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brother and sisters we are ready for our

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third class

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our speaker is our brother des manser

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the theme for brother manchester's

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classes this week is the history of the

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ephesian ecclesia

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today's class title is the lord's letter

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to ephesus

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well this is the final time brothers and

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sisters i'll say good morning to you all

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now we come to the final message to

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ephesus that is the

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final inspired message to ephesus

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from the lord jesus christ himself

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and

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we're in 1898

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john is dictating this on the isle of

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patmos he's had it dictated to him by

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the angel who was sent to him from the

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lord jesus christ himself the revelation

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of jesus christ

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wonderful thing

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30 years have gone by

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and a little over from timothy's work

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paul has passed off the scene

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having been executed in the reign of

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and so

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the letter comes

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it's addressed to the angel

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to the angel of the ecclesia at ephesus

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verse 20 of chapter one of revelation

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says

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the secret of the seven stars which you

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saw in the right hand and the seven

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lampstands the seven stars are the

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angels the overseers of the seven

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eclegias and the seven lamp stands are

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the seven ecclesias

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it's interesting that the lord jesus

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introduces himself in verse

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in a vision

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john has heard a voice behind him he's

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in the lord's day that means it doesn't

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mean it was sunday it means he was in

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the day of the lord

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and he turned and he

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wanted to see where this voice came from

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and the first thing he saw was the seven

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ecclesias he saw the ecclesias the seven

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lampstands and in the midst of the seven

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lampstands one likened to the son of man

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now we're not going through the details

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of the vision all what the symbols of

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the flames of fire and the brass and the

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gold and all that are you've probably

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studied those in classes at various

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the point i want to make

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is that the lord reveals himself first

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as he who is in the midst

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of the ecclesias

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and it's significant that he

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announces himself to each ecclesia

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in terms of one of the descriptive

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uh parts of the vision

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of chapter one

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and he introduces himself to ephesus by

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that first description and so we open

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chapter 2 of revelation

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under the angel of the ecclesia of

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ephesus right these things says he

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that has the seven stars in his right

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hand

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all the eldership

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all those who have the oversight of the

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clears

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who walks in the midst

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of the seven ecclesias he walks

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in the midst

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and it's interesting that

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when we look at the map and we see where

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ephesus was

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and we take this indicator

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which has been the theme of our study

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all the week that ephesus was the was

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the chief of those ecclesiastes we

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started seems a long time ago by

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looking at acts 19 where the word of god

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went out from ephesus unto all asia well

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there's asia and there's the seven

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and if you look at ephesus and where it

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was placed the other ecclesiastin out

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from ephesus and when you look at this

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book of revelation in the seven letters

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they went in that order and you can

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imagine the letter coming across from

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patmos

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landing at ephesus and being delivered

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by messengers in the in this order

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ephesus first the principle of

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collegiate of asia i am he that walks in

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the midst

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of the eccles

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the very title with which jesus

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announces himself and the first thing

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is that vision

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philadelphia and last of all laodicea so

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he's truly in the midst ephesus is in

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the midst and it's the chief of the

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ecclesias of asia and the first letter

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goes to ephesus

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the work has been achieved by timothy

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the warning of the grievous wolves

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of acts 20 the men speaking perverse

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things of

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of acts 20 has been acted upon

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the charter the charge of timothy of 1

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timothy 1 3 we've dealt with charge some

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that they teach no other doctrine i

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begged you to stay at ephesus timothy to

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address those issues

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and here is the lord who walks in the

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midst of

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the ecclesiastes

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the good shepherd himself

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the overseer himself

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is here administering

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the affairs of ephesus

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jesus uh paul rather had told

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the ephesian elders that you are over

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the flock of god you have the oversight

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of the flock of god which is not your

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own it's been purchased

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by the blood of our lord

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and when we go back to john 11 we see

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some of the characteristics of the good

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shepherd

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the great overseer of all the ecclesias

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he walks in our midst brothers and

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sisters and we're going to say a little

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bit more about that he walks in our

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in john chapter 10

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he says i am the good

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shepherd

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and he talks about

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the fact that he's the door

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it's a sheepfold but we come in verse 10

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the thief comes not but for to steal and

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to kill and to destroy i am come

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that they might have life and that they

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might have it more abundantly i am the

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good shepherd

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the good shepherd gives his life for the

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sheep but he that is a highland who's

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got a part-time job

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looking after the

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sheep or does it for some game

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and and is not the shepherd whose own

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the sheep are not he sees the wolf

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coming and leaves the sheep

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and flees and the wolf catches them and

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scatters the sheep

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the harling flees because he is a highly

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and careth not fro

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for the sheep i am the good shepherd i

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know my sheep

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and am known of mine

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and three times in that passage and we

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haven't got time to deal with it he says

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i lay down my life for the sheep

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he's the good shepherd but you notice

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here the echoes of acts 20 there are

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highlands

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and there are wolves

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and the highland

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is hasn't got his heart in the job

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so he's not going to contend with the

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wolves he flees he gets out of there

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and he leaves the flock to the wolves

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and you remember in acts 20 there were

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those two things he said there were men

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rising to speak perverse things

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from among you

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and there would be wolves entering in

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not sparing the flock

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so there are the seeds of problems

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here's the sheep of john 10 they're in

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charge of a highly

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he fails in his job

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he deserts the responsibility he just

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the flock and the wolves then begin to

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ravage and so we see the connections

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here between what uh paul told the

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ephesian elders and what jesus is

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there's hillings and wolves there's men

