Greetings | Romans 16

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Awkward situations Are you
familiar with things that are

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awkward?
I mean, I've been in awkward

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situations for sure.
You've you recently experienced

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1.
Yeah, I've been in a lot of

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awkward situations.
I think a lot of times I, I

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force the issue, I, I lean into
it and then sometimes it's

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better.
I like it when I force the issue

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because, you know, I'm making it
awkward on purpose.

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I hate it when I'm not trying to
make it awkward and it's

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awkward.
I'm like, oh, this is not, this

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is not good.
Like.

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The other you know, a couple
Sundays ago you said something

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like I heard someone lost their
membership packet and no one

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laughed during announcements.
That kind of awkwardness.

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You don't like those ones?
That's a good exact point.

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I never make jokes during
announcement tried to make a

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little one.
Everyone was like silent.

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I had the person come up to me
today and was like thanks for

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calling me out but she she
understood it was a joke.

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I think she but anyway did.
Did you want to say who that was

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on?
I, I will not say who it was.

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They, they, I won't, I won't
even allude to it.

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Just I don't want to hurt
anyone's feelings.

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But something this is just in
general, Leanne gets on to me.

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We walk in our neighborhood a
lot when we drive.

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Yeah, I'm the kind of guy.
I'm not a really outgoing guy,

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But if I see someone, even a
stranger, you know, we're

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walking the neighborhood, I'll
throw up the.

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I'll throw up the wave.
Like, hey, I see you.

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Like, hey, how's it going?
Sure.

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I'm driving.
You know, you lift up the hand

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like.
No, where did where?

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Where did Leanne grow up?
She grew up in Maine.

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Yeah, yeah.
And where did we grow?

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Up.
Oh, that's right, in the South.

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That's right, 'cause this is,
this is natural behavior for me

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too.
We're walking and I'll be like,

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hey, just just be polite,
Polite.

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Hello.
This little wife most people

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wave back not everyone but and I
am guilt.

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I don't know if you find
yourself in this.

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I am guilty in I think someone's
waving at me and I do the way

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they are not so 2 two things
happened recently someone you

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know at church walking by
they're waving real big.

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I'm waving real big, but they're
waving up people behind me.

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I'm just trying to be friendly
and now like an idiot other one

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on the walk.
What happened?

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Someone was driving, we were
walking, someone went to go put

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on their seat belt as they're
driving and I thought they were

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going for the wave, so I went
for the wavelands.

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Like why are you waving?
They just put on their seat

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belt.
It's like they, they faked me

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out, you know?
So I'm thinking maybe I'll just

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start doing the fake outs, like
go for the wave of fake and see

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if I can get people to wave at
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You know.
Also, just as awkward, I'm going

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to call out this person because
I told her.

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I'm just going to tell everyone
talking about you.

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Anna Hawk, this is beautiful.
This happened to me and I.

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This is what you get for trying
to be friendly.

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Anna, Anna, Anna was just trying
to be friendly.

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We're at a gym night playing
volleyball.

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I know, I know this story.
And there's a family that's been

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visiting with us.
How long would you not?

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Not forever, but not nothing. 6
I like, I remember, I remember

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this cause 'cause we talked
about this, it won't have aired

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yet, but we talked about this in
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Their son, when I hit that real
high note, looked at Clayton was

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like, whoa, that's what he said,
That's what he said.

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Whoa.
But that was at least two months

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ago, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, maybe like 8 weeks

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maybe.
So maybe like 10 weeks they've

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been coming. 10 weeks probably
they've been visiting.

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You know, and they're like a
family.

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So it's not like one person you
can like see.

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Dad, mom, 3 kids.
Yeah, they came out to to the

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gym night.
The dad, I don't, he's probably

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like a little bit older than me,
maybe a little like, I don't

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know what age he.
Is, but he's probably somewhere

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between you and me.
He he's a good athlete, like he

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was good at.
He's a real basketball and it

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was great.
We were like.

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Reminding me myself.
We were on the same team.

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We were like, and basketball's
like, I'm so glad this guy's on

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my team 'cause he's good at
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He also told me he's like,
basketball's on, he's not my

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sport, soccer.
He's like, wow, I want to see

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you play soccer 'cause he'll be
really, really good.

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He looks like he might have
soccer jeans.

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You know what I'm?
Saying I know, I know, I know, I

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know what you're saying.
They just, you just know that

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much better than than myself at
some of these things.

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And then after it, Anna just
being friendly.

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Yeah, yeah.
Just being friend goes up and

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says, hey, you know, it's really
nice to meet you, get to know

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you and what church do y'all go
to?

