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a<00:11:29.350><c> legitimate</c><00:11:29.909><c> religion,</c>

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nobody<00:11:31.450><c> can</c><00:11:31.830><c> cause</c><00:11:32.110><c> trouble.</c><00:11:33.830><c> And</c><00:11:34.090><c> that's</c><00:11:34.289><c> why</c><00:11:34.470><c> he</c><00:11:34.649><c> went,</c><00:11:35.110><c> for</c>

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two<00:11:35.549><c> reasons.</c>

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One<00:11:36.529><c> was</c><00:11:36.809><c> to</c><00:11:36.990><c> fulfill</c><00:11:37.330><c> the</c><00:11:37.590><c> prophecy,</c><00:11:38.409><c> and</c><00:11:38.549><c> the</c><00:11:38.649><c> other</c><00:11:38.809><c> one</c><00:11:38.990><c> was</c><00:11:39.169><c> to</c>

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get<00:11:39.490><c> Christianity</c><00:11:40.110><c> recognized</c><00:11:41.029><c> as</c><00:11:41.389><c> an</c><00:11:41.570><c> official</c><00:11:41.889><c> religion,</c>

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swear<00:11:43.389><c> it</c><00:11:43.649><c> would</c><00:11:43.889><c> be</c><00:11:44.350><c> free</c><00:11:44.669><c> from</c><00:11:45.409><c> civil</c><00:11:45.830><c> disarray.</c>

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And<00:11:48.190><c> Paul</c><00:11:48.470><c> goes</c><00:11:48.870><c> to</c><00:11:49.129><c> Rome,</c><00:11:49.309><c> brethren</c><00:11:49.610><c> and</c><00:11:49.830><c> sisters,</c><00:11:50.669><c> and</c><00:11:50.870><c> puts</c>

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his<00:11:51.350><c> case,</c><00:11:52.009><c> and</c><00:11:52.149><c> although</c><00:11:52.330><c> the</c><00:11:52.529><c> Acts</c><00:11:52.669><c> of</c><00:11:52.809><c> the</c><00:11:52.950><c> Apostles</c><00:11:53.389><c> doesn't</c><00:11:53.769><c> specifically</c><00:11:54.350><c> say</c>

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so,<00:11:55.029><c> he</c><00:11:55.269><c> wins.</c>

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And<00:11:57.529><c> for</c><00:11:57.850><c> five</c><00:11:58.250><c> years,</c><00:11:59.610><c> the</c><00:11:59.690><c> Gospel</c><00:12:00.090><c> is</c><00:12:00.450><c> preached</c><00:12:00.809><c> with</c><00:12:01.269><c> huge</c>

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success.<00:12:03.669><c> And</c><00:12:04.029><c> would</c><00:12:04.230><c> you</c><00:12:04.450><c> believe</c><00:12:04.769><c> it?</c>

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The<00:12:06.129><c> historians</c><00:12:06.570><c> tell</c><00:12:06.889><c> us,</c><00:12:07.470><c> all</c><00:12:07.769><c> of</c><00:12:07.870><c> them,</c><00:12:08.889><c> that</c><00:12:09.049><c> these</c><00:12:09.389><c> were</c>

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the<00:12:09.830><c> halcyon</c><00:12:10.389><c> days</c><00:12:10.690><c> of</c><00:12:10.889><c> the</c><00:12:10.990><c> Roman</c><00:12:11.250><c> Empire.</c>

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Because<00:12:13.169><c> Christianity</c><00:12:13.809><c> was</c><00:12:14.149><c> allowed</c><00:12:14.450><c> to</c><00:12:14.809><c> prosper,</c><00:12:15.970><c> God</c><00:12:16.230><c> allowed</c><00:12:16.590><c> the</c>

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Romans<00:12:17.190><c> to</c><00:12:17.529><c> prosper,</c><00:12:18.129><c> and</c><00:12:18.450><c> these</c><00:12:18.809><c> five</c><00:12:19.190><c> years</c><00:12:19.470><c> of</c><00:12:19.789><c> freedom</c><00:12:20.070><c> for</c><00:12:20.289><c> Christianity</c><00:12:21.029><c> brought</c><00:12:21.870><c> glory</c><00:12:22.549><c> days</c><00:12:22.929><c> to</c>

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the<00:12:23.509><c> Empire</c><00:12:23.870><c> of</c><00:12:24.090><c> Rome,</c>

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the<00:12:24.509><c> like</c><00:12:24.710><c> of</c><00:12:24.889><c> which</c><00:12:25.009><c> they</c><00:12:25.210><c> hadn't</c><00:12:25.470><c> seen,</c><00:12:26.289><c> and</c><00:12:26.370><c> the</c><00:12:26.490><c> like</c><00:12:26.690><c> of</c>

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which<00:12:26.970><c> they</c><00:12:27.110><c> were</c><00:12:27.250><c> never</c><00:12:27.470><c> going</c><00:12:27.769><c> to</c><00:12:28.009><c> see</c><00:12:28.090><c> again.</c>

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I'll<00:12:30.549><c> bless</c><00:12:30.669><c> them</c><00:12:30.889><c> that</c><00:12:31.269><c> bless</c><00:12:31.509><c> thee,</c><00:12:32.870><c> and</c><00:12:33.049><c> curse</c><00:12:33.409><c> him</c><00:12:33.669><c> that</c>

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curses<00:12:34.330><c> thee.</c>

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Why<00:12:38.809><c> then,</c><00:12:40.610><c> after</c><00:12:40.970><c> five</c><00:12:41.389><c> years,</c><00:12:43.149><c> is</c><00:12:43.330><c> Paul</c><00:12:43.590><c> arrested</c><00:12:44.049><c> in</c><00:12:44.409><c> Troas,</c><00:12:45.490><c> and</c>

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the<00:12:46.649><c> second</c><00:12:46.870><c> book</c><00:12:47.070><c> of</c><00:12:47.230><c> Timothy</c><00:12:47.490><c> tells</c><00:12:47.809><c> us</c><00:12:48.009><c> all</c><00:12:48.210><c> about</c><00:12:48.450><c> this,</c>

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and<00:12:50.350><c> beheaded?</c>

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He<00:12:53.330><c> goes</c><00:12:53.669><c> to</c><00:12:53.929><c> Rome,</c><00:12:54.149><c> look</c><00:12:54.269><c> what</c><00:12:54.450><c> we've</c><00:12:54.690><c> said,</c><00:12:55.330><c> he</c><00:12:55.370><c> goes</c><00:12:55.649><c> to</c><00:12:55.889><c> Rome,</c><00:12:57.110><c> gets</c><00:12:57.289><c> Christianity</c><00:12:57.909><c> recognized,</c><00:12:59.490><c> and</c>

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for<00:13:00.110><c> five</c><00:13:00.429><c> years</c><00:13:00.710><c> the</c><00:13:00.909><c> Gospel</c><00:13:01.190><c> is</c><00:13:01.470><c> spread</c><00:13:01.750><c> freely.</c>

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And<00:13:04.129><c> after</c><00:13:04.470><c> five</c><00:13:04.830><c> years,</c><00:13:06.850><c> a</c><00:13:07.029><c> messenger</c><00:13:07.289><c> goes</c><00:13:07.629><c> to</c><00:13:07.970><c> Troas,</c><00:13:09.149><c> Paul</c>

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is<00:13:09.750><c> taken</c><00:13:10.110><c> from</c><00:13:10.409><c> there,</c><00:13:11.350><c> brought</c><00:13:11.649><c> to</c><00:13:12.190><c> Rome,</c><00:13:12.769><c> where</c><00:13:12.990><c> he</c><00:13:13.230><c> is</c><00:13:13.409><c> beheaded.</c>

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He<00:13:13.870><c> wasn't</c><00:13:14.169><c> crucified</c><00:13:14.789><c> because</c><00:13:15.289><c> he</c><00:13:15.409><c> was</c><00:13:15.629><c> a</c><00:13:15.710><c> Roman</c><00:13:16.029><c> citizen.</c>

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Why?<00:13:19.389><c> Why</c><00:13:19.710><c> was</c><00:13:19.929><c> it?</c><00:13:20.129><c> He</c><00:13:20.309><c> left</c><00:13:20.529><c> in</c><00:13:20.710><c> very</c><00:13:20.909><c> great</c><00:13:21.169><c> haste.</c><00:13:21.850><c> If</c><00:13:22.009><c> you</c>

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read<00:13:22.370><c> the</c><00:13:22.610><c> second</c><00:13:22.830><c> epistle</c><00:13:23.190><c> to</c><00:13:23.409><c> Timothy</c><00:13:23.750><c> with</c><00:13:23.950><c> a</c><00:13:24.070><c> little</c><00:13:24.289><c> care,</c><00:13:24.850><c> and</c>

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that<00:13:25.049><c> was</c><00:13:25.269><c> the</c><00:13:25.370><c> very</c><00:13:25.629><c> last</c><00:13:25.870><c> letter</c><00:13:26.110><c> that</c><00:13:26.629><c> Paul</c><00:13:26.830><c> ever</c><00:13:27.169><c> wrote,</c>

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he's<00:13:29.730><c> at</c><00:13:29.830><c> pains</c><00:13:30.129><c> to</c><00:13:30.470><c> say,</c><00:13:30.830><c> if</c><00:13:31.389><c> you're</c><00:13:31.610><c> coming,</c><00:13:32.470><c> do</c><00:13:32.570><c> thy</c><00:13:32.769><c> diligence</c><00:13:33.210><c> to</c><00:13:33.470><c> come</c><00:13:33.710><c> quickly,</c><00:13:34.529><c> please,</c><00:13:35.509><c> come</c><00:13:35.730><c> quickly,</c><00:13:36.809><c> because</c><00:13:37.070><c> I</c><00:13:38.149><c> fought</c><00:13:38.350><c> a</c>

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good<00:13:38.649><c> fight,</c><00:13:39.549><c> the</c><00:13:40.110><c> time</c><00:13:40.330><c> of</c><00:13:40.529><c> my</c><00:13:40.710><c> departure</c><00:13:41.070><c> is</c><00:13:41.250><c> at</c><00:13:41.429><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:13:42.629><c> knew</c><00:13:42.809><c> it.</c><00:13:44.929><c> Why?</c><00:13:46.129><c> Why</c><00:13:46.529><c> the</c><00:13:46.830><c> sudden</c><00:13:47.090><c> overturn</c><00:13:47.850><c> of</c><00:13:49.210><c> something</c>

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which<00:13:49.769><c> had</c><00:13:49.850><c> been</c><00:13:50.129><c> granted,</c><00:13:51.690><c> is</c><00:13:51.690><c> now</c><00:13:52.610><c> revoked?</c>

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And<00:13:57.129><c> only</c><00:13:57.370><c> the</c><00:13:57.570><c> emperor</c><00:13:57.730><c> could</c><00:13:57.950><c> do</c><00:13:58.149><c> it.</c><00:13:59.950><c> Freedom</c><00:14:00.230><c> was</c><00:14:00.509><c> granted</c>

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by<00:14:01.110><c> the</c><00:14:01.269><c> emperor</c><00:14:01.470><c> for</c><00:14:01.690><c> preaching,</c><00:14:02.870><c> that</c><00:14:03.110><c> freedom</c><00:14:03.450><c> had</c><00:14:03.669><c> to</c><00:14:03.850><c> be</c>

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revoked<00:14:04.789><c> by</c><00:14:05.230><c> the</c><00:14:05.490><c> emperor,</c><00:14:06.330><c> and</c><00:14:06.870><c> it</c><00:14:07.149><c> was.</c>

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The<00:14:09.649><c> emperor</c><00:14:09.929><c> to</c><00:14:10.169><c> whom</c><00:14:10.350><c> Paul</c><00:14:10.730><c> appealed</c><00:14:11.370><c> five</c><00:14:11.710><c> years</c><00:14:12.049><c> ago</c><00:14:12.309><c> was</c>

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the<00:14:12.789><c> young,</c><00:14:13.750><c> well</c><00:14:14.149><c>-taught,</c><00:14:15.389><c> conscientious</c><00:14:16.450><c> Nero,</c><00:14:17.789><c> and</c><00:14:18.009><c> he</c><00:14:18.090><c> was</c><00:14:18.289><c> a</c>

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good<00:14:18.789><c> emperor.</c>

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Compassionate,<00:14:23.769><c> and</c><00:14:24.029><c> fair,</c><00:14:24.970><c> and</c><00:14:25.210><c> faithful,</c><00:14:26.070><c> and</c><00:14:26.309><c> well</c><00:14:26.590><c>-taught.</c>

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But<00:14:31.590><c> five</c><00:14:32.309><c> years</c><00:14:32.629><c> down</c><00:14:32.970><c> the</c><00:14:33.149><c> road,</c><00:14:34.909><c> he's</c><00:14:35.190><c> having</c><00:14:35.649><c> mental</c><00:14:36.370><c> problems,</c><00:14:37.450><c> and</c>

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all<00:14:38.970><c> the</c><00:14:39.289><c> historians</c><00:14:39.590><c> that</c><00:14:39.830><c> you</c><00:14:40.070><c> care</c><00:14:40.250><c> to</c><00:14:40.549><c> read</c><00:14:40.769><c> will</c><00:14:41.330><c> underline</c><00:14:41.809><c> this.</c>

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His<00:14:47.049><c> mentor</c><00:14:47.730><c> was</c><00:14:48.009><c> a</c><00:14:48.129><c> man</c><00:14:48.330><c> whose</c><00:14:48.590><c> name</c><00:14:48.809><c> was</c><00:14:49.210><c> Sennacher.</c>

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The<00:14:54.750><c> way</c><00:14:55.029><c> had</c><00:14:55.210><c> been</c><00:14:55.490><c> made</c><00:14:56.009><c> legal,</c><00:14:58.210><c> but</c><00:14:58.330><c> five</c><00:14:58.490><c> years</c><00:14:58.710><c> down</c><00:14:58.929><c> the</c>

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road<00:14:59.230><c> we</c><00:14:59.490><c> say,</c><00:15:03.029><c> he</c><00:15:03.210><c> sacks,</c><00:15:03.929><c> makes</c><00:15:04.330><c> him</c><00:15:04.529><c> redundant,</c><00:15:05.669><c> Sennacher,</c><00:15:08.769><c> poisoned</c>

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his<00:15:09.549><c> mother,</c>

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killed<00:15:12.549><c> his</c><00:15:12.830><c> wife,</c><00:15:15.409><c> and</c><00:15:15.529><c> lived</c><00:15:15.909><c> with</c><00:15:16.769><c> his</c><00:15:17.250><c> girlfriend,</c><00:15:19.629><c> who</c>

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was<00:15:19.970><c> sympathetic</c><00:15:20.769><c> to</c><00:15:21.509><c> the</c><00:15:21.769><c> Judaizers.</c>

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And<00:15:26.690><c> on</c><00:15:26.950><c> the</c><00:15:27.110><c> 19th</c><00:15:27.649><c> of</c><00:15:27.850><c> July,</c><00:15:28.870><c> in</c><00:15:29.029><c> the</c><00:15:29.110><c> year</c><00:15:29.389><c> 64,</c><00:15:31.370><c> Rome</c><00:15:31.610><c> burned,</c>

