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BcResources,
available from BcResources.net are the teaching materials
of North Clackamas Bible Community, a church located in Happy Valley,
Oregon. The following video
is a complete sermon covering Philippians 1:18b
-21. It was delivered by Mike Sperou,
senior pastor of North Clackamas Bible Community
on Sunday, February 16th, 2014.
Mike's message reminds our community that opportunities to speak boldly
in a way that magnifies Christ arise when our living
is all about Christ. Just a short biographical note before the message
starts.
Mike Sperou is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran. Resulting from his intense
combat experiences.
Mike has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
The ongoing symptoms of this PTSD
require him to take various medications,
some of which affect his bodily movements.
We certainly do not want you to be distracted by these movements
as you watch the video and listen to its message.
Philippians. Paul's present circumstances, you remember that verse 12
through verse 26 in chapter one.
we started with the
prescript and then we looked at the opening
thanksgiving and now we're looking at Paul's personal circumstances which is a
regular feature of a lot of his letters, especially the Prison Epistles
because everybody wants to know what's happening with him since the whole
future of the Gentile church is wrapped up in whatever happens
to Paul so up
this morning work and then continuing in that ***
where Paul continues to speak to the details
others present circumstances peace out to allay their
anxious Spears there's a lot of unnecessary anxiety and fell apart
and they're concerned about is details assuming the worst
when Paul right to use I'm fine this is really great
this is wonderful and by implication you shouldn't be so worried about the
staying so
the learned from my own experience down in your particular environment where you
find yourself im fell apart
the small early units in the section are pretty easy to mark of
we've already looked at versus 12 to 14 in purses 15 through the first phrasal
chapter 18 now the tenants will change from the president to the future
so and of course all those future and it will sound alike
so actually a few were reading the
us I'll you would be costly hit by Dell those endings
Chi a race so my you know soho
I you'll see that the Breakers you go down to I don't know if that played a
factor in a little what the speaker
a was involved in doing but it certainly sales
like he could put is imperceptible process or all of those endings and
create some kind about
assonance that word at emphasis
well for suspects 18 beat in nineteen
you remember that the whole section
is bracketed by an inclusive go which is
prop copay or progress progress for the gospel
is the idea of this whole section know paula just
finished we finished last time on the first
part a per se what they're not only that in every way whether in pretense for in
truth Christ is proclaim
&nbs I rejoice now you notice a new paragraph begins
illest next praise yes and I will
rejoice yes I will rejoice
for a No that this will turn out for my deliverance to your prayers
and the provisional at the Spirit of Jesus Christ
and then he'll go on and expand even further in burst running
that this about whatever that is so I have to explain it will turn out for my
deliverance
excuse me according to my earnest expectation and hope
but I will not be put to shame in anything but that with all bowlers
Christ will even now as always be exalted in my body whether by light for
bike got for me to live is Christ
and the dice game so this first here
the first bar the opening statement a bit this little unit
is at the end a verse eighteen and thats put together with burst ninety
so versus
yes I will rejoice for I know and that's gonna be key
I know that this will turn L for my
deliverance whatever that means through your prayers
and the provisional the spirit abuses Christ
all ok I like a race so much but also
I will rejoice or asking American Standard says yes
and I will rejoice you couldn't you can see here at the beginning you have back
to back conjunctions
all I think I I and they're used here to begin a new paragraph
according to most commentators and translators all ok I begins anew
bought you have a one conjunction that's a contrast in the other is a continued
so put together at something like not only this but also it put what's behind
behind you
and then looks ahead without completely a
drop in the context of what you want to say so is
it so emphatic way to begin a new ID or to continue on
with a thought now let's look at that burger began to caress on my
career so my here to look future passive
indicated above the word Cairo to rejoice which we talked about
last time which is a very key word
in this super so because Paul uses that about
well you said 11 times and that's more than
he uses it many other latter if you're young in the Lord I use a call
tell you pull a PM says the book droid which is interesting because when you go
we enjoy is the actual thing they don't have