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And they've been visiting our
church for 10 weeks.

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It's great.
It's so great.

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And so he and he's got like a
good humor about him.

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So he's like, you know, giving
Anna a hard time.

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So fun, fun stuff.
I have done that.

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We don't have to get into it,
but I did that like last year

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with someone and the person I
was talking to was like, we've

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already talked about this.
Like I feel so bad.

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It's one thing if they've been
there for a while and you

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haven't noticed them, but it's
another thing if you have

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personally talked to them and
then you forgot.

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I like, invited them out to like
the college class and stuff.

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And they were like, yeah, we
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I'm like, I was like, OK, OK, so
it happens to the.

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I'm not saying I'm above this,
but you know, sometimes when

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you're having these greetings,
they can be a little awkward.

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Yeah, we visited a church.
It was a large church.

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I mean, doctrinally it was fine.
I mean, it was First Baptist of

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Somerville in 2001 and it was
just like, it was it, we, we

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made friends there, but it was
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You didn't know what the person
sitting next to you was a

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regular attender or new.
And it's like we had been there

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for two months or so and we were
like, hey, are y'all new here?

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We haven't seen you around.
Like, you know, we're kind of

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new ourselves.
We're not even members but.

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We're not trying.
To talk to people, but you know,

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and I would say there was a time
when CBC was small enough that

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you knew for sure if someone was
a visitor or not.

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But we're, we're, we're large
enough and especially if you

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have like duties that you're
supposed to do, like you and I

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are like doing stuff.
So sometimes I don't always get

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out there to greet people as
they're leaving because I'm like

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shutting down music and stuff.
So it does make it hard to, you

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know, kind of put names and
faces and who's been there and

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who hasn't.
You know, it makes it impressive

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because the apostle apologist.
Nails it.

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Oh man, he he greeted people and
he and he knew what he was

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doing.
He, he, he, I, you know, like

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you have said, this is a much
different reason and much worse

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reason.
Can't remember what we were

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talking about.
You're like, I wish there was an

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updated version for this part of
scripture.

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Maybe it was a job got like all
the the physics and this kind of

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stuff.
Maybe to be an awkward one here,

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which be like, hey, I waved it
Dan.

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He didn't wait back.
It was awkward.

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Paul called him out.
So we are at the end of an era.

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Man, it is an end of an era, end
of a season.

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We should put up the Jensen
graph one last time.

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One last time.
Take a good look at it 'cause

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you might not see this again.
Probably not.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But we're in that very last kind

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of addendum section of that
Jensen graph, which has, you

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know, Paul's outgoing greetings
and if he scatters some theology

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in there.
So it's like, where are we?

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Where are we going, Paul?
What are we doing?

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So join us for our final sermon
recap in Romans.

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Let's take it to the next level.
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All right, Romans 16, the whole
chapter.

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I know we're not.
We're not expositing 3 or 4

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verses, we're just kidnapped.
Yeah, yeah, it's a whole chapter

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if you've read through Romans
16, kind of a tongue twister.

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A lot of names in here, some
some really good names.

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Speak for yourself.
I could.

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I could do without this.
No, I'm just getting great

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names.
If you've said if you've been

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following this at all, you know
Michael has daughters with

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names.
We're straight out of this.

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Chapter That's true.
Joel started off this sermon

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asking like, what would you
know, telling the story about

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this guy talking to three other
guys like, hey, what would you

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want people to say at your
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And one of them was like, you
know, he's a good family man.

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The other one said, you know, he
was great in the community.

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The other one said, I'd like
people to say, look, he's

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moving.
That, that, that, that's pretty.

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That's pretty witty.
That'd be quite the you've been

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to a funeral where any like
shenanigans were pulled.

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No, no, thankfully, no.
Yeah, that pastor, as he always

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does, not always, but as he
often does, pulls out the

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newspaper, took a little poll of
the audience who's reading the

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Post and Courier I.
Think it was one other person,

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yeah.
It was the other person that we

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get.
AI don't even know.

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I didn't see who the hand was.
And he was, you know, going

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straight to everyone's favorite
section of the paper.

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The obits like it's the comics
and then write the comics as the

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obits.
You know what I'm saying?

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And he made a good point.
He was like, you know, everyone

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just thinks about dying at 8090,
whatever.

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A lot of these people, he read
like the first four.

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They were they, they were, they
were other than you would think.

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Yes, yeah.
And I'm like, I'm 46 so.

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Right there.
Yeah, the clock stick and

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Michael.
But it is good.

