THE CONFERENCE - Men of War - Dusty Deevers
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2 Timothy 2:1-7 A wise nation builds its house upon the rock of the Word of God, and a wise nation will not be shaken; but we are proving our idolatrous folly in building our house on the sands of self-reliance that despises and disregards our Creator, we have become a foolish nation built upon the same sands that that an ancient serpent laid before our first parents, and thus we are feeling the weight of his judgment.
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As you're turning there, I will set up the text and say a couple biographical things
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and try to keep that out of the sermon too much.
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To God belongs all the glory, honor, and praise through King Jesus by the Holy Spirit.
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Jesus Christ reigns above all powers, all authorities, and every name that is named.
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All governments are on His shoulders, and of the increase of His government and of peace, there will be no end.
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I want you to look at what God has put before us.
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We must understand that under God's sovereign guidance, he has commanded us to, and likewise, we have now committed ourselves to a great work.
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A work too historic to take our hands off the plow.
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so solemn humility before our sovereign god is necessary in so many ways in our nation in our
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states we have forgotten our god and thus we are feeling the weight of his judgment and we should
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a wise nation nation builds its house upon the rock of the word of christ the holy scriptures
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A wise nation built on the rock of Christ will not be shaken.
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But we are proving our idolatrous folly in building our house on the sands of self-reliance
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We have become a foolish nation built upon the same sands that that ancient serpent laid before our first parents.
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envy, slander, pride, the shedding of innocent blood, sexual immorality, sodomy, and all other
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manners of blasphemy. These things God hates. And that nation who builds its house upon the sands
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of folly will be shaken to rubble. So let us confess our sins and come under a solemn repentance
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Our text this afternoon is found in the second letter
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during Nero's horrendous persecution of the Christians
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he takes up pen and page and charges Timothy his beloved son in the faith and with his eyes on his
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savior and his hands to the church and his heart pouring out Paul passes his ministry on to Timothy
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who will pass it on to the other faithful men Paul charged him to be faithful in ministry
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it just give it to god okay so i'm going to read the text hear the word of the lord
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second timothy 2 1 through 7 you then my child be strengthened by the grace that is in christ
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jesus and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful
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men who will be able to teach others also share in suffering is a good soldier of christ jesus
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no soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits since his aim is to please the one who enlisted
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him an athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules it is the hard-working
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farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops think over what I say for the Lord will
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give you understanding in everything this is the word of the Lord amen let's pray our Lord we ask
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that you will direct our minds attentions and our hearts affections father in heaven we come to you
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The Scriptures, church history, and our present reality prove that we must train the next generation of men
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who will lead their families, lead their churches, lead their businesses, and the civil government.
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Men, soldiers, warriors, we must equip you for battle.
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Our Lord, who gave His life for you, demands your life in return.
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And by God's sovereign ordination, you have a definitive mission from the slain Lamb who is standing.
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the aim of this text is to lay upon christian men the weighty duty and the delight of wartime
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living and training to strengthen your resolve to call you to the brotherhood to aim your pursuits
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to charge you to holiness to challenge you to look to the giver of the spoils
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Our Lord's command is not just a call to warfare,
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It's not just a call to warfare, but it's a call to embrace the warfare.
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And the biblical charge of churches is to equip men to be good soldier, reproducing soldiers.
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I'm going to give six reasons why churches must aim at men.
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So where you are right now, I want you to ask the Lord Jesus to focus your mind.
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be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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it appears that Timothy was growing weak in his labors
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and renew his fierce commitment to Christ and to the saints
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be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus
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can't you see him telling his young protege this
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Ben, you know, and some of you need to know all the more,
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Men need to be strengthened by grace because of persecution.
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Why should we think that they will do any better for us?
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They killed the prophets and the apostles.
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Why wouldn't they kill the laborers in the king's harvest?
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The closer you get to the fire, the greater the heat.
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Put yourself into the war and the battle will come to you as you go out to meet it.
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Go out to meet the fight, men, and be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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Through it, your Lord is raising up both your internal feeling of the need for grace
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and the humbling fact that you are dependent upon him, desperately so,
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And we have to realize that, and we must be strengthened by grace.
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And you need to strengthen other men by grace too.
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and gentleness, in love for the difficulties in your home, growing your bond in marriage,
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building your church or your business, you need to be strengthened in grace.