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out<00:15:33.850><c> of</c><00:15:34.070><c> control.</c>

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There<00:15:35.669><c> were</c><00:15:35.830><c> 14</c><00:15:36.389><c> provinces</c><00:15:36.929><c> of</c><00:15:37.210><c> Rome,</c><00:15:37.809><c> 12</c><00:15:38.129><c> of</c><00:15:38.350><c> them</c><00:15:38.450><c> were</c><00:15:38.750><c> completely</c><00:15:39.610><c> destroyed,</c><00:15:40.690><c> and</c>

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the<00:15:40.950><c> other</c><00:15:41.190><c> two</c><00:15:41.490><c> were</c><00:15:41.730><c> hardly</c><00:15:42.049><c> habitable.</c>

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Rome<00:15:44.429><c> was</c><00:15:44.730><c> in</c><00:15:44.850><c> a</c><00:15:45.210><c> real</c><00:15:45.830><c> big</c><00:15:46.490><c> mess.</c><00:15:48.350><c> It</c><00:15:48.490><c> was</c><00:15:48.789><c> full</c><00:15:49.009><c> of</c><00:15:49.429><c> little</c><00:15:49.830><c> small</c><00:15:50.129><c> streets,</c><00:15:50.610><c> it</c>

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was<00:15:51.029><c> filthy,</c><00:15:51.549><c> it</c><00:15:51.549><c> was</c><00:15:51.830><c> decrepit,</c><00:15:53.269><c> it</c><00:15:53.610><c> was</c><00:15:53.750><c> not</c><00:15:53.970><c> a</c><00:15:54.110><c> good</c><00:15:54.250><c> place,</c>

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and<00:15:56.230><c> it</c><00:15:56.450><c> burned.</c>

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And<00:16:00.610><c> the</c><00:16:01.289><c> finger</c><00:16:01.490><c> began</c><00:16:01.769><c> to</c><00:16:01.950><c> be</c><00:16:02.129><c> pointed,</c><00:16:03.909><c> because</c><00:16:04.309><c> it</c><00:16:04.429><c> was</c>

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obvious<00:16:05.269><c> that</c><00:16:05.529><c> this</c><00:16:05.750><c> was</c><00:16:06.009><c> arson.</c>

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Now<00:16:08.110><c> who</c><00:16:08.429><c> had</c><00:16:08.690><c> lit</c><00:16:08.830><c> the</c><00:16:09.049><c> match?</c><00:16:11.649><c> And</c><00:16:11.850><c> fingers</c><00:16:12.110><c> began</c><00:16:12.470><c> pointing,</c><00:16:13.409><c> and</c><00:16:13.629><c> settled</c><00:16:13.850><c> on</c>

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Nero,<00:16:16.250><c> who</c><00:16:16.389><c> by</c><00:16:16.610><c> now</c><00:16:16.830><c> was</c><00:16:17.230><c> welling</c><00:16:17.610><c> to</c><00:16:18.009><c> an</c><00:16:18.389><c> awful</c><00:16:18.730><c> mental</c><00:16:19.190><c> state.</c>

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And<00:16:22.250><c> his</c><00:16:22.490><c> girlfriend,</c><00:16:24.309><c> a</c><00:16:24.389><c> lady</c><00:16:24.629><c> whose</c><00:16:24.850><c> name</c><00:16:25.049><c> was</c><00:16:25.289><c> Poppaea,</c>

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and<00:16:27.549><c> who</c><00:16:27.750><c> sympathised</c><00:16:28.429><c> with</c><00:16:28.649><c> the</c><00:16:28.870><c> Jewish</c><00:16:29.190><c> cause,</c><00:16:31.169><c> said,</c>

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the<00:16:32.789><c> fingers</c><00:16:33.149><c> are</c><00:16:33.429><c> pointing</c><00:16:33.730><c> at</c><00:16:34.049><c> you,</c><00:16:35.629><c> why</c><00:16:36.549><c> don't</c><00:16:36.850><c> you</c><00:16:37.070><c> blame</c>

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the<00:16:37.590><c> Christians?</c>

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They're<00:16:40.049><c> strange</c><00:16:40.450><c> people,</c><00:16:41.009><c> these</c><00:16:41.129><c> Christians,</c><00:16:42.169><c> and</c><00:16:42.409><c> they</c><00:16:42.629><c> spread</c><00:16:42.769><c> all</c><00:16:43.169><c> sorts</c><00:16:43.470><c> of</c>

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stories<00:16:44.029><c> about</c><00:16:44.289><c> the</c><00:16:44.509><c> Christian</c><00:16:44.850><c> people,</c><00:16:45.649><c> and</c><00:16:45.769><c> their</c><00:16:45.909><c> way</c><00:16:46.110><c> of</c>

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life,<00:16:46.990><c> and</c><00:16:47.090><c> their</c><00:16:47.190><c> way</c><00:16:47.350><c> of</c><00:16:47.570><c> worship.</c>

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And<00:16:49.029><c> Nero</c><00:16:49.250><c> said,</c><00:16:49.549><c> that's</c><00:16:49.710><c> a</c><00:16:49.789><c> good</c><00:16:49.909><c> idea.</c><00:16:50.250><c> She</c><00:16:50.450><c> said,</c><00:16:50.649><c> you</c><00:16:50.889><c> see,</c>

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it<00:16:51.529><c> will</c><00:16:51.629><c> have</c><00:16:51.789><c> two</c><00:16:52.090><c> immediate</c><00:16:52.549><c> advantages.</c>

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The<00:16:53.649><c> first</c><00:16:53.970><c> one</c><00:16:54.190><c> is</c><00:16:54.490><c> that</c><00:16:54.929><c> blame</c><00:16:55.149><c> will</c><00:16:55.450><c> be</c><00:16:55.649><c> shoved</c><00:16:55.929><c> from</c><00:16:56.210><c> you</c>

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onto<00:16:57.049><c> somebody</c><00:16:57.429><c> else,</c><00:16:57.730><c> and</c><00:16:57.990><c> the</c><00:16:58.169><c> second</c><00:16:58.429><c> one</c><00:16:58.610><c> is</c><00:16:58.750><c> even</c><00:16:58.950><c> more</c><00:16:59.210><c> important.</c>

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You<00:17:01.470><c> will</c><00:17:01.990><c> be</c><00:17:02.210><c> able</c><00:17:02.429><c> to</c><00:17:02.750><c> confiscate</c><00:17:03.450><c> their</c><00:17:03.669><c> property,</c><00:17:04.950><c> you'll</c>

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be<00:17:05.250><c> able</c><00:17:05.750><c> to</c><00:17:05.930><c> take</c><00:17:06.210><c> for</c><00:17:06.369><c> yourself</c><00:17:06.750><c> their</c><00:17:06.990><c> possessions,</c><00:17:07.950><c> and</c>

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their<00:17:08.549><c> money,</c><00:17:09.670><c> and</c><00:17:10.069><c> rebuild</c><00:17:10.430><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:17:11.230><c> the</c><00:17:11.329><c> man</c><00:17:11.470><c> had</c><00:17:11.750><c> grandiose</c><00:17:12.509><c> ideas,</c><00:17:13.809><c> and</c><00:17:13.930><c> he</c><00:17:14.029><c> put</c><00:17:14.130><c> the</c><00:17:14.329><c> plan</c>

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into<00:17:14.690><c> action.</c>

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And<00:17:16.869><c> overnight</c><00:17:17.210><c> the</c><00:17:17.450><c> Christians</c><00:17:17.930><c> were</c><00:17:18.549><c> woken</c><00:17:18.789><c> from</c><00:17:19.029><c> their</c><00:17:19.250><c> beds,</c><00:17:19.930><c> and</c><00:17:20.089><c> carted</c><00:17:20.349><c> off</c><00:17:20.509><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:20.829><c> dungeons.</c>

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The<00:17:26.329><c> blame</c><00:17:26.970><c> was</c><00:17:27.289><c> deflected</c><00:17:28.430><c> for</c><00:17:28.650><c> the</c><00:17:28.789><c> Holocaust,</c><00:17:31.950><c> and</c><00:17:32.049><c> Jewish</c>

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Christian<00:17:33.990><c> property</c><00:17:34.750><c> was</c><00:17:35.490><c> confiscated</c><00:17:36.569><c> to</c><00:17:37.730><c> rebuild</c><00:17:38.049><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:17:38.549><c> it</c><00:17:38.650><c> was</c><00:17:39.130><c> rebuilt</c><00:17:39.490><c> very</c><00:17:39.910><c> beautifully,</c><00:17:41.289><c> as</c><00:17:41.490><c> those</c><00:17:41.690><c> of</c><00:17:41.890><c> you</c>

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who<00:17:42.250><c> have</c><00:17:43.289><c> been</c><00:17:43.589><c> there</c><00:17:43.930><c> will</c><00:17:45.490><c> testify.</c>

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It<00:17:48.029><c> was</c><00:17:48.369><c> a</c><00:17:48.789><c> brilliant</c><00:17:49.309><c> strategy,</c><00:17:49.890><c> and</c><00:17:50.369><c> it</c><00:17:50.569><c> worked.</c>

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And<00:17:51.369><c> so</c><00:17:51.630><c> overnight,</c><00:17:52.730><c> the</c><00:17:52.829><c> judgment</c><00:17:53.170><c> passed</c><00:17:53.549><c> five</c><00:17:53.910><c> years</c><00:17:54.250><c> before,</c><00:17:54.730><c> was</c>

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overthrown,<00:17:55.529><c> and</c><00:17:55.730><c> Christianity</c><00:17:56.109><c> was</c><00:17:56.430><c> outlawed.</c>

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And<00:17:57.369><c> Paul</c><00:17:57.609><c> is</c><00:17:57.829><c> brought</c><00:17:58.130><c> back</c><00:17:58.509><c> from</c><00:17:59.569><c> Troas</c><00:18:00.109><c> to</c><00:18:00.349><c> Rome,</c><00:18:01.890><c> the</c><00:18:02.009><c> last</c>

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letter<00:18:02.470><c> he</c><00:18:02.690><c> wrote</c><00:18:02.910><c> tells</c><00:18:03.170><c> us</c><00:18:03.410><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:04.650><c> thus</c><00:18:04.890><c> began</c><00:18:05.329><c> the</c><00:18:05.569><c> most</c><00:18:05.970><c> vile</c><00:18:06.430><c> persecution</c><00:18:07.230><c> ever</c><00:18:07.789><c> brought</c>

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upon<00:18:08.369><c> a</c><00:18:08.609><c> community.</c>

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You've<00:18:11.150><c> heard</c><00:18:11.369><c> the</c><00:18:11.569><c> expression,</c><00:18:12.349><c> Christians</c><00:18:12.890><c> to</c><00:18:13.150><c> the</c><00:18:13.329><c> lions,</c>

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it<00:18:14.450><c> was</c><00:18:14.710><c> real.</c>

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They<00:18:18.589><c> were</c><00:18:18.829><c> dressed</c><00:18:18.990><c> in</c><00:18:19.309><c> animal</c><00:18:19.809><c> skins,</c><00:18:22.529><c> which</c><00:18:22.930><c> were</c><00:18:23.170><c> then</c><00:18:23.490><c> sewn</c><00:18:23.609><c> up</c>

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and<00:18:24.130><c> tied</c><00:18:24.349><c> up,</c><00:18:25.170><c> and</c><00:18:25.430><c> thrown</c><00:18:25.609><c> into</c><00:18:25.930><c> the</c><00:18:26.170><c> arena.</c>

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They<00:18:30.309><c> were</c><00:18:30.509><c> painted</c><00:18:31.009><c> with</c><00:18:32.430><c> combustible</c><00:18:33.069><c> materials,</c><00:18:35.049><c> and</c><00:18:35.230><c> tied</c><00:18:35.490><c> with</c><00:18:35.750><c> wire</c><00:18:36.089><c> onto</c><00:18:36.390><c> a</c>

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post<00:18:36.970><c> to</c><00:18:37.490><c> illuminate</c><00:18:38.190><c> games.</c>

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Every<00:18:40.230><c> refinement</c><00:18:40.829><c> of</c><00:18:41.109><c> torture</c><00:18:41.730><c> at</c><00:18:42.109><c> the</c><00:18:42.329><c> mad</c><00:18:42.769><c> Nero's</c><00:18:43.609><c> instruction</c><00:18:44.109><c> was</c><00:18:44.789><c> put</c>

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into<00:18:45.210><c> practice.</c>

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And<00:18:46.289><c> then</c><00:18:46.549><c> it</c><00:18:46.750><c> spread</c><00:18:46.990><c> from</c><00:18:47.369><c> Rome</c><00:18:47.829><c> throughout</c><00:18:48.390><c> all</c><00:18:48.849><c> the</c><00:18:49.049><c> Roman</c><00:18:49.309><c> world.</c>

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So<00:18:52.069><c> question</c><00:18:52.470><c> two,</c><00:18:54.069><c> why</c><00:18:54.369><c> did</c><00:18:54.690><c> Peter</c><00:18:55.029><c> write</c><00:18:55.410><c> to</c><00:18:55.650><c> Paul's</c><00:18:56.069><c> converts?</c>

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The<00:18:58.329><c> answer</c><00:18:58.630><c> is,</c><00:19:00.529><c> Paul</c><00:19:00.730><c> is</c><00:19:00.970><c> dead,</c><00:19:02.930><c> and</c><00:19:03.069><c> he's</c><00:19:03.250><c> writing</c><00:19:03.609><c> to</c>

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encourage<00:19:04.230><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:19:09.470><c> with</c><00:19:09.529><c> that</c><00:19:09.710><c> background,</c><00:19:10.869><c> brethren</c><00:19:11.089><c> and</c><00:19:11.289><c> sisters,</c><00:19:12.450><c> remember</c><00:19:12.769><c> that</c>

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the<00:19:13.130><c> persecution</c><00:19:13.589><c> began</c><00:19:13.910><c> in</c><00:19:14.190><c> Rome,</c><00:19:14.390><c> but</c><00:19:14.589><c> it</c><00:19:14.750><c> is</c><00:19:14.970><c> spreading.</c>

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We<00:19:16.450><c> come</c><00:19:16.670><c> to</c><00:19:16.990><c> the</c><00:19:17.509><c> episodes</c><00:19:18.009><c> of</c><00:19:18.289><c> Peter,</c><00:19:19.430><c> chapter</c><00:19:19.670><c> one</c><00:19:19.930><c> please.</c>

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And<00:19:29.210><c> verse</c><00:19:29.450><c> five.</c>

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Who<00:19:30.569><c> are</c><00:19:38.710><c> kept</c><00:19:38.910><c> by</c><00:19:39.150><c> the</c><00:19:39.329><c> power</c><00:19:39.609><c> of</c><00:19:39.890><c> God,</c><00:19:42.970><c> through</c><00:19:43.130><c> faith</c><00:19:43.410><c> unto</c>

