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I'm<00:12:13.450><c> not</c><00:12:13.690><c> saying</c><00:12:13.889><c> that</c><00:12:14.210><c> the</c><00:12:14.529><c> method</c><00:12:14.870><c> so</c><00:12:15.169><c> much,</c>

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they<00:12:15.809><c> had</c><00:12:16.009><c> their</c><00:12:16.190><c> mother</c><00:12:16.409><c> go</c><00:12:16.649><c> for</c><00:12:16.870><c> them,</c><00:12:17.070><c> didn't</c><00:12:17.230><c> they?</c>

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They<00:12:18.090><c> weren't</c><00:12:18.210><c> willing</c><00:12:18.429><c> to</c><00:12:18.690><c> speak</c><00:12:18.830><c> for</c><00:12:18.990><c> themselves,</c>

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but<00:12:20.129><c> that's</c><00:12:20.750><c> the</c><00:12:20.850><c> way</c><00:12:20.990><c> they</c><00:12:21.210><c> did</c><00:12:21.389><c> it.</c>

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But<00:12:23.549><c> I</c><00:12:23.669><c> mean,</c><00:12:23.769><c> who</c><00:12:23.970><c> wouldn't</c><00:12:24.169><c> want</c><00:12:24.429><c> to</c><00:12:24.610><c> be</c><00:12:24.710><c> that</c><00:12:25.210><c> close</c><00:12:25.970><c> to</c><00:12:26.809><c> our</c><00:12:27.009><c> master,</c>

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So<00:12:35.429><c> we</c><00:12:35.450><c> can't</c><00:12:35.669><c> really</c><00:12:35.889><c> blame</c><00:12:36.110><c> them</c><00:12:36.269><c> for</c><00:12:36.470><c> that.</c>

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Their<00:12:38.009><c> perspective</c><00:12:38.529><c> was</c><00:12:38.789><c> a</c><00:12:38.929><c> bit</c><00:12:39.370><c> bent</c><00:12:40.090><c> and</c><00:12:40.529><c> out</c><00:12:40.750><c> of</c><00:12:41.009><c> shape</c>

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and<00:12:41.330><c> had</c><00:12:41.429><c> to</c><00:12:41.629><c> be</c><00:12:41.870><c> straightened</c><00:12:42.129><c> out</c><00:12:42.289><c> by</c><00:12:42.490><c> the</c><00:12:42.649><c> master,</c>

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my<00:12:47.950><c> dear</c><00:12:48.090><c> brethren</c><00:12:48.409><c> and</c><00:12:48.669><c> sisters,</c>

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I<00:12:49.529><c> can't</c><00:12:49.929><c> find</c><00:12:50.269><c> fault</c><00:12:50.470><c> with</c><00:12:50.690><c> that,</c><00:12:51.629><c> to</c><00:12:51.889><c> be</c><00:12:52.090><c> close</c><00:12:52.309><c> to</c><00:12:52.470><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:12:55.169><c> don't</c><00:12:55.309><c> know</c><00:12:55.429><c> of</c><00:12:55.529><c> anything</c><00:12:55.789><c> more</c><00:12:56.070><c> that</c><00:12:56.210><c> we</c><00:12:56.289><c> could</c><00:12:56.529><c> want.</c>

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Matthew,<00:12:58.529><c> Chapter</c><00:12:58.929><c> 20,</c>

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and<00:13:03.429><c> Verse</c><00:13:03.629><c> 26.</c>

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We<00:13:15.470><c> read</c><00:13:15.649><c> there,</c>

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But<00:13:15.929><c> it</c><00:13:16.049><c> shall</c><00:13:16.269><c> not</c><00:13:16.490><c> be</c><00:13:16.730><c> so</c><00:13:16.870><c> among</c><00:13:17.129><c> you,</c>

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but<00:13:17.649><c> whosoever</c><00:13:18.090><c> will</c><00:13:18.250><c> be</c><00:13:18.590><c> great</c><00:13:18.870><c> among</c><00:13:19.169><c> you,</c>

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let<00:13:20.009><c> him</c><00:13:20.110><c> be</c><00:13:20.289><c> your</c><00:13:20.629><c> minister.</c>

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There's<00:13:22.289><c> the</c><00:13:22.509><c> key</c><00:13:22.710><c> thing</c><00:13:23.009><c> from</c><00:13:23.210><c> the</c><00:13:23.409><c> words</c><00:13:23.549><c> of</c><00:13:23.750><c> the</c><00:13:23.950><c> King.</c>

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Let<00:13:25.389><c> him</c><00:13:25.490><c> be</c><00:13:25.690><c> your</c><00:13:25.929><c> minister.</c>

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Same<00:13:26.549><c> word</c><00:13:26.809><c> that</c><00:13:26.929><c> we</c><00:13:27.149><c> find</c><00:13:27.409><c> back</c><00:13:27.830><c> in</c><00:13:28.190><c> 1</c><00:13:28.409><c> Thessalonians</c>

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this<00:13:31.149><c> idea</c><00:13:31.769><c> of</c><00:13:32.190><c> being</c><00:13:32.389><c> a</c><00:13:32.769><c> minister.</c>

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And<00:13:34.889><c> whosoever</c><00:13:35.289><c> will</c><00:13:35.470><c> be</c><00:13:35.750><c> chief</c><00:13:35.970><c> among</c><00:13:36.309><c> you,</c>

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let<00:13:37.909><c> him</c><00:13:37.970><c> be</c><00:13:38.149><c> your</c><00:13:38.509><c> servant,</c>

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but<00:13:43.950><c> to</c><00:13:44.330><c> minister</c><00:13:44.929><c> and</c><00:13:45.830><c> to</c><00:13:46.029><c> give</c><00:13:46.129><c> his</c><00:13:46.470><c> life</c><00:13:47.169><c> as</c><00:13:47.950><c> a</c><00:13:48.169><c> ransom</c><00:13:48.629><c> for</c><00:13:49.549><c> many.</c>

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So<00:13:53.149><c> we're</c><00:13:53.269><c> thinking</c><00:13:53.450><c> of</c><00:13:53.610><c> the</c><00:13:53.850><c> work</c><00:13:54.090><c> now</c><00:13:54.850><c> of</c><00:13:55.190><c> a</c><00:13:55.429><c> minister,</c><00:13:55.789><c> aren't</c><00:13:56.029><c> we?</c>

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There's<00:13:56.970><c> the</c><00:13:57.190><c> model.</c>

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You<00:14:03.370><c> know,</c><00:14:03.490><c> we've</c><00:14:03.909><c> often</c><00:14:04.190><c> said</c><00:14:04.450><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:14:05.490><c> more</c><00:14:05.750><c> important</c><00:14:06.129><c> that</c><00:14:06.549><c> we</c><00:14:06.769><c> live</c><00:14:07.250><c> these</c><00:14:07.710><c> things</c>

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Paul's<00:14:12.370><c> description</c><00:14:13.049><c> of</c><00:14:13.909><c> himself</c><00:14:14.450><c> is</c><00:14:14.789><c> as</c><00:14:15.029><c> a</c><00:14:15.190><c> faithful</c><00:14:15.690><c> minister</c><00:14:16.669><c> of</c><00:14:16.990><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:14:19.169><c> are</c><00:14:19.370><c> to</c><00:14:19.490><c> be</c><00:14:19.710><c> faithful</c><00:14:20.230><c> ministers</c><00:14:20.750><c> and</c><00:14:21.149><c> fellow</c><00:14:21.470><c> servants.</c>

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This<00:14:22.950><c> is</c><00:14:23.110><c> the</c><00:14:23.190><c> way</c><00:14:23.269><c> he</c><00:14:23.389><c> wrote</c><00:14:23.570><c> to</c><00:14:23.769><c> the</c><00:14:23.929><c> Colossian</c><00:14:24.330><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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But<00:14:26.269><c> ministering</c><00:14:26.610><c> doesn't</c><00:14:26.830><c> stop</c><00:14:27.210><c> with</c><00:14:27.470><c> Christ.</c>

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Ministering<00:14:29.269><c> doesn't</c><00:14:29.509><c> stop</c><00:14:29.909><c> with</c><00:14:30.450><c> Paul.</c>

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Ministering<00:14:32.330><c> doesn't</c><00:14:32.590><c> stop</c><00:14:32.990><c> with</c><00:14:33.230><c> the</c><00:14:33.389><c> leaders</c><00:14:33.610><c> of</c><00:14:33.830><c> the</c><00:14:33.990><c> Ecclesias.</c>

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It's<00:14:36.470><c> something</c><00:14:36.669><c> for</c><00:14:36.870><c> all</c><00:14:37.090><c> of</c><00:14:37.230><c> us.</c>

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You<00:14:39.289><c> look</c><00:14:39.710><c> in</c><00:14:39.789><c> the</c><00:14:39.830><c> Old</c><00:14:40.110><c> Testament,</c><00:14:40.509><c> you</c><00:14:40.629><c> look</c><00:14:40.830><c> in</c><00:14:40.929><c> the</c><00:14:41.009><c> New</c><00:14:41.250><c> Testament,</c>

