Testimony Of A True Pastor

Chartridge Mission Church

#Apostle #Paul #True #Pastor #Encourage #Chuch #LongSuffering #Jesus #God #PeterEvans #LearningTheBibleTogether #ChartridgeMissionChurch #Chesham  Peter Evans explores the blueprint for a true pastor left to us by the Apostle Paul. To the eye and ear, Paul was of little worth to those with a worldly focus. But Paul's legacy has long surpassed any of the false teachers who competed with him for the souls of the numerous churches he had founded.   Peter Evans YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeLtfVhcCUFtN0dfTkQeH5BCEYRxB0_ta  Chartridge Mission Church, a beacon of faith, was founded in 1844 and remains in the village of Chartridge, just outside Chesham, in the picturesque Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, UK.  We are a warm and welcoming fellowship and would be delighted to have you visit us in person. Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm, followed by refreshments.   Our Church is fully accessible, with wheelchair ramps and an accessible toilet, ensuring everyone can participate in our services.     Chartridge Mission Church, Chapel Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2TH  The village Church with an international audience.  Support our work at Chartridge Mission Church:  Donations via Stewardship.org.uk:    https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20005300    Please make cheques payable to Chartridge Mission Church and send them to the address above, attention Pastor Barry Kempson.   Recorded on Sunday, 24th May 2026.     Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm.  www.Chartridge.UK   The Friendliest Fellowship.

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00:00O let me, O let me draw thee, O let me to thee, heaven and heaven.

00:07O let me, O let me, O let me, O let me, O let me, O let me, O let

00:20me, my Savior and my friend.

00:30Well, welcome to our worship together at Chartres tonight.

00:34It's good to be together in the name of the Lord.

00:37And some words just to prepare us for worship from Psalm 147.

00:45Praise the Lord, it is good to sing praises to our God, for it is pleasant and praise is beautiful.

00:54The Lord builds up Jerusalem, he gathers together the outcasts of Israel, he heals the brokenhearted, he binds up their

01:05wounds.

01:06He counts the number of the stars and he calls them by name.

01:11Great is the Lord and mighty is his power.

01:16His understanding is infinite.

01:19The Lord lifts up the humble, but he casts the wicked down to the ground.

01:26Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving.

01:30Sing praises on the harp to our God.

01:34So we're turning in the word to Acts chapter 20.

01:39And we'll begin by reading at verse 17.

01:46The situation is, here the Apostle Paul is on his journey to Jerusalem.

01:52He feels compelled by the Spirit to go there to witness to the Jews at the festival.

02:01And all the time he's warned against what will happen to him there.

02:05But on the way, although he isn't actually stopping at Ephesus, he wants to meet the Ephesian elders for the

02:15very last time.

02:18So we start reading at verse 17, Acts chapter 20.

02:23From Martyrus, he sent to Ephesus to call the elders of the church.

02:31And when they had come to him, he said to them,

02:36You know from the first day I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived amongst you.

02:45Serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials,

02:57And how I kept nothing back that was helpful,

03:01But proclaimed it to you, and talked to you publicly, from house to house.

03:09Testifying to the Jews, but also to the Greeks,

03:15Repentance to God, and faith towards the Lord Jesus Christ.

03:21And see now, I go bound in the Spirit to Jerusalem,

03:27Not knowing the things that will happen to me there,

03:32Except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city,

03:36Saying that chains and tribulation await me.

03:40But none of these things move me,

03:43Nor do I count my life dear to myself,

03:46So that I may finish my race with joy,

03:50And my ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus,

03:54To testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

04:00And indeed,

04:03Now I know you all, amongst you,

04:07I have gone preaching the kingdom of God,

04:10Or see my face no more.

04:13Therefore,

04:15I testify to you this day,

04:18That I am innocent of the blood of all men,

04:22For I have not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God.

04:28Therefore,

04:30Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock,

04:34Amongst which the Holy Spirit has made you oversee us,

04:37To shepherd the church of God,

04:40Which he purchased with his own blood.

04:44But know this,

04:47After my departure,

04:48Savage wolves will come amongst you,

04:51Not sparing the flock.