and soap also encouraging them but they move forward with God
then they will get back in touch with this wonderful experience
that lies at the heart at the Christian life
keyword an IP and NRS be translated
translate as well as call the progressive future
by Dane and ranting so they were they
a yes and I will continue
to rejoice so you have two options there is he saying
I yes but also not only this but also I will rejoice because nobody's gonna say
is he talking about the future is he talking about now
up into the future and so I kinda like that progressive future idea how
RRSP and and maybe have translated
yes and I will continue to rejoice
now I wanna point are a attention
focus our attention here on the passive
boeing's the passive voice because its very easy
to see Paul here making this statement
as meaning I determined to rejoice know how
no matter how bad something get
I when you're young believing you're probably kind of thought that was the
teaching
race when you talk to a lot of fellow Christians it's like we know
up when things get really bad that it's the christian duty to rejoice
anyway some kinda been a rational a motion that we have it
we got upgraded out so I want to underline the passive voice here because
I think that helps us see
that this is a at all what Paul Howes
in mind the this passage
we'll see others is what's called usually called the divine
pass a divine passer
a divine Paso is a bourbon in the past so boys
where God is the implied a jump
or daughters the implied ager
so Paul is not saying that he is determining
to rejoice only that his experience will continue to be joyous
because of God's work and presence in his own life
see it's the pass a pee start having to do with that God is acting in creating
up this Joe I in his heart in the midst of these circumstances
the amazing wonder for us is when you walk with the Lord when you're in the
experience you know the joy is there
it's not something you're working up it's something that accompanies whatever
challenger facing and then you get lifted up Italian goddess working late
you're feeling great
it's the fundamental up
Christian experience it's what drives us
its it's what makes us stay where we are
that's joy I'm and I've and I've shared before
the little Joyce I call related to
the Cara word grouper Paris word group to help you understand
how that experience takes place what the dynamic yes there
so you have great scar when grace is poured out on us
the human heart responses Kara joy
and he's filled or she's fill with joy then Eucharist at all
the spontaneous response has one up gratitude
ball gratitude and overtime
it creates charisma say there's another work
character charismatic character which was the result
are experiencing joy being filled with the Holy Spirit
overtime and then Paris Moktar are added by the Holy Spirit
to even get up a little bit more Diana
a dynamic power in a given situation
so I think we need to look at it that way with Paul
that he's pretty much saying I'm not taking responsibility over my
circumstance I'm not determining to rejoice
I just wanna let you guys know I rejoicing because
Christ is being preached in I'm gonna continue to rejoice
right up into the event that I have to engage myself an audience with the
Emperor
and up be on that so join is my constant Xperia
in other words implied it ought to be yours and I think you can testify to the
fact that bad
is the key that fullness
that pushes everything out to the periphery of your life
unbelievers focused on all these details what shall we eat what shall we
drink all about enjoy from God's grace
expresses all that al because we're so foale
we're not interested in worrying about anything at a given point
like right now jesus said you joe i've spoken this word to you that you may
have joy
and God uses set imparts grace
our response is joy we can't help but be grateful
and charisma as the outward a fact
being fall up joy overtime the fruit of the Spirit is love
joy right after
okay for yes and I will continue to rejoice
note notice right away the first word way to
we don't our hearty for I know that
for I know that this
will turn out for my salvation poor turnout for my deliverance
through your prayers and the provisional up the spirit
up Jesus Christ
so this opening phrase way to gar hot tea
will lead us into the ground or cause appears rejoicing
they say this notion lovejoy we're not talking about something that's
irrational which most people feel emotions such as joy
happiness et cetera is in a ration all week it up
love your own feelings then it stopped outweigh emotions are responsible like
we said
and he is saying there's a rational ground there's a rational reason there's
a reason why we rejoice
rather that were sposta rejoice when things don't go well
to see how crazy that sell so it's a response
and its response based on something we know
Noida notice point is used here rather than good dose KOH
so he's talking about knowledge in the fullest sense
something I really have a firm conviction about it's not something I'm
a wavering on here it's something that I'm pretty convinced up
