WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 What is Up, Way, Fam? 2 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:04.000 Whoa! 3 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:05.840 I'm so excited for another podcast today. 4 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:08.080 Today I'm joined with the human sound board, 5 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:11.120 Izzy Madaván, Airhorn, Airhorn. 6 00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:13.560 Err, hahahaha! 7 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:14.600 Explosion! 8 00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:15.400 Boom! 9 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:16.240 Why have you done that? 10 00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:19.640 I just wanted to make it feel like OG YouTube, you know what I mean? 11 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:20.640 Okay. 12 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:23.280 People who really know me well know that I used to vlog 13 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:25.600 and I used to do super hype intros. 14 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:26.960 Should we get you on the vlogs? 15 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:28.320 We have vlogs. 16 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:29.160 We have vlogs? 17 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:31.160 Go check out the latest vlog. 18 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:32.160 On our channel. 19 00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:33.160 It's not such. 20 00:00:33.160 --> 00:00:34.160 It's not sadly. 21 00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:36.160 But yeah, you used to do like super hype intros. 22 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:39.160 It was kind of like a David Dobrik vibe, if you know what I mean. 23 00:00:39.160 --> 00:00:40.160 Name dropping. 24 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:41.160 Name dropping. 25 00:00:41.160 --> 00:00:42.160 Anyways. 26 00:00:42.160 --> 00:00:45.160 We're so glad that you've decided to join us on this podcast. 27 00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:46.160 On this couch. 28 00:00:46.160 --> 00:00:48.160 And electrifying noise. 29 00:00:48.160 --> 00:00:50.160 Please don't do this stuff. 30 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:52.160 Please don't do this thing. 31 00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:54.160 Okay, thanks. 32 00:00:54.160 --> 00:00:56.160 What we're doing today. 33 00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:03.160 We are looking at first Thessalonians chapter three. 34 00:01:03.160 --> 00:01:05.160 Does that mean we've already done one and two? 35 00:01:05.160 --> 00:01:06.160 That does. 36 00:01:06.160 --> 00:01:07.160 Huge. 37 00:01:07.160 --> 00:01:10.160 How could I find that on cast? 38 00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:11.160 On the YouTube. 39 00:01:11.160 --> 00:01:12.160 YouTube. 40 00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:13.160 That's right. 41 00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:14.160 Spotify. 42 00:01:14.160 --> 00:01:15.160 YouTube. 43 00:01:15.160 --> 00:01:17.160 Anywhere you get your podcast. 44 00:01:17.160 --> 00:01:18.160 Any streaming past. 45 00:01:18.160 --> 00:01:22.160 Listen to first Thessalonians chapter one and chapter two. 46 00:01:22.160 --> 00:01:23.160 We're both in chapter one. 47 00:01:23.160 --> 00:01:24.160 It's pretty good. 48 00:01:24.160 --> 00:01:25.160 It's pretty good. 49 00:01:25.160 --> 00:01:27.160 But please, hey, we're open to chapter three. 50 00:01:27.160 --> 00:01:29.160 I'm going to read from the ESV. 51 00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:31.160 You're going to read from the NIV. 52 00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:34.160 Comment what version you read from. 53 00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:38.160 And let's roll the credits intro. 54 00:01:38.160 --> 00:01:39.160 Credits. 55 00:01:39.160 --> 00:01:40.160 Credits. 56 00:01:40.160 --> 00:01:41.160 Credits. 57 00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:42.160 I'll just natural to say. 58 00:01:42.160 --> 00:01:43.160 Roll the credits. 59 00:01:43.160 --> 00:01:44.160 I will just let my name. 60 00:01:44.160 --> 00:01:45.160 One intro this is. 61 00:01:45.160 --> 00:01:46.160 Bye. 62 00:01:48.160 --> 00:01:50.160 Hello, I'm just interrupting the podcast. 63 00:01:50.160 --> 00:01:52.160 I say, thanks for listening and I hope you're enjoying. 64 00:01:52.160 --> 00:01:57.160 But we would love that if you're watching on YouTube to give us a like and a subscribe. 65 00:01:57.160 --> 00:02:01.160 And if you're listening on Apple or Spotify, then why don't you give us a follow? 66 00:02:01.160 --> 00:02:02.160 And then it all rating. 67 00:02:02.160 --> 00:02:06.160 Because our mission is to share the good news of Jesus with every young person online. 68 00:02:06.160 --> 00:02:08.160 And you doing that really helps make that possible. 69 00:02:08.160 --> 00:02:11.160 But let's get back to the episode. 70 00:02:11.160 --> 00:02:15.160 Okay, so we're going to start at chapter three, verse one. 71 00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:18.160 But a little bit of backstory. 72 00:02:18.160 --> 00:02:25.160 Paul's in chapter one and two, just really encouraging the church in a city called Thessalonica. 73 00:02:25.160 --> 00:02:26.160 Huge. 74 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:27.160 Huge. 75 00:02:27.160 --> 00:02:28.160 Well, not that huge. 76 00:02:28.160 --> 00:02:32.160 100,000 people, which would have been big at the time. 77 00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:35.160 But you really found that funny. 78 00:02:35.160 --> 00:02:37.160 No, because that's not what, okay, fine. 79 00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:38.160 I know that's not what you. 80 00:02:38.160 --> 00:02:39.160 Yeah, okay. 81 00:02:39.160 --> 00:02:40.160 Sorry, I'll get the same. 82 00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:42.160 But they're being heavily persecuted. 83 00:02:42.160 --> 00:02:46.160 Lots of people in the church are dying because they profess faith to Jesus. 84 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:51.160 And so Paul starts in these first three chapters by just encouraging them. 85 00:02:51.160 --> 00:02:52.160 That's all he wants to do. 86 00:02:52.160 --> 00:02:54.160 Yeah, you could say he's dropping a lot of glaze. 87 00:02:54.160 --> 00:02:58.160 That's what I said to Izzy earlier. 88 00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:07.160 And verse 17 until of chapter two, until chapter three, verse 10, he's just 89 00:03:07.160 --> 00:03:13.160 continuing to encourage them by giving reasons why he didn't go and visit the church 90 00:03:13.160 --> 00:03:17.160 again and why he sent Timothy instead. 91 00:03:17.160 --> 00:03:22.160 And then he just encourages them like, oh, Timothy's a worker with God and all that. 92 00:03:22.160 --> 00:03:23.160 But we'll see. 93 00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:26.160 But it's important to understand that it continues on from chapter two. 94 00:03:26.160 --> 00:03:28.160 So definitely going to wash chapter two if you haven't. 95 00:03:28.160 --> 00:03:31.160 And I'm going to read chapter three, verse one to five. 96 00:03:31.160 --> 00:03:32.160 We'll just start with that. 97 00:03:32.160 --> 00:03:33.160 Okay. 98 00:03:33.160 --> 00:03:34.160 Okay, here we go. 99 00:03:34.160 --> 00:03:36.160 Follow along with me. 100 00:03:36.160 --> 00:03:42.160 Therefore, when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone. 101 00:03:42.160 --> 00:03:47.160 And we sent Timothy, our brother, and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, 102 00:03:47.160 --> 00:03:55.160 to establish and exhort you in your faith that no one be moved by these afflictions. 103 00:03:55.160 --> 00:03:59.160 For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 104 00:03:59.160 --> 00:04:05.160 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction 105 00:04:05.160 --> 00:04:07.160 just as it come to pass. 106 00:04:07.160 --> 00:04:11.160 And just as you know, for this reason when I could bear it no longer, 107 00:04:11.160 --> 00:04:16.160 I sent to learn about your faith for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you 108 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.160 and our labor would be in vain. 109 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:23.160 So again, just to recap, Paul is now in Athens. 