04:55Also from amongst yourselves,

04:57Men will rise up,

04:58Speaking perverse things,

05:01Drawn away,

05:02Disciples after themselves.

05:05Therefore watch,

05:06And remember that for three years,

05:09I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

05:16So now, brethren,

05:18I commend you to God,

05:22And to the word of his grace,

05:24Which is able to build you up,

05:26And give you an inheritance amongst all who are sanctified.

05:31I have coveted no one's silver or gold,

05:34Or apparel,

05:37Yes, you yourselves know that these hands provided for my necessities,

05:44And for those who were with me,

05:47I have shown you in every way,

05:49By labouring like this,

05:51That you must support the weak,

05:54And remember the words of the Lord Jesus Christ,

05:58That he said,

06:00It is more blessed to give than receive.

06:06And when he had said these things,

06:09He knelt down,

06:11And he prayed with them all.

06:14And when they had all wept freely,

06:17And they fell on Paul's neck,

06:19And they kissed him,

06:21Sorrowing most of all,

06:23The words which he spoke,

06:24That they would see his face no more.

06:28And they accompanied him to the ship.

06:31Last week we looked to 2 Timothy,

06:33Paul's closing address,

06:36As his last statement,

06:38His last witness that we have,

06:40Where he sought to instruct,

06:42To guide,

06:44To encourage,

06:45And to warn his young prodigies,

06:47Timothy,

06:49And to prepare him for the responsibilities,

06:52And to prepare him for the responsibilities,

06:52Or continuing responsibilities of ministry,

06:55And in a way,

06:57The way that he had to take over responsibilities from Paul.

07:02And I felt it sort of led to stay on that theme.

07:08And so this is probably a very similar passage,

07:12Again,

07:12It's a closing passage for Paul,

07:15It's his last meeting with the Ephesian elders,

07:20A church that he was very fond of,

07:23A place where he spent much time,

07:25Invested a lot of his life in,

07:30And now he knows that he will never have a chance to see them again.

07:36And he wishes to instruct them,

07:39And to impart to them,

07:41Just this testimony.

07:47And perhaps what we read here,

07:49The teaching is,

07:51It's perhaps fairly basic for us,

07:55And yet in a way it's not.

07:58Because this is the testimony of a true pastor.

08:02And if we look down the ages,

08:04At the way that the church has bottled itself,

08:08Most of the time it's been a long way,

08:11From any sort of ministry that was perhaps like Paul's.

08:14Even in his time,

08:16Well there's a natural,

08:17Natural desire perhaps that we've got,

08:20That veers towards looking at the worldly.

08:23Somehow we have to constantly,

08:27Model ourselves on our worldly ideas.

08:31I suppose the world,

08:34The flesh and the devil are always at war with us,

08:36Drawing us,

08:37Seeking to draw us in that direction.

08:39And it happens within the church.

