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And<00:12:48.779><c> it's</c><00:12:48.960><c> just</c><00:12:49.159><c> hinted</c><00:12:49.620><c> at</c><00:12:49.840><c> here</c><00:12:50.139><c> at</c><00:12:50.340><c> the</c><00:12:50.460><c> end</c><00:12:50.639><c> of</c><00:12:50.879><c> 2</c><00:12:51.159><c> Timothy</c><00:12:51.559><c> 2.</c>

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Verse<00:12:55.919><c> 24,</c><00:12:56.480><c> and</c><00:12:57.919><c> the</c><00:12:58.220><c> Lord's</c><00:12:59.360><c> servant,</c><00:12:59.940><c> he</c><00:13:00.320><c> says,</c><00:13:00.860><c> not</c><00:13:01.200><c> now</c>

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Caesar's<00:13:02.980><c> servant,</c>

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no,<00:13:04.620><c> the</c><00:13:04.899><c> Lord's</c><00:13:05.820><c> servant</c><00:13:06.379><c> must</c><00:13:07.419><c> not</c><00:13:08.159><c> strive.</c>

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Oh,<00:13:09.960><c> I</c><00:13:10.080><c> thought</c><00:13:10.240><c> we</c><00:13:10.399><c> were</c><00:13:10.519><c> talking</c><00:13:10.799><c> about</c><00:13:11.159><c> battles.</c><00:13:12.500><c> I</c><00:13:12.659><c> thought</c><00:13:12.820><c> we</c>

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were<00:13:13.120><c> talking</c><00:13:13.320><c> about</c><00:13:13.600><c> fighting.</c>

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I<00:13:14.279><c> thought</c><00:13:14.480><c> we</c><00:13:14.639><c> were</c><00:13:14.759><c> talking</c><00:13:15.019><c> about</c><00:13:15.360><c> warfare.</c><00:13:16.299><c> I</c><00:13:16.500><c> thought</c><00:13:16.759><c> we</c>

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were<00:13:17.100><c> talking</c><00:13:17.419><c> about</c><00:13:17.659><c> being</c><00:13:17.899><c> a</c><00:13:18.039><c> good</c><00:13:18.299><c> soldier</c><00:13:18.620><c> of</c><00:13:18.799><c> the</c><00:13:18.919><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:13:19.480><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:13:20.320><c> the</c><00:13:20.620><c> Lord's</c><00:13:21.419><c> servant,</c><00:13:21.740><c> the</c><00:13:21.820><c> Lord's</c><00:13:22.480><c> soldier</c><00:13:22.659><c> must</c><00:13:22.980><c> not</c><00:13:23.299><c> fight.</c>

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Strange,<00:13:25.740><c> isn't</c><00:13:25.820><c> it?</c>

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How<00:13:27.659><c> in</c><00:13:27.799><c> the</c><00:13:27.919><c> chapter</c><00:13:28.200><c> that's</c><00:13:28.720><c> speaking</c><00:13:29.080><c> about</c><00:13:29.360><c> being</c><00:13:29.659><c> a</c><00:13:29.840><c> soldier</c><00:13:30.120><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:13:30.940><c> does</c><00:13:32.080><c> the</c><00:13:32.320><c> Lord</c><00:13:32.559><c> say,</c>

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the<00:13:33.639><c> servant</c><00:13:33.960><c> of</c><00:13:34.159><c> the</c><00:13:34.299><c> Lord</c><00:13:34.460><c> must</c><00:13:34.759><c> not</c><00:13:35.059><c> strive</c><00:13:35.559><c> but</c><00:13:35.799><c> be</c><00:13:36.039><c> gentle</c>

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Well,<00:13:41.100><c> it</c><00:13:41.159><c> was</c><00:13:41.399><c> necessary,</c><00:13:41.919><c> you</c><00:13:42.159><c> see,</c><00:13:42.399><c> that</c><00:13:42.480><c> this</c><00:13:42.779><c> fact</c><00:13:42.980><c> to</c><00:13:43.139><c> be</c>

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introduced<00:13:43.820><c> because</c><00:13:44.559><c> it's</c><00:13:45.519><c> easy</c><00:13:46.000><c> to</c><00:13:46.240><c> be</c><00:13:46.539><c> combative.</c>

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It's<00:13:48.960><c> easy</c><00:13:49.360><c> to</c><00:13:49.559><c> be</c><00:13:49.740><c> aggressive.</c>

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Sadly,<00:13:54.059><c> it's</c><00:13:54.360><c> easy</c><00:13:54.720><c> for</c><00:13:54.940><c> those</c><00:13:55.299><c> things</c><00:13:55.779><c> to</c><00:13:56.240><c> enter</c><00:13:56.580><c> into</c><00:13:56.919><c> our</c>

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ecclesial<00:13:57.759><c> life,</c><00:13:58.220><c> isn't</c><00:13:58.419><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:14:00.240><c> easy</c><00:14:00.700><c> for</c><00:14:00.940><c> us</c><00:14:01.100><c> to</c><00:14:01.340><c> use</c><00:14:01.580><c> it</c><00:14:02.179><c> even</c><00:14:02.679><c> when</c><00:14:02.919><c> we're</c><00:14:03.179><c> holding</c><00:14:03.539><c> forth</c><00:14:04.019><c> the</c><00:14:04.279><c> light</c><00:14:04.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:04.799><c> truth</c><00:14:05.019><c> to</c><00:14:05.279><c> others.</c>

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It's<00:14:06.940><c> easy</c><00:14:07.340><c> for</c><00:14:07.580><c> us</c><00:14:07.759><c> to</c><00:14:07.980><c> talk</c><00:14:08.159><c> about</c><00:14:08.440><c> the</c><00:14:08.659><c> things</c><00:14:08.860><c> that</c><00:14:09.059><c> we</c>

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don't<00:14:09.740><c> believe,</c>

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and<00:14:11.500><c> therefore</c><00:14:11.799><c> those</c><00:14:12.100><c> who</c><00:14:12.279><c> do</c><00:14:12.539><c> believe</c><00:14:12.779><c> them</c><00:14:12.940><c> are</c><00:14:13.179><c> foolish,</c>

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rather<00:14:14.799><c> than</c><00:14:15.000><c> about</c><00:14:15.159><c> the</c><00:14:15.340><c> things</c><00:14:15.500><c> that</c><00:14:15.720><c> we</c><00:14:15.879><c> do</c><00:14:16.200><c> believe.</c>

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You<00:14:17.299><c> see,</c><00:14:17.399><c> we</c><00:14:17.539><c> can</c><00:14:17.759><c> go</c><00:14:18.000><c> out</c><00:14:18.200><c> with</c><00:14:18.419><c> all</c><00:14:18.860><c> guns</c><00:14:19.299><c> blazing,</c>

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but<00:14:21.659><c> the</c><00:14:22.000><c> servant</c><00:14:22.259><c> of</c><00:14:22.480><c> the</c><00:14:22.639><c> Lord</c><00:14:23.019><c> must</c><00:14:23.379><c> not</c><00:14:23.919><c> strive,</c><00:14:25.700><c> be</c><00:14:25.960><c> gentle</c><00:14:26.399><c> to</c>

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all,<00:14:29.500><c> not</c><00:14:29.759><c> aggressive.</c>

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And<00:14:32.039><c> elsewhere</c><00:14:32.399><c> in</c><00:14:32.639><c> his</c><00:14:32.899><c> writings,</c><00:14:34.159><c> this</c><00:14:34.340><c> is</c><00:14:34.480><c> what</c><00:14:34.620><c> the</c><00:14:34.799><c> apostle</c><00:14:35.139><c> says.</c>

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Turn<00:14:35.820><c> to</c><00:14:36.019><c> 2</c><00:14:36.279><c> Corinthians</c><00:14:36.779><c> chapter</c><00:14:37.220><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:14:39.799><c> the</c><00:14:40.080><c> reason</c><00:14:40.580><c> why</c><00:14:40.940><c> the</c><00:14:41.200><c> servant</c><00:14:41.500><c> of</c><00:14:41.720><c> the</c><00:14:41.879><c> Lord</c><00:14:42.139><c> must</c><00:14:42.419><c> not</c>

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strive<00:14:43.320><c> is</c><00:14:43.799><c> here.</c>

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And<00:14:46.500><c> of</c><00:14:46.720><c> course,</c><00:14:47.220><c> this</c><00:14:47.320><c> was</c><00:14:47.580><c> where</c><00:14:47.899><c> Timothy</c><00:14:48.379><c> was</c><00:14:48.639><c> a</c><00:14:48.899><c> past</c><00:14:49.379><c> master.</c>

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Can<00:14:52.039><c> you</c><00:14:52.179><c> ever</c><00:14:52.340><c> think</c><00:14:52.559><c> of</c><00:14:52.779><c> Timothy</c><00:14:53.200><c> striving</c><00:14:53.879><c> in</c><00:14:55.580><c> the</c><00:14:55.779><c> sense</c>

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of<00:14:56.360><c> battle?</c>

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Well,<00:14:57.519><c> no,</c><00:14:57.720><c> you</c><00:14:57.919><c> can't,</c><00:14:58.480><c> can</c><00:14:58.659><c> you?</c>

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You<00:14:59.620><c> can't</c><00:14:59.899><c> imagine</c><00:15:00.240><c> him</c><00:15:00.460><c> being</c><00:15:00.799><c> combative.</c>

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You<00:15:02.500><c> can't</c><00:15:02.820><c> imagine</c><00:15:03.139><c> him</c><00:15:03.419><c> being</c><00:15:03.720><c> aggressive,</c>

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because<00:15:04.460><c> he'd</c><00:15:04.879><c> learned</c><00:15:05.059><c> this</c><00:15:05.379><c> lesson</c><00:15:05.899><c> that</c><00:15:06.620><c> the</c><00:15:06.799><c> apostle</c>

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mentions<00:15:07.620><c> here.</c>

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in<00:15:36.240><c> our</c><00:15:36.960><c> expression</c><00:15:37.600><c> of</c><00:15:37.879><c> our</c><00:15:38.159><c> beliefs,</c>

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or<00:15:40.039><c> in</c><00:15:40.200><c> our</c><00:15:40.500><c> showing</c><00:15:40.700><c> to</c><00:15:41.019><c> others</c><00:15:41.340><c> what</c><00:15:41.980><c> we</c><00:15:42.759><c> strongly</c><00:15:43.220><c> believe</c><00:15:43.759><c> ourselves.</c>

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So<00:15:46.200><c> easy</c><00:15:46.559><c> for</c><00:15:46.820><c> us</c><00:15:46.960><c> to</c><00:15:47.159><c> use</c><00:15:47.419><c> the</c><00:15:47.679><c> words,</c><00:15:48.879><c> to</c><00:15:49.159><c> clench</c><00:15:49.519><c> the</c><00:15:49.779><c> fist,</c>

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and<00:15:52.240><c> to</c><00:15:52.659><c> use</c><00:15:52.940><c> that</c><00:15:53.340><c> attitude</c><00:15:54.080><c> which</c><00:15:54.360><c> is</c><00:15:54.720><c> a</c><00:15:54.899><c> crushing</c><00:15:55.320><c> one.</c>

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That's<00:15:57.259><c> the</c><00:15:57.460><c> flesh</c><00:15:57.779><c> coming</c><00:15:58.100><c> out.</c>

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And<00:16:00.220><c> that's</c><00:16:00.559><c> not</c><00:16:00.799><c> how</c><00:16:01.320><c> we</c><00:16:01.580><c> are</c><00:16:01.700><c> to</c><00:16:01.899><c> war.</c>

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Although<00:16:02.340><c> we</c><00:16:02.559><c> walk</c><00:16:02.860><c> in</c><00:16:03.019><c> the</c><00:16:03.220><c> flesh,</c><00:16:03.539><c> we</c><00:16:03.580><c> do</c><00:16:03.820><c> not</c><00:16:04.000><c> war</c><00:16:04.259><c> after</c>

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the<00:16:04.820><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:16:05.980><c> this</c><00:16:06.120><c> is</c><00:16:06.279><c> the</c><00:16:06.519><c> important</c><00:16:06.799><c> verse,</c><00:16:07.139><c> verse</c><00:16:07.480><c> 4.</c>

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For<00:16:08.580><c> the</c><00:16:08.899><c> weapons</c><00:16:09.440><c> of</c><00:16:09.779><c> our</c><00:16:10.220><c> warfare</c><00:16:10.779><c> are</c><00:16:11.159><c> not</c><00:16:11.639><c> fleshly,</c><00:16:13.379><c> they're</c><00:16:13.639><c> not</c><00:16:13.980><c> carnal,</c>

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but<00:16:16.679><c> they're</c><00:16:16.919><c> actually</c><00:16:17.559><c> mightier</c><00:16:18.740><c> than</c><00:16:19.120><c> fleshly</c><00:16:19.679><c> weapons.</c>

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They<00:16:21.639><c> are</c><00:16:22.100><c> mighty</c><00:16:22.620><c> through</c><00:16:23.100><c> God,</c><00:16:24.220><c> to</c><00:16:24.379><c> the</c><00:16:24.679><c> pulling</c><00:16:24.960><c> down</c><00:16:25.299><c> of</c><00:16:25.620><c> strongholds.</c>

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They<00:16:27.220><c> cast</c><00:16:27.600><c> down</c><00:16:28.059><c> imaginations</c><00:16:28.960><c> and</c><00:16:29.279><c> every</c><00:16:29.700><c> high</c><00:16:30.120><c> thing</c><00:16:30.419><c> that</c>

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exalts<00:16:31.500><c> itself</c>

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against<00:16:32.440><c> the</c><00:16:32.720><c> knowledge</c><00:16:32.960><c> of</c><00:16:33.200><c> God,</c>

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and<00:16:34.419><c> it</c><00:16:34.659><c> brings</c><00:16:34.940><c> into</c><00:16:35.340><c> captivity</c><00:16:36.159><c> every</c><00:16:36.740><c> thought</c><00:16:37.120><c> to</c><00:16:37.360><c> the</c><00:16:37.539><c> obedience</c><00:16:37.960><c> of</c><00:16:38.240><c> Christ.</c>

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Interesting,<00:16:40.779><c> isn't</c><00:16:40.899><c> it?</c>

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How,<00:16:42.279><c> again,</c><00:16:42.860><c> the</c><00:16:43.080><c> military</c><00:16:43.580><c> language</c><00:16:44.039><c> is</c><00:16:44.240><c> being</c><00:16:44.539><c> used</c><00:16:44.879><c> by</c>

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the<00:16:45.340><c> apostle</c><00:16:45.700><c> Paul,</c>

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speaking<00:16:47.000><c> about</c><00:16:47.399><c> warfare</c><00:16:48.159><c> in</c><00:16:48.960><c> verse</c><00:16:49.379><c> 4,</c><00:16:50.299><c> a</c><00:16:50.500><c> warfare</c><00:16:50.840><c> that</c><00:16:51.080><c> is</c><00:16:51.480><c> mighty.</c>

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It's<00:16:53.100><c> able</c><00:16:53.279><c> to</c><00:16:53.759><c> pull</c><00:16:54.039><c> down</c><00:16:54.600><c> strongholds.</c>

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It<00:16:56.700><c> casts</c><00:16:57.240><c> down</c><00:16:58.059><c> imaginations,</c><00:17:00.019><c> it</c><00:17:00.159><c> casts</c><00:17:00.539><c> down</c><00:17:01.039><c> high</c><00:17:01.460><c> things,</c>

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and<00:17:02.679><c> it</c><00:17:02.919><c> makes</c><00:17:03.340><c> captives.</c>

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All<00:17:05.880><c> the</c><00:17:06.039><c> language</c><00:17:06.339><c> of</c><00:17:06.660><c> warfare,</c><00:17:08.480><c> but</c><00:17:08.640><c> it's</c><00:17:10.039><c> not</c><00:17:10.299><c> military</c><00:17:10.940><c> warfare.</c>

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This<00:17:13.059><c> is</c><00:17:13.339><c> now</c><00:17:14.019><c> the</c><00:17:14.259><c> warfare</c><00:17:14.779><c> of</c><00:17:15.319><c> obedience.</c>

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That's<00:17:16.779><c> what</c><00:17:16.960><c> verse</c><00:17:17.200><c> 6</c><00:17:17.500><c> says,</c><00:17:17.819><c> having</c><00:17:18.039><c> a</c><00:17:18.279><c> readiness</c><00:17:18.640><c> to</c><00:17:18.940><c> revenge</c><00:17:19.240><c> all</c><00:17:19.500><c> disobedience</c>