110 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:29.160 And when he was in Athens, he heard that they needed encouragement, so I sent him. 111 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:31.160 Timothy's now come back. 112 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:34.160 They've reconvened and he's writing this letter. 113 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:36.160 Anything stand out to you? 114 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:37.160 I have so many notes. 115 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:38.160 I feel like I always... 116 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:40.160 You do. Have you ever showed your Bible on... 117 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:43.160 Probably his first age. 118 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:49.160 This is two different disciples of Christ right here. 119 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:52.160 The writing in my Bible is not my portion. 120 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:54.160 I like it nice and clean, just read it. 121 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.160 Mine is cleanly first take for the post-it notes. 122 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:57.160 Fair. 123 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:59.160 Anyway. 124 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.160 You know what? 125 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:07.160 I did this alongside a commentary which I find really helpful, especially when it's sometimes letters 126 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:11.160 or books like these where you can't, it can just like read and run past a lot of stuff. 127 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:17.160 And the commentaries I find are quite helpful is to pick out some words and draw attention to certain things. 128 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:21.160 And so that's what I'm going to pick out some stuff. 129 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:29.160 So let's start the beginning of verse 1 and 2, 2 and 1. 130 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:35.160 Basically it's first of all, it struck me that Paul is encouraging the Thessalonians, 131 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:37.160 or the church of Thessalonica. 132 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.160 And he also did that through action. 133 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.160 He sent Timothy and that actually was a loss for him. 134 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:45.160 So he's losing something to be able to encourage them. 135 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:55.160 And so I think that's also beautiful of Paul's very sincere love for these people is that he is sending Timothy. 136 00:05:55.160 --> 00:06:01.160 And then he describes Timothy as a coworker or minister in some translations in verse 2. 137 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:06.160 And this original word is linked to like the service of a table waiter. 138 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:11.160 And it's basically signifies like quite like lowly service of any kind. 139 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:15.160 And so the word cannot draw attention to the acts of service. 140 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:18.160 And so this word we get of like minister and stuff like that. 141 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:20.160 It's very... 142 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:23.160 But it points to Jesus, he's the servant king. 143 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:25.160 He comes very humbly, comes to serve. 144 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:29.160 And again he uses the same kind of vibe of coworker as Timothy. 145 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:34.160 He wasn't coming with authority to rule, but he came to serve. 146 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:42.160 And to strengthen and establish and encourage a kind of words that are also written of his purpose while he was coming. 147 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:48.160 And it's kind of like you can only encourage people once they're established in the right direction. 148 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:57.160 So it's kind of that's also part of like Timothy's purpose is actually making sure they're established or going in the correct direction and encouraging them with that. 149 00:06:57.160 --> 00:06:59.160 So it was very like practical. 150 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:03.160 And it wasn't just encouragement like well done traps you're doing well. 151 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.160 It was a whatever they say in like Greek times. 152 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:08.160 Probably not that. 153 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:18.160 But like active encouragement of actually coming alongside them like encouraging them like giving them courage, I guess. 154 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:24.160 Of that meaning of encouragement of to keep going on with what they're doing and being in the right course. 155 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.160 Hmm. 156 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:31.160 I think it's interesting because like you're saying he set them on the right path. 157 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:34.160 But also like. 158 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.160 I noticed, where does it say? 159 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.160 For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 160 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:41.160 Yeah. 161 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:46.160 And it talks about how he like warned them that things weren't going to be just all easy going. 162 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:47.160 Yeah. 163 00:07:47.160 --> 00:08:02.160 I think that's so interesting because as as someone who is like I'm a part time eith pastor and and you help out also in in our youth group shout out. 164 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:12.160 How much easier is it to to like tell people who aren't yet believers that it's just all going to be great. 165 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:17.160 And like faith is going to be awesome like you're you're going to have peace. 166 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:18.160 You're going to have love. 167 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:22.160 You're going to have joy and self control and all these things which is true. 168 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:27.160 But it's interesting that Paul we chat about this in in chapter one. 169 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:29.160 He wasn't there for long. 170 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:35.160 Like it says anywhere from a few weeks to like a month or two. 171 00:08:35.160 --> 00:08:41.160 And in what he shared he must have had limited time to share things. 172 00:08:41.160 --> 00:08:46.160 And in what he shares is that they're going to be persecuted that it's going to be bad. 173 00:08:46.160 --> 00:08:53.160 And I'm like what does that say like I think that's a total total honesty and handing over the gospel. 174 00:08:53.160 --> 00:08:59.160 And what would it look like for us to actually in our evangelism tell others. 175 00:08:59.160 --> 00:09:02.160 Like it's not going to be all sunshine and rainbows. 176 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:05.160 God doesn't just kind of wipe everything away immediately. 177 00:09:05.160 --> 00:09:09.160 It's a journey and it's I don't have found it quite difficult at times. 178 00:09:09.160 --> 00:09:17.160 Of course, but I also think that's really important to like express and communicate because otherwise when difficulties come our way. 179 00:09:17.160 --> 00:09:22.160 Like if we're expecting orders to be super easy our faith can be shaken really easily. 