1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,980 Thank you. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:59,980 Thank you. 3 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:29,980 Thank you. 4 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,280 I don't have to go to the left, but it's just this bag sitting on the door. 5 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:40,220 You have to worry, you have to worry, you have to worry, you can talk to them. 6 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:40,880 I don't know. 7 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:29,980 I don't know. 8 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:59,980 Thank you. 9 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:06,000 five on Monday, it's been 12 on the first place. 10 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Yeah, so you're probably at some of the hundreds. 11 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Yeah, so I guess that's where it's going to be at the next day. 12 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,000 So I have another couple of years for a few years. 13 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 I'm working for a guy that's going to act. 14 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,000 All of the men who are in the middle of the year. 15 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 I'm going to have to go back to that one. 16 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 I'm going to have to go back to that one. 17 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 I'm going to have to go back to that one. 18 00:10:50,000 --> 00:11:19,980 Thank you. 19 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:47,560 Oh, thank you. 20 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 So, yeah. 21 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:30,000 right 22 00:12:50,000 --> 00:13:19,980 Thank you. 23 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,840 It's not busy, but I'm doing it. 24 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,000 And then if it's small, it can't cut the hands. 25 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,160 And they're like, can you hear where's your nose? 26 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,080 No way. 27 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,940 So, they were like, so he's just like, 28 00:13:32,940 --> 00:13:35,460 you're like, you're like, that's about it. 29 00:13:35,460 --> 00:13:40,040 So, out there, you're like, no, where's your nose? 30 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,900 I'm like, no, where's your nose? 31 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:44,360 I'm like, no, where's your nose? 32 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:45,940 I'm like, no, where's your nose? 33 00:13:45,940 --> 00:13:47,300 I'm like, you're like, you're like, 34 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:48,760 you're like, you're funny, I'm not even wrong. 35 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:49,220 I feel worried. 36 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:23,900 It wasn't like can you get a ticket here and it was like, let's go. 37 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:26,800 You called me the way in there for a room for you. 38 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:33,540 What do you call fire, blood, everything is in the back of the door. 39 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:43,720 And so, so there's a lot of things. 40 00:14:43,720 --> 00:15:13,700 Thank you. 41 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:27,720 the dog 42 00:15:43,720 --> 00:16:13,700 Thank you. 43 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:43,700 Thank you. 44 00:16:43,720 --> 00:17:13,700 Thank you. 45 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:18,340 and all they have to do is help me out there. 46 00:17:18,340 --> 00:17:22,140 Like, y'all have to just give me shit here as well. 47 00:17:22,140 --> 00:17:24,560 'Cause I'm like, I don't know where you're at. 48 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:25,860 I know where you're at, I know where you're at. 49 00:17:25,860 --> 00:17:27,360 I know where you're at. 50 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:28,820 I know where you're at. 51 00:17:28,820 --> 00:17:30,260 They didn't hit me, and they were like, 52 00:17:30,260 --> 00:17:32,880 you're gonna be a part of, and I was like a tall person. 53 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,620 Like, I was just like, you know. 54 00:17:35,620 --> 00:17:38,680 But I do that all the wrong stuff to send a letter. 55 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,080 Like, I don't know where you're going to fix them, 56 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,620 but I didn't even know where you're at. 57 00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:42,680 I don't know where you're at. 58 00:17:42,680 --> 00:18:12,660 Thank you. 59 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:37,360 Excuse me, no I didn't mean to do that in the microphone. 60 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:39,300 Good morning everybody. 61 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:40,520 It's good to be here. 62 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:47,700 another reminder about Brandon he is on a lot of immunocompromised medicine so 63 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:55,160 can't hug him or kiss him holy kiss him or if you want to rush the stage Kathy 64 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:59,240 well Audrey's gone she's downstairs she was the bodyguard so I have to get Stu 65 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:05,120 and Kathy to to tackle you if you try to rush the stage so but it's good to be 66 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:08,960 here today we're gonna get started by reading together out of Ephesians so if 67 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:16,460 we want to go ahead and stand we're going to be reading out of Ephesians 3 68 00:19:16,460 --> 00:19:25,360 doing verses 14 through 21 and begins for this reason I bow my knees before the 69 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:31,940 father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named that according to 70 00:19:31,940 --> 00:19:37,520 the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through 71 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:44,880 his spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you 72 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:51,840 being rooted and grounded in love may have strength to comprehend with all the saints 73 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:59,500 