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when<00:17:21.220><c> your</c><00:17:22.000><c> obedience</c><00:17:23.079><c> is</c><00:17:24.480><c> fulfilled.</c>

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So,<00:17:28.259><c> three</c><00:17:28.480><c> things</c><00:17:28.759><c> we've</c><00:17:29.059><c> learned,</c><00:17:29.359><c> haven't</c><00:17:29.519><c> we?</c>

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Single<00:17:31.740><c>-mindedness</c><00:17:32.299><c> of</c><00:17:32.420><c> the</c><00:17:32.640><c> soldier,</c><00:17:33.200><c> and</c><00:17:33.359><c> Timothy</c><00:17:33.660><c> is</c><00:17:33.880><c> being</c><00:17:34.299><c> told</c>

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that's<00:17:35.819><c> how</c><00:17:36.019><c> you're</c><00:17:36.200><c> to</c><00:17:36.400><c> be.</c>

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Understand<00:17:38.519><c> what</c><00:17:38.839><c> the</c><00:17:39.220><c> function</c><00:17:39.779><c> is,</c><00:17:40.579><c> what</c><00:17:40.799><c> you've</c><00:17:41.119><c> been</c><00:17:41.400><c> sent</c><00:17:41.720><c> to</c><00:17:41.960><c> do,</c>

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and<00:17:42.619><c> never</c><00:17:42.859><c> be</c><00:17:43.160><c> diverted</c><00:17:43.680><c> from</c><00:17:43.980><c> it.</c>

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Recognize<00:17:46.980><c> that</c><00:17:47.140><c> you're</c><00:17:47.299><c> not</c><00:17:47.519><c> on</c><00:17:47.700><c> your</c><00:17:47.960><c> own.</c>

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You'll<00:17:49.599><c> not</c><00:17:49.759><c> achieve</c><00:17:50.119><c> anything</c><00:17:50.500><c> on</c><00:17:50.720><c> your</c><00:17:50.960><c> own.</c>

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The<00:17:51.380><c> commander</c><00:17:51.880><c> is</c><00:17:52.180><c> there,</c><00:17:52.680><c> the</c><00:17:52.839><c> Lord</c><00:17:53.140><c> Jesus</c><00:17:53.500><c> himself,</c>

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but<00:17:54.960><c> you're</c><00:17:55.180><c> also</c><00:17:55.619><c> working</c><00:17:56.119><c> with</c><00:17:56.500><c> others</c><00:17:56.859><c> under</c><00:17:57.119><c> his</c><00:17:57.359><c> direction.</c>

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Have<00:17:58.599><c> that</c><00:17:59.019><c> strong</c><00:17:59.400><c> sense</c><00:17:59.779><c> of</c><00:18:00.059><c> community.</c>

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And<00:18:02.359><c> then</c><00:18:02.500><c> as</c><00:18:02.700><c> well,</c><00:18:03.920><c> that</c><00:18:04.140><c> the</c><00:18:04.619><c> weapons</c><00:18:05.079><c> of</c><00:18:05.380><c> our</c><00:18:05.640><c> warfare</c><00:18:06.220><c> are</c>

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not<00:18:07.640><c> carnal.</c>

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And<00:18:11.119><c> so</c><00:18:11.200><c> what's</c><00:18:11.500><c> going</c><00:18:11.599><c> to</c><00:18:11.799><c> be</c><00:18:12.119><c> accomplished</c><00:18:12.839><c> is</c><00:18:13.720><c> this</c><00:18:14.099><c> casting</c><00:18:14.579><c> down</c>

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of<00:18:15.339><c> imaginations</c>

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and<00:18:16.119><c> every</c><00:18:16.720><c> high</c><00:18:17.380><c> thing.</c>

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So<00:18:18.799><c> the</c><00:18:18.980><c> objective</c><00:18:19.920><c> of</c><00:18:20.680><c> the</c><00:18:20.880><c> campaign</c><00:18:21.400><c> on</c><00:18:21.619><c> which</c><00:18:21.819><c> we're</c><00:18:22.119><c> engaged</c><00:18:22.779><c> is</c><00:18:23.960><c> to</c>

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pull<00:18:24.700><c> down</c><00:18:25.279><c> strongholds.</c>

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And<00:18:27.259><c> as</c><00:18:28.039><c> 2</c><00:18:28.259><c> Corinthians</c><00:18:28.700><c> 10</c><00:18:29.079><c> said,</c><00:18:29.460><c> the</c><00:18:29.619><c> stronghold</c><00:18:30.200><c> are</c><00:18:30.839><c> arguments</c>

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and<00:18:31.759><c> every</c><00:18:32.220><c> pretension</c><00:18:32.779><c> that</c><00:18:33.140><c> sets</c><00:18:33.380><c> itself</c><00:18:33.819><c> up</c><00:18:34.059><c> against</c><00:18:34.359><c> the</c>

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knowledge<00:18:34.900><c> of</c><00:18:35.180><c> God,</c>

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and<00:18:36.059><c> we</c><00:18:36.259><c> take</c><00:18:36.559><c> captive</c><00:18:37.000><c> every</c><00:18:37.440><c> thought</c><00:18:37.720><c> to</c><00:18:37.940><c> make</c><00:18:38.039><c> it</c><00:18:38.339><c> obedient</c>

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to<00:18:39.000><c> Christ.</c>

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That's<00:18:40.240><c> the</c><00:18:40.299><c> way</c><00:18:40.400><c> the</c><00:18:40.519><c> New</c><00:18:40.660><c> International</c><00:18:41.180><c> Version</c><00:18:41.539><c> translates</c><00:18:42.099><c> those</c><00:18:42.460><c> verses.</c>

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So<00:18:44.019><c> pretentious</c><00:18:44.660><c> arguments</c><00:18:45.779><c> ranged</c><00:18:46.480><c> against</c><00:18:46.920><c> the</c><00:18:47.180><c> knowledge</c>

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of<00:18:47.720><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:49.880><c> it's</c><00:18:50.000><c> interesting</c><00:18:50.640><c> that</c><00:18:51.779><c> in</c><00:18:52.079><c> Old</c><00:18:52.420><c> Testament</c><00:18:52.880><c> passages</c>

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as<00:18:53.799><c> well,</c>

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we<00:18:54.259><c> come</c><00:18:54.460><c> across</c><00:18:54.799><c> this</c><00:18:55.140><c> same</c><00:18:55.519><c> idea</c><00:18:56.279><c> of</c><00:18:57.420><c> how</c><00:18:57.740><c> the</c><00:18:58.019><c> kingdom</c><00:18:58.319><c> will</c>

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be<00:18:58.839><c> established</c>

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and<00:18:59.759><c> how</c><00:19:00.019><c> it</c><00:19:00.200><c> will</c><00:19:00.380><c> be</c><00:19:00.559><c> a</c><00:19:00.839><c> warfare.</c>

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Turn<00:19:03.140><c> to</c><00:19:03.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:03.960><c> chapter</c><00:19:04.380><c> 30.</c>

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It's<00:19:07.359><c> quite</c><00:19:07.539><c> interesting,</c><00:19:07.839><c> we</c><00:19:07.960><c> haven't</c><00:19:08.140><c> time</c><00:19:08.599><c> to</c><00:19:08.900><c> go</c><00:19:09.059><c> into</c>

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great<00:19:09.480><c> detail,</c>

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but<00:19:10.140><c> it's</c><00:19:10.180><c> a</c><00:19:10.279><c> little</c><00:19:10.599><c> theme</c><00:19:10.960><c> that</c><00:19:11.119><c> runs</c><00:19:11.420><c> through</c><00:19:11.680><c> the</c><00:19:11.880><c> prophecy</c><00:19:12.220><c> of</c><00:19:12.500><c> Isaiah</c>

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because<00:19:13.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:14.380><c> was</c><00:19:14.640><c> writing,</c><00:19:15.299><c> as</c><00:19:15.539><c> we're</c><00:19:15.819><c> reminded</c><00:19:16.220><c> at</c><00:19:16.440><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:19:16.839><c> of</c><00:19:17.059><c> the</c><00:19:17.279><c> prophecy,</c>

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during<00:19:18.480><c> the</c><00:19:18.660><c> reigns</c><00:19:19.019><c> of</c><00:19:19.140><c> various</c><00:19:19.519><c> kings,</c><00:19:20.099><c> including</c><00:19:20.980><c> that</c><00:19:21.880><c> king</c><00:19:22.420><c> of</c>

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Judah,<00:19:24.000><c> Isaiah,</c><00:19:24.740><c> you</c><00:19:24.880><c> may</c><00:19:25.160><c> recall.</c>

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Isaiah<00:19:26.200><c> was</c><00:19:26.460><c> the</c><00:19:26.680><c> king</c><00:19:27.119><c> who</c><00:19:27.859><c> had</c><00:19:28.039><c> the</c><00:19:28.299><c> temerity</c><00:19:28.940><c> later</c><00:19:29.380><c> on</c><00:19:29.619><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:30.119><c> reign</c>

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to<00:19:31.240><c> go</c><00:19:31.460><c> into</c><00:19:31.700><c> the</c><00:19:31.940><c> temple</c><00:19:32.359><c> of</c><00:19:32.599><c> God,</c><00:19:33.039><c> which</c><00:19:33.220><c> was</c><00:19:33.500><c> reserved</c><00:19:33.839><c> for</c>

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the<00:19:34.299><c> priests</c><00:19:34.640><c> alone,</c>

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and<00:19:35.960><c> to</c><00:19:36.240><c> seek</c><00:19:36.440><c> to</c><00:19:36.920><c> offer</c><00:19:37.259><c> within</c><00:19:37.779><c> the</c><00:19:38.099><c> temple.</c>

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And<00:19:39.039><c> you</c><00:19:39.140><c> may</c><00:19:39.359><c> recall</c><00:19:39.759><c> that</c><00:19:40.180><c> at</c><00:19:40.299><c> the</c><00:19:40.440><c> point</c><00:19:40.680><c> of</c><00:19:40.900><c> making</c><00:19:41.119><c> his</c><00:19:41.400><c> offering,</c>

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and<00:19:41.900><c> when</c><00:19:42.019><c> the</c><00:19:42.220><c> priests</c><00:19:42.480><c> were</c><00:19:42.660><c> saying,</c><00:19:43.440><c> Isaiah,</c><00:19:43.920><c> you</c><00:19:43.920><c> ought</c>

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not<00:19:44.359><c> to</c><00:19:44.539><c> be</c><00:19:44.759><c> here,</c>

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get<00:19:45.859><c> out</c><00:19:46.180><c> from</c><00:19:46.400><c> the</c><00:19:46.559><c> temple,</c><00:19:47.500><c> at</c><00:19:47.740><c> the</c><00:19:47.960><c> point</c><00:19:48.200><c> of</c><00:19:48.400><c> that</c><00:19:48.599><c> happening,</c>

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then<00:19:49.660><c> he's</c><00:19:50.099><c> smitten</c><00:19:50.400><c> by</c><00:19:50.660><c> leprosy.</c>

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And<00:19:52.940><c> it's</c><00:19:53.240><c> Josephus</c><00:19:53.720><c> when</c><00:19:53.859><c> he's</c><00:19:54.099><c> recording</c><00:19:54.440><c> that</c><00:19:54.740><c> incident</c>

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in<00:19:55.400><c> Isaiah's</c><00:19:55.960><c> life</c><00:19:56.220><c> and</c><00:19:56.500><c> said,</c>

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and<00:19:57.839><c> the</c><00:19:58.079><c> earthquake,</c><00:20:00.859><c> and</c><00:20:01.059><c> remember</c><00:20:01.319><c> the</c><00:20:01.519><c> earthquake,</c><00:20:02.079><c> this</c>

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is<00:20:02.440><c> Zechariah</c><00:20:02.859><c> chapter</c><00:20:03.180><c> 14,</c>

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And<00:20:04.019><c> ye</c><00:20:04.160><c> shall</c><00:20:04.460><c> flee,</c><00:20:05.839><c> like</c><00:20:06.019><c> as</c><00:20:06.220><c> ye</c><00:20:06.380><c> fled</c><00:20:06.640><c> from</c><00:20:06.920><c> the</c><00:20:07.220><c> earthquake</c><00:20:07.900><c> in</c><00:20:08.200><c> the</c><00:20:08.400><c> days</c><00:20:08.640><c> of</c>

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Isaiah<00:20:09.380><c> the</c><00:20:09.599><c> king.</c>

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Josephus<00:20:11.599><c> says</c><00:20:11.819><c> it</c><00:20:11.960><c> was</c><00:20:12.180><c> at</c><00:20:12.339><c> that</c><00:20:12.740><c> point</c><00:20:13.059><c> of</c><00:20:13.299><c> Isaiah's</c><00:20:13.900><c> disobedience</c><00:20:14.900><c> that</c>

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the<00:20:16.500><c> earthquake</c><00:20:16.940><c> occurred.</c>

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And<00:20:18.319><c> he</c><00:20:18.359><c> said,</c><00:20:18.700><c> and</c><00:20:18.700><c> when</c><00:20:18.859><c> the</c><00:20:19.099><c> earthquake</c><00:20:19.460><c> occurred,</c>

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it<00:20:21.339><c> caused</c><00:20:21.759><c> a</c><00:20:22.099><c> crack</c><00:20:22.339><c> to</c><00:20:22.680><c> appear</c><00:20:22.960><c> in</c><00:20:23.140><c> the</c><00:20:23.319><c> wall</c><00:20:23.440><c> of</c><00:20:23.640><c> the</c><00:20:23.779><c> temple,</c>

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and<00:20:24.240><c> a</c><00:20:24.460><c> shaft</c><00:20:24.680><c> of</c><00:20:24.980><c> sunlight</c><00:20:25.460><c> came</c><00:20:26.259><c> through</c><00:20:26.500><c> the</c><00:20:26.779><c> crack,</c>

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and<00:20:28.299><c> it</c><00:20:28.519><c> illuminated</c><00:20:29.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:30.000><c> and</c><00:20:30.460><c> the</c><00:20:30.779><c> priests</c><00:20:31.259><c> who</c><00:20:31.500><c> were</c><00:20:31.859><c> trained</c><00:20:32.539><c> to</c>

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detect<00:20:34.200><c> leprosy</c><00:20:35.500><c> wherever</c><00:20:36.119><c> it</c><00:20:36.539><c> occurred,</c>

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marked<00:20:38.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:38.720><c> out</c><00:20:39.380><c> as</c><00:20:40.019><c> the</c><00:20:40.240><c> leprous</c><00:20:40.819><c> man,</c><00:20:42.220><c> and</c><00:20:42.259><c> said,</c>

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forth<00:20:43.140><c> you</c><00:20:43.339><c> go</c><00:20:43.680><c> from</c><00:20:43.900><c> the</c><00:20:44.079><c> temple,</c><00:20:45.380><c> out</c><00:20:45.740><c> you</c><00:20:46.000><c> must</c><00:20:46.259><c> go,</c>

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and<00:20:47.519><c> he</c><00:20:47.740><c> dwelt</c><00:20:48.059><c> from</c><00:20:48.400><c> that</c><00:20:48.740><c> day</c><00:20:49.059><c> in</c><00:20:49.299><c> a</c><00:20:49.500><c> separate</c><00:20:49.940><c> house.</c>

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Dreadful<00:20:54.640><c> thing</c><00:20:55.039><c> in</c><00:20:55.279><c> Isaiah's</c><00:20:55.779><c> life.</c>

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Well<00:20:56.400><c> here</c><00:20:56.599><c> in</c><00:20:56.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:57.440><c> chapter</c><00:20:57.859><c> 30,</c><00:20:58.779><c> just</c><00:20:59.019><c> as</c><00:20:59.259><c> Zechariah</c><00:20:59.799><c> 14</c>

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says<00:21:00.759><c> the</c><00:21:00.960><c> return</c><00:21:01.339><c> of</c><00:21:01.539><c> Christ</c>

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will<00:21:02.759><c> be</c><00:21:03.099><c> as</c><00:21:03.380><c> it</c><00:21:03.619><c> was</c><00:21:03.799><c> in</c><00:21:04.039><c> the</c><00:21:04.180><c> days</c><00:21:04.339><c> of</c><00:21:04.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:04.960><c> when</c><00:21:05.180><c> the</c>

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earthquake<00:21:06.019><c> came,</c>

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then<00:21:08.980><c> we</c><00:21:09.200><c> read</c><00:21:09.380><c> this,</c><00:21:10.420><c> verse</c><00:21:10.700><c> 25,</c>

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speaking<00:21:13.319><c> of</c><00:21:13.480><c> the</c><00:21:13.779><c> kingdom</c><00:21:14.220><c> and</c><00:21:14.539><c> Christ's</c><00:21:15.119><c> return,</c>