and of course hot tea will introduce the content
up what is no
now look at that next craze in the English
this will turn out for me
for my deliverance this will turn out
for my deliverance now we're gonna try to understand this phrase
because it's the key to the whole unit
220 mall more I up a base a tie
a sort a real
this will turn out for my deliverance
now what does this
to toe looks back to burst 12 not verse
I'll
per se team which is set to tow their this
their house that's what he's talking about because Christ is being
proclaim this this he is looking back to burst well
that things according to me this whole
saying that this whole experience so being brought before Caesar being
arrested in
brought back to Roman being there for a couple years and he's been
under arrest for close to four years this whole about this whole thing
happening to me
my whole circumstance
this is what he's talking about here when he says this
and talk caught me. was that things according to me in like given
circumstance by giving such a what this whole thing is about
from know what this whole thing as a bow
is gonna end up turning out from my salvation
or from my delivered
now you know it's not physical liver deliver us because he says whether by
lot whether I die right lip
so obviously can't be talking about a physical but they're still
is something more than just talk about our eternal salvation
but I look at that little closer after I pick
say a few things about this phrase or clause
now Paul is getting ready
for this audience with the upper
any news is this phrase what kind to scripture do you think paul was
meditating on
for those four years
what where would you go if you were in a real crisis part
in your life and things were happening to you want fairly
unjustly it seems like godard asserted you and you keep walking
Joe right Joe
and this phrase comes right out a Joe
when Joe is speaking in front of his accusers and saying I know
God will vindicate me whether you do
do what you do or whatever I will address my prayer to him
and I know in the end I will be vindicated
and he saying that before here's
accusers
the specific passage in job 1316
illus up to a jerk in the sales job 1360
but look at the whole car for a the whole Contax
because it's about appall jobs cry for be indication is certainty that God will
vindicate him in the end
instead up why his accusers want him to repair it to the Senate whatever that it
so thats that's quite a story
so whatever we mean by
so take a tree on it's going to have to
be from that passage so we'll learn
we could learn by what job meant by the word in order to get us out
what Paul met by the word
no matter what I know I shall be been indicated before God
whatever the outcome up my present distress
we remember the Lord's brother James
using job as an example in his epistle
have you considered rope
and how he endured and the Lord's
out then the and the I'll the Lord's dealings
that he is very compassionate and very merciful
so in the midst of endurance even James saw the example above job
regardless of the circumstances you believe in vindication but
its before your God was very compassionate and berry burst
the burbs here turns out
is in the middle voice it will turn out
now the reason why I believe pause use the middle voice here
is to make it clear that he is not working for that to take place
it will turn out up itself
under the hand of God and later we'll see as passives involve
meaning the same day
it will turn out a bit self underdogs help
now ace soaked area now we are tea set a cap move physical
deliverance which it means a lot that's its main idea
and then it's been used to apply to eternal salvation
but it's used in a number of different place
was for something turning out to the best
especially with this burp which gives you the sense that
it turns out over time and this is the outcome
and it's going to turn out the outcome is going to be soaked Ariel
not released not somebody is talking about
because he says whether I'd iron i live or die
so and he stopped talking about eternal salvation because that doesn't seem that
relevant here
and this context
so what is really talking about here yes the spiritual benefits that will accrue
to him
in the course of his life whether or not he dies
or whether he goes on levitt the outcome spiritually
for this whole thing is salvation
it's going to turn out for my better
in the end
one way or another I'm going to be out of this situation
it will all turn out for the best
concerning me notice the mood there mine
sour
this morning this for me
will turn out trace talk about his particular situation
now it coast probably something like this before an earthly judge
I don't know before they have only drug I do
and the whole outcome a ball up this is going to be spiritual benefit
vindication one way or another so why am I worried I either go on
as we'll see you next time and live out the Lord's well
or I don't die and go into the Lord's presence
so there's nothing that in looking forward to what's going to happen that
should cause him any anxiety whatsoever