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and<00:14:42.870><c> the</c><00:14:43.049><c> teaching</c><00:14:43.289><c> is</c><00:14:43.529><c> that</c><00:14:43.649><c> it</c><00:14:43.830><c> involves</c>

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and<00:14:44.590><c> it</c><00:14:45.149><c> encompasses</c><00:14:45.629><c> all</c><00:14:46.409><c> brothers</c><00:14:46.809><c> and</c><00:14:47.230><c> sisters.</c>

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Yes,<00:14:49.970><c> all</c><00:14:50.269><c> brothers</c><00:14:50.570><c> and</c><00:14:50.809><c> sisters.</c>

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We're<00:14:51.090><c> not</c><00:14:51.210><c> talking</c><00:14:51.509><c> from</c><00:14:51.710><c> the</c><00:14:52.269><c> platform</c><00:14:52.789><c> for</c><00:14:53.090><c> sisters.</c>

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We're<00:14:53.549><c> not</c><00:14:53.750><c> saying</c><00:14:53.990><c> that.</c>

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But<00:14:56.029><c> you</c><00:14:56.210><c> read</c><00:14:56.429><c> in</c><00:14:56.690><c> Scripture</c><00:14:56.929><c> about</c><00:14:57.169><c> the</c><00:14:57.429><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:14:58.090><c> ministered</c><00:14:58.529><c> to</c><00:14:58.649><c> the</c><00:14:58.830><c> needs</c><00:14:59.409><c> of</c><00:14:59.889><c> the</c><00:15:00.090><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:15:01.269><c> there's</c><00:15:01.429><c> a</c><00:15:01.590><c> marvelous</c><00:15:01.909><c> work</c><00:15:02.269><c> there</c><00:15:02.470><c> to</c><00:15:02.590><c> be</c><00:15:02.789><c> done</c>

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and<00:15:03.990><c> nothing</c><00:15:04.289><c> to</c><00:15:04.490><c> be</c><00:15:04.690><c> diminished</c><00:15:04.990><c> in</c><00:15:05.190><c> any</c><00:15:05.470><c> sense.</c>

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We're<00:15:07.210><c> all</c><00:15:07.529><c> in</c><00:15:07.690><c> this</c><00:15:07.850><c> together,</c><00:15:08.389><c> brothers</c><00:15:08.509><c> and</c><00:15:08.750><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:15:09.789><c> all</c><00:15:10.110><c> have</c><00:15:10.330><c> our</c><00:15:10.669><c> ministry,</c><00:15:11.350><c> if</c><00:15:11.610><c> you</c><00:15:11.830><c> will,</c>

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because<00:15:20.649><c> he</c><00:15:21.210><c> or</c><00:15:21.769><c> she</c><00:15:22.649><c> ministers</c><00:15:23.509><c> the</c><00:15:24.210><c> verb,</c>

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the<00:15:25.230><c> action,</c><00:15:25.909><c> the</c><00:15:26.190><c> work</c><00:15:26.549><c> of</c><00:15:27.210><c> ministering.</c>

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And<00:15:30.090><c> the</c><00:15:30.250><c> one</c><00:15:30.389><c> who</c><00:15:30.750><c> ministered</c><00:15:31.269><c> like</c><00:15:32.070><c> no</c><00:15:32.529><c> other</c><00:15:32.730><c> has</c><00:15:32.909><c> ever</c><00:15:33.190><c> done</c>

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who<00:15:42.669><c> walks</c><00:15:42.970><c> in</c><00:15:43.230><c> the</c><00:15:43.289><c> midst</c><00:15:43.490><c> of</c><00:15:43.669><c> the</c><00:15:43.850><c> Ecclesias</c><00:15:44.230><c> of</c><00:15:44.470><c> God</c>

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I<00:15:47.970><c> know</c><00:15:48.230><c> thy</c><00:15:48.529><c> works,</c><00:15:49.149><c> is</c><00:15:49.330><c> watching</c><00:15:49.690><c> us.</c>

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And<00:15:53.389><c> he</c><00:15:53.450><c> says,</c><00:15:53.570><c> I</c><00:15:53.710><c> know</c><00:15:53.950><c> thy</c><00:15:54.230><c> works,</c><00:15:55.629><c> I</c><00:15:55.870><c> know</c><00:15:56.149><c> thy</c><00:15:56.389><c> love,</c>

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I<00:15:57.889><c> know</c><00:15:58.169><c> thy</c><00:15:58.549><c> service.</c>

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Those<00:16:00.649><c> are</c><00:16:00.870><c> the</c><00:16:00.950><c> words.</c>

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That's<00:16:02.769><c> the</c><00:16:02.870><c> word</c><00:16:03.029><c> for</c><00:16:03.250><c> minister.</c>

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He<00:16:04.409><c> knows</c><00:16:04.690><c> the</c><00:16:04.830><c> way</c><00:16:04.990><c> we</c><00:16:05.149><c> are</c><00:16:05.350><c> ministering</c><00:16:05.769><c> to</c><00:16:05.929><c> the</c><00:16:06.129><c> needs</c><00:16:06.590><c> one</c>

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of<00:16:07.389><c> another.</c>

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I<00:16:10.029><c> suppose</c><00:16:10.350><c> there's</c><00:16:10.690><c> always</c><00:16:11.230><c> those</c><00:16:12.490><c> who</c><00:16:12.690><c> will</c><00:16:12.950><c> say</c>

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that<00:16:13.549><c> things</c><00:16:13.750><c> are</c><00:16:14.230><c> not</c><00:16:14.409><c> done</c><00:16:14.690><c> properly.</c>

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I'm<00:16:16.789><c> sure</c><00:16:16.789><c> we've</c><00:16:17.049><c> all</c><00:16:17.210><c> heard</c><00:16:17.429><c> this.</c>

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I<00:16:18.929><c> don't</c><00:16:19.129><c> believe</c><00:16:19.330><c> he</c><00:16:19.490><c> did</c><00:16:19.629><c> it</c><00:16:19.710><c> for</c><00:16:19.870><c> the</c><00:16:20.029><c> right</c><00:16:20.289><c> reason.</c>

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We've<00:16:21.769><c> heard</c><00:16:21.870><c> these.</c>

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The<00:16:22.370><c> motive</c><00:16:22.649><c> is</c><00:16:22.889><c> not</c><00:16:23.190><c> right,</c><00:16:24.429><c> right?</c>

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We<00:16:24.870><c> all</c><00:16:25.629><c> hear</c><00:16:25.850><c> this.</c>

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There<00:16:26.429><c> always,</c><00:16:27.289><c> always</c><00:16:27.750><c> will</c><00:16:28.029><c> be</c><00:16:29.070><c> those</c><00:16:29.450><c> that</c><00:16:29.629><c> will</c><00:16:29.769><c> look</c><00:16:29.909><c> at</c><00:16:30.149><c> something</c>

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and<00:16:30.669><c> take</c><00:16:31.330><c> the</c><00:16:31.490><c> opposite.</c>

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There<00:16:33.029><c> always</c><00:16:33.490><c> will</c><00:16:33.629><c> be</c><00:16:33.789><c> those</c><00:16:34.029><c> that</c><00:16:34.169><c> will</c><00:16:34.370><c> say</c><00:16:34.590><c> it</c><00:16:34.769><c> was</c><00:16:35.049><c> not</c>

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done<00:16:35.429><c> for</c><00:16:35.570><c> the</c><00:16:35.750><c> right</c><00:16:35.950><c> reason.</c>

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Scripturally,<00:16:38.090><c> this</c><00:16:38.210><c> is</c><00:16:38.389><c> what</c><00:16:38.450><c> was</c><00:16:38.669><c> happening</c><00:16:38.929><c> to</c><00:16:39.129><c> our</c><00:16:39.269><c> brother</c><00:16:39.470><c> Paul</c>

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in<00:16:40.009><c> Thessalonica.</c>

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That<00:16:41.990><c> was</c><00:16:42.190><c> the</c><00:16:42.470><c> criticism</c><00:16:42.870><c> of</c><00:16:43.070><c> the</c><00:16:43.289><c> detractors</c><00:16:43.889><c> that</c><00:16:44.049><c> was</c><00:16:44.710><c> aimed</c><00:16:45.049><c> at</c>

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his<00:16:45.529><c> work</c><00:16:45.730><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:16:46.889><c> not</c><00:16:47.049><c> for</c><00:16:47.210><c> the</c><00:16:47.350><c> right</c><00:16:47.549><c> reason.</c>

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He's<00:16:49.029><c> just</c><00:16:49.289><c> puffed</c><00:16:49.649><c> up.</c>

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It's<00:16:49.950><c> for</c><00:16:50.090><c> the</c><00:16:50.309><c> glory.</c>