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and<00:21:16.900><c> there</c><00:21:17.160><c> shall</c><00:21:17.380><c> be</c><00:21:17.839><c> upon</c><00:21:18.079><c> every</c><00:21:18.480><c> high</c><00:21:18.779><c> mountain</c><00:21:19.220><c> and</c><00:21:19.480><c> upon</c>

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every<00:21:20.099><c> high</c><00:21:20.420><c> hill</c>

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rivers<00:21:21.980><c> and</c><00:21:23.279><c> streams</c><00:21:23.720><c> of</c><00:21:24.039><c> waters</c><00:21:24.640><c> in</c><00:21:26.079><c> the</c><00:21:26.339><c> day</c><00:21:26.539><c> of</c><00:21:26.779><c> the</c><00:21:26.980><c> great</c><00:21:27.359><c> slaughter,</c>

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oh<00:21:28.940><c> notice</c><00:21:29.299><c> this,</c><00:21:31.279><c> when</c><00:21:31.680><c> the</c><00:21:32.099><c> towers</c><00:21:32.640><c> fall.</c>

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You<00:21:35.799><c> see</c><00:21:35.839><c> that's</c><00:21:36.099><c> what</c><00:21:36.279><c> had</c><00:21:36.500><c> happened</c><00:21:36.960><c> in</c><00:21:37.519><c> the</c><00:21:37.619><c> days</c><00:21:37.819><c> of</c><00:21:38.019><c> Isaiah.</c>

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We're<00:21:38.680><c> told</c><00:21:38.839><c> early</c><00:21:39.279><c> in</c><00:21:39.420><c> his</c><00:21:39.720><c> reign</c><00:21:40.160><c> that</c><00:21:40.960><c> he</c><00:21:41.140><c> just</c><00:21:41.539><c> rejoiced</c>

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in<00:21:42.440><c> all</c><00:21:42.640><c> his</c><00:21:42.819><c> building</c><00:21:43.279><c> projects,</c>

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and<00:21:45.059><c> in</c><00:21:45.200><c> his</c><00:21:45.420><c> irrigation</c><00:21:46.180><c> schemes</c><00:21:46.759><c> because</c><00:21:47.119><c> he</c><00:21:47.420><c> loved</c><00:21:47.680><c> husbandry.</c>

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He<00:21:48.859><c> built</c><00:21:49.160><c> towers</c><00:21:49.700><c> in</c><00:21:49.960><c> the</c><00:21:50.160><c> desert,</c><00:21:51.619><c> spent</c><00:21:51.839><c> years</c><00:21:52.440><c> doing</c><00:21:52.779><c> it,</c>

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and<00:21:53.819><c> Judah</c><00:21:54.039><c> became</c><00:21:54.480><c> prosperous</c><00:21:55.019><c> as</c><00:21:55.259><c> a</c><00:21:55.380><c> result</c><00:21:55.619><c> of</c><00:21:55.819><c> all</c><00:21:55.980><c> the</c><00:21:56.160><c> work,</c>

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and<00:21:57.779><c> then</c><00:21:57.960><c> on</c><00:21:58.160><c> that</c><00:21:58.500><c> fateful</c><00:21:58.900><c> day</c><00:21:59.220><c> when</c><00:21:59.380><c> he</c><00:21:59.480><c> went</c><00:21:59.680><c> into</c><00:21:59.900><c> the</c>

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temple<00:22:00.420><c> and</c><00:22:00.619><c> the</c><00:22:00.799><c> earthquake</c><00:22:01.200><c> came,</c>

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the<00:22:03.400><c> towers</c><00:22:04.000><c> fell.</c>

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And<00:22:07.619><c> on</c><00:22:07.960><c> that</c><00:22:08.400><c> fateful</c><00:22:08.859><c> day</c><00:22:09.559><c> when</c><00:22:10.839><c> the</c><00:22:11.000><c> Lord</c><00:22:11.220><c> Jesus</c><00:22:11.700><c> Christ</c><00:22:12.119><c> returns,</c>

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the<00:22:14.400><c> towers</c><00:22:14.720><c> will</c><00:22:15.160><c> fall.</c>

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And<00:22:17.359><c> that's</c><00:22:17.539><c> what</c><00:22:17.700><c> Timothy</c><00:22:18.079><c> was</c><00:22:18.339><c> told,</c>

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cast<00:22:20.059><c> down</c><00:22:20.859><c> every</c><00:22:21.900><c> imagination,</c><00:22:23.759><c> every</c><00:22:24.180><c> pretentious</c><00:22:25.160><c> argument,</c>

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don't<00:22:26.799><c> allow</c><00:22:27.160><c> it</c><00:22:27.380><c> to</c><00:22:27.519><c> be</c><00:22:27.720><c> built</c><00:22:28.000><c> in</c><00:22:28.220><c> your</c><00:22:28.539><c> life</c><00:22:28.799><c> at</c><00:22:29.119><c> all,</c>

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because<00:22:29.960><c> people</c><00:22:30.420><c> are</c><00:22:30.740><c> drawn</c><00:22:30.980><c> away</c><00:22:31.319><c> by</c><00:22:31.619><c> those</c><00:22:31.980><c> things,</c>

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but<00:22:33.519><c> they're</c><00:22:33.799><c> really</c><00:22:34.119><c> just</c><00:22:34.359><c> a</c><00:22:34.539><c> house</c><00:22:34.759><c> of</c><00:22:35.059><c> cards.</c>

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It<00:22:36.720><c> looks</c><00:22:37.140><c> as</c><00:22:37.400><c> if</c><00:22:37.480><c> they're</c><00:22:37.980><c> impregnable,</c><00:22:38.680><c> it</c><00:22:38.700><c> looks</c><00:22:38.940><c> as</c><00:22:39.119><c> if</c><00:22:39.180><c> they're</c><00:22:39.500><c> built</c><00:22:39.839><c> of</c><00:22:40.299><c> stone,</c>

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and<00:22:41.380><c> they're</c><00:22:41.640><c> not,</c><00:22:42.440><c> and</c><00:22:42.559><c> there</c><00:22:42.700><c> will</c><00:22:42.960><c> come</c><00:22:43.180><c> a</c><00:22:43.359><c> day</c><00:22:43.859><c> when</c><00:22:44.539><c> the</c>

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towers<00:22:45.359><c> fall.</c>

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And<00:22:47.480><c> the</c><00:22:47.599><c> world</c><00:22:47.819><c> around</c><00:22:48.160><c> us</c><00:22:48.359><c> is</c><00:22:48.619><c> full</c><00:22:48.859><c> of</c><00:22:49.200><c> towers</c><00:22:49.500><c> built</c><00:22:49.819><c> by</c><00:22:50.160><c> man.</c>

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He's<00:22:51.220><c> been</c><00:22:51.599><c> building</c><00:22:52.019><c> them</c><00:22:52.380><c> ever</c><00:22:52.859><c> since</c><00:22:53.299><c> Nimrod</c><00:22:53.859><c> started</c><00:22:54.359><c> to</c>

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build<00:22:54.819><c> them</c><00:22:54.980><c> on</c><00:22:55.160><c> the</c><00:22:55.359><c> plains</c><00:22:55.599><c> of</c><00:22:56.019><c> Shinar,</c>

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citadels<00:22:58.480><c> and</c><00:22:58.900><c> strongholds,</c><00:23:00.700><c> fortresses</c><00:23:01.319><c> and</c><00:23:01.539><c> castles</c><00:23:02.039><c> of</c><00:23:02.299><c> men,</c>

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they<00:23:02.960><c> seem</c><00:23:03.180><c> impregnable,</c>

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but<00:23:06.259><c> there</c><00:23:06.420><c> was</c><00:23:06.599><c> one</c><00:23:07.000><c> point</c><00:23:07.380><c> in</c><00:23:07.819><c> your</c><00:23:08.160><c> life,</c>

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and<00:23:11.599><c> there</c><00:23:11.720><c> was</c><00:23:11.920><c> one</c><00:23:12.240><c> point</c><00:23:12.460><c> in</c><00:23:12.680><c> my</c><00:23:13.039><c> life,</c>

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when<00:23:15.400><c> the</c><00:23:15.680><c> citadels</c><00:23:16.319><c> of</c><00:23:16.599><c> our</c><00:23:16.940><c> minds</c><00:23:17.400><c> were</c><00:23:18.000><c> stormed</c><00:23:18.759><c> by</c><00:23:19.000><c> the</c><00:23:19.240><c> word</c><00:23:19.460><c> of</c><00:23:19.700><c> Christ.</c>

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There<00:23:22.319><c> was</c><00:23:22.539><c> a</c><00:23:22.700><c> point</c><00:23:22.940><c> in</c><00:23:23.220><c> Timothy's</c><00:23:23.759><c> life</c><00:23:24.000><c> where</c><00:23:24.220><c> the</c><00:23:24.440><c> same</c><00:23:24.619><c> happened,</c>

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and<00:23:27.440><c> the</c><00:23:27.680><c> process</c><00:23:28.039><c> has</c><00:23:28.339><c> to</c><00:23:28.640><c> continue,</c>

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as<00:23:30.140><c> we</c><00:23:30.359><c> bring</c><00:23:30.539><c> every</c><00:23:30.940><c> thought</c><00:23:31.299><c> into</c><00:23:31.599><c> subjection</c><00:23:32.240><c> to</c><00:23:32.480><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:23:33.700><c> in</c><00:23:33.880><c> just</c><00:23:34.160><c> the</c><00:23:34.339><c> same</c><00:23:34.559><c> way,</c>

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when<00:23:36.140><c> Christ</c><00:23:36.720><c> comes</c><00:23:37.140><c> again</c><00:23:37.559><c> in</c><00:23:37.980><c> power,</c>

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the<00:23:39.339><c> earth's</c><00:23:40.259><c> strongholds</c><00:23:41.039><c> will</c><00:23:41.279><c> tumble</c><00:23:42.079><c> in</c><00:23:42.799><c> the</c><00:23:42.980><c> days</c><00:23:43.279><c> when</c>

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the<00:23:43.859><c> towers</c><00:23:44.180><c> fall.</c>

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But<00:23:48.480><c> there's</c><00:23:48.680><c> something</c><00:23:48.960><c> else</c><00:23:49.359><c> in</c><00:23:49.559><c> this</c><00:23:50.339><c> work</c><00:23:50.819><c> to</c><00:23:51.500><c> which</c><00:23:51.740><c> Timothy</c><00:23:52.140><c> was</c>

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being<00:23:52.819><c> called.</c>

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There's<00:23:55.359><c> other</c><00:23:55.700><c> language</c><00:23:56.539><c> about</c><00:23:57.220><c> fighting.</c>

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Just<00:23:59.480><c> look</c><00:23:59.640><c> at</c><00:23:59.819><c> 1</c><00:24:00.039><c> Samuel</c><00:24:00.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:00.819><c> 18.</c>

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It's<00:24:02.579><c> found</c><00:24:02.880><c> here.</c>

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In<00:24:06.559><c> the</c><00:24:06.759><c> time</c><00:24:06.920><c> of</c><00:24:07.160><c> David</c><00:24:07.500><c> now,</c>

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1<00:24:11.720><c> Samuel</c><00:24:12.079><c> 18</c><00:24:13.519><c> and</c><00:24:14.519><c> verse</c><00:24:15.079><c> 13,</c>

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when<00:24:16.500><c> Saul</c><00:24:17.099><c> took</c><00:24:19.200><c> David,</c>

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1<00:24:24.140><c> Samuel</c><00:24:24.400><c> 18</c><00:24:24.819><c> verse</c><00:24:25.099><c> 13,</c><00:24:25.539><c> Saul</c><00:24:25.779><c> removed</c><00:24:26.160><c> him</c><00:24:26.339><c> from</c><00:24:26.500><c> him,</c>

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made<00:24:27.960><c> David</c><00:24:28.619><c> his</c><00:24:28.980><c> captain</c><00:24:29.539><c> over</c><00:24:30.059><c> a</c><00:24:30.259><c> thousand,</c>

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and<00:24:31.819><c> David</c><00:24:32.859><c> went</c><00:24:33.299><c> out</c><00:24:33.940><c> and</c><00:24:35.000><c> came</c><00:24:35.339><c> in</c><00:24:35.779><c> before</c><00:24:36.140><c> the</c><00:24:36.380><c> people.</c>

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Oh,<00:24:39.900><c> it's</c><00:24:40.059><c> language</c><00:24:40.400><c> that's</c><00:24:40.920><c> applied</c><00:24:41.359><c> in</c><00:24:41.559><c> a</c><00:24:41.819><c> military</c><00:24:42.279><c> sense,</c>

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but<00:24:44.920><c> actually</c><00:24:45.279><c> it</c><00:24:45.480><c> comes</c><00:24:45.740><c> from</c><00:24:46.059><c> somewhere</c><00:24:46.400><c> else.</c>

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This<00:24:46.880><c> is</c><00:24:47.160><c> not</c><00:24:47.500><c> a</c><00:24:47.779><c> military</c><00:24:48.559><c> metaphor,</c>

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even<00:24:50.240><c> though</c><00:24:50.400><c> it's</c><00:24:50.539><c> being</c><00:24:50.799><c> applied</c><00:24:51.339><c> here</c><00:24:51.700><c> in</c><00:24:51.859><c> a</c><00:24:52.019><c> military</c><00:24:52.440><c> sense.</c>

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It's<00:24:54.960><c> actually</c><00:24:55.440><c> an</c><00:24:56.220><c> agricultural</c><00:24:57.099><c> metaphor.</c>

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It's<00:25:00.319><c> the</c><00:25:00.519><c> picture</c><00:25:00.799><c> of</c><00:25:01.000><c> the</c><00:25:01.220><c> Eastern</c><00:25:01.539><c> Shepherd,</c>

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and<00:25:03.579><c> the</c><00:25:03.819><c> Eastern</c><00:25:04.119><c> Shepherd</c><00:25:04.440><c> doesn't</c><00:25:04.839><c> drive</c><00:25:05.599><c> his</c><00:25:06.019><c> sheep.</c>

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He<00:25:07.700><c> leads</c><00:25:08.259><c> them.</c>

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Remember,<00:25:12.200><c> this</c><00:25:12.500><c> is</c><00:25:12.720><c> Numbers</c><00:25:12.980><c> 27</c><00:25:13.660><c> and</c><00:25:13.880><c> verse</c><00:25:14.180><c> 17.</c>

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Let<00:25:15.740><c> the</c><00:25:16.039><c> Lord,</c><00:25:17.119><c> the</c><00:25:17.319><c> God</c><00:25:17.579><c> of</c><00:25:17.740><c> the</c><00:25:18.000><c> spirits</c><00:25:18.279><c> of</c><00:25:18.500><c> all</c><00:25:18.779><c> flesh,</c>

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set<00:25:19.420><c> a</c><00:25:19.700><c> man</c><00:25:19.839><c> over</c><00:25:20.119><c> the</c><00:25:20.339><c> congregation</c><00:25:20.960><c> which</c><00:25:21.720><c> may</c><00:25:22.200><c> go</c><00:25:22.480><c> out</c>

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before<00:25:23.339><c> them,</c>

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which<00:25:24.680><c> may</c><00:25:25.440><c> go</c><00:25:25.839><c> in</c><00:25:26.140><c> before</c><00:25:26.559><c> them,</c>

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which<00:25:27.140><c> may</c><00:25:27.640><c> lead</c><00:25:28.019><c> them</c><00:25:28.279><c> out</c><00:25:28.579><c> and</c><00:25:28.720><c> which</c><00:25:28.960><c> may</c><00:25:29.279><c> bring</c><00:25:29.579><c> them</c><00:25:29.799><c> in,</c>

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that<00:25:30.920><c> the</c><00:25:31.240><c> congregation</c><00:25:31.700><c> of</c><00:25:31.900><c> the</c><00:25:32.019><c> Lord</c><00:25:32.220><c> be</c><00:25:32.420><c> not</c><00:25:32.640><c> a</c><00:25:32.920><c> sheep</c><00:25:33.119><c> which</c><00:25:33.400><c> have</c>

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no<00:25:33.980><c> shepherd.</c>

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And<00:25:36.400><c> that's</c><00:25:36.720><c> what</c><00:25:36.940><c> Timothy</c><00:25:37.380><c> had</c><00:25:37.619><c> to</c><00:25:37.880><c> recognize</c><00:25:38.339><c> as</c><00:25:38.619><c> well.</c>