08:42And we even see,

08:44It's all within the New Testament times,

08:47Like a Corinth,

08:51Perhaps a very immature church,

08:53But,

08:55There they didn't think much of Paul,

08:58Although he's perhaps the greatest evangelist,

09:00The greatest pastor,

09:02And the greatest expert in Christian doctrine ever,

09:04As far as they were concerned,

09:07Compared with their,

09:09Their,

09:10Their super apostles,

09:12What were basically false teachers,

09:14He wasn't much of an orator,

09:16They were great orators,

09:17And he,

09:18Well they said his speech was contemptible,

09:21They were impressive in appearance and presentation,

09:25Paul was not,

09:27Of course according to tradition,

09:30He was short,

09:31And he was hunchbacked,

09:33And bowlegged from all his beatings,

09:37And they were of course,

09:38A financial success,

09:40A worldly success,

09:41And Paul was not,

09:42So they didn't think much of him,

09:45And there's that,

09:47That warped thinking,

09:49That so easily,

09:51Gets within the teaching,

09:53Even within,

09:54Or in,

09:54Perceptions even within the church,

09:59So what's the testimony,

10:01Of a true pastor,

10:04Let's look at what Paul has to say here,

10:07And whatever our area of ministry,

10:08These are all truths,

10:10That would apply to us,

10:11To us all,

10:14First of all,

10:15He states,

10:17He served the Lord,

10:19He did not serve men,

10:21He served the Lord,

10:24That's his,

10:25His opening statement,

10:26That was really the mission in his life,

10:29That's the thing,

10:30Perhaps we read,

10:31Or note from,

10:33Wherever we come across him,

10:35His focus was on serving the Lord,

10:40But he did so with humility,

10:45With all humility,

10:47He was a man that was humbled,

10:48Although,

10:49In some senses,

10:50A very able man,

10:52A man,

10:53But he was also a man,

10:54That had lost,

10:55Everything,

10:56He'd lost all his status,

10:58And his worldly goods,

10:59In pursuit of the gospel,

11:03Such a powerful factor,

11:05Such an important factor,

11:07In powerful ministry,

11:08Is humility,

11:10God hates,

11:10The proud,

11:12And the arrogant,

11:14And scripture tells us,

11:15That time and time again,

11:17And how he brings down the proud,

11:19And how he uplifts the humble,

11:22Of course even Paul said,

11:24Of course the Lord would take away,

11:27His thorn in the flesh,

11:29Whatever that was,

11:30That because it stopped him,

11:34Becoming puffed up,

11:35It stopped him,

11:36Becoming exalted,

11:38And arrogant,

11:39He was kept humble,

11:42So he served the Lord,

11:44With humility,

11:48With many tears,

11:49And trials,

11:51Of course they were never,

11:53Very far away from him,

11:54Wherever he seemed to go,

11:55Whatever he seemed to do,

11:56There was always opposition,

11:59He was always being,

12:00Driven out,

12:01And opposed,

12:03He had all his many,

12:04Beatings and,

12:07Imprisonments,

12:08And he had all the,

12:09Practicalities of,

12:11Illness,

12:12And of long journeys,

12:13And the shipwrecks,

12:14And,

12:17The whole of his ministry,

12:19Or most of it,

12:20Seems to have been,

12:21Trying,

12:23Faced with many rejections,

12:26And yet through it,

12:28Church after church,

12:30Was formed,

12:32And,

12:32Of course so much instruction,

12:34Later on was given,

12:36Which has sustained,

12:37Been a living word,

12:39To the church,

12:40Down the ages,

12:43But it came out of,

12:45Trial and,

12:46And of suffering,

12:48And disappointment,

12:51As will be true,

12:53For these things,

12:54Will never be far away,

12:55From any true ministry,

12:57He kept nothing back,

12:59He proclaimed,

13:01The whole of the gospel,

13:03He shared the whole,

13:04Of his gospel,

13:05He shared,

13:06All the truths,

13:08That were imparted to him,

13:09All the spiritual knowledge,

13:10He,

13:11He was open,

13:13About his pastoral concerns,

13:14And his hopes,

13:16Everything he did,

13:17Was open,

13:18Very much in contrast,

13:20To the way that the world works,

13:23Where to hold back,

13:25Is very often,

13:26A sort of prudent,

13:27It's what happens,