what is the breadth and length and height and depth and to know the love of Christ that 74 00:19:59,500 --> 00:20:08,000 surpasses knowledge that you may be filled with all fullness of God now to him who is able to do 75 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:15,600 far more abundantly than all that we ask or think according to the power at work within us 76 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:23,520 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever 77 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:32,940 Amen. This is the word of the Lord. Let's pray. God, we thank you for the opportunity to be here 78 00:20:32,940 --> 00:20:37,940 today. We thank you for those watching online and watching downstairs, and we thank you for 79 00:20:37,940 --> 00:20:44,060 just the encouragement that this group is, not just to me and Brandon, but to everyone here. 80 00:20:44,060 --> 00:20:52,300 We thank you for this strength that we can get through you, that we can only receive through 81 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:57,640 you and we just thank you for uh so much for these words and how they can remind us of that 82 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:03,100 be with our service today allow it to glorify you be with brandon as he preaches and just give him 83 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:09,720 strength and energy uh to be able to share the gospel and to to uh just show just remind us again 84 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:17,320 how much you love us and and and want us in Jesus name amen all right our first Song that we're 85 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:22,860 going to start with today is going to be Build My Life. 86 00:21:22,860 --> 00:21:45,440 Worthy of every song we could ever sing. 87 00:21:47,320 --> 00:22:00,860 Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring, Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe, We live for you. 88 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:30,940 Jesus the name above every other name, Jesus the only one who could ever say, Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe, we live for you, oh we live for you. 89 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:37,440 Holy, there is no one like you. 90 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,780 There is none beside you. 91 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:49,080 Open up my eyes in wonder and show me who you are. 92 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:59,280 And fill me with your heart and lead me in your love to those around me. 93 00:23:00,540 --> 00:23:20,040 Worthy of every song we could ever sing, Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring, Worthy of every breath we could ever grieve, We live for you. 94 00:23:26,540 --> 00:23:31,320 Jesus, the name above every other name. 95 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:37,340 Jesus, the only one in the name. 96 00:23:37,340 --> 00:23:43,440 Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe. 97 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,340 We live for you. 98 00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:48,480 Oh, we live for you. 99 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:55,820 Holy, there is no one like you. 100 00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:59,080 There is none beside you. 101 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:17,080 Open up my eyes in wonder and show me who you are and fill me with your heart and lead me in your love to those around me. 102 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:30,000 I will build my life upon your love in a firm foundation. 103 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:43,280 I will put my trust in you alone, and I will not be shaken. 104 00:24:44,600 --> 00:25:10,600 Oh, there is no one like you, there is none beside you, open up my eyes in wonder and show me who you are and fill me with your heart and lead me in your love to those around me. 105 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:19,540 All right. If you'd like to sit, you can, or if you want to remain standing, you can. 106 00:25:19,540 --> 00:25:24,780 We're going to be moving into our prayer and share time after this next song. So if you're 107 00:25:24,780 --> 00:25:29,220 watching online, there will be a slide up with a phone number for you to text if you would like to 108 00:25:29,220 --> 00:25:34,220 share any prayer requests or anything you'd like to share with us. So here we can do that. And then 109 00:25:34,220 --> 00:25:40,200 we're going to be muted here during that time for a few minutes. So give us some time to have 110 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:45,220 that prayer time here and then when we come back we'll be moving into our time of 111 00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:49,300 communion. And so as we move into that 112 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:50,640 we're going to be singing Waymaker. 113 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:20,840 You are here, moving in our midst, I worship you, I worship you. 114 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:35,440 You are here, working in this place, I worship you, I worship you. 115 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:43,200 You are here, moving in our midst. 116 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:50,060 I worship you, I worship you. 117 00:26:50,060 --> 00:26:57,560 You are here, working in this place. 118 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:04,480 I worship you, I worship you. 119 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:19,540 Waymaker, Miracle Worker, Promise Keeper, Light in the darkness, my God, that is who you are. 120 00:27:19,540 --> 00:27:33,860 Waymaker, Miracle Worker, Promise Keeper, Light in the darkness, my God, that is who you are. 121 00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:48,160 You are here, touching every heart, I worship you, I worship you. 122 00:27:48,160 --> 00:28:02,800 You are here, healing every heart, I worship you, I worship you. 123 00:28:03,860 --> 00:28:18,740 You are here turning lives around I'll worship you, I'll worship you 124 00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:33,620 You are here fending every heart I'll worship you, I'll worship you 125 00:28:33,620 --> 00:28:46,680 Waymaker, Miracle Worker, Promise Keeper, Light in the darkness, My God, That is Who You Are. 126 00:28:46,680 --> 00:29:01,240 Waymaker, Miracle Worker, Promise Keeper, Light in the darkness, My God, That is Who You Are. 127 00:29:03,620 --> 00:29:15,780 Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper, light in the darkness, my God, that is who you are. 128 00:29:15,780 --> 00:29:30,000 Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper, light in the darkness, my God, that is who you are. 129 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,000 You may be seated. 