why fear why be anxious why be concern
either way and he'll go in and talk about that more in the upcoming versus
yes I will rejoice bright know that this will turn out for my deliverance
through your prayers and the provisional the Spirit of Jesus crimes
but and that's giving him more
assurance as well the presence of this spirit
will be there and your prayers cooperating together makes it certain
that the will of God will be
the outcome
not only my personal conviction but because hope your prayers and the
presence of the Spirit of God
male d out that first preposition there
with the definite article governors governors
thus clause these two ideas
up your prayers and the presence of the Spirit
it as one definite article Granville Sharp
right has one proposition that relates to
both a idea so there to be sad
seemed very close together here
very close together a couch want general
concept and Diyala
always implies with the piston instrumentality
I mean with the data instrumentality or
intermediate agency
so he saying that these two things I the moon's Lee instruments the
that thing that God will use to work toward that end so
he is and and it this is a keeping what wedding saying he's just saying God your
prayers everything is very involved it's not like sitting back and then when that
happens okay
it's saying the prep your all your prayers
the provisional the spirit Holy Spirit I
the caller got out my life all of these things are contributing to mean
continuing to rejoice I have good
resigns I no
that governs that the whole point that it will turn out to my
deliverance through your your prayers
and thus be a provisional the Spirit of Jesus Christ correct
and so we pray and the spirit both of those things involved together you get
this whole idea
up Gabi interacting with the church in the involvement
but just to try to say its it's more than just passively awaiting something
this
those all the activity going on now spiritual activity is gonna
add to the fact that this will certainly turn out
as it does now noticed the word prayer
this a more specific term
at a singular what we call the distributive singular
which I think is when you use when you're talking about their church
as a group doing it
so you get a little more formal sound so the kinda prayers are engaged in
and using the a Sao Paulo's
the more specific term for prayer
implies that the prayers are urgent and specific
member day sis petition
out of a sense if needed that's your urgency
and the Spurs petitioner specific so urgent and specific
because have your urgent and specific prayer says it church
for being and the Holy Spirit's provisions and that is in sync with that
I could have all the confidence I need to have that this is going to turn out
according to the will of God it when it does according to well above god
the outcome is still up towards dealings
is that he's very compassionate and merciful okay
now you and i may not be standing before damper
certain okay we may not think this is very relevant in terms of what Paul
is going to hear but their approach the polls
and he continues to use is all I present example for those who fell apart
all the way through the a personal
all the way through the the a pestle so
how I would look at it is if you that
at my age that what I've learned overtime
is that life is a number of key moment
integrate use the word a Khairat
opportunity to
explain how aristocrats saw their life there's certain
opportune moment in your life
that your going to want to perform
as perfectly as you can it's the reason why
we prepare the way we do are those upfront
yes so these dynamics come into play
well we think about our fifteen minutes of fame but it's probably going to be
longer than that
and there may be a couple up so he saying here
all those principles here that are at work here our part up giving you the
right frame of mind so that when those events happen
you succeed okay
the supply up the spirit up Jesus Christ
and what is he praying that this specifically that he might acquit
himself
well right and bit later you'll see acquit himself
perfectly I don't wanna be off on
anything that's where my heads at please pray for me there
and the Holy Spirit it will be involved in preparing me
Chi epic or a kiosk or the
supply
or provision hereof the spirit up Jesus Christ that's an interesting word in
and we learned it well we're studying the culture of ancient Greece
up core a DOS was the aristocrat in a particular city
that provided the funds for particular pasta bowls
he was the core a doubt we get our English word choreographed or
choreographer
a today
so he was expected to provide not in a tight-*** way but to provide
adequately so that nobody would complain that this
isn't as good a and about as the last one was
under a to Leah's or
George georgia's when he did it so this was very important cuz that's how
the ancient world work the wealthy provided for
the poor he was a patron of the city nineteenth century you call them
philanthropists
all other major cities in this country began as a result up having those kinds