13:29I suppose in commerce,

13:30Where,

13:31With commodities,

13:32Where traders like to try,

13:34And restrict supply,

13:35To push prices up,

13:37Of course knowledge is power,

13:39And people like to hold it back,

13:42And to manipulate it,

13:44In,

13:45In the New Testament times,

13:47There were people like,

13:48The Gnostics,

13:50And the false teachers,

13:51Who claimed to have,

13:52Their secret knowledge,

13:55Of course,

13:57Of course that,

13:57Well,

13:57You could share in,

13:58If you became,

13:59Part of them,

14:01If you,

14:02For a fee,

14:05No,

14:06They had this,

14:06This secret knowledge,

14:08And the cults have,

14:09Modelled that,

14:10Down the ages,

14:13Of course they have,

14:14This information,

14:16That can be purchased,

14:18That they hold back,

14:23Completely satanic,

14:24Forced teaching,

14:27But true christian ministry,

14:30Is completely open,

14:31Paul was open,

14:32He shared everything,

14:33He had,

14:34His ministry was public,

14:36It was on the streets,

14:37It was from house to house,

14:40He kept nothing back,

14:43He imparted everything,

14:44That was entrusted to him,

14:47All his desire,

14:48To share the gospel,

14:49To whoever he was with,

14:52It was an inclusive gospel,

14:55Testifying to the Jews,

14:56But also to the Greeks,

14:58He started with the Jews,

15:00Always,

15:01Because he used to,

15:02Try and start in a new place,

15:04In the synagogue,

15:05If there was one there,

15:07He had this great burden,

15:09For his own people,

15:10The Jews,

15:11But he was never restricted,

15:12To that,

15:13Of course,

15:14It was a gospel,

15:15A gospel for the Gentiles,

15:16A gospel for everybody,

15:19A gospel that he shared,

15:21Wherever he was,

15:22Whether it was in the synagogue,

15:23On the street,

15:24In somebody's house,

15:27It was an inclusive gospel,

15:29It was for everybody,

15:30It was a simple gospel,

15:32Repentance towards God,

15:34And faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,

15:39He didn't complicate it,

15:41He stuck to the true,

15:43True gospel,

15:44In spite of his vast knowledge,

15:46Of theology,

15:47His vast understanding,

15:49Of the word,

15:50And the way that God had worked,

15:53Through the ages,

15:57He preached,

15:58He preached,

15:58He shared a simple gospel,

16:00He pointed,

16:01He started with repentance,

16:02And then pointed towards the answer,

16:04To a man's sin,

16:06Which was the Lord,

16:08At the cross,

16:10Of course,

16:11He,

16:12He states at the beginning,

16:13Of Corinthians,

16:15After trying to be a bit clever,

16:16When he was preaching at Athens,

16:19No,

16:19From now on,

16:20I'm only going to preach Christ,

16:21And Christ crucified,

16:25I'm going to stick,

16:26With the basic gospel,

16:28Even though it's,

16:29A stumbling block to the Jews,

16:31And incomprehensible to the Greeks,

16:34I'm going to,

16:35Not try and be clever,

16:37I'm just going to stick,

16:39To this simple gospel,

16:41He's in this,

16:42Perhaps almost,

16:43Well,

16:44He's completely focused,

16:47On what his ministry was,

16:49And what he's called to do,

16:53At this time,

16:54Of course,

16:55He feels compelled,

16:56Compelled,

16:57By the Holy Spirit,

16:58To go to Jerusalem,

16:59To go for the festival,

17:01That he just has this,

17:02Burden to deliver,

17:05This final testimony,

17:07To the,

17:09To the people of Jerusalem,

17:13And,

17:14He's not concerned,

17:16With what's going to happen to him,

17:18The same Holy Spirit,

17:19Has warned him,

17:20Through different people,

17:21All on this journey,

17:23Of what's going to happen,

17:24To him there,

17:26But he's not distracted,

17:28He's completely focused,

17:30On what he sees,

17:32As completing his ministry,

17:36Nothing's going to divert him,

17:38From that,

17:38Nothing's going to distract him,

17:42Nothing's going to frighten him,

17:45Or persuade him otherwise,

17:48He's focused,

17:49On what he was called to do,

17:51And he has no concern,

17:53Of a,

17:54None of these things move me,

17:55I do not count my life,

17:57Dear to myself,