130 00:29:33,620 --> 00:30:03,600 Thank you. 131 00:30:03,620 --> 00:30:33,600 Thank you. 132 00:30:33,620 --> 00:31:03,600 Thank you. 133 00:42:03,620 --> 00:42:09,880 about the grace of God and sometimes I ramble when I'm up here so I'll ramble a little bit 134 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:17,460 the peace that I've felt specifically the past two weeks with everything with Brandon 135 00:42:17,460 --> 00:42:22,820 has been pretty indescribable and then when I think about that peace and the grace that 136 00:42:22,820 --> 00:42:28,080 God's extended for me to have peace in that and then I think about my small world with 137 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:33,120 kidney transplants and everything that goes with that and then you expand it to everything that's 138 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:38,660 going on with our friends in the Ukraine and where with our families or siblings or anything 139 00:42:38,660 --> 00:42:46,740 close to us here and just how God cares and his grace extends to the biggest things such as a war 140 00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:53,880 to the littlest things such as yesterday we had to give some fish away for Evelyn to pray for peace 141 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:59,160 for that is and God cares about it it's pretty remarkable how even just the tiniest thing God 142 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:04,200 cares about and when you think about that you know that he is taking care of the huge things 143 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:11,660 that we can't even understand and so and it's all because of his grace and so as we sing this song 144 00:43:11,660 --> 00:43:17,220 if you don't know it it's pretty easy to learn but just focus on the words and how God's grace 145 00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:25,040 changes us allows us even in the midst of our hurts and angers and traumas and all sorts of 146 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:32,680 things, we're able to extend that grace to others only by his strength. And so just wanted to share 147 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:36,720 that a little bit as we move into this, and then we'll have our time of communion together. So this 148 00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:37,960 by the grace of God. 149 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:59,120 I rest my soul on Jesus 150 00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:04,620 when the mountains shake. 151 00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:17,560 I put my trust in Jesus the moment I awake. 152 00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:31,700 And when my soul is lost at sea, He will be my rock. 153 00:44:33,620 --> 00:44:39,800 My vision be in Christ alone. 154 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:45,400 This grace is all we've got. 155 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:52,020 His love is like the mighty ocean. 156 00:44:52,020 --> 00:44:58,980 His love for me will never stop. 157 00:45:00,180 --> 00:45:11,720 Oh, his arms are strong enough to carry me through it all by the grace of God. 158 00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:24,140 So I, upon his shoulders, safely brought them. 159 00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:39,080 Helper of my helpless soul, the king of broken hearts. 160 00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:45,340 His love is like the mighty ocean. 161 00:45:45,340 --> 00:45:52,360 His love for me will never stop. 162 00:45:52,360 --> 00:46:05,000 Oh, His arms are strong enough to carry me through it all by the grace of God. 163 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:13,620 You are the passion of my life, Lord Jesus. 164 00:46:13,620 --> 00:46:28,760 you are the song within my soul my strength my hope my all in all is you 165 00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:44,360 Oh, Jesus, you, when breath and night draws near, I will not be afraid. 166 00:46:45,360 --> 00:47:00,320 I know the plans He has for me don't finish my grave. 167 00:47:02,260 --> 00:47:16,660 His love is like the mighty ocean, his love will never stop. 168 00:47:16,660 --> 00:47:26,940 Oh, his arms are strong enough to carry me through it all. 169 00:47:32,260 --> 00:48:00,580 In the 18th Psalm, David has been delivered from the enemies that have surrounded him. 170 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:11,360 And as he is thanking God for what he has done, he talks about how he had felt just tangled up by all the things of life. 171 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:17,980 He'll say, the cords of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me, 172 00:48:17,980 --> 00:48:22,940 the cords of Sheol entangled me, and the snares of death confronted me. 173 00:48:22,940 --> 00:48:30,200 And what David is saying is in the moment of this conflict, he felt completely and totally overwhelmed. 174 00:48:30,780 --> 00:48:33,700 He felt like he was drowning and couldn't keep his head above water. 175 00:48:33,700 --> 00:48:37,100 He felt like he was tied up and he couldn't move. 176 00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:41,040 And God came to him, and this is how he begins the psalm. 177 00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,960 I love you, O Lord, my strength. 178 00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:48,200 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer. 179 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:54,620 My God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of salvation, my stronghold. 180 00:48:54,620 --> 00:48:58,460 I call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised. 181 00:48:58,900 --> 00:49:01,240 And I am saved from my enemies. 182 00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:10,580 All of us from time to time, I think, can identify with those feelings of maybe not being able to keep our head above water. 183 00:49:10,580 --> 00:49:13,720 We feel like life has tangled us up. 184 00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:21,100 Maybe we're tangled in sin or in brokenness so many times because of the decisions that we have made. 185 00:49:22,180 --> 00:49:30,560 The good news of the gospel is that Jesus has come and he has saved us by giving his life on our behalf. 186 00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:33,300 He has risen again for our victory. 187 00:49:33,300 --> 00:49:35,740 He has conquered all of our enemies. 