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Welcome to the Word of the Lord Endures Forever with Pastor Will Whedon.

So the universal scope of the church's intercessions, prayers, and Thanksgiving,

it's the counterpoint to God's universal will for everyone's salvation.

And this salvation is found in one man.

And through him, it is offered to all.

The Word of the Lord endures forever is a daily verse-by-verse Bible study with the church,

past and present.

Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study of the book of First Timothy.

The graves of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

Greetings, people, loved by God. Last time you recall, we examined the final verses of 1st Timothy 1.

In them, Paul began to lay a charge on Timothy while he kind of never got around to what the charge was.

That's coming up today.

But he reminded Timothy that he was his son in the faith, as in, you can do this son. It's difficult,

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