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It's a little perspective that,
you know, we don't, we don't all

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have forever.
Maybe you just have like a

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little bit written.
Oh yeah, yeah.

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Just like a little bit, yeah.
If you're famous, you get a lot.

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Written.
That's right.

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That's.
Right.

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And so really this question is
kind of same as the question

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before, like what what do you
want people to say about you?

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You know, and this is all tying
into Paul's going to be saying

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some good things about these
people and their reputation and

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how their reputation.
Paul hadn't even met some of

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these people.
That's.

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Pretty amazing.
Maybe some had travelled back

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and forth, but, you know,
basically he knew them from, you

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know, the one or two people who
did travel and was able to, you

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know, basically share.
This is what's going on in

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Romans.
And so this is almost like a

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reference letter for these
folks.

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And, you know, it would be neat.
Yeah, to go.

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You know, I wasn't Paul, I
wasn't Peter, but you know what?

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I was Narcissa and I got
mentioned in Roman 16 like that

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would be pretty.
Cool.

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Yeah, yeah.
Be one of these like one of

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these people that is pretty
cool.

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You I is this where you got?
No, you got shouted out when we

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actually went over Phoebe, is
that when he shouted you out or

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did he shout you?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Great.
Well, just take a guess,

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Michael, how many names do you
think are mentioned?

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Well, I think Pastor Miss added
them 'cause there's like two

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different sections.
There's a section where Paul is

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specifically addressing and then
there's a section where like

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where Timothy and maybe who's
the Tychus or?

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Yeah, yeah.
I think you're, oh, Tertius,

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Tertius.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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They're like saying hi to the
folks, too.

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So I think if you add those
together, it's like a 30.

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Yeah, Yeah, I think that's
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I think with everyone's at it
and maybe 24 is just like 1

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section.
Either way A.

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Lot of names, A lot of names.
Yeah, and, and it's there.

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There's a lot.
It's like you can read through

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this and be like just a list of
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Pastoral is a good job of
drawing out some, some good,

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good insight for us.
Unlike Michael said on the

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Jensen draft graph, we're just
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let's jump into it.
I feel like Michael should read

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this first verse.
Oh.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, I should.
It says.

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I commend to you our sister
Phoebe, who is a servant of the

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Church which is at Sincrea, that
you receive her and the Lord in

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a manner worthy of the Saints,
and that you help her in

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whatever matter she may have
need of you for.

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She herself has also been a
helper of many and of myself as

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well.
So very good so sounds like

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Phoebe may not be a resident of
Roman of Rome and she's headed

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there like most people think
that she's carrying the letter

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of Roman that's.
Right.

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I've heard this, Yeah, to Rome.
But maybe she, you know, maybe

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she's a Roman citizen and she's
a woman about means, apparently

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somehow.
Or she's getting around from

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Caesarea Maritime up to Rome.
Moving around.

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Oh wait, A.
Minute.

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Wait a minute, Corinthian.
Oh, there you go.

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There you go, There you go.
And then the NASB like you read

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has the word helper and the ESV.
It goes straight with Patron.

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Patron.
Pastor Jolson, maybe patroness

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should be the word, you know,
you know what I mean?

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Like help, help communicate
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Well, there's we're we're coming
in with a good name right out of

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the bat.
You're like, I like where Paul's

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headed.
That's right.

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And I put just you probably see
it here, just a indent of the

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side that Jill didn't go over
all these names.

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But I thought maybe we could
talk.

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You know these are all all of my
kids names.

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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh yeah, yeah, we think, I

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guess.
We could talk about them.

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So Romans 1615 is meet
Philogius, which means someone

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who loves wisdom, I think, or,
or the word, you know.

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It's not, it's not philosophy,
which is, but it's Phil logos.

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So the lover of words or
something you know, or whatever.

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You know, Logos sometimes means
the wisdom behind creation, but

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Philogius and Julia, so that's
another one of my kids names

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Nearest and her sister and
Olympus and all the Saints who

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are with them.
So that's so two of my kids

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directly out of Romans.
I I would say you should have

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gone with a different name in
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Why'd you go with with Julia?
It could have gone with so many

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other great.
Names I know, I know and then

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Romans 17, but really all
through Romans every time you

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read the word grace there you go
that's another one of my kids

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names although we.
Have the.

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We have the Greek version,
Karis.

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Karis, I think is how you'd say
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And then our other two First
Corinthians 111 For I have been

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informed concerning you, my
brethren, by Chloe's people,

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that there are quarrels among
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I feel like this is like a verse
Chloe should bring out when

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people are 5.
Be like, hey, Chloe's telling

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you there's some quarreling
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That's.
Right.