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salvation,<00:19:46.509><c> ready</c><00:19:46.710><c> to</c><00:19:46.890><c> be</c><00:19:47.130><c> revealed</c><00:19:47.829><c> in</c><00:19:49.289><c> the</c><00:19:49.430><c> last</c><00:19:49.670><c> time.</c>

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Verse<00:19:50.970><c> eight.</c>

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Chapter<00:20:06.089><c> five.</c>

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And<00:20:10.569><c> verse</c><00:20:10.829><c> eight.</c>

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And<00:20:21.690><c> Paul</c><00:20:22.069><c> is</c><00:20:22.349><c> telling</c><00:20:22.569><c> them</c><00:20:22.789><c> this.</c>

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Chapter<00:20:24.829><c> four</c><00:20:25.130><c> of</c><00:20:25.269><c> the</c><00:20:25.410><c> first</c><00:20:25.589><c> epistle,</c><00:20:26.150><c> verse</c><00:20:27.150><c> twelve.</c>

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Beloved,<00:20:28.769><c> think</c><00:20:29.009><c> it</c><00:20:29.230><c> not</c><00:20:29.470><c> strange</c><00:20:29.910><c> concerning</c><00:20:30.609><c> the</c><00:20:31.410><c> fiery</c><00:20:31.910><c> trial,</c><00:20:32.309><c> literally</c><00:20:33.109><c> fiery</c><00:20:33.690><c> trial</c><00:20:34.049><c> which</c><00:20:34.269><c> is</c>

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to<00:20:34.650><c> try</c><00:20:34.769><c> you,</c><00:20:35.289><c> as</c><00:20:35.410><c> though</c><00:20:35.589><c> some</c><00:20:35.910><c> strange</c><00:20:36.349><c> thing</c><00:20:36.809><c> happened</c>

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unto<00:20:37.470><c> you.</c>

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But<00:20:38.309><c> rejoice</c><00:20:38.910><c> inasmuch</c><00:20:39.789><c> as</c><00:20:39.990><c> ye</c><00:20:40.089><c> are</c><00:20:40.509><c> partakers</c><00:20:41.069><c> of</c><00:20:41.250><c> Christ's</c>

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suffering,<00:20:42.349><c> that</c><00:20:42.769><c> when</c><00:20:43.109><c> his</c><00:20:43.369><c> glory</c><00:20:43.690><c> shall</c><00:20:43.910><c> be</c><00:20:44.210><c> revealed,</c><00:20:45.190><c> ye</c>

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may<00:20:45.430><c> be</c><00:20:45.630><c> glad</c><00:20:45.769><c> also</c><00:20:46.170><c> with</c><00:20:46.509><c> exceeding</c><00:20:47.150><c> joy.</c>

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And<00:20:49.490><c> back</c><00:20:49.630><c> to</c><00:20:49.809><c> chapter</c><00:20:50.089><c> three,</c><00:20:51.109><c> first</c><00:20:51.329><c> epistle,</c><00:20:52.410><c> and</c><00:20:52.549><c> verse</c><00:20:52.710><c> eight.</c>

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Finally,<00:20:55.630><c> be</c><00:20:55.690><c> ye</c><00:20:55.829><c> all</c><00:20:55.910><c> of</c><00:20:56.049><c> one</c><00:20:56.250><c> mind,</c><00:20:56.609><c> having</c><00:20:56.849><c> compassion</c><00:20:57.369><c> one</c>

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of<00:20:57.710><c> another.</c>

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Lovers,<00:20:58.829><c> brethren,</c><00:20:59.150><c> be</c><00:20:59.289><c> pitiful,</c><00:20:59.730><c> be</c><00:20:59.910><c> courteous,</c><00:21:00.569><c> not</c><00:21:00.789><c> rendering</c><00:21:01.230><c> evil</c>

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for<00:21:01.849><c> evil,</c><00:21:02.230><c> or</c><00:21:02.329><c> railing</c><00:21:02.650><c> for</c><00:21:02.829><c> railing,</c><00:21:03.329><c> but</c><00:21:03.529><c> contrary</c><00:21:04.009><c> wise</c><00:21:04.450><c> blessing,</c>

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knowing<00:21:05.670><c> that</c><00:21:06.410><c> ye</c><00:21:06.670><c> are</c><00:21:06.829><c> thereunto</c><00:21:07.329><c> called,</c><00:21:08.349><c> that</c><00:21:08.509><c> ye</c><00:21:08.730><c> should</c>

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inherit<00:21:09.910><c> a</c><00:21:10.490><c> blessing.</c>

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For<00:21:13.009><c> he</c><00:21:13.289><c> that</c><00:21:13.430><c> will</c><00:21:13.650><c> love</c><00:21:13.849><c> life</c><00:21:14.170><c> and</c><00:21:14.349><c> see</c><00:21:14.549><c> good</c><00:21:14.769><c> days,</c><00:21:15.650><c> let</c><00:21:15.789><c> him</c>

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refrain<00:21:16.369><c> his</c><00:21:16.690><c> tongue</c><00:21:16.869><c> from</c><00:21:17.190><c> evil,</c><00:21:18.069><c> and</c><00:21:18.269><c> his</c><00:21:18.430><c> lips</c><00:21:18.769><c> that</c><00:21:18.930><c> they</c>

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speak,<00:21:20.349><c> no</c><00:21:20.549><c> guile.</c>

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Verse<00:21:23.589><c> thirteen</c><00:21:24.130><c> of</c><00:21:24.369><c> the</c><00:21:24.549><c> same</c><00:21:24.730><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:21:26.769><c> who</c><00:21:26.930><c> is</c><00:21:27.230><c> he</c><00:21:27.450><c> that</c><00:21:27.670><c> will</c><00:21:27.990><c> harm</c><00:21:28.269><c> you,</c><00:21:29.089><c> if</c><00:21:29.250><c> ye</c><00:21:29.430><c> be</c><00:21:29.609><c> followers</c>

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of<00:21:30.150><c> that</c><00:21:30.369><c> which</c><00:21:30.549><c> is</c><00:21:30.849><c> good?</c>

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But,<00:21:31.890><c> and</c><00:21:32.069><c> if</c><00:21:32.170><c> ye</c><00:21:32.410><c> suffer</c><00:21:32.710><c> for</c><00:21:33.049><c> righteousness'</c><00:21:33.950><c> sake,</c><00:21:34.549><c> happy</c>

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are<00:21:35.009><c> ye,</c><00:21:35.849><c> and</c><00:21:35.990><c> be</c><00:21:36.109><c> not</c><00:21:37.329><c> afraid</c><00:21:37.750><c> of</c><00:21:37.890><c> their</c><00:21:38.150><c> terror,</c><00:21:39.109><c> neither</c><00:21:39.410><c> be</c><00:21:40.289><c> troubled.</c>

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One<00:21:41.990><c> historian,</c><00:21:42.509><c> brethren</c><00:21:42.890><c> and</c><00:21:43.130><c> sisters,</c><00:21:43.630><c> writes</c><00:21:43.730><c> this.</c>

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Nero<00:21:45.009><c> first</c><00:21:45.710><c> persecuted</c><00:21:46.410><c> the</c><00:21:46.670><c> Christians</c><00:21:47.170><c> in</c><00:21:47.650><c> Rome</c><00:21:48.009><c> by</c><00:21:48.509><c> torture</c><00:21:48.990><c> and</c><00:21:49.390><c> death,</c>

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and<00:21:50.190><c> then</c><00:21:50.349><c> he</c><00:21:50.609><c> commanded</c><00:21:50.950><c> that</c><00:21:51.170><c> in</c><00:21:51.410><c> all</c><00:21:51.809><c> provinces</c><00:21:52.369><c> they</c><00:21:52.849><c> should</c><00:21:53.089><c> be</c>

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tormented<00:21:53.950><c> with</c><00:21:54.349><c> like</c><00:21:54.829><c> persecution.</c>

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Rumours<00:21:56.869><c> were</c><00:21:57.190><c> spread</c><00:21:57.490><c> just</c><00:21:58.150><c> to</c><00:21:58.650><c> fan</c><00:21:58.769><c> the</c><00:21:59.049><c> flames</c><00:21:59.369><c> of</c><00:21:59.670><c> persecution.</c>

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The<00:22:01.130><c> Christians,</c><00:22:02.309><c> Romans</c><00:22:02.650><c> said,</c><00:22:03.690><c> actually</c><00:22:04.049><c> ate</c><00:22:05.509><c> flesh</c><00:22:06.509><c> and</c><00:22:07.549><c> drank</c><00:22:07.829><c> blood</c><00:22:08.150><c> in</c><00:22:08.369><c> their</c><00:22:08.589><c> services</c><00:22:09.509><c> on</c><00:22:11.289><c> a</c>

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regular<00:22:11.710><c> basis.</c>

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They<00:22:13.210><c> said,</c><00:22:13.609><c> eat</c><00:22:13.650><c> this</c><00:22:13.849><c> flesh</c><00:22:14.309><c> and</c><00:22:14.589><c> drink</c><00:22:14.829><c> this</c><00:22:15.029><c> blood,</c><00:22:15.670><c> these</c>

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are<00:22:16.089><c> people</c><00:22:16.309><c> we</c><00:22:16.470><c> must</c><00:22:16.710><c> put</c><00:22:17.089><c> out</c><00:22:17.289><c> of</c><00:22:17.410><c> our</c><00:22:17.589><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:22:22.670><c> they</c><00:22:23.230><c> were,</c><00:22:25.529><c> this</c><00:22:25.869><c> is</c><00:22:26.089><c> the</c><00:22:26.210><c> lesson,</c><00:22:26.630><c> brethren</c><00:22:26.730><c> and</c><00:22:26.930><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:22:28.769><c> mean</c><00:22:29.029><c> these</c><00:22:29.650><c> people,</c><00:22:30.990><c> these</c><00:22:31.269><c> Christian</c><00:22:31.730><c> people,</c><00:22:33.230><c> could</c><00:22:33.329><c> have</c><00:22:33.609><c> got</c><00:22:33.869><c> out</c><00:22:34.289><c> of</c>

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persecution<00:22:35.289><c> with</c><00:22:35.809><c> one</c><00:22:36.490><c> simple,</c><00:22:37.069><c> single</c><00:22:37.549><c> act.</c>

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They<00:22:39.809><c> were</c><00:22:40.089><c> hauled</c><00:22:40.329><c> before</c><00:22:40.690><c> the</c><00:22:40.970><c> authorities,</c><00:22:42.269><c> and</c><00:22:42.349><c> the</c><00:22:42.609><c> authorities</c><00:22:43.130><c> said,</c><00:22:44.710><c> are</c>

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you<00:22:45.269><c> a</c><00:22:45.490><c> Christian?</c>

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Yes,<00:22:47.430><c> I</c><00:22:47.730><c> am.</c>

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Will<00:22:48.849><c> you</c><00:22:49.150><c> renounce</c><00:22:49.910><c> Christ?</c><00:22:51.829><c> Will</c><00:22:52.009><c> you</c><00:22:52.230><c> renounce</c><00:22:52.630><c> this</c><00:22:52.990><c> Jesus?</c>

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As<00:22:56.990><c> someone</c><00:22:57.329><c> who</c><00:22:57.589><c> is</c><00:22:58.430><c> illegitimate,</c><00:23:00.329><c> but</c><00:23:00.609><c> that</c><00:23:00.789><c> has</c><00:23:01.029><c> some</c><00:23:01.349><c> sort</c><00:23:01.549><c> of</c><00:23:01.789><c> following.</c>

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And<00:23:02.829><c> if</c><00:23:02.970><c> you</c><00:23:03.190><c> will</c><00:23:03.970><c> renounce</c><00:23:04.490><c> him,</c><00:23:05.069><c> just</c><00:23:05.410><c> take</c><00:23:05.769><c> this</c><00:23:06.109><c> incense</c>

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and<00:23:07.250><c> sprinkle</c><00:23:07.589><c> it</c><00:23:07.789><c> in</c><00:23:08.009><c> the</c><00:23:08.190><c> fire</c><00:23:08.509><c> and</c><00:23:08.869><c> offer</c><00:23:09.130><c> it</c><00:23:09.509><c> to</c><00:23:09.829><c> Caesar,</c>

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confessing<00:23:11.089><c> that</c><00:23:11.269><c> he</c><00:23:11.569><c> is</c><00:23:11.710><c> the</c><00:23:11.890><c> God,</c><00:23:13.109><c> and</c><00:23:13.750><c> your</c><00:23:14.009><c> property</c><00:23:14.410><c> will</c>

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be<00:23:14.950><c> restored,</c>

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you<00:23:16.250><c> will</c><00:23:16.509><c> not</c><00:23:16.670><c> be</c><00:23:16.890><c> harmed,</c><00:23:17.589><c> neither</c><00:23:17.710><c> your</c><00:23:17.950><c> wife</c><00:23:18.369><c> nor</c><00:23:18.950><c> your</c><00:23:19.309><c> children.</c>

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And<00:23:22.230><c> there</c><00:23:22.309><c> was</c><00:23:22.490><c> the</c><00:23:22.630><c> temptation,</c><00:23:23.210><c> brethren</c><00:23:23.369><c> and</c><00:23:23.589><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:23:25.029><c> it</c><00:23:25.289><c> happened</c><00:23:25.849><c> overnight.</c>

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I<00:23:26.849><c> mean</c><00:23:27.170><c> we</c><00:23:27.630><c> think</c><00:23:27.910><c> of</c><00:23:29.910><c> political</c><00:23:30.450><c> events</c><00:23:30.829><c> today</c><00:23:31.349><c> happening</c><00:23:31.730><c> quickly.</c>

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The<00:23:33.849><c> Berlin</c><00:23:34.289><c> Wall</c><00:23:34.829><c> that</c><00:23:35.250><c> was</c><00:23:35.450><c> there</c><00:23:35.670><c> forever,</c><00:23:36.529><c> dismantled</c><00:23:36.930><c> in</c>

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a<00:23:37.230><c> week.</c>

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The<00:23:38.930><c> mighty</c><00:23:39.329><c> Soviet</c><00:23:39.789><c> Union,</c><00:23:41.069><c> dismantled</c><00:23:41.710><c> and</c><00:23:41.849><c> now</c><00:23:42.009><c> is</c><00:23:42.289><c> a</c><00:23:42.589><c> fragment</c><00:23:42.990><c> of</c>

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what<00:23:43.289><c> it</c><00:23:43.450><c> was,</c><00:23:44.509><c> called</c><00:23:44.730><c> the</c><00:23:44.970><c> Russian</c><00:23:45.269><c> Federation.</c>

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They<00:23:46.190><c> have</c><00:23:46.450><c> more</c><00:23:46.890><c> problems</c><00:23:47.490><c> than</c><00:23:47.890><c> they</c><00:23:48.170><c> ever</c><00:23:48.410><c> believed</c><00:23:48.809><c> possible.</c>

