Real Trust is Costly

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Real Trust is Costly

• We often want to have valuable things without any
  effort.

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Real Trust is Costly

• We often want to have valuable things without any
  effort.
• As a result many settle for bargains that are
  nothing more than mirages.

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Real Trust is Costly

• What is trust? (a) Firm reliance on the
  integrity, ability, or character of a person or
  thing. (b) Custody care. (c) The condition and
  resulting obligation of having confidence placed
  in one violated a public trust. (d) One in which
  confidence is placed.

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Real Trust is Costly

• There were many who wanted Jesus to trust Him
  because of their words. (Jn 223-25)

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Real Trust is Costly

• John 223-25 - Now when He was in Jerusalem at
  the Passover, during the feast, many believed in
  His name when they saw the signs which He did. 24
  But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because
  He knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone
  should testify of man, for He knew what was in
  man.

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Real Trust is Costly

• We need to see where we really place our trust.
  Some have found bargains that will
  fail in the day of testing. (Ex. Dads new car)
  (Jer 213 143)

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Real Trust is Costly

• Jeremiah 213 - For My people have committed
  two evils They have forsaken Me, the fountain of
  living waters, And hewn themselves
  cisternsbroken cisterns that can hold no water.

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Real Trust is Costly

• Jeremiah 143 - Their nobles have sent their
  lads for water They went to the cisterns and
  found no water. They returned with their vessels
  empty They were ashamed and confounded And
  covered their heads.

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Real Trust is Costly

• We need to examine if others can really trust us.
  We must open our eyes!

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• God wants us to know this and then actually place
  our trust in Him. (Psa 367)

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• Psalm 367 - How precious is Your
  lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of
  men put their trust under the shadow of Your
  wings.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• One of the things that breaks our hearts down to
  trust God is His great goodness.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• One of the things that breaks our hearts down to
  trust God is His great goodness.
• The world laughs at us and would convince us that
  there is a better way.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• The king of Assyria boldly said this. (2 Kgs
  1910-12)

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• 2 Kings 1910-12 - Thus you shall speak to
  Hezekiah king of Judah, saying Do not let your
  God in whom you trust deceive you, saying,
  Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of
  the king of Assyria. 11 Look! You have heard
  what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands
  by utterly destroying them and shall you be
  delivered?

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those
  whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran
  and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in
  Telassar?

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• He learned a lesson but never learned to trust
  the true God. (2 Kgs 1935-37)

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• 2 Kings 1935-37 - And it came to pass on a
  certain night that the angel of the Lord went
  out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one
  hundred and eighty-five thousand and when people
  arose early in the morning, there were the
  corpsesall dead. 36So Sennacherib king of
  Assyria departed and went away, returned home,
  and remained at Nineveh.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• 37 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in
  the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons
  Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the
  sword and they escaped into the land of Ararat.
  Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• Notice where Sennacherib died! (2 Chron 3220-21)

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• 2 Chronicles 3220-21 - Now because of this King
  Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz,
  prayed and cried out to heaven. 21Then the Lord
  sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of
  valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the
  king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his
  own land. And when he had gone into the temple of
  his god, some of his own offspring struck him
  down with the sword there.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• We are blessed if we can build such a trust. We
  then will have a shield that nothing can
  break down! (2 Sam 223-4, 31)

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• 2 Samuel 223-4 - The God of my strength, in
  whom I will trust My shield and the horn of my
  salvation, My stronghold and my refuge My
  Savior, You save me from violence. 4 I will call
  upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised So
  shall I be saved from my enemies.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• 2 Samuel 2231 - As for God, His way is perfect
  The word of the Lord is proven He is a shield to
  all who trust in Him.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• There is a big difference between a passing trust
  and a real one.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• There is a big difference between a passing trust
  and a real one.
• Peter knew what real trust in the Lord meant. (Mk
  1028-31)

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• Mark 1028-31 - Then Peter began to say to Him,
  See, we have left all and followed You. 29 So
  Jesus answered and said, Assuredly, I say to
  you, there is no one who has left house or
  brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife
  or children or lands, for My sake and the
  gospels,

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• 30 who shall not receive a hundredfold now in
  this timehouses and brothers and sisters and
  mothers and children and lands, with
  persecutionsand in the age to come, eternal
  life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and
  the last first.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• If you trust in the Lord that trust will be
  tested. (Rom 53-5)

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• Romans 53-5 - And not only that, but we also
  glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation
  produces perseverance 4and perseverance,
  character and character, hope. 5 Now hope does
  not disappoint, because the love of God has been
  poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who
  was given to us.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• It is easier to the worldly to talk about
  trusting God and in reality trust something
  else that does not test you.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• It is easier to the worldly to talk about
  trusting God and in reality trust something
  else that does not test you.
• Our God will tell you the truth and move you to
  make needed changes. Many find this too
  demanding and seek a more convenient time. (Acts
  2425-26)

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• Acts 2425-26 - Now as he reasoned about
  righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to
  come, Felix was afraid and answered, Go away for
  now when I have a convenient time I will call
  for you. 26 Meanwhile he also hoped that money
  would be given him by Paul, that he might release
  him. Therefore he sent for him more often and
  conversed with him.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• Notice the elements that go along with trusting
  God.