180 00:09:22.160 --> 00:09:25.160 But if we actually know the truth that like there will be suffering. 181 00:09:25.160 --> 00:09:27.160 There will be difficulties. 182 00:09:27.160 --> 00:09:31.160 Then we go actually Jesus spoke about this. 183 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:33.160 I know the truth in that. 184 00:09:33.160 --> 00:09:36.160 And I can be encouraged that my faith is okay. 185 00:09:36.160 --> 00:09:38.160 Because also Jesus really suffered. 186 00:09:38.160 --> 00:09:40.160 And so it was actually. 187 00:09:40.160 --> 00:09:43.160 If Jesus is going to suffer, then of course we're going to as well. 188 00:09:43.160 --> 00:09:48.160 Like it was good enough for him to be like to face difficulties and to be stretched and growing that way. 189 00:09:48.160 --> 00:09:55.160 Then more for us. But I think it's really important as you're saying to know that truth. 190 00:09:55.160 --> 00:09:58.160 Otherwise, it can be so easy just to be like, Oh, no, this is what it. 191 00:09:58.160 --> 00:09:59.160 This is what it like. 192 00:09:59.160 --> 00:10:04.160 This is what it's like. It's all sunshine and rainbows, which Jesus really does bring so much joy. 193 00:10:04.160 --> 00:10:06.160 But also a lot of hope. 194 00:10:06.160 --> 00:10:09.160 And it's almost like through the difficulties, the hope that Jesus brings. 195 00:10:09.160 --> 00:10:13.160 This is a big theme. It's in Thessalonians a lot of hope. 196 00:10:13.160 --> 00:10:21.160 Is that he brings us hope so we can live in that truth, not the truth of the difficulties that will still come. 197 00:10:21.160 --> 00:10:23.160 Question, question on that though. 198 00:10:23.160 --> 00:10:24.160 Okay. 199 00:10:24.160 --> 00:10:30.160 Because sometimes I read about the the New Testament church. 200 00:10:30.160 --> 00:10:36.160 And I see that they were so controversial and so hated. 201 00:10:36.160 --> 00:10:40.160 And like we see here, Paul expects them to be persecuted. 202 00:10:40.160 --> 00:10:44.160 And obviously Jesus went through many afflictions. 203 00:10:44.160 --> 00:10:50.160 And then I look at the church that we're a part of here in the modern west. 204 00:10:50.160 --> 00:10:59.160 And we largely don't really see any of that physical affliction for our faith. 205 00:10:59.160 --> 00:11:05.160 I mean, I feel like in the day to day, I do not get treated any differently because I'm a Christian. 206 00:11:05.160 --> 00:11:11.160 Do you think that's an issue? Do you think we're not living as controversially as we should be? 207 00:11:11.160 --> 00:11:13.160 I know, sorry, that's a, that's a big question. 208 00:11:13.160 --> 00:11:22.160 I think first of all, we have to acknowledge the insane privilege that we have that we are in a country in a place that we can so freely. 209 00:11:22.160 --> 00:11:27.160 Professor our faith because that actually isn't what it's like around the entire world. 210 00:11:27.160 --> 00:11:29.160 No, definitely not, definitely not. 211 00:11:29.160 --> 00:11:32.160 So I'm going to acknowledge that immediately. 212 00:11:32.160 --> 00:11:37.160 But for us in like the UK, I think it's an interesting one. 213 00:11:37.160 --> 00:11:41.160 I think the Bible is countercultural. 214 00:11:41.160 --> 00:11:50.160 So if we're, if we're not living our lives counter culturally, then I don't think we're necessarily living it as we should be like in the obedience of Christ. 215 00:11:50.160 --> 00:12:00.160 And that comes to how we carry our relationships, how we carry our money, how we carry like our relationship to the poor, how we view ourselves or others. 216 00:12:00.160 --> 00:12:04.160 I think it's, it should, it should still be very countercultural. 217 00:12:04.160 --> 00:12:11.160 And so if people aren't seeing that, I'm like, why aren't they seeing that? What aren't they seeing? 218 00:12:11.160 --> 00:12:17.160 I do think people are maybe a bit more open to religion and to faith and spirituality. 219 00:12:17.160 --> 00:12:21.160 It doesn't feel like a strange concept as much. 220 00:12:21.160 --> 00:12:27.160 And especially maybe in these times when it was a lot more like the Jews and the Gentiles and it was very clear culture. 221 00:12:27.160 --> 00:12:29.160 But I think this culture of the Greek. 222 00:12:29.160 --> 00:12:34.160 There's a lot of those themes that are still in our culture today where it's a very sexualized. 223 00:12:34.160 --> 00:12:40.160 Culture or one that's a lot about power, a lot about wealth and money, like those themes are still carried across. 224 00:12:40.160 --> 00:12:43.160 So I think there's a good question to ask, I don't know if I have an answer to that. 225 00:12:43.160 --> 00:12:47.160 But it is still countercultural. 226 00:12:47.160 --> 00:12:57.160 But maybe it's that sometimes they'll be we're still living in that culture, like the world's culture a bit too much or maybe it's. 227 00:12:57.160 --> 00:13:03.160 We're not being brave enough about how we actually feel because we don't get canceled or. 228 00:13:03.160 --> 00:13:10.160 Maybe we're so in our church world that maybe we don't get enough hate because we're only we work in church. 229 00:13:10.160 --> 00:13:12.160 So we surround my church people all the time. 230 00:13:12.160 --> 00:13:14.160 I don't know, but. 231 00:13:14.160 --> 00:13:15.160 That's a good challenge. 232 00:13:15.160 --> 00:13:16.160 Yeah, I think it's a really good challenge. 233 00:13:16.160 --> 00:13:20.160 It's cool. That's what that's one of the things I like about this passage is that it. 234 00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:25.160 It challenges the almost the comfortability of. 235 00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:26.160 Of Christians. 236 00:13:26.160 --> 00:13:27.160 Yeah. 237 00:13:27.160 --> 00:13:30.160 But then also like in verse five. 238 00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:32.160 Tell my page. 239 00:13:32.160 --> 00:13:34.160 It's heavy page. 240 00:13:34.160 --> 00:13:35.160 Okay. 241 00:13:35.160 --> 00:13:38.160 Like you go in. 242 00:13:38.160 --> 00:13:40.160 In verse five. 243 00:13:40.160 --> 00:13:44.160 Paul then also comforts those who are being persecuted. 244 00:13:44.160 --> 00:13:47.160 So in a way he's like you're living counterculturally. 245 00:13:47.160 --> 00:13:48.160 Yeah. 246 00:13:48.160 --> 00:13:53.160 And you should expect to be persecuted because you're living so controversially. 247 00:13:53.160 --> 00:13:59.160 But also when he could bear no longer thinking about them being persecuted. 248 00:13:59.160 --> 00:14:02.160 He sent Timothy. 249 00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:03.160 He did something about it. 250 00:14:03.160 --> 00:14:04.160 Yeah. 251 00:14:04.160 --> 00:14:05.160 Yeah. 252 00:14:05.160 --> 00:14:08.160 So it's like we're also we're not only called to. 253 00:14:08.160 --> 00:14:12.160 To live in such a way that might bring on the. 254 00:14:12.160 --> 00:14:14.160 The hate of others. 255 00:14:14.160 --> 00:14:15.160 Per se. 256 00:14:15.160 --> 00:14:17.160 For lack of a better word. 257 00:14:17.160 --> 00:14:25.160 But also that we're meant to like encourage each other and be there for each other and be each other's support. 258 00:14:25.160 --> 00:14:26.160 I just think that's so beautiful. 259 00:14:26.160 --> 00:14:29.160 That's so the opposite of. 260 00:14:29.160 --> 00:14:31.160 Just to be brutally honest. 261 00:14:31.160 --> 00:14:36.160 Like you see some churches that are just written with gossip and end. 262 00:14:36.160 --> 00:14:43.160 Like divisions and like even between churches themselves. 263 00:14:43.160 --> 00:14:47.160 You'll see I remember like a few months ago. 264 00:14:47.160 --> 00:14:53.160 I heard someone say that they went to a rival church of another church. 265 00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:54.160 And I was like bro. 266 00:14:54.160 --> 00:15:01.160 I think I think this is kind of what what Paul's almost as well speaking against is go support one other. 267 00:15:01.160 --> 00:15:05.160 Send people from your church to other churches to build them up. 268 00:15:05.160 --> 00:15:10.160 To love them to encourage them and support them in the gospel. 269 00:15:10.160 --> 00:15:17.160 Like there's not it's not like he's treating it as if this church is different completely from the one that he's a part of. 270 00:15:17.160 --> 00:15:18.160 Yeah. 271 00:15:18.160 --> 00:15:23.160 In Antioch or in Corinth or in Philippi. 