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Don't be too proud to admit it. You know what kind of grace God promises those who will join
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came in time he secured his grace from before the found he secured it by his grace he secured the
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through his bloody death at the hands of men and the wrath of the father and he rose from the grave
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in victory over sin death and the devil and he conquered every enemy that's and seats and he is
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seated at the right hand of the father now ruling over all his grace is inconquerable his grace is
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admittable. It's indomitable. And when you embrace the cost of following Christ, you will be
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strengthened in our warrior king's grace, a forgiving and fortifying grace, a freeing and
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motivating grace, an unconquerable and eternal grace. Brothers, you will not shift or drift
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So we must call men to be strengthened in grace.
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And you need to find someone who is capable of doing so.
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we must entrust the faith to faithful entrusters.
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We must entrust the faith to faithful entrusters.
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And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses,
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entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. To entrust here is to deposit.
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This text is known as four generation discipleship or depositing. Paul gave it to Timothy
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and Timothy was to entrust it to faithful men who will be able to entrust and teach it to others
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also. But in reality, it's five-generation discipleship. Jesus to Paul, to faithful men,
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to Timothy, to faithful men, to others. This is the pattern of discipleship that began the church
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and exploded it across the world. This is Jesus' strategy for dominionizing his world,
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for spreading his glorious rule from one end of the earth to the other. Many people poured into
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Timothy. And he needed to bring them to the forefront of his mind. What you have heard from
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me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others.
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Many people had poured into him. It was time for him to think on them so that he could realign
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himself and get to the good warfare. Men, right now where you sit, think on those saints who have
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trained you in the faith. Bring them to the forefront of your mind right now. Can you see
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them? Your dad? Your mom? A grandpa? A grandma? A pastor? A friend? A fellow saint? Let their
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faithfulness be a charge to you and a call to you for your faithfulness. Now think about
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Who are you depositing this faith that is once and for all
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our lord employs his faithful men who embrace the cost to teach others now what is timothy to
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entrust or deposit in verse two he says what you have heard from me he says heard from me
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in the faith and love that are in christ jesus and so this is what he says in second timothy
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1 13 through 14 follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me
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in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus verse 14 by the Holy Spirit who in who dwells
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within us and then he says guard the good deposit entrusted to you and that's the gift of preaching
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and teaching but also the faith that has been delivered so it's not just any deposit that you
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are to make and that has been made into Timothy. No, it is the most important, most valuable deposit
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known to man. It is a sacred deposit, a faith that is delivered to all the saints. It's worth more
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than gold. It's worth more than silver. It's worth more than pursuing. It's worth pursuing more than
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generational wealth this is the greatest generational wealth to pursue men make the
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sacred deposit in your children to whom is timothy entrusted or to entrust or deposit the faith
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paul says faithful men faithful men this text is discriminatory it discriminates
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the servant who buried his stewardship was rebuked, removed, and cast out.
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But the faithful servant who made use of his talents,
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Neglect the gift, and it will rust, decay, and be taken away.
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To be faithful in our charge, we must entrust the faith to faithful entrusters.
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Third, to be faithful in our charge, we must prepare men to suffer like good soldiers,
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we must prepare men to suffer like good soldiers pleasing their enlisting officer
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look at verse three share in suffering as a good soldier of christ jesus there are some children
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in here children look at me let me see your eyes children have your have your parents ever taken you
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taken your face and put it right between their hands and brought you up close and looked in your
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eyes and said something like this listen to me son listen to me daughter this is very important
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and then they give you some instruction hopefully it's wise but they give you some kind of
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instruction that hopefully meant something and you remember it this is the kind of earnestness
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You share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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Share with me and the other men that you are going to teach.
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it's not enough to fight here or there and it's not a lone ranger fight you must embrace the
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battle in locked arms with other men it is in the embrace of the battle that you are embracing
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the strengthening grace and the person of christ and embracing the strengthening grace that comes
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through the brotherhood look at verse 3 again share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ
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Jesus Paul could have said ambassador he could have said minister he could have said steward
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and he has other places but here he says soldier Timothy you're a soldier
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think about it timothy you're in a battle you are a soldier and not just any soldier will do
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timothy you must be a good soldier of christ jesus no soldier he says in verse four gets
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entangled in civilians civilian pursuits since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him
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Timothy, as a good soldier, you aim your weapons towards Christ's commission and not your own.
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We have seen many men get sidetracked over the years.