of people that's why they have those names all through each city
whether it's Buscher suit rover Stamford
on Sep Cisco we have all these names have individuals were
help the city grow and develop Sol
adding the compound FB to it I think
could be just intensive but the idea up
could actually be a little more foale prepare journal
that even one my expect from a court costs
parade of so an abundant provision
more than enough more than adequate
now this phrase
the provisional up the spirit
up Jesus Christ that's the only time
this phrase is used a unique expression
found only here in the New Testament goal
there are similar phrases in Romans and Galatians
like the spirit of the Son of God or the Spirit of Christ
but no where the Spirit of Jesus Christ and it's good to remind ourselves
that the Lord promised to send his spirit that the spirit
proceeds from the father and son dzokhar great brothers over there on the
Eastside America rain and pick up
they fought then split over that
right the filia figlio
clots that we've talked about dogmatic so they say
he learned theology you can you send them pressure your their people
up so he proceeds from crying so it's a very good
keen concept here the Sun does work for the father and the spear proceeds both
from father and son and cheeses promise I will send my spirit
I will send my spirit now is C is this an object ever subjective Jenica
is the supply the Spirit Himself or is about which the spirit supplies
the latter is subjective genitive that's probably the key here
probably the point
now this description the Spirit of Jesus Christ
who proceeds from Christ
should help us be reminded
in terms of what he's all about too bad for the upper room
discourse up a room discourse John 13 to 17 all about my spirit when he calm so
what he'll do
hywell glorify me
he will take from my name and give it to you
he will bear witness %uh me and you will bear witness
also say so it's a lot of stuff that goes for the Holy Spirit
today this is a spirit-filled
church why cuz I got great music
there's a lot about motionless spirited as if the Holy Spirit came down
to go or a fire myself and so he would have been upset this morning wood said
Greg
why just the Father and the Son what about the third stanza Holy Spirit we
adored
he doesn't want us to do that he wants us to focus on Christ is the spirit up
Jesus Christ
he bears witness up Christ he glorifies Christ any sanctify sauce
into the image up Christ is all about
Jesus Christ is all about Jesus that man
the Christ the Son of God who now sits at the right hand of the Father
so you could always tell whether it's the Holy Spirit
but you might think well maybe it should be evidenced in speaking with poem
or maybe it should be evidenced with
with decir maybe it fills you up in allows you to be happier and and a more
caring kinda percent No
just a value what is the spirit doing about Christ His Christ being glorified
this is word being heard is his example being followed
is at him that's being glorified gots the Holy Spirit
any may not raise your hands at all
spirit up Jesus Christ
first one E
here we're gonna find another second hottie clause
but he's actually a expanding has thought and taking it forward
according to my earnest expectation
am hope
and following that will be the hockey
a second hockey cause which means the content
others expectation an ***
now again you have to ideas brought together
under one gap for are to call and a proposition and even a process a pronoun
at the end so these two are even closer
and we could probably fairly call it I Hendy otto's
and so you want to come up with one idea
I am my berry eagerly anticipated hope
something like that for emphasis because with me is the one article that governs
the two
and most to the time actually they become a handy on us when there's only
one idea
meant to be communicated now see in the previous passage they weren't exactly
the same so
you have to say spirit-filled prayers have yours
a so the hand the address doesn't work where as here
it's clear eager expectation and hope
cartel with the accusative regularly
use a is regularly used to introduce
the norm or standard which regulates
our actions Qatar with the crucible
regularly is used to introduced that norm
or standard which regulates
our actions so early use as I know
this is going to turn out from my spiritual benefit
and that's my main concern anyway whether I'll ever die it's all good
as far as he's concerned and he knows
that their prayers on a spirited daughters and ball so he's trusting
in that regard but now is gonna 0m
a little more to the specifics I've
his or the manner in which he makes the presentation
that be attitude and approach and delivery and present
that he feels needs to be there for it to be perfect
for it to be perfect say
in life absolute very key
when some areas a vocation if you don't have excellent
you're gone your major-league athletes you fall
you're gone everything demands excellence
so in a spiritual sounds there's a standard by which exit poll
lives by I want it to be at this level
so here at first you saying according to
the earnest expectation and hope
