The Final Word

Let's go to the end of first Timothy we will conclude our preaching through this book. We've entitled the unpacking or exposition of this book of the Bible beautifying the bride as again Paul is instructing Timothy through this letter of how the church is to be faction fashioned and how the church is to function and all of that is to the end that the church might show forth Christ. He's the head where the body local church that is he's the groom or the bride. He's the builder were the building. He's the farmer were the field and all of those expressions in Scripture. It means that we are to manifest our Lord well to manifest him. We must do God's work.

God's way by God's power in then it will be for God's glory so we come to what I'm entitling.

In verses 17 through 21 of first Timothy chapter 6, the final word. The final word actually is not become a seven second Timothy also so there's more to come. But for this first letter. This is the final word. Verse 17 first Timothy chapter 6 instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God richly supplies us with all things to enjoy instruct them.

That's the rich to do good to be rich in good works to be generous and ready to share. Storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed nice shifts gears all Timothy Gardner what's been entrusted to you, aborting worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called knowledge, which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith.

Grace the with you the final word to parks here in this exposition. First of all, the final word for those within the church with what I call present world riches because that's the phrase Paul uses rich in this present world were all rich in Christ were all rich, eternally but comparatively speaking, there are some who are rich with this present world's riches then will turn to another aspect in verse 20. Let's talk about that when first Timothy this is the final word for those within the church with present world riches now concerning the ever present danger of material riches in the Christian's life reformer John Calvin said just as our shadow stays with our body, our depraved minds continually allow God's good gifts to become an opportunity for sin. John Calvin believes what the Bible teaches about riches. The material riches of this present world not evil in themselves are not wrong. They're not sinful is not a sin to be rich, but it does bring a great temptation to sin, the more riches you seem to have now Ephesus was a city that's where this church is located. That Timothy is now pastoring. It's a city that was known for wealth and indulgence and what is common in nature world is there's no real middle current class there's a you very wealthy people and a whole lot more very poor people.

It was the tendency of the rich to look down on the poor so here he says within the church.

This is got to be fixed in the church.

We do not function that way. So he tries to correct the faults that will often accompany those who have a lot of this present world's riches. I may just refer to it to as P. W. R. A lot of this present world riches in her outline under CLXXX will be. Don't be cocky and foolish. That's the first word Paul tells Timothy to tell the rich in the church. Don't be cocky and foolish about your riches now one of the reasons why we don't be cocky or foolish of God's blessing him and let me pause here and say this, all of us. Every single one of us arrived at church today in an automobile you know that right now. Today I don't think I'd be stretching it all to say that most of our partners in church plants around the world. The individual members could never dream of affording an automobile to drive future. They walk or take a cab or take a bus so compared to our brethren around the world were all written, but that's not really the context here. The content is within one local church. There's always somebody in the providence of God, and God using their hard work. Industry abilities. He's blessed them over and above the rest of us with present world riches.

One thing we have to remember would be foolish and cocky to put much confidence in those riches because we can have present world riches and yet be impoverished in the next world and the world that really matters the world that last forever. Also would be foolish to be cocky and to be arrogant about this because these riches can also disappear very quickly. We have a good bit of talk. Well more than talk. We have a good deal of protesting in a good 10 good deal of ranting in and pronouncing that we need to move toward Marxist socialism in our country if we move in that direction. It's a very real possibility that the government would say okay because we want equality. We are going to confiscate your business it now become state property, brothers and sisters that's happened to millions and millions and millions of people around the world already under Marxist communist governments. So that's just one of many ways it can just disappear on us. Proverbs 23, four and five reminds us, do not wear yourself to gain wealth that the menu don't work hard to gain more wealth. But the idea here is, is that you turn it into an idol is become the driving force of your life. Do not wear yourself to gain wealth, cease from your consideration of it when you're say when you set your eyes on it. It is gone or wealth certainly makes it separate wings like an eagle and flies toward the heavens of the words is just very common that a lot of guys who have it later on. Don't have it will be cocky and foolish put a lot of confidence in this thing of present world riches Psalm 39 verse six the psalmist says.

Surely every man walks around as a phantom.

Just here and then gone.

Surely they make an uproar for nothing. He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them that not true of these are statements about the ungodly rich not the godly writ and I'll talk about those people little bit more moment so you can be rich in present world riches and yet be impoverished in the next world eternal state.