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And then lastly on this list, a
woman named Lydia from the city

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of Thyatira, a seller of purple
fabrics, a worshiper of God who

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was listening and the Lord
opened her heart to respond to

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the things spoken, spoken with
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So they call themselves, you
know, the Paul names because

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they're all, they're all names
associated with the the apostle

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Paul.
Yeah, I love that.

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That's great man.
Have a few more girls you're

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going to run out of run out of
names.

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You get your.
List.

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There's actually quite a bit of
names in here, so yeah.

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That's true.
That's true.

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Maybe we can.
Maybe we can say if Michael does

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have another girl like we can,
the listeners can pick the next.

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Name, I think that's I, I think
if there's a miracle that we do

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have another kid, we'll, we'll
at least get the listener's

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input for sure.
That is great.

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Let's move down.
I will go ahead and read verse

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3.
We have Paul writing Greek,

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Prisca and Aquila, my fellow
workers in Christ Jesus, verse

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four, who risked their necks for
my life, to whom not only I give

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thanks, but all the churches of
the Gentiles give thanks as

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well.
And we see these other people

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around town too.
And by town I mean New

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Testament.
Right.

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Yeah.
So they're the folks who, you

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know, took Apollos underneath
their wing and like, hey, you're

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saying a lot of good stuff.
You're speaking well, but let me

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go.
Let us show you more fully what

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what's happened.
And then there are also fellow

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tent makers with Paul.
When Paul was, I think was that

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an Ephesus where Paul was, where
they met them.

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That's a good question.
You might cause, man, you might

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be right.
Who knows?

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Yeah.
They were somewhere with Paul on

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one of his missionary journeys,
maybe Corinth, I I don't know.

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Yeah, Yeah, maybe maybe Corinth
is, is Prisca, is that like, is

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that a Priscilla?
Is that I think it's like a

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variant Acts 18 two.
That just is like burned into my

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head.
I'm just going to turn there for

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a brief A brief aside.
It's burned in my head because

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when we read of Romans, that is
like it says and he found a Jew

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named Aquila, a native of
Pontius, recently come from

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Italy with his wife Priscilla,
because Claudius had commanded

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all the Jews to leave Rome.
Just like even talking about

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Romans, this was like they were
kicked out of Rome.

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And then like, maybe filtering
back in.

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But anyway, and that's why Paul
ran into them, because they were

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kind of kicked out, expelled.
And so we talked about the

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context of Romans.
That was a big, big part of it,

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where the Jews were.
Gone.

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And that is a Corinth.
And so that way, yeah, so there

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there you go.
We put it put it together.

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Always remember that that
reference just because of of

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Romans.
And then we can you want to read

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5 through 16 take a deep.
Breath.

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I don't know.
Do y'all want to hear me butcher

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these names or not?
I I don't know.

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Sure.
Well maybe we'll do every other

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name also greet the church that
is in their house.

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Greet Epinatus my beloved, who
is the 1st convert to Christ

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from.
Asia, I'll take the next name.

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Greet Mary, who has worked hard
for you.

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Back to you.
Greet.

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This one's not that hard.
Andronicus and Junius, my

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kinsman and fellow prisoners,
who are outstanding among the

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apostles, who are also in Christ
before me, greet.

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Amphilitus, my beloved in the
Lord, greet.

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Urbanus, our fellow worker in
Christ and Stackies, my beloved,

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greet.
A palace, the approved in

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Christ, greet.
Those who are of the household

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of Aristobulus, greet.
Heardion, heard, heard Herodion,

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my kinsman, there we go.
Greet those of the household of

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Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
Greet Trithena and Trithosa,

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workers in the Lord.
Greet Persis, the beloved who

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has worked hard in the Lord.
Greet Rufus, a choice man in the

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Lord, also his mother and mine.
Greet Wow, Synchritis, Fledgeon,

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Hermes, Petrobus, Hermes and the
brethren with them.

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Greet Philogas and Julia
Nerissus, Nerissus and her

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sister and Olympus and all the
Saints who are with them.

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Greet one another with a holy
kiss.

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All the churches of Christ greet
you.

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Those last couple verses were,
were pretty easy 'cause they

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didn't have you named them.
What what's amazing to me is

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like a lot of these Greek and
Roman names, like even have

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like, you know, Hermus, that's,
that's Oh yeah, the, the

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background after God, a, a
mythological Pagan God.

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And yet this person has come to
Christ and you know, you talk

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about the the Gentiles and you
know how you know, they're

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including the covenant.
You see all these Gentile names.