188 00:49:35,740 --> 00:49:40,660 He's conquered the enemy of sin and death and Satan and hell. 189 00:49:40,660 --> 00:49:45,560 And through his grace, he brings us into his family. 190 00:49:46,940 --> 00:49:53,160 And so communion for us this morning is a time for us to turn our eyes upon our rock, 191 00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:59,600 our deliverer, our salvation, and remember what he has done for us. 192 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:05,260 So I'm going to pray, and we'll read a little bit of Scripture, and then we'll partake together. 193 00:50:05,260 --> 00:50:09,420 Father in heaven, thank you for Jesus and for grace. 194 00:50:09,420 --> 00:50:10,880 Thank you for hope. 195 00:50:12,260 --> 00:50:17,920 Thank you that you took a drowning, tangled up people and you saved us. 196 00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:26,400 We thank you and we see the cost of our salvation in the cross and in the nails and in the suffering. 197 00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:33,020 And we see the hope of victory and the power of the resurrection, knowing that you are over all things. 198 00:50:33,020 --> 00:50:37,600 So this morning as we break this bread and drink this cup, remind us of the gospel. 199 00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:45,000 May it not just be an accessory to us, but may it be the air we breathe and the food that we eat and drink. 200 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,740 Thank you for Jesus. I ask that you bless this bread and this cup. 201 00:50:48,740 --> 00:50:50,780 It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 202 00:50:50,780 --> 00:50:57,820 Jesus will say of this bread that this is my body, which is for you. 203 00:50:57,820 --> 00:50:59,840 Do this in remembrance of me. 204 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:11,360 Jesus will say of the cup, this cup is the new covenant in my blood. 205 00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:14,900 Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. 206 00:51:14,900 --> 00:51:22,820 And then he will say this, for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, 207 00:51:22,820 --> 00:51:26,060 you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 208 00:51:32,580 --> 00:51:40,940 I'm going to read from 1 Corinthians, from Acts, the 18th chapter, not a long text this 209 00:51:40,940 --> 00:51:47,540 morning, which is good, because I don't quite have as much energy as I had at one time. 210 00:51:47,540 --> 00:51:52,880 A short text, and we'll read through it, and then we'll spend some time in it together. 211 00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:56,400 Starting in verse 24 of Acts, the 18th chapter, 212 00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:01,880 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus, and he was an eloquent man, 213 00:52:01,980 --> 00:52:06,280 confident in the Scriptures, and he had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being 214 00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:11,680 fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately through the things concerning Jesus, though 215 00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:16,420 he knew only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when 216 00:52:16,420 --> 00:52:20,620 Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of 217 00:52:20,620 --> 00:52:26,100 God more accurately. And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him 218 00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:30,720 and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. And when he arrived, he greatly helped those 219 00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:32,840 through grace had believed. 220 00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:35,900 For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, 221 00:52:35,900 --> 00:52:40,620 showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. 222 00:52:40,620 --> 00:52:41,300 Let's pray. 223 00:52:41,300 --> 00:52:44,540 Father, I thank you for your word. 224 00:52:44,540 --> 00:52:48,560 I thank you for the testimony of Apollos, 225 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:50,860 the work of Priscilla and Aquila. 226 00:52:50,860 --> 00:52:53,660 This morning as we open this text, 227 00:52:53,660 --> 00:52:57,240 may you help us as we look to what you would have us to do 228 00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:59,260 and that we would see how you prepare your people, 229 00:52:59,960 --> 00:53:05,280 how you help your people, and that we would seek to serve God in your church. 230 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:10,880 I thank you for Jesus. Be with me as I preach this morning. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 231 00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:16,700 So this text on the surface kind of just seems like it's a little bit of filler. Here's this 232 00:53:16,700 --> 00:53:23,040 guy, Apollos. He shows up, learns some things, gets sent off to Corinth. He's an amazing guy. 233 00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:28,740 He can be a little intimidating because he seems like, if you read this description closely, 234 00:53:28,740 --> 00:53:32,300 He seems like he's almost sort of better than us in every way, right? 235 00:53:32,300 --> 00:53:37,280 Like, he's better educated, he knows the Bible better, he's more excited about the Bible 236 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:41,220 than we all have these great things going for us. 237 00:53:41,220 --> 00:53:45,960 And so I've struggled with this text for a couple weeks, and I'll be honest, two weeks 238 00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:51,220 ago when I got called for a kidney transplant, this was going to be our text, and to be honest, 239 00:53:51,220 --> 00:53:52,120 I was a little relieved. 240 00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:55,600 I was like, oh good, I don't have to preach on these verses this morning. 241 00:53:55,600 --> 00:54:00,260 I've got another couple weeks to sort of think through them. 242 00:54:00,260 --> 00:54:03,960 All of us, I think, and we talked about it just a moment ago, 243 00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:08,400 have had those moments where the task that is ahead of us seems overwhelming, right? 244 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:10,840 It may be something that's physically overwhelming. 245 00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:16,300 You're trying to move something heavy, and it's either too big or too bulky, 246 00:54:16,300 --> 00:54:20,420 and there's not a good way to get your hands on it by yourself, and so you need help. 247 00:54:20,420 --> 00:54:23,520 Or maybe we feel small and insignificant. 