The one that matters. You can be rich and find out when it makes sense like wings and flies away and I don't have anything able and also you'd be cocky and foolish up a lot of confidence in present world riches because it's a false security.

Psalm 6210 warns us if riches increase. Do not set your heart upon them didn't say that it was CN.

If you work hard in game riches, even great riches, but you must not set your heart upon. That's the key. Ecclesiastes 510. He who loves money, not he, who has money.

All of us. As I said before, have a lot of money compared to most Christians around the world. He who loves money will not be satisfied with my money nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. So Paul tells Timothy warn those who are wealthy not to fall prey to the lure.

The seductions of having a lot of present world riches or some balance in here. I want to bring up just a moment. Psalm 112 verses one through three, I think, gives us a balance. The Psalms is here, praise the Lord. How blessed is the man who fears the Lord to greatly delights in his commandments.

Don't forget that he he's blessed of the Lord. He fears the Lord, he delights in the word the commandments of verse to his descendents would be mighty on the earth. The generation of the upright will be blessed wealth and riches are in his house and his righteousness endures forever.

He fears the Lord.

He loves the Lord's truth and he has wealth and riches, then it can work out and not be a curse but you need that balance literally says in verse 17 don't be conceited if you have a lot of present world riches. Be careful and don't be conceited. That's why use the word cocky literally in verse 17 when he says conceited means don't be high-minded that somehow this wealth makes you superior. Somehow this wealth this present world riches. You have makes you an elitist or somehow better than anyone else and remind yourself that the Bible says Jesus came to preach the gospel to the poor doesn't mean he's only after the poor for salvation and build his church. What it does mean that only average more poor people look to Christ and rich people to Christ honey somehow when we get a lot of present world riches in our possession. When we begin to think were bulletproof. We begin to think we have immunity from other problems in difficulties.

Other people may have.

We got the money to fix it if we need to that's being cocky and foolish is just not the truth, I'm blessed to know a lot of people who love the Lord and have been blessed with a lot of present world riches. What I do notice is there humbled by they know where it came from.

They realize they don't deserve anything anymore than anyone else they realize it's also a sovereign gift given from God and it is a sovereign stewardship assigned to them to use those present world riches wisely. God sovereignly is behind everything we amass in this physical human life.

Job 3419 Job rights. God is the one who shows no partiality to princes nor regards the rich above the poor for they all are the work of his hand, those who would like to tell us that it somehow Christian for all the world and all the peoples of the world to have equal outcomes in life that might have the same amount of stuff every hat might have the same amount of wealth.

But I'm telling you the Bible clearly does not teach that Job said God makes the rich and he makes the poor. God has a purpose. You know why because sometimes poor people can have a better life than rich people sometimes poor people know God better than rich people and I have the peace and the contentment and the abundant life.

Christ talks about because Christianity listened to me is far more than material stuff.

I'm 10 units allotments being perpetrated upon the church today.

Under this notion of social justice that we gotta have these equal outcomes for ever body parts not true Christianity. That's just not true.

It's just not biblical. The Bible clearly teaches the concept of personal property, but for those who know Christ. Those who are within the church and have present world riches.

He gives instructions of how you abuse that you view them and how to use them. So this God Job said until 30 to 19 he makes the rich and he makes the poor there all the work of his hand, but now there's a balancing principle is one of those things where from the divine sovereign perspective God's behind it. But then God turns around and says yes but he uses the human responsibility and work and diligence of the banner woman, for example, we see that balancing truth in Proverbs 10 for poor is he who works with a negligent hand, if I might add. There's a lot of people ranting and raging in protesting and writing to need to go get a job and work with their own hands and provide for themselves and fear God.

That be the solution for a lot of this if we quit rotten objects and send them in the mail they might quit doing some of this stuff whole Lotta stuff that sounds righteous and of God is not their responsibility and selfishness and scapegoating pleurisy. He works with a negligent hand but the hand of the diligent makes rich is not an absolute promise, but generally speaking, the Bible teaches. If your diligent and hard-working person typically has time goes by and mark that word time you don't get it all young people at year five.

Are your 15. It may take your 25 or 35 or 55 before you get to that place. We say God really blessed me materially but you gotta be willing to work with a diligent hand. So don't be cocky and foolish.