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Our God is worthy of our trust

• Notice the elements that go along with trusting
  God.
• Where did Felix place his trust?

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Where do we place our trust?

• Satan has many bargains to make you feel secure.

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Where do we place our trust?

• Satan has many bargains to make you feel
  secure.
• Money seems to provide security. (Psa 496-9 Mk
  1024-25)

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Where do we place our trust?

• Psalm 496-9 - Those who trust in their wealth
  And boast in the multitude of their riches, 7
  None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
  Nor give to God a ransom for him 8 For the
  redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall
  cease forever 9 That he should continue to live
  eternally, And not see the Pit.

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Where do we place our trust?

• Mark 1024-25 - And the disciples were
  astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again
  and said to them, Children, how hard it is for
  those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of
  God! 25It is easier for a camel to go through the
  eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the
  kingdom of God.

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Where do we place our trust?

• Military power and skill. (Psa 207-8 446-7)

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Where do we place our trust?

• Psalm 207-8 - Some trust in chariots, and some
  in horses But we will remember the name of the
  Lord our God. 8 They have bowed down and fallen
  But we have risen and stand upright.

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Where do we place our trust?

• Psalm 446-7 - For I will not trust in my bow,
  Nor shall my sword save me. 7 But You have saved
  us from our enemies, And have put to shame those
  who hated us.

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Where do we place our trust?

• Powerful political and business leaders. (Psa
  1463-4)

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Where do we place our trust?

• Psalm 1463-4 - Do not put your trust in
  princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is
  no help. 4 His spirit departs, he returns to his
  earth In that very day his plans perish.

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Where do we place our trust?

• Ones own heart. (Prov 2826)

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Where do we place our trust?

• Proverbs 2826 - He who trusts in his own heart
  is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be
  delivered.

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Where do we place our trust?

• Where you place you trust will also affect your
  trustworthiness.

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Where do we place our trust?

• Where you place you trust will also affect your
  trustworthiness.
• Many placed trust in idols. (Psa 13514-18)

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Where do we place our trust?

• Psalm 13514-18 - For the Lord will judge His
  people, And He will have compassion on His
  servants. 15 The idols of the nations are silver
  and gold, The work of mens hands. 16 They have
  mouths, but they do not speak Eyes they have,
  but they do not see 17 They have ears, but they
  do not hear Nor is there any breath in their
  mouths.

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Where do we place our trust?

• 18 Those who make them are like them So is
  everyone who trusts in them.

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Where do we place our trust?

• There was a social acceptance and an easy
  morality that went along with this.

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Where do we place our trust?

• There was a social acceptance and an easy
  morality that went along with this.
• Could an idol really help them?

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Where do we place our trust?

• There was a social acceptance and an easy
  morality that went along with this.
• Could an idol really help them?
• These people became like them! They too were
  untrustworthy. (Ex. The bar scene
  Where everyone is your friend????)

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Where do I place my trust? (Prov 35 1128)

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Proverbs 35 - Trust in the Lord with all your
  heart, And lean not on your own understanding

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Proverbs 1128 - He who trusts in his riches
  will fall, But the righteous will flourish like
  foliage.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• I will have a set of priorities and affections
  that surround it. (Ex. Football)

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• We become like that we trust.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• We become like that we trust.
• Trusting God will make us willing servants of
  others.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• We become like that we trust.
• Trusting God will make us willing servants of
  others.
• If we trust in Jesus then we will want the mind
  of Jesus. (Phil 21-5)

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Philippians 21-5 - Therefore if there is any
  consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if
  any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection
  and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being
  like-minded, having the same love, being of one
  accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done
  through selfish ambition or conceit, but in
  lowliness of mind let each esteem others better
  than himself.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own
  interests, but also for the interests of others.
  5 Let this mind be in you which was also in
  Christ Jesus,

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Trusting in another takes time, knowledge and
  interaction.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Trusting in another takes time, knowledge and
  interaction.
• When you come to Jesus He will expose your heart.
  This is painful but needed.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Many confess Jesus but do not open their hearts.
  They really trust something else.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Many confess Jesus but do not open their hearts.
  They really trust something else.
• Consider the attitude and actions of Timothy.
  (Phil 219-22)

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Philippians 219-22 - But I trust in the Lord
  Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also
  may be encouraged when I know your state. 20 For
  I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely
  care for your state. 21For all seek their own,
  not the things which are of Christ Jesus. 22 But
  you know his proven character, that as a son with
  his father he served with me in the gospel.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Trustworthy people become concerned to know
  others!

