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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 February 9th at Middletown
Baptist Church.

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We're going to continue on in
our study in Second Corinthians,

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and we're going to be looking
at how we can continue on in the

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ambassadorship of being a
disciple for Christ.

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Now, being an ambassador means
that we represent the Lord in what

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we say and what we do.

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And we're going to look at
Second Corinthians, chapter 10, starting

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in verse 7, and see what it
means to be a messenger of the Gospel.

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And we're going to look at a
sermon called the Marks of a Messenger.

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And in Second Corinthians,
Paul is essentially defending himself

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against folks that are calling
him a false teacher.

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And really, the, the irony of
the whole situation is, is that the

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false teachers are the ones
calling Paul a false teacher.

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And so Paul is speaking to the
church there in Corinth, and he's

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basically explaining to them
how to identify an authentic messenger

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or minister of the Gospel.

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And so we as Christians need
to be able to discern the true message

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and true messengers of of the
gospel, but also in turn be true

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messengers of the gospel.

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If we're not careful, we can
be deceived by false teachings and

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false teachers.

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And if we are not careful, we
can maybe intentionally or unintentionally

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become people that are not
representing the truth of the gospel

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in our lives.

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And so we're going to look at that.

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The Marks of a Messenger.

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We encourage you to be out on
Sunday morning at 10:30 here at Middletown

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Baptist Church.

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If you're not able to be with
us in person, we live stream on YouTube

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and Facebook and we replay the
sermon on this podcast channel Monday

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mornings.

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And so thank you so much for
following along with us.

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Share this with a friend,
family member, and we encourage you

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to continue on in your walk
with Jesus Christ to proclaim the

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truth to the world.

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God bless you.

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Have a wonderful weekend.