and then it gives the Cantera that I will not to be put to shame
in anything but that Christ will be magnified through my body
so that's his focus
he's got his confidence
news ok all because it's going to turn out great he's got his confidence
because of their prayer though the Holy Spirit is
now he's got his standard by which he wants the presentation
to take place now see if we're looking at that moment
we want to be absolute these are things to reflect on
when we had a time see what's going to be the need up the moment
excellence here can be added to Paul's
firm conviction and hardball dependent
but really that these two hotties here to secure confident
trustor I know it's going to work out it can't but work out well for me
one way or another and now though when I'm there
I don't wanna just get through it
this was I'm setting my expectation on there so I wanna get through with flying
colors I want this to be the most
amazing appearance before the Emperor that is
cover band and back Christ being magnified
him my presence
before the hamper and others when he explains
the gospel and tells the Emperor that he is not the Son of God
nor the savior of the world but that belongs to
yes to a bar yo sup who's that
well that's another story
like Ernest expect a show
and hope
the word here is a rose interesting the word group
usually involves expectation in the midst of some
uncertainty like a general awaiting the outcome of the battle
there's some uncertainty but he's eager
he's a bigger he's looking for the outcome things
hungering for the out comment and I'm in a position of uncertainty
and I'm awaiting the outcome but when I'm awaiting the outcome
I'm also care for all to make sure I'm thinking correctly
about the apparent
certainly not a stoic response to the certain circumstances
which you would think that this point just accept your fate
know Paul is extremely emotionally involved
if you cannot see that I don't know what to say policy extremely emotionally
involved
and less about so when you're lot of times how do you feel
ok show us yeah it's a very personal thing so we try to change it to
excited anticipated
eager say and thats that uncertainty
house a person get a response what's gonna happen
at I just I'm awaiting the outcome with eager expectation
especially since I know it's going to work out best for me in terms of my
relationship with God
bail here's the content
bob this hope
back I will not be put to shame
in anything but
Christ will be exalted in my body
whether by life-or-death I cut through a couple appraiser start but all
revisit them so hottie introduces the content appears
personal hope and it's gonna be followed by a contrast
between two similar sounding
word but a lot of that is because they are
pewter passage
a contrast between to
words shamed
magnified that I am not be ashamed
that Christ be magnified dots the contrast we have
now notice at the beginning he has it
forward im nothing
am nothing
so here he is speaking with respect to every detail
that this is some fat Ackley stated he wants it to go
perfectly the stock can accept to be a performance
I want it to go perfectly
in every detail
but this was my whole so I'm anticipating
I'm thinking evaluated
I'll inventory readying myself
so anticipation as one other things all the leaders need to have a few don't
doubt that you'll never make it
so you anticipate what's going to happen you
you interact with that you think through it you explore it
you evaluate yourself you examine your software's the weakness or search our
new process not that
you get before the upper or every year before whatever the situation is
I have to remember all these things
like golfers people that start out golfing
people have about hola back milt rearm astray
20 controller so don't move your head P private but chill
on yup okay you can't do that person you're just like
ok the ball goes into the
parking lot her
I just one swing thoughts he lived on through the whole thing now I'm rule
you're gonna see how you say doubt I'd be fully myself relaxed comfortable
itself but here he's very
very concerned that
he not be disappointed in the event
so he's already enormous of in everywhere he can
to be as usable as he can for God
we've all been being prepared I when events happen don't you want to come
through
that'll be your day that'll be the day when
every budding sees who you really are
I can't imagine anything more horrible
then failing that test failing that moment
so as we prepare sometimes you take a while we don't say a lot about psyched
out well
it is keeping prepare cursor common and you want to acquit yourself as we all do
before God so that he has magnified
now Paul knew he would face those who was part of this call
you're going to stand before tales and rulers
for my sake so he knew that just like you know you're gonna bear what
in a circle circumstance a couple uptight
at you and those moments you want to be able to
be not ashamed but that Christ be magnified
at to the degree that it's possible you don't even want
so what you see that cool eagerness and discipline their