Don't think this makes you special don't think you can hang onto God can take it away tomorrow. Don't think it's the most important thing because it's not but it is a gift from God is blessed of God that he does give some blessings like this all comes from him be as were talking about a final word to those in the church who been blessed with present world riches. He says do trust in God. Don't be cocky and foolish by focusing on your wealth and thinking it somehow your Savior do put your trust in God. Notice what he says. There were 17 instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches. We talked about that but on God who supplies us with all things to enjoy are richly supplies us with all things to enjoy it interesting that God says God gives us these common grace gifts to enjoy enjoy nothing wrong with enjoying the good stuff.

God gives us in life. Common grace gifts are ours to enjoy. Two thoughts here on that first of all, God wants us to enjoy that steak dinner are that new car are that suit of clothes are whatever these material things he allows us to have. You want you to enjoy it first published to me because it's a token of his great goodness to all men. This is a token of God's going to decide but I don't pastor, I know some people that are vile and wicked and Steve and cheated and lied take advantage of knowing God because God has great goodness to all mankind is good. This is bigger than your goodness. This bigness is goodness rather is bigger than my goodness he's just good. So many of us who don't deserve it. Matthew 545 reminds us of this so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he causes his son. His son to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. When God gives us good stuff when our retirement accounts looking pretty good. Here's looking pretty good these days will fight back a few months ago when we can do good was this reminds us that they're not trusting it ultimately then we look at those things and we just praise God that he likes to do good things for people. Secondly, not only is it a token expression of God's goodness to all mankind. It should point Christians in the church to the greater riches of redeeming grace, grace is one thing sunshine and food in cars and closing houses to live in jobs to work at. That's all common grace God's goodness to all men, but redeeming grace is much, much, much greater and more to be sought in common grace and every time a child of God is blessed in common grace is committed because it's a safe yes and that reminds me I have something far better than these common grace is through Christ Jesus. What I could never deserve. I have redeeming grace so might make sure that in this lifestyle, as were blast God gives us good staff that immediately.

Our hearts go. And yes, please give me something big and better than all this is Sanjit right and redeeming grace. Paul tells Timothy it interesting he gets to the last thing he's going to say he beats the rich up again inventor and the check now I say that that shouldn't that's not good figure speech is not beating them up. He wants them to walk in the truth God's truth, for those who are God's children, and have a lot of present world riches God it is he who supplies all that we have if we trust in riches instead of God we trust in a barrage the substance is just not there.

The substance of life is not the stuff the substance of life is God himself who allows us to have some stuff. God is the God who loves us all more than we can know my fate let's turn over to familiar path to return to the gospel of Matthew. For just a moment. Matthew six and will begin in verse 25 Matthew chapter 6 begin in verse 25. You remember these expectations from our Lord. For this reason I safe you do not be worried about your life as to what you will hear what you are Drano your body as to what you will put on his life more than food and the body more than clothing. Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow nor reap or gathering the bars, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they do. By being worried can add a single cubit single hour to his life and why are you worried about clothing. Observe how the lilies of the field grow. They neither told or do they spin that I say to you that they've not even Solomon in all of his glory clothed himself like one of these God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith, do not worry them saying what will we eat or what will you drink, or what we wear for clothing. Here's the contrast he says in verse or two of the Gentiles.

Those who don't know God that's the way they live. They eagerly seek all these things, your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these material things. All these things will be added to you to. Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself.

Each day has enough trouble of its own, so those who are within the church who have been blessed without with a lot of present world riches at this point, only Roger this first of all acknowledge the source. It all came from God.

Secondly, be grateful for the grateful for the God who gave it to you. And thirdly realize you are stewardship of I've heard people say man I wish I had that brothers money are you sure you will answer to God for that much wealth as to how you used it. You sure man past. I was at a church as large as your church. Are you sure realize give an account for all the sole representative, Mr. sure acknowledge the source.

Be grateful. Realize your stewardship will see in our outline we go to verse 18. Now, do you sure present world riches for God is the way he turned to use them for God. Verse 18. Instruct them to do good to be rich in good works to be generous and ready to share the word good. Then something to to do good is the same word used for God over and acts when he speaks of God's benevolent good deeds he does for men. So just be like God to be generous and be good in giving to others, so the rate should be like God and do good with what's been entrusted to them. This certainly means that as you live your life.

If you have a lot of this present world riches. Be generous to those around you with genuine need and we need to be contextual here when it comes to those in need are those who are impoverished.

