks about the works of the <\/p>\n

332
\n00:24:37,500 –> 00:24:41,900
\nFlesh and the fruit of the
\nspirit he speaks of putting off <\/p>\n

333
\n00:24:41,900 –> 00:24:46,100
\nand putting on.
\nHe speaks of recognizing the man<\/p>\n

334
\n00:24:46,100 –> 00:24:50,800
\nof the Flesh and choosing to be
\nthe man, the woman of the <\/p>\n

335
\n00:24:50,800 –> 00:24:51,600
\nspirit.
\nIt. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:24:53,500 –> 00:24:58,700
\nAnd pursue here means to follow
\nafter to run swiftly in order to<\/p>\n

337
\n00:24:58,700 –> 00:25:03,700
\ncatch a person or a thing to
\npress onto earnestly Endeavor. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:25:04,500 –> 00:25:08,800
\nAnd again, think of the example
\nof head down body braced muscle,<\/p>\n

339
\n00:25:08,800 –> 00:25:13,500
\nstraining to earnestly,
\nEndeavor, to reach that Shore <\/p>\n

340
\n00:25:13,500 –> 00:25:18,800
\nAgainst the Wind.
\nAgain it is an action verb. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:25:19,600 –> 00:25:23,500
\nIt tells us for one thing that
\nwe have, not yet completely <\/p>\n

342
\n00:25:23,500 –> 00:25:26,500
\nattained.
\nWe need to pursue it. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:25:26,500 –> 00:25:30,300
\nWe need to chase after it.
\nWe need to earnestly Endeavor. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:25:31,600 –> 00:25:34,000
\nSo, what are the things we need
\nto pursue? <\/p>\n

345
\n00:25:36,000 –> 00:25:42,800
\nRighteousness godliness Faith
\nlove steadfastness gentleness. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:25:43,800 –> 00:25:49,200
\nIt sounds like, attributes and
\nlist that Paul uses quite often <\/p>\n

347
\n00:25:49,200 –> 00:25:51,800
\nin his writings.
\nIt’s the fruit of the spirit, <\/p>\n

348
\n00:25:52,100 –> 00:25:56,800
\nit’s think on these things.
\nSo let’s let’s very briefly <\/p>\n

349
\n00:25:56,800 –> 00:25:59,900
\nthink about these things that we
\nare supposed to pursue. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:26:01,200 –> 00:26:05,600
\nWe are supposed to pursue
\nrighteousness being right with <\/p>\n

351
\n00:26:05,600 –> 00:26:10,200
\nGod, being right, with man being
\nright with each other serving. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:26:10,200 –> 00:26:14,900
\nGod serving man.
\nGodliness. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:26:16,300 –> 00:26:22,400
\nWord means piety and reverence
\nhas the idea of living our lives<\/p>\n

354
\n00:26:22,400 –> 00:26:29,600
\nin the presence of God faith.
\nIt’s not just the conviction, <\/p>\n

355
\n00:26:29,700 –> 00:26:35,500
\nbut the Trust In The God Who has
\npromised Not just to understand <\/p>\n

356
\n00:26:35,600 –> 00:26:38,900
\nintellectually what he has said
\nin his word and what we see <\/p>\n

357
\n00:26:38,900 –> 00:26:42,100
\nthroughout the Old and New
\nTestament about the covenants <\/p>\n

358
\n00:26:42,100 –> 00:26:44,000
\nthat he made those covenants of
\nPromise. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:26:44,200 –> 00:26:47,800
\nHe is a faithful God but it
\nmeans as well and more <\/p>\n

360
\n00:26:47,800 –> 00:26:53,300
\nimportantly for us perhaps the
\ntrust that whatever happens in <\/p>\n

361
\n00:26:53,300 –> 00:26:56,900
\nour lives.
\nAnd in our world Our God will <\/p>\n

362
\n00:26:56,900 –> 00:27:04,900
\nfulfill what he has promised we
\nare to pursue love The love that<\/p>\n