for this to be done well instead like I said I'm
I'm looking forward to get getting through it
so where do you learn get prepared for those on your job
your life how do you approach them you value it yourself
how do you look at the details my being prepared to cry scale today
what if I got from could I do it say
so that's what we're learning now and that's why you get reproved a lot when
it comes to
these kinds of issues like anticipation
future passive and pick it up that I dot
be ashamed
to always in the passive
this word when used in a
negative sense and trop beau
and truffle another per as a whole subject
we know in a coarser I'll reproof
that we don't want to be shameless
software shame that some that means we don't want that say
that's a healthy whole whole some *** but this as a failure
to Alabama what I needed to be for this opportunity because of my own personal
failings
and assertions prior to that point
tell this word shame was always a big word
in best culture because everything was about public performance
your public performances honorable or it's shameful
and those are the words that Paul years
using here just for example if you go to get a driver's license when the real
do you prepare probably summer be didn't
gotta take it again right and that was her moment my big moment
my driver's license frail come on your parents go what's wrong with you I don't
how do you fail drivers task I mean mike got
where's your head at
so you always want to be able to fail
not never fail the tests are put to go
if it's preaching up its teaching effort witness from whatever side you want it
to be done perfectly and have a standard of excellence that governs
the way you look at being successful
in these moment
now let's move forward
the whole not be put shaming anything now the other side
the contrast but that will
all boldness Christ will even know
as always be exalted in my body
whether by life or by doubt
but okay the %ah person to being a shame rather I don't want to be ashamed and
anything what I really want to happen
is that Christ be magnified he could have said that I be magnified like
others but that Christ be magnified
but that he was looking for them people going like wow what a presentation boy
was he good
abut like Christ would be magnified you know it Maggie got a magnifying glass
you know what that means magnify
appraise Corp Fi a
magnified cry said as a result of that presentation people will say Christ a
new life
and his glory will be more clearly saying
butanol boulders they have now like I said earlier this speaks to the manor
others presentation but that in all
boulders am Pasig speaks to the quality
this speaking the quality of the boldness but
a racy itself
is the word for freedom of speech we translate a bowl
confident but really at its heart is free
speech
one who speaks in a way
or one who speaks as one who has air right
to speak okay you have a right to speak
so operator CR means you are speaking
has if that's the case
freedom of speech uninhibited
and without affect as one
who has a right to speed so you gonna speak over there and then adopt
religious language
it's gonna sound ridiculous but freedom I have a right to speak I want my manner
I want to be comfortable I wanna be relapse
I did too not be intimidated by the situation and the person and be myself
yeah I am i right okay paul speak
file I have a right to speak so I will speak candidly straightforwardly
am relax
as always also now
which speaks to this past experience those
which is another element that's important for us to game
which gives us confidence in these circumstances because in those other
cases
he's seen how it works and he's comfortable in his call credit
but he wants to think about how he delivers the message not just the
message itself
how he wants to reflect that how he wants to adorn it
with those on presentation you say
cartel goddess design his word a revelation to go to come through people
it has its all duffel different flavor when it comes to a person
not the same when you're reading at the spirit empowers the proclamation of the
word and it comes into direct
wait till you it's the human being that daughters using to speak
rather than just sending a letter to the Emperor and telling them what's going on
Paul is on the spot the whole future of the Christian Church in the
Mediterranean hangin
there and I I better do it
God has promised me I got you guys praying for me I got the Holy Spirit
being present with me
I don't have an added to that I want to get through I wanna do the perfect job
that I can
when I stand before him with my personal presence
my body language might own a boy's icon to
all about this I want to be comfortable
as an or a terror skilled or her would-be
yet with the personal element that Christian preaching
brought with it
well goddess always been there in the past
why wouldn't he be no he calmly to those
why won't be he will be that Christ might be magnified
in my body I wanted a put that together instead up
just crying Shelby magnify but Christ shall be magnified in my personal
presentation in my presence
that true little all mean