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speaking perverse things and there's war

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grievous wolves not sparing the flock

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and leaving the flock to itself but i am

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he that walks in the midst

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i see everything i walk in the midst of

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and that expression while we're in the

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gospels is actually found in matthew in

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also a very interesting uh context here

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oh we know this one very well

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the chapter britain's sisters is not

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about taking steps one two and three

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before we get people out of the

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araclesia

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the chapter is about saving people

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it's about not offending one of these

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not causing a stumbling blocking to the

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little ones in the ecclesia who believe

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on me says jesus

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going out and finding lost sheep and

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getting them back into the fold

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extremity when you can do nothing else

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having to withdraw so the thrust of this

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trying to find a way to save people to

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agree to

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intact to keep the sheep together that's

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what the chapter's about

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so he comes down here in verse 19 and he

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again i say unto you that if two of you

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shall agree on earth as touching

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anything that they should ask it shall

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be done for them of my father which is

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in heaven for where two or three are

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gathered together in my name

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there am i

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in the midst

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of them

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i'm he that walketh in the midst

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and if you're a good shepherd a good

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overseer

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then you try and hold the sheep together

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in the fold you go out to look for the

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loss

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you you try to redeem you don't put a

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stone of stumbling in the way of the

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little one

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and where two or three are gathered in

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my name

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there am i in the midst but we often

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forget the previous verse

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if any of you agree

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jesus will be in the midst

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where we agree

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where we have unity

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and strength and we're together in the

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as the sheep who know his voice and he

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where two or three of you agree

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meet in my name there am i in the midst

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and i believe 19 and 20 go together

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those two verses work together we can't

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see them in isolation with each other

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to revelation chapter 2 then we want to

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just show you

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where the links are between what has

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gone before in our study

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as we go through this letter we see

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echoes what's already been said in the

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ephesian letter what's all

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already been addressed in paul's last

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warning and in the works of

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of timothy

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now the first thing we read is verse 2 i

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know thy works

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and i labor it's revelation 2 verse 2

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and the like patience and how you cannot

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bear them which are evil and those tried

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them which say they are apostles and are

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not and has found them liars

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and i have a little note in my margin

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which says

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timothy was a success

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timothy did his work because that's that

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can mean nothing else brother sisters in

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view of our previous study on the work

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of timothy that means timothy did his

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job i know what you've done i know your

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work your labor

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i know your patience endurance

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it means

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how you can't be of them which are evil

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you tried them which say they were sent

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once sent

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that were not you found them liars

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charge some timothy that they

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teach no other doctrine there are some

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whose words work like

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in the ecclesia like a gangry

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and he he names them if i leave

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somogenes and and brethren like that

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some of whom i had to put out of the

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ecclesia so we know what timothy's work

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was and we know that there were issues

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that were addressed at

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we know that they had

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made the test

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of of jesus in matthew 7

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how do you know

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whether it's a wolf or a sheep

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when they look the same

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they're in sheep's clothing by their

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fruits says jesus shall you know them

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and the years have gone past and paul

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has done his work timothy has done his

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work and they've tested these apostles

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are they liars

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are they wolves or are they sheep

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and their fruits have shown that they

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were wolves they were false

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false brethren and they'd been dealt

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so the years have gone on

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you you've you haven't been able to bear

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those that are evil let's go back to the

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ephesian letter and just have a quick

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look again at

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keep your hand in revelation 2 because

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we'll be moving back there very shortly

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in ephesians chapter 4 we remember

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how

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this matter had been specifically

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addressed in in the letter which paul

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paul wrote

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he talked about the way of the gentiles

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in chapter four

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how their past feeling

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that you have not so learned christ in

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if so be that you have heard him and

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have been taught by him as the truth is

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in christ jesus put off therefore

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concerning the formal way of life the

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old man

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be renewed in the spirit of your mind

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put on the new man

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verse 25 putting away lying

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verse 31 let all bitterness wrath anger

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and clamor and evil speaking be put away

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from you be kind one to another

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tenderhearted forgiving one another even

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as god for christ's sake hath forgiven

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and then again in verse chapter 5

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verse 2 walking in love as christ also

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hath loved us

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all these things of the flesh in verse 3

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fornication uncleanness covetousness let

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it not be once named among you as

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becoming saints

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no

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whoremonger verse 5 unclean person or

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covetous man who is an idolater have any

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inheritance in the kingdom of god

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verse 6 don't let any man deceive you

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about this with vain words because these

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very things are the reason that the

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wrath of god comes upon the children of

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disobedience don't be partakers with

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them

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walk in light

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verse 11 have no fellowship with the

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unfruitful works of darkness but rather

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reprove

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it is a shame even to speak of those

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things which they do in secret

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don't be curious princesses about what

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the world is doing

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we won't turn to it but let's make a

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little note in your margin of as i have

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alongside of that verse of deuteronomy

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12 30 where god says when you come into

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the land and you put away all the

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canaanites and you destroy all their

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idols and so forth which they never

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totally did but god says when you come

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in and do it which they should have done

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don't go inquiring after those things

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saying i wonder how the inhabitants of

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the land serve their idols i wonder i'm

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curious to know how how the people that

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were before us behaved and how they

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worship their gods god says don't do it

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don't bother

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well of course unfortunately israel

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didn't even get to that stage they left

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the people there

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who became thorns and briars in their

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eyes and sides

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paul says just don't be don't

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go into what the gentiles do in secret

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just walk in light

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now jesus writes them says you did that

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you took paul's advice that he wrote to