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:43.079
And<00:25:39.059><c> for</c><00:25:39.380><c> a</c><00:25:39.539><c> time,</c><00:25:40.500><c> in</c><00:25:40.640><c> the</c><00:25:40.859><c> absence</c><00:25:41.519><c> of</c><00:25:42.000><c> the</c><00:25:42.180><c> shepherd,</c>

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:45.720
well<00:25:43.880><c> then</c><00:25:44.180><c> other</c><00:25:44.579><c> shepherds</c><00:25:45.059><c> were</c><00:25:45.279><c> needed,</c>

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:51.220
who<00:25:46.720><c> would</c><00:25:47.299><c> go</c><00:25:47.660><c> out</c><00:25:48.039><c> before</c><00:25:48.619><c> and</c><00:25:49.440><c> go</c><00:25:49.759><c> in</c><00:25:50.220><c> before</c><00:25:50.619><c> the</c><00:25:50.880><c> people,</c>

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:54.740
who<00:25:51.519><c> would</c><00:25:51.799><c> lead</c><00:25:52.019><c> them</c><00:25:52.220><c> out</c><00:25:52.539><c> and</c><00:25:52.740><c> who</c><00:25:52.880><c> would</c><00:25:53.140><c> lead</c><00:25:53.359><c> them</c><00:25:53.579><c> in,</c>

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:59.980
that<00:25:56.799><c> the</c><00:25:57.099><c> Lord's</c><00:25:57.599><c> flock</c><00:25:57.779><c> would</c><00:25:58.039><c> not</c><00:25:58.259><c> be</c><00:25:58.539><c> without</c><00:25:58.900><c> a</c><00:25:59.200><c> shepherd.</c>

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:02.420
Well,<00:26:00.819><c> let's</c><00:26:00.980><c> go</c><00:26:01.160><c> back</c><00:26:01.339><c> to</c><00:26:01.559><c> 2</c><00:26:01.700><c> Timothy,</c><00:26:02.220><c> shall</c><00:26:02.279><c> we?</c>

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:04.779
2<00:26:02.660><c> Timothy</c><00:26:03.039><c> chapter</c><00:26:03.500><c> 4.</c>

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:07.619
Because<00:26:05.700><c> it</c><00:26:05.880><c> was</c><00:26:06.059><c> with</c><00:26:06.299><c> these</c><00:26:06.599><c> thoughts</c><00:26:06.940><c> in</c><00:26:07.259><c> mind</c>

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:11.200
that<00:26:07.819><c> the</c><00:26:08.019><c> Apostle</c><00:26:08.380><c> wrote</c><00:26:08.680><c> to</c><00:26:08.980><c> Timothy</c><00:26:09.940><c> as</c><00:26:10.140><c> he</c><00:26:10.460><c> embarked</c><00:26:10.960><c> upon</c>

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.480
this<00:26:11.460><c> great</c><00:26:11.839><c> work,</c>

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:16.220
for<00:26:13.119><c> which</c><00:26:13.319><c> he</c><00:26:13.480><c> had</c><00:26:13.480><c> been</c><00:26:13.839><c> prepared</c><00:26:14.740><c> during</c><00:26:15.400><c> his</c><00:26:15.759><c> time</c><00:26:15.980><c> with</c>

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.759
the<00:26:16.420><c> Apostle</c><00:26:16.819><c> Paul.</c>

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:23.240
And<00:26:19.200><c> now,</c><00:26:19.480><c> as</c><00:26:19.660><c> he</c><00:26:19.859><c> reaches</c><00:26:20.259><c> this</c><00:26:20.960><c> grand</c><00:26:21.480><c> age</c><00:26:21.940><c> of</c><00:26:22.259><c> 30,</c>

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:27.579
he<00:26:23.839><c> enters</c><00:26:24.180><c> into</c><00:26:24.460><c> the</c><00:26:24.700><c> work</c><00:26:25.019><c> and</c><00:26:25.619><c> 2</c><00:26:25.920><c> Timothy</c><00:26:26.339><c> chapter</c><00:26:26.720><c> 4</c>

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:33.119
and<00:26:28.960><c> verse</c><00:26:29.359><c> 5</c><00:26:31.180><c> Paul</c><00:26:31.640><c> says</c><00:26:31.920><c> to</c><00:26:32.099><c> him,</c>

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.940
watch<00:26:34.140><c> thou</c><00:26:34.500><c> in</c><00:26:34.759><c> all</c><00:26:35.059><c> things,</c>

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endure<00:26:36.720><c> afflictions,</c>

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:40.960
do<00:26:38.720><c> the</c><00:26:38.880><c> work</c><00:26:39.039><c> of</c><00:26:39.220><c> an</c><00:26:39.440><c> evangelist,</c>

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:45.599
make<00:26:41.539><c> full</c><00:26:42.359><c> proof</c><00:26:43.019><c> of</c><00:26:44.160><c> thy</c><00:26:44.380><c> ministry.</c>

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:50.200
Now<00:26:47.180><c> the</c><00:26:47.480><c> time</c><00:26:47.819><c> is</c><00:26:48.240><c> fulfilled,</c><00:26:49.019><c> Timothy,</c>

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:54.980
make<00:26:50.960><c> full</c><00:26:51.720><c> proof</c><00:26:52.380><c> of</c><00:26:53.319><c> thy</c><00:26:53.779><c> ministry.</c>

00:26:57.039 --> 00:27:02.420
Interesting,<00:26:57.960><c> this</c><00:26:58.700><c> idea</c><00:26:59.299><c> of</c><00:26:59.559><c> making</c><00:27:00.240><c> full</c><00:27:01.099><c> proof.</c>

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:08.940
And<00:27:04.859><c> again,</c><00:27:05.099><c> there's</c><00:27:05.720><c> a</c><00:27:05.880><c> little</c><00:27:06.079><c> connection</c><00:27:06.660><c> with</c><00:27:07.119><c> the</c><00:27:07.339><c> Gospel</c><00:27:07.720><c> of</c><00:27:07.980><c> Luke.</c>

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:12.619
Because<00:27:10.059><c> when</c><00:27:10.440><c> Luke</c><00:27:10.759><c> was</c><00:27:11.019><c> writing</c><00:27:11.480><c> to</c><00:27:11.839><c> Theophilus,</c>

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:15.799
he<00:27:12.980><c> says</c><00:27:13.259><c> in</c><00:27:13.660><c> chapter</c><00:27:14.099><c> 1</c><00:27:14.539><c> and</c><00:27:14.819><c> verse</c><00:27:15.240><c> 1,</c>

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:19.759
that<00:27:16.279><c> he's</c><00:27:16.519><c> going</c><00:27:16.660><c> to</c><00:27:16.960><c> write</c><00:27:17.200><c> about</c><00:27:17.539><c> those</c><00:27:17.960><c> things</c><00:27:18.359><c> which</c><00:27:18.740><c> are,</c><00:27:19.500><c> do</c>

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.279
you<00:27:19.859><c> remember?</c>

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:25.519
Most<00:27:21.539><c> surely</c><00:27:22.880><c> believed</c><00:27:23.759><c> amongst</c><00:27:25.019><c> us.</c>

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:27.380
And<00:27:26.079><c> it's</c><00:27:26.259><c> just</c><00:27:26.559><c> the</c><00:27:26.740><c> same</c><00:27:26.940><c> word.</c>

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It's<00:27:28.019><c> the</c><00:27:28.299><c> full</c><00:27:28.700><c> proof.</c>

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:33.279
In<00:27:30.859><c> that</c><00:27:31.140><c> case,</c><00:27:31.460><c> of</c><00:27:31.599><c> course,</c><00:27:32.059><c> the</c><00:27:32.180><c> full</c><00:27:32.619><c> proof</c>

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:38.339
of<00:27:34.059><c> the</c><00:27:34.339><c> teaching</c><00:27:34.880><c> and</c><00:27:35.440><c> the</c><00:27:35.720><c> work</c><00:27:36.299><c> of</c><00:27:37.240><c> our</c><00:27:37.480><c> Lord</c><00:27:37.700><c> Jesus.</c>

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:41.720
The<00:27:39.059><c> things</c><00:27:39.460><c> most</c><00:27:40.000><c> surely</c><00:27:40.460><c> believed</c><00:27:40.900><c> amongst</c><00:27:41.319><c> us.</c>

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:47.740
And<00:27:42.240><c> now</c><00:27:42.660><c> Timothy</c><00:27:43.180><c> is</c><00:27:43.859><c> to</c><00:27:44.079><c> make</c><00:27:44.539><c> full</c><00:27:45.259><c> proof</c><00:27:45.819><c> of</c><00:27:46.440><c> his</c><00:27:46.700><c> ministry.</c>

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:53.839
Or<00:27:49.720><c> do</c><00:27:50.079><c> you</c><00:27:50.140><c> remember</c><00:27:50.700><c> the</c><00:27:51.000><c> Apostle</c><00:27:51.400><c> Paul</c><00:27:51.640><c> writing</c><00:27:52.259><c> to</c><00:27:52.740><c> the</c><00:27:52.859><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:53.240><c> in</c><00:27:53.519><c> Rome?</c>

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:56.400
This<00:27:54.000><c> is</c><00:27:54.180><c> Romans</c><00:27:54.480><c> chapter</c><00:27:54.940><c> 4</c><00:27:55.480><c> and</c><00:27:55.680><c> verse</c><00:27:56.059><c> 1</c>

00:27:56.400 --> 00:28:01.779
where<00:27:56.619><c> he</c><00:27:56.700><c> wrote</c><00:27:56.940><c> about</c><00:27:57.319><c> Abraham</c><00:27:58.000><c> who</c><00:27:58.380><c> was</c><00:28:00.019><c> fully</c><00:28:00.759><c> persuaded</c>

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:07.819
that<00:28:03.259><c> what</c><00:28:03.539><c> God</c><00:28:03.839><c> had</c><00:28:04.160><c> promised</c><00:28:04.680><c> he</c><00:28:05.039><c> was</c><00:28:05.299><c> able</c><00:28:05.720><c> also</c><00:28:06.259><c> to</c><00:28:06.579><c> perform.</c>

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.500
Same<00:28:08.319><c> word.</c>

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:12.839
Make<00:28:10.099><c> full</c><00:28:10.759><c> proof</c><00:28:11.299><c> of</c><00:28:11.980><c> thy</c><00:28:12.160><c> ministry.</c>

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:15.700
You're<00:28:13.660><c> fully</c><00:28:13.960><c> persuaded</c><00:28:14.539><c> of</c><00:28:14.799><c> these</c><00:28:15.059><c> things?</c>

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:18.640
Well,<00:28:16.579><c> put</c><00:28:16.759><c> them</c><00:28:16.940><c> into</c><00:28:17.180><c> practice.</c>

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:23.660
Later<00:28:20.019><c> in</c><00:28:20.279><c> Romans</c><00:28:20.859><c> chapter</c><00:28:21.400><c> 14,</c><00:28:22.099><c> the</c><00:28:22.180><c> Apostle</c><00:28:22.539><c> wrote,</c>

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:28.980
let<00:28:24.039><c> every</c><00:28:24.460><c> man</c><00:28:24.740><c> be</c><00:28:26.119><c> fully</c><00:28:26.460><c> persuaded</c><00:28:27.059><c> in</c><00:28:27.279><c> his</c><00:28:27.480><c> own</c><00:28:27.759><c> mind.</c>

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:33.119
And<00:28:30.359><c> here</c><00:28:30.579><c> in</c><00:28:30.819><c> 2</c><00:28:31.099><c> Timothy</c><00:28:31.400><c> chapter</c><00:28:31.900><c> 4,</c>

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:37.799
the<00:28:33.339><c> word</c><00:28:33.640><c> appears</c><00:28:34.359><c> for</c><00:28:35.039><c> a</c><00:28:35.180><c> second</c><00:28:35.400><c> time</c><00:28:35.859><c> later</c><00:28:36.220><c> on</c><00:28:36.460><c> in</c><00:28:36.619><c> the</c><00:28:36.759><c> chapter.</c>

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It's<00:28:38.759><c> verse</c><00:28:39.339><c> 17</c><00:28:40.119><c> where</c><00:28:40.640><c> the</c><00:28:40.859><c> Apostle</c><00:28:41.240><c> says,</c>

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notwithstanding<00:28:42.140><c> the</c><00:28:42.359><c> Lord</c><00:28:42.599><c> stood</c><00:28:42.859><c> with</c><00:28:43.079><c> me</c><00:28:43.259><c> and</c><00:28:43.539><c> strengthened</c><00:28:43.940><c> me,</c>

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:51.400
that<00:28:45.119><c> by</c><00:28:45.460><c> me</c><00:28:46.579><c> the</c><00:28:47.200><c> preaching</c><00:28:47.619><c> might</c><00:28:48.099><c> be</c><00:28:49.619><c> fully</c><00:28:50.099><c> known</c>

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:54.799
and<00:28:52.599><c> that</c><00:28:52.859><c> all</c><00:28:53.299><c> the</c><00:28:53.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:28:54.059><c> might</c><00:28:54.420><c> hear</c>

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:57.839
when<00:28:55.019><c> I</c><00:28:55.200><c> was</c><00:28:55.380><c> delivered</c><00:28:55.720><c> out</c><00:28:55.980><c> of</c><00:28:56.079><c> the</c><00:28:56.279><c> mouth</c><00:28:56.519><c> of</c><00:28:56.759><c> the</c><00:28:56.940><c> lion.</c>

00:28:58.380 --> 00:29:01.279
We<00:28:58.779><c> never</c><00:28:59.200><c> shirked,</c><00:28:59.720><c> the</c><00:28:59.859><c> Apostle</c><00:29:00.200><c> wrote</c><00:29:00.420><c> on</c><00:29:00.660><c> another</c><00:29:00.859><c> occasion,</c>

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:05.660
from<00:29:01.619><c> declaring</c><00:29:02.019><c> to</c><00:29:02.380><c> them</c><00:29:02.619><c> the</c><00:29:03.299><c> whole</c><00:29:03.779><c> counsel</c><00:29:04.339><c> of</c><00:29:04.539><c> God</c>

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:08.799
so<00:29:06.539><c> that</c><00:29:06.680><c> the</c><00:29:06.940><c> work</c><00:29:07.200><c> could</c><00:29:07.440><c> be</c><00:29:08.000><c> fully</c><00:29:08.220><c> known.</c>

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:11.299
So<00:29:09.160><c> now</c><00:29:09.619><c> Timothy</c><00:29:10.019><c> is</c><00:29:10.319><c> told,</c>

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:15.599
make<00:29:11.779><c> full</c><00:29:12.799><c> proof</c><00:29:13.519><c> of</c><00:29:14.220><c> thy</c><00:29:14.440><c> ministry.</c>

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:19.660
The<00:29:16.700><c> word</c><00:29:16.880><c> actually</c><00:29:17.160><c> is</c><00:29:17.299><c> made</c><00:29:17.460><c> up</c><00:29:17.640><c> out</c><00:29:17.819><c> of</c><00:29:17.980><c> two</c><00:29:18.240><c> Greek</c><00:29:18.559><c> words.</c>

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:24.880
The<00:29:20.640><c> first</c><00:29:20.900><c> part</c><00:29:21.200><c> of</c><00:29:21.359><c> the</c><00:29:21.539><c> word,</c><00:29:22.519><c> meaning</c><00:29:22.799><c> full</c><00:29:23.400><c> or</c><00:29:23.680><c> to</c><00:29:24.059><c> fill</c><00:29:24.240><c> up,</c>

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.839
the<00:29:25.240><c> Greek</c><00:29:25.460><c> word</c><00:29:25.740><c> pleiro.</c>

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But<00:29:28.279><c> the</c><00:29:28.539><c> second</c><00:29:28.980><c> part</c><00:29:29.680><c> is</c><00:29:31.079><c> to</c><00:29:31.319><c> do</c><00:29:31.599><c> with</c><00:29:32.220><c> the</c><00:29:32.519><c> things</c><00:29:32.839><c> that</c><00:29:33.160><c> we</c><00:29:33.480><c> wear.</c>

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:39.980
So<00:29:36.599><c> those</c><00:29:37.160><c> things</c><00:29:37.519><c> that</c><00:29:37.700><c> you're</c><00:29:38.000><c> always</c><00:29:38.680><c> wearing,</c>

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:44.559
Paul<00:29:40.599><c> is</c><00:29:40.859><c> saying</c><00:29:41.059><c> to</c><00:29:41.319><c> Timothy,</c><00:29:43.140><c> always</c><00:29:43.740><c> wear</c><00:29:44.099><c> them.</c>