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These are not, you know.
And you see, yeah, you're,

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that's a very good point.
He's like Herodian and these

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things.
You're like, man, that is

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pretty.
That is pretty amazing.

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It's just looking up the
message.

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You should read it.
It's like Greek Joe.

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And it's a hate of I'm just
kidding.

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It doesn't do that.
It doesn't do that.

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But you can imagine how to throw
that in there.

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But I like your point where it's
like, man, it is.

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It's pretty amazing that Paul
painstakingly goes through a lot

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of these people 'cause even if
you were writing a letter, you

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might, I could see not not you,
but I could see myself

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mentioning like 3 or 4 people.
But to like really go deep,

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that's.
That's pretty.

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That's pretty cool.
Romans 1621 through 23.

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We're going to skip down a
little bit where Paul writes.

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Timothy, my fellow worker greets
you, and so do Lucius and Jason

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and Sosa Painter, my kinsman I,
Tertius, who write this letter,

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greet you.
And the Lord Gaius, host to me

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into the whole church, greets
you.

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Erastus the city treasurer
greets you, and Cordis the

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brother I love.
And I always want to get more

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background like, you know, why
is someone the brother?

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Why are we, you know, you know,
but it's, but it is interesting,

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you know, these little, little
insights, little snippets that

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we get.
So what, what do we do with

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these names?
You know, what?

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Is there anything we can like
really take away from it?

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Just names, right?
Yeah, I mean, I think we already

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made one point that, man, these
names are not your good old

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Hebrew names.
It's a good point.

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Like Abraham and David and John
and you know, Jacob and Josh.

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There's a bunch of of Greek
names you know.

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Also just Paul's demonstration
of his knowing and curing enough

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to to write.
I mean, he's a big mover and

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shaker.
It's like, do you know, that's

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pretty impressive to to have
these specific people lift it

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listed out.
Yep, Bruce Wilkinson's Seven

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Laws of the Learner.
Have you heard the story before?

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I think I have.
I've read this book.

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Before so then you've then
you've heard the story.

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I didn't read it out loud
though.

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OK, so.
Just heard it in your mind.

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No, you know, kind of going
along your expectations.

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And pastors told this a couple
times, but, you know, it's, he's

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been at our church for 20 years.
What do you expect?

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Yeah, we'll give him that.
Oh, I, I, I I tell the same

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story on this podcast.
It's only a year long, you know

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what I'm saying?
But Bruce Wilkinson's relating

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like his first, I think it's his
first year teaching at this

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Bible college.
And he's got these first 3

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sections, sections 1-2 and
three.

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And this other professor comes
up.

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He's like Bruce.
It's crazy.

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You you got Section 2, you got
the honors section and you're a

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first year teacher.
Wow.

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Like they don't harlot, you
know, they don't, they normally

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reserve that for the the best,
the best they give it to you.

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And so like, he just goes into
that first semester like, you

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know, with that second section,
like, man, you know, they're

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going to, you know, want more,
They're going to, you know, ask

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00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:27,840
the better questions.
They're going to be more

449
00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,120
attentive, you know, all the
things that you expect of a

450
00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:34,120
honors class.
And he gets the midterms and,

451
00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:36,000
you know, he's looking at their
tests and stuff.

452
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,560
And it's like, wow, they they.
They really are they really?

453
00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,720
Are good and he it's commenting
to like the department chair

454
00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:46,040
like wow, that honor section it
it really does make a

455
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,840
difference.
And they're like Bruce, we don't

456
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,280
have an honor section this year.
We just, you know, evenly

457
00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,800
dispersed him across the first 3
sections and he went in and he

458
00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,320
looked at the test and he said
that the essays for the 1st and

459
00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,480
3rd you could put them together
and they were not they were less

460
00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,880
than the essay thickness because
of what the people are putting

461
00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,080
into him and it he's like he
learned his biggest lesson of

462
00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,040
teaching ever was you're going
to get what you expect.

463
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,640
You expect to have students who
are paying attention and jazz

464
00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:20,520
and interested and capable of
these, you know, discussions,

465
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,080
then that's what you're going to
get out of them.

466
00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,680
And it was a huge lesson for
him.

467
00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,600
And so when we have these
expectations about these, you

468
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,560
know, our fellow believers, you
know, even your person next to

469
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,800
you, and you know, and Paul's
expectations for the good things

470
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,240
these people can do, it was
good.

471
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,960
And he's got this quote to kind
of wrap it up.

472
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,880
He said that day proved to be
one of the most dramatic

473
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,360
learning experiences of my life.
I've never quite gotten over it.