248 00:54:24,780 --> 00:54:28,380 Or when it comes to the mission of God, we look at our lives and it's just like, what 249 00:54:28,380 --> 00:54:28,680 about me? 250 00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:30,860 I'm just sort of an ordinary Christian. 251 00:54:30,860 --> 00:54:36,420 And what's interesting, if you move through Scripture, the most frequent responses to the 252 00:54:36,420 --> 00:54:40,620 call of God is an immediate recitation of our weakness. 253 00:54:40,620 --> 00:54:47,880 We've got to tell God why we can't, not necessarily because we don't want to, but because we don't 254 00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:49,260 think that we can. 255 00:54:49,260 --> 00:54:53,100 So for example, Moses is one of the most familiar examples. 256 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:57,960 There's like a chapter and a half in Exodus where he just sort of talks about how terrible 257 00:54:57,960 --> 00:54:58,480 he is. 258 00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:02,660 He'll say, when God says, I'm going to send you to Egypt, he'll say, oh, my Lord, I'm 259 00:55:02,660 --> 00:55:07,900 not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, I am slow 260 00:55:07,900 --> 00:55:12,540 of speech and tongue, and God will kind of correct him, and then Moses will kind of get 261 00:55:12,540 --> 00:55:15,460 to the heart of the matter and say, please send somebody else, right? 262 00:55:15,460 --> 00:55:18,440 I don't really want to do this. 263 00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:22,680 Or one of my other favorites, because I think it's relatable to us, 264 00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:30,280 is in Judges, the sixth chapter, where God is speaking to the guy 265 00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:34,720 who's going to be a future judge of Israel, speaking to Gideon. 266 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:40,040 And he'll say to him, go in this might and save Israel from the hand of Midian. 267 00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:41,200 Do I not send you? 268 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:45,540 And he'll say, please, Lord, how can I save Israel? 269 00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:51,880 Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my house. 270 00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:56,060 And I can understand these kind of objections to the work of God 271 00:55:56,060 --> 00:55:58,860 because they see what God has set before them, 272 00:55:58,860 --> 00:56:03,480 and they see the task is so big, and their strength is so small. 273 00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:10,420 And you and I so often, I think, feel the same way as we see the task of God. 274 00:56:10,420 --> 00:56:13,500 And it may be helping with the hurts in this world, 275 00:56:13,720 --> 00:56:16,000 or sharing the good news of the gospel, 276 00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,460 or whatever God has called us to see this, 277 00:56:19,460 --> 00:56:23,360 and we go, I don't think that my strength is sufficient 278 00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:25,980 for the task that God has set in front of me. 279 00:56:25,980 --> 00:56:28,680 And we begin to recite our weaknesses. 280 00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:32,260 So what I want to do with these short verses, 281 00:56:32,260 --> 00:56:33,400 verse 20 this morning, 282 00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:37,000 is try to encourage you this morning 283 00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:40,160 with how God prepares people for service 284 00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:43,440 into a church where there is help. 285 00:56:43,720 --> 00:56:50,500 And so we come to the city of Ephesus, which is, I think, a gospel battleground. 286 00:56:50,500 --> 00:56:56,840 Paul has ended his second missionary journey by sort of stopping in Ephesus, likely for just about a week. 287 00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:04,320 He leaves this couple, these laborers that have been traveling with him, Aquila and Priscilla. 288 00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:07,700 And Ephesus, for the first century, is a big town. 289 00:57:07,700 --> 00:57:11,660 It's somewhere between 200,000 and 250,000 people. 290 00:57:11,660 --> 00:57:16,720 Now, in our day and age of cities that are millions of people, that doesn't seem very 291 00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:17,120 big. 292 00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:22,760 But in the first century where you don't have running electricity, you don't have indoor 293 00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:29,420 250,000 people concentrated in one city, that's a big deal. 294 00:57:29,420 --> 00:57:35,140 Not only is it sort of a big city in terms of population, but it's big in terms of its 295 00:57:35,140 --> 00:57:36,800 sort of commercial appeal. 296 00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:41,380 situated right on some overland trade routes, which means the trade that's moving through 297 00:57:41,380 --> 00:57:43,200 Turkey moves through the city of Ephesus. 298 00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:48,560 So you've got caravans coming in, travelers coming in, they're bringing in wealth, they're 299 00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:51,140 taking wealth out, all of this commerce. 300 00:57:51,140 --> 00:57:56,340 But additionally, because of its location, it has sort of an inland port that's fed by 301 00:57:56,340 --> 00:57:56,800 a river. 302 00:57:56,800 --> 00:58:01,920 So you're not out in the middle of the Aegean as a port, but you can sort of come into town 303 00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:04,680 and you unload and send the stuff on the trade routes. 304 00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:09,680 There's an overwhelming amount of people passing through this town. 305 00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:12,680 Additionally, there is a temple. 306 00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:14,140 It's a very religious city. 307 00:58:14,140 --> 00:58:20,900 There is a temple to Diana, not Wonder Woman, but if you're Greek, it'd be Artemis. 308 00:58:20,900 --> 00:58:25,300 There's a temple to her, and it is a massive temple. 309 00:58:25,300 --> 00:58:29,660 In fact, in the ancient world, you have all of these remarkable accomplishments 310 00:58:29,660 --> 00:58:32,280 It's called The Wonders of the Ancient World. 311 00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:37,000 It's said about the temple of Diana or the temple of Artemis. 