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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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In this podcast series, we're
going to be looking into biblical

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words that have great
significance to our faith.

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The name of this series is
called the Word of the Week, where

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once a week we will dive
deeper into these words that we are

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familiar with in scripture.

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So come along with me.

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Let's study the Word of the week.

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Pastor Josh here.

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The word of the week is again gift.

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We've been studying the
spiritual gifts listed in Romans

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chapter 12 here for many weeks now.

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And we are going one by one
and looking briefly at each one of

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these gifts and how they fit
in within the church and how we as

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Christians can identify those
spiritual gifts in our life.

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And so we pick up with Romans
chapter 12.

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And we have talked now about
the gift of prophecy.

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We've talked about the gift of
ministry or service.

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We've talked about the gift of teaching.

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And this week we find
ourselves looking at the gift of

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exhortation.

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We need to ask a few questions
with the gift of exhortation number

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one, what is exhortation?

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It's the gift of God given to
us through the Holy Spirit, focused

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on motivating others to, or
encouraging others in their spiritual

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growth.

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Okay, so this is the gift of
encouragement, the gift of motivation.

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You could say it this way,
coming alongside of someone to pull

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them along or encourage them
along, even, even challenging them

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to come along in their
spiritual growth in accordance to

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Scripture.

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And so just like all the other
gifts that we've seen so far, this

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is a gift given to us by God
through his grace after salvation,

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led by the Spirit, so that we
can help in areas within the church,

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encourage others to come to an
understanding of who Jesus is and

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what he has done for us.

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And ultimately, as we've seen
in First Peter, chapter four, to

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glorify God.

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And so the gift of exhortation
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motivate others, to serve God,
to motivate others to grow in their

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knowledge of the Lord and the
application of their knowledge to

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godly wisdom.

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And so it's calling to action
somebody who understands the truth

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of God, but now needs to apply
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And so this is done to
strengthen both the individual and

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the body of believers for
service to the Lord, obviously for

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the purpose of exalting the
name of God.

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And so an individual who has
this gift appreciates serving, but

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also has a, has a desire to
look into others, have compassion

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for others and challenging others.

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So this is a very all of these
gifts are, are not self focused.

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It's the opposite of that.

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There's humility there, it's
others focused.

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So, so these individuals would
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goals and steps to achieve
spiritual growth.

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And so this is somebody who
focuses on individuals and loves

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individuals, loves mentoring,
loves counseling.

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They might even have the
element of teaching along with this.

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They would be able to explain
well, to communicate direction well,

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able to understand
difficulties in the way and prepare

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folks for those difficulties.

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Helping people make decisions,
helping people finish what they have

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started.

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Giving people the drive to see
spiritual growth in others as well.

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So we talked about this last
week, Second Timothy, chapter two,

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verse two.

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You, you teach some so that
they can teach some, so that they

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can teach some.

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So you've been taught and then
you teach others and then other people

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teach other people.

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Well, it's the same thing with exhortation.

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You know, there's that idea of
people have exhorted us, encouraged

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us, challenged us.

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And then there's other people
that we can challenge in our life

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so that they may encourage and
challenge others.

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And so this is a wonderful
gift in the ministry, a needed gift

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in the ministry because we
have so many people that as we, as

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we already seen in First
Peter, chapter four, there's, there's

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the manifold or the various
gifts of God.

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So different people fall on
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serving the Lord.

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And so like all of the gifts,
this is a needed gift in the process

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of moving people forward.

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But like in every gift, you
have the challenge of either living

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within the spirit or living in
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So a spirit filled teacher or
a spirit filled encourager is going

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to be someone who has the
desire to push people forward, has

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a desire to discern the
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gifts in other people and, and
then allowing them to get to a place

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of, of maturity in their life.

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And so, but then you have the
other side of things where there's

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the, maybe the fleshly or the
carnal exhorter.

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And you know, again, in all of
these gifts, the person walking in

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the flesh is looking for self recognition.