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:48.000
That's<00:29:45.319><c> strange,</c><00:29:45.700><c> isn't</c><00:29:45.779><c> it?</c><00:29:45.920><c> Why</c><00:29:46.079><c> does</c><00:29:46.259><c> he</c><00:29:46.279><c> need</c><00:29:46.480><c> to</c><00:29:46.660><c> say</c><00:29:46.759><c> it</c><00:29:46.940><c> twice?</c>

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:51.579
And<00:29:49.319><c> we</c><00:29:49.559><c> might</c><00:29:49.759><c> call</c><00:29:49.980><c> that</c><00:29:50.259><c> tautology.</c>

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:55.019
That's<00:29:52.519><c> the</c><00:29:52.900><c> English</c><00:29:53.299><c> figure</c><00:29:53.660><c> of</c><00:29:53.920><c> speech</c><00:29:54.180><c> that</c><00:29:54.400><c> just</c><00:29:54.660><c> repeats</c>

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:57.619
things<00:29:56.019><c> unnecessarily.</c>

00:29:57.880 --> 00:30:00.619
That's<00:29:58.299><c> the</c><00:29:58.799><c> idea</c><00:29:59.279><c> behind</c><00:29:59.759><c> tautology.</c>

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:03.380
But<00:30:01.859><c> of</c><00:30:02.039><c> course</c><00:30:02.259><c> this</c><00:30:02.440><c> is</c><00:30:02.660><c> the</c><00:30:02.740><c> word</c><00:30:02.900><c> of</c><00:30:03.160><c> God</c>

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:07.819
and<00:30:03.539><c> so</c><00:30:03.740><c> nothing</c><00:30:04.000><c> is</c><00:30:04.700><c> unnecessary</c><00:30:05.740><c> in</c><00:30:06.900><c> the</c><00:30:07.099><c> word</c><00:30:07.279><c> of</c><00:30:07.559><c> God.</c>

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:10.180
If<00:30:08.119><c> you</c><00:30:08.180><c> just</c><00:30:08.299><c> keep</c><00:30:08.440><c> your</c><00:30:08.599><c> finger</c><00:30:08.799><c> in</c><00:30:08.980><c> 2</c><00:30:09.220><c> Timothy</c><00:30:09.539><c> chapter</c><00:30:09.980><c> 4,</c>

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:14.059
if<00:30:10.319><c> you</c><00:30:10.420><c> want</c><00:30:10.539><c> an</c><00:30:10.779><c> example</c><00:30:11.259><c> of</c><00:30:11.980><c> scriptural</c><00:30:12.700><c> tautology,</c>

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:16.240
turn<00:30:14.400><c> to</c><00:30:14.660><c> Acts</c><00:30:15.000><c> chapter</c><00:30:15.400><c> 1</c>

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:23.440
and<00:30:17.319><c> notice</c><00:30:17.700><c> how</c><00:30:18.000><c> wonderful</c><00:30:18.460><c> it</c><00:30:18.720><c> is</c><00:30:19.400><c> when</c><00:30:20.279><c> it's</c><00:30:21.079><c> inspired</c><00:30:21.859><c> tautology.</c>

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:30.039
And<00:30:24.900><c> the</c><00:30:25.400><c> words</c><00:30:25.740><c> here</c><00:30:26.440><c> would</c><00:30:27.079><c> appear</c><00:30:27.640><c> to</c><00:30:27.920><c> be</c><00:30:28.539><c> unnecessary,</c>

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:32.440
humanly<00:30:31.279><c> speaking.</c>

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:40.720
It's<00:30:37.000><c> here</c><00:30:37.200><c> in</c><00:30:37.380><c> Acts</c><00:30:37.619><c> chapter</c><00:30:37.920><c> 1</c><00:30:38.240><c> and</c><00:30:38.420><c> verse</c><00:30:38.819><c> 3,</c>

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:43.500
speaking<00:30:41.740><c> about</c><00:30:42.039><c> the</c><00:30:42.279><c> apostles,</c>

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:49.339
to<00:30:44.279><c> whom</c><00:30:44.640><c> also</c><00:30:45.359><c> Jesus</c><00:30:46.000><c> showed</c><00:30:46.480><c> himself</c><00:30:47.039><c> alive</c><00:30:47.700><c> after</c><00:30:48.200><c> his</c><00:30:48.519><c> passion</c>

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:54.839
by<00:30:50.519><c> many</c><00:30:51.539><c> infallible</c><00:30:53.019><c> proofs.</c>

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:57.900
And<00:30:55.460><c> interestingly,</c><00:30:56.599><c> some</c><00:30:56.819><c> manuscripts</c><00:30:57.279><c> leave</c><00:30:57.559><c> out</c><00:30:57.859><c> the</c>

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.500
word<00:30:58.200><c> infallible</c>

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:01.000
because<00:30:59.359><c> they</c><00:30:59.559><c> think</c><00:30:59.740><c> the</c><00:30:59.839><c> word</c><00:31:00.160><c> proof</c><00:31:00.420><c> is</c><00:31:00.660><c> sufficient.</c>

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:03.200
I<00:31:01.180><c> mean,</c><00:31:01.240><c> if</c><00:31:01.339><c> it's</c><00:31:01.500><c> a</c><00:31:01.640><c> proof,</c><00:31:01.880><c> it's</c><00:31:02.039><c> a</c><00:31:02.200><c> proof.</c>

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:06.960
And<00:31:04.420><c> the</c><00:31:04.619><c> proof</c><00:31:04.859><c> must</c><00:31:05.079><c> be</c><00:31:05.279><c> good</c><00:31:05.420><c> enough</c><00:31:05.619><c> on</c><00:31:05.819><c> its</c><00:31:06.059><c> own.</c>

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:11.400
But<00:31:08.019><c> it's</c><00:31:08.619><c> an</c><00:31:08.980><c> infallible</c><00:31:10.359><c> proof.</c>

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:13.339
You<00:31:11.680><c> see,</c><00:31:11.900><c> it's</c><00:31:12.119><c> tautology.</c>

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:18.240
But<00:31:13.640><c> how</c><00:31:13.940><c> wonderful</c><00:31:14.740><c> that</c><00:31:15.759><c> it</c><00:31:16.079><c> is</c><00:31:16.500><c> an</c><00:31:16.799><c> infallible</c><00:31:17.640><c> proof.</c>

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:21.119
There<00:31:18.539><c> can</c><00:31:18.759><c> be</c><00:31:18.940><c> no</c><00:31:19.099><c> doubt</c><00:31:19.359><c> about</c><00:31:19.640><c> it</c><00:31:19.819><c> at</c><00:31:20.000><c> all.</c>

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:25.140
The<00:31:22.059><c> most</c><00:31:22.599><c> attested</c><00:31:23.420><c> fact</c><00:31:23.880><c> in</c><00:31:24.099><c> the</c><00:31:24.259><c> history</c><00:31:24.559><c> of</c><00:31:24.799><c> the</c><00:31:24.900><c> world,</c>

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.500
so<00:31:25.380><c> we're</c><00:31:25.559><c> told,</c>

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:28.960
the<00:31:26.720><c> resurrection</c><00:31:27.140><c> of</c><00:31:27.339><c> the</c><00:31:27.420><c> Lord</c><00:31:27.599><c> Jesus</c><00:31:27.940><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:33.960
And<00:31:30.019><c> here</c><00:31:30.319><c> in</c><00:31:30.660><c> 2</c><00:31:30.920><c> Timothy</c><00:31:31.240><c> chapter</c><00:31:31.680><c> 4,</c>

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:37.019
fully<00:31:35.180><c> we're</c><00:31:35.779><c> told,</c>

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:49.039
fully<00:31:39.700><c> make</c><00:31:40.380><c> proof</c><00:31:41.440><c> of</c><00:31:45.799><c> the</c><00:31:46.059><c> ministry</c><00:31:46.660><c> to</c><00:31:47.059><c> which</c><00:31:47.220><c> you've</c><00:31:47.380><c> been</c><00:31:47.680><c> called.</c>

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:54.140
So<00:31:50.720><c> completely</c><00:31:51.359><c> or</c><00:31:52.519><c> constantly</c><00:31:53.200><c> do</c><00:31:53.480><c> these</c><00:31:53.759><c> things.</c>

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:58.839
Well,<00:31:54.519><c> look</c><00:31:54.779><c> again</c><00:31:55.000><c> in</c><00:31:55.180><c> 2</c><00:31:55.359><c> Timothy</c><00:31:55.640><c> 4</c><00:31:56.079><c> and</c><00:31:56.640><c> verse</c><00:31:56.960><c> 5.</c>

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:02.740
You<00:32:00.079><c> notice</c><00:32:00.299><c> there</c><00:32:00.460><c> are</c><00:32:00.579><c> four</c><00:32:00.839><c> things</c><00:32:01.220><c> mentioned</c><00:32:01.660><c> there.</c>

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:08.619
Watch,<00:32:05.400><c> that's</c><00:32:05.700><c> number</c><00:32:05.960><c> one,</c><00:32:06.319><c> watch</c><00:32:06.660><c> in</c><00:32:06.859><c> all</c><00:32:07.079><c> things.</c>

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:12.640
Endure<00:32:10.099><c> afflictions,</c><00:32:10.640><c> that's</c><00:32:10.900><c> number</c><00:32:11.200><c> two.</c>

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:16.500
Do<00:32:13.759><c> the</c><00:32:13.920><c> work</c><00:32:14.079><c> of</c><00:32:14.259><c> an</c><00:32:14.400><c> evangelist,</c><00:32:14.960><c> that's</c><00:32:15.220><c> number</c><00:32:15.440><c> three.</c>

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:20.920
Make<00:32:17.839><c> full</c><00:32:18.240><c> proof</c><00:32:18.500><c> of</c><00:32:18.700><c> thy</c><00:32:18.819><c> ministry,</c><00:32:19.279><c> that's</c><00:32:19.579><c> number</c><00:32:19.839><c> four.</c>

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.980
And<00:32:22.240><c> so</c><00:32:22.339><c> is</c><00:32:22.420><c> that</c><00:32:22.539><c> how</c><00:32:22.700><c> we</c><00:32:22.859><c> list</c><00:32:23.039><c> them,</c><00:32:23.420><c> one,</c><00:32:23.700><c> two,</c><00:32:23.839><c> three,</c><00:32:24.039><c> four?</c>

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:27.180
Well,<00:32:25.839><c> no,</c><00:32:25.940><c> I</c><00:32:26.019><c> don't</c><00:32:26.200><c> think</c><00:32:26.339><c> it</c><00:32:26.559><c> is.</c>

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:33.539
You<00:32:27.799><c> see,</c><00:32:27.960><c> I</c><00:32:28.000><c> think</c><00:32:28.339><c> the</c><00:32:28.660><c> first</c><00:32:29.259><c> three</c><00:32:30.180><c> are</c><00:32:31.799><c> encompassed</c>

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:37.359
in<00:32:34.099><c> making</c><00:32:34.759><c> full</c><00:32:35.359><c> proof</c><00:32:35.839><c> of</c><00:32:36.640><c> his</c><00:32:36.940><c> ministry.</c>

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.880
This<00:32:37.619><c> was</c><00:32:37.819><c> how</c><00:32:38.039><c> he</c><00:32:38.099><c> was</c><00:32:38.359><c> to</c><00:32:38.539><c> do</c><00:32:38.779><c> it.</c>

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.799
He<00:32:40.500><c> was</c><00:32:40.700><c> to</c><00:32:40.920><c> watch.</c>

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:44.259
He<00:32:42.720><c> was</c><00:32:43.000><c> to</c><00:32:43.220><c> endure.</c>

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.920
And<00:32:45.240><c> he</c><00:32:45.380><c> was</c><00:32:45.680><c> to</c><00:32:45.960><c> work.</c>

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:51.299
You<00:32:47.740><c> see,</c><00:32:47.920><c> if</c><00:32:48.059><c> you're</c><00:32:48.200><c> going</c><00:32:48.400><c> to</c><00:32:48.740><c> watch</c><00:32:49.359><c> in</c><00:32:49.759><c> this</c><00:32:50.059><c> sense,</c>

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:55.220
the<00:32:52.640><c> word</c><00:32:52.940><c> watch</c><00:32:53.279><c> doesn't</c><00:32:53.579><c> mean</c><00:32:53.940><c> just</c><00:32:54.700><c> look,</c>

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:58.099
just<00:32:55.740><c> perceive,</c><00:32:56.579><c> just</c><00:32:56.839><c> take</c><00:32:57.160><c> note.</c>

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.940
That's<00:32:58.480><c> not</c><00:32:58.640><c> what</c><00:32:58.740><c> the</c><00:32:58.900><c> word</c><00:32:59.039><c> is</c><00:32:59.279><c> telling</c><00:32:59.420><c> us</c><00:32:59.680><c> to</c><00:32:59.819><c> do.</c>

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:02.599
And<00:33:00.339><c> this</c><00:33:00.440><c> isn't</c><00:33:00.619><c> what</c><00:33:00.960><c> Timothy</c><00:33:01.359><c> was</c><00:33:01.559><c> being</c><00:33:01.859><c> told</c><00:33:02.119><c> to</c><00:33:02.359><c> do.</c>

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:05.940
No,<00:33:03.220><c> the</c><00:33:03.400><c> word</c><00:33:03.660><c> literally</c><00:33:04.099><c> means</c><00:33:04.420><c> you're</c><00:33:04.579><c> to</c><00:33:04.700><c> be</c><00:33:04.960><c> sober,</c>

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:10.000
to<00:33:06.859><c> be</c><00:33:07.200><c> temperate,</c><00:33:07.779><c> to</c><00:33:07.920><c> be</c><00:33:08.440><c> circumspect.</c>

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:13.599
You<00:33:11.299><c> know,</c><00:33:11.680><c> there</c><00:33:11.839><c> has</c><00:33:12.059><c> to</c><00:33:12.180><c> be</c><00:33:12.339><c> a</c><00:33:12.500><c> balance</c><00:33:12.839><c> in</c><00:33:13.039><c> all</c><00:33:13.279><c> these</c><00:33:13.480><c> things.</c>

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:15.900
You<00:33:13.779><c> remember</c><00:33:13.940><c> yesterday</c><00:33:14.420><c> we</c><00:33:14.579><c> were</c><00:33:14.759><c> thinking</c><00:33:15.059><c> where</c><00:33:15.700><c> the</c>

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:17.859
Apostle<00:33:16.420><c> told</c><00:33:16.779><c> Timothy,</c>

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:21.579
I<00:33:19.400><c> understand</c><00:33:19.940><c> Timothy,</c><00:33:20.559><c> that</c><00:33:20.700><c> you're</c><00:33:20.920><c> trying</c><00:33:21.099><c> to</c><00:33:21.359><c> keep</c>

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:23.059
yourself<00:33:22.039><c> pure,</c>

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:26.799
but<00:33:24.460><c> take</c><00:33:24.900><c> a</c><00:33:25.039><c> little</c><00:33:25.240><c> wine</c><00:33:25.579><c> for</c><00:33:25.759><c> thy</c><00:33:26.039><c> stomach's</c><00:33:26.640><c> sake,</c>

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:28.380
and<00:33:27.000><c> thine</c><00:33:27.160><c> oft</c><00:33:27.359><c>-inferment</c><00:33:28.039><c> is.</c>

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:31.759
You<00:33:28.559><c> see,</c><00:33:29.200><c> you're</c><00:33:29.480><c> just</c><00:33:29.680><c> a</c><00:33:29.799><c> little</c><00:33:29.940><c> bit</c><00:33:30.099><c> out</c><00:33:30.279><c> of</c><00:33:30.500><c> balance.</c>

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:34.940
And<00:33:33.059><c> you're</c><00:33:33.220><c> actually</c><00:33:33.619><c> risking</c><00:33:34.039><c> something</c><00:33:34.500><c> else,</c>

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:39.220
because<00:33:35.339><c> the</c><00:33:35.660><c> whole</c><00:33:36.079><c> purpose</c><00:33:36.700><c> of</c><00:33:36.980><c> drinking</c><00:33:37.359><c> wine</c><00:33:37.680><c> in</c><00:33:37.900><c> those</c><00:33:38.180><c> days</c>

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.400
was<00:33:40.160><c> because</c><00:33:40.519><c> the</c><00:33:40.759><c> wine</c><00:33:40.920><c> was</c><00:33:41.119><c> a</c><00:33:41.299><c> natural</c><00:33:41.680><c> antiseptic,</c>

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:44.480
and<00:33:42.519><c> you</c><00:33:42.619><c> might</c><00:33:42.859><c> not</c><00:33:43.039><c> be</c><00:33:43.240><c> sure</c><00:33:43.420><c> what</c><00:33:43.579><c> was</c><00:33:43.779><c> in</c><00:33:43.900><c> the</c><00:33:44.059><c> water.</c>