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you and i know you hate those that are

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evil and you you are bore that which is

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evil

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going back to revelation 2 then at verse

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3

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you you've borne

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and you've

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had patience for my name's sake you've

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labored

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you've labored and you haven't

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fainted

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in other words friends this is that

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fought a good fight of faith first to

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timothy 6 11 fight the good fight of

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faith

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they had done what paul wrote to them in

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in

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ephesians chapter 6

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where he said take on the whole armor of

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god they had fought and labored

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and taken

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paul's advice

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and used the armor of god if we go back

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to chapter six of ephesians there's a

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very interesting thing about the armor

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of god

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he says verse 11 of chapter six put on

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the whole armor of god that you may be

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able to stand against the wild of the

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diabolos

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brother ken's been talking about that

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that that that thing that's always

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working away trying to defeat the aims

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of the word in us

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and

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it's the spirit says paul in a previous

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chapter in ephesus which now works in

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this in the children of disobedience

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it works in the heavenlies of this world

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the high places of this world for we

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wrestle not with flesh and blood but

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against principalities and powers

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against the rulers of darkness of this

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world against spiritual wickedness in

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high places

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wherefore take on the whole armor of god

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whether we're fighting things from

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without which are institutionalized in

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this world and the way they live and it

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goes right up to the highest powers in

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this world or whether it's against the

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diablos within ourselves

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take on the whole armor of god

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and he describes it and we can't stop to

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dwell again on the details but we've got

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a breastplate

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and we've got loins dirt

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and we've got protection on the

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feet

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and we've got a shield in verse 16

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and the only if and we've got a helmet

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in verse 17 and the only offensive

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weapon we've got for the sisters in

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verse 17

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and the sword of the spirit which is the

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word of god every other piece of armor

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on that warrior is defensive it's

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stopping the weapons of attack

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and only one weapon of offense is

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available to us

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and that is the sword of the word

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that's our only offensive weapon

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we don't go

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hacking around and throwing darts and

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spears and stones and slings and all the

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other things

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our armor is

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defensive

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it's to protect us

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and the only offensive weapon is when we

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use the bible

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that's our weapon of offense

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no not the tongue not the slander

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not all the offensive things

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defensive things and the bible

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and so

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that's what jesus says i know you've

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done all this thing and you and you've

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labored and not fainted and you've done

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exactly what you you were asked to do

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but jesus says coming back to revelation

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2

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never the less

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you know it's a wonderful word in the

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bible nevertheless i i love it because

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it works both ways you see joshua had

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been up talking to ahab and he's met by

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the prophet at the gate when he came

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back and the prophet dresses him down he

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says you know why are you going and and

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talking to the ungodly and those that

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hate yahweh why are you doing this

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therefore is the wrath of god come upon

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you and josh that's standing there

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shaking

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nevertheless

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the prophet says there are found good

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things in you

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now here the nevertheless works the

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other way i know what you've done jesus

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says you've tried those who are false

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you hate evil you've labored you've been

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patient you've done everything paul and

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timothy told you to do nevertheless

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nevertheless i have somewhat against

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thee because thou hast left

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thy first

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love

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now if ever there is an epistle which

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just oozes with love it's ephesians let

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let's just re refresh our minds go back

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to ephesians for a minute

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and just we're picking up the threads as

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we conclude our study of everything

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that's gone before in these letters the

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work of paul the work of timothy in

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ephesians

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17 uh sorry

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ephesians 3

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or try verse

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17.

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talks about strengthening the inner man

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that christ may dwell in your hearts by

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faith that you be rooted and grounded in

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love

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00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:19.750
told timothy that the athleisure was the

561
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support and the foundation the ground of

562
00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:23.990
of the truth

563
00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:26.549
and that in turn is rooted in love so

564
00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:28.630
there's a there's a connection of words

565
00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:30.149
and ideas between

566
00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:31.270
uh

567
00:22:31.280 --> 00:22:33.270
paul's writing in this letter and the

568
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one to tim

569
00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.990
and uh if we go

570
00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:41.669
to chapter four and verse

571
00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:44.549
15 speaking the truth in love that you

572
00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:46.950
may grow up in all things which is the

573
00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:49.350
head even christ and right at the end of

574
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that wonderful

575
00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:53.190
verse of the pleasure working together

576
00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:55.430
tightly joined together every part

577
00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.590
contributing its energy to the working

578
00:22:57.600 --> 00:23:00.390
of the ecclesia which will increase

579
00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:02.789
under the edifying of itself in love so

580
00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.549
the ecclesia is built up if we're all

581
00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:06.470
working together in

582
00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:08.149
love there's no other way to build an

583
00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:09.510
ecclesia

584
00:23:09.520 --> 00:23:13.190
and verse chapter 5 verse 2 walk in love

585
00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:15.350
as christ also loved us and has given

586
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himself for us as an offering and a

587
00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:20.070
sacrifice to god for a sweet smelling

588
00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:21.909
savour we talked about the burnt

589
00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:24.070
offering when we covered that didn't we

590
00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:26.310
which is what is being referred to

591
00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:30.470
verse 25 husbands love your wives

592
00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.510
how as christ loved the ecclesia and

593
00:23:33.520 --> 00:23:36.230
gave himself for it so this this episode

594
00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:40.390
is built on love

595
00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.669
nevertheless

596
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i have somewhat against you you've left

597
00:23:45.520 --> 00:23:49.510
your first love

598
00:23:49.520 --> 00:23:52.549
i wonder what had caused that

599
00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.070
if we go back

600
00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:55.110
to

601
00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:57.510
we won't to act 19 look at that zeal