What we call need and poverty in America is not what they called need in poverty in the ancient world literally. There are people every day in this world who did not eat all day long because they had nothing to eat when I hear today people talk about how many people don't have food in America.

I want to ask the question where are all the skinny people and I don't mean to be ugly, but some of the folks who say what these people are impoverished. They don't have things to eat there quite large. People because of the ancient world literally poverty meant you were thin you literally didn't have enough to eat today. It means you don't have three flatscreen televisions that it took you like your neighbor. That's what they really mean. That's not what the Bible is talking about.

You just got you just simply I don't know of truly impoverished peoples in America. Not saying doesn't exist, but I don't see it out there in comparison to the context of this day what they called pop. Nevertheless, the truth still remains.

For those of us blessed with a lot of present world riches. We ought to be willing to do good. As we see needs and blessing care for others limit glare contrast out for you. I love reading about these men just think it's wonderful and powerful man like JCPenney or JCPenney you know when he first started his stores. You know his stores were called the Golden rule. JCPenney was raised by godly parents and from the moment he went into business. He committed his life and his work in his business to God and JCPenney gave an enormous amounts of money to the church and the gospel ministries around the world.

Henry J. Hines of Heinz ketchup, a godly Lutheran man who committed a amazing amounts of his fortune to the church of Jesus Christ and the gospel ministries all over the world. Henry Parsons Crow well, founder of the Quaker Oats Company love the Scriptures started the Moody Bible Institute wrote the checks and start a school trying these God and all in all we could go with the works. This man did with his wealth of the glory of God. RG attorney day if I'm pronouncing his name right. He's the man that invented these massive earthmoving machines Yellowstone truck to have tires on bigger than our house. He came up with all that he had companies on four continents and he literally had lawyers to guide his ministry so that 90% of his income went to gospel ministries David Green today. The owner and starter of Hobby lobby for $2 billion and gives generously generously was well spread the gospel in support coursework. Truett Cathy of Chick-fil-A Lord only knows how much this dear man and his family get the gospel ministry causes around the world stick Stanley Tam, the founder of the United States plastic Corporation that's back when plastic first came on the scene Rick and he made a lot of money. He legally had lawyers draw up the paper so he could get 100% of his business to the Lord's work. Now compare that to what were saying today that these are men of many decades ago. Today we have George Soros, George Soros has given $32 billion to the open Society foundation, which got instead. George sources background as a little boy he grew up in Nazi Germany. He was a Hungarian Jew his people, his own family was brutally oppressed and persecuted. So now he's dedicated headlight life to help the oppressed and to combat what he calls inequality not on the group most what he does to say that he's done no good for anybody would not be fair or right understands a lot of questionable things about the man I'm not commending him on the same that's where years. But George Soros is no Christian his wealth and he's getting does not center on Christ using DM to support and advance the cause of Christ.

The church his whole ministry is built on man saving himself very different than the other man, I just mentioned that I did close reading on Bill Gates, the cofounder founder of Microsoft Bill and Melinda Gates have the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation in their primary committed to climate change and global health.

Bill Gates says that he's kinda religious because so his mantra is to try and reduce the end equity in the world.

But the thing that's consistent about sourcing gates and these new modern secularists to try to be good compared to those all business owners and industrialist who were Christ centered and tried to do good is that everything these men do. Is this world centered Judah. It's this world centered is like this world is all there is and by the way, if you're not a Christian.

This world is all there is. It's not all there is here blinded to the fact that there's a judgment, an eternity waiting you, but that's really where they are totally this world centered as a Christian asking says can be of any lasting good if we help the oppressed.

If we cure so-called inequality and yet do not give them the gospel you you're a fool. Now go to hell. That's what their doctor does. That's not doing good. That's not good enough godly understanding of good.

While we do always listen. We always applaud helping hurting in a Princeton starving people were all part of that. But as the church of Jesus Christ our definition of good comes from the wisdom of God.