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Trustworthy people become concerned to know
  others!
• Trustworthy people will make changes in order to
  help others. (1 Cor 919-23)

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• 1 Corinthians 919-23 - For though I am free
  from all men, I have made myself a servant to
  all, that I might win the more 20 and to the
  Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews to
  those who are under the law, as under the law,
  that I might win those who are under the law

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• 21 to those who are without law, as without law
  (not being without law toward God, but under law
  toward Christ), that I might win those who are
  without law 22 to the weak I became as weak,
  that I might win the weak. I have become all
  things to all men, that I might by all means save
  some. 23 Now this I do for the gospels sake,
  that I may be partaker of it with you.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Many say they trust God but have their own clique
  that they care about. All others better stay out!

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• Many say they trust God but have their own clique
  that they care about. All others better stay out!
• When we have Gods love in our lives then we have
  a consistent attitude and action towards
  others. (1 Cor 134-6)

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• 1 Corinthians 134-6 - Love suffers long and is
  kind love does not envy love does not parade
  itself, is not puffed up 5 does not behave
  rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked,
  thinks no evil 6 does not rejoice in iniquity,
  but rejoices in the truth

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• We are patient and kind.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• We are patient and kind.
• We do not seek to be seen and praised.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• We are patient and kind.
• We do not seek to be seen and praised.
• We want good and not evil for others.

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Am I a trustworthy person?

• We are optimistic!

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Some common trustbusters

• Selling one out because of a greater loyalty.
  (Psa 419)

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Some common trustbusters

• Psalm 419 - Even my own familiar friend in whom
  I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his
  heel against me.

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Some common trustbusters

• Judas had a love of money.

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Some common trustbusters

• Judas had a love of money.
• Others can be loyal to friends.

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Some common trustbusters

• The love of gossip and tale bearing. (Jas 35)

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Some common trustbusters

• James 35 - Even so the tongue is a little
  member and boasts great things. See how great a
  forest a little fire kindles!

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Some common trustbusters

• Those who do this will find themselves without
  those they can trust. (Prov 2825)

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Some common trustbusters

• Proverbs 2825 - He who is of a proud heart
  stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the Lord
  will be prospered. (Ex. Barber shop)

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Some common trustbusters

• Those who love the Lord know the difference
  between love and self-exaltation.

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Some common trustbusters

• Those who love the Lord know the difference
  between love and self-exaltation.
• An uncontrolled anger and bitterness. (1 Jn 315)

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Some common trustbusters

• 1 John 315 - Whoever hates his brother is a
  murderer, and you know that no murderer has
  eternal life abiding in him.

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Some common trustbusters

• It is hard to trust God with your vengeance. (Rom
  1219)

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Some common trustbusters

• Romans 1219 - Beloved, do not avenge
  yourselves, but rather give place to wrath for
  it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,
  says the Lord.

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Some common trustbusters

• Some give into bitterness and will pursue another
  till their death. They will also go to
  hell.

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Some common trustbusters

• Some give into bitterness and will pursue another
  till their death. They will also go to
  hell.
• Even when a church divides over thus bitter
  spirit one will try to reach into other
  churches to pursue the object of their
  hatred. (Heb 1215)

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Some common trustbusters

• Hebrews 1215 - looking carefully lest anyone
  fall short of the grace of God lest any root of
  bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by
  this many become defiled

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Some common trustbusters

• We at North Charlottesville need to be on guard
  to this spirit.

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Some common trustbusters

• We at North Charlottesville need to be on guard
  to this spirit.
• We cannot do the work of the Lord without being
  trustworthy.

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Some common trustbusters

• The spread of the gospel and the building up of
  Christians require others to open their
  hearts to us.

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Some common trustbusters

• The spread of the gospel and the building up of
  Christians require others to open their
  hearts to us.
• We must fight to keep that kind of spirit here.
  (Phil 127-28)

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Some common trustbusters

• Philippians 127-28 - Only let your conduct be
  worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I
  come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your
  affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with
  one mind striving together for the faith of the
  gospel, 28 and not in any way terrified by your
  adversaries, which is to them a proof of
  perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from
  God.