602
00:23:57.520 --> 00:23:59.190
look at them bringing out all their

603
00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:01.590
books of magic and their curious arts

604
00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:04.630
burning them in a huge bonfire look at

605
00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:07.430
their tremendous embrace of the apostle

606
00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:09.750
paul's work look at them weeping and

607
00:24:09.760 --> 00:24:12.070
sobbing on paul's shoulder as they said

608
00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:14.470
goodbye to him at my leaders even after

609
00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.990
he'd warned them from among your own

610
00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.669
selves i'm sorry to tell you brethren

611
00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:19.750
but some of you were going to speak

612
00:24:19.760 --> 00:24:21.269
perverse things and lead the ecclesial

613
00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:23.350
way but they still sobbed and cried on

614
00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:25.830
his shoulder there was a tremendous love

615
00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:28.149
developed in that ecclesia what happened

616
00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:29.510
to it

617
00:24:29.520 --> 00:24:32.630
what happened to it

618
00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:36.230
here's a warning bronze sisters

619
00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.830
i thought long about this and i'm going

620
00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:39.269
to take you to a scripture to prove it

621
00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:41.750
in a moment

622
00:24:41.760 --> 00:24:44.230
in the defense of the truth vigorous

623
00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.990
defense of the truth there's a great

624
00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.350
danger

625
00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.789
of

626
00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:51.669
bitterness we become embittered

627
00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:53.830
we struggle against

628
00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:56.070
false ideas and false brethren and it's

629
00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:58.950
getting worse today as emails fly to and

630
00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.870
fro and you feel disposed sometimes to

631
00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:02.950
answer them somebody has a go at you all

632
00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.390
so you answer back

633
00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:06.310
he says he's defending the truth you say

634
00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:08.390
you're defending the truth and so on and

635
00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.830
it's possible

636
00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:13.029
that somewhere in all this

637
00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:16.950
love becomes the loser

638
00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:19.669
love becomes

639
00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:21.510
diminished

640
00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:23.909
you tend to become overburdened

641
00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:25.990
you sometimes it's just fatigue you just

642
00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:29.029
get sick and tired of it all and you

643
00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:31.909
begin to wane it's as though i've had

644
00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:33.669
enough

645
00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:35.669
and how our brethren in the past who

646
00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:38.070
defended the truth so vigorously

647
00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.870
uh

648
00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:42.149
did so it's sometimes beyond my

649
00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:44.710
understanding because

650
00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.549
it can wear you down

651
00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:48.149
and i believe that's what happened to

652
00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:49.269
ephesus

653
00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:51.510
i know your work i know your labour you

654
00:25:51.520 --> 00:25:55.430
hated evil you defended the truth you

655
00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:58.070
you expose these false apostles you

656
00:25:58.080 --> 00:26:00.149
prove they were lies you dealt with

657
00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:02.870
these issues but

658
00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:04.789
there's a bit of a bit of a casualty

659
00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.549
there

660
00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:08.310
i mean we can we can do that we do

661
00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:10.710
defend the truth we do condemn against

662
00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:13.029
error but there's a there's a way in

663
00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:15.430
which it can be done and and sometimes i

664
00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.870
think brothers and sisters we're losing

665
00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:19.669
things like courtesy and respect and and

666
00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:21.750
things like that sometimes we when we

667
00:26:21.760 --> 00:26:23.990
engage i'm very thankful to see that

668
00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.909
perhaps in a process going on right now

669
00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:27.830
in the united states

670
00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:29.590
that there is courtesy and there is

671
00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:31.029
trust and that's a wonderful thing you

672
00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:33.510
keep that going because that you won't

673
00:26:33.520 --> 00:26:35.750
fall into the era of ephesus which lost

674
00:26:35.760 --> 00:26:36.950
some love

675
00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:40.549
in engaging themselves with these

676
00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:42.870
errors and false apostles now the

677
00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:45.190
scripture i'm thinking of is galatians

678
00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:51.890
5.

679
00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:58.070
[Applause]

680
00:26:58.080 --> 00:27:01.110
and in galatians 5 he says this

681
00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:02.310
um

682
00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:04.230
we'll go to a verse up the top of the

683
00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:06.149
page first

684
00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:08.310
for in christ jesus in verse 6 of

685
00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:10.789
chapter 5

686
00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.669
neither circumcision avails anything

687
00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:15.909
nor uncertain decision

688
00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:18.389
but faith which worketh the word is

689
00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:21.510
energized faith which is energized by

690
00:27:21.520 --> 00:27:23.430
love that's what christ jesus is all

691
00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:25.909
about that's what being in christ jesus

692
00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:29.510
is all about is having faith energized

693
00:27:29.520 --> 00:27:30.310
by

694
00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:32.630
love faith itself has to have been

695
00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.149
plugged into something you've got to

696
00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:35.990
believe in something and it's got to

697
00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:38.149
produce something in you so it's plugged

698
00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:42.230
into love that is the that is the energy

699
00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:45.110
which which keeps faith going you did

700
00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:47.430
run well who did hinder you why have you

701
00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:51.269
fallen back he says to the galatians

702
00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:53.350
verse 15

703
00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:59.430
you see

704
00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:02.470
he says if you bite one another

705
00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:06.389
take heed that you be not consumed

706
00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:09.110
it means bite or devour

707
00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:11.590
be be careful you're not consumed one or