272 00:15:23.160 --> 00:15:25.160 Like they're all one church. 273 00:15:25.160 --> 00:15:26.160 Yeah. 274 00:15:26.160 --> 00:15:28.160 And they're all going to support each other and look after one another. 275 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:29.160 I think that's so beautiful. 276 00:15:29.160 --> 00:15:37.160 It's the real need of help from other people which again is still probably quite counter cultural where it can be so easy to be like I can sort myself out. 277 00:15:37.160 --> 00:15:39.160 I don't even want to help me. 278 00:15:39.160 --> 00:15:44.160 But actually it's so clear in the Bible which like we are designed to help one another. 279 00:15:44.160 --> 00:15:49.160 We need other people were built to be in community and. 280 00:15:49.160 --> 00:15:58.160 That's really important to show your vulnerability and show your weakness and be like I need help others and then for us to also be willing to help others. 281 00:15:58.160 --> 00:15:59.160 Thank you. 282 00:15:59.160 --> 00:16:01.160 Thank you. 283 00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:04.160 Oh, that's all I have for one to five. 284 00:16:04.160 --> 00:16:13.160 Oh, that's that that's that you've reminded me of like the the human need. 285 00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:16.160 For love is just as great as the human need to love. 286 00:16:16.160 --> 00:16:17.160 Yeah. 287 00:16:17.160 --> 00:16:18.160 We need both. 288 00:16:18.160 --> 00:16:19.160 Yeah. 289 00:16:19.160 --> 00:16:20.160 It's two a straight man. 290 00:16:20.160 --> 00:16:23.160 Two a street. 291 00:16:23.160 --> 00:16:27.160 A lot better than a one way street which you've had some issues with. 292 00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:28.160 Okay. 293 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:29.160 Okay. 294 00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:31.160 Do you want to share with the class? 295 00:16:31.160 --> 00:16:35.160 Well, all I know is that a while ago you drove up a one way street. 296 00:16:35.160 --> 00:16:36.160 It wasn't just a one way street. 297 00:16:36.160 --> 00:16:46.160 It was four lanes of traffic that was a one way street and I turned right into four lanes of oncoming traffic because it was dark and I didn't realize. 298 00:16:46.160 --> 00:16:47.160 Wow. 299 00:16:47.160 --> 00:16:48.160 Praise the Lord for forgiveness. 300 00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:49.160 Am I right? 301 00:16:49.160 --> 00:16:50.160 No, and thank you that no one questions me. 302 00:16:50.160 --> 00:16:51.160 Any whom? 303 00:16:52.160 --> 00:16:53.160 Okay. 304 00:16:53.160 --> 00:16:54.160 Let's do it. 305 00:16:54.160 --> 00:17:08.160 But now that Timothy has come to us from you and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us as we long to see you. 306 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:17.160 For this reason, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction, we have been comforted about you through your faith. 307 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:22.160 For now we live if you are standing fast in the Lord. 308 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:25.160 For what Thanksgiving can we return to God for you? 309 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:32.160 For all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God as we pray most earnestly. 310 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:40.160 Night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking. 311 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:41.160 Wow. 312 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.160 I was really struggling to keep up with all my person. 313 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:44.160 It's in the way. 314 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.160 Oh, apologies. 315 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.160 No, that's my bad. 316 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:50.160 Let's walk me through what's what's the posted note saying? 317 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:51.160 Okay. 318 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:53.160 So let's look at verse six to begin with. 319 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:54.160 Okay. 320 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:56.160 There's a few bits and bobs in here. 321 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:04.160 First of all, we haven't really mentioned this in this podcast yet, but I hope you've mentioned it in chapter two podcast. 322 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:10.160 But there was a lot of like stuff being said about Paul that was quite negative and a lot of like because he didn't really. 323 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.160 Yeah, so we had a lot of people against him. 324 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:14.160 So it was almost like people that were left behind. 325 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:20.160 It's a part of the persecution was them being very unkind about Paul or saying all these things. 326 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:26.160 So part of this in verse six is his relief that he's encouraged that they didn't believe all these lies have been told about Paul. 327 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:30.160 Like people tried discount and discredit and all that good stuff. 328 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:37.160 So that's why he was that I'm really glad to hear you thinking of us kindly and so that's linking to that good stuff. 329 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:44.160 And the word of good news is the only time in Paul's writings where this verb isn't used to describe that preaching the gospel. 330 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:51.160 Which I don't know what that means really, but it's a fun fact because normally it like good news is like Jesus is here. 331 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:53.160 So it's the only time. 332 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:55.160 But that's how much he's feeling this is a great news. 333 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:59.160 It's like an announcement kind of declaration of good news. 334 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:06.160 But let's say the main thing that stood out to me from verse six was this phrase of faith and love. 335 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:10.160 And these are themes that Paul speaks about a lot. 336 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:15.160 Like the grace open love of faith and love and you know good bodily Christian stuff. 337 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:20.160 But I think faith and love is like the sum total of like godliness. 338 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:25.160 I think that's that's what what you could define Christianity with is faith. 339 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:26.160 Really? 340 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:30.160 But it's also love. Do you not agree? 341 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:33.160 Yeah, no, I do agree. 342 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:36.160 I just yeah, wow, that's just a big claim. You know what I mean? 343 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:40.160 Yeah, but some of who is who is God? What does it mean to be godly? 344 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:42.160 It is love. God is love. 345 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:45.160 And then also having that faith. 346 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:52.160 Well, I think sorry, the reason why I was probably like hesitant to say that is because I think people who 347 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:59.160 who don't know the Lord and are just looking at Christianity from the outside. 348 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:06.160 I don't think they would say that we're marked by love or I don't know if they would. 