312 00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:40,500 It says, I have set eyes on the lofty wall of Babylon, 313 00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:42,760 which is a road for chariots, 314 00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:45,160 and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, 315 00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:47,600 and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the sun, 316 00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:49,940 and the huge labor of the high pyramids, 317 00:58:49,940 --> 00:58:51,600 and the vast tomb of Mausoleus. 318 00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:56,120 But when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, 319 00:58:56,740 --> 00:58:59,740 Those other marvels lost their brilliancy. 320 00:58:59,740 --> 00:59:05,200 And I said, lo, apart from a limpid never, looked on ought so grand. 321 00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:10,980 And this writer, Antipater, will say, I've seen all the wonders of the world. 322 00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:17,120 And he says, the temple to Artemis is so beautiful and so big and so glorious. 323 00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:20,240 It makes those other wonders seem small. 324 00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:24,420 And as a result, official battleground. 325 00:59:25,080 --> 00:59:28,460 Paul has more time in Ephesus than any other city. 326 00:59:28,460 --> 00:59:30,120 He's going to spend three years there. 327 00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:33,260 Most of the time, Paul kind of comes in, has some converts. 328 00:59:33,260 --> 00:59:35,980 Sometimes he'll spend some time teaching and helping the church. 329 00:59:35,980 --> 00:59:39,920 But in terms of Ephesus, he stays there for three years 330 00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:43,620 because the labor is so large and the need is so great 331 00:59:43,620 --> 00:59:48,340 and there is so much work to do that he stays the longest he stays anywhere. 332 00:59:48,340 --> 00:59:52,380 In chapter 19, verse 9, we get a glimpse of the opposition 333 00:59:52,380 --> 00:59:55,700 When some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, 334 00:59:55,700 --> 00:59:58,200 speaking evil of the way before their congregation, 335 00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:01,120 he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, 336 01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:04,140 reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus. 337 01:00:04,140 --> 01:00:05,960 We'll talk a little bit about that next week. 338 01:00:05,960 --> 01:00:10,440 But basically what happens is some of the people that they've been preaching to, 339 01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:12,760 they get what the Bible calls. 340 01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:15,980 We have two pretty big dogs, and our dog Dodger, 341 01:00:15,980 --> 01:00:18,980 when he finds a place generally in the middle of the couch 342 01:00:18,980 --> 01:00:20,680 where everybody's trying to sit, and you're like, 343 01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:22,380 Hey, Dodger, I'm going to sit on the couch. 344 01:00:22,380 --> 01:00:23,120 Please get off. 345 01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:29,580 He just kind of looks at you, and so you kind of grab him, and he just goes limp because 346 01:00:29,580 --> 01:00:33,120 he knows that it's harder to move him when he's trying to do when the gospel comes. 347 01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:37,500 Rather than changing and being transformed, they immediately just say, we're not moving. 348 01:00:37,500 --> 01:00:38,920 We're going to sit where we are. 349 01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:42,520 We like it here, and that's the beginning of opposition. 350 01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:49,460 And then what you find is there's this weird couple of verses in chapter 19 where it says, 351 01:00:49,460 --> 01:00:50,460 God was... 352 01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:52,980 doing extra work by the hands of Paul, 353 01:00:52,980 --> 01:00:56,540 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons in their skin 354 01:00:56,540 --> 01:00:59,600 were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left him, 355 01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:01,460 and the evil spirits came out of them. 356 01:01:01,460 --> 01:01:06,580 And so the power of God is moving in such a great manner. 357 01:01:06,580 --> 01:01:10,500 People are going to rub their handkerchief on Paul, 358 01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:11,940 taking it to their sick. 359 01:01:11,940 --> 01:01:13,540 Here is what Luke says about it. 360 01:01:13,540 --> 01:01:15,880 He says these are extraordinary miracles. 361 01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:18,440 Now, miracles by themselves are already extraordinary, 362 01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:21,060 But these are extra, extra ordinary. 363 01:01:21,060 --> 01:01:25,800 And one of the reasons I think the power of God moves so greatly in Ephesus 364 01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:30,020 is because when there's incredible opposition, 365 01:01:30,020 --> 01:01:33,180 God's power is often revealed more clearly. 366 01:01:33,180 --> 01:01:36,280 And so by the size of the miraculous happenings, 367 01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:39,640 you can get a glimpse of what they're really up against. 368 01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:45,840 And then in verses 13 and 14, they have to do the same kind of things. 369 01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:51,360 There's these seven sons of Sceva who are trying to cast out demons. 370 01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:59,380 After the demon casting out incident, which is a remarkable and really interesting story, 371 01:01:59,380 --> 01:02:03,020 there's sort of this revival that sweeps through town. 372 01:02:03,020 --> 01:02:08,480 And everybody brings their occult books, and they burn them in the middle of the city. 373 01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:12,940 And those in number who had practiced the magic arts brought their books together 374 01:02:12,940 --> 01:02:17,900 and burned them in the Cytoball and they counted the value of 3,000 pieces of silver. 375 01:02:17,900 --> 01:02:20,860 Now, the problem with that, we don't know what kind of pieces of silver. 376 01:02:20,860 --> 01:02:23,820 It's just literally 50 silver. 377 01:02:23,820 --> 01:02:27,880 So it could be small coins, could be big coins, 378 01:02:27,880 --> 01:02:36,180 run somewhere between 5 million on the low end and 5 billion on the high end in terms of value. 