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He's<00:16:51.409><c> just</c><00:16:51.649><c> pleasing</c><00:16:51.950><c> himself.</c>

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That's<00:16:52.789><c> all</c><00:16:52.929><c> he</c><00:16:53.190><c> cares</c><00:16:53.350><c> about.</c>

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When<00:16:54.789><c> things</c><00:16:55.029><c> get</c><00:16:55.330><c> tough,</c><00:16:55.570><c> he</c><00:16:55.750><c> disappears.</c>

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There<00:16:59.330><c> are</c><00:16:59.730><c> always</c><00:16:59.909><c> those</c><00:17:00.169><c> that</c><00:17:00.289><c> will</c><00:17:00.429><c> do</c><00:17:00.570><c> this.</c>

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Well,<00:17:04.950><c> the</c><00:17:05.029><c> one</c><00:17:05.130><c> with</c><00:17:05.309><c> the</c><00:17:05.490><c> eyes</c><00:17:05.710><c> like</c><00:17:05.930><c> a</c><00:17:06.130><c> flame</c><00:17:06.289><c> of</c><00:17:06.549><c> fire</c><00:17:06.869><c> knows</c><00:17:07.170><c> our</c>

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deepest<00:17:07.789><c> heart,</c>

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brethren<00:17:08.569><c> and</c><00:17:08.789><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:17:09.269><c> could</c><00:17:09.430><c> be</c><00:17:09.609><c> thankful</c><00:17:09.849><c> for</c><00:17:10.109><c> that.</c>

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We<00:17:13.130><c> wonder</c><00:17:13.369><c> how</c><00:17:13.630><c> well</c><00:17:13.769><c> we</c><00:17:13.890><c> can</c><00:17:14.049><c> know</c><00:17:14.170><c> the</c><00:17:14.349><c> deepest</c><00:17:14.730><c> heart</c><00:17:14.990><c> of</c>

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one<00:17:15.349><c> another.</c>

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I'm<00:17:19.930><c> going</c><00:17:19.990><c> to</c><00:17:20.089><c> put</c><00:17:20.170><c> an</c><00:17:20.450><c> overhead</c><00:17:21.250><c> here</c><00:17:22.470><c> again.</c>

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I<00:17:23.750><c> don't</c><00:17:23.750><c> know</c><00:17:23.789><c> if</c><00:17:23.829><c> I</c><00:17:23.950><c> should</c><00:17:24.069><c> use</c><00:17:24.269><c> that</c><00:17:24.529><c> word</c><00:17:24.690><c> overhead.</c>

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It<00:17:25.170><c> has</c><00:17:25.329><c> a</c><00:17:25.509><c> bad</c><00:17:26.089><c> connotation</c><00:17:26.769><c> to</c><00:17:26.990><c> it.</c>

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I<00:17:34.210><c> don't</c><00:17:34.369><c> know</c><00:17:34.490><c> if</c><00:17:34.609><c> everyone</c><00:17:34.849><c> can</c><00:17:35.109><c> see</c><00:17:35.250><c> it</c><00:17:35.390><c> from</c><00:17:35.609><c> where</c><00:17:35.769><c> you're</c><00:17:36.849><c> seated.</c>

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But<00:17:38.130><c> what</c><00:17:38.490><c> I</c><00:17:39.029><c> have</c><00:17:39.329><c> done</c><00:17:39.529><c> is</c><00:17:39.690><c> I've</c><00:17:39.809><c> got</c><00:17:39.910><c> some</c><00:17:40.130><c> copies</c><00:17:40.450><c> of</c><00:17:40.670><c> this.</c>

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If<00:17:41.109><c> anybody</c><00:17:41.390><c> would</c><00:17:41.630><c> like</c><00:17:41.809><c> a</c><00:17:42.009><c> copy</c><00:17:42.230><c> of</c><00:17:42.410><c> it,</c><00:17:42.490><c> if</c><00:17:42.569><c> you</c><00:17:42.769><c> feel</c><00:17:42.970><c> it's</c>

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something<00:17:43.750><c> that</c><00:17:43.930><c> you</c><00:17:44.009><c> can</c><00:17:44.210><c> use,</c>

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they're<00:17:45.230><c> on</c><00:17:45.430><c> the</c><00:17:45.589><c> front</c><00:17:45.690><c> of</c><00:17:45.869><c> this</c><00:17:46.690><c> podium.</c>

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Just<00:17:48.650><c> a</c><00:17:48.769><c> little</c><00:17:49.410><c> list,</c><00:17:49.970><c> if</c><00:17:50.190><c> you</c><00:17:50.390><c> will,</c><00:17:51.630><c> of</c><00:17:52.349><c> what</c><00:17:52.789><c> it</c><00:17:52.950><c> means</c><00:17:53.230><c> to</c><00:17:53.750><c> minister.</c>

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You'll<00:17:55.009><c> understand</c><00:17:55.569><c> now</c><00:17:55.910><c> that</c><00:17:56.089><c> when</c><00:17:56.230><c> I</c><00:17:57.029><c> call</c><00:17:57.309><c> this</c><00:17:57.589><c> a</c><00:17:57.869><c> manual</c>

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for<00:17:58.609><c> ministers</c>

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based<00:17:59.529><c> on</c><00:17:59.789><c> 1</c><00:18:00.069><c> Thessalonians</c><00:18:00.990><c> chapter</c><00:18:01.529><c> 2,</c><00:18:02.049><c> you'll</c><00:18:02.349><c> understand</c>

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what<00:18:02.730><c> I</c><00:18:02.990><c> mean</c><00:18:03.170><c> about</c><00:18:03.869><c> ministering.</c>

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I'm<00:18:04.410><c> not</c><00:18:04.609><c> talking</c><00:18:04.849><c> in</c><00:18:04.990><c> the...</c>

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This<00:18:05.730><c> hasn't</c><00:18:05.970><c> been</c><00:18:06.349><c> drawn</c><00:18:06.529><c> off</c><00:18:06.869><c> of</c><00:18:07.069><c> some</c><00:18:07.269><c> of</c><00:18:07.450><c> the</c><00:18:08.589><c> stuff</c><00:18:08.750><c> that</c>

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we<00:18:09.109><c> find</c><00:18:09.269><c> in</c><00:18:09.410><c> the</c><00:18:09.589><c> world</c><00:18:09.750><c> around</c><00:18:10.109><c> us.</c>

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This<00:18:11.549><c> is</c><00:18:11.750><c> a</c><00:18:11.890><c> manual</c><00:18:12.230><c> for</c><00:18:13.029><c> ministers</c><00:18:13.509><c> in</c><00:18:13.730><c> the</c><00:18:13.910><c> truest</c><00:18:14.089><c> sense</c><00:18:14.309><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:14.630><c> word.</c>

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And<00:18:16.490><c> we've</c><00:18:16.809><c> listed</c><00:18:17.009><c> it</c><00:18:17.250><c> in</c><00:18:17.369><c> three</c><00:18:17.609><c> parts,</c><00:18:18.130><c> brethren</c><00:18:18.289><c> and</c><00:18:18.450><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:18:20.630><c> that's</c><00:18:20.950><c> the</c><00:18:20.970><c> way</c><00:18:21.130><c> it</c><00:18:21.150><c> comes</c><00:18:21.430><c> to</c><00:18:21.650><c> us</c><00:18:21.990><c> in</c><00:18:22.609><c> 1</c><00:18:22.970><c> Thessalonians</c><00:18:23.930><c> 2.</c>

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We<00:18:24.230><c> might</c><00:18:24.410><c> turn</c><00:18:24.650><c> back</c><00:18:24.950><c> there</c><00:18:25.190><c> and</c><00:18:25.309><c> just</c><00:18:25.509><c> have</c><00:18:25.690><c> this</c><00:18:26.710><c> open</c>

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because<00:18:28.890><c> we'll</c><00:18:29.089><c> be</c><00:18:29.269><c> coming</c><00:18:29.369><c> right</c><00:18:29.730><c> back</c><00:18:29.970><c> into</c><00:18:30.210><c> that</c><00:18:30.470><c> area.</c>

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First<00:18:34.130><c> of</c><00:18:34.269><c> all,</c><00:18:34.390><c> you'll</c><00:18:34.710><c> see</c><00:18:34.869><c> that</c><00:18:35.250><c> the</c><00:18:36.369><c> work</c><00:18:36.630><c> of</c><00:18:36.829><c> a</c><00:18:36.990><c> minister</c>

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involves<00:18:37.869><c> the</c><00:18:38.190><c> message.</c>

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It's<00:18:40.150><c> God's</c><00:18:40.769><c> good</c><00:18:41.009><c> news.</c>

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The<00:18:42.009><c> apostle</c><00:18:42.390><c> states</c><00:18:42.730><c> it</c><00:18:42.869><c> as</c><00:18:43.049><c> the</c><00:18:43.289><c> gospel.</c>