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:48.220
And<00:33:45.319><c> if</c><00:33:45.519><c> you</c><00:33:45.740><c> had</c><00:33:46.079><c> stomach</c><00:33:46.500><c> problems,</c><00:33:47.119><c> then</c><00:33:47.339><c> the</c><00:33:47.500><c> better</c><00:33:47.680><c> thing</c><00:33:47.960><c> to</c><00:33:48.119><c> do</c>

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:50.160
was<00:33:48.400><c> to</c><00:33:48.559><c> drink</c><00:33:48.680><c> wine</c><00:33:49.039><c> and</c><00:33:49.180><c> not</c><00:33:49.400><c> to</c><00:33:49.559><c> drink</c><00:33:49.680><c> water.</c>

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:54.019
And<00:33:50.660><c> it</c><00:33:50.799><c> was</c><00:33:51.359><c> rather</c><00:33:51.759><c> foolhardy</c><00:33:52.579><c> to</c><00:33:52.720><c> drink</c><00:33:52.880><c> water,</c>

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:58.220
much<00:33:54.359><c> less</c><00:33:54.839><c> foolhardy</c><00:33:56.039><c> to</c><00:33:56.579><c> drink</c><00:33:56.920><c> the</c><00:33:57.220><c> wine.</c>

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:02.740
And<00:33:59.519><c> so</c><00:33:59.700><c> now</c><00:34:00.079><c> watch</c><00:34:00.680><c> in</c><00:34:01.059><c> all</c><00:34:01.319><c> things,</c><00:34:01.720><c> Timothy.</c>

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:06.299
Just<00:34:03.700><c> try</c><00:34:04.019><c> and</c><00:34:04.279><c> take</c><00:34:04.460><c> the</c><00:34:04.759><c> overall</c><00:34:05.279><c> view,</c>

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:09.860
and<00:34:06.640><c> don't</c><00:34:06.940><c> be</c><00:34:07.259><c> led</c><00:34:07.500><c> one</c><00:34:07.920><c> way</c><00:34:08.199><c> rather</c><00:34:08.599><c> than</c><00:34:08.880><c> another.</c>

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:13.679
But<00:34:11.659><c> interestingly</c><00:34:12.219><c> as</c><00:34:12.480><c> well</c><00:34:12.679><c> here</c><00:34:12.940><c> in</c><00:34:13.079><c> this</c><00:34:13.340><c> verse,</c>

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:15.760
when<00:34:13.960><c> it</c><00:34:14.199><c> says</c><00:34:14.400><c> watch</c><00:34:15.159><c> in</c><00:34:15.380><c> all</c><00:34:15.599><c> things,</c>

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:18.820
and<00:34:16.099><c> by</c><00:34:16.340><c> the</c><00:34:16.440><c> way</c><00:34:16.559><c> the</c><00:34:16.719><c> revised</c><00:34:16.980><c> version</c><00:34:17.300><c> translates</c><00:34:17.820><c> that</c><00:34:18.320><c> beginning</c><00:34:18.619><c> of</c>

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.500
verse<00:34:19.099><c> 5,</c>

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:23.059
but<00:34:20.119><c> be</c><00:34:20.500><c> thou</c><00:34:20.880><c> sober</c><00:34:21.440><c> in</c><00:34:22.300><c> all</c><00:34:22.659><c> things.</c>

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:26.619
That's<00:34:23.440><c> the</c><00:34:23.699><c> idea,</c><00:34:24.219><c> temperate,</c><00:34:24.800><c> circumspect,</c><00:34:25.420><c> careful.</c>

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:32.000
But<00:34:29.039><c> it's</c><00:34:29.340><c> written</c><00:34:29.659><c> in</c><00:34:29.960><c> the</c><00:34:30.320><c> present</c><00:34:30.659><c> tense.</c>

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:40.000
Be<00:34:34.219><c> watching</c><00:34:34.860><c> in</c><00:34:35.659><c> all</c><00:34:36.119><c> things</c><00:34:37.119><c> is</c><00:34:38.659><c> what</c><00:34:38.840><c> it's</c><00:34:39.059><c> saying.</c>

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:43.860
Not<00:34:40.719><c> watch</c><00:34:41.039><c> once,</c><00:34:41.440><c> and</c><00:34:41.619><c> then</c><00:34:41.699><c> you</c><00:34:41.780><c> can</c><00:34:42.000><c> move</c><00:34:42.239><c> on</c><00:34:42.900><c> and</c><00:34:43.539><c> forget</c>

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.380
to<00:34:44.179><c> watch.</c>

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:48.119
No,<00:34:44.980><c> always</c><00:34:45.500><c> watch.</c><00:34:46.159><c> You</c><00:34:46.380><c> are</c><00:34:46.659><c> now</c><00:34:46.900><c> watching</c><00:34:47.260><c> in</c><00:34:47.539><c> all</c><00:34:47.760><c> things.</c>

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:51.699
This<00:34:48.360><c> is</c><00:34:48.659><c> the</c><00:34:48.860><c> mark</c><00:34:49.260><c> of</c><00:34:49.860><c> the</c><00:34:50.039><c> soldier,</c><00:34:50.519><c> the</c><00:34:50.619><c> Lord</c><00:34:50.860><c> Jesus</c><00:34:51.260><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:53.840
And<00:34:52.079><c> again</c><00:34:52.300><c> we</c><00:34:52.460><c> can</c><00:34:52.699><c> see</c><00:34:52.860><c> the</c><00:34:53.039><c> reason,</c><00:34:53.380><c> can't</c><00:34:53.599><c> we?</c>

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:56.059
You<00:34:54.280><c> never</c><00:34:54.539><c> know</c><00:34:54.760><c> when</c><00:34:54.960><c> the</c><00:34:55.119><c> enemy</c><00:34:55.320><c> is</c><00:34:55.519><c> going</c><00:34:55.679><c> to</c><00:34:55.900><c> come.</c>

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:58.260
You<00:34:56.320><c> never</c><00:34:56.599><c> know</c><00:34:56.780><c> where</c><00:34:56.980><c> he</c><00:34:57.239><c> is.</c>

00:34:58.539 --> 00:35:02.840
So<00:34:58.900><c> always</c><00:34:59.420><c> watch.</c><00:35:00.900><c> Watch</c><00:35:01.199><c> in</c><00:35:01.420><c> all</c><00:35:01.679><c> things.</c>

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:08.019
And<00:35:03.440><c> endure</c><00:35:03.659><c> afflictions,</c><00:35:05.519><c> or</c><00:35:05.739><c> endure</c><00:35:06.440><c> hardness.</c>

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:19.360
And<00:35:12.239><c> interestingly,</c><00:35:14.619><c> three</c><00:35:14.900><c> out</c><00:35:15.260><c> of</c><00:35:15.380><c> the</c><00:35:15.699><c> four</c><00:35:16.059><c> uses</c><00:35:16.739><c> of</c><00:35:18.019><c> this</c><00:35:18.639><c> phrase</c>

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:22.340
appear<00:35:20.360><c> in</c><00:35:20.519><c> the</c><00:35:20.659><c> letters</c><00:35:20.940><c> to</c><00:35:21.239><c> Timothy.</c>

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:28.800
It's<00:35:26.159><c> there</c><00:35:26.420><c> in</c><00:35:26.599><c> the</c><00:35:26.780><c> previous</c><00:35:27.380><c> verse.</c>

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:32.599
Time<00:35:29.699><c> will</c><00:35:29.980><c> come</c><00:35:30.139><c> when</c><00:35:30.320><c> they</c><00:35:30.460><c> will</c><00:35:30.739><c> not</c><00:35:31.360><c> endure,</c>

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:35.079
you<00:35:33.159><c> are</c><00:35:33.360><c> to</c><00:35:33.579><c> endure</c><00:35:34.360><c> afflictions,</c>

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:37.500
the<00:35:35.340><c> time</c><00:35:35.500><c> will</c><00:35:35.719><c> come</c><00:35:35.820><c> when</c><00:35:35.980><c> they</c><00:35:36.159><c> will</c><00:35:36.440><c> not</c><00:35:37.000><c> endure</c><00:35:37.500><c> the</c><00:35:37.500><c> Lord</c>

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.500
Jesus<00:35:37.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:41.260
Endure,<00:35:38.059><c> and</c><00:35:38.579><c> it's</c><00:35:38.760><c> there</c><00:35:39.000><c> again</c><00:35:39.219><c> in</c><00:35:39.420><c> verse</c><00:35:39.699><c> 9.</c>

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:47.460
Do<00:35:43.739><c> thy</c><00:35:43.920><c> diligence</c><00:35:44.320><c> to</c><00:35:44.559><c> come</c><00:35:44.840><c> shortly</c><00:35:45.559><c> unto</c><00:35:45.980><c> me.</c>

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:52.940
Endure<00:35:49.699><c> to</c><00:35:50.239><c> come</c><00:35:50.760><c> unto</c><00:35:51.260><c> me.</c>

00:35:58.219 --> 00:36:01.539
So<00:35:58.480><c> you</c><00:35:58.619><c> are</c><00:35:58.739><c> to</c><00:35:58.920><c> endure</c><00:35:59.460><c> hardness,</c><00:36:00.380><c> you</c><00:36:00.440><c> are</c><00:36:00.599><c> to</c><00:36:00.719><c> endure</c><00:36:01.079><c> afflictions.</c>

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:04.400
And<00:36:01.760><c> no,</c><00:36:01.940><c> we</c><00:36:02.039><c> never</c><00:36:02.360><c> expected</c><00:36:02.920><c> of</c><00:36:03.159><c> course</c><00:36:03.460><c> that</c><00:36:03.739><c> the</c><00:36:03.980><c> work</c><00:36:04.219><c> of</c>

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:06.400
a<00:36:04.500><c> soldier</c><00:36:04.880><c> will</c><00:36:05.139><c> be</c><00:36:05.400><c> easy.</c>

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:10.420
And<00:36:07.340><c> Paul</c><00:36:07.780><c> himself</c><00:36:08.340><c> said</c><00:36:08.739><c> that</c><00:36:09.280><c> it</c><00:36:09.400><c> was</c><00:36:09.579><c> going</c><00:36:09.739><c> to</c><00:36:09.900><c> be</c><00:36:10.059><c> difficult.</c>

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:12.539
But<00:36:10.559><c> what</c><00:36:10.780><c> you</c><00:36:10.960><c> must</c><00:36:11.280><c> do</c><00:36:11.599><c> is</c><00:36:11.880><c> to</c><00:36:12.179><c> endure.</c>

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:15.500
And<00:36:13.139><c> again,</c><00:36:13.579><c> just</c><00:36:13.760><c> as</c><00:36:13.880><c> we</c><00:36:14.039><c> thought</c><00:36:14.239><c> with</c><00:36:14.519><c> watching,</c>

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:18.280
keep<00:36:16.139><c> watching</c><00:36:16.539><c> at</c><00:36:16.860><c> all</c><00:36:17.079><c> times.</c>

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:21.860
The<00:36:18.820><c> very</c><00:36:19.219><c> sense</c><00:36:19.599><c> of</c><00:36:19.840><c> the</c><00:36:19.980><c> word</c><00:36:20.219><c> endure</c><00:36:20.780><c> means</c><00:36:21.199><c> it's</c><00:36:21.400><c> not</c><00:36:21.579><c> a</c>

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:23.340
single<00:36:22.300><c> act.</c>

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:26.440
You<00:36:23.960><c> just</c><00:36:24.139><c> can't</c><00:36:24.679><c> endure</c><00:36:25.099><c> and</c><00:36:25.280><c> that's</c><00:36:25.519><c> it.</c>

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:29.699
You<00:36:27.000><c> must</c><00:36:27.340><c> keep</c><00:36:27.820><c> on</c><00:36:28.340><c> enduring,</c><00:36:29.079><c> mustn't</c><00:36:29.300><c> you?</c>

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:33.659
That's<00:36:30.619><c> the</c><00:36:30.760><c> sense</c><00:36:31.079><c> of</c><00:36:31.280><c> the</c><00:36:31.440><c> word</c><00:36:31.619><c> as</c><00:36:31.780><c> we</c><00:36:32.059><c> understand</c><00:36:32.460><c> it.</c>

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:39.980
And<00:36:34.760><c> you're</c><00:36:35.139><c> to</c><00:36:35.360><c> endure</c><00:36:36.340><c> hardness</c><00:36:37.280><c> as</c><00:36:38.760><c> a</c><00:36:39.039><c> soldier.</c>

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:42.860
That's<00:36:41.119><c> the</c><00:36:41.280><c> idea,</c><00:36:41.659><c> isn't</c><00:36:41.800><c> it?</c>

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:46.420
Very<00:36:43.340><c> fitting</c><00:36:43.639><c> because</c><00:36:44.059><c> as</c><00:36:44.380><c> Paul</c><00:36:44.599><c> is</c><00:36:44.820><c> writing</c><00:36:45.219><c> this,</c><00:36:45.679><c> as</c><00:36:45.900><c> we</c><00:36:46.139><c> know,</c>

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:53.199
he<00:36:46.659><c> was</c><00:36:46.920><c> in</c><00:36:47.199><c> that</c><00:36:49.019><c> squalid</c><00:36:49.920><c> Mamatime</c><00:36:51.039><c> jail</c><00:36:51.619><c> in</c><00:36:52.760><c> Rome,</c>

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:57.079
probably<00:36:53.639><c> the</c><00:36:53.900><c> worst</c><00:36:54.199><c> place</c><00:36:54.619><c> that</c><00:36:54.780><c> he</c><00:36:54.900><c> could</c><00:36:55.139><c> possibly</c><00:36:55.619><c> be</c><00:36:56.099><c> imprisoned.</c>

00:36:58.019 --> 00:37:02.960
Not<00:36:58.639><c> now</c><00:36:59.260><c> when</c><00:37:00.460><c> this</c><00:37:00.780><c> letter</c><00:37:01.059><c> is</c><00:37:01.300><c> being</c><00:37:01.619><c> written</c><00:37:01.880><c> in</c><00:37:02.119><c> his</c><00:37:02.420><c> own</c>

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.980
hired<00:37:03.420><c> house</c>

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:07.559
and<00:37:04.579><c> friends</c><00:37:05.139><c> and</c><00:37:05.440><c> brethren</c><00:37:05.639><c> and</c><00:37:05.920><c> sisters</c><00:37:06.400><c> could</c><00:37:07.019><c> come</c><00:37:07.300><c> and</c>

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:09.260
visit<00:37:07.760><c> him</c><00:37:08.179><c> freely,</c>

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:12.320
but<00:37:10.059><c> now</c><00:37:10.360><c> chained.</c>

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:21.039
So<00:37:16.340><c> endure</c><00:37:16.760><c> hardness</c><00:37:17.420><c> and</c><00:37:18.980><c> Paul</c><00:37:19.360><c> was</c><00:37:19.599><c> doing</c><00:37:19.820><c> it</c><00:37:20.159><c> at</c><00:37:20.360><c> that</c><00:37:20.639><c> time.</c>

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:22.880
And<00:37:21.480><c> work</c><00:37:21.619><c> as</c><00:37:21.780><c> an</c><00:37:22.000><c> evangelist.</c>

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:25.199
Here<00:37:23.400><c> was</c><00:37:23.579><c> the</c><00:37:23.760><c> third</c><00:37:24.000><c> thing.</c>

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:32.440
Watch<00:37:26.360><c> in</c><00:37:26.539><c> all</c><00:37:26.739><c> things,</c><00:37:27.559><c> endure</c><00:37:27.940><c> hardness,</c><00:37:29.500><c> but</c><00:37:29.659><c> work</c><00:37:30.039><c> as</c><00:37:30.400><c> an</c><00:37:30.659><c> evangelist.</c>

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:36.400
Now,<00:37:34.199><c> evangelists</c><00:37:34.539><c> have</c><00:37:34.679><c> got</c><00:37:34.820><c> rather</c><00:37:35.139><c> a</c><00:37:35.300><c> bad</c><00:37:35.599><c> press,</c><00:37:35.960><c> haven't</c><00:37:36.119><c> they?</c>

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:42.000
We<00:37:37.280><c> talk</c><00:37:37.619><c> about</c><00:37:37.960><c> evangelists</c><00:37:38.800><c> and</c><00:37:39.159><c> we</c><00:37:39.400><c> mean</c><00:37:39.579><c> it</c><00:37:39.920><c> in</c><00:37:40.079><c> a</c><00:37:40.219><c> deprecating</c><00:37:41.000><c> sense.</c>