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you must keep your affections on what pleases christ and your will to do his will and one of
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the reasons the local church elders exist is to help you distinguish between christ's warfare
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those eternally important battles and tactics and direct you away from frivolous pursuits
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so what in your life right now what in your life right now is even distracting you from keeping
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christ's mission first you have been commissioned by the authority of christ to make disciples in
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your home your work and where you go you have been commanded to love your wife you have been
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commanded to wash her in the word commanded to love your children and teach them to fear and
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treasure our captain and commanded to do your work heartily as unto the Lord and commanded to do all
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these things in the strengthening grace that he provides and he will not fail you men
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so I want us to pause right now and where you are pray psalm 139 verse 23 pray this as I read it
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do not get entangled in them for another second
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john 4 4 says friendship with the world is enmity with god you leave them now
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for his glory and your joy and the joy of generations to come and you be strengthened
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which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to you
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We must prepare men to compete according to the rules
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We must charge men to compete according to the rules
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and do not neglect the day of small beginnings.
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And I ask you, are you content in the small beginnings
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For some of you, those small beginnings are years in the past.
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For some of you, they're right in front of you.
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Do not despise the day of small things, Zechariah 4.10 says.
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Because in that way, in those offerings of obedience that are put before you by your king,
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he is developing. He's honing you as a good soldier. He is testing you to see if you can manage
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the grace that he supplies for your daily needs and for your daily growth. When you say,
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give us this day our daily bread, there is a principle that's being set there.
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give us what we need for today and he says here here's a small thing do that and trust me when
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you do it don't do it in your own strength do it as an act of love to christ do it as an act of
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worship and start there in those small things and see what he might do and see then
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Spend yourself for the ultimate good of another
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who ought to have the first share of the crops.
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So men, you lay your hand to the plow and do not look back.
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If you are going to be a man who pursues Christ,
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ready to experience the full onslaught of the grace of Christ.
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it is the overwhelming indomitable grace of Christ
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who meets you whenever you wake up in the morning
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we must call men to think hard over the Scriptures.
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We must call men to think hard over the Scriptures
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so you'll align yourselves according to God's providence.
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for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
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He's saying, Timothy, you get clear perception, you come to full understanding, you give careful attention and count the cost and then do exactly what our Lord says.
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Align yourself, Timothy, with God's providence and then you embrace the cost.
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In 2 Samuel 10, we're told of the Ammonite and Syrian armies coming up against King David.
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gives advice to the soldiers that you must heed.
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Be of good courage and let us be courageous for our people
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If you are going to align yourselves providentially,
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Because you entrust yourself to the sovereign ruler of all
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who establishes the dominion of Christ by his own zealous pleasure.
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providentially you must be of good courage men second to align yourself providentially you must
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be courageous for our people first chronicles 18 13 says use your use your strength for our people
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and the cities of our god men use your strength that god that god has graciously given you to
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protect the innocent to lead to serve to provide to rescue those who are being led to death
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Let me just say something about the campaign that I went through, and now that I'm a senator, just to give you some perspective of how God works in his providence.
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God wanted certain topics from our campaign to be in the public discussion, because for whatever reason, they've been lacking in the public discussion.
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you can probably think of some reasons why some of the topics that we talked about that god brought
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up in my campaign were lacking in the public discussion go back to point one to to be aligned
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providentially you must be of good courage if we lack courage certain topics aren't going to go in
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the public discussion god did these things he brought those topics to discussion and i had a
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duty before God to trust him to set the platform. Providence ensured that the plight of the pre-born
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and those being frozen and discarded would be front and center in my campaign. My opponents
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thought it was wise to attack my Christian stance on these issues, and you cannot imagine the fruit
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that God has brought through conversations during the campaign. What they intended for evil,
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And can I just charge you to be of good courage?
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third, you must let God do what seems good to him.
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let god do what seems good to him do you trust the lord like this men
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do you trust god to tear down evil in his world according to his timing and his means and his
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purposes or do you look and say well the culture will only allow this much so we're going to set
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the terms on the basis of the culture fine on that hell if we let the culture set the terms
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Men, brothers, like it or not, you are in a conflict and the enemy of your souls and the souls of your family and the souls of the saints is prowling around seeking his prey.
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And by God's grace, you have been born again to be a good soldier for the good of God's people.
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to extend the dynasty and the dominion of our king
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and the conquerors will sit with King Jesus on his throne.
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Your divine general has strategically gathered fellow troops,
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husbands fathers grandfathers leaders all gifted all strategic all commissioned to wage the good
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warfare as good soldiers of our king man it is no time for shrinking back know this you will suffer
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you will be called to share in the sufferings of our king but they cannot be compared to the
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eternal weight of glory that is to be revealed to you in your groaning you will grow in your
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mourning you will hope in your struggle you will triumph so keep your eyes on our loving crucified
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but resurrected warrior king jesus and in his providence that is kind he has placed you here
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at this time for war side along for war alongside your brothers in arms and you need to pay attention