363
\n00:27:04,900 –> 00:27:08,500
\nGod has for us the love which
\nmotivated. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:27:08,500 –> 00:27:13,000
\nJesus the love, which needs to
\nchange us. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:13,100 –> 00:27:15,400
\nAnd that word there is the
\nagape. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:27:15,400 –> 00:27:21,800
\nLove steadfastness In some
\nversions, it’s translated <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:21,800 –> 00:27:26,100
\npatients.
\nAnd it means perseverance under <\/p>\n

368
\n00:27:26,100 –> 00:27:31,800
\ntrial or during exertion.
\nIt means we have that goal and <\/p>\n

369
\n00:27:31,800 –> 00:27:36,800
\nwe want to get there and we have
\nto keep working at it, not that <\/p>\n

370
\n00:27:36,800 –> 00:27:39,900
\nin and of ourselves, we can
\nachieve that. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:27:39,900 –> 00:27:44,300
\nBut with God’s help, we can get
\ncloser to the type of character <\/p>\n

372
\n00:27:44,300 –> 00:27:50,600
\nthat he has called us to become.
\nThe word means burying up to be <\/p>\n

373
\n00:27:50,600 –> 00:27:58,500
\nable to overcome. and finally,
\ngentleness, Word. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:27:58,500 –> 00:28:06,600
\nThat means mildness my old nest,
\nmeekness, the ability to fight <\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:06,600 –> 00:28:10,100
\nour own sin and struggle with
\nour own sin, but to be able to <\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:10,100 –> 00:28:13,400
\nforgive and to be patient with
\nweakness in others, and that’s <\/p>\n

377
\n00:28:14,200 –> 00:28:19,600
\ntough, sometimes isn’t it?
\nAnd then he goes on and says, <\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:19,600 –> 00:28:22,000
\nfight the good fight of the
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:28:23,300 –> 00:28:26,900
\nAnd this phrase has the flavor
\nof a wrestling match in the <\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:26,900 –> 00:28:29,000
\npresence of Spectators, doesn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:29,900 –> 00:28:35,400
\nAnd we can hear Echoes back to
\nHebrews 12:1 where we have this <\/p>\n

382
\n00:28:35,400 –> 00:28:39,200
\ngreat cloud of witnesses and we
\nare in the middle of a stadium <\/p>\n

383
\n00:28:39,200 –> 00:28:44,400
\ncompeting, it’s the same kind of
\nidea, fight the good fight of <\/p>\n

384
\n00:28:44,400 –> 00:28:51,500
\nfaith.
\nTake hold of the eternal life <\/p>\n

385
\n00:28:51,500 –> 00:28:54,000
\nand this is a funny phrase,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

386
\n00:28:54,500 –> 00:28:59,200
\nIt’s a bit of a paradox, the
\nword itself means to grasp <\/p>\n

387
\n00:28:59,200 –> 00:29:01,400
\nsomething.
\nSo as not to let it get away <\/p>\n

388
\n00:29:01,400 –> 00:29:05,300
\nfrom you and again it’s the
\nfeeling of a wrestling match. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:29:05,900 –> 00:29:11,100
\nThink Jacob wrestling the angel,
\nbut in this case, it is take <\/p>\n

390
\n00:29:11,100 –> 00:29:15,600
\nhold of eternal life.
\nWell, how can we Mortals? <\/p>\n

391
\n00:29:15,600 –> 00:29:20,500
\nTake cold and grass.
\nSomething that is immortality <\/p>\n

392
\n00:29:22,200 –> 00:29:25,500
\nPerhaps a better way to think
\nabout this is not so much <\/p>\n

393
\n00:29:25,500 –> 00:29:29,500
\neternal life in terms of the
\nimmortality part of it. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:29:30,300 –> 00:29:34,000
\nBut rather the spiritual things
\nin life, which are Eternal <\/p>\n

395
\n00:29:35,100 –> 00:29:40,500
\ngrasp, the life, grasped the
\nvalues that are Eternal values. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:29:40,900 –> 00:29:43,200
\nTake, hold of that.
\nDon’t let that go. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:29:45,300 –> 00:29:49,800
\nAnd then Paul goes on and talks
\nto him about the good confession<\/p>\n