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:44.940
Well,<00:37:42.579><c> here</c><00:37:43.000><c> the</c><00:37:43.360><c> apostle</c><00:37:43.679><c> doesn't</c><00:37:44.019><c> mean</c><00:37:44.239><c> that</c><00:37:44.519><c> at</c><00:37:44.739><c> all.</c>

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:47.559
He's<00:37:45.300><c> speaking</c><00:37:45.840><c> highly</c><00:37:46.719><c> of</c><00:37:46.960><c> this</c><00:37:47.260><c> work.</c>

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:51.380
Be<00:37:48.199><c> an</c><00:37:48.760><c> evangelist,</c><00:37:49.980><c> he</c><00:37:50.400><c> says.</c>

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.840
And<00:37:51.679><c> what's</c><00:37:51.800><c> he</c><00:37:52.019><c> talking</c><00:37:52.380><c> about?</c>

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:55.860
Well,<00:37:53.760><c> once</c><00:37:54.000><c> again,</c><00:37:54.300><c> we</c><00:37:54.320><c> need</c><00:37:54.539><c> to</c><00:37:54.739><c> understand</c><00:37:55.280><c> something</c><00:37:55.699><c> of</c>

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:57.860
the<00:37:56.019><c> background</c><00:37:56.360><c> of</c><00:37:56.559><c> the</c><00:37:56.739><c> times.</c>

00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:03.000
You<00:37:58.619><c> see,</c><00:37:59.480><c> the</c><00:37:59.639><c> Greek</c><00:38:00.099><c> cities</c><00:38:00.739><c> and</c><00:38:01.460><c> the</c><00:38:01.699><c> Romans</c><00:38:02.079><c> adopted</c><00:38:02.719><c> much</c>

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.480
of<00:38:03.219><c> Greek</c><00:38:03.420><c> thought.</c>

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:09.980
The<00:38:04.940><c> Greek</c><00:38:05.380><c> city</c><00:38:05.900><c>-states</c><00:38:07.000><c> comprise</c><00:38:07.780><c> three</c><00:38:08.260><c> classes</c><00:38:08.719><c> of</c><00:38:09.000><c> people.</c>

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:16.679
The<00:38:10.900><c> first</c><00:38:11.219><c> class</c><00:38:11.880><c> were</c><00:38:12.300><c> the</c><00:38:12.619><c> citizens,</c><00:38:15.219><c> the</c><00:38:15.539><c> citizens</c><00:38:16.219><c> of</c>

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.219
the<00:38:16.900><c> city.</c>

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:20.239
You<00:38:17.460><c> might</c><00:38:17.719><c> have</c><00:38:17.900><c> thought</c><00:38:18.079><c> that</c><00:38:18.199><c> was</c><00:38:18.480><c> everybody</c><00:38:19.039><c> in</c><00:38:19.280><c> the</c><00:38:19.460><c> city,</c><00:38:20.019><c> but</c>

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.820
it<00:38:20.420><c> wasn't.</c>

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:23.840
They<00:38:21.260><c> were</c><00:38:21.460><c> by</c><00:38:21.699><c> far</c><00:38:22.239><c> in</c><00:38:22.480><c> the</c><00:38:22.619><c> minority.</c>

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:27.039
That<00:38:24.400><c> was</c><00:38:24.579><c> the</c><00:38:24.760><c> first</c><00:38:25.079><c> group</c><00:38:25.360><c> of</c><00:38:25.579><c> people</c><00:38:25.880><c> in</c><00:38:26.079><c> the</c><00:38:26.219><c> city.</c>

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:31.519
The<00:38:27.920><c> other</c><00:38:28.260><c> two</c><00:38:28.639><c> groups</c><00:38:29.260><c> were</c><00:38:30.199><c> slaves.</c>

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:35.420
And<00:38:32.360><c> if</c><00:38:32.460><c> you</c><00:38:32.679><c> weren't</c><00:38:32.920><c> a</c><00:38:33.219><c> slave,</c><00:38:33.599><c> you</c><00:38:33.699><c> were</c><00:38:33.960><c> a</c><00:38:34.099><c> freed</c><00:38:34.380><c> man.</c>

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:37.800
So<00:38:36.239><c> those</c><00:38:36.420><c> were</c><00:38:36.579><c> the</c><00:38:36.679><c> three</c><00:38:36.880><c> groups</c><00:38:37.159><c> in</c><00:38:37.360><c> the</c><00:38:37.480><c> city.</c>

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:43.159
Either<00:38:38.360><c> a</c><00:38:38.559><c> citizen</c><00:38:38.900><c> or</c><00:38:39.920><c> a</c><00:38:40.179><c> slave</c><00:38:40.539><c> or</c><00:38:41.320><c> you're</c><00:38:41.579><c> a</c><00:38:41.780><c> freed</c><00:38:42.000><c> man.</c>

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:47.239
And<00:38:43.800><c> because</c><00:38:44.099><c> the</c><00:38:44.400><c> cities</c><00:38:44.579><c> were</c><00:38:44.840><c> based</c><00:38:45.280><c> on</c><00:38:46.039><c> a</c><00:38:46.300><c> form</c><00:38:46.639><c> of</c>

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:48.639
democratic<00:38:47.820><c> government,</c>

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:54.019
then<00:38:49.380><c> if</c><00:38:49.579><c> anything</c><00:38:49.940><c> were</c><00:38:50.280><c> to</c><00:38:50.340><c> be</c><00:38:50.639><c> decided</c><00:38:51.320><c> or</c><00:38:51.940><c> any</c><00:38:52.219><c> announcement</c><00:38:52.780><c> was</c><00:38:53.039><c> to</c><00:38:53.199><c> be</c><00:38:53.440><c> made,</c>

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:59.880
then<00:38:54.940><c> the</c><00:38:55.420><c> citizens,</c><00:38:57.059><c> that</c><00:38:57.519><c> first</c><00:38:57.980><c> class,</c><00:38:58.679><c> the</c><00:38:58.840><c> minority</c><00:38:59.519><c> in</c>

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:02.679
the<00:39:00.039><c> city,</c><00:39:01.099><c> would</c><00:39:01.300><c> be</c><00:39:01.679><c> called.</c>

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:08.320
And<00:39:03.360><c> they</c><00:39:03.480><c> would</c><00:39:03.659><c> be</c><00:39:04.000><c> called</c><00:39:04.420><c> by</c><00:39:04.699><c> a</c><00:39:04.940><c> man</c><00:39:05.280><c> who</c><00:39:05.659><c> was</c><00:39:06.360><c> the</c><00:39:06.920><c> kerox,</c>

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:10.400
the<00:39:09.260><c> herald.</c>

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:14.599
And<00:39:11.119><c> interestingly,</c><00:39:11.760><c> that</c><00:39:11.880><c> word</c><00:39:12.320><c> occurs</c><00:39:13.000><c> in</c><00:39:13.280><c> the</c><00:39:13.340><c> New</c><00:39:13.539><c> Testament.</c>

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:20.260
And<00:39:15.340><c> the</c><00:39:15.619><c> herald</c><00:39:16.440><c> brings</c><00:39:17.360><c> forth</c><00:39:18.239><c> the</c><00:39:18.619><c> good</c><00:39:18.880><c> news.</c>

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:26.000
The<00:39:21.119><c> herald,</c><00:39:21.639><c> that</c><00:39:21.860><c> the</c><00:39:22.099><c> herald</c><00:39:22.579><c> is</c><00:39:23.139><c> the</c><00:39:23.619><c> evangelist,</c><00:39:25.860><c> the</c>

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:29.039
one<00:39:26.260><c> who</c><00:39:26.579><c> proclaims</c><00:39:27.659><c> that</c><00:39:27.940><c> message.</c>

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:35.239
And<00:39:30.820><c> he</c><00:39:31.099><c> calls</c><00:39:31.559><c> the</c><00:39:31.860><c> citizens</c><00:39:32.519><c> and</c><00:39:33.960><c> they're</c><00:39:34.280><c> called</c><00:39:34.699><c> to</c><00:39:35.000><c> a</c>

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:36.880
gathering<00:39:35.659><c> place.</c>

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:39.119
Well,<00:39:37.579><c> we</c><00:39:37.760><c> can</c><00:39:38.000><c> see</c><00:39:38.159><c> how</c><00:39:38.340><c> this</c><00:39:38.579><c> works</c><00:39:38.880><c> out.</c>

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:41.559
If<00:39:39.260><c> you</c><00:39:39.300><c> just</c><00:39:39.559><c> turn</c><00:39:39.780><c> to</c><00:39:40.079><c> Acts</c><00:39:40.320><c> chapter</c><00:39:40.719><c> 19,</c>

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:44.659
and<00:39:42.179><c> it's</c><00:39:42.400><c> interesting</c><00:39:42.880><c> in</c><00:39:43.099><c> that</c><00:39:43.400><c> first</c><00:39:43.739><c> and</c><00:39:43.940><c> second</c><00:39:44.239><c> Timothy</c>

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:46.059
were<00:39:44.920><c> written</c><00:39:45.300><c> to</c><00:39:45.599><c> Timothy</c>

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:50.219
when<00:39:46.599><c> he</c><00:39:46.760><c> was</c><00:39:46.980><c> in</c><00:39:47.199><c> Ephesus,</c><00:39:48.920><c> that</c><00:39:49.019><c> we</c><00:39:49.219><c> have</c><00:39:49.340><c> the</c><00:39:49.619><c> example</c><00:39:50.000><c> here</c>

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:51.380
in<00:39:50.420><c> Acts</c><00:39:50.619><c> 19</c>

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:56.820
of<00:39:52.199><c> an</c><00:39:52.780><c> assembly</c><00:39:53.519><c> who</c><00:39:54.480><c> had</c><00:39:54.599><c> been</c><00:39:54.960><c> called</c><00:39:55.340><c> out</c><00:39:55.699><c> by</c><00:39:56.079><c> the</c><00:39:56.340><c> herald</c>

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:59.079
in<00:39:57.659><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:06.480
And<00:40:00.320><c> Acts</c><00:40:00.760><c> 19</c><00:40:02.139><c> and</c><00:40:02.900><c> verse</c><00:40:03.239><c> 32,</c><00:40:04.820><c> they</c><00:40:04.960><c> had</c><00:40:05.039><c> been</c><00:40:05.300><c> called</c><00:40:05.559><c> because</c><00:40:05.860><c> of</c><00:40:06.019><c> the</c><00:40:06.219><c> problem</c>

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:10.340
that<00:40:06.659><c> Demetrius</c><00:40:07.480><c> saw,</c><00:40:07.820><c> you'll</c><00:40:08.320><c> recall,</c><00:40:09.400><c> who</c><00:40:09.639><c> felt</c><00:40:09.880><c> that</c><00:40:10.099><c> the</c>

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.039
trade<00:40:10.519><c> of</c><00:40:10.719><c> the</c><00:40:10.860><c> city</c>

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:13.539
was<00:40:11.239><c> going</c><00:40:11.380><c> to</c><00:40:11.519><c> be</c><00:40:11.719><c> damaged</c><00:40:12.199><c> because,</c><00:40:12.880><c> well,</c><00:40:13.039><c> what</c><00:40:13.239><c> was</c><00:40:13.420><c> going</c>

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.920
to<00:40:13.739><c> happen</c>

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:17.559
to<00:40:14.099><c> the</c><00:40:14.280><c> sale</c><00:40:14.420><c> of</c><00:40:14.619><c> the</c><00:40:14.780><c> trinkets</c><00:40:15.179><c> to</c><00:40:15.400><c> Diana</c><00:40:15.840><c> of</c><00:40:16.199><c> the</c><00:40:16.400><c> Ephesians?</c>

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:21.539
And<00:40:18.340><c> so</c><00:40:18.500><c> verse</c><00:40:18.699><c> 32</c><00:40:19.239><c> we're</c><00:40:19.619><c> told,</c><00:40:20.219><c> some</c><00:40:20.460><c> cried</c><00:40:20.800><c> one</c><00:40:21.139><c> thing</c><00:40:21.300><c> and</c>

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.059
some<00:40:21.739><c> another,</c>

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:26.380
for<00:40:22.320><c> the</c><00:40:22.679><c> assembly,</c><00:40:24.119><c> those</c><00:40:24.659><c> citizens</c><00:40:25.380><c> who</c><00:40:25.679><c> had</c><00:40:25.800><c> been</c><00:40:26.039><c> called</c>

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:27.619
out<00:40:26.679><c> by</c><00:40:27.000><c> the</c><00:40:27.219><c> herald,</c>

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:30.760
the<00:40:28.519><c> assembly</c><00:40:29.000><c> was</c><00:40:29.320><c> confused.</c>

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:34.599
And<00:40:31.420><c> you</c><00:40:31.639><c> probably</c><00:40:32.099><c> know</c><00:40:32.320><c> that</c><00:40:32.519><c> that</c><00:40:32.739><c> word</c><00:40:32.940><c> assembly</c><00:40:33.440><c> in</c><00:40:33.699><c> verse</c><00:40:34.019><c> 32</c>

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:36.000
of<00:40:34.820><c> Acts</c><00:40:35.059><c> chapter</c><00:40:35.380><c> 19</c>

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:38.940
is<00:40:36.579><c> the</c><00:40:36.760><c> Greek</c><00:40:37.019><c> word</c><00:40:37.599><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:43.380
They<00:40:40.300><c> had</c><00:40:40.539><c> been</c><00:40:41.260><c> called</c><00:40:42.019><c> out.</c>

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:48.599
And<00:40:44.559><c> the</c><00:40:44.780><c> word</c><00:40:45.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:45.679><c> means</c><00:40:46.420><c> simply</c><00:40:47.340><c> that.</c>

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:53.599
Ones<00:40:49.199><c> who</c><00:40:49.380><c> have</c><00:40:49.559><c> been</c><00:40:50.099><c> called</c><00:40:50.559><c> out</c><00:40:51.300><c> because</c><00:40:51.840><c> they</c><00:40:52.179><c> are</c><00:40:52.539><c> the</c><00:40:52.880><c> citizens</c>

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:58.039
and<00:40:54.559><c> they've</c><00:40:54.900><c> been</c><00:40:55.159><c> called</c><00:40:55.460><c> out</c><00:40:55.840><c> from</c><00:40:56.099><c> the</c><00:40:56.260><c> rest</c><00:40:56.500><c> of</c><00:40:56.699><c> the</c><00:40:56.900><c> population</c>

00:40:58.500 --> 00:41:02.039
for<00:40:59.099><c> various</c><00:40:59.699><c> purposes,</c><00:41:00.440><c> in</c><00:41:00.599><c> this</c><00:41:00.900><c> case</c><00:41:01.119><c> to</c><00:41:01.360><c> determine</c><00:41:01.760><c> what</c>

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.760
shall<00:41:02.239><c> happen</c>

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:06.880
about<00:41:03.780><c> Paul</c><00:41:04.360><c> and</c><00:41:04.559><c> the</c><00:41:04.760><c> disciples</c><00:41:05.320><c> and</c><00:41:06.079><c> the</c><00:41:06.260><c> preaching</c><00:41:06.659><c> that</c>

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:08.260
they're<00:41:07.159><c> undertaking.</c>

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:11.980
And<00:41:08.960><c> you</c><00:41:09.019><c> can</c><00:41:09.239><c> understand</c><00:41:09.599><c> now,</c><00:41:09.960><c> can't</c><00:41:10.239><c> you,</c><00:41:11.039><c> why</c><00:41:11.260><c> it</c><00:41:11.519><c> is</c><00:41:11.800><c> that</c>

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:13.739
this<00:41:12.260><c> background</c><00:41:12.860><c> is</c><00:41:13.179><c> used</c>

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:21.059
when<00:41:14.880><c> God's</c><00:41:15.920><c> heralds</c><00:41:17.559><c> go</c><00:41:17.980><c> to</c><00:41:18.800><c> call</c><00:41:19.059><c> out</c><00:41:19.360><c> those</c><00:41:19.800><c> who</c><00:41:19.980><c> will</c><00:41:20.280><c> assemble</c>

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:25.079
as<00:41:21.980><c> citizens</c><00:41:22.679><c> of</c><00:41:22.940><c> God's</c><00:41:23.599><c> heavenly</c><00:41:24.280><c> kingdom.</c>

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:27.940
They<00:41:26.159><c> are</c><00:41:26.659><c> called</c><00:41:27.039><c> to</c><00:41:27.260><c> be</c><00:41:27.500><c> saints.</c>

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:30.780
They<00:41:28.219><c> are</c><00:41:28.420><c> going</c><00:41:28.519><c> to</c><00:41:28.679><c> be</c><00:41:28.960><c> separated</c><00:41:29.460><c> out</c><00:41:29.860><c> from</c><00:41:30.079><c> all</c><00:41:30.300><c> the</c><00:41:30.460><c> others</c>