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And<00:23:53.990><c> things</c><00:23:54.349><c> happened</c><00:23:54.670><c> so</c><00:23:54.950><c> quickly,</c><00:23:56.990><c> and</c><00:23:57.329><c> they</c><00:23:57.509><c> did</c><00:23:57.750><c> in</c><00:23:58.089><c> the</c>

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days<00:23:58.450><c> of</c><00:23:58.650><c> the</c><00:23:58.809><c> Apostle</c><00:23:59.190><c> Peter.</c>

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You<00:24:01.910><c> went</c><00:24:02.170><c> to</c><00:24:02.410><c> bed</c><00:24:02.650><c> and</c><00:24:02.990><c> closed</c><00:24:03.269><c> your</c><00:24:03.490><c> door,</c><00:24:04.430><c> kissed</c><00:24:04.690><c> your</c><00:24:04.950><c> children</c><00:24:05.250><c> good</c><00:24:05.529><c> night</c><00:24:05.809><c> and</c>

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tucked<00:24:06.329><c> them</c><00:24:06.509><c> up,</c>

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and<00:24:07.109><c> in</c><00:24:07.269><c> the</c><00:24:07.349><c> middle</c><00:24:07.509><c> of</c><00:24:07.690><c> the</c><00:24:07.829><c> night</c><00:24:08.210><c> there</c><00:24:09.690><c> is</c><00:24:09.890><c> a</c><00:24:09.970><c> hammering</c>

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on<00:24:10.410><c> the</c><00:24:10.549><c> door</c><00:24:10.910><c> and</c><00:24:11.269><c> you're</c><00:24:11.490><c> out,</c>

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and<00:24:12.369><c> we</c><00:24:12.509><c> want</c><00:24:12.690><c> your</c><00:24:12.869><c> wife</c><00:24:13.170><c> and</c><00:24:13.430><c> we</c><00:24:13.549><c> want</c><00:24:13.750><c> your</c><00:24:13.970><c> children,</c><00:24:14.990><c> and</c>

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you'll<00:24:15.450><c> never</c><00:24:15.710><c> see</c><00:24:15.970><c> them</c><00:24:16.109><c> again.</c>

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And<00:24:19.329><c> you</c><00:24:19.470><c> know</c><00:24:19.549><c> what's</c><00:24:19.789><c> going</c><00:24:19.890><c> to</c><00:24:20.089><c> happen</c><00:24:20.289><c> in</c><00:24:20.589><c> the</c><00:24:21.869><c> arena</c><00:24:22.190><c> to</c><00:24:22.450><c> you.</c>

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But<00:24:24.390><c> you're</c><00:24:24.589><c> strong,</c><00:24:25.049><c> brethren,</c><00:24:25.690><c> eh?</c><00:24:25.930><c> You</c><00:24:26.089><c> can</c><00:24:26.289><c> put</c><00:24:26.390><c> up</c><00:24:26.509><c> with</c><00:24:26.730><c> that.</c>

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I<00:24:28.430><c> mean,</c><00:24:28.750><c> it</c><00:24:28.930><c> doesn't</c><00:24:29.089><c> matter</c><00:24:29.190><c> what</c><00:24:29.349><c> they</c><00:24:29.529><c> do</c><00:24:29.670><c> to</c><00:24:29.910><c> me,</c>

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but<00:24:31.630><c> how</c><00:24:31.750><c> about</c><00:24:31.890><c> your</c><00:24:32.069><c> children,</c><00:24:33.849><c> or</c><00:24:34.130><c> your</c><00:24:34.309><c> wife,</c><00:24:35.990><c> or</c><00:24:36.250><c> your</c><00:24:36.490><c> grandchildren?</c>

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And<00:24:40.309><c> all</c><00:24:40.490><c> you</c><00:24:40.650><c> have</c><00:24:40.849><c> to</c><00:24:41.049><c> do</c><00:24:41.549><c> is</c><00:24:42.230><c> take</c><00:24:42.430><c> a</c><00:24:42.609><c> little</c><00:24:42.809><c> incense</c><00:24:43.349><c> and</c>

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offer<00:24:44.369><c> it</c><00:24:44.529><c> in</c><00:24:44.670><c> the</c><00:24:44.849><c> fire</c>

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and<00:24:45.849><c> say,</c><00:24:46.309><c> I</c><00:24:46.309><c> renounce</c><00:24:46.849><c> this</c><00:24:47.309><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:47.750><c> who</c><00:24:47.910><c> is</c><00:24:48.049><c> not</c><00:24:48.230><c> a</c><00:24:48.430><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:24:50.009><c> I</c><00:24:50.269><c> recognise</c><00:24:50.670><c> the</c><00:24:50.930><c> Emperor</c><00:24:51.390><c> as</c><00:24:52.150><c> the</c><00:24:52.410><c> Divine</c><00:24:52.789><c> Presence.</c>

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And<00:24:55.329><c> your</c><00:24:55.430><c> children</c><00:24:55.730><c> are</c><00:24:55.910><c> brought</c><00:24:56.049><c> out</c><00:24:56.250><c> of</c><00:24:56.349><c> that</c><00:24:56.529><c> room</c><00:24:56.670><c> and</c><00:24:56.829><c> given</c><00:24:56.950><c> back</c><00:24:57.190><c> to</c><00:24:57.369><c> you.</c>

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And<00:24:58.670><c> your</c><00:24:58.789><c> wife,</c><00:24:58.970><c> who</c><00:24:59.069><c> is</c><00:24:59.250><c> going</c><00:24:59.369><c> to</c><00:24:59.490><c> be</c><00:24:59.609><c> used</c><00:24:59.789><c> for</c><00:24:59.990><c> one</c><00:25:00.190><c> thing</c>

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only,<00:25:01.190><c> is</c><00:25:01.390><c> restored</c><00:25:01.730><c> to</c><00:25:01.910><c> you,</c><00:25:02.130><c> untouched.</c>

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And<00:25:04.789><c> what</c><00:25:04.910><c> are</c><00:25:04.970><c> you</c><00:25:05.049><c> going</c><00:25:05.170><c> to</c><00:25:05.329><c> do?</c>

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And<00:25:07.349><c> that's</c><00:25:07.589><c> why</c><00:25:07.829><c> the</c><00:25:08.069><c> Apostle</c><00:25:08.549><c> writes,</c><00:25:09.109><c> brethren</c><00:25:09.390><c> and</c><00:25:09.650><c> sisters,</c><00:25:11.150><c> he</c>

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says,<00:25:12.150><c> don't</c><00:25:12.490><c> give</c><00:25:12.750><c> in.</c>

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Don't<00:25:16.809><c> give</c><00:25:17.150><c> in</c><00:25:17.329><c> now.</c>

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Yes,<00:25:19.089><c> you</c><00:25:19.230><c> will</c><00:25:19.490><c> be</c><00:25:19.789><c> tried,</c><00:25:20.609><c> you'll</c><00:25:20.829><c> be</c><00:25:21.029><c> tried</c><00:25:21.190><c> by</c><00:25:21.630><c> fire,</c>

00:25:22.730 --> 00:25:25.650
and<00:25:22.910><c> he's</c><00:25:22.950><c> going</c><00:25:23.150><c> to</c><00:25:23.430><c> say,</c><00:25:23.950><c> it's</c><00:25:24.130><c> going</c><00:25:24.269><c> to</c><00:25:24.589><c> start</c><00:25:24.930><c> with</c><00:25:25.390><c> the</c>

00:25:25.650 --> 00:25:31.269
Apostles,<00:25:29.630><c> so</c><00:25:29.910><c> easy</c><00:25:30.210><c> to</c><00:25:30.490><c> quit.</c>

00:25:32.890 --> 00:25:35.450
But<00:25:33.490><c> we</c><00:25:33.630><c> must</c><00:25:33.849><c> learn</c><00:25:34.309><c> patience.</c>

00:25:36.910 --> 00:25:40.789
And<00:25:37.049><c> that's</c><00:25:37.250><c> what</c><00:25:37.410><c> we'll</c><00:25:37.970><c> talk</c><00:25:38.150><c> about,</c><00:25:38.849><c> what</c><00:25:38.849><c> patience</c><00:25:39.170><c> is</c><00:25:39.549><c> precisely,</c>

00:25:41.210 --> 00:25:44.809
perhaps<00:25:41.549><c> in</c><00:25:43.390><c> another</c><00:25:43.650><c> talk.</c>

00:25:45.509 --> 00:25:48.349
But<00:25:45.730><c> I</c><00:25:45.809><c> want</c><00:25:45.990><c> to</c><00:25:46.170><c> draw</c><00:25:46.289><c> your</c><00:25:46.549><c> attention,</c><00:25:47.049><c> please,</c><00:25:47.269><c> if</c><00:25:47.369><c> you</c><00:25:47.509><c> will</c><00:25:47.650><c> allow</c><00:25:47.809><c> me,</c>

00:25:48.490 --> 00:25:54.369
to<00:25:48.569><c> something</c><00:25:48.930><c> that</c><00:25:50.029><c> Peter</c><00:25:50.369><c> said,</c><00:25:51.809><c> something</c><00:25:52.190><c> that</c><00:25:52.890><c> Paul</c><00:25:53.150><c> said,</c>

00:25:54.430 --> 00:26:00.789
and<00:25:54.630><c> something</c><00:25:54.950><c> that</c><00:25:55.569><c> James</c><00:25:55.970><c> says,</c><00:25:58.670><c> which</c><00:25:58.890><c> brings</c><00:25:59.549><c> patience.</c>

00:26:02.210 --> 00:26:07.369
Peter<00:26:02.529><c> says,</c><00:26:03.230><c> ye</c><00:26:03.349><c> rejoice,</c><00:26:05.910><c> though</c><00:26:06.250><c> grieved</c><00:26:06.769><c> for</c><00:26:07.029><c> a</c><00:26:07.170><c> little</c>

00:26:07.369 --> 00:26:09.410
through<00:26:07.690><c> various</c><00:26:08.210><c> temptations,</c>

00:26:09.410 --> 00:26:12.789
that<00:26:10.049><c> the</c><00:26:10.269><c> testing</c><00:26:10.609><c> of</c><00:26:10.849><c> your</c><00:26:11.150><c> faith</c><00:26:11.369><c> might</c><00:26:11.630><c> be</c><00:26:11.950><c> found</c><00:26:12.170><c> unto</c>

00:26:12.789 --> 00:26:15.529
praise<00:26:13.250><c> and</c><00:26:14.470><c> patience.</c>

00:26:16.970 --> 00:26:18.349
Do<00:26:17.089><c> you</c><00:26:17.089><c> hear</c><00:26:17.170><c> what</c><00:26:17.289><c> he's</c><00:26:17.410><c> saying?</c>

00:26:19.369 --> 00:26:23.470
You're<00:26:19.670><c> going</c><00:26:19.789><c> to</c><00:26:19.950><c> be</c><00:26:20.210><c> tested,</c><00:26:21.490><c> you're</c><00:26:21.650><c> going</c><00:26:21.789><c> to</c><00:26:21.990><c> be</c><00:26:22.390><c> tried,</c>

00:26:24.349 --> 00:26:25.890
severely<00:26:24.769><c> so.</c>

00:26:27.309 --> 00:26:30.569
And<00:26:27.529><c> the</c><00:26:27.809><c> strange</c><00:26:28.230><c> thing</c><00:26:28.569><c> is,</c><00:26:29.089><c> brethren</c><00:26:29.269><c> and</c><00:26:29.549><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:30.789 --> 00:26:34.329
the<00:26:30.910><c> Lord</c><00:26:31.230><c> Jesus</c><00:26:31.750><c> Christ</c><00:26:32.190><c> is</c><00:26:32.390><c> on</c><00:26:32.630><c> record</c><00:26:32.930><c> as</c><00:26:33.210><c> saying,</c><00:26:33.849><c> believe</c>

00:26:34.329 --> 00:26:37.829
me,<00:26:35.529><c> it's</c><00:26:35.829><c> good</c><00:26:36.089><c> for</c><00:26:36.410><c> you.</c>

00:26:38.390 --> 00:26:43.349
And<00:26:38.869><c> we</c><00:26:39.150><c> think,</c><00:26:39.829><c> how</c><00:26:40.150><c> can</c><00:26:40.509><c> it</c><00:26:40.710><c> be</c><00:26:40.950><c> good</c><00:26:41.230><c> for</c><00:26:41.589><c> me</c><00:26:41.950><c> to</c><00:26:42.789><c> see</c><00:26:43.009><c> these</c>

00:26:43.349 --> 00:26:45.490
children<00:26:43.829><c> carted</c><00:26:44.490><c> off?</c>

00:26:47.089 --> 00:26:49.750
It's<00:26:47.569><c> the</c><00:26:47.730><c> thinking</c><00:26:47.950><c> of</c><00:26:48.250><c> man,</c><00:26:48.869><c> we're</c><00:26:49.069><c> coming</c><00:26:49.269><c> to</c><00:26:49.490><c> a</c><00:26:49.509><c> collision</c>

00:26:49.750 --> 00:26:51.109
with<00:26:49.930><c> this</c><00:26:50.190><c> over</c><00:26:50.549><c> and</c><00:26:50.589><c> over</c><00:26:50.869><c> again,</c>

00:26:51.329 --> 00:26:53.730
it's<00:26:51.609><c> the</c><00:26:51.750><c> thinking</c><00:26:52.029><c> of</c><00:26:52.230><c> man</c><00:26:52.410><c> versus</c><00:26:52.750><c> the</c><00:26:53.049><c> thinking</c><00:26:53.269><c> of</c><00:26:53.490><c> God,</c>

00:26:54.029 --> 00:26:56.569
and<00:26:54.130><c> man</c><00:26:54.230><c> is</c><00:26:54.430><c> always</c><00:26:54.950><c> wrong</c><00:26:55.289><c> and</c><00:26:55.470><c> God</c><00:26:55.690><c> is</c><00:26:55.910><c> always</c><00:26:56.250><c> right,</c>

00:26:56.670 --> 00:26:58.670
although<00:26:56.970><c> it</c><00:26:57.289><c> seems</c><00:26:57.789><c> to</c><00:26:57.970><c> be</c><00:26:58.049><c> the</c><00:26:58.170><c> other</c><00:26:58.269><c> way</c><00:26:58.450><c> round.</c>

00:26:58.809 --> 00:27:01.990
Let<00:26:58.970><c> me</c><00:26:59.089><c> quote</c><00:26:59.289><c> you</c><00:26:59.490><c> a</c><00:26:59.529><c> very,</c><00:26:59.829><c> very</c><00:27:00.250><c> simple</c><00:27:00.690><c> little</c><00:27:00.990><c> illustration.</c>

00:27:03.069 --> 00:27:06.269
You<00:27:03.509><c> know</c><00:27:03.690><c> all</c><00:27:03.869><c> about</c><00:27:04.710><c> earthquakes</c><00:27:05.170><c> here</c><00:27:05.430><c> better</c><00:27:05.650><c> than</c><00:27:05.849><c> anybody,</c><00:27:06.250><c> I</c>