708
00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.549
another

709
00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.830
you see

710
00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:15.669
there's a problem there too because of

711
00:28:15.679 --> 00:28:17.590
the judaizers and contending against

712
00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:19.990
them and in the bitterness of it

713
00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:22.389
paul says look be careful that you you

714
00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.510
don't

715
00:28:23.520 --> 00:28:25.110
bite each other the extent that you're

716
00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:27.590
consumed with one another you lose the

717
00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:29.669
spirit of the truth because the spirit

718
00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:31.990
of christ he says is faith energized by

719
00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.190
love

720
00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:35.029
and and you can lose it

721
00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:37.350
you can lose it in contention

722
00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:39.830
as much as it's necessary to defend

723
00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:41.669
truth

724
00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:43.350
now we go back to

725
00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:45.510
revelation 2 and we pick up the next

726
00:28:45.520 --> 00:28:52.950
aspect which jesus deals with

727
00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:55.510
verse 5 remember

728
00:28:55.520 --> 00:28:56.870
from whence

729
00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:58.630
you are fallen

730
00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:02.389
remember where you've fallen from

731
00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:04.549
and repent

732
00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:07.430
and do the first works

733
00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.549
or else

734
00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:12.149
i will come under thee suddenly

735
00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:14.789
and will remove your lamp stand out of

736
00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:17.110
your place

737
00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:19.590
except you repent

738
00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:22.789
remember from whence you are full

739
00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.909
well

740
00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:25.350
it's very easy

741
00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:27.510
to demonstrate from the ephesian letter

742
00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:29.350
what he's referring to

743
00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:31.430
remember our study

744
00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:34.149
heavenly places in christ jesus

745
00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:36.789
the riches of his glory the riches of

746
00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:38.549
his grace

747
00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:41.430
sitting together in heavenlies in christ

748
00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.830
jesus

749
00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:45.029
you know

750
00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:47.350
do you realize where you've fallen from

751
00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:48.549
ephesus

752
00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:50.149
you remember paul wrote to you and

753
00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:51.350
showed you the

754
00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.870
immeasurable

755
00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:56.789
the height the breadth the depth

756
00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:59.190
of the truth and what you're related to

757
00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:01.350
you're sitting together with me in

758
00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:03.350
heavenly places i've gone to the right

759
00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:05.830
hand of my father and you with your mind

760
00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:08.149
set on things above where i sit on the

761
00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:10.070
right hand of god your prayers are

762
00:30:10.080 --> 00:30:12.630
sending through me to the father sitting

763
00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:15.029
together with him

764
00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:17.110
you've fallen

765
00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.870
your mind's not

766
00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:21.350
there

767
00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:23.830
you you've lost just the keeness and

768
00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:26.070
sharpness of your comprehension of that

769
00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:28.149
privilege

770
00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:31.430
have we brothers sisters

771
00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:33.510
have we lost the comprehension the

772
00:30:33.520 --> 00:30:36.310
magnitude the measure of the privilege

773
00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:39.190
as we

774
00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:41.110
what it's what

775
00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:43.110
it is to be a christian dolphin to be

776
00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:45.430
not out there in the world to have our

777
00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:48.789
children safe here with us to have our

778
00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:51.510
sisters laboring us last night to

779
00:30:51.520 --> 00:30:53.669
educate our children and

780
00:30:53.679 --> 00:30:54.789
and to

781
00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:57.509
produce that love between their teachers

782
00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:00.310
and between the children and each other

783
00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:02.470
and and for christ's principles to be

784
00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:05.909
among us and and all the foul language

785
00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:08.389
and the behavior and all the extremities

786
00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:09.909
of the world we're protected from we've

787
00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:11.750
got to hedge around do we understand the

788
00:31:11.760 --> 00:31:17.750
privileges of sitting together with him

789
00:31:17.760 --> 00:31:18.789
remember

790
00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:20.710
where you've fallen from ephesus you've

791
00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.149
slipped

792
00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:23.430
you've slipped

793
00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:26.149
and a lot of these things are very very

794
00:31:26.159 --> 00:31:27.990
imperceptible

795
00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:31.110
you know the losing of first love

796
00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:32.549
ring

797
00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:35.509
just forgetting the great position from

798
00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:38.789
which we've fallen sometimes

799
00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.750
uh

800
00:31:39.760 --> 00:31:41.669
it's so

801
00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:43.990
insidious it doesn't happen overnight

802
00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.990
and that you know bryn says i honestly

803
00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.430
believe that's why we love going to a

804
00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.430
baptism i don't know about you at home

805
00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.950
sometimes in the middle of winter you

806
00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:52.710
see the attendance of the bible class

807
00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:55.190
down a bit and yes what's cold and it's

808
00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:57.590
raining tonight well of course you know

809
00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:59.990
we've all got fires burning in our homes

810
00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.669
and air-conditioned cars but somehow

811
00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:03.909
rather we don't seem to

812
00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.950
you know

813
00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:07.029
find the will we can imagine us brother

814
00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:10.070
roberts and jane walking through the the

815
00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:12.149
howling sleet and the pouring rain of

816
00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:14.230
huddersfield and birmingham in years

817
00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:16.149
gone by to get to the bible classes but

818
00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:17.590
that doesn't seem to disturb our

819
00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.950
conscience we get we have an

820
00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.630
air-conditioned car and we still find it

821
00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:22.789
difficult but

822
00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:24.389
that's by the way that's just a little

823
00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:27.190
hobby horse you know but

