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enemies the opportunity to blaspheme. If

we don't live according to the way we say

we believe, we give the enemy the opportunity

to blaspheme the Word of God through our

sin and our rebellion.

The cost of standing alone

Now, the second thing I want you to

notice here in Timothy is the cost of

standing alone, that is, swimming against

the tide — the peer pressure, the culture

pressure. The crowd is usually wrong, and

there is a high cost that has to be paid when

standing alone. As we come back to verse

16, this is probably the first hearing to

establish a charge against the apostle. This

would be like a preliminary hearing which

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