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Pastor Josh here.

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I would like to give you a
preview of our Sunday morning service

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on November 3rd here at
Middletown Baptist Church.

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We're going to be continuing
our study in Second Corinthians,

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and we're going to be in
Second Corinthians chapter seven.

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And we're going to be looking
at verse number one.

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It says this.

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Having therefore these
promises, dearly beloved, let us

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cleanse ourselves from all
filthiness of the flesh and spirit,

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perfecting holiness in the
fear of God.

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We're going to study what it
means to understand the promises

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of God, specifically the
promises of God that are mentioned

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in chapter six.

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And what we talked about last
week was separating ourselves from

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the influence of the world,
separating ourselves from the ways

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of the world, and to be
thinking biblically, to be thinking

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about what God would have us
to think about.

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And there are promises there.

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And the promise comes in the
last verse of 2 Corinthians chapter

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6.

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As God says, hey, when you do
these things, when you step away

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from the influence of the
world, when you step away from the

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association of the world, he
says that we'll have a closer relationship

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with Him.

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The Last verse of 2
Corinthians 6 says this, and I will

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be a father unto you, and ye
shall be my sons and daughters, saith

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the Lord Almighty.

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So when the Lord gives us
these promises, he's essentially

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saying, when you step away
from the world and associate with

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me, we will have this close,
meaningful, loving relationship and

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that's what he desires from us.

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And so this week we're going
to be looking at what it means to

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set aside our desires, set
aside the influence of the world

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and cling to the Lord and
understand what it means to grow

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in our understanding of him
and grow in our holiness and grow

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in our spiritual condition.

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So we hope to see you there on
Sunday morning.

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If you're able to be there
with us, we would love to have you

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there in person at 10:30 on
Sunday here at Middletown Baptist

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Church.

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But if you're not able to be
here in person, we do live stream

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on YouTube and Facebook and we
repost this repost this sermon on

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Sunday mornings, Monday
mornings here on the podcast channel.

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So we hope to hear from you
soon and we are praying for you and

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we pray that God will work in
your life and will continue to show

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you what it means to know him
and to love Him.

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Well, we will hope you have a
wonderful weekend.

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We will see you Sunday.