824
00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.389
when we get a

825
00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:30.630
baptism

826
00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:32.630
when we get a baptism home i i don't

827
00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.990
know whether it's the same he might say

828
00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.750
well it's not the same here there's we

829
00:32:35.760 --> 00:32:38.630
we have trouble but when we at home we

830
00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:41.350
get good attendances and baptisms and do

831
00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:43.190
you know what i reckon it is it's not

832
00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:45.029
just that we're rejoicing that this new

833
00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:46.549
person has been baptized one of our

834
00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.470
young people something but it takes us

835
00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:50.230
back

836
00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.909
it takes us back to the night we were

837
00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:54.230
baptized it takes us back to where we

838
00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:56.070
were

839
00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:57.669
we do a checklist we do a

840
00:32:57.679 --> 00:33:00.789
self-assessment we say hey this come on

841
00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:02.549
you remember this feeling you remember

842
00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:04.070
when they all came up and shook your

843
00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:05.830
hands and and

844
00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:07.750
gave you a kiss of greeting in christ

845
00:33:07.760 --> 00:33:08.870
and gave you the right hand of

846
00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.870
fellowship you stood there and you were

847
00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:13.029
as pure as the driven snow and you were

848
00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.029
there in a new garment and

849
00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.549
and his brother carter we were talking

850
00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:19.029
about it during the break says that the

851
00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.870
first thing we commit hits us with a

852
00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.509
tremendous nervous shock

853
00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.950
after baptism

854
00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:28.950
we remember from where we've fallen

855
00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:31.269
but brother carter goes on to say with

856
00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:33.029
the repetition of sin

857
00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:35.669
that we become doled and if we don't

858
00:33:35.679 --> 00:33:38.470
address it then sin eventually becomes

859
00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:42.630
the man we're indistinguishable from sin

860
00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:45.269
to intrude a bit on ken's thoughts last

861
00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:48.230
uh study haman's got us

862
00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:50.789
and and we've given up

863
00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:52.870
the fight against sin

864
00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:54.470
remember from when she was fallen

865
00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:58.149
otherwise i'll take your lamb stand away

866
00:33:58.159 --> 00:34:00.470
but verse 6 he says but this thou hast i

867
00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.789
love the way jesus addresses the issue

868
00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:05.269
gives them stern rebukes but always

869
00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:08.310
encouraging always it carries

870
00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.109
but

871
00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:11.349
this you have you hate the deeds of the

872
00:34:11.359 --> 00:34:14.389
nicolaitans which i also hate i hate the

873
00:34:14.399 --> 00:34:16.710
nicolaitas

874
00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:19.270
the greek is vanquishers of the people

875
00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:21.589
we don't quite know

876
00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:23.829
definitively who in fact they were but

877
00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:26.629
we do know this they were a group

878
00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:30.669
who affected at least two

879
00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:34.149
ecclesiastic pergamos in verse 15 he

880
00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.190
says

881
00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:37.270
just look across your column so you have

882
00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.310
also

883
00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:40.550
that is pergamos you have them that hold

884
00:34:40.560 --> 00:34:43.030
the doctrine of the nicolaitans which

885
00:34:43.040 --> 00:34:44.790
thing i hate

886
00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.389
now you remember in the epistle to

887
00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:48.389
timothy timothy showed

888
00:34:48.399 --> 00:34:51.510
hygienic doctrine good doctrine

889
00:34:51.520 --> 00:34:54.869
brings good morals

890
00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.669
good

891
00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:57.430
doctrine brings

892
00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:59.190
good behavior

893
00:34:59.200 --> 00:35:00.790
as you believe

894
00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:02.710
so you live

895
00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:05.589
and that's what jesus is saying

896
00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:07.030
i hate

897
00:35:07.040 --> 00:35:10.550
the deeds of negligence and i hate their

898
00:35:10.560 --> 00:35:12.310
doctrine

899
00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:14.950
doctrine and deeds doctrine and deeds

900
00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:16.630
it's no use knowing the truth and being

901
00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:18.470
able to recite the promises to abraham

902
00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.470
and living a life which is

903
00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:24.470
indistinguishable from the world

904
00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:27.430
the two go together you live the life

905
00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.670
walk walk walk remember the slide i had

906
00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:31.430
from a previous

907
00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:33.910
study we won't use up time by putting it

908
00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:36.230
back on

909
00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:38.550
vanquishes the people in the end they

910
00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:41.109
destroy people

911
00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:42.230
they

912
00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:44.470
teaching or behavior

913
00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.550
destroys people

914
00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:50.310
we can be destroyed by leaving the

915
00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:52.150
teachings of the truth

916
00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:54.390
drifting away to the world unfortunately

917
00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.349
people

918
00:35:55.359 --> 00:35:58.550
sometimes drift away to more comfortable

919
00:35:58.560 --> 00:36:00.950
environment like the evangelicals

920
00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:03.829
i i think in past generations uh

921
00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:05.750
brendan's sisters very few people left

922
00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:07.750
our community for other churches or i

923
00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.990
can't think of anyone who ever did

924
00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:11.910
ever you didn't join the church of

925
00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:14.150
england or the catholics or methodist if

926
00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.589
you left the truth you went off to the

927
00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.550
world

928
00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:18.870
but we are losing a few to evangelical

929
00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:20.069
movements

930
00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:21.910
because they provide a comfort zone they

931
00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:24.069
provide a sop and a

932
00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:25.510
sort of

933
00:36:25.520 --> 00:36:28.230
placebo for various problems and

934
00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:31.990
difficulties that people have