379 01:02:36,180 --> 01:02:39,680 It depends on how big the silver is that we're talking about. 380 01:02:39,740 --> 01:02:44,580 If we're talking about a bigger measure of silver, it's on the higher end. 381 01:02:44,580 --> 01:02:48,240 If you're talking about just regular silver coins, we're on the five million end. 382 01:02:48,240 --> 01:02:53,220 What we're talking about here is that there is some massive spiritual opposition. 383 01:02:53,220 --> 01:02:59,300 And as a result of this revival, everybody who gets their living from the temple of Diana gets angry. 384 01:02:59,300 --> 01:03:08,660 It drags Paul in front of the council, so much so the gospel has turned the economy of this town upside down. 385 01:03:08,740 --> 01:03:13,540 So you come to this task, this city that is large in terms of people, 386 01:03:13,540 --> 01:03:17,480 in terms of converse, in terms of spiritual opposition, 387 01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:23,400 and it seems like it would be an overwhelming place to try to plant a church. 388 01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:27,200 So let me show you what God does in the Ephesian church. 389 01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:28,460 Let's pick it up in verse 24. 390 01:03:28,460 --> 01:03:32,040 Now, a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus, 391 01:03:32,040 --> 01:03:35,060 and he was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. 392 01:03:35,060 --> 01:03:36,520 Now, this guy is amazing. 393 01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:44,120 He comes from Alexandria in Egypt, which is a city that has been rooted in education and knowledge. 394 01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:50,120 It was in Alexandria, the Old Testament is first translated from Hebrew into Greek. 395 01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:58,980 And so if you read what they're talking about there is this Greek translation of the Old Testament 396 01:03:58,980 --> 01:04:02,920 that these 70 scribes did in Alexandria. 397 01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:08,120 And additionally, Apollos is Jewish, which means he has grown up learning the Old Testament, 398 01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:12,840 but not just sort of a random way, like we might just sort of read through Genesis or Exodus, 399 01:04:12,840 --> 01:04:17,480 but he's learned among some of the best Old Testament scholars, right? 400 01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:21,340 Apart from going to Jerusalem and studying in Jerusalem, 401 01:04:21,340 --> 01:04:26,320 this is probably the best Old Testament education that you can get. 402 01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:30,620 And not only does he know all of this stuff, he's able to articulate it. 403 01:04:30,620 --> 01:04:32,020 And we all have experienced that. 404 01:04:32,040 --> 01:04:39,720 The difference between knowing something and clearly being able to articulate it is a big difference, right? 405 01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:43,020 We've all probably said, well, Apollos didn't run into that. 406 01:04:43,020 --> 01:04:50,580 He knew the information, but he had the gift of being able to speak it in a way that was clear. 407 01:04:50,580 --> 01:04:54,840 It says he's been instilled in the Lord, being fervent in spirit. 408 01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:57,840 I could also read being fervent in the Holy Spirit. 409 01:04:57,840 --> 01:05:00,180 Commentators debate back and forth about that. 410 01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:03,740 He spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, 411 01:05:03,740 --> 01:05:06,120 though he only knew the baptism of John. 412 01:05:06,120 --> 01:05:07,400 And so he knows about Jesus. 413 01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:09,480 He knows about the Old Testament. 414 01:05:09,480 --> 01:05:14,060 He's speaking accurately and teaching accurately, 415 01:05:14,060 --> 01:05:15,700 but he is missing a few things. 416 01:05:15,700 --> 01:05:19,640 And likely this is because he has gone to Jerusalem at some point, 417 01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:23,720 maybe during that transition period in the ministry of John the Baptist. 418 01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:24,840 He's learned from John. 419 01:05:24,840 --> 01:05:29,020 He obviously knows about Jesus and is teaching about Jesus. 420 01:05:29,600 --> 01:05:34,020 But I want you to sort of zoom in on those words being fervent. 421 01:05:34,020 --> 01:05:38,940 If you ever had one of those tea kettles you put on your stove, 422 01:05:38,940 --> 01:05:41,240 you turn it on, water bubbles, bubbles, bubbles, 423 01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:44,700 and then it just starts this really, really loud, high-pitched whistling, 424 01:05:44,700 --> 01:05:46,720 that's the picture of the Greek word. 425 01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:49,980 That his spirit, he doesn't just know this information, 426 01:05:49,980 --> 01:05:51,680 he doesn't just articulate it, 427 01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:55,540 but this is information that is boiling out of him 428 01:05:55,540 --> 01:05:58,120 like a tea kettle on fire for the gospel 429 01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:00,640 and sharing the gospel. 430 01:06:00,640 --> 01:06:05,000 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, 431 01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:06,380 beginning in verse 26. 432 01:06:06,380 --> 01:06:11,220 And so what I want you to see about Apollos specifically 433 01:06:11,220 --> 01:06:13,560 is that his whole life, 434 01:06:13,560 --> 01:06:18,300 God knows the Bible, his heart is on fire. 435 01:06:18,300 --> 01:06:22,400 God has been at work preparing Apollos 436 01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:26,200 to lay this foundation for the Ephesian church. 437 01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:30,800 And what's remarkable, God hasn't just prepared Apollos for the mission, 438 01:06:30,800 --> 01:06:34,760 but he's also prepared the mission for Apollos. 439 01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:38,540 Because you see, Apollos has some theological problems. 440 01:06:38,540 --> 01:06:43,980 He doesn't know about the baptism of Jesus. 441 01:06:43,980 --> 01:06:46,860 He knows about the baptism of John. 442 01:06:46,860 --> 01:06:48,560 And so look what God does. 443 01:06:48,560 --> 01:06:49,820 Apollos passes through Ephesus. 444 01:06:49,820 --> 01:06:54,240 And while he's there, he leaves behind Aquila and Priscilla. 445 01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:56,020 That's not an accident. 