very got a very god would be magnified through this
bustle imperfect week
bus gots what God loves to do
that's what God does so Paul is saying
I want the about to have be a fact
that Christ is back to fight now whether I'm absent kidded
which was in a very painful doubt that your romantic there be had
up but I you know whether it's that hot a or not if I'm executed for this great
performance
yeah okay that's great I still want it
if bob if I go on living
because the present a well then that's great too but he's not saying one
message will lead to death
want to live know this awesome
message here and this function I'm seeing Christ magnify could have a lot
of negative approx
and make sure that your actions but then why would you worry because he say
I'm much more concerned about this sink counter
then I am about my life or Mike that
so don't worry guys I'll be alright
keep writing the Spirit is here and got is working
as physical presence his body language was tone as
I contact relax themselves weather
by life or by death
I we just expect explained first 21
the concluding statement so new
sutton's a very small sums
the absence of the burp increases
the IM force so what we have here
is a Mac some or motto by which Paul lives
any comes full-circle all the way around this is totally in keeping with who I am
and who I've always been style
this is why weather like we've got us not important
because of who I am pretty me to live is Christ going to die
is gay it's interesting that the
I'll Crist are scared of
could be an *** months even though once a key and the other is a
K but notice
the more I as forward
for me Eric even has the
up so long on the pro now
when you have the epsilon on the program pro now it's even more emphatic
but it could be maury but evil
cell too little more emphatic but it's extremely
personal and its interest
whatever it means for others
this is what life means for me
and that's why me this is for me this is my motto
whenever it means for anyone else for me that's an individual
choice incremental up for me to live describes
into die this game they call it the danger but feeling
was just passing so there's a lot of emotion there
out totes a marker stops present active infinitive you know articular
substantive cable
infinitives are very rare parent
so their objectivity of the SAPS that they serve in this case as the
subject up the Suns tulip as
an articular infinitive you still say
I'll substandard and here its
the subject to live is Christ
to die game tulip Christ
died game
all about crimes not just life period
like unbelievers and everybody lives there
for him to really live is crying
the a cheater greeks when they would get to a point
up cause to doubt then older them
they would talk about I wanna die
and that would be game because I could be liberated from this miserable body in
my miserable life and I can go to haiti needs where everyone forgets you
or if I'm a goody hero maybe the Aleutian feels
but with Paul tulip is Christ remains low life
is Scott all about us it's all about crises the center of my life
I E Drake and sleep Christ
know when you're young oh yeah I use a ball player in eats drinks and sleeps
baseball we even carry our Bibles buyer bet
go to bed tonight with you but the
drink it's what we do the two we r
and thats Paul saying thats anything that's be a consideration
and as far as dying well that's good all for those who live for Christ because
then comes
more like in Christ say because Death is not game
for dole's who to live is not Christ
is it no if you live is not about Christ
then death is not gain no matter what
philosopher a Greek philosopher sad but I don't hold on I'm too much would you
end up eating grass
or throwing yourself into a live ball taino
out the nagger us so that's how they end up their life is not Christ
at them down they consider it game about to throw themselves into a volcano
but see that's all they would have to to hope with
but we have Christ you know and you should be able to understand that in
your life at this point this should make a lot of cells
for me calill is Christ
from the first thing in the morning to the last moment at night
through all the minutes unshackled so our some
that's why they don't like talk about christ
but he said is the seller
to die is gain because I get close to him while I put all about Christ
where all about crimes that's why we don't feel
very good when we're not about cry pics
we love christ and he loves out
tend to die is game
to die is gain so we have nothing to fear
so call has nothing to fear
but he wants to be used in this moment
and he's ban about Christ and AP gives this
amazing presentation
as he desires that he doesn't care whether a lesser died
that's a much more important to him than his own life
and I'm I'm sure the problems are are being affected
by when he writes here let's pray
father we thank you we thank you for the truth
and we thank you for your son and we thank you
also for Paul and his opener some poor
preparing him to be the kinda speaker he could be that you could use him
in encouraging the believers including us
in Jesus name