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Sometimes<00:18:46.049><c> when</c><00:18:46.269><c> he</c><00:18:46.390><c> speaks</c><00:18:46.650><c> about</c><00:18:46.950><c> the</c><00:18:47.049><c> word</c><00:18:47.650><c> evangelize</c>

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or<00:18:50.930><c> evangelism</c><00:18:51.369><c> or</c><00:18:51.509><c> that</c><00:18:51.690><c> kind</c><00:18:51.970><c> of</c><00:18:52.210><c> thing,</c><00:18:52.369><c> you</c><00:18:52.529><c> see</c><00:18:52.710><c> that</c><00:18:52.930><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:53.230><c> scripture.</c>

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That's<00:18:53.650><c> a</c><00:18:53.789><c> gospel</c><00:18:54.210><c> preacher.</c><00:18:55.450><c> That's</c><00:18:55.670><c> all</c><00:18:55.869><c> this</c><00:18:56.109><c> is.</c>

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One<00:18:56.450><c> who</c><00:18:56.730><c> preaches</c><00:18:57.210><c> the</c><00:18:57.630><c> good</c><00:18:57.829><c> news</c><00:18:58.089><c> of</c><00:18:58.609><c> the</c><00:18:58.809><c> name</c><00:18:59.049><c> of</c><00:18:59.230><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:19:00.009><c> and</c><00:19:00.150><c> the</c><00:19:00.309><c> coming</c><00:19:00.630><c> kingdom.</c>

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But<00:19:02.930><c> his</c><00:19:03.109><c> message</c><00:19:03.390><c> is</c><00:19:03.589><c> God's</c><00:19:04.049><c> good</c><00:19:04.250><c> news,</c><00:19:04.750><c> first</c><00:19:05.029><c> and</c><00:19:05.289><c> foremost.</c>

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But<00:19:07.150><c> then</c><00:19:07.309><c> you</c><00:19:07.430><c> come</c><00:19:07.589><c> into</c><00:19:07.750><c> the</c><00:19:08.029><c> motive.</c>

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And<00:19:09.250><c> motives</c><00:19:09.450><c> are</c><00:19:09.650><c> important</c><00:19:10.089><c> in</c><00:19:10.269><c> the</c><00:19:10.410><c> things</c><00:19:10.549><c> that</c><00:19:10.750><c> we</c><00:19:10.890><c> do,</c>

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aren't<00:19:11.329><c> they?</c>

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I<00:19:12.430><c> mean,</c><00:19:13.089><c> if</c><00:19:13.269><c> it</c><00:19:13.410><c> is</c><00:19:13.569><c> for</c><00:19:13.690><c> the</c><00:19:13.890><c> wrong</c><00:19:14.069><c> reason,</c><00:19:14.450><c> then</c><00:19:14.589><c> it's</c><00:19:14.809><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:19:16.829><c> that</c><00:19:16.970><c> was</c><00:19:17.130><c> the</c><00:19:17.329><c> accusation</c><00:19:17.809><c> against</c><00:19:18.130><c> Paul.</c>

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So<00:19:18.609><c> we</c><00:19:18.750><c> put</c><00:19:18.890><c> this</c><00:19:19.150><c> out</c><00:19:19.529><c> in</c><00:19:20.470><c> negatives</c><00:19:20.950><c> and</c><00:19:21.750><c> positive</c><00:19:22.349><c> things.</c>

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There<00:19:23.950><c> were</c><00:19:24.109><c> many</c><00:19:24.650><c> negative</c><00:19:25.170><c> charges</c><00:19:25.670><c> against</c><00:19:26.230><c> our</c><00:19:26.569><c> brother</c><00:19:26.769><c> Paul.</c>

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They<00:19:28.250><c> were</c><00:19:28.470><c> saying</c><00:19:28.890><c> that</c><00:19:30.150><c> his</c><00:19:30.450><c> motives</c><00:19:30.710><c> were</c><00:19:30.910><c> not</c><00:19:31.130><c> pure.</c>

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And<00:19:31.930><c> he</c><00:19:32.029><c> says</c><00:19:32.130><c> it's</c><00:19:32.410><c> not</c><00:19:32.589><c> based</c><00:19:32.910><c> on</c><00:19:33.150><c> impurity.</c>

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That<00:19:34.549><c> was</c><00:19:34.730><c> not</c><00:19:34.910><c> the</c><00:19:35.009><c> way</c><00:19:35.150><c> that</c><00:19:35.269><c> he</c><00:19:35.450><c> brought</c><00:19:35.549><c> the</c><00:19:35.789><c> message.</c>

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They<00:19:37.130><c> said</c><00:19:37.190><c> that</c><00:19:37.329><c> it</c><00:19:37.410><c> was</c><00:19:37.529><c> just</c><00:19:37.730><c> to</c><00:19:38.029><c> please</c><00:19:38.289><c> people.</c>

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He<00:19:39.390><c> says</c><00:19:39.450><c> it</c><00:19:39.589><c> was</c><00:19:39.849><c> not</c><00:19:40.009><c> to</c><00:19:40.309><c> please</c><00:19:40.509><c> people.</c>

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He<00:19:41.390><c> showed</c><00:19:41.630><c> them</c><00:19:41.849><c> this.</c>

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And<00:19:43.069><c> it</c><00:19:43.130><c> was</c><00:19:43.329><c> not</c><00:19:43.509><c> for</c><00:19:43.829><c> covetousness.</c>

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That<00:19:45.230><c> wasn't</c><00:19:45.470><c> what</c><00:19:45.630><c> was</c><00:19:45.849><c> behind</c><00:19:46.150><c> it.</c>

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It<00:19:47.170><c> was</c><00:19:47.369><c> not</c><00:19:47.549><c> for</c><00:19:47.809><c> glory.</c>

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None<00:19:48.910><c> of</c><00:19:49.049><c> these</c><00:19:49.289><c> things</c><00:19:49.529><c> entered</c><00:19:49.789><c> into</c><00:19:50.109><c> it.</c>

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What<00:19:52.470><c> it</c><00:19:52.690><c> was</c><00:19:52.869><c> for,</c><00:19:53.289><c> brethren</c><00:19:53.430><c> and</c><00:19:53.690><c> sisters,</c><00:19:54.049><c> was</c><00:19:54.210><c> to</c><00:19:54.609><c> please</c><00:19:55.069><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:57.309><c> that's</c><00:19:57.450><c> all</c><00:19:57.630><c> that</c><00:19:57.809><c> mattered.</c>

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Paul<00:19:59.670><c> was</c><00:19:59.890><c> convinced</c><00:20:00.430><c> that</c><00:20:00.609><c> if</c><00:20:00.829><c> God</c><00:20:01.130><c> was</c><00:20:01.490><c> pleased,</c><00:20:03.150><c> then</c><00:20:03.269><c> it</c>

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was<00:20:03.549><c> all</c><00:20:03.769><c> right.</c>

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Going<00:20:05.829><c> to</c><00:20:05.990><c> go</c><00:20:06.150><c> back</c><00:20:06.309><c> and</c><00:20:06.589><c> touch</c><00:20:06.750><c> on</c><00:20:06.950><c> some</c><00:20:07.130><c> of</c><00:20:07.269><c> these</c><00:20:07.529><c> things</c>

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as<00:20:07.890><c> we</c><00:20:08.450><c> study</c><00:20:08.829><c> through</c><00:20:09.069><c> this</c><00:20:09.289><c> chapter</c><00:20:09.589><c> together.</c>

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But<00:20:12.190><c> then</c><00:20:12.329><c> they</c><00:20:12.529><c> talked</c><00:20:12.690><c> about</c><00:20:12.890><c> his</c><00:20:13.170><c> manner.</c>

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They<00:20:13.589><c> said</c><00:20:13.789><c> his</c><00:20:14.390><c> manner</c><00:20:14.750><c> of</c><00:20:15.069><c> approach</c><00:20:15.329><c> was</c><00:20:15.589><c> wrong.</c>

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Not<00:20:16.470><c> only</c><00:20:16.710><c> his</c><00:20:16.990><c> motives,</c><00:20:17.289><c> the</c><00:20:17.470><c> way</c><00:20:17.630><c> he</c><00:20:17.710><c> went</c><00:20:17.829><c> about</c><00:20:18.109><c> it.</c>

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But<00:20:20.230><c> he</c><00:20:20.430><c> showed</c><00:20:20.569><c> them</c><00:20:20.690><c> that</c><00:20:20.809><c> it</c><00:20:20.970><c> wasn't</c><00:20:21.150><c> because</c><00:20:21.470><c> of</c><00:20:21.670><c> deceit</c>

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or<00:20:22.390><c> guile.</c>

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There's<00:20:23.349><c> no</c><00:20:23.589><c> trickery</c><00:20:23.990><c> involved</c><00:20:24.430><c> in</c><00:20:24.670><c> this.</c>