349 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:08.160 Make sure that we want the hope. 350 00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:19.160 Like I've I know a lot of people who have been hurt by Christians and like they just don't think that I'm defining 351 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.160 mark of a Christian is their love. 352 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:24.160 Which I think is such a shame. 353 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:30.160 Because it so should be because that's what we're called to be is like God is love Jesus is God. 354 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:34.160 Therefore Jesus is love and we're called to be little crusts which what Christian means. 355 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:37.160 So we're called to be love. 356 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:41.160 And I think even like a lot of this letter in this theme is like you're doing a really good job. 357 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:44.160 Like keep loving, but this will be a lot more in chapter four. 358 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:47.160 But it's like do more, you can always do more, you can always love more. 359 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:51.160 So I think like we'll never always be growth and they'll always be stuff we can do. 360 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:59.160 But the the sum of what God in us would be I think is faith and love. 361 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:04.160 Well, yeah, he's so encouraged. 362 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:07.160 Bro loves encouragement. 363 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.160 What what genuinely actually what stood out to me. 364 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:22.160 I think was in verse 10 as we pray most earnestly night and day. 365 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:25.160 Like that's crazy. 366 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:28.160 Surely he's not serious. 367 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:31.160 He's not really praying night and day. 368 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:38.160 He's saying because that's just one of the churches and if he's visited what like a handful of churches at this point. 369 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:44.160 If he's praying if he's praying for this the Thessalonians, he's probably praying for the other churches. 370 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:45.160 Yeah. 371 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:57.160 I just think it's so interesting because how would we treat prayer differently if we knew its power and Paul clearly like, 372 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:01.160 I mean, if you want, you can just read the book of Acts. 373 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:11.160 These guys were built different in terms of like not only again their love and joy and peace and for their faith and all those things. 374 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:19.160 But then also like, I think we got it, you got to confront the fact that they were like spiritual weapons. 375 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:29.160 Like they were masters of being like Jesus in every way, including the authority of the Spirit, including signs and wonders, 376 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:37.160 including preaching and knowing the word and knowing what Jesus came to do and did. 377 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:45.160 And if they're if they're praying constantly, that means we should be praying constantly. 378 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:59.160 But if that's a tool that they were using to what's what's what's like the like combat like. 379 00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:03.160 If that's what they're using as supplication. 380 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:07.160 That's a long word. Let's dumb it down a little bit for me. 381 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:11.160 Well, that's what I was trying to do, but I couldn't think of another word. 382 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:23.160 What's I guess like if that's what they're doing in accompaniment to other things of preaching the gospel and living as Christ alongside. 383 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:35.160 That's totally the word I was looking for. If they're praying alongside living like Christ, preaching the gospel, encouraging one another, all of these other things. 384 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:41.160 That means we should be praying too. Absolutely. And that means there must be power and prayer. 385 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:47.160 But there's so few Christians who pray classily. 386 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:57.160 There's definitely a challenge. Again, we can always do more. But when we are truly passionate about something, I find that it's on my mind a lot and I pray about a lot. 387 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:09.160 And I think this also reflects Paul's heart as he was so passionate about praying for them and praying for what is lacking what I thought was an interesting mindset supply what was lacking. 388 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:17.160 It's like in the midst of the joy, he's also still concerned to them to like effect and complete what's lacking in their faith. 389 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:23.160 It's always like it's not just encouragement, but it's like we can still I want to still help shape and disciple you. 390 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:31.160 And that's so many of his letters of Paul is is encouragement, but also shaping so it's and that's he's doing that practically by writing these letters. 391 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:38.160 And now we also have this gift of being able to write like read these letters that are written and be shaped by them. 392 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:46.160 But he was also praying about it because he really passionately believed it and prayed about it constantly, which is a beautiful example. 393 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:57.160 And there's a few times where Paul writes like follow me as I follow Christ or do as I did kind of thing, which means he's carrying himself to such a standard, which he can be like do as I do. 394 00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:06.160 I always think is such a challenge. Like how can we carry ourselves to such a standard of prayer of living like Jesus and speaking his word. 395 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:15.160 How can we carry ourselves at such a standard that we could genuinely wholeheartedly say do as I do to know Jesus. 396 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:22.160 I think is a real challenge and I think prayer is a huge part of that because it's so huge and understanding the power of it. 397 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:34.160 And in an act they saw crazy things and I think acts as a beautiful book because you see almost like the highlights and the low lights real like you see all that goes really well, all that kind of gets really wrong. 398 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:47.160 And it misses out probably a lot of stuff. There's probably so many answer prayers that's not even in there. But but also so many unanswered prayers are probably in there as well, because God doesn't necessarily answer all prayers and how we expect it. 399 00:25:47.160 --> 00:26:02.160 However, their faith was so strong and they believed so much and what, you know, they were living for it. Like they believed so much in Jesus and believed so much in the church because it is true and they believed it to be true that they took action. 400 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:08.160 And again, classic Paul, he's taking action. He's encouraging them. He's sending Tim. He's writing them letters Tim. 401 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:23.160 That's so funny because I write Tim in my notes because Timothy's so long he sends Timothy that's so fun. But my point is he takes action and that action is also with prayer because prayer isn't this like passive in active thing. 