It must have Christ in it. In the gospel in it to be of ultimate and true goodness. So these men. The secularist do good according to their own fallen finite and flawed understanding proverb says trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight for them. There's no thought to eternity. There's no thought to eternal riches. There's no thought to the wrath of God in bringing men and women, boys and girls define peace before this holy God because their sinners and their unity without Christ there is no thought of any of that is no thought of spiritual contentment is no thought of riches in Christ. So when Paul writes here, do good things do good the way God defines good. That includes buying a sack of groceries. That includes paying electric bill that includes having little lady or whatever it may be, but then back up at all for the man of God, the child of God is blessed with present world riches. It must be centered in Christ and the gospel are in the gospel should well do trust in God and DNR outline do store up treasure in heaven. This tortures he gives them a motive, he gives them a real motivation verse 19 storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed storing up a good foundation for future that just means Bill treasure in heaven.

The word foundation hears a word that means sound and solid and lasting pieces. There's a lot of things you can do with your wealth, but is it sound is inside.

Is it lasting that is for eternity. He said do those kind of thing build this treasure in heaven because heavenly treasure is better than earthly treasure. Matthew 619 through 21. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in her steel where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

When you do good in God's idea of good with your present world riches then you deposit your money in God's bank of heaven and is preserved, thereby PM from all DK are lost, and is earning good and eternal liberty and, in contrast, nothing down here is safe. Everything continues to change down here. I remember Dr. Vance heaven are talking about a young man that came to him and the young man said I'm going to build this company I'm go to build that company. I would have this much money in this much money in this much money Dr. Henderson. You remind me of a man of the Bible calls a fool man in the Bible. He's going the Barnes and bigger barns and bigger barns.

Bible says you fool today. Your soul is required of you. You trust not that you had it you trusted in and didn't do anything for eternity. Then he says in verse 19, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed Anita those who have a lot of present world riches need to grasp what is true life and what true life is all about.

The idea here is that life which is really live our life in the full reaches more than most things can easily smother the true life that God has for his children. You might call it the abundant life you might call it the spirit filled life.

You might call it having a life that has that piece which surpasses comprehension at the biblical phrase is as rich people don't don't don't trust in your riches like them I love them good with them for the glory of God, then you can have really a life worth living.

One where you have the peace of God and peace with God in your life.

Some of these godless secularist congratulate themselves for the billions they give the quote help mankind around the world and I stay up, but not worried about their balance sheet takes pulses Timothy tell those wealthy men who know God, the God in your view of your riches that I say this was the last message and my goodness you cannot listen quickly and this last two points are relatively brief. Those outside the church teaching false talking to me. I got a final word about those outside the church teaching false doctrine. A sit on this a lot in verse 20 sensitivity Timothy Gardner once been entrusted to you as a simply saying guard the gospel from the false teaching out, they are outside the church. The trap constantly trying to get in the church. This is a repeated command to Timothy by Paul. It's Paul's recap. He says the Timothy Ellery Thanks for your guard the gospel like Jude said in Jude 13. It's the word earnestly contend for the faith. Definite article the faith the gospel the doctrines it wouldn't make up Christianity which was once and for all handed down to the same Paul tells Timothy garden. Timothy has been entrusted to you literally means deposited in you Timothy.

What a magnanimous stewardship.

We have, you see, he sent Timothy. It's not your religion. It's got religion, it's not your gospel.

It's God's gospel. He just gave you the understanding don't you let anybody tamper with it.

The body change it for good came from God.

Timothy once again I charge you for Pastor Pastor listen to me. Once again I charge you let no one change that gospel is been entrusted to you. Let it happen.

Let it happen. It's pure heavenly gold. Leave it just like it is allow no TARDIS or stained to come upon it uses avoid and turn away from. In verse 20 means keep on turning away from the empty chatter. That's what he's calling.

False teachers were just just eat the chatter they're trying to bring in every generation. But we don't have to wait generations anymore, every five or seven years. There's a new way. Even that comes over the church were supposed to change our message and our methods in order to tweak them to make us effective are relevant for the new day. Paul commends Timothy don't do that's empty chatter. It has no substance. It has no weight is just words with no true meaning. Words that sound sophisticated and educated and wise to the naïve, but they're not sophisticated educator wives in verse 20 says it's the opposing argument. That word means the anti-thesis. It's against our gospel is the anti-gospel in Galatians Paul's writing the Galatian church amuses why are you letting these people trouble you with another gospel that he says which really is not another gospel.

Once they change the gospel and taught with the gospel and tweak the gospel listen to me. They'd lost the gospel.