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And<00:20:26.230><c> he</c><00:20:26.430><c> certainly</c><00:20:26.690><c> wasn't</c><00:20:26.890><c> trying</c><00:20:27.150><c> to</c><00:20:27.529><c> flatter</c><00:20:27.769><c> anybody.</c>

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He<00:20:29.130><c> wasn't</c><00:20:29.230><c> trying</c><00:20:29.450><c> to</c><00:20:29.769><c> coat</c><00:20:30.130><c> the</c><00:20:30.589><c> message</c><00:20:30.829><c> of</c><00:20:31.109><c> God</c><00:20:31.289><c> with</c><00:20:31.569><c> honey</c>

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to<00:20:32.009><c> make</c><00:20:32.109><c> it</c><00:20:32.230><c> more</c><00:20:32.589><c> palatable.</c>

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He<00:20:33.730><c> wasn't</c><00:20:33.869><c> doing</c><00:20:34.130><c> that.</c>

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And<00:20:35.450><c> it</c><00:20:35.549><c> wasn't</c><00:20:35.750><c> a</c><00:20:36.009><c> cover</c><00:20:36.230><c>-up</c><00:20:36.470><c> for</c><00:20:36.670><c> something</c><00:20:37.009><c> that</c><00:20:37.569><c> really</c>

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wasn't<00:20:38.430><c> the</c><00:20:38.670><c> case.</c>

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But<00:20:40.789><c> there's</c><00:20:40.990><c> a</c><00:20:41.130><c> whole</c><00:20:41.470><c> lot</c><00:20:41.670><c> of</c><00:20:41.930><c> positive</c><00:20:42.390><c> things</c><00:20:42.769><c> that</c><00:20:42.930><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:20:43.470><c> Paul</c><00:20:43.690><c> was</c><00:20:43.910><c> doing.</c>

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It<00:20:45.450><c> was</c><00:20:45.650><c> with</c><00:20:45.890><c> courage</c><00:20:46.450><c> that</c><00:20:46.710><c> this</c><00:20:46.890><c> was</c><00:20:47.130><c> presented.</c>

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We<00:20:48.490><c> know</c><00:20:48.690><c> the</c><00:20:48.849><c> difficulty.</c>

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It<00:20:50.349><c> was</c><00:20:50.549><c> with</c><00:20:50.869><c> gentleness.</c>

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And<00:20:52.869><c> we'll</c><00:20:53.029><c> see</c><00:20:53.210><c> that</c><00:20:53.450><c> as</c><00:20:54.089><c> we</c><00:20:54.230><c> study</c><00:20:54.549><c> through</c><00:20:54.769><c> this</c><00:20:55.029><c> chapter.</c>

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It<00:20:55.410><c> was</c><00:20:55.650><c> with</c><00:20:55.910><c> love,</c><00:20:56.450><c> brethren</c><00:20:56.569><c> and</c><00:20:56.809><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:20:58.190><c> was</c><00:20:58.410><c> with</c><00:20:58.730><c> labor.</c>

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We<00:21:00.130><c> saw</c><00:21:00.329><c> that</c><00:21:00.569><c> word</c><00:21:00.730><c> labor</c><00:21:01.069><c> yesterday.</c>

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It<00:21:01.609><c> was</c><00:21:01.809><c> the</c><00:21:02.170><c> toil</c><00:21:02.470><c> that</c><00:21:02.970><c> weakens</c><00:21:03.650><c> a</c><00:21:03.849><c> person.</c>

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That<00:21:04.849><c> was</c><00:21:05.049><c> the</c><00:21:05.210><c> kind</c><00:21:05.410><c> of</c><00:21:05.609><c> labor</c><00:21:06.210><c> that</c><00:21:06.470><c> our</c><00:21:06.670><c> brother</c><00:21:06.829><c> Paul</c><00:21:07.130><c> was</c>

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involved<00:21:07.789><c> in.</c>

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And<00:21:08.910><c> it</c><00:21:09.009><c> was</c><00:21:09.230><c> with</c><00:21:09.950><c> holiness.</c>

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Holiness<00:21:12.549><c> before</c><00:21:13.029><c> God.</c>

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There's<00:21:16.130><c> the</c><00:21:16.369><c> manual</c><00:21:16.630><c> for</c><00:21:16.869><c> ministers.</c>

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If<00:21:19.470><c> you</c><00:21:19.569><c> want</c><00:21:19.670><c> to</c><00:21:19.750><c> know</c><00:21:19.809><c> how</c><00:21:19.930><c> you're</c><00:21:20.109><c> making</c><00:21:20.349><c> out</c><00:21:20.589><c> sometime,</c>

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just<00:21:21.329><c> take</c><00:21:21.549><c> this</c><00:21:21.869><c> list</c><00:21:22.109><c> from</c><00:21:22.329><c> 1</c><00:21:22.589><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:21:23.829><c> the</c><00:21:24.069><c> second</c><00:21:24.289><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:21:26.069><c> just</c><00:21:26.349><c> start</c><00:21:26.890><c> ticking</c><00:21:27.210><c> off</c><00:21:27.529><c> some</c><00:21:27.710><c> of</c><00:21:27.849><c> these</c><00:21:28.130><c> things</c><00:21:28.309><c> and</c>

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see<00:21:28.549><c> how</c><00:21:28.750><c> you</c><00:21:28.950><c> do.</c>

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I<00:21:31.130><c> have</c><00:21:31.289><c> to</c><00:21:31.430><c> tell</c><00:21:31.509><c> you,</c><00:21:31.750><c> brethren</c><00:21:31.910><c> and</c><00:21:32.150><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:21:32.569><c> I</c><00:21:33.089><c> don't</c><00:21:33.230><c> come</c><00:21:33.450><c> anywhere</c><00:21:33.710><c> near</c><00:21:33.950><c> our</c><00:21:34.150><c> brother</c><00:21:34.309><c> Paul</c>

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who<00:21:36.069><c> could</c><00:21:36.230><c> say</c><00:21:36.410><c> all</c><00:21:36.670><c> these</c><00:21:36.990><c> things</c><00:21:37.609><c> with</c><00:21:37.970><c> absolute</c><00:21:38.809><c> faithfulness</c>

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to<00:21:39.630><c> the</c><00:21:39.789><c> principles</c><00:21:40.230><c> that</c><00:21:40.410><c> he'd</c><00:21:40.650><c> embraced</c><00:21:41.109><c> in</c><00:21:41.269><c> the</c><00:21:41.369><c> love</c><00:21:41.470><c> of</c><00:21:41.750><c> God.</c>

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Second<00:21:53.230><c> chapter.</c>

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Let's<00:21:56.890><c> go</c><00:21:57.009><c> in</c><00:21:57.109><c> at</c><00:21:57.289><c> verse</c><00:21:57.529><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:21:59.650><c> we'll</c><00:21:59.750><c> just</c><00:21:59.869><c> begin</c><00:22:00.049><c> to</c><00:22:00.230><c> look</c><00:22:00.329><c> at</c><00:22:00.430><c> some</c><00:22:00.650><c> of</c><00:22:00.769><c> these</c><00:22:00.970><c> things</c><00:22:01.230><c> together.</c>

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I<00:22:01.769><c> don't</c><00:22:01.990><c> know</c><00:22:02.069><c> whether</c><00:22:02.210><c> we'll</c><00:22:02.410><c> get</c><00:22:02.490><c> all</c><00:22:02.690><c> the</c><00:22:02.769><c> way</c><00:22:02.869><c> through</c>

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the<00:22:03.309><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:22:04.029><c> I</c><00:22:04.130><c> might</c><00:22:04.250><c> just</c><00:22:04.470><c> say</c><00:22:04.670><c> to</c><00:22:04.789><c> you,</c><00:22:05.029><c> too,</c>

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that<00:22:05.190><c> I'm</c><00:22:05.269><c> not</c><00:22:05.490><c> trying</c><00:22:05.690><c> to</c><00:22:05.930><c> go</c><00:22:06.109><c> in</c><00:22:06.250><c> this</c><00:22:07.130><c> study</c><00:22:07.390><c> together</c><00:22:07.849><c> verse</c><00:22:08.490><c> by</c><00:22:08.809><c> verse.</c>

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It<00:22:10.230><c> may</c><00:22:10.470><c> appear</c><00:22:10.950><c> so</c><00:22:11.109><c> at</c><00:22:11.289><c> some</c><00:22:11.569><c> times,</c>

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but<00:22:12.690><c> I</c><00:22:12.690><c> don't</c><00:22:12.690><c> know</c><00:22:12.690><c> whether</c><00:22:12.690><c> we'll</c><00:22:12.690><c> get</c><00:22:12.690><c> all</c><00:22:12.690><c> the</c><00:22:12.690><c> way</c><00:22:12.690><c> through</c><00:22:12.690><c> the</c><00:22:12.690><c> chapter.</c>

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It<00:22:13.529><c> just</c><00:22:13.710><c> becomes</c><00:22:14.009><c> too</c><00:22:14.329><c> difficult.</c>