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:34.920
and<00:41:31.900><c> will</c><00:41:32.300><c> assemble</c><00:41:32.719><c> together</c><00:41:33.280><c> for</c><00:41:33.860><c> the</c><00:41:34.099><c> purposes</c><00:41:34.559><c> for</c><00:41:34.800><c> which</c>

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:36.519
he's<00:41:35.280><c> called</c><00:41:35.519><c> them.</c>

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:41.219
And<00:41:37.119><c> so</c><00:41:37.260><c> back</c><00:41:37.480><c> in</c><00:41:37.659><c> 2</c><00:41:37.840><c> Timothy</c><00:41:38.179><c> chapter</c><00:41:38.599><c> 4,</c><00:41:38.860><c> that's</c><00:41:39.219><c> exactly</c><00:41:39.699><c> what</c><00:41:40.480><c> Timothy</c><00:41:40.960><c> is</c>

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:43.079
being<00:41:41.539><c> told</c><00:41:41.860><c> to</c><00:41:42.099><c> do.</c>

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:45.099
That's<00:41:44.000><c> what</c><00:41:44.179><c> he</c><00:41:44.460><c> should</c><00:41:44.659><c> do.</c>

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:49.400
That's<00:41:46.300><c> doing</c><00:41:46.719><c> the</c><00:41:47.219><c> work</c><00:41:47.639><c> of</c><00:41:47.960><c> an</c><00:41:48.179><c> evangelist.</c>

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:56.400
That's<00:41:50.820><c> calling</c><00:41:51.219><c> out</c><00:41:52.360><c> into</c><00:41:53.340><c> an</c><00:41:53.920><c> assembly</c><00:41:54.460><c> of</c><00:41:54.920><c> separated</c><00:41:55.619><c> ones</c>

00:41:56.400 --> 00:42:00.880
those<00:41:57.679><c> who</c><00:41:57.980><c> will</c><00:41:58.380><c> have</c><00:41:58.619><c> a</c><00:41:58.800><c> part</c><00:41:59.119><c> in</c><00:41:59.340><c> God's</c><00:41:59.860><c> heavenly</c><00:42:00.239><c> kingdom</c>

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:03.780
when<00:42:01.820><c> he</c><00:42:02.039><c> sends</c><00:42:02.400><c> his</c><00:42:02.719><c> Son.</c>

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:11.280
And<00:42:04.519><c> so</c><00:42:04.639><c> all</c><00:42:04.860><c> of</c><00:42:05.019><c> these</c><00:42:05.619><c> are</c><00:42:06.219><c> how</c><00:42:06.659><c> Timothy</c><00:42:07.139><c> was</c><00:42:07.400><c> going</c><00:42:07.619><c> to</c><00:42:07.920><c> fulfill</c><00:42:08.619><c> his</c><00:42:10.639><c> ministry,</c>

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:16.039
how<00:42:11.659><c> he</c><00:42:11.820><c> was</c><00:42:12.039><c> going</c><00:42:12.219><c> to</c><00:42:12.519><c> make</c><00:42:13.039><c> full</c><00:42:13.739><c> proof</c><00:42:14.380><c> of</c><00:42:15.159><c> his</c><00:42:15.460><c> ministry.</c>

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:22.159
You<00:42:16.940><c> see,</c><00:42:17.139><c> each</c><00:42:17.500><c> part</c><00:42:18.219><c> of</c><00:42:19.360><c> making</c><00:42:20.039><c> full</c><00:42:21.320><c> proof</c>

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:29.340
involved<00:42:23.559><c> constant</c><00:42:24.679><c> continual</c><00:42:26.639><c> and</c><00:42:27.199><c> unceasing</c><00:42:28.099><c> commitment.</c>

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:32.599
That's<00:42:30.119><c> exactly</c><00:42:30.380><c> what</c><00:42:30.539><c> we</c><00:42:30.800><c> learn,</c><00:42:31.079><c> isn't</c><00:42:31.199><c> it?</c>

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:38.380
He<00:42:34.760><c> was</c><00:42:35.000><c> to</c><00:42:35.320><c> watch.</c><00:42:36.539><c> He</c><00:42:36.719><c> was</c><00:42:37.039><c> to</c><00:42:37.260><c> endure.</c>

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:42.980
He<00:42:38.820><c> was</c><00:42:39.119><c> to</c><00:42:39.420><c> do</c><00:42:39.659><c> the</c><00:42:39.940><c> work.</c><00:42:40.400><c> He</c><00:42:40.559><c> was</c><00:42:40.800><c> to</c><00:42:41.119><c> make</c><00:42:41.480><c> full</c><00:42:41.960><c> proof.</c>

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:46.780
You<00:42:44.360><c> see,</c><00:42:45.039><c> you're</c><00:42:45.079><c> always</c><00:42:45.679><c> on</c><00:42:45.940><c> active</c><00:42:46.280><c> service.</c>

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That's<00:42:47.059><c> what</c><00:42:47.179><c> we</c><00:42:47.420><c> learned</c><00:42:47.619><c> from</c><00:42:47.780><c> the</c><00:42:48.019><c> soldier,</c><00:42:48.320><c> wasn't</c><00:42:48.539><c> it?</c>

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And<00:42:51.000><c> it</c><00:42:51.079><c> was</c><00:42:51.320><c> those</c><00:42:51.719><c> qualities</c><00:42:52.380><c> of</c><00:42:53.000><c> constancy,</c><00:42:55.119><c> of</c><00:42:55.500><c> continuance,</c>

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of<00:42:57.179><c> unceasing</c><00:42:57.739><c> commitment</c><00:42:58.420><c> that</c><00:42:59.239><c> Timothy</c><00:42:59.619><c> was</c><00:42:59.880><c> to</c><00:43:00.139><c> try</c><00:43:00.360><c> and</c>

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show<00:43:01.039><c> to</c><00:43:01.619><c> the</c><00:43:01.820><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:02.280><c> in</c><00:43:02.539><c> Ephesus.</c>

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If<00:43:04.539><c> you</c><00:43:04.619><c> go</c><00:43:04.760><c> back</c><00:43:04.980><c> into</c><00:43:05.199><c> the</c><00:43:05.320><c> Acts</c><00:43:05.519><c> of</c><00:43:05.679><c> the</c><00:43:05.820><c> Apostles</c><00:43:06.719><c> and</c><00:43:07.059><c> chapter</c><00:43:07.340><c> 20</c>

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and<00:43:08.820><c> why</c><00:43:09.099><c> it</c><00:43:09.260><c> was</c><00:43:09.639><c> particularly</c><00:43:10.519><c> appropriate</c><00:43:11.500><c> that</c><00:43:12.179><c> it</c><00:43:12.340><c> should</c><00:43:12.519><c> be</c>

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Timothy<00:43:13.300><c> who</c><00:43:13.659><c> was</c><00:43:14.000><c> sent.</c>

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Because<00:43:17.800><c> here</c><00:43:18.000><c> is</c><00:43:18.119><c> the</c><00:43:18.260><c> Apostle</c><00:43:18.619><c> Paul</c><00:43:18.840><c> speaking</c><00:43:19.380><c> to</c><00:43:19.760><c> elders</c>

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from<00:43:21.260><c> Ephesus</c>

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and<00:43:23.039><c> it</c><00:43:23.139><c> was</c><00:43:23.360><c> the</c><00:43:23.519><c> last</c><00:43:23.820><c> time</c><00:43:24.099><c> that</c><00:43:24.300><c> he</c><00:43:24.440><c> saw</c><00:43:24.780><c> them.</c>

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You<00:43:26.579><c> may</c><00:43:26.800><c> recall</c><00:43:27.300><c> he</c><00:43:27.780><c> told</c><00:43:28.119><c> them</c><00:43:28.320><c> that</c><00:43:28.539><c> it</c><00:43:28.820><c> would</c><00:43:29.039><c> be</c><00:43:29.340><c> his</c><00:43:30.139><c> last</c><00:43:30.820><c> time.</c>

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And<00:43:34.659><c> they</c><00:43:35.139><c> sorrowed</c><00:43:35.519><c> most</c><00:43:35.800><c> of</c><00:43:36.019><c> all</c><00:43:36.539><c> for</c><00:43:37.019><c> the</c><00:43:37.179><c> words</c><00:43:37.440><c> that</c><00:43:37.639><c> he</c><00:43:37.820><c> spoke,</c>

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that<00:43:39.000><c> they</c><00:43:39.199><c> should</c><00:43:39.440><c> see</c><00:43:39.760><c> his</c><00:43:40.059><c> face</c><00:43:40.460><c> no</c><00:43:40.840><c> more.</c>

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But<00:43:41.539><c> what</c><00:43:41.760><c> other</c><00:43:41.920><c> words</c><00:43:42.260><c> did</c><00:43:42.460><c> he</c><00:43:42.679><c> speak?</c><00:43:43.079><c> Well,</c><00:43:43.219><c> this</c><00:43:43.400><c> is</c><00:43:43.519><c> what</c>

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he<00:43:43.860><c> said.</c>

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Verse<00:43:45.960><c> 28</c><00:43:46.559><c> of</c><00:43:46.719><c> Acts</c><00:43:46.940><c> 20,</c>

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Take<00:43:48.460><c> heed</c><00:43:48.760><c> therefore</c><00:43:49.099><c> to</c><00:43:49.300><c> yourselves</c><00:43:49.719><c> and</c><00:43:49.920><c> all</c><00:43:50.179><c> the</c><00:43:50.380><c> flock</c>

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over<00:43:50.840><c> which</c><00:43:51.079><c> the</c><00:43:51.320><c> Holy</c><00:43:51.519><c> Spirit</c><00:43:51.820><c> has</c><00:43:52.059><c> made</c><00:43:52.300><c> you</c><00:43:52.699><c> overseers.</c>

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So<00:43:54.940><c> it</c><00:43:55.019><c> was</c><00:43:55.199><c> to</c><00:43:55.500><c> these</c><00:43:56.539><c> elders</c><00:43:57.219><c> that</c><00:43:58.340><c> Timothy</c><00:43:58.780><c> was</c><00:43:59.159><c> later</c><00:43:59.639><c> sent</c>

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in<00:44:00.619><c> order</c><00:44:00.920><c> to</c><00:44:01.280><c> fulfill</c><00:44:01.940><c> the</c><00:44:02.320><c> ministry</c><00:44:02.840><c> for</c><00:44:03.079><c> which</c><00:44:03.300><c> he'd</c><00:44:03.420><c> been</c><00:44:03.739><c> prepared.</c>

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And<00:44:05.380><c> he</c><00:44:05.480><c> was</c><00:44:05.639><c> to</c><00:44:05.880><c> teach</c><00:44:06.159><c> them</c><00:44:06.559><c> to</c><00:44:06.980><c> watch</c><00:44:07.300><c> in</c><00:44:07.599><c> all</c><00:44:07.860><c> things,</c>

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to<00:44:09.199><c> endure</c><00:44:09.659><c> hardness,</c><00:44:11.519><c> and</c><00:44:11.599><c> to</c><00:44:11.840><c> work</c><00:44:12.039><c> as</c><00:44:12.300><c> evangelists.</c>

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This<00:44:13.860><c> is</c><00:44:13.960><c> what</c><00:44:14.059><c> he</c><00:44:14.219><c> says</c><00:44:14.440><c> to</c><00:44:14.699><c> them.</c>

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Feed<00:44:15.940><c> the</c><00:44:16.199><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:16.539><c> of</c><00:44:16.760><c> God,</c><00:44:17.059><c> which</c><00:44:17.179><c> he</c><00:44:17.380><c> has</c><00:44:17.559><c> purchased</c><00:44:18.000><c> with</c>

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his<00:44:18.380><c> own</c><00:44:18.639><c> blood.</c>

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For<00:44:20.119><c> I</c><00:44:20.340><c> know</c><00:44:20.579><c> this,</c><00:44:20.780><c> that</c><00:44:20.940><c> after</c><00:44:21.199><c> my</c><00:44:21.460><c> departing</c><00:44:22.059><c> shall</c><00:44:22.340><c> grievous</c><00:44:23.039><c> wolves</c>

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enter<00:44:25.000><c> in</c><00:44:25.219><c> among</c><00:44:25.500><c> you,</c>

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not<00:44:26.699><c> sparing</c><00:44:27.300><c> the</c><00:44:27.579><c> flock,</c><00:44:28.579><c> and</c><00:44:28.760><c> of</c><00:44:28.900><c> your</c><00:44:29.159><c> own</c><00:44:29.559><c> selves</c><00:44:29.920><c> shall</c>

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men<00:44:30.519><c> arise</c><00:44:30.940><c> speaking</c><00:44:31.500><c> perverse</c><00:44:32.039><c> things</c>

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to<00:44:33.579><c> draw</c><00:44:33.900><c> away</c><00:44:34.219><c> disciples</c><00:44:34.980><c> after</c><00:44:35.519><c> them.</c>

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Wolves,<00:44:37.559><c> wolves</c><00:44:37.960><c> in</c><00:44:38.280><c> sheep's</c><00:44:38.860><c> clothing,</c><00:44:39.880><c> as</c><00:44:40.079><c> the</c><00:44:40.219><c> Lord</c><00:44:40.420><c> Jesus</c>

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says<00:44:41.079><c> in</c><00:44:41.239><c> Matthew</c><00:44:41.639><c> 7</c><00:44:42.039><c> and</c><00:44:42.280><c> verse</c><00:44:42.539><c> 28,</c>

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would<00:44:44.039><c> enter</c><00:44:44.480><c> in</c><00:44:44.800><c> and</c><00:44:45.119><c> decimate</c><00:44:45.679><c> the</c><00:44:46.000><c> flock.</c>

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And<00:44:48.000><c> so</c><00:44:48.179><c> who</c><00:44:48.360><c> does</c><00:44:48.539><c> he</c><00:44:48.760><c> send</c><00:44:49.219><c> to</c><00:44:49.960><c> deal</c><00:44:50.179><c> with</c><00:44:50.440><c> those</c><00:44:50.659><c> conditions?</c>

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Well,<00:44:53.500><c> who</c><00:44:53.739><c> else</c><00:44:54.380><c> but</c><00:44:55.519><c> a</c><00:44:55.800><c> certain</c><00:44:56.059><c> disciple</c><00:44:56.739><c> named</c><00:44:57.360><c> Timothy</c>

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from<00:44:59.760><c> Lystra</c><00:45:00.840><c> in</c><00:45:01.460><c> Lycaonia,</c><00:45:03.760><c> wolf</c><00:45:04.139><c> land.</c>

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Who<00:45:07.119><c> else</c><00:45:07.820><c> will</c><00:45:08.380><c> be</c><00:45:08.579><c> better</c><00:45:08.920><c> fitted</c><00:45:09.340><c> to</c><00:45:10.019><c> undertake</c><00:45:10.460><c> that</c><00:45:10.880><c> work?</c>

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Be<00:45:11.800><c> a</c><00:45:11.960><c> good</c><00:45:12.139><c> soldier,</c><00:45:12.679><c> he</c><00:45:13.039><c> said,</c><00:45:14.059><c> of</c><00:45:14.260><c> the</c><00:45:14.420><c> Lord</c><00:45:14.599><c> Jesus</c><00:45:15.039><c> Christ.</c>

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War<00:45:17.800><c> the</c><00:45:18.079><c> good</c><00:45:18.480><c> warfare,</c><00:45:21.059><c> and</c><00:45:21.179><c> the</c><00:45:21.480><c> servant</c><00:45:21.699><c> of</c><00:45:21.920><c> the</c><00:45:22.099><c> Lord</c><00:45:22.519><c> must</c><00:45:22.900><c> not</c><00:45:23.300><c> strive,</c>

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but<00:45:25.519><c> be</c><00:45:25.800><c> gentle</c><00:45:26.260><c> to</c><00:45:26.619><c> all.</c>

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And<00:45:28.679><c> it's</c><00:45:28.900><c> that</c><00:45:29.159><c> gentleness</c><00:45:30.159><c> of</c><00:45:30.559><c> Timothy</c><00:45:31.099><c> as</c><00:45:32.739><c> a</c><00:45:33.019><c> son</c><00:45:33.320><c> with</c><00:45:33.639><c> the</c><00:45:33.860><c> Father</c>

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that<00:45:35.440><c> we</c><00:45:35.599><c> must</c><00:45:35.780><c> look</c><00:45:35.960><c> at</c><00:45:36.119><c> tomorrow.</c>

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Thank<00:45:48.679><c> you.</c>