00:27:06.269 --> 00:27:08.009
would<00:27:06.450><c> think.</c>

00:27:08.349 --> 00:27:10.950
You<00:27:08.470><c> don't</c><00:27:08.529><c> know</c><00:27:08.849><c> what</c><00:27:09.210><c> violence</c><00:27:09.509><c> they</c><00:27:09.750><c> can</c><00:27:09.970><c> do.</c>

00:27:11.029 --> 00:27:13.109
When<00:27:11.049><c> you</c><00:27:11.410><c> go</c><00:27:11.609><c> into,</c><00:27:12.009><c> it</c><00:27:12.269><c> doesn't</c><00:27:12.470><c> happen</c><00:27:12.730><c> in</c><00:27:12.930><c> LA,</c>

00:27:13.210 --> 00:27:16.349
but<00:27:13.269><c> when</c><00:27:13.710><c> you</c><00:27:13.829><c> go</c><00:27:13.990><c> into</c><00:27:14.230><c> Japan</c><00:27:14.730><c> or</c><00:27:14.990><c> into</c><00:27:15.230><c> the</c><00:27:15.369><c> Philippines,</c>

00:27:16.390 --> 00:27:20.930
you're<00:27:16.549><c> given</c><00:27:16.650><c> a</c><00:27:16.789><c> little</c><00:27:17.109><c> card,</c><00:27:18.309><c> a</c><00:27:18.470><c> little</c><00:27:18.710><c> card</c><00:27:19.009><c> when</c><00:27:19.170><c> you</c><00:27:19.369><c> go</c><00:27:19.549><c> in,</c>

00:27:21.029 --> 00:27:23.809
which<00:27:21.309><c> says,</c><00:27:22.109><c> in</c><00:27:22.190><c> the</c><00:27:22.390><c> event</c><00:27:22.609><c> of</c><00:27:22.890><c> earth</c><00:27:23.109><c> tremors,</c><00:27:23.470><c> move</c><00:27:23.609><c> away</c>

00:27:23.809 --> 00:27:25.349
from<00:27:23.990><c> high</c><00:27:24.230><c>-rise</c><00:27:24.390><c> buildings.</c>

00:27:26.230 --> 00:27:27.910
Pretty<00:27:26.650><c> good</c><00:27:26.869><c> advice,</c><00:27:27.349><c> that,</c><00:27:27.569><c> I</c><00:27:27.589><c> would</c><00:27:27.750><c> think.</c>

00:27:28.130 --> 00:27:29.750
I<00:27:28.289><c> should</c><00:27:28.450><c> think</c><00:27:28.549><c> what</c><00:27:28.670><c> they</c><00:27:28.849><c> have</c><00:27:28.970><c> in</c><00:27:29.130><c> mind,</c><00:27:29.369><c> although</c><00:27:29.569><c> they</c>

00:27:29.750 --> 00:27:31.470
don't<00:27:29.930><c> actually</c><00:27:30.269><c> say</c><00:27:30.490><c> so,</c>

00:27:32.089 --> 00:27:35.930
is<00:27:32.569><c> falling</c><00:27:33.049><c> masonry</c><00:27:33.650><c> can</c><00:27:33.930><c> seriously</c><00:27:34.490><c> damage</c><00:27:34.809><c> your</c><00:27:35.089><c> health.</c>

00:27:36.349 --> 00:27:38.650
I<00:27:36.410><c> should</c><00:27:36.730><c> think</c><00:27:36.930><c> that's</c><00:27:37.089><c> what</c><00:27:37.190><c> they</c><00:27:37.329><c> have</c><00:27:37.430><c> in</c><00:27:37.589><c> mind.</c>

00:27:39.329 --> 00:27:42.549
Now,<00:27:39.750><c> being</c><00:27:40.170><c> the</c><00:27:40.410><c> coward</c><00:27:40.569><c> that</c><00:27:40.789><c> I</c><00:27:40.970><c> am,</c><00:27:41.289><c> I'm</c><00:27:41.650><c> in</c><00:27:41.769><c> the</c><00:27:41.910><c> van,</c>

00:27:43.309 --> 00:27:48.269
you<00:27:43.789><c> just</c><00:27:44.269><c> think</c><00:27:44.450><c> you</c><00:27:44.650><c> feel</c><00:27:44.849><c> a</c><00:27:44.869><c> little</c><00:27:45.170><c> tremor</c><00:27:45.690><c> and</c><00:27:46.029><c> I'm</c><00:27:46.829><c> out</c><00:27:46.990><c> of</c><00:27:47.130><c> the</c><00:27:47.250><c> hotel</c><00:27:47.450><c> like</c><00:27:47.690><c> a</c><00:27:47.930><c> shot</c>

00:27:48.269 --> 00:27:50.329
and<00:27:48.769><c> looking</c><00:27:48.970><c> for</c><00:27:49.130><c> an</c><00:27:49.309><c> open</c><00:27:49.529><c> field.</c>

00:27:50.970 --> 00:27:53.829
I've<00:27:51.369><c> never</c><00:27:51.630><c> seen</c><00:27:51.869><c> anybody</c><00:27:52.269><c> going</c><00:27:52.529><c> to</c><00:27:52.710><c> those</c><00:27:52.930><c> countries</c><00:27:53.289><c> and</c><00:27:53.549><c> say,</c>

00:27:54.089 --> 00:27:56.930
oh,<00:27:54.329><c> look</c><00:27:54.730><c> at</c><00:27:54.990><c> this,</c><00:27:55.410><c> this</c><00:27:55.829><c> is</c><00:27:56.049><c> nonsense.</c>

00:27:57.170 --> 00:28:00.049
In<00:27:57.650><c> fact,</c><00:27:57.890><c> I've</c><00:27:58.049><c> spoken</c><00:27:58.309><c> to</c><00:27:58.490><c> people</c><00:27:58.990><c> and</c><00:27:59.369><c> said,</c><00:27:59.809><c> do</c><00:27:59.829><c> you</c><00:27:59.890><c> think</c>

00:28:00.049 --> 00:28:01.630
that's<00:28:00.430><c> good</c><00:28:00.650><c> advice?</c>

00:28:02.089 --> 00:28:05.009
And<00:28:02.289><c> everybody</c><00:28:02.549><c> said,</c><00:28:02.809><c> brilliant</c><00:28:03.250><c> advice,</c><00:28:03.829><c> good</c><00:28:04.089><c> thinking.</c>

00:28:05.529 --> 00:28:08.849
I<00:28:05.609><c> mean,</c><00:28:05.730><c> if</c><00:28:05.930><c> anybody</c><00:28:06.210><c> thinks</c><00:28:06.450><c> that's</c><00:28:06.930><c> daft,</c><00:28:07.609><c> please</c><00:28:07.750><c> tell</c><00:28:07.930><c> me</c><00:28:08.109><c> afterwards.</c>

00:28:08.930 --> 00:28:11.509
I've<00:28:09.410><c> never</c><00:28:09.569><c> found</c><00:28:09.829><c> an</c><00:28:10.069><c> exception</c><00:28:10.369><c> to</c><00:28:10.569><c> that</c><00:28:10.690><c> rule.</c>

00:28:11.849 --> 00:28:14.210
In<00:28:11.990><c> the</c><00:28:12.170><c> event</c><00:28:12.369><c> of</c><00:28:12.809><c> earth</c><00:28:13.029><c> tremors,</c><00:28:13.509><c> move</c><00:28:13.630><c> away</c><00:28:13.809><c> from</c><00:28:13.990><c> high</c>

00:28:14.210 --> 00:28:14.750
-rise<00:28:14.390><c> buildings.</c>

00:28:15.069 --> 00:28:19.730
Excellent<00:28:15.549><c> human</c><00:28:16.230><c> advice,</c><00:28:18.390><c> unless</c><00:28:18.690><c> your</c><00:28:18.970><c> name</c><00:28:19.150><c> happens</c><00:28:19.529><c> to</c>

00:28:19.730 --> 00:28:21.990
be<00:28:19.910><c> Rahab.</c>

00:28:23.390 --> 00:28:24.410
Eh?

00:28:25.170 --> 00:28:27.009
And<00:28:25.309><c> then</c><00:28:25.430><c> when</c><00:28:25.609><c> everybody</c><00:28:25.910><c> else</c><00:28:26.170><c> ran</c><00:28:26.349><c> because</c><00:28:26.670><c> the</c><00:28:26.869><c> walls</c>

00:28:27.009 --> 00:28:28.049
were<00:28:27.190><c> rocking</c><00:28:27.470><c> and</c><00:28:27.710><c> rolling,</c>

00:28:28.490 --> 00:28:32.049
she<00:28:28.710><c> stayed</c><00:28:28.990><c> put</c><00:28:29.190><c> and</c><00:28:29.289><c> was</c><00:28:29.549><c> saved</c><00:28:29.990><c> and</c><00:28:30.309><c> they</c><00:28:30.509><c> ran</c><00:28:30.710><c> away</c><00:28:30.950><c> and</c><00:28:31.230><c> died.</c>

00:28:32.250 --> 00:28:35.029
See?<00:28:33.089><c> Thinking</c><00:28:33.450><c> of</c><00:28:33.670><c> God</c><00:28:33.849><c> versus</c><00:28:34.190><c> the</c><00:28:34.450><c> thinking</c><00:28:34.670><c> of</c><00:28:34.890><c> man.</c>

00:28:35.329 --> 00:28:38.809
Whenever<00:28:35.529><c> God</c><00:28:35.750><c> tells</c><00:28:36.029><c> us</c><00:28:36.269><c> to</c><00:28:36.470><c> do</c><00:28:36.630><c> something,</c><00:28:37.009><c> it</c><00:28:37.049><c> might</c><00:28:37.349><c> sound</c><00:28:37.750><c> mad.</c>

00:28:39.210 --> 00:28:40.349
Do<00:28:39.250><c> it.</c>

00:28:41.250 --> 00:28:44.309
Men<00:28:41.769><c> tell</c><00:28:42.289><c> us</c><00:28:42.490><c> to</c><00:28:42.769><c> do</c><00:28:42.970><c> something</c><00:28:43.329><c> which</c><00:28:43.710><c> sounds</c><00:28:43.970><c> wise.</c>

00:28:44.490 --> 00:28:48.549
If<00:28:44.630><c> it</c><00:28:44.769><c> comes</c><00:28:44.990><c> into</c><00:28:45.309><c> conflict</c><00:28:45.690><c> with</c><00:28:45.869><c> what</c><00:28:46.069><c> God</c><00:28:46.289><c> tells</c><00:28:46.630><c> us,</c><00:28:47.170><c> forget</c><00:28:47.470><c> it.</c>

00:28:49.190 --> 00:28:52.789
And<00:28:49.829><c> now</c><00:28:50.029><c> the</c><00:28:50.210><c> apostle</c><00:28:50.509><c> is</c><00:28:50.769><c> saying,</c><00:28:51.589><c> divinely</c><00:28:51.970><c> inspired,</c>

00:28:53.250 --> 00:28:56.829
you<00:28:53.710><c> are</c><00:28:53.970><c> going</c><00:28:54.150><c> to</c><00:28:54.329><c> be</c><00:28:54.589><c> tried</c><00:28:54.970><c> and</c><00:28:55.509><c> tempted</c><00:28:55.829><c> in</c><00:28:56.250><c> the</c><00:28:56.430><c> most</c>

00:28:56.829 --> 00:28:57.769
horrendous<00:28:57.630><c> way.</c>

00:28:57.890 --> 00:29:01.490
I<00:28:58.049><c> don't</c><00:28:58.430><c> know,</c><00:28:59.250><c> I</c><00:28:59.390><c> don't</c><00:28:59.650><c> know</c><00:28:59.849><c> a</c><00:29:00.150><c> worse</c><00:29:00.369><c> way</c><00:29:00.650><c> in</c><00:29:00.750><c> which</c><00:29:00.950><c> anybody</c><00:29:01.269><c> can</c>

00:29:01.490 --> 00:29:03.250
be<00:29:01.710><c> tempted</c><00:29:01.950><c> or</c><00:29:02.210><c> tested</c>

00:29:03.509 --> 00:29:08.029
other<00:29:04.150><c> than</c><00:29:04.390><c> through</c><00:29:04.950><c> their</c><00:29:05.710><c> children</c><00:29:06.349><c> or</c><00:29:07.089><c> their</c><00:29:07.450><c> grandchildren.</c>

00:29:08.369 --> 00:29:12.390
I<00:29:08.509><c> mean,</c><00:29:08.750><c> I</c><00:29:09.430><c> can</c><00:29:09.670><c> see</c><00:29:09.970><c> some</c><00:29:10.329><c> brethren,</c><00:29:11.569><c> some</c><00:29:11.769><c> even</c><00:29:12.049><c> slightly</c>

00:29:12.390 --> 00:29:15.569
older<00:29:12.609><c> than</c><00:29:12.849><c> me</c><00:29:13.809><c> here</c><00:29:15.109><c> today,</c>

00:29:15.569 --> 00:29:17.630
who<00:29:15.910><c> are</c><00:29:16.109><c> thinking</c><00:29:16.430><c> as</c><00:29:16.789><c> perhaps</c><00:29:17.009><c> I</c><00:29:17.309><c> would.</c>

00:29:18.069 --> 00:29:20.390
It<00:29:18.109><c> doesn't</c><00:29:18.289><c> matter</c><00:29:18.470><c> what</c><00:29:18.650><c> happens</c><00:29:18.990><c> to</c><00:29:19.109><c> me,</c><00:29:19.210><c> do</c><00:29:19.269><c> what</c><00:29:19.430><c> you</c><00:29:19.630><c> like</c><00:29:19.789><c> to</c><00:29:20.009><c> me.</c>

00:29:20.609 --> 00:29:21.730
That's<00:29:20.890><c> okay.</c>

00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:25.230
But<00:29:22.549><c> how</c><00:29:22.650><c> about</c><00:29:22.750><c> when</c><00:29:22.890><c> they</c><00:29:23.130><c> wheel</c><00:29:23.329><c> your</c><00:29:23.589><c> grandchildren</c><00:29:24.089><c> out?</c>

00:29:29.390 --> 00:29:35.230
The<00:29:29.490><c> Lord</c><00:29:29.710><c> Jesus</c><00:29:30.109><c> Christ</c><00:29:30.490><c> says</c><00:29:30.769><c> it</c><00:29:31.029><c> will</c><00:29:31.349><c> come,</c><00:29:33.269><c> but</c><00:29:33.309><c> you</c><00:29:34.210><c> could</c><00:29:34.450><c> be</c><00:29:34.730><c> supported.</c>

00:29:35.309 --> 00:29:36.730
These<00:29:35.569><c> things</c><00:29:35.829><c> could</c><00:29:36.089><c> be</c><00:29:36.309><c> taken</c><00:29:36.509><c> away.</c>

00:29:36.950 --> 00:29:39.450
Jesus<00:29:37.329><c> could</c><00:29:37.589><c> click</c><00:29:37.750><c> his</c><00:29:37.950><c> fingers</c><00:29:38.230><c> and</c><00:29:38.410><c> the</c><00:29:38.470><c> whole</c><00:29:38.849><c> situation</c>