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We<00:22:15.089><c> touch</c><00:22:15.470><c> ahead.</c>

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We've<00:22:16.150><c> already</c><00:22:16.450><c> mentioned</c><00:22:16.789><c> about</c><00:22:17.130><c> the</c><00:22:17.609><c> persecution</c>

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that<00:22:19.549><c> they</c><00:22:20.069><c> underwent</c><00:22:20.490><c> there</c><00:22:20.769><c> in</c><00:22:21.430><c> the</c><00:22:21.430><c> city</c><00:22:21.869><c> of</c><00:22:22.069><c> Thessalonica</c>

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and<00:22:23.329><c> how</c><00:22:23.490><c> that</c><00:22:23.630><c> it</c><00:22:23.750><c> compared</c><00:22:24.150><c> to</c><00:22:24.289><c> what</c><00:22:24.450><c> had</c><00:22:24.710><c> happened</c><00:22:24.990><c> in</c><00:22:25.569><c> Judea</c>

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with<00:22:26.670><c> the</c><00:22:26.930><c> Jews</c><00:22:27.150><c> concerning</c><00:22:27.650><c> the</c><00:22:27.849><c> Lord</c><00:22:28.029><c> Jesus</c><00:22:28.450><c> Christ.</c>

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We've<00:22:29.069><c> already</c><00:22:29.329><c> mentioned</c><00:22:29.690><c> this.</c>

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And<00:22:31.069><c> so</c><00:22:31.190><c> it</c><00:22:31.269><c> comes</c><00:22:31.470><c> in</c><00:22:31.630><c> the</c><00:22:31.769><c> second</c><00:22:31.990><c> chapter.</c>

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We'll<00:22:32.609><c> kind</c><00:22:32.730><c> of</c><00:22:33.089><c> go</c><00:22:33.329><c> lightly</c><00:22:33.650><c> across</c><00:22:34.049><c> it,</c><00:22:34.329><c> brethren</c><00:22:34.450><c> and</c><00:22:34.650><c> sisters,</c>

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rather<00:22:35.190><c> than</c><00:22:35.349><c> try</c><00:22:35.569><c> to</c><00:22:36.109><c> go</c><00:22:36.369><c> verse</c><00:22:36.650><c> by</c><00:22:36.910><c> verse</c>

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and<00:22:37.349><c> just</c><00:22:37.569><c> draw</c><00:22:37.730><c> out</c><00:22:37.890><c> every</c><00:22:38.150><c> single</c><00:22:38.549><c> point.</c>

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Obviously,<00:22:39.990><c> this</c><00:22:40.150><c> couldn't</c><00:22:40.349><c> be</c><00:22:40.529><c> done</c><00:22:40.690><c> anyway.</c>

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You'll<00:22:42.210><c> always</c><00:22:42.490><c> find</c><00:22:42.710><c> something</c><00:22:43.069><c> else.</c>

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It's<00:22:44.069><c> the</c><00:22:44.230><c> marvel</c><00:22:44.410><c> of</c><00:22:44.609><c> the</c><00:22:44.730><c> word</c><00:22:44.849><c> of</c><00:22:45.069><c> God.</c>

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Every<00:22:45.470><c> time</c><00:22:45.650><c> you</c><00:22:45.769><c> look</c><00:22:45.950><c> at</c><00:22:46.130><c> it,</c><00:22:46.210><c> there'll</c><00:22:46.390><c> be</c><00:22:46.490><c> something</c><00:22:46.829><c> else.</c>

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We<00:22:47.630><c> were</c><00:22:47.690><c> talking</c><00:22:47.769><c> to</c><00:22:47.910><c> somebody</c><00:22:48.210><c> just</c><00:22:48.470><c> last</c><00:22:48.769><c> night</c>

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about<00:22:49.730><c> the</c><00:22:50.049><c> use</c><00:22:50.190><c> of</c><00:22:50.450><c> notes,</c><00:22:51.150><c> what</c><00:22:51.289><c> we</c><00:22:51.490><c> do</c><00:22:51.630><c> with</c><00:22:51.789><c> our</c><00:22:51.950><c> notes.</c>

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Well,<00:22:52.329><c> some</c><00:22:52.490><c> people</c><00:22:52.730><c> throw</c><00:22:52.910><c> them</c><00:22:53.109><c> away.</c>

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I<00:22:54.930><c> usually</c><00:22:55.329><c> save</c><00:22:55.630><c> them</c><00:22:55.829><c> because</c><00:22:56.910><c> there's</c><00:22:57.230><c> been</c><00:22:57.369><c> a</c><00:22:57.450><c> lot</c><00:22:57.589><c> of</c><00:22:57.809><c> research</c>

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that's<00:22:58.369><c> gone</c><00:22:58.589><c> in</c><00:22:58.789><c> and</c><00:22:58.869><c> we</c><00:22:59.009><c> just</c><00:22:59.690><c> cull</c><00:22:59.910><c> out</c><00:23:00.130><c> of</c><00:23:00.269><c> these</c><00:23:00.529><c> things</c>

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the<00:23:00.910><c> things</c><00:23:01.089><c> that</c><00:23:01.230><c> are</c><00:23:01.430><c> valuable</c><00:23:01.809><c> for</c><00:23:02.029><c> the</c><00:23:02.170><c> next</c><00:23:02.430><c> time.</c>

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The<00:23:04.109><c> problem</c><00:23:04.230><c> is</c><00:23:04.450><c> that</c><00:23:04.589><c> the</c><00:23:04.750><c> next</c><00:23:05.069><c> time</c><00:23:05.230><c> you</c><00:23:05.349><c> tend</c><00:23:05.549><c> to</c><00:23:05.789><c> add</c><00:23:06.009><c> to</c><00:23:06.210><c> it</c>

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and<00:23:07.309><c> the</c><00:23:07.470><c> talk</c><00:23:07.589><c> can</c><00:23:07.730><c> get</c><00:23:07.869><c> longer</c><00:23:08.250><c> and</c><00:23:08.529><c> longer</c><00:23:08.730><c> and</c><00:23:08.990><c> longer</c>

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and<00:23:09.430><c> what</c><00:23:09.490><c> was</c><00:23:09.670><c> at</c><00:23:09.869><c> one</c><00:23:10.089><c> point</c><00:23:10.269><c> half</c><00:23:10.490><c> an</c><00:23:10.690><c> hour,</c><00:23:10.849><c> then</c><00:23:10.990><c> becomes</c>

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45<00:23:11.789><c> minutes.</c>

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The<00:23:12.670><c> next</c><00:23:12.849><c> time</c><00:23:13.049><c> it's</c><00:23:13.250><c> an</c><00:23:13.470><c> hour</c>

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and<00:23:14.410><c> the</c><00:23:14.589><c> next</c><00:23:14.730><c> time</c><00:23:14.890><c> nobody</c><00:23:15.109><c> asks</c><00:23:15.390><c> you</c><00:23:15.609><c> back</c><00:23:15.789><c> anymore.</c>

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So<00:23:16.789><c> that's</c><00:23:17.650><c> the</c><00:23:17.750><c> way</c><00:23:17.890><c> it</c><00:23:18.069><c> goes.</c>

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But<00:23:20.230><c> in</c><00:23:20.410><c> 1</c><00:23:20.549><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:23:21.410><c> let's</c><00:23:21.670><c> just</c><00:23:21.930><c> read</c><00:23:22.069><c> this</c>

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in<00:23:22.450><c> the</c><00:23:22.630><c> second</c><00:23:22.829><c> chapter,</c><00:23:23.210><c> verse</c><00:23:23.529><c> 1,</c><00:23:24.369><c> where</c><00:23:24.509><c> Paul</c><00:23:24.809><c> says,</c>

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For<00:23:25.269><c> yourselves,</c><00:23:26.410><c> brethren,</c><00:23:27.069><c> know</c><00:23:27.269><c> our</c><00:23:27.650><c> entrance</c><00:23:28.029><c> in</c><00:23:28.329><c> unto</c><00:23:28.569><c> you</c>

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that<00:23:29.329><c> it</c><00:23:29.470><c> was</c><00:23:29.690><c> not</c><00:23:29.970><c> in</c><00:23:30.190><c> vain.</c>

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Now,<00:23:31.549><c> I</c><00:23:31.609><c> think</c><00:23:31.730><c> you</c><00:23:31.869><c> can</c><00:23:32.029><c> hear</c><00:23:32.230><c> a</c><00:23:32.309><c> little</c><00:23:32.509><c> bit</c><00:23:32.650><c> of</c><00:23:32.890><c> the</c><00:23:33.210><c> feelings</c>

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of<00:23:34.349><c> Paul</c><00:23:34.690><c> working</c><00:23:35.109><c> themselves</c><00:23:35.529><c> out</c><00:23:35.809><c> in</c><00:23:35.910><c> this</c><00:23:36.130><c> already.</c>

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There<00:23:37.809><c> were</c><00:23:38.089><c> detractors</c><00:23:38.930><c> there.</c>