17:58But I may finish the race,

18:00With joy,

18:02On the ministry,

18:03That I receive,

18:04From the Lord Jesus Christ,

18:05To testify,

18:06To the grace of God,

18:09Of course he states,

18:10As we saw last week,

18:11In 2 Timothy,

18:12That he did finish that race,

18:14No,

18:14I finished the race,

18:16I,

18:16You know,

18:17I have completed,

18:18What I was called to do,

18:21That was his desire,

18:23He was focused,

18:24On the thing,

18:25That he would be given to do,

18:27And he was determined,

18:28To finish it,

18:29He was a finisher,

18:31He made it clear to them,

18:33That because he knew,

18:34That he had no more opportunity,

18:36To go back to them,

18:37That he's,

18:38He had shared the full gospel,

18:40To them,

18:41And that therefore,

18:42He was innocent,

18:43Of any,

18:44Any man's blood,

18:45Nobody could claim,

18:46That they had not heard,

18:48The gospel,

18:49Or had an opportunity,

18:50To hear the gospel,

18:51From Paul,

18:55Last time I was with you,

18:56Of course,

18:57We looked at this subject,

18:58When we looked at the,

18:59Parable of the watchman,

19:02And that the fact,

19:03If the watchman,

19:04Gave his warning,

19:05And it was rejected,

19:06Then he was not responsible,

19:10For what happened,

19:12But if he did not,

19:14Give the warning,

19:16If he did not,

19:17Tell people of the danger,

19:19That he was in,

19:20And of course,

19:21He was responsible,

19:22He shared,

19:23In their guilt,

19:24And in their fall,

19:25And in their judgment,

19:27While Paul has complete confidence,

19:29That he has been,

19:30The good watchman,

19:32He has shared everything,

19:34Amongst these people,

19:37That they have no reason,

19:38Not to understand the gospel,

19:40Not to understand its implications,

19:43Not to be prepared,

19:45For what is coming,

19:46He has labored amongst them,

19:48And he has shared,

19:49The whole gospel,

19:55I have declared to you,

19:57I have not shunned,

19:58To declare to you,

19:59The whole counsel of God,

20:01Of course that's perhaps,

20:03Very different from,

20:05Maybe the world today,

20:07Where we like to be,

20:08A little bit selective,

20:09We need to be,

20:10A little bit clever,

20:13I know we need to be positive,

20:15To have the right spin on things,

20:17Not to be negative,

20:19Well Paul was not like that,

20:21He had shared the whole counsel,

20:25He had not left bits out,

20:27That were unpleasant,

20:29Or had implications,

20:31He had not,

20:36Interfered with it,

20:37And put any spin on it,

20:43And as his,

20:44His time with them had ended,

20:47He was,

20:47Had complete confidence,

20:50That he had done his job there,

20:51It was always his policy,

20:54Of course to,

20:55To build leadership,

20:57And to,

20:57To take people to maturity,

20:59As quickly as possible,

21:01In the way to build churches,

21:04Of course there's,

21:05Jess,

21:05I prayed earlier,

21:07About the world,

21:08The way that worldly leaders,

21:09Like to build their empires,

21:11And to make sure,

21:12Nobody else can reach them,

21:15Paul did exactly the reverse,

21:18His desire was just to form a church,

21:22To impart to others,

21:24All the knowledge he had,

21:26To instruct them,

21:28In the way of the Lord,

21:29To help them mature,

21:30In their responsibilities,

21:32So he could always move on,

21:35And effectively,

21:37Just give away,

21:38All the time,

21:39To give away,

21:40What he had worked for,

21:43And to pass it on to others,

21:45And at this point,

21:47He's,

21:49He's very keen,

21:50To remind them of,

21:51Now that he can be with them,

21:53No more,

21:54Of their responsibilities,

21:55In leadership,

21:57And he has this particular concern,

22:00Obviously for their well-being,

22:02For their safety,

22:04You know,

22:04From those who,

22:06Who seek to destroy,

22:08And those false teachers,

22:10That were,

22:11Always rising up,

22:13In the different ministries,

22:18He warns them,

22:19In his closing,

22:21Time with them,

22:22Really of that danger,

22:26And we,

22:28It seems,

22:31Because,

22:33We read it,