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They're seeking praise of, of
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And so we have to be careful
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Obviously, someone who's
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they could take credit for
what they're doing by exhorting and

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challenging others, maybe even
would elevate a, their, their personal

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experience or their opinions
above scripture.

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So, so again, like all of the
other gifts, we need to make sure

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that we are exercising this in
the Spirit now we go back to first

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Peter, chapter four in that
regard because it of gives us that.

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That touch point, that, that
beginning point in, in reminding

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us what these gifts are all about.

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So as every man hath received
the gift, so some of us have received

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the gift of exhortation.

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Some of us have received the
gift of prophecy.

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Some of us have received the
gift of.

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We're going to talk about
later on giving.

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And so the list goes on and on.

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So some of us have been given
that gift.

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All of us, we should say have
been given a gift.

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And then he goes on to say,
even so, minister, that's serving

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the same one to another.

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So again, the focus is other.

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So an exhorter is looking to
see who he or she can exhort, who

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he or she can encourage, who
he or she can exemplify spiritual

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growth to in their life.

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So even so, minister, the same
one to another as good stewards.

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I think that's important to
note as well.

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It's that stewardship principle.

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This is not something that we
have been accomplishing in our own

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strength.

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This is a gift of God.

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We don't own this.

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We are stewarding what God has
given us.

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And so that gives us that
humility, perspective, that gives

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us that selflessness and
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source of all these things are
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So good stewards of the manifold.

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We already mentioned that.

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The manifold, the various
gifts of grace, the manifold grace

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of God.

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So there's so much packed into
that verse.

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And we know that it's from
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we know that ultimately we are
just the vessels in this process

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of exhortation.

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So you think about different
ways that we could exhort people.

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You know, you look at
Scripture and you think of some individuals

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that might have been good exhorters.

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I think of people like David.

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He would exhort others.

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And David's mighty men, he
came alongside of them and encouraged

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them to stand fast in their
faith and, and fight for the cause

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of the Lord.

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And then, you know, you can
think about back at.

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In the New Testament with Paul.

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I mean, Paul would definitely
be considered a teacher, definitely

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a prophet.

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But we do know that Paul would
come alongside and exhort others.

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And I think that that's an
important ministry gift that all

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of us can at least strive for,
even if we're not necessarily gifted

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in this supernaturally.

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I think that we all should
strive to be better at exhortation.

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Exhortation in the area of
encouragement and the area of challenging

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others coming along And I
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too.

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It literally means to come
alongside of other people.

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It doesn't mean to push people.

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You know, I think sometimes
that gets out of context when we

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think about, you know,
challenging people.

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It's like, well, I don't push people.

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I don't condemn people.

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I don't, you know, judge people.

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No, exhortation is, is
essentially coming alongside of someone

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and urging them to do something.

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So it there is that in the
Greek, the idea of being close, the

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idea of walking alongside them.

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We're in the trenches together.

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And Paul Instructs Timothy in
First Peter, or excuse me, First

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Timothy, chapter 4, verse 13.

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In the ministry, he says, till
I come give attendance to reading

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to exhortation into doctrine.

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So we know that exhortation
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as much as doctrine, just as
much as biblical teaching sound.

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Biblical teaching needs to be
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So does exhortation.

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And so the word is used there
in the concept of encouraging, admonishing

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and challenging others to
spiritual growth.

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And so in that case, Timothy's
job as a pastor was to encourage

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those within his body, within
the flock, as an under shepherd.

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And so we know that obviously
this would be a gift that many pastors

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should, should have or at
least grow in.

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But we know that the church is
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The church is made up of many individuals.

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And so the exhortation gift
can be exhibited in many different

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areas within the church.

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So the Holy Spirit gives
believers these gifts for a purpose.

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And that purpose is to bring
them closer to the Lord so that they

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can reach more people for Christ.

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And so I think what we can
leave with, with this thought is

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ex exhortation is not pushing.