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There<00:23:39.750><c> were</c><00:23:40.089><c> critics</c><00:23:40.609><c> that</c><00:23:41.170><c> were</c><00:23:41.450><c> judging</c><00:23:41.750><c> the</c><00:23:41.990><c> motives</c><00:23:42.269><c> of</c>

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our<00:23:42.670><c> brother</c><00:23:42.849><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:23:43.430><c> the</c><00:23:43.589><c> things</c><00:23:43.750><c> that</c><00:23:43.910><c> he</c><00:23:44.049><c> did</c><00:23:44.250><c> and</c><00:23:44.430><c> the</c><00:23:44.609><c> things</c><00:23:44.769><c> that</c><00:23:44.930><c> he</c><00:23:45.150><c> said</c>

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and<00:23:45.690><c> they</c><00:23:45.809><c> were</c><00:23:45.970><c> saying</c><00:23:46.109><c> that</c><00:23:46.269><c> he</c><00:23:46.410><c> was</c><00:23:46.990><c> not</c><00:23:47.730><c> right</c><00:23:47.970><c> in</c><00:23:48.130><c> these</c><00:23:48.410><c> things</c>

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and<00:23:49.170><c> they,</c><00:23:49.549><c> of</c><00:23:49.549><c> course,</c><00:23:50.529><c> were</c><00:23:50.809><c> wrong.</c>

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But<00:23:53.630><c> it</c><00:23:53.769><c> would</c><00:23:53.869><c> be</c><00:23:54.089><c> a</c><00:23:54.210><c> discouraging</c><00:23:54.769><c> thing,</c><00:23:56.170><c> my</c><00:23:56.329><c> dear</c><00:23:56.490><c> brethren</c><00:23:56.750><c> and</c><00:23:56.990><c> sisters,</c>

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if<00:23:58.809><c> this</c><00:23:59.289><c> kind</c><00:23:59.509><c> of</c><00:23:59.750><c> criticism</c><00:24:00.130><c> was</c><00:24:00.450><c> coming</c><00:24:00.690><c> from</c><00:24:01.069><c> within</c><00:24:01.309><c> the</c>

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ecclesia,<00:24:02.029><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:02.170><c> it?</c>

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That<00:24:03.670><c> the</c><00:24:03.910><c> work</c><00:24:04.069><c> was</c><00:24:04.289><c> just</c><00:24:04.609><c> vain.</c>

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The<00:24:05.589><c> word</c><00:24:05.690><c> means</c><00:24:05.950><c> empty.</c>

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That<00:24:07.690><c> there</c><00:24:07.769><c> was</c><00:24:07.990><c> nothing</c><00:24:08.250><c> to</c><00:24:08.609><c> it.</c>

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Just<00:24:09.809><c> airy,</c><00:24:10.210><c> nothing</c><00:24:10.529><c> to</c><00:24:10.789><c> it.</c>

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Surely<00:24:13.269><c> we</c><00:24:13.369><c> don't</c><00:24:13.529><c> have</c><00:24:13.670><c> to</c><00:24:13.950><c> continually</c><00:24:14.369><c> prove</c><00:24:14.869><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:24:15.829><c> our</c><00:24:16.049><c> brothers</c><00:24:16.230><c> and</c><00:24:16.509><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:24:18.230><c> shouldn't</c><00:24:18.430><c> have</c><00:24:18.690><c> to</c><00:24:18.849><c> do</c><00:24:19.029><c> this.</c>

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Our<00:24:20.789><c> lives</c><00:24:21.089><c> and</c><00:24:21.269><c> the</c><00:24:21.569><c> truth</c><00:24:21.829><c> should</c><00:24:22.490><c> so</c><00:24:23.230><c> blend</c>

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with<00:24:24.009><c> the</c><00:24:24.230><c> things</c><00:24:24.430><c> that</c><00:24:24.609><c> we</c><00:24:24.829><c> profess</c>

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that<00:24:26.650><c> people</c><00:24:26.990><c> should</c><00:24:27.170><c> be</c><00:24:27.329><c> able</c><00:24:27.450><c> to</c><00:24:27.609><c> look</c><00:24:27.769><c> at</c><00:24:27.930><c> our</c><00:24:28.150><c> lives</c><00:24:28.410><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:24:28.930><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:24:29.549><c> say</c><00:24:29.730><c> they're</c><00:24:30.250><c> real.</c>

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They're<00:24:32.269><c> not</c><00:24:32.269><c> counterfeit,</c><00:24:32.869><c> they're</c><00:24:33.150><c> real.</c>

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But<00:24:35.490><c> these</c><00:24:35.650><c> are</c><00:24:35.809><c> our</c><00:24:35.950><c> closest</c><00:24:36.289><c> friends.</c>

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It's<00:24:39.509><c> a</c><00:24:39.630><c> ludicrous</c><00:24:40.089><c> thing</c><00:24:40.269><c> to</c><00:24:40.509><c> think</c><00:24:40.609><c> in</c><00:24:40.769><c> terms</c><00:24:41.150><c> of</c><00:24:41.710><c> brushing</c>

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up<00:24:42.349><c> against</c><00:24:42.690><c> our</c><00:24:42.970><c> closest</c><00:24:43.369><c> friends</c>

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for<00:24:44.390><c> just</c><00:24:44.609><c> a</c><00:24:44.849><c> brief</c><00:24:45.029><c> moment</c><00:24:45.349><c> on</c><00:24:45.529><c> a</c><00:24:45.670><c> Sunday</c><00:24:45.930><c> morning,</c><00:24:47.470><c> isn't</c><00:24:47.670><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:24:49.369><c> not</c><00:24:49.490><c> the</c><00:24:49.549><c> way</c><00:24:49.670><c> we</c><00:24:49.890><c> cultivate</c><00:24:50.329><c> our</c><00:24:50.769><c> friendships.</c>

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That's<00:24:52.990><c> not</c><00:24:53.170><c> the</c><00:24:53.289><c> way</c><00:24:53.490><c> fellowship</c><00:24:53.970><c> and</c><00:24:54.269><c> love</c><00:24:54.490><c> grows.</c>

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Just<00:24:56.650><c> a</c><00:24:56.890><c> brief</c><00:24:57.230><c> time.</c>

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But<00:24:59.990><c> these</c><00:25:00.269><c> non</c><00:25:00.569><c>-believing</c><00:25:01.049><c> Jews</c><00:25:01.589><c> were</c><00:25:01.990><c> saying</c><00:25:02.349><c> that</c><00:25:02.730><c> Paul</c><00:25:02.950><c> ran</c><00:25:03.230><c> out</c><00:25:03.390><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:03.730><c> ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:25:05.789><c> word</c><00:25:05.970><c> that</c><00:25:06.089><c> was</c><00:25:06.250><c> going</c><00:25:06.470><c> out</c><00:25:06.670><c> into</c><00:25:06.869><c> the</c><00:25:07.069><c> Thessalonian</c>

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ecclesia<00:25:08.049><c> was,</c>

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he<00:25:08.670><c> threw</c><00:25:08.890><c> you</c><00:25:09.029><c> to</c><00:25:09.170><c> the</c><00:25:09.390><c> wolves.</c>

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He's<00:25:10.490><c> not</c><00:25:10.690><c> really</c><00:25:11.029><c> serious</c><00:25:11.490><c> about</c><00:25:11.809><c> you.</c>

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He<00:25:12.509><c> doesn't</c><00:25:12.710><c> really</c><00:25:13.069><c> care.</c>

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He<00:25:13.430><c> left</c><00:25:13.630><c> you</c><00:25:13.789><c> to</c><00:25:14.089><c> fare</c><00:25:14.210><c> for</c><00:25:14.509><c> yourselves.</c>

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And<00:25:17.910><c> Paul</c><00:25:18.109><c> has</c><00:25:18.329><c> to</c><00:25:18.769><c> counter</c><00:25:19.009><c> that.</c>

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But<00:25:20.430><c> the</c><00:25:20.849><c> Thessalonians</c><00:25:21.430><c> knew</c><00:25:21.589><c> better</c><00:25:21.849><c> than</c><00:25:22.069><c> that,</c><00:25:22.349><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:25:22.769><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:25:23.329><c> knew</c><00:25:23.549><c> how</c><00:25:23.869><c> he</c><00:25:24.170><c> came.</c>

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They<00:25:24.549><c> knew</c><00:25:24.750><c> why</c><00:25:25.109><c> he</c><00:25:25.390><c> came.</c>

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They<00:25:25.809><c> knew</c><00:25:25.970><c> what</c><00:25:26.150><c> he</c><00:25:26.410><c> did.</c>

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And<00:25:29.269><c> we</c><00:25:29.430><c> ought</c><00:25:29.589><c> to</c><00:25:29.690><c> be</c><00:25:29.750><c> able</c><00:25:29.930><c> to</c><00:25:30.009><c> say,</c><00:25:30.390><c> too,</c><00:25:30.470><c> you</c><00:25:30.609><c> know</c><00:25:30.809><c> better</c>