402 00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:31.160 It's not your last resort. It is the most powerful thing we could do alongside also living our life for the Jesus. 403 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:34.160 Wow. 404 00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:36.160 What are they there? 405 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:44.160 If you, if you're, yeah, man, if you're not praying, what are you doing there? 406 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:52.160 What are you doing? Why don't you pray? God's God's literally God and ear. Those who pray, there's got to be bothered. 407 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:58.160 That was a natural question I was asking you. What are you doing if you're not praying? You probably know I mean you as well. 408 00:26:58.160 --> 00:27:10.160 Oh, when I'm not praying, like why do you not pray? Oh, well, I do pray, but when I'm not praying, what takes you away from prayer? 409 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:24.160 I'll be honest, what's really hindering me from prayer right now is sleep. I've got a lot going on day to day and so like by the time I get home, I want to go to sleep. 410 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:34.160 And if I, if I would wake up early in the morning to pray, I need to wake up pretty early and I'm just like so tired of so not a morning person. 411 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:36.160 God, how do you sleep as well, doesn't he? 412 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:50.160 I think my cousin sent me the Bible passage in Mark four, I think it is where it says Jesus got up before sunrise and prayed and spent time to Lord. 413 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:56.160 That felt really timely and so I think the Lord's challenging me right now. 414 00:27:56.160 --> 00:28:06.160 Even there's that song where it says like you go to sleep and wake up early in vain and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 415 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:16.160 It's basically time to like you do all these things but without prayer and connecting with Lord, it's got a pointless as I feel right now, but it's still getting in my way. 416 00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:21.160 So sleep. Yeah, I need to prioritize the one. 417 00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:23.160 Thanks for your vulnerability. 418 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:25.160 Yeah. 419 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:29.160 Didn't love telling you about that. 420 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:31.160 What's yours? 421 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:37.160 I think that's my way of prayer is talking to other people or music. 422 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:45.160 So I walk a lot of places where I go to the bus a lot or I often fill my time with. 423 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:55.160 I'm replying to my friends or I'm texting or I'm voice noting and often I'm like go through something and my initial response to be to voice note my friend instead of praying about it. 424 00:28:55.160 --> 00:29:04.160 And so I've identified that recently whereas I just I walk home an hour every day from work and how often of those times do I call people which is really important to be connected. 425 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:09.160 But often I'm like I'm going to have this as a prayer walk and then I don't. 426 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:15.160 So sometimes it's my my want and need for like a human friend. 427 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:22.160 Probably trumps my want and need to pray for my God friend. 428 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:24.160 That's me. 429 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:29.160 Super valid God to be a man whenever you say yes to something you gotta say no to another thing. 430 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:33.160 One yes is a thousand knows is that quote from someone right. 431 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:35.160 That's about saying yes to Jesus is. 432 00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:37.160 Jesus is the best yes. 433 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.160 Yeah. 434 00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:39.160 The best yes. 435 00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:40.160 Anyway, let's continue. 436 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:42.160 This is probably my favorite part. 437 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:47.160 Jesus verses 11 to 13 is a prayer. 438 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:54.160 So he closes out this section and you'll notice when we move to chapter four that the tone kind of changes. 439 00:29:54.160 --> 00:30:00.160 So he closed out this section of like encouragement and just loving on them glazing on them. 440 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:08.160 Glazed dropping insane glaze on the church by just saying a little prayer for them. 441 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:11.160 So let's pray this prayer. 442 00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:18.160 Now may our God and father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. 443 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:24.160 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all as we do for you. 444 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:33.160 So he may establish your heart's blameless in holiness before our God and father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. 445 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:35.160 Amen. 446 00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:37.160 Amen. 447 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.160 Do you have any sticky notes? 448 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.160 Of course I do. 449 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:40.160 A city question. 450 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:42.160 Yeah, that like this is literally my favorite part of it. 451 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.160 I think it's beautiful. 452 00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:44.160 Do you want to go first? 453 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.160 I thought I've gone first for the other chunks. 454 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.160 Sure. 455 00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.160 Nice. 456 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:56.160 Well, it's important, as always, when we pray to address who we're praying to, which is God the Father. 457 00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:58.160 Jesus the Son. 458 00:30:58.160 --> 00:31:05.160 And it's interesting because I heard this explanation of prayer recently where prayers like. 459 00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:08.160 It can be spending time with the Lord. 460 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:10.160 It can be you listening to the Lord. 461 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:16.160 But it's prayer and it's most basic forms is us giving requests to Lord. 462 00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:23.160 And like pouring out our hearts and what we need. 463 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:27.160 And that's like most of what Jesus prayers, the example that he gives us. 464 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:29.160 Our Father word and heaven, how would be your name? 465 00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:31.160 Your kingdom come, your will be done. 466 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.160 Request. 467 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.160 Request. 468 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:37.160 Even like forgive us our sins, request. 469 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:40.160 So at its heart, prayers are a request. 470 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:43.160 And the request he makes here is on behalf of other people. 