398
\n00:29:49,800 –> 00:29:53,100
\nthat you made Timothy in the
\npresence of many witnesses. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:29:53,100 –> 00:29:56,600
\nThat’s the end of verse 12, and
\nperhaps, this is a reference <\/p>\n

400
\n00:29:56,600 –> 00:30:00,500
\nback to Timothy as he now comes
\ninto contact with the Apostle, <\/p>\n

401
\n00:30:00,500 –> 00:30:03,200
\nPaul back in lystra and in
\nDerby. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:03,600 –> 00:30:07,700
\nAnd perhaps Timothy was before
\nthe occlusal elders and <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:08,200 –> 00:30:12,100
\nanswering questions and talking
\nto the Apostle Paul and he gave <\/p>\n

404
\n00:30:12,100 –> 00:30:18,100
\na good confession of his faith.
\nand so he was chosen by Paul to <\/p>\n

405
\n00:30:18,100 –> 00:30:25,200
\ngo with him as a co-worker as a
\nfriend as one that Paul could <\/p>\n

406
\n00:30:25,200 –> 00:30:31,700
\ntrust in and send on any Aaron
\nthat he would have him go and in<\/p>\n

407
\n00:30:31,700 –> 00:30:38,400
\nlater life we know that Timothy
\ndid go to prison and so in later<\/p>\n

408
\n00:30:38,400 –> 00:30:42,700
\nlife he would give a good
\nconfession to Roman authorities <\/p>\n

409
\n00:30:42,700 –> 00:30:46,500
\nand tradition has it that That
\nTimothy died. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:30:46,500 –> 00:30:49,900
\nA martyr’s death.
\nJust like the Apostle Paul. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:30:56,300 –> 00:31:01,200
\nPaul doesn’t leave the matter.
\nThere he goes on and he reminds <\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:01,500 –> 00:31:06,100
\nTimothy verse 13.
\nI charge you in the presence of <\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:06,100 –> 00:31:10,700
\nGod who gives life to all things
\nand of Christ, Jesus who in his <\/p>\n

414
\n00:31:10,700 –> 00:31:15,600
\ntestimony before, Pontius Pilate
\nmade the good confession. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:31:16,300 –> 00:31:20,600
\nAnd so now, he begins to expand
\nthe mind of Timothy said, not <\/p>\n

416
\n00:31:20,600 –> 00:31:23,600
\nonly did you give a good
\nconfession before many witnesses<\/p>\n

417
\n00:31:23,600 –> 00:31:25,700
\nbut you’re following in the
\nfootsteps? <\/p>\n

418
\n00:31:26,400 –> 00:31:30,100
\nOf your Lord and Master think
\nabout him, he gave that good <\/p>\n

419
\n00:31:30,100 –> 00:31:32,800
\nconfession before Pontius
\nPilate. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:31:33,900 –> 00:31:38,800
\nSo Timothy now steps back and
\nrealizes that he is part of a <\/p>\n

421
\n00:31:38,800 –> 00:31:44,400
\npattern part of a fabric, if you
\nwill of spiritual life and he is<\/p>\n

422
\n00:31:44,400 –> 00:31:47,800
\nreflecting in his life with the
\nLord Jesus Christ, did he is <\/p>\n

423
\n00:31:47,800 –> 00:31:51,700
\nconfessing and making a good
\nconfession before the Elders of <\/p>\n

424
\n00:31:51,700 –> 00:31:55,000
\nan Ecclesia.
\nJust as the Lord, Jesus Christ <\/p>\n

425
\n00:31:55,000 –> 00:32:00,300
\nconfessed before Pontius Pilate
\nand made that good confession <\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:01,000 –> 00:32:05,300
\nand showed his courage and his
\nresolution His faith in his <\/p>\n

427
\n00:32:05,300 –> 00:32:11,700
\nHeavenly Father.
\nBut Paul doesn’t leave it there <\/p>\n

428
\n00:32:11,700 –> 00:32:18,000
\neither does, he verse 14 to keep
\nthe commandment unstained and <\/p>\n