00:29:39.450 --> 00:29:41.490
could<00:29:39.730><c> change,</c><00:29:39.990><c> but</c><00:29:40.109><c> it</c><00:29:40.289><c> won't.</c>

00:29:41.670 --> 00:29:43.490
Because<00:29:42.069><c> it's</c><00:29:42.329><c> rather</c><00:29:42.529><c> like</c><00:29:42.809><c> a</c><00:29:43.170><c> tree.</c>

00:29:43.490 --> 00:29:46.630
If<00:29:44.029><c> you</c><00:29:44.289><c> plant</c><00:29:44.529><c> a</c><00:29:44.809><c> tree,</c><00:29:45.490><c> you</c><00:29:45.650><c> stake</c><00:29:46.009><c> it,</c><00:29:46.250><c> don't</c><00:29:46.410><c> you,</c>

00:29:46.690 --> 00:29:48.890
if<00:29:46.829><c> you're</c><00:29:47.009><c> planting</c><00:29:47.210><c> so</c><00:29:47.589><c> that</c><00:29:47.769><c> the</c><00:29:47.890><c> wind</c><00:29:48.130><c> won't</c><00:29:48.309><c> whip</c><00:29:48.529><c> it</c><00:29:48.710><c> too</c><00:29:48.769><c> much.</c>

00:29:49.009 --> 00:29:53.950
But<00:29:49.150><c> if</c><00:29:49.769><c> you</c><00:29:50.329><c> stake</c><00:29:50.670><c> the</c><00:29:51.029><c> tree</c><00:29:51.509><c> too</c><00:29:52.069><c> well</c><00:29:52.549><c> so</c><00:29:53.250><c> that</c><00:29:53.390><c> it</c><00:29:53.690><c> cannot</c>

00:29:53.950 --> 00:29:55.609
move<00:29:54.289><c> a</c><00:29:54.470><c> millimetre,</c>

00:29:55.869 --> 00:29:59.650
you're<00:29:56.190><c> actually</c><00:29:56.569><c> doing</c><00:29:56.869><c> the</c><00:29:57.190><c> tree</c><00:29:58.009><c> a</c><00:29:58.289><c> disservice.</c>

00:30:00.190 --> 00:30:02.269
Because<00:30:00.630><c> it's</c><00:30:00.809><c> only</c><00:30:01.029><c> when</c><00:30:01.230><c> the</c><00:30:01.309><c> head</c><00:30:01.430><c> of</c><00:30:01.609><c> the</c><00:30:01.789><c> tree</c><00:30:01.930><c> is</c><00:30:02.049><c> wagged</c>

00:30:02.269 --> 00:30:02.869
around<00:30:02.569><c> a</c><00:30:02.690><c> bit</c>

00:30:02.869 --> 00:30:06.190
that<00:30:03.150><c> the</c><00:30:03.349><c> roots</c><00:30:03.529><c> think,</c><00:30:04.369><c> we</c><00:30:04.430><c> better</c><00:30:04.650><c> get</c><00:30:04.829><c> a</c><00:30:04.990><c> better</c><00:30:05.170><c> grip</c><00:30:05.470><c> here,</c>

00:30:06.410 --> 00:30:08.410
and<00:30:06.670><c> the</c><00:30:06.829><c> root</c><00:30:06.990><c> system</c><00:30:07.349><c> develops.</c>

00:30:09.089 --> 00:30:11.009
So<00:30:09.309><c> a</c><00:30:09.369><c> bit</c><00:30:09.490><c> of</c><00:30:09.730><c> shaking</c><00:30:09.990><c> is</c><00:30:10.230><c> good</c><00:30:10.390><c> for</c><00:30:10.609><c> the</c><00:30:10.829><c> tree.</c>

00:30:11.009 --> 00:30:13.829
The<00:30:11.349><c> Lord</c><00:30:11.589><c> Jesus</c><00:30:11.990><c> Christ</c><00:30:12.269><c> says,</c><00:30:12.789><c> believe</c><00:30:13.069><c> me,</c><00:30:13.369><c> I</c><00:30:13.410><c> know</c><00:30:13.509><c> more</c>

00:30:13.829 --> 00:30:14.730
than<00:30:13.950><c> you</c><00:30:14.210><c> do,</c>

00:30:14.910 --> 00:30:18.289
temptation<00:30:15.670><c> is</c><00:30:16.609><c> good</c><00:30:16.910><c> for</c><00:30:17.210><c> you.</c>

00:30:19.609 --> 00:30:22.210
And<00:30:19.710><c> the</c><00:30:19.849><c> Apostle</c><00:30:20.250><c> Peter,</c><00:30:20.630><c> we've</c><00:30:20.769><c> heard</c><00:30:20.930><c> him</c><00:30:21.190><c> say,</c>

00:30:23.250 --> 00:30:27.190
you<00:30:23.809><c> rejoice</c><00:30:24.369><c> because</c><00:30:25.650><c> the</c><00:30:25.990><c> testing</c><00:30:26.289><c> of</c><00:30:26.549><c> your</c><00:30:26.849><c> faith</c>

00:30:27.190 --> 00:30:30.190
will<00:30:27.650><c> ultimately</c><00:30:28.190><c> bring</c><00:30:28.529><c> praise</c><00:30:29.150><c> and</c><00:30:29.789><c> patience.</c>

00:30:30.529 --> 00:30:31.329
I<00:30:30.609><c> promise</c><00:30:30.750><c> you</c><00:30:30.950><c> it</c><00:30:31.009><c> will.</c>

00:30:31.829 --> 00:30:32.849
Now<00:30:32.049><c> that's</c><00:30:32.210><c> what</c><00:30:32.390><c> Peter</c><00:30:32.650><c> says.</c>

00:30:32.930 --> 00:30:34.009
Listen<00:30:33.089><c> to</c><00:30:33.210><c> what</c><00:30:33.390><c> Paul</c><00:30:33.670><c> says.</c>

00:30:34.250 --> 00:30:36.109
Writing<00:30:34.529><c> to</c><00:30:34.789><c> the</c><00:30:34.869><c> Roman</c><00:30:35.150><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:30:35.569><c> he</c><00:30:35.769><c> said,</c>

00:30:36.109 --> 00:30:42.589
We<00:30:36.670><c> boast,</c><00:30:39.049><c> knowing</c><00:30:39.130><c> that</c><00:30:39.470><c> affliction</c><00:30:40.589><c> worketh</c><00:30:41.509><c> patience.</c>

00:30:43.849 --> 00:30:45.450
Now<00:30:43.990><c> listen</c><00:30:44.210><c> to</c><00:30:44.329><c> what</c><00:30:44.529><c> James</c><00:30:44.869><c> says.</c>

00:30:45.849 --> 00:30:48.690
He<00:30:45.930><c> says,</c><00:30:46.170><c> my</c><00:30:46.349><c> brethren,</c><00:30:47.630><c> count</c><00:30:47.650><c> it</c><00:30:47.890><c> all</c><00:30:48.269><c> joy</c>

00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:51.430
when<00:30:49.210><c> ye</c><00:30:49.430><c> fall</c><00:30:49.710><c> into</c><00:30:49.990><c> diverse</c><00:30:50.470><c> temptations,</c>

00:30:51.509 --> 00:30:56.029
knowing<00:30:51.829><c> that</c><00:30:52.069><c> the</c><00:30:52.289><c> testing</c><00:30:52.589><c> of</c><00:30:52.849><c> your</c><00:30:53.170><c> faith</c><00:30:53.890><c> worketh</c><00:30:54.789><c> patience.</c>

00:30:57.309 --> 00:30:58.950
Now<00:30:57.690><c> if</c><00:30:57.750><c> the</c><00:30:57.890><c> Master</c><00:30:58.130><c> hadn't</c><00:30:58.450><c> said</c><00:30:58.730><c> it,</c>

00:30:59.049 --> 00:31:01.009
we<00:30:59.210><c> really</c><00:30:59.470><c> ought</c><00:30:59.630><c> to</c><00:30:59.730><c> listen</c><00:30:59.950><c> to</c><00:31:00.150><c> Peter,</c><00:31:00.430><c> Paul</c><00:31:00.549><c> and</c><00:31:00.690><c> James,</c>

00:31:01.109 --> 00:31:01.690
hadn't<00:31:01.230><c> we?</c>

00:31:01.970 --> 00:31:03.630
And<00:31:02.230><c> they're</c><00:31:02.390><c> saying,</c><00:31:02.650><c> it's</c><00:31:02.829><c> coming.</c>

00:31:04.750 --> 00:31:08.589
And<00:31:05.410><c> we</c><00:31:05.569><c> live</c><00:31:05.730><c> in</c><00:31:06.589><c> a</c><00:31:06.750><c> community</c><00:31:07.289><c> and</c><00:31:07.849><c> a</c><00:31:08.210><c> situation,</c>

00:31:08.710 --> 00:31:12.069
I<00:31:08.730><c> know</c><00:31:08.950><c> brethren</c><00:31:09.190><c> and</c><00:31:09.390><c> sisters,</c><00:31:09.930><c> we</c><00:31:10.049><c> do</c><00:31:10.150><c> in</c><00:31:10.609><c> the</c><00:31:10.769><c> United</c><00:31:11.049><c> Kingdom</c><00:31:11.430><c> too,</c>

00:31:12.390 --> 00:31:15.029
where<00:31:12.690><c> life</c><00:31:13.069><c> is</c><00:31:13.529><c> so</c><00:31:13.869><c> easy,</c>

00:31:15.369 --> 00:31:17.940
we<00:31:15.569><c> cannot</c><00:31:15.910><c> imagine</c><00:31:16.710><c> a</c><00:31:17.109><c> circumstance</c>

00:31:18.049 --> 00:31:20.990
where<00:31:18.710><c> we're</c><00:31:18.890><c> going</c><00:31:19.029><c> to</c><00:31:19.230><c> be</c><00:31:19.630><c> tempted</c><00:31:20.029><c> or</c><00:31:20.529><c> tested</c>

00:31:20.990 --> 00:31:24.170
or<00:31:21.990><c> persecuted</c><00:31:22.670><c> because</c><00:31:23.009><c> of</c><00:31:23.190><c> our</c><00:31:23.390><c> faith.</c>

00:31:24.650 --> 00:31:26.269
I<00:31:24.930><c> can't</c><00:31:25.289><c> conceive</c><00:31:25.750><c> of</c><00:31:25.970><c> one.</c>

00:31:26.690 --> 00:31:30.549
I<00:31:26.690><c> mean,</c><00:31:27.069><c> donkeys</c><00:31:27.349><c> years</c><00:31:27.609><c> ago,</c><00:31:28.190><c> when</c><00:31:28.390><c> I</c><00:31:28.529><c> was</c><00:31:28.690><c> a</c><00:31:28.789><c> nipper</c><00:31:29.130><c> at</c><00:31:29.650><c> home,</c>

00:31:31.990 --> 00:31:36.109
we<00:31:32.349><c> regularly</c><00:31:32.710><c> had</c><00:31:33.069><c> bricks</c><00:31:33.369><c> thrown</c><00:31:33.690><c> through</c><00:31:33.930><c> the</c><00:31:34.049><c> window</c><00:31:34.549><c> with</c><00:31:34.869><c> notes</c><00:31:35.170><c> on</c><00:31:35.390><c> them.</c>

00:31:36.130 --> 00:31:37.910
So<00:31:36.289><c> I'd</c><00:31:36.450><c> go</c><00:31:36.609><c> and</c><00:31:36.690><c> find</c><00:31:36.809><c> the</c><00:31:36.970><c> brick</c><00:31:37.089><c> and</c><00:31:37.190><c> give</c><00:31:37.309><c> it</c><00:31:37.410><c> to</c><00:31:37.509><c> my</c><00:31:37.630><c> dad</c>

00:31:37.910 --> 00:31:39.890
and<00:31:38.490><c> say,</c><00:31:38.650><c> what</c><00:31:38.730><c> does</c><00:31:38.890><c> it</c><00:31:38.970><c> say,</c><00:31:39.230><c> daddy?</c>

00:31:40.069 --> 00:31:41.809
He'd<00:31:40.349><c> say,</c><00:31:40.410><c> oh,</c><00:31:40.589><c> you</c><00:31:40.730><c> needn't</c><00:31:40.910><c> worry</c><00:31:41.130><c> too</c><00:31:41.309><c> much</c><00:31:41.450><c> about</c><00:31:41.690><c> this.</c>

00:31:41.890 --> 00:31:43.569
I<00:31:42.009><c> would</c><00:31:42.170><c> tell</c><00:31:42.250><c> him,</c><00:31:42.390><c> what</c><00:31:42.410><c> does</c><00:31:42.609><c> it</c><00:31:42.769><c> say?</c>

00:31:44.109 --> 00:31:45.670
It<00:31:44.269><c> says</c><00:31:44.430><c> all</c><00:31:44.750><c> conscious,</c>

00:31:46.130 --> 00:31:48.009
a<00:31:46.289><c> slang</c><00:31:46.509><c> term</c><00:31:46.730><c> for</c><00:31:46.930><c> a</c><00:31:47.150><c> conscientious</c><00:31:47.490><c> objector,</c>

00:31:48.130 --> 00:31:49.210
should<00:31:48.250><c> be</c><00:31:48.509><c> shut.</c>

00:31:50.710 --> 00:31:52.009
Now<00:31:50.990><c> there</c><00:31:51.150><c> was</c><00:31:51.650><c> temptation.</c>

00:31:52.269 --> 00:31:54.930
People<00:31:52.569><c> in</c><00:31:52.829><c> those</c><00:31:53.049><c> days</c><00:31:53.230><c> were</c><00:31:53.390><c> put</c><00:31:53.549><c> out</c><00:31:53.730><c> of</c><00:31:53.990><c> work.</c>

00:31:55.450 --> 00:31:58.089
But<00:31:55.609><c> you</c><00:31:55.750><c> tell</c><00:31:55.930><c> people</c><00:31:56.289><c> these</c><00:31:56.569><c> days,</c><00:31:56.730><c> you're</c><00:31:56.930><c> a</c><00:31:57.170><c> conscientious</c><00:31:57.549><c> objector,</c>

00:31:58.089 --> 00:32:00.450
you're<00:31:58.470><c> likely</c><00:31:58.650><c> to</c><00:31:58.849><c> be</c><00:31:59.049><c> patted</c><00:31:59.230><c> on</c><00:31:59.430><c> the</c><00:31:59.569><c> back.</c>

00:32:00.769 --> 00:32:04.210
And<00:32:00.930><c> they</c><00:32:01.109><c> say</c><00:32:01.230><c> there</c><00:32:01.349><c> ought</c><00:32:01.509><c> to</c><00:32:01.609><c> be</c><00:32:01.730><c> a</c><00:32:01.829><c> few</c><00:32:01.950><c> more</c><00:32:02.190><c> people</c><00:32:02.690><c> with</c><00:32:03.150><c> consciences.</c>