935
00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:34.069
but doctrine and teaching does go

936
00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:36.310
together and it can be very discouraging

937
00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.270
when

938
00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:39.750
either doctrine or teaching results in

939
00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:41.910
vanquishing of people where brothers and

940
00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.589
sisters lose heart

941
00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.790
and and give up and are defeated

942
00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:49.109
it's marvelous work in eureka by brother

943
00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:52.950
thomas where he he traces at ephesus the

944
00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:56.150
events after john and after jesus letter

945
00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:58.390
into the second and third centuries a d

946
00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.710
because at ephesus

947
00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:03.349
many of the worst aspects of the

948
00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:06.390
false church was developed the bishops

949
00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:09.349
of ephesus during the second and third

950
00:37:09.359 --> 00:37:10.870
centuries

951
00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:12.630
and if you want to do some nice light

952
00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:15.030
reading sometime then get eureka volume

953
00:37:15.040 --> 00:37:17.030
1 and just have a look at the the

954
00:37:17.040 --> 00:37:18.710
history of what happened after this

955
00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:21.349
letter was written and then ask yourself

956
00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:24.230
were the people vanquished by a group of

957
00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:26.310
people who dominated them who took the

958
00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:29.190
word heritage clergos for the flock and

959
00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:32.150
converted it into a word for them

960
00:37:32.160 --> 00:37:34.150
who were leaders over the flock not

961
00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:36.390
sparing the flock my word the

962
00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:39.270
nicolaitans were certainly there shortly

963
00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:41.670
after jesus wrote this letter well they

964
00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:43.349
were there when he

965
00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:45.430
when he wrote it but they began to

966
00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:50.950
vanquish the people shortly afterwards

967
00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:53.190
now jesus signs off this letter as he

968
00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:56.390
does with all of the letters by saying

969
00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:59.430
him to he that have an ear let him hear

970
00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:02.550
what the spirit says to the ecclesia he

971
00:38:02.560 --> 00:38:06.710
that has an ear let him hear

972
00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:08.390
and several times in the epistle to

973
00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:09.750
timothy

974
00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:12.069
paul says give heed

975
00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:15.990
give heed to thyself and to the doctrine

976
00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:17.430
give heed

977
00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.390
actually

978
00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:19.990
i'll just spend a minute going back to

979
00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.550
the origin of this saying of jesus

980
00:38:22.560 --> 00:38:25.190
because he often said that he that hath

981
00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:26.390
the ears

982
00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:29.270
let him hear he that have ears to hear

983
00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.550
let him hear

984
00:38:30.560 --> 00:38:33.670
the first time he used it was after the

985
00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:37.589
parable of the sower in mark

986
00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.310
in mark chapter

987
00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:43.349
four

988
00:38:43.359 --> 00:38:45.430
he's just taught them the parable of the

989
00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.710
sower

990
00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:48.630
we won't go over that you know it's so

991
00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:50.069
very very well our sunday school

992
00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:52.630
scholars could tell me what that means

993
00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:54.790
but in verse 9 he says

994
00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:57.589
after he finished the parable

995
00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:59.910
mark 4 verse 9 he says and he said unto

996
00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:02.069
them he that has ears to hear let him

997
00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.950
hear

998
00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:04.870
and when he was alone

999
00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:06.790
they that were about him with the twelve

1000
00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:09.109
asked him of the parable

1001
00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:11.430
and he said unto

1002
00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:15.030
unto you it is given to know

1003
00:39:15.040 --> 00:39:16.470
the mystery

1004
00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.630
of the kingdom of god

1005
00:39:18.640 --> 00:39:21.589
but unto them that are without all these

1006
00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.790
things

1007
00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:24.470
are done

1008
00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:27.430
in parables

1009
00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:29.430
the first time he used it was when he

1010
00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.829
said he that hath ears to hear let him

1011
00:39:31.839 --> 00:39:34.550
hear after the parable master tell us

1012
00:39:34.560 --> 00:39:36.630
about the parable

1013
00:39:36.640 --> 00:39:39.910
unto you it is known as given to know

1014
00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:43.910
the secrets of the kingdom you have ears

1015
00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:45.430
to hear

1016
00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:47.270
because you know the secrets of the

1017
00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:49.829
kingdom of god now as you know i've

1018
00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:51.910
shown you in the ephesian epistle that

1019
00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:54.790
that word is a key word the secret of

1020
00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:57.190
the kingdom the secret of the gospel the

1021
00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:59.190
secret of the fellowship of the gospel

1022
00:39:59.200 --> 00:40:01.510
the secret of the riches in christ the

1023
00:40:01.520 --> 00:40:03.510
secret of the union between christ and

1024
00:40:03.520 --> 00:40:04.630
his body

1025
00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:07.270
symbolized by marriage this is a great

1026
00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:10.630
secret this is a great secret job

1027
00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:13.670
so paul said you ephesians are in

1028
00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:17.109
possession of a secret

1029
00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:20.069
and mark says he told his apostles that

1030
00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:21.829
when he told them

1031
00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:23.829
you know about the kingdom of god what

1032
00:40:23.839 --> 00:40:26.870
is the book of revelation about

1033
00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:29.270
but the secret of what will transpire

1034
00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:31.430
leading up to the kingdom of god so

1035
00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:34.550
every letter says he that i have ears to

1036
00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:35.670
hear

1037
00:40:35.680 --> 00:40:38.230
let him hear you understand the parable

1038
00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:40.710
the symbols you understand the message