22:34In the beginning of Revelation,

22:36In there,

22:37Where the message is given,

22:39To the church in Ephesus,

22:40That they had been faithful,

22:41In rejecting,

22:43Forced teaching,

22:44That was one of the things,

22:46They were commended for,

22:47So,

22:48What Paul,

22:49Is instructed them here,

22:51And trying to impart,

22:53To them here,

22:53That they were faithful,

22:55In that,

22:58But very much,

23:00The deep concern,

23:01Of any perhaps true pastor,

23:03Is for the well-being,

23:06Of,

23:06Of those,

23:08That have been under his care,

23:10Under their care,

23:12That they will be able,

23:14To mature,

23:14And to flourish,

23:15And not be destroyed,

23:18Of course,

23:19It's one of those things,

23:20As a garden,

23:21You're very aware,

23:22Of things trying to destroy,

23:23Your crops,

23:24All the time,

23:26And you're fighting,

23:27Against one thing,

23:28Or another,

23:30All the time,

23:31And it's just the same,

23:32For a pastor really,

23:34Or for,

23:34Within the Christian faith,

23:37The forces of evil,

23:38Are always seeking,

23:40To undermine our faith,

23:43To divide the ministry,

23:45To distract us,

23:46From the word,

23:50Paul has this deep concern,

23:52That that should not happen here,

23:55And he warns them again,

23:57And he says,

23:58He's been warning them,

24:00Well I did not cease to warn you,

24:02Every night and day,

24:04With tears,

24:04For three years,

24:07So he has worked desperately hard,

24:10To prepare them,

24:11To be a strong church,

24:13To be able to stand,

24:15When he is no longer there,

24:18To guide them,

24:19But Paul accepts,

24:20That there is a point,

24:21Where he has to,

24:23Let go,

24:24And where he has to commend them,

24:26To the grace of God,

24:29Something I suppose,

24:30We all have to understand,

24:32In whatever area of ministry,

24:34We have,

24:35There is that point,

24:37Where we have done,

24:38What we are called to do,

24:40And where we have to leave it,

24:42With the Lord,

24:44And Paul knows,

24:46That for the,

24:47For Ephesus,

24:48This was his point,

24:50Now,

24:51So I commend you,

24:52To God,

24:54To the word of grace,

24:55Which is able to build you up,

24:57And an inheritance,

24:59In all who are sanctified,

25:02Paul was never interested,

25:04In material gain,

25:06Or exploiting his position,

25:08As a pastor,

25:09For his own benefit,

25:12He says,

25:13I have coveted,

25:14No one's silver or gold,

25:17Yes you know,

25:18That these hands are provided,

25:20For my necessities,

25:25Of course,

25:25One of the sad things,

25:27That happens,

25:29Well not,

25:30Well in the cult,

25:31But cults,

25:32But also,

25:33Of course very much,

25:34In the fringes,

25:35Of church ministry,

25:36All the time,

25:37Is those who seek,

25:38Financial gain,

25:40From peddling the gospel,

25:43And those who exploit it,

25:45For their own benefit,

25:49Paul was,

25:49That could be absolutely,

25:50Clear about that,

25:52He had never sought,

25:53To take,

25:55Or to profiteer,

25:56From anyone,

25:58And he though,

25:59He was a,

26:00A great academic,

26:02Had his trade,

26:03He worked with his hands,

26:05He,

26:05He was worked as a tent maker,

26:08Maybe as other things as well,

26:10And he provided for himself,

26:12For his team,

26:13For the poor,

26:15And set an example to,

26:17To others,

26:18That that was the way,

26:19To do things,

26:21He quotes this,

26:23Quote here,

26:24That it is more blessed,

26:25To give,

26:26Than to receive,

26:27The words of the Lord Jesus,

26:29He modelled that,

26:32He modelled that,

26:33In the whole of his ministry,

26:34He modelled that financially,

26:37And so,

26:38And so,

26:38As a pastor,

26:39He had,

26:39He had served the Lord,

26:41Not man,

26:43He had,

26:44Lived in humility,

26:47In spite of the fact,

26:48That in some senses,

26:49He was,

26:50One of the greatest,

26:53Pastors,

26:53And theologians,

26:55And evangelists ever,

26:58He worked in humility,

27:00His ministry,

27:01Was completely dogged,

27:03With difficulties,

27:04With trials,

27:05And with,