We don't need to adjust it. We need to preach it as we sing to Timothy then uses that phrase in verse 20 that's falsely called knowledge has to be referring to the Gnostic heresies of the day because they had themselves as the elitist we have elite insight that the common Christian didn't have. So you have to sit at our feet.

If you really want to know God in the way to God. We been given a unique Revelation which you must have is that they have this they call them since having this new knowledge.

This new twist to the person of Christ. This new twist to the gospel in Christian doctrine. It looks wise but is not true knowledge.

Listen to this statement, church, perk up, listen carefully. True knowledge is the gift of God to those who place their faith in Jesus Christ. Did you hear that if you want the true knowledge of God's truth. God's gospel. It's the gift that was given to you when you placed your faith in Jesus Christ. Those with no saving faith have no true knowledge is a true knowledge is not written with paper NAD is engraved on the tablets of hearts by the Holy Spirit of God, a 12-year-old boy who knows little of the Bible grasp in after the gospel to repeatedly see and believe on Jesus Christ as Lord. True knowledge, been a professor at theological schools with four PhD's, but is not been born again. José that's that's when you know the truth is when you've been saved, changed by the gospel to the power of the spirit is the new birth that makes the difference. Timothy don't listen to that outside chatter that anti-thesis nonsense that opposes the simple gospel out taught you to preach the listen to first Timothy 212 to 16 now we have received not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God.

Notice that given to us by God.

It has to be given to which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts are spiritual words be Paul's rot there. Dr. Siegel gets this our staff gets this I get this a classroom with tons of instruction didn't give you true knowledge it can build on the knowledge you got when you were born again, but it cannot department it cannot department verse 14 but the natural man does not accept the things of the spirit of God so they are foolishness to him and he cannot understand them because they are spiritually pray but he who is spiritual appraises all things that he himself is appraised by no one for who has known the mind of the Lord that he will instruct him, but we have the mind of Christ. Both of you are born again all the said have the mind of Christ, not in the perfection the level Christ but like Christ the Lord, you know the truth you have true knowledge is Timothy. I have a final word for those in the church to have a lot of present were riches today. I got a final word directly to you and pastors and by the way heads of household are you guarding your household from false doctrines. You better be all bear witness to you at the judgment bar God because I talked to the truth. I talked to the truth. You guard your family for me. False Gospels that are really not gospel, this is Timothy one final word. This will be brief final word about sustaining grace about sustaining grace. First of all, in verse 21 he talks about those who did not receive sustaining grace, which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith we know they were not really Savior. They never gone astray. They went astray from the faith, the doctrines we hold and embrace and treasure and believe in the Christ of those doctorates so they didn't have sustaining grace last part of verse 21 uses grace be with you so he's talking about Timothy.

May you continue to walk in that sustaining persevering grace of God and by the way, the real way to know if you had justifying grace when you initially believed, is that you have sustaining grace to get you all the way to the end will feel bad but she's to call perseverance of the saints, we still believe that by the way, it became once saved always saved, or whatever you want to collect but is persevering or sustaining grace.

Romans eight 2930 for those whom he foreknew he also predestined to become conformed to the image of his son up. He would be the firstborn among many brethren and these whom he predestined he also called that's when you're saved and those whom he called he also justified you stand out past tense verb to stand justified before God, and those whom he justified he also glorified past, it's in God's eyes. You're already glorified so he will give you.

Also the grace to sustain you through this life and never depart all sit in the book of Philippians. I'm confident of this very thing, that he who began a good working you will perfected until the day of Christ Jesus. He began it, and you keep on doing it their crushes house.

How does that work faster. What hoops do I have to jump through the have to take the Lord's supper so many times about what we need to take it when done in a while. This pandemic going on in verse and the bouncers during the pandemic of check or suffer if I'm baptized.

If I take the sacrament of the church about morally clean up some things that will make it to the that's not what you say you saying he who began a good work in you, he will perfected performance to the day of Christ Jesus was grace that got you in the family disgrace that keeps you in the family and its grace. It takes you to the family's eternal home. It's all grace. It's all grace. Chapter 1 real quick verse to first Timothy chapter 1 verse 22 Timothy, my true child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Paul begins this letter to Timothy with grace and he ends it with grace because at the end of it all brothers and sisters in Christ. Disgrace that's brought us safe thus far, and grace will lead us home. God's unmerited favor fortis praise God for grace. That's Paul's final words to Timothy in his word to all of us