429
\n00:32:18,000 –> 00:32:21,500
\nfree from reproach until the
\nappearing of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

430
\n00:32:21,500 –> 00:32:25,100
\nChrist.
\nAnd so Paul is challenging and <\/p>\n

431
\n00:32:25,100 –> 00:32:28,400
\nexhorting and encouraging
\nTimothy, not just to look back <\/p>\n

432
\n00:32:28,400 –> 00:32:31,900
\nto his good confession and to
\nthe good confession of the Lord <\/p>\n

433
\n00:32:31,900 –> 00:32:36,900
\nJesus Christ.
\nHe says, Timothy look forward to<\/p>\n

434
\n00:32:36,900 –> 00:32:39,700
\nthe appearing of the Lord.
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:32:40,000 –> 00:32:44,200
\nLook forward to that Kingdom
\nhave that in your mind as you <\/p>\n

436
\n00:32:44,500 –> 00:32:48,200
\nlive your life, and make your
\nchanges and make your <\/p>\n

437
\n00:32:48,200 –> 00:32:51,900
\nsuggestions in the Ecclesia at
\nEphesus. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:32:55,900 –> 00:33:00,600
\nAnd then in verse 15, he takes
\nhis mind even further a field, <\/p>\n

439
\n00:33:02,100 –> 00:33:07,600
\nbecause he reminds him of the
\nGod that he serves verse 15, <\/p>\n

440
\n00:33:07,600 –> 00:33:12,700
\nwhich he God will display at the
\nproper time, who is the blessed,<\/p>\n

441
\n00:33:12,700 –> 00:33:16,800
\nand only Sovereign, the king of
\nkings and Lord of lords. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:33:17,600 –> 00:33:21,400
\nThat’s just, it is, it is, as if
\nPaul can’t contain himself now <\/p>\n

443
\n00:33:21,400 –> 00:33:25,300
\nthat pain just keeps going and
\ngoing and they’re not too many. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:33:25,700 –> 00:33:28,600
\nAs in this section are there.
\nIt’s one of those run-on <\/p>\n

445
\n00:33:28,700 –> 00:33:33,100
\nsentences that the Apostle Paul.
\nSo often writes for us, Paul <\/p>\n

446
\n00:33:33,100 –> 00:33:37,500
\ncan’t contain himself and he
\nwants Timothy to not contain <\/p>\n

447
\n00:33:37,500 –> 00:33:41,800
\nhimself as he thinks about not
\nonly the Lord Jesus Christ, and <\/p>\n

448
\n00:33:41,800 –> 00:33:47,100
\nnot only the coming Kingdom, but
\nthe god of gods who is king of <\/p>\n

449
\n00:33:47,100 –> 00:33:51,900
\nkings, and Lord of lords, who
\nalone has immortality who dwells<\/p>\n

450
\n00:33:51,900 –> 00:33:56,400
\nin unapproachable light whom no
\nman has ever seen or Or can see <\/p>\n

451
\n00:33:56,400 –> 00:33:59,600
\nto him.
\nBe honor and eternal Dominion. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:33:59,700 –> 00:34:03,300
\nAmen.
\nSo this is your excitation <\/p>\n

453
\n00:34:03,300 –> 00:34:05,600
\nTimothy.
\nThese are the things I want you <\/p>\n

454
\n00:34:05,600 –> 00:34:07,700
\nto remember.
\nAnd here’s why I want you to <\/p>\n

455
\n00:34:07,700 –> 00:34:13,800
\nremember them. until we’ve
\nthought about Paul’s stirring <\/p>\n

456
\n00:34:13,800 –> 00:34:20,199
\nwords to a young brother and to
\na young sister, we come now to <\/p>\n

457
\n00:34:20,199 –> 00:34:24,800
\nremember our Lord who
\ndemonstrated perfectly when and <\/p>\n

458
\n00:34:24,800 –> 00:34:29,699
\nhow to flee.
\nAnd how to pursue and live those<\/p>\n