474
00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,920
For the first time, I realized
that what I believe about my

475
00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,000
students made an incredible
difference in what they learned

476
00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,680
in my class.
So I, I think that that is good

477
00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,600
'cause we, a lot of us, we
probably just, you know, don't

478
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,600
even think about, you know,
holding people to high

479
00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,200
standards, but that, that,
that's good to really have those

480
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,800
expectations.
And then you on your end, you

481
00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,360
bring, you bring the a game too.
So I, I like that a lot.

482
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,400
This is the take two podcast.
You should know this if you're

483
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,080
listening to it.
And so we're always seeking, how

484
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,920
do we take it to the next layer?
You know we're.

485
00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,440
Always.
You know that, don't you?

486
00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,120
Know yeah and so we're going to
look at verses 17 through 20

487
00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:23,040
because they are in Romans 16
We'll we'll at least mention

488
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,080
them.
They weren't mentioned because

489
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,560
we were we're hitting you know
there's 27 verses in this thing

490
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,360
for one for one sermon.
I would have loved from being

491
00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,320
like, you know, titled today's
message, Phoebe verse one and

492
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,360
just like work his way through,
like that's like the whole

493
00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:38,560
thing.
And then, you know, Prisca and

494
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,760
Aquila, the next, next sermon.
Paul does this in Galatians too.

495
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,800
It's like I, I think he starts
signing with his own hand or

496
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,560
something.
And, and he just, he just can't

497
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,880
help but put in some theology.
So it is kind of outside the

498
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,600
rest of the character of, of
what Paul has said in chapter

499
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,960
16, 'cause he's like greetings,
greetings, greetings.

500
00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:00,800
And then he goes back to some
greetings and, you know,

501
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,040
doxology.
Is one of those where, yeah,

502
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,680
everyone's just getting built
up.

503
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,400
And then we see a little bit of
a turn, he says in verse 17.

504
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,040
Now I urge you, brethren, keep
your eye on those who caused

505
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,400
ascensions and Hendrickson's
contrary to the teaching which

506
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:15,960
you learned, and turn away from
them.

507
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,320
For such men are slaves, not of
our Lord Jesus Christ, but of

508
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,600
their own appetites.
And by their smooth and

509
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,280
flattering speech they deceive
the hearts of the unsuspecting.

510
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,800
For the report of your obedience
has reached to all.

511
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,280
Therefore, I am rejoicing over
you, but I want you to be wise

512
00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,240
and what is good and innocent
and what is evil.

513
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,880
The God of peace will soon crush
Satan under your feet.

514
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,040
The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ or or Jesus be with you.

515
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,480
And so you see a little bit of
warning in there like, you know,

516
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,400
I'm saying a lot of names, but
I'm not saying like everyone is,

517
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,480
is, you know, top caliber that
we want to be hanging.

518
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,280
Around, Yeah.
And it's being on the Lord, you

519
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,560
know, for those who would, you
know, want to divide instead of,

520
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,000
you know, kind of built together
as as these others have.

521
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,760
And then we get to some some
doxology.

522
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,920
Yeah, let's, let's, let's, let's
make it happen.

523
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,680
We'll end this chapter with
some, you know, end on a high

524
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,040
note in the.
Book on a high note.

525
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,320
That's right, that's right, says
now to him who is able to

526
00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:15,520
establish you according to my
gospel and the preaching of

527
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,480
Jesus Christ according to the
revelation of the mystery which

528
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,240
has been kept secret for long
ages past, but now is

529
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,440
manifested, and by the
scriptures of the prophets,

530
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,240
according to the commandment of
the eternal God has been made

531
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:34,800
known to all the nations,
leading to obedience of faith to

532
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,560
the only wise God through Jesus
Christ be the glory forever.

533
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,640
Amen.
Man, I I just love a good

534
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,640
doxology.
Doxologies are just like.

535
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,280
That's where it's at.
That's right.

536
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,080
Man and Paul, Paul has some good
ones.

537
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,160
Pastor makes a lot of points,
pulls a lot of things out of

538
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,480
this.
Doxology starts with this word

539
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,560
established.
I'm sure he gave us the, you

540
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,440
know, etymology, the Greek Greek
behind us.

541
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,840
And he made this analogy to to
miracle grow.

542
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,360
I'm a gardener, as you know.
How are they going?

543
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,440
We are wannabe gardeners.
I have seeds, I have soil, I

544
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,840
have the potting plants and
they're just sitting there.