471 00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:51.160 We call that interceding in prayer, which means I'm going to pray on your behalf for things that you need. 472 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:55.160 And here the need is that they would have bound and loved for one another. 473 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:58.160 And that's his prayer to you, to him. 474 00:31:58.160 --> 00:32:09.160 And I guess you could say to us that that like if we were to pray for one another, that that could be a really good request. 475 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:13.160 But I'm never really prayed for someone else to like grow in character. 476 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:14.160 Really? 477 00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:17.160 Sorry, I didn't mean to say that quite so short. 478 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:18.160 Really? 479 00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.160 Should I? 480 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.160 Probably. 481 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:24.160 Like I've not, I've not really grown to be like, Father, would you grow this person in X? 482 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.160 If they've not just asked for it. 483 00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.160 You know what I mean? 484 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:32.160 If someone's asked, if someone's asked me like, I'm trying to, I'm trying to be more at peace with things. 485 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:33.160 I'll pray for them. 486 00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:35.160 Where did you grow them in peace? 487 00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:40.160 But I'm not a huge, I struggle with intercession. 488 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.160 Loki. 489 00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:42.160 It's interesting. 490 00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:44.160 Yeah. 491 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:46.160 You're a big, you're a big interceder. 492 00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:47.160 Yeah, I'm a big prayer. 493 00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.160 I think. 494 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.160 Wait, wait, wait. 495 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.160 Do you pray for me? 496 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:52.160 Hold the time. 497 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.160 Seriously? 498 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:54.160 Yeah, hold the time. 499 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.160 Whoa. 500 00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:58.160 What do you pray for me for? 501 00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:59.160 So, shall you? 502 00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:00.160 Sorry, yeah. 503 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:01.160 This is vulnerable. 504 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:04.160 Like, it's real. 505 00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:06.160 I pray for you a lot. 506 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:08.160 I pray for your leadership. 507 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:12.160 I pray for you to have people as like mentors that can help guide you and shape you. 508 00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.160 Damn. 509 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:14.160 I pray for your boldness. 510 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:20.160 I pray for your confidence to speak that truth and in love. 511 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:28.160 And then also as you're a youth leader in our church, I pray a lot for your example to the kids and making sure that like your character is aligned for that. 512 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:31.160 I pray for your relationship with the kids. 513 00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:33.160 I pray for all my friends like that. 514 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:35.160 That's a. 515 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:37.160 Well, I actually didn't know that. 516 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:46.160 But that's one of my things I pray for a lot is that I, if I'm friends with people and very close friends with them, I want their lives to be different because of my prayers for them. 517 00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:48.160 I don't want them to just be friends with me. 518 00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:52.160 I want them to be genuinely better Jesus followers. 519 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:55.160 And that's not just, I, there's only so much I can do with that. 520 00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:57.160 But by prayer can. 521 00:33:57.160 --> 00:34:01.160 So, yeah, I pray for all you guys. 522 00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:03.160 Wow. 523 00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:07.160 The only, hey, the only other thing I noticed that I really like this. 524 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:11.160 Wait, is your next thing on the other verses or on that one still? 525 00:34:11.160 --> 00:34:14.160 No, it's on the last verse. 526 00:34:14.160 --> 00:34:16.160 Okay, let me do this one first. 527 00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:19.160 First one, I'm going to read you my version of it. 528 00:34:19.160 --> 00:34:27.160 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else just as ours does for you. 529 00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:32.160 And basically what I mentioned earlier about Paul also mentioning what is lacking. 530 00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:36.160 And wanting them to like. 531 00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:42.160 Where was the phrase I don't know where I've lost and it's my thing, but it was talking about like still. 532 00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:45.160 I'm praying for them that they're like fills what was lacking. 533 00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:47.160 And this is basically given the solution from that. 534 00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:49.160 It's a supply what is lacking. 535 00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:52.160 And I was in verse 10, lol. 536 00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:54.160 And basically the answer is to increase in love. 537 00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:56.160 And that is always the answer. 538 00:34:56.160 --> 00:35:01.160 Like with your lacking anything is increasing love and love for each other and then for everyone else. 539 00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:06.160 And it kind of like that's an example of how we love each other. 540 00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:10.160 It begins in the family of God within a must go beyond. 541 00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:15.160 It begins as we're talking about earlier, there's unity between churches, but also within churches. 542 00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:20.160 And learning how to love each other is really, really importantly must increase in our love for each other. 543 00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:25.160 But it also must be beyond the church to then make that difference in culture that we were speaking earlier as well. 544 00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:33.160 It's like if if our love only is within the church, then how is the culture even meant to know that we're there. 545 00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:36.160 So that was the little thing about the self acts. 546 00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:38.160 What is lacking? 547 00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:41.160 Probably can be answered with having more love. 548 00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:42.160 Love. 549 00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:46.160 I think that's going back to what we were talking about earlier and verse 13. 