DAILY TRUTH - The Church Is At War
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The last years of your life are the years where you have acquired the most wisdom and experience, and you don t have the physical strength anymore. The apostle Paul reminds us that if we die, then to be absent in the body is to be present with the lord.
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from a particular vocation, but you don't ever retire from productivity. The last years of your
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life are the years where you have acquired the most wisdom, the most experience, and you don't
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have the physical strength anymore. You know, and that's so gracious on God's part. You think about
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the way he designed the cycle of human life. You know what me and my wife need right now?
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we need spiritual wisdom but we also really need physical energy
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we need a lot of physical energy with four little ones in our home five and under now when our
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children are older i won't need that much energy i could be in a wheelchair i'd like to not be but
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i could be but you know what what my kids will need then they're going to need like if i have
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a wheelchair they're going to need me to shave my head and have like some professor xavier wisdom
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to offer. You know what I mean? I don't necessarily have to run around and roll on the floor as much
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as I used to, but I better have some answers to some of the tough questions in life.
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Well, so too, for some of you, more seasoned saints would be the euphemism. It's true, though.
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Seasoned saints is a nice way to put it. It's a true way to put it. Some of you, it's not just
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a spiritual discipleship and spiritually speaking, warring against sin, but it's also practically,
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you know how to budget a checkbook. A lot of young people today don't.
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I mean, that's always been a problem with young people, not particularly wise with money, but
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especially in this current generation. Some of you, you know how to invest. Some of you know how to
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buy land and maintain it. Some of you, you have kids, but you've raised them. Your youngest is
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20, where somebody else, their oldest is three. And you have some of that time and that wisdom
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that you can come. And instead of just enjoying the rest, because guess what? We're going to enjoy
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the rest. The church triumphant, that comes. It does come, but it's not here yet. You're not dead
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yet, praise God. And I think of the apostle Paul, where he's hard pressed, he says, between the two
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options. And he's being facetious in his language. He knows that the options aren't his, but ultimately
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the Lord and his sovereignty, God will decide. But he says, if I remain in the body, then that means
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fruitful labor for me. And it's better for your sake, church. But if I die, then to be absent in
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the body is to be present with the lord which is far better what paul is essentially saying is this
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if i die i'll be with jesus and that's my choice that is the best but if i live it means fruitful
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language it's flowery pretty language but what he's saying is this if i'm alive as long as i'm
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alive down to the very end until the final bell rings as long as i'm living fruitful labor it's
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just another way of saying if i'm alive it means work it means work and if i work that's good for
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you you guys want me to be alive because it's not going to be work for myself it's going to be work
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for you so if i'm alive i'm going to keep working to help out some of you crazy immature christians
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that need some help you know and he's saying it nicely but but if i die that would be really great
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because it's a lot of work and i've been doing it for quite a while and i'm starting to get a
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little tired but the principle there it's it's just as plain what i've been saying all along
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that's just another biblical example paul is saying it is to the younger less mature christians
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benefit that the more seasoned saint like paul that his life continue a little longer because
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as long as he is in that life, as long as we are in this life, it means rest. Not in the truest
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sense. Everything we do comes from rest and faith in Christ and the finished work of the gospel,
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but in the very same breath, the Christian life, as long as we're living here on earth, means
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work. The church triumphant, true and final rest, heaven. The church militant, that's the church
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on earth. That's the church alive. Can I be frank with you for just a second right here at the end?
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Look, some of you guys, you're financially supporting this ministry, and from the bottom
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of my heart, I say thank you. I cannot thank you enough. However, some of you, you just,
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you can't afford it. In fact, some of you, you shouldn't afford it. Let's be honest. I mean,
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we're living in Joe Biden's ridiculous economy. Our nation and our totalitarian political elites
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lost their minds over the last three years due to COVID. We have written checks that we simply
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cannot cash. It doesn't matter if people change the definition of a recession. We are living in
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a recession right now regardless. Some of you are struggling to afford a carton of eggs at the
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grocery store. You cannot support financially this ministry at this time, nor should you,
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but you could still help us tremendously. I am asking you, please, if you're willing to do so,
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