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Exhortation is not pressuring.

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Exhortation is not putting a
guilt trip on somebody for spiritual

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growth.

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But it is a time where we can
come alongside of somebody and so

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doing it together.

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Let's do this together.

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So exhortation is not just
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the walk.

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And so people with the gift of
exhortation don't just proclaim the

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truth.

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That's the gift of prophecy.

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There is some proclamation of
truth with exhortation, but the exhorter

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develops relationships.

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The exhorter takes time to do
extra things when people might be

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struggling with their Bible
study or their prayer time or even

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just elements of their life.

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And so an exhorter is someone
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the proclamation of the truth.

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It takes.

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They take it a step further
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So it could look like this.

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You know, a person could get
up and say, thus saith the Lord.

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This is true from Scripture.

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But an exhorter would then
come alongside of someone who might

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be struggling in an area and
say, hey, can we go grab some coffee?

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I'd love to help you out with this.

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I'd love to pray with you on this.

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I'd love to walk you through
some steps to get to this place in

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your life that God wants you
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And so like we mentioned
before, regardless of whatever gift

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that we are given in, in the
primary sense, all Christians should

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desire to become better at
this gift of exhortation or this

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aspect of exhortation within
the ministry, because this shows,

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this shows the love that we
have for other people and it ultimately

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will strengthen the body of
Christ the more that we exhort each

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other to love and to good works.

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And so all of us are called to
exhort each other, challenge each

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other to that.

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And I think that that is an
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gets overlooked.

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Sometimes we don't have a
problem with the proclamation of

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the truth, but sometimes we
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following up with the
understanding that, hey, someone

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needs help, Someone needs help here.

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Hebrews chapter 3, verse 13
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The encouragement has to
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has to happen every day.

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And I think that that is
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love that we have for each
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application of, of the truth
of God, even, even in the book of

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Hebrews, Hebrews chapter 10,
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Very familiar passage when it
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together as a church.

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But it, but it says, and let
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unto love and to good works,
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ourselves together as the
manner of some is, but exhorting,

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there's our word there, but
exhorting one another.

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And so much the more as you
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So the call is, is that we are
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time together, and we're all
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And, and that's the idea of
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good work.

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It's not a negative provoking
that we're provoking just means to

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stir up, to encourage, to, to
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up for the cause of the gospel.

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And so we as a church are
called to meet together, but meeting

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together is not enough because
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it says, but exhorting one another.

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So the goal is to meet, yes,
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would be meet and then exhort
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And, and I think that is what
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to the area of exhortation.

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Now we'll come back next week
and we will look at the gift of giving

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and we're going to go through
each one of these gifts here listed

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In Romans chapter 12, these
ministering gifts.

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And when we get done with
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these spiritual gifts listed
to us In Romans chapter 12, as we

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serve the Lord together.

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Well, after that study, we
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But I encourage you to follow
along with us here this year in 2025,

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and we will be doing Word of
the Week every single week.

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These will be posted every
Wednesday and I hope that you can

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enjoy these, grow with us on
these, and then share some of these

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with your friends and family.

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Because the more we promote
the Gospel, the more we're able to

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see people come to the
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what he has done for us.

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And we want to proclaim the
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So I encourage you share it
with one person maybe that you know.

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And I hope it'll be a blessing
for them as it has been for you.

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Well, God bless.

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You have a wonderful week.

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We look forward to coming back
next week and studying more about

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these gifts of grace.

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God bless.

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Hey, I really appreciate that
you listened to the Word of the Week

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podcast.

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If you have any questions
about the podcast or about our church,

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Middletown Baptist Church, you
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on Facebook or YouTube or you
can find the podcast on NBCPodcast.org

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you can contact me directly at
Josh Massaro at middletownbaptistchurch.org

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stay tuned for future Word of
the Week episodes where we dive deeper

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into words that impact our
life according to scripture.

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Thank you so much.

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God bless.

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We'll talk to you soon.