27:07With tears,

27:10He freely,

27:12And wholeheartedly,

27:13Gave out everything,

27:15He shared a full gospel,

27:17He kept nothing back,

27:19He shared all his knowledge,

27:21And his insights,

27:24He never sought to profiteer,

27:27He never sought to,

27:29To hurt a game,

27:31He had complete confidence,

27:33That he had done his job,

27:35That he had shared,

27:36The whole gospel,

27:39With it all,

27:41Openly,

27:42And publicly,

27:45He had sought to build,

27:47A leadership that was strong enough,

27:49To build,

27:49To stand up to the challenges,

27:52That would happen,

27:53After his departure,

27:56And now he's commended them,

27:58To the grace of God,

28:01And finally,

28:02He prays with them,

28:07And maybe that was,

28:10His ministry,

28:11Although,

28:13It's been perhaps,

28:14The most powerful part,

28:15Of it all along,

28:18Of course,

28:18He spent much time in prayer,

28:20He taught them to pray,

28:21Spent a lot of time,

28:23Praying for them,

28:25And I said he was praying,

28:26Without ceasing,

28:28And finally,

28:30They grieved,

28:32At his departing,

28:33He was much loved,

28:36This must be the testimony,

28:38Of any,

28:38Any perhaps true pastor,

28:41And they weep,

28:43As he goes,

28:46It was said,

28:47It was said actually,

28:48Of the former Prime Minister,

28:49Harold Wilson,

28:50As he,

28:51He announced his retirement,

28:53Quite suddenly,

28:53When he reached the age of 60,

28:55Quite unexpectedly,

28:56For personal health reasons,

28:58And it said,

28:59Members of the cabinet,

29:00I think it's particularly,

29:01Peter Shaw cried,

29:02When they heard the news,

29:05It's hard to imagine,

29:07That happening,

29:07In the current circumstances,

29:10But for Paul,

29:13As their leader,

29:15They're desperately sad,

29:17To see,

29:18To know,

29:18That they will never see him again,

29:20That's very much,

29:21A testimony,

29:22To everything he was to them,

29:24And to the ministry,

29:25That he gave them,

29:27So the testimony,

29:29Of a true pastor,

29:30Well there are things there,

29:32That we should all model,

29:34And look to,

29:36In a world,

29:37Where there are,

29:38Many,

29:39Many scams,

29:41And many false teaching,

29:42Going on even within the church,

29:44Let alone outside it,

29:48A true,

29:50Ministry,

29:51That was modelled on the Lord,

29:53And lived out,

29:54In accordance to the guidance,

29:56Of the spirit,

29:57And the obedience to the world,

30:00Paul,

30:02Clearly illustrated,

30:03Everything that it was,

30:04To be,

30:05A true pastor,

30:06A true evangelist,

30:08And a true leader,

30:11And,

30:11So may we be encouraged,

30:14In that.

30:26If you are my friend,

30:29If you are my friend,

30:30If you are my friend,

30:30I shall feel the battle,

30:32If you are by my side,

30:36I will wander from the highway,

30:39If you will be my guide,

30:43Lord psalm,

30:44I will.

30:45If you are my friend,

30:47And you will neither,

30:53If you are my brother,

30:56If you are my son,

30:59I will be my son,

31:00I will be my son,

31:04I will be my son,

31:04If you are my son.

31:07Yes,

31:09And and and and and and and the book,

31:12He will find you a Son,

31:13from sin.

31:18He is speaking

31:21in access here and still

31:25and then his words

31:27of flesh and

31:29wounds of self-help.

31:33He seeks to reassure

31:36me

31:37that he is not

31:39control.

31:40She can

31:42make me listen

31:44and guide you

31:46of my soul.

31:51Jesus

31:52I have promised

31:54to know

31:56only

31:58that I see

32:00glory

32:02shall my servant

32:04be.

32:06Jesus I have promised

32:08descend

32:10to the end

32:12all

32:13and be great to follow

32:16my master

32:18and my friend.

32:22I have promised

32:24to be

32:24sweet

32:24and

32:25I have promised

32:28my own.

32:30I have promised

32:31to follow

32:36Lord

32:38I have promised

32:39to be

32:40Lord

32:41I have promised

32:42to be

32:48my Savior

32:50and my friend.

32:53I have promised

32:55I have promised

33:05to be

33:06to be

33:07to be

33:07as

33:09as

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