459
\n00:34:29,699 –> 00:34:37,000
\nperfect virtues that we strive
\nfor, let’s return to our Lake in<\/p>\n

460
\n00:34:37,000 –> 00:34:39,600
\nthe Eastern Sierra for our final
\nthought. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:34:41,699 –> 00:34:46,300
\nMost of the time at dusk there
\nis a strong Breeze, down the <\/p>\n

462
\n00:34:46,300 –> 00:34:53,300
\ncanyons and Watershed which feed
\nVirginia Lake the breeze <\/p>\n

463
\n00:34:53,300 –> 00:34:57,200
\nrequires that we throw out an
\nanchor to keep us from drifting <\/p>\n

464
\n00:34:57,300 –> 00:35:01,100
\nas we’re fishing.
\nBut every once in a while. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:35:02,300 –> 00:35:08,100
\nUsually when the sky slips Into
\nDarkness, there is complete <\/p>\n

466
\n00:35:08,100 –> 00:35:13,100
\nStillness, the wind dies down
\nand it’s magical. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:35:14,600 –> 00:35:19,200
\nThe water becomes Inky black and
\nyou can hear the Fish Feeding, <\/p>\n

468
\n00:35:19,700 –> 00:35:23,300
\nsee the faint outlines of deer
\ncoming down to the lake for a <\/p>\n

469
\n00:35:23,300 –> 00:35:27,500
\nfinal drink of coyotes and yes
\nBears. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:35:27,500 –> 00:35:32,500
\nMaking their final rounds before
\ndark the Osprey and the eagle <\/p>\n

471
\n00:35:32,900 –> 00:35:37,400
\ndied for their final Catch of
\nthe Day and the bats are about <\/p>\n

472
\n00:35:37,400 –> 00:35:42,800
\ntheir business.
\nSo foraging for insects one that<\/p>\n

473
\n00:35:42,800 –> 00:35:47,100
\nquietness Happens.
\nI sometimes pull up the anchor <\/p>\n

474
\n00:35:47,100 –> 00:35:52,100
\nand my fishing line and just
\nlisten quietly to the beauty of <\/p>\n

475
\n00:35:52,100 –> 00:35:57,600
\nthe world around me.
\nAnd I allow the Deep slow <\/p>\n

476
\n00:35:57,600 –> 00:36:02,800
\ncurrent of the lake to take me
\nwhere it wants to go. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:36:03,300 –> 00:36:11,200
\nCovid-19 has made us slow down.
\nPerhaps to listen more <\/p>\n

478
\n00:36:11,200 –> 00:36:16,000
\ncarefully.
\nTo think more deeply to <\/p>\n

479
\n00:36:16,000 –> 00:36:23,100
\nappreciate more fully the beauty
\nof the age to come just as Jesus<\/p>\n

480
\n00:36:23,100 –> 00:36:27,400
\nis the perfect example of when
\nto flee and how to pursue. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:36:28,400 –> 00:36:34,900
\nHe is also the master of
\nlistening quietly We see hints <\/p>\n

482
\n00:36:34,900 –> 00:36:38,600
\nof this attitude throughout his
\nministry when he spends the <\/p>\n

483
\n00:36:38,600 –> 00:36:42,600
\nnight in prayer and
\ncommunication with his father. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:36:43,900 –> 00:36:51,100
\nwhen you take the 12 to a quiet
\nplace apart, as we remember him <\/p>\n

485
\n00:36:51,100 –> 00:36:56,200
\nnow and bread and wine.
\nLet us be encouraged by Paul’s <\/p>\n

486
\n00:36:56,200 –> 00:37:01,500
\nwords, to Timothy the perfect
\nexample of our Lord, Jesus <\/p>\n

487
\n00:37:01,500 –> 00:37:07,100
\nChrist.
\nLet us resolve to flee to <\/p>\n

488
\n00:37:07,100 –> 00:37:10,500
\npursue.
\nTo listen quietly. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:37:11,800 –> 00:37:27,200
\nAmen.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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095: Dennis Paggi – Exhortation: Flee, Pursue, and Listen Quietly<\/a><\/blockquote>