545
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,640
And I thought that we just
we're, we're coming out of

546
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,880
spring break.
And I thought that, you know, by

547
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,560
a miracle, miracle girl miracle
that my kids would just like,

548
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,320
hey, let's get in here and let's
plant these, but didn't happen.

549
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,160
That didn't happen, you know.
You know what they say, though,

550
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,000
in the low country at least,
they're like, man, you got to

551
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,640
wait till Easter to plant.
So you're right on.

552
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,760
Time OK, well we as a late.
Easter, Easter is late, but

553
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,440
that's what all my patients I
seem they're like.

554
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,120
I hope you're not playing before
Easter, You know, always, always

555
00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:41,760
be wondering, but I.
Guess the day's the day then.

556
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:46,840
Today's the day to plan and so
he he makes this connection.

557
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,600
This is this doxology is now now
to him who is able to establish

558
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,080
you according to my gospel and
the preaching of Jesus Christ so

559
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,840
wrapped up in being established
is is pretty pretty significant

560
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,920
that that's what's really going
to enable you to to grow.

561
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,840
And you know, we have this
revelation of the mystery.

562
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,040
And you know when Paul uses like
a mystery?

563
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,360
Like a mystery novel.
Yeah, who does?

564
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,560
Like, no, it's like something
that was previously unrevealed

565
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,080
but is now revealed, that has
been made known through Christ's

566
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,920
coming and his, you know,
writing of the New Testament

567
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,440
through his apostles.
And, you know, we have all of

568
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,280
these things that hang off.
I don't know if you caught it

569
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,800
when I was reading it, but it's
like these phrases, phrases,

570
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,360
phrases, phrases, they're all
kind of going back to the

571
00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:37,320
revelation of this mystery.
But you know, this establishment

572
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:43,400
and the the preaching of Christ
is an anchor for our hope.

573
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,720
And then, you know, we can grow
in that, you know, to talk about

574
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,840
that establishment.
But you know, we have this hope

575
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,840
that is not only are things
going to be OK in this life up

576
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,440
and down, but we have this
future that we can look forward

577
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,920
to.
Man, that that that is great.

578
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,680
It kind of just, you know, we
talked about this idea of

579
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,880
growing in this mystery.
If you think you're, you know,

580
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:08,560
you're a Jew Old Testament, it's
you just just to see the way

581
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,400
that things just just have
grown.

582
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,400
You think of things like the
great Great Commission, and

583
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,400
where Paul ends here is
ultimately, you know who gets

584
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:21,040
the glory to the only wise God
through Jesus Christ be the

585
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,120
glory forever.
Yeah, that's, that's awesome.

586
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,840
So we have this quote here.
It says finally Paul concludes

587
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,680
in praise of God's wisdom to the
only wise God to be glory

588
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,760
forever through Jesus Christ.
Amen.

589
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,840
God's wisdom is seen in Christ
himself, and whom all are

590
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:44,240
hidden, in whom are hidden all
the treasures of wisdom and

591
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,640
knowledge, above all in His
cross, which the foolish to

592
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,840
human beings is the wisdom of
God.

593
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,960
And God's decision to save the
world, not through its own

594
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,800
wisdom, but through the folly of
the gospel and the extraordinary

595
00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,720
phenomenon of the emerging
multiracial, multicultural

596
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,480
church.
And in his purpose ultimately to

597
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,320
unite everything under Christ.
You know, talking about all

598
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,000
those names that was, you know,
all those Greek names.

599
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,280
Now no wonder Paul has already
broken out in praise of God's

600
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,040
wisdom.
O the depth of the riches of the

601
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,800
wisdom and knowledge of God.
1133 No wonder he does it again

602
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,240
at the end of his letter.
Indeed, God's redeemed people

603
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,760
will spend eternity ascribing to
him praise and glory and wisdom

604
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,400
and thanks and honor and power
and strength.

605
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:30,120
That is, they will worship Him
forever, worship Him for His

606
00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:32,440
power and wisdom displayed in
salvation.

607
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:36,000
John Stott.
Man, and as we get to the end of

608
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,400
this sermon, talk about the
Masters, the golf tournament,

609
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:43,240
there is this man who has made
the trek to Augusta.

610
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,720
Maybe he lives in Augusta too,
but he's attended 62 of these

611
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,120
tournaments in a row, which it's
it's it's sadly, if you want to

612
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,000
say impressive or.
Crazy than I've been alive,

613
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,680
yeah.
That's that's pretty, pretty

614
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,160
incredible.
You've got to really, really

615
00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,200
love something.
And it seems like from this

616
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,320
story, he did really love the
Masters.