00:32:04.470 --> 00:32:06.609
Pity<00:32:04.650><c> there</c><00:32:04.930><c> aren't.</c>

00:32:06.750 --> 00:32:08.670
But<00:32:06.890><c> here,</c><00:32:07.230><c> this</c><00:32:07.289><c> brethren</c><00:32:07.509><c> and</c><00:32:07.769><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:08.730 --> 00:32:10.750
I<00:32:08.910><c> don't</c><00:32:09.009><c> know</c><00:32:09.069><c> how</c><00:32:09.250><c> the</c><00:32:09.450><c> change</c><00:32:09.630><c> will</c><00:32:09.890><c> come,</c>

00:32:10.789 --> 00:32:12.650
but<00:32:10.930><c> my</c><00:32:11.190><c> proposition</c><00:32:11.650><c> to</c><00:32:11.829><c> you</c><00:32:11.930><c> this</c><00:32:12.109><c> afternoon</c><00:32:12.470><c> is</c>

00:32:12.650 --> 00:32:14.509
it<00:32:12.769><c> can</c><00:32:12.990><c> happen</c><00:32:13.230><c> and</c><00:32:13.369><c> it</c><00:32:13.569><c> very</c><00:32:13.730><c> likely</c><00:32:13.970><c> will</c><00:32:14.190><c> happen</c>

00:32:14.509 --> 00:32:16.710
and<00:32:14.769><c> it</c><00:32:14.890><c> will</c><00:32:15.069><c> happen</c><00:32:15.329><c> very</c><00:32:15.849><c> quickly.</c>

00:32:17.029 --> 00:32:20.650
These<00:32:17.289><c> people</c><00:32:17.549><c> in</c><00:32:17.690><c> the</c><00:32:17.809><c> day</c><00:32:17.930><c> of</c><00:32:18.150><c> Peter</c><00:32:18.430><c> went</c><00:32:18.869><c> to</c><00:32:19.130><c> bed,</c><00:32:19.450><c> remember,</c>

00:32:20.910 --> 00:32:22.269
closed<00:32:21.109><c> their</c><00:32:21.309><c> doors,</c><00:32:21.569><c> kissed</c><00:32:21.769><c> their</c><00:32:21.990><c> children,</c>

00:32:22.349 --> 00:32:24.069
good<00:32:22.509><c> night,</c><00:32:22.769><c> see</c><00:32:22.849><c> you</c><00:32:22.950><c> tomorrow,</c><00:32:23.369><c> darling,</c><00:32:23.529><c> God</c><00:32:23.690><c> bless,</c><00:32:24.069><c> say</c>

00:32:24.069 --> 00:32:25.029
your<00:32:24.250><c> prayers.</c>

00:32:25.430 --> 00:32:26.950
And<00:32:25.690><c> in</c><00:32:25.849><c> the</c><00:32:25.869><c> middle</c><00:32:25.990><c> of</c><00:32:26.190><c> the</c><00:32:26.289><c> night,</c><00:32:26.490><c> there's</c><00:32:26.650><c> a</c><00:32:26.730><c> hammering</c>

00:32:26.950 --> 00:32:27.269
on<00:32:27.049><c> the</c><00:32:27.170><c> door</c>

00:32:27.269 --> 00:32:28.930
and<00:32:27.329><c> they're</c><00:32:27.490><c> taken</c><00:32:27.710><c> away.</c>

00:32:30.069 --> 00:32:33.730
Happened<00:32:30.589><c> so</c><00:32:31.130><c> quickly</c><00:32:31.650><c> you</c><00:32:31.970><c> couldn't</c><00:32:32.289><c> bat</c><00:32:32.470><c> your</c><00:32:32.710><c> eyes.</c>

00:32:34.769 --> 00:32:41.329
Now<00:32:34.950><c> is</c><00:32:35.109><c> it</c><00:32:35.369><c> inconceivable</c><00:32:36.130><c> that</c><00:32:37.190><c> that</c><00:32:37.410><c> will</c><00:32:37.589><c> happen</c><00:32:38.289><c> in</c><00:32:40.009><c> our</c><00:32:40.190><c> generation?</c>

00:32:42.430 --> 00:32:44.430
And<00:32:42.789><c> if</c><00:32:42.970><c> it</c><00:32:43.230><c> does,</c>

00:32:46.589 --> 00:32:49.829
are<00:32:46.789><c> we</c><00:32:46.930><c> so</c><00:32:47.210><c> well</c><00:32:47.549><c> versed</c><00:32:48.390><c> with</c><00:32:48.750><c> a</c><00:32:48.910><c> precious</c><00:32:49.150><c> word</c>

00:32:49.829 --> 00:32:55.190
that<00:32:50.910><c> whatever</c><00:32:51.269><c> comes</c><00:32:51.789><c> and</c><00:32:52.569><c> whatever</c><00:32:53.130><c> form</c><00:32:53.569><c> it</c><00:32:53.750><c> might</c><00:32:54.049><c> take,</c>

00:32:55.329 --> 00:32:59.089
we<00:32:55.890><c> shall</c><00:32:56.069><c> hear</c><00:32:56.250><c> the</c><00:32:56.430><c> Lord</c><00:32:56.609><c> Jesus</c><00:32:56.990><c> Christ</c><00:32:57.349><c> and</c><00:32:57.509><c> his</c><00:32:57.690><c> beloved</c><00:32:57.970><c> apostles</c>

00:32:59.089 --> 00:33:04.450
saying,<00:33:00.769><c> stand</c><00:33:00.890><c> firm,</c><00:33:02.069><c> stand</c><00:33:02.349><c> fast,</c><00:33:03.009><c> not</c><00:33:03.150><c> long</c><00:33:03.390><c> now.</c>

00:33:05.609 --> 00:33:10.049
And<00:33:05.769><c> he</c><00:33:05.930><c> that</c><00:33:06.130><c> will</c><00:33:06.410><c> come,</c><00:33:08.150><c> is</c><00:33:08.269><c> coming,</c><00:33:08.829><c> will</c><00:33:09.130><c> come.</c>

00:33:11.269 --> 00:33:14.609
And<00:33:11.650><c> finally,</c><00:33:12.089><c> brethren</c><00:33:12.210><c> and</c><00:33:12.450><c> sisters,</c><00:33:12.930><c> in</c><00:33:13.109><c> this</c><00:33:13.349><c> little</c><00:33:13.630><c> session,</c>

00:33:14.910 --> 00:33:19.470
Peter<00:33:15.170><c> is</c><00:33:15.509><c> writing,</c><00:33:16.670><c> you'll</c><00:33:17.190><c> notice,</c><00:33:18.069><c> to</c><00:33:18.269><c> strangers.</c>

00:33:20.210 --> 00:33:21.910
Chapter<00:33:20.490><c> one</c><00:33:20.769><c> of</c><00:33:20.970><c> the</c><00:33:21.130><c> first</c><00:33:21.329><c> epistle,</c>

00:33:21.910 --> 00:33:25.309
Peter,<00:33:22.890><c> an</c><00:33:23.150><c> apostle</c><00:33:23.470><c> of</c><00:33:23.750><c> Jesus</c><00:33:24.190><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:25.750 --> 00:33:28.460
to<00:33:25.829><c> the</c><00:33:26.089><c> strangers</c><00:33:26.569><c> scattered</c><00:33:27.069><c> throughout</c><00:33:27.529><c> Pontus,</c>

00:33:28.690 --> 00:33:34.250
Galatia,<00:33:29.869><c> Cappadocia,</c><00:33:31.170><c> Asia,</c><00:33:32.690><c> Bithynia.</c>

00:33:34.650 --> 00:33:35.829
Strangers.

00:33:36.250 --> 00:33:39.529
It<00:33:36.509><c> means</c><00:33:37.509><c> sojourners,</c>

00:33:40.609 --> 00:33:43.210
not<00:33:40.829><c> being</c><00:33:41.250><c> part</c><00:33:41.690><c> of</c><00:33:41.869><c> the</c><00:33:42.130><c> place</c><00:33:42.369><c> where</c><00:33:42.609><c> they</c><00:33:42.869><c> lived.</c>

00:33:43.609 --> 00:33:44.970
That's<00:33:43.809><c> what</c><00:33:43.950><c> it</c><00:33:44.109><c> means.</c>

00:33:45.569 --> 00:33:48.170
Not<00:33:46.089><c> belonging</c><00:33:46.609><c> to</c><00:33:46.910><c> the</c><00:33:47.150><c> place</c>

00:33:48.890 --> 00:33:52.690
in<00:33:49.410><c> which</c><00:33:49.650><c> their</c><00:33:49.970><c> front</c><00:33:50.269><c> door</c><00:33:50.750><c> was</c><00:33:51.470><c> located.</c>

00:33:54.470 --> 00:33:56.410
Didn't<00:33:54.990><c> belong</c><00:33:55.329><c> there.</c>

00:33:58.470 --> 00:34:00.329
Abraham<00:33:58.930><c> was</c><00:33:59.210><c> one</c><00:33:59.470><c> such.</c>

00:34:00.750 --> 00:34:04.369
God<00:34:00.970><c> said</c><00:34:01.210><c> to</c><00:34:01.349><c> him,</c><00:34:01.569><c> come</c><00:34:01.670><c> out</c><00:34:02.029><c> of</c><00:34:02.269><c> Ur,</c><00:34:02.910><c> come</c><00:34:03.069><c> out</c><00:34:03.329><c> of</c><00:34:03.549><c> Harem,</c>

00:34:04.890 --> 00:34:07.670
and<00:34:04.950><c> when</c><00:34:05.029><c> he</c><00:34:05.250><c> closed</c><00:34:05.490><c> his</c><00:34:05.750><c> front</c><00:34:06.009><c> door,</c><00:34:06.809><c> he</c><00:34:07.049><c> did</c><00:34:07.210><c> so</c><00:34:07.410><c> for</c><00:34:07.609><c> the</c>

00:34:07.670 --> 00:34:08.070
last<00:34:07.890><c> time,</c>

00:34:08.070 --> 00:34:09.590
he<00:34:08.190><c> never</c><00:34:08.369><c> opened</c><00:34:08.630><c> the</c><00:34:08.829><c> front</c><00:34:08.989><c> door</c><00:34:09.170><c> again,</c>

00:34:10.030 --> 00:34:11.570
lived<00:34:10.190><c> in</c><00:34:10.489><c> a</c><00:34:10.530><c> tent</c><00:34:10.690><c> all</c><00:34:10.909><c> his</c><00:34:11.110><c> life,</c>

00:34:11.570 --> 00:34:14.670
or<00:34:12.090><c> he</c><00:34:12.190><c> was</c><00:34:12.489><c> a</c><00:34:12.630><c> sojourner,</c><00:34:13.769><c> all</c><00:34:13.909><c> right.</c>

00:34:15.170 --> 00:34:16.750
And<00:34:15.289><c> us,</c><00:34:16.050><c> brethren</c><00:34:16.210><c> and</c><00:34:16.449><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:16.789 --> 00:34:19.869
are<00:34:17.010><c> we</c><00:34:17.730><c> so</c><00:34:18.010><c> keen</c><00:34:18.190><c> to</c><00:34:18.369><c> get</c><00:34:18.489><c> the</c><00:34:18.670><c> roots</c><00:34:18.829><c> down,</c>

00:34:19.949 --> 00:34:25.130
so<00:34:20.250><c> keen</c><00:34:20.489><c> to</c><00:34:20.769><c> become</c><00:34:21.449><c> part</c><00:34:22.130><c> of</c><00:34:23.250><c> the</c><00:34:23.409><c> place</c><00:34:23.710><c> where</c><00:34:23.889><c> we</c><00:34:24.130><c> live,</c>

00:34:25.489 --> 00:34:27.309
that<00:34:25.550><c> we</c><00:34:25.630><c> sometimes</c><00:34:26.050><c> forget.</c>

00:34:27.650 --> 00:34:29.309
We<00:34:27.750><c> don't</c><00:34:27.949><c> belong</c><00:34:28.269><c> there.</c>

00:34:29.829 --> 00:34:31.849
We<00:34:30.130><c> are</c><00:34:30.329><c> a</c><00:34:30.650><c> sojourner.</c>

00:34:33.469 --> 00:34:38.809
I'm<00:34:33.969><c> reminded,</c><00:34:35.050><c> finally,</c><00:34:36.690><c> of</c><00:34:37.409><c> Ilimilec.</c>

00:34:41.570 --> 00:34:43.489
You<00:34:41.750><c> know</c><00:34:41.849><c> who</c><00:34:41.969><c> I'm</c><00:34:42.090><c> talking</c><00:34:42.389><c> about.</c>

00:34:43.789 --> 00:34:46.630
Wife,<00:34:44.469><c> husband</c><00:34:44.869><c> of</c><00:34:45.710><c> Naomi.</c>

00:34:48.190 --> 00:34:49.869
And<00:34:48.329><c> they're</c><00:34:48.429><c> two</c><00:34:48.650><c> children.</c>

00:34:51.170 --> 00:34:55.190
They<00:34:51.329><c> went</c><00:34:51.710><c> to</c><00:34:52.250><c> sojourn</c><00:34:53.369><c> in</c><00:34:53.690><c> the</c><00:34:53.829><c> country</c><00:34:54.150><c> of</c><00:34:54.469><c> Moab.</c>

00:34:56.110 --> 00:34:58.429
But<00:34:56.289><c> you</c><00:34:56.510><c> just</c><00:34:56.809><c> watch</c><00:34:56.969><c> how</c><00:34:57.130><c> it</c><00:34:57.269><c> takes</c><00:34:57.610><c> a</c><00:34:57.730><c> hold</c><00:34:57.869><c> of</c><00:34:58.090><c> you.</c>

00:34:58.889 --> 00:35:01.190
But<00:34:59.090><c> you</c><00:34:59.210><c> can</c><00:34:59.409><c> just</c><00:34:59.630><c> imagine</c><00:35:00.050><c> the</c><00:35:00.250><c> conversation</c><00:35:00.789><c> at</c><00:35:01.010><c> home.</c>

00:35:01.530 --> 00:35:02.769
I<00:35:01.650><c> know</c><00:35:01.730><c> what</c><00:35:01.869><c> it</c><00:35:02.010><c> says</c><00:35:02.170><c> about</c><00:35:02.429><c> Moab.</c>

00:35:02.909 --> 00:35:06.110
Thou<00:35:03.090><c> shalt</c><00:35:03.349><c> not</c><00:35:03.530><c> seek</c><00:35:03.730><c> their</c><00:35:03.929><c> prosperity</c><00:35:04.429><c> or</c><00:35:04.650><c> their</c><00:35:04.869><c> wealth</c><00:35:05.050><c> forever.</c>

00:35:06.570 --> 00:35:08.230
Moabites<00:35:06.989><c> shall</c><00:35:07.110><c> not</c><00:35:07.349><c> enter,</c><00:35:07.610><c> or</c><00:35:07.809><c> Anamanites,</c>