1039
00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:42.790
it's leading to the kingdom of god the

1040
00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:45.109
events which will occur between

1041
00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:47.190
the the advent of jesus and the setting

1042
00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:49.109
up of the kingdom of god

1043
00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:51.430
and so it's a great secret we've been

1044
00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.589
given brothers sisters

1045
00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:55.670
it was

1046
00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:58.630
taught to ephesus

1047
00:40:58.640 --> 00:41:00.150
and in the first letter of the

1048
00:41:00.160 --> 00:41:02.069
apocalypse which is addressed to ephesus

1049
00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:03.829
it crops up again as it does with the

1050
00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:05.349
other letters but there it is with

1051
00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:07.510
ephesus first he that had the ears to

1052
00:41:07.520 --> 00:41:11.589
hear let him hear

1053
00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:14.790
and he finally says

1054
00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.710
to him that overcometh will i give to

1055
00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:17.750
eat

1056
00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:19.349
of the tree of life which is in the

1057
00:41:19.359 --> 00:41:21.829
midst of the paradise of god and he

1058
00:41:21.839 --> 00:41:24.790
refers to genesis 3.

1059
00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:26.150
and timothy

1060
00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:28.550
paul had addressed the genesis record to

1061
00:41:28.560 --> 00:41:31.750
timothy by talking about adam

1062
00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:33.990
and eve

1063
00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:36.069
eve

1064
00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:38.150
thoroughly deceived by the doctrine of

1065
00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:39.990
the serpent

1066
00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:43.349
adam eating with her or as

1067
00:41:43.359 --> 00:41:45.829
some brethren have suggested the

1068
00:41:45.839 --> 00:41:48.470
the hebrew has by her that is adam was

1069
00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:51.589
there adam was silent he said nothing

1070
00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:53.430
eve conducted all the dialogue with the

1071
00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.550
serpent

1072
00:41:54.560 --> 00:41:57.510
and now when he wrote to it to ephesus

1073
00:41:57.520 --> 00:41:59.430
through timothy says now i want in the

1074
00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.790
ecclesia

1075
00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.390
the genesis record

1076
00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:06.230
to be enacted almost like a play up here

1077
00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:09.190
last night we saw certain principles

1078
00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:11.670
taught and in the ecclesia

1079
00:42:11.680 --> 00:42:13.829
paul says what happened in genesis i now

1080
00:42:13.839 --> 00:42:16.309
want you timothy to totally reverse i

1081
00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:18.069
suffer not a woman to teach or to have

1082
00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:20.470
authority over the man

1083
00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.589
because

1084
00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:23.750
eve was first in the transgression being

1085
00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:25.829
utterly deceived adam was not in the

1086
00:42:25.839 --> 00:42:29.030
transgression by deception

1087
00:42:29.040 --> 00:42:32.309
and so now the woman now remains silent

1088
00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:34.069
because she had her turn in the garden

1089
00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:36.069
of eden eve did all the talk

1090
00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:39.510
adam who who was totally derelict in his

1091
00:42:39.520 --> 00:42:42.309
job as a husband and a teacher of his

1092
00:42:42.319 --> 00:42:46.390
wife remained silent

1093
00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:48.630
while his wife was deceived by a false

1094
00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:50.150
doctrine

1095
00:42:50.160 --> 00:42:51.349
now paul

1096
00:42:51.359 --> 00:42:53.829
writes to timothy in first to timothy 2

1097
00:42:53.839 --> 00:42:55.829
and says now you addressed that timothy

1098
00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:57.589
and you reversed that role and set

1099
00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:59.990
things in order in the occlusion

1100
00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:02.230
and it's based on the genesis record on

1101
00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:04.870
on what happened in the garden of eden

1102
00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:06.950
so to him that overcometh

1103
00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:09.430
will i give to eat of the tree of life

1104
00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:11.030
which is in the midst of the paradise of

1105
00:43:11.040 --> 00:43:12.950
god in other words jesus says if you can

1106
00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:14.390
overcome now

1107
00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:16.470
and follow me in

1108
00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:19.109
in the right principle

1109
00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:21.109
with the ecclesia

1110
00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:23.109
as a model

1111
00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:25.349
of the bride

1112
00:43:25.359 --> 00:43:28.710
as the husband is a model

1113
00:43:28.720 --> 00:43:30.150
of christ

1114
00:43:30.160 --> 00:43:32.950
and eve was a model of the ecclesia if

1115
00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:34.870
you can enact that out now since jesus

1116
00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:36.470
you'll get back to the tree of life this

1117
00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:38.309
time it won't go wrong this time it will

1118
00:43:38.319 --> 00:43:41.109
go right and i he that overcomes i'll

1119
00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:44.309
give to eat of that tree which the human

1120
00:43:44.319 --> 00:43:46.550
pair lost

1121
00:43:46.560 --> 00:43:49.430
access to because of transgression in

1122
00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:50.950
the beginning

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so brothers and sisters we've traversed

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44 years

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of the history of one occlusion

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and i state what i stated at the

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beginning of the

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study

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that

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there is no other ecclesia

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in the first century where we are able

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to follow that history for so long

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through the ministrations of paul to the

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administrations of timothy and then

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finally the letter of jesus in 1898

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may we brothers sisters never forget our

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high calling in christ and may some of

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the things which we have been able to

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extract from

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from that history help us all

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as one united body striving together

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endeavoring together to keep the unity

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of the spirit in the bonds of peace

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and to walk

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in light

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as children of god may those lessons go

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with us as we leave this place

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you