550 00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:51.160 I think that's what should mainly set us apart is our love. 551 00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:54.160 I think people have the words set apart written in my actual Bible. 552 00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:55.160 Where's that linked to? 553 00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:56.160 Yeah, because it's holiness, right? 554 00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:58.160 Oh, yes, linked to the word holy. 555 00:35:58.160 --> 00:36:07.160 In verse 13, it says so that he, Jesus, may establish your heart's blameless in holiness. 556 00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:08.160 Yeah. 557 00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:17.160 And I mean, you know this, but to be holy is to be separate or other than like set apart, like you wrote down. 558 00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:20.160 And so it's to be different, to be different than what? 559 00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:25.160 To be different than the world, to be different than those who don't know Jesus. 560 00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:30.160 And that's not to separate ourselves or like segregate ourselves. 561 00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:35.160 But so that we can show them that there is actually a benefit to following Christ. 562 00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:37.160 There is a difference that it makes. 563 00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:38.160 Yeah. 564 00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:39.160 And then we can be witnesses. 565 00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:46.160 That's what it means to be a priest is to be a witness on behalf of the Lord to his, to the people that maybe don't know him. 566 00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:49.160 And so we're called to be holy. 567 00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:51.160 And I guess that's love. 568 00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:56.160 So that difference should be that people should know us by our love. 569 00:36:56.160 --> 00:37:06.160 And in the end, may Christ find us set apart and blameless in our love for others. 570 00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:08.160 And I think that's just so powerful. 571 00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:16.160 How many, how many people would, would change their opinion on the church and Jesus if they saw us as a loving people? 572 00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:28.160 I even heard this one quote where someone said that if everyone lived in the example of Christ, that everyone would want to be Christians. 573 00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:30.160 It's incredibly compelling. 574 00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:31.160 Yeah. 575 00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:35.160 I thought that was just so interesting. 576 00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:37.160 But yeah, we're meant to be set apart. 577 00:37:37.160 --> 00:37:42.160 Absolutely. And I think in verse 13, it really also explains that begins in the heart. 578 00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:46.160 It's like asking for the heart to be strengthened and that would be blameless and holy. 579 00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:51.160 And like it's in a, you know, in a desire to everything like it starts with the heart. 580 00:37:51.160 --> 00:37:54.160 And the basically Jesus coming back is great motivation. 581 00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:59.160 Paul is basically saying live as if Jesus is coming back tomorrow. 582 00:37:59.160 --> 00:38:01.160 Wait, Jesus is coming back. 583 00:38:01.160 --> 00:38:03.160 You don't explain that one for us. 584 00:38:03.160 --> 00:38:06.160 Well, actually, I kind of want to just leave it for the next episode, a little cliffhanger. 585 00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:07.160 Okay. 586 00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:08.160 You know what I mean? 587 00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:10.160 Okay. 588 00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:14.160 I kind of feel like, you know, Jesus is coming back. 589 00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:19.160 Jesus coming back is great motivation for us to love others. 590 00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:20.160 That's right. 591 00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:21.160 He's going to come back. 592 00:38:21.160 --> 00:38:24.160 He's going to see it for ourselves for himself. 593 00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:26.160 That's what I have to say. 594 00:38:26.160 --> 00:38:27.160 Great. 595 00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:32.160 Well, hey, Jesus is coming back in case you didn't know. 596 00:38:32.160 --> 00:38:35.160 Go watch the next episode because we're going to be talking about. 597 00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:36.160 Yeah, wait for the next episode. 598 00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:37.160 Yeah, sorry. 599 00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:38.160 That's a good point. 600 00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:39.160 Wait for the next episode. 601 00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:40.160 We will say, haven't done it yet. 602 00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:42.160 Hasn't even been recorded. 603 00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:44.160 Wait for the next episode. 604 00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:47.160 And first Thessalonians chapter four. 605 00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:48.160 We're going to go through. 606 00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:49.160 What does it mean? 607 00:38:49.160 --> 00:38:50.160 Jesus is coming back. 608 00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:51.160 What does that mean for us? 609 00:38:51.160 --> 00:38:56.160 But for now, why don't you go live in the example of Christ. 610 00:38:56.160 --> 00:38:59.160 Be set apart by your love for others. 611 00:38:59.160 --> 00:39:01.160 And be encouraged, man. 612 00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:02.160 Keep pressing on, guys. 613 00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:04.160 Because you're awesome. 614 00:39:04.160 --> 00:39:07.160 You're going to be about to a YouTube outro. 615 00:39:07.160 --> 00:39:09.160 Why don't you drop a subscribe? 616 00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:10.160 Hit that like button. 617 00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:12.160 What emoji, what emoji should they drop? 618 00:39:12.160 --> 00:39:13.160 What emoji should they drop? 619 00:39:13.160 --> 00:39:16.160 Um, uh, um, shoot. 620 00:39:16.160 --> 00:39:17.160 I don't know. 621 00:39:17.160 --> 00:39:18.160 Don't shoot. 622 00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:19.160 Love, love. 623 00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:20.160 Ooh. 624 00:39:20.160 --> 00:39:24.160 My favorite emoji at the moment is the, is the hands heart emoji. 625 00:39:24.160 --> 00:39:26.160 We do it together. 626 00:39:26.160 --> 00:39:29.160 This is me being known by my love. 627 00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:32.160 I didn't want to do this. 628 00:39:32.160 --> 00:39:34.160 That could be the literal thumb now. 629 00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:38.160 Um, drop that emoji. 630 00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:40.160 And we'll see you next time. 631 00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:43.160 Yo, thanks so much for joining us. 632 00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:45.160 Explosion. 633 00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:46.160 Bam. 634 00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:47.160 Bam. 635 00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:48.160 See you guys next time. 636 00:39:48.160 --> 00:39:49.160 Explosion emoji.