00:35:08.230 --> 00:35:10.210
shall<00:35:08.550><c> not</c><00:35:08.789><c> enter</c><00:35:09.010><c> into</c><00:35:09.210><c> the</c><00:35:09.369><c> congregation</c><00:35:09.849><c> of</c><00:35:10.050><c> the</c><00:35:10.070><c> Lord</c>

00:35:10.210 --> 00:35:12.130
to<00:35:10.429><c> the</c><00:35:10.530><c> tenth</c><00:35:10.969><c> generation.</c>

00:35:12.670 --> 00:35:15.349
You<00:35:13.130><c> must</c><00:35:13.389><c> have</c><00:35:13.690><c> nothing</c><00:35:14.030><c> to</c><00:35:14.250><c> do</c><00:35:14.329><c> with</c><00:35:14.550><c> them.</c>

00:35:16.070 --> 00:35:17.190
And<00:35:16.230><c> Naomi's</c><00:35:16.449><c> husband</c><00:35:16.750><c> would</c><00:35:16.949><c> have</c><00:35:17.090><c> said,</c>

00:35:17.650 --> 00:35:20.210
well,<00:35:17.809><c> look,</c><00:35:19.570><c> Marlon</c><00:35:19.710><c> and</c><00:35:19.969><c> Chilian,</c>

00:35:20.429 --> 00:35:22.630
their<00:35:20.429><c> names</c><00:35:20.670><c> mean</c><00:35:21.210><c> weakness</c><00:35:21.730><c> and</c><00:35:22.090><c> pining.</c>

00:35:23.030 --> 00:35:24.550
Look<00:35:23.329><c> at</c><00:35:23.469><c> the</c><00:35:23.670><c> boys.</c>

00:35:24.849 --> 00:35:26.489
They're<00:35:25.230><c> like</c><00:35:25.469><c> skeletons.</c>

00:35:26.989 --> 00:35:28.409
We<00:35:27.349><c> really</c><00:35:27.710><c> ought</c><00:35:27.849><c> to</c><00:35:28.030><c> do</c><00:35:28.190><c> something.</c>

00:35:28.510 --> 00:35:31.130
It's<00:35:28.769><c> our</c><00:35:28.909><c> responsibility</c><00:35:29.789><c> to</c><00:35:30.070><c> do</c><00:35:30.250><c> something</c><00:35:30.510><c> about</c><00:35:30.809><c> it.</c>

00:35:31.510 --> 00:35:32.690
So<00:35:31.829><c> I'm</c><00:35:32.090><c> the</c><00:35:32.150><c> head</c><00:35:32.210><c> of</c><00:35:32.369><c> the</c><00:35:32.469><c> family.</c>

00:35:32.789 --> 00:35:33.630
We're<00:35:32.949><c> going</c><00:35:33.170><c> to</c><00:35:33.389><c> Moab.</c>

00:35:33.929 --> 00:35:35.329
And<00:35:34.090><c> Naomi</c><00:35:34.309><c> and</c><00:35:34.409><c> the</c><00:35:34.530><c> boys</c><00:35:34.690><c> went</c><00:35:34.909><c> with</c><00:35:35.130><c> him.</c>

00:35:35.329 --> 00:35:37.869
Where<00:35:35.829><c> are</c><00:35:35.949><c> we</c><00:35:36.050><c> going</c><00:35:36.170><c> to</c><00:35:36.429><c> sojourn</c><00:35:36.909><c> there?</c>

00:35:39.130 --> 00:35:41.289
We're<00:35:39.349><c> not</c><00:35:39.409><c> going</c><00:35:39.469><c> to</c><00:35:39.590><c> put</c><00:35:39.730><c> roots</c><00:35:39.969><c> down.</c>

00:35:42.409 --> 00:35:45.110
And<00:35:42.570><c> now</c><00:35:42.730><c> you</c><00:35:42.769><c> don't</c><00:35:42.989><c> need</c><00:35:43.190><c> me</c><00:35:43.409><c> to</c><00:35:43.590><c> tell</c><00:35:43.730><c> you</c><00:35:43.869><c> what</c><00:35:44.070><c> follows.</c>

00:35:45.409 --> 00:35:48.550
The<00:35:45.750><c> three</c><00:35:46.150><c> dreadful</c><00:35:46.730><c> words</c><00:35:47.070><c> that</c><00:35:47.389><c> follow</c><00:35:47.590><c> that.</c>

00:35:48.610 --> 00:35:51.130
By<00:35:48.789><c> God's</c><00:35:49.110><c> grace,</c><00:35:49.369><c> we'll</c><00:35:49.469><c> have</c><00:35:49.610><c> a</c><00:35:49.690><c> look</c><00:35:50.250><c> a</c><00:35:50.610><c> little</c><00:35:50.829><c> while</c>

00:35:51.130 --> 00:35:54.409
at<00:35:51.949><c> the</c><00:35:52.110><c> reverse</c><00:35:52.409><c> of</c><00:35:52.610><c> the</c><00:35:52.750><c> coin</c><00:35:52.949><c> and</c><00:35:53.309><c> see</c><00:35:53.530><c> four</c><00:35:53.769><c> steps</c><00:35:54.030><c> to</c><00:35:54.289><c> life.</c>

00:35:54.489 --> 00:35:56.150
But<00:35:54.590><c> this</c><00:35:54.730><c> is</c><00:35:54.889><c> four</c><00:35:55.070><c> steps</c><00:35:55.289><c> to</c><00:35:55.570><c> certain</c><00:35:55.849><c> death.</c>

00:35:56.409 --> 00:35:58.809
They<00:35:56.570><c> went</c><00:35:56.809><c> to</c><00:35:57.070><c> sojourn</c><00:35:57.469><c> there.</c>

00:36:00.030 --> 00:36:02.190
They<00:36:00.510><c> continued</c><00:36:00.989><c> there.</c>

00:36:02.610 --> 00:36:05.150
They<00:36:03.329><c> dwelled</c><00:36:03.769><c> there.</c>

00:36:05.510 --> 00:36:07.570
And<00:36:05.869><c> they</c><00:36:06.090><c> died</c><00:36:06.369><c> there.</c>

00:36:08.110 --> 00:36:09.750
All<00:36:08.449><c> three</c><00:36:08.610><c> of</c><00:36:08.769><c> them.</c>

00:36:11.250 --> 00:36:13.690
And<00:36:11.969><c> that's</c><00:36:12.170><c> it,</c><00:36:12.469><c> brethren</c><00:36:12.590><c> and</c><00:36:12.789><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:14.690 --> 00:36:18.130
Their<00:36:15.250><c> claim</c><00:36:15.550><c> was</c><00:36:16.329><c> to</c><00:36:16.809><c> be</c><00:36:17.050><c> sojourners.</c>

00:36:18.829 --> 00:36:21.090
In<00:36:19.030><c> all</c><00:36:19.429><c> truth,</c><00:36:19.730><c> they</c><00:36:19.889><c> were</c><00:36:20.110><c> there</c><00:36:20.329><c> ten</c><00:36:20.610><c> years.</c>

00:36:21.349 --> 00:36:25.090
Now,<00:36:21.989><c> you</c><00:36:22.289><c> don't</c><00:36:22.670><c> sojourn</c><00:36:23.130><c> somewhere</c><00:36:23.409><c> for</c><00:36:23.670><c> ten</c><00:36:23.949><c> years.</c>

00:36:26.409 --> 00:36:28.909
He<00:36:26.889><c> was</c><00:36:27.050><c> happy</c><00:36:27.289><c> to</c><00:36:27.510><c> be</c><00:36:27.690><c> there.</c>

00:36:29.210 --> 00:36:31.269
And<00:36:29.690><c> they</c><00:36:29.889><c> died</c><00:36:30.110><c> there.</c>

00:36:32.429 --> 00:36:34.590
And<00:36:32.530><c> to</c><00:36:32.630><c> you</c><00:36:32.730><c> and</c><00:36:32.889><c> me,</c><00:36:33.289><c> brethren</c><00:36:33.429><c> and</c><00:36:33.630><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:35.090 --> 00:36:37.929
we<00:36:35.250><c> are</c><00:36:35.989><c> sojourners</c><00:36:36.530><c> in</c><00:36:36.750><c> this</c><00:36:36.969><c> place.</c>

00:36:38.690 --> 00:36:41.789
Whatever<00:36:38.949><c> we</c><00:36:39.250><c> have</c><00:36:39.909><c> doesn't</c><00:36:40.289><c> belong</c><00:36:40.570><c> to</c><00:36:40.769><c> us.</c>

00:36:41.849 --> 00:36:43.449
It<00:36:42.110><c> belongs</c><00:36:42.329><c> to</c><00:36:42.530><c> the</c><00:36:42.670><c> Lord.</c>

00:36:44.289 --> 00:36:46.210
We<00:36:44.510><c> don't</c><00:36:44.690><c> belong</c><00:36:44.989><c> here.</c>

00:36:47.349 --> 00:36:50.070
Lot<00:36:47.550><c> was</c><00:36:48.289><c> another</c><00:36:48.570><c> such</c><00:36:48.849><c> man.</c>

00:36:51.389 --> 00:36:52.710
Lot,<00:36:51.630><c> the</c><00:36:51.710><c> man</c><00:36:51.869><c> with</c><00:36:52.090><c> the</c><00:36:52.250><c> veil</c><00:36:52.469><c> on,</c>

00:36:52.710 --> 00:36:54.889
thought<00:36:53.530><c> he</c><00:36:53.670><c> had</c><00:36:54.030><c> superb</c><00:36:54.489><c> eyesight.</c>

00:36:55.150 --> 00:36:59.050
I'll<00:36:55.449><c> go</c><00:36:55.610><c> that</c><00:36:55.849><c> way,</c><00:36:57.010><c> towards</c><00:36:57.309><c> the</c><00:36:57.530><c> well</c><00:36:57.730><c>-watered</c><00:36:58.230><c> Jordan.</c>

00:36:59.349 --> 00:37:02.489
And<00:36:59.489><c> Abraham</c><00:36:59.690><c> said,</c><00:37:00.250><c> okay,</c><00:37:01.090><c> I'll</c><00:37:01.190><c> go</c><00:37:01.369><c> in</c><00:37:01.429><c> the</c><00:37:01.489><c> opposite</c><00:37:01.789><c> direction</c>

00:37:02.489 --> 00:37:05.070
into<00:37:03.130><c> this</c><00:37:03.510><c> arid</c><00:37:04.070><c> desert.</c>

00:37:07.570 --> 00:37:11.909
And<00:37:07.829><c> Abraham,</c><00:37:10.269><c> the</c><00:37:10.289><c> man</c><00:37:10.650><c> whom</c><00:37:11.130><c> God</c><00:37:11.449><c> loved</c>

00:37:11.909 --> 00:37:14.190
because<00:37:12.389><c> of</c><00:37:12.530><c> his</c><00:37:12.730><c> great</c><00:37:13.030><c> faith,</c>

00:37:14.570 --> 00:37:17.949
was<00:37:15.070><c> happy</c><00:37:15.949><c> to</c><00:37:16.389><c> sojourn</c>

00:37:17.949 --> 00:37:22.050
while<00:37:18.449><c> Lot</c><00:37:19.250><c> lived</c><00:37:20.710><c> in</c><00:37:20.909><c> a</c><00:37:21.010><c> house.</c>

00:37:23.730 --> 00:37:25.510
And<00:37:24.409><c> you</c><00:37:24.530><c> and</c><00:37:24.690><c> I,</c><00:37:24.869><c> brethren</c><00:37:25.010><c> and</c><00:37:25.269><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:25.550 --> 00:37:30.429
if<00:37:26.190><c> we</c><00:37:28.110><c> have</c><00:37:28.250><c> any</c><00:37:28.769><c> sense</c><00:37:29.110><c> at</c><00:37:29.449><c> all,</c>

00:37:30.550 --> 00:37:32.210
we'll<00:37:30.789><c> recognise</c><00:37:31.389><c> that,</c>

00:37:32.210 --> 00:37:35.190
and<00:37:32.570><c> it</c><00:37:32.690><c> comes</c><00:37:32.829><c> over</c><00:37:33.110><c> strongly</c><00:37:33.550><c> in</c><00:37:33.769><c> the</c><00:37:33.869><c> epistles</c><00:37:34.170><c> of</c><00:37:34.429><c> Peter,</c>

00:37:35.369 --> 00:37:37.630
anything<00:37:35.869><c> that</c><00:37:36.210><c> you</c><00:37:36.329><c> can</c><00:37:36.809><c> see,</c>

00:37:37.710 --> 00:37:39.869
anything<00:37:38.070><c> that</c><00:37:38.389><c> you</c><00:37:38.530><c> can</c><00:37:38.929><c> touch,</c>

00:37:39.909 --> 00:37:41.949
is<00:37:40.010><c> of</c><00:37:40.150><c> a</c><00:37:40.349><c> temporary</c><00:37:40.869><c> nature.</c>

00:37:42.469 --> 00:37:43.789
It's<00:37:42.989><c> going.</c>

00:37:44.429 --> 00:37:49.250
And<00:37:44.789><c> the</c><00:37:44.949><c> things</c><00:37:45.170><c> that</c><00:37:45.369><c> you</c><00:37:45.750><c> cannot</c><00:37:46.070><c> see</c><00:37:46.989><c> are</c><00:37:47.869><c> permanent.</c>

00:37:51.769 --> 00:37:52.710
Positions?

00:37:52.929 --> 00:37:55.750
Well,<00:37:53.150><c> it</c><00:37:53.190><c> puts</c><00:37:53.369><c> them</c><00:37:53.510><c> in</c><00:37:53.590><c> the</c><00:37:53.730><c> right</c><00:37:53.909><c> perspective,</c><00:37:54.489><c> doesn't</c><00:37:54.690><c> it?</c>

00:37:55.829 --> 00:37:57.670
We<00:37:55.989><c> are</c><00:37:56.250><c> strangers</c><00:37:56.650><c> in</c><00:37:56.869><c> the</c><00:37:57.070><c> world.</c>

00:37:58.050 --> 00:38:00.909
And<00:37:58.269><c> because</c><00:37:58.570><c> we</c><00:37:58.750><c> are</c><00:37:58.869><c> strangers,</c><00:37:59.389><c> thank</c><00:37:59.690><c> God,</c>

00:38:01.730 --> 00:38:05.489
we<00:38:02.130><c> are</c><00:38:02.329><c> the</c><00:38:02.510><c> people</c><00:38:03.429><c> to</c><00:38:04.010><c> whom</c><00:38:04.150><c> Peter</c><00:38:04.429><c> is</c><00:38:04.650><c> writing.</c>

00:38:06.469 --> 00:38:09.349
Now<00:38:06.750><c> we'll</c><00:38:06.949><c> see</c><00:38:07.110><c> what</c><00:38:07.210><c> he's</c><00:38:07.449><c> got</c><00:38:07.550><c> to</c><00:38:07.769><c> say</c><00:38:07.869><c> to</c><00:38:08.070><c> us.</c>

00:38:09.809 --> 00:38:10.670
Amen.

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Thank<00:38:20.130><c> you.</c>