617
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,040
Yeah, yeah.
He he we had some quotes about

618
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,600
him.
He I think they're like what,

619
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:07,760
what?
What'd you say about him?

620
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,360
He's like, it's indescribable.
I can't.

621
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:10,640
I can't even put the words
which.

622
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,640
You know, he had like two or
three buzzwords, like

623
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,600
indescribable, effervescent or
something like that.

624
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,400
Yeah, that's right.
Yeah.

625
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,480
It was crazy.
The, the point being, you know,

626
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,800
this guy is just longing to be
at the Masters every year.

627
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,000
It's indescribable with him.
He he's getting jazzed up and he

628
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,360
was talking about, oh, my
favorite moment was Arnold

629
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,080
Palmer.
I was hoping he was going to

630
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,440
talk.
I I was hoping he'd be like,

631
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,840
that's where I saw the drink was
made like, but no, it was like

632
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,000
him winning, winning in 72 or.
Something I don't know.

633
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,880
But can we all get excited about
about Christ and our life in

634
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,800
Him, You know, ending with his
doxology, making our way all the

635
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,000
way all the way through Romans,
one of these, you know, lesser

636
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,840
to the greater arguments.
That's great.

637
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:54,000
So conclusion and application
live to glorify God, thanking

638
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,520
him for all he has given us in
Christ.

639
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,600
And that can be done in the
myriad ways, whether you're

640
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,440
singing, serving, you know,
sharing the gospel with others.

641
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,800
I'm sure there's some other S
words.

642
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:09,120
There you go.
Truth.

643
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,320
There you go.
I love it.

644
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,800
But you know, living our lives
wherever we find ourselves and

645
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,880
our different makeup to the
glory of God.

646
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,560
I love it.
Along those same lines, be a

647
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,280
team player.
There's a lot of names written

648
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,800
here.
Most certainly they all didn't

649
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,200
do the same thing.
They had different things

650
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,920
written about them.
They were different people

651
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,680
thinking about, you know, where,
where do you fit in?

652
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,640
How, how can you do these
things?

653
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,080
How can you serve?
How can you, you know, fit into

654
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,360
that, that team and by extension
of this, you know, thinking of

655
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,880
greetings, Get out the old pen
and paper, send a greeting.

656
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:42,440
Don't text.
That's right.

657
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,920
Joel made a big, big deal.
Don't text.

658
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,600
People don't want to text.
And I was talking to some

659
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,560
younger generation like, well,
maybe we do want to text.

660
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:53,200
I have to open a letter and I
can't read the cursive you wrote

661
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:53,680
in.
Don't.

662
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,840
Call me for sure, text me or
send me a letter.

663
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,200
You know, that is crazy how how
much things have changed, but.

664
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,440
Times times have changed and
Take 2 is changing.

665
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,320
We're not going to be in Romans
anymore.

666
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,680
Yeah, yeah.
It is crazy that that was our

667
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,560
impetus for starting.
When we started, we were like

668
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,520
trying to figure things out like
Joel preached Romans, we need to

669
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:13,480
record.
So yeah.

670
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,480
So hopefully, hopefully we've
improved in a year and a half, a

671
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,240
year and a month or so.
Yeah, Yeah.

672
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,360
That's.
Pretty, pretty incredible.

673
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:26,280
Well, we'll say that's a wrap
beyond the lookout for, you know

674
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,080
what's what's to come down the
road.

675
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:29,520
Yeah, maybe some exciting
changes.

676
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,480
Maybe we've teased some merch.
Oh, maybe we'll have some.

677
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,400
Merch people are clamoring.
For it I I have messages every

678
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,720
day, you know, when when can we
buy that shirt so.

679
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,040
Half baked idea Real quick,
here's a bonus.

680
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,840
Half baked idea just came to me.
Maybe during the church service.

681
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:48,760
Get one of those T-shirt cannons
during an offering.

682
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,360
Just shoot out one of those.
You should go up and do

683
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,680
announcement someday be like,
hey, Michael and I, you know,

684
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:58,400
season 2 comes with some merch
and we just want to, you know,

685
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,240
just like someone on the front
row, just like you know, it's.

686
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,200
Like hit in the face like
Charlie Summers.

687
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,560
Like.
Breaks the glasses, you know

688
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,080
something?
Hey, so yeah, be be on your

689
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,360
toes.
You don't know what's going to

690
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:13,560
happen.
Pay attention, but you you want

691
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,360
to close out Romans with the
with the tagline.

692
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,800
Oh yeah, yeah, that's, that's
that's our day.

693
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,160
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694
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