446 01:06:56,460 --> 01:06:58,700 God is at work in the normal events of our life. 447 01:06:58,700 --> 01:07:03,900 The people who will help Apollos are already there as he begins. 448 01:07:03,900 --> 01:07:07,420 The mission isn't just prepared for Apollos, 449 01:07:07,420 --> 01:07:09,580 but Apollos is prepared for the mission. 450 01:07:09,580 --> 01:07:12,140 And you see that God is at work. 451 01:07:12,140 --> 01:07:13,840 And what I want you to see and understand 452 01:07:13,840 --> 01:07:18,300 is that God is at work in the normal events of your life. 453 01:07:18,300 --> 01:07:23,040 Where Apollos went to school, the background, his childhood, 454 01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:26,700 God's using that powerfully for the gospel. 455 01:07:26,700 --> 01:07:29,120 And he does the same thing for us. 456 01:07:29,120 --> 01:07:33,340 Those events that we experience in this life that change us and shape us, 457 01:07:33,340 --> 01:07:38,200 God can use those in a powerful way in his church. 458 01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:41,640 God doesn't just use the good things in our life as well, 459 01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:44,780 like the good education, knowing the Bible, 460 01:07:44,780 --> 01:07:48,140 but he uses those struggles and that suffering as well. 461 01:07:48,140 --> 01:07:52,880 I think about Joseph, who in captivity God prepares him to lead Egypt, 462 01:07:53,180 --> 01:07:57,160 Or Moses, who in the wilderness, God prepares him to be a shepherd for his people. 463 01:07:57,160 --> 01:07:58,620 Or the woman at the well. 464 01:07:58,620 --> 01:08:02,040 Remember when Jesus says, go get your husband. 465 01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:03,160 And she says, I don't have a husband. 466 01:08:03,160 --> 01:08:05,740 And he says, yeah, that's right, you have a whole bunch of husbands. 467 01:08:05,740 --> 01:08:08,060 And the one you're living with now is not your husband. 468 01:08:08,060 --> 01:08:11,540 Remember what she says when she goes to the town to tell them about Jesus? 469 01:08:11,540 --> 01:08:13,020 He told me everything that he did. 470 01:08:13,020 --> 01:08:14,640 Do you see what God does? 471 01:08:14,640 --> 01:08:17,160 He takes the hurt, the brokenness, or the sin of her life 472 01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:19,900 and uses it as a powerful testimony for the gospel. 473 01:08:20,320 --> 01:08:25,060 I want you to see from this text that God uses both the good in your life 474 01:08:25,060 --> 01:08:29,700 and the hurts and the struggles for your good, right? 475 01:08:29,700 --> 01:08:32,200 It doesn't feel like that in the midst of the situation. 476 01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:37,620 But when we look back on it and we see how God has been at work, 477 01:08:37,620 --> 01:08:41,220 it encourages us and strengthens us. 478 01:08:41,220 --> 01:08:46,460 And with the woman at the well, what is so striking to me 479 01:08:46,460 --> 01:08:49,200 is the broken becomes the foundation for her joy. 480 01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:54,820 thing I did. Recalling all of that brokenness is ultimately what points her to Jesus. 481 01:08:54,820 --> 01:09:01,860 So God prepares, and then God sends help. Look at this. He had been instructed in the way of the 482 01:09:01,860 --> 01:09:06,320 Lord, being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately concerning Jesus, though he knew only 483 01:09:06,320 --> 01:09:11,120 the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard 484 01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:17,500 him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. So there are many 485 01:09:17,500 --> 01:09:22,620 things that he's good and he's educated in, but he probably doesn't have all of the details that 486 01:09:22,620 --> 01:09:28,460 he needs. And I want you to think what would happen in a church today if this kind of thing 487 01:09:28,460 --> 01:09:33,620 happened. Because I've seen this happen in the church. I remember probably 10 or 12 years ago, 488 01:09:33,620 --> 01:09:37,720 there was a young man and he really wanted to preach. And so I said, yeah, we'll set aside a 489 01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:43,640 Sunday. And he sat down and, you know, worked very hard on a sermon. And just like any brand 490 01:09:43,640 --> 01:09:49,960 new preacher. He's really, really excited about and tries to fit everything that everybody in the 491 01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:55,800 world knows into this, right? So you're packaged to the exploding point. And he got up and preached 492 01:09:55,800 --> 01:10:04,240 a bad sermon. Now, it could have been maybe a little more precise. You know, it wasn't a perfect 493 01:10:04,240 --> 01:10:09,360 sermon by any means. No sermon is a perfect sermon. And I remember there was an older gentleman in 494 01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:15,420 the church who got so angry about that sermon. So angry he didn't come back to church. When I 495 01:10:15,420 --> 01:10:18,800 called him, he said, well, I can't, I can't listen to somebody speak. I said, well, what did he say 496 01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:23,940 that was wrong? Well, it wasn't that it was wrong. It just wasn't worded rightly. And, and 497 01:10:23,940 --> 01:10:31,080 ate the young guy alive, right? And here, what do you have happen? That could have happened to 498 01:10:31,080 --> 01:10:35,740 Apollos, right? A young guy on fire for the gospel. Somebody comes in and just eats him alive 499 01:10:35,740 --> 01:10:37,820 because he doesn't have 500 01:10:37,820 --> 01:10:39,780 all of the details, but that's not what Priscilla 501 01:10:39,780 --> 01:10:41,440 and Aquila do. They don't embarrass him. 502 01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:43,580 They don't make fun of him. 503 01:10:43,580 --> 01:10:45,500 They don't belittle him. What do they do? 504 01:10:45,500 --> 01:10:47,180 They say, hey, come over for dinner. 505 01:10:47,180 --> 01:10:49,620 And let me tell you 506 01:10:49,620 --> 01:10:51,880 more about Jesus. 507 01:10:51,880 --> 01:10:53,000 Right? 508 01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:55,240 He's something that is so wonderful 509 01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:57,620 about the church 510 01:10:57,620 --> 01:10:58,480 and our part. 511 01:10:58,480 --> 01:11:01,300 In 1 Corinthians, Paul says this, 512 01:11:01,300 --> 01:11:03,900 but as it is, God arranged the members 513 01:11:03,900 --> 01:11:05,620 in the body, each one of them, as he 514 01:11:05,740 --> 01:11:08,360 We're a 515 01:11:35,740 --> 01:12:05,720 Thank you. 516 01:12:05,740 --> 01:12:35,720 Thank you. 517 01:12:35,740 --> 01:13:05,720 Thank you.