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than<00:25:31.349><c> that.</c>

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You<00:25:32.829><c> know</c><00:25:33.029><c> better</c><00:25:33.250><c> than</c><00:25:33.529><c> that,</c><00:25:34.950><c> as</c><00:25:35.109><c> I</c><00:25:35.190><c> think</c><00:25:35.349><c> Paul</c><00:25:35.630><c> is</c><00:25:35.890><c> doing</c><00:25:36.049><c> here.</c>

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So<00:25:38.730><c> verse</c><00:25:38.950><c> one</c><00:25:39.130><c> and</c><00:25:39.329><c> two</c><00:25:39.430><c> together.</c>

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He<00:25:41.150><c> says,</c>

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For<00:25:41.410><c> yourselves,</c><00:25:42.109><c> brethren,</c><00:25:42.410><c> know</c><00:25:42.650><c> our</c><00:25:42.950><c> entrance</c><00:25:43.269><c> in</c><00:25:43.529><c> unto</c>

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you,<00:25:43.990><c> that</c><00:25:44.069><c> it</c><00:25:44.190><c> was</c><00:25:44.509><c> not</c><00:25:44.750><c> in</c><00:25:45.009><c> vain,</c>

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it's<00:25:45.490><c> not</c><00:25:45.690><c> empty,</c>

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but<00:25:47.230><c> even</c><00:25:47.569><c> after</c><00:25:47.950><c> that</c><00:25:48.089><c> we</c><00:25:48.210><c> had</c><00:25:48.529><c> suffered</c><00:25:48.769><c> before</c><00:25:49.650><c> and</c><00:25:50.430><c> were</c>

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shamefully<00:25:51.269><c> entreated,</c>

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as<00:25:52.029><c> ye</c><00:25:52.309><c> know</c><00:25:52.509><c> at</c><00:25:52.750><c> Philippi,</c>

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We<00:25:54.069><c> were</c><00:25:54.490><c> bold</c><00:25:54.890><c> in</c><00:25:55.109><c> our</c><00:25:55.369><c> God</c><00:25:55.529><c> to</c><00:25:55.869><c> speak</c><00:25:56.029><c> unto</c><00:25:56.210><c> you</c><00:25:56.369><c> the</c><00:25:56.549><c> gospel</c>

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of<00:25:57.210><c> God</c><00:25:57.410><c> with</c><00:25:57.930><c> much</c><00:25:58.369><c> contention.</c>

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He's<00:26:00.410><c> saying</c><00:26:00.490><c> it</c><00:26:00.670><c> wasn't</c><00:26:01.029><c> easy.</c>

00:26:02.849 --> 00:26:05.670
Our<00:26:03.130><c> entrance</c><00:26:03.430><c> in</c><00:26:03.650><c> unto</c><00:26:03.809><c> you</c><00:26:03.990><c> was</c><00:26:04.289><c> not</c><00:26:04.549><c> easy,</c>

00:26:06.349 --> 00:26:08.130
but<00:26:06.690><c> it</c><00:26:06.809><c> was</c><00:26:06.990><c> not</c><00:26:07.150><c> a</c><00:26:07.410><c> failure</c><00:26:07.690><c> either.</c>

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It<00:26:08.529><c> was</c><00:26:08.829><c> not</c><00:26:09.069><c> in</c><00:26:09.329><c> vain.</c>

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It<00:26:09.609><c> was</c><00:26:09.890><c> not</c><00:26:10.109><c> empty.</c>

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And<00:26:11.630><c> the</c><00:26:11.849><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:12.230><c> actually</c><00:26:12.690><c> was</c><00:26:12.910><c> the</c><00:26:13.210><c> proof,</c><00:26:14.069><c> the</c><00:26:14.369><c> fruit</c><00:26:14.509><c> of</c>

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his<00:26:14.849><c> labor.</c>

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They<00:26:16.289><c> turned</c><00:26:16.589><c> to</c><00:26:16.869><c> God</c><00:26:17.009><c> from</c><00:26:17.309><c> idols.</c>

00:26:18.549 --> 00:26:23.529
So<00:26:19.029><c> the</c><00:26:19.250><c> accusations</c><00:26:19.769><c> against</c><00:26:20.150><c> Paul</c><00:26:20.470><c> as</c><00:26:20.650><c> an</c><00:26:20.910><c> imposter</c><00:26:21.369><c> were</c><00:26:22.410><c> false.</c>

00:26:23.609 --> 00:26:25.369
They<00:26:23.730><c> were</c><00:26:23.970><c> wrong</c><00:26:24.250><c> in</c><00:26:24.490><c> this.</c>

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And<00:26:27.509><c> he</c><00:26:27.670><c> reminds</c><00:26:27.950><c> them</c><00:26:28.069><c> of</c><00:26:28.210><c> the</c><00:26:28.390><c> history,</c><00:26:28.869><c> doesn't</c><00:26:29.029><c> he?</c>

00:26:31.029 --> 00:26:33.930
He<00:26:31.410><c> reminds</c><00:26:31.670><c> them</c><00:26:31.849><c> of</c><00:26:32.009><c> what</c><00:26:32.089><c> had</c><00:26:32.329><c> happened</c><00:26:32.529><c> at</c><00:26:32.809><c> Philippi,</c>

00:26:33.950 --> 00:26:37.950
how<00:26:34.109><c> that</c><00:26:34.190><c> he</c><00:26:34.329><c> was</c><00:26:35.410><c> shamefully</c><00:26:35.990><c> entreated</c><00:26:36.549><c> there,</c><00:26:36.869><c> he</c><00:26:37.089><c> says.</c>

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That's<00:26:38.289><c> one</c><00:26:38.430><c> way</c><00:26:38.609><c> of</c><00:26:38.769><c> putting</c><00:26:38.990><c> it.</c>

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If<00:26:39.329><c> you</c><00:26:39.450><c> read</c><00:26:39.670><c> Acts</c><00:26:39.890><c> 16,</c><00:26:40.369><c> you</c><00:26:40.569><c> see</c><00:26:40.769><c> that</c><00:26:40.950><c> it</c><00:26:41.130><c> was</c>

00:26:43.710 --> 00:26:45.950
terrible<00:26:44.190><c> things</c><00:26:44.670><c> that</c><00:26:44.970><c> happened</c><00:26:45.130><c> to</c><00:26:45.349><c> our</c><00:26:45.589><c> brother.</c>

00:26:45.950 --> 00:26:49.549
And<00:26:46.650><c> we've</c><00:26:46.990><c> been</c><00:26:47.130><c> through</c><00:26:47.369><c> these</c><00:26:47.609><c> already,</c><00:26:48.190><c> brothers</c><00:26:48.329><c> and</c><00:26:48.569><c> sisters.</c>

00:26:50.589 --> 00:26:52.630
And<00:26:50.690><c> Paul</c><00:26:50.869><c> was</c><00:26:51.089><c> deeply</c><00:26:51.450><c> hurt,</c><00:26:51.809><c> more</c><00:26:52.009><c> than</c><00:26:52.230><c> physically.</c>

00:26:52.710 --> 00:26:54.589
He<00:26:52.789><c> was</c><00:26:53.009><c> deeply</c><00:26:53.490><c> hurt</c>

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by<00:26:55.410><c> being</c><00:26:55.750><c> turned</c><00:26:56.109><c> away</c><00:26:56.509><c> from</c><00:26:56.750><c> the</c><00:26:57.009><c> work</c><00:26:57.150><c> of</c><00:26:57.529><c> God</c>

00:26:57.710 --> 00:27:02.029
and<00:26:57.890><c> from</c><00:26:58.430><c> the</c><00:26:58.549><c> ability</c><00:26:59.089><c> to</c><00:26:59.829><c> bring</c><00:27:00.650><c> forth</c><00:27:01.029><c> the</c><00:27:01.289><c> word</c><00:27:01.430><c> of</c><00:27:01.789><c> God</c>

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amongst<00:27:02.430><c> people</c><00:27:03.170><c> that</c><00:27:03.970><c> should</c><00:27:04.230><c> have</c><00:27:04.450><c> desired</c><00:27:04.869><c> this.</c>

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And<00:27:05.230><c> he</c><00:27:05.289><c> was</c><00:27:05.549><c> turned</c><00:27:05.750><c> away</c><00:27:06.029><c> from</c><00:27:06.210><c> an</c><00:27:06.450><c> area.</c>

00:27:07.230 --> 00:27:09.950
He<00:27:07.390><c> was</c><00:27:07.569><c> deeply</c><00:27:07.930><c> hurt</c><00:27:08.170><c> by</c><00:27:08.450><c> this.</c>

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Well,<00:27:11.349><c> it</c><00:27:11.470><c> happens,</c><00:27:11.950><c> doesn't</c><00:27:12.130><c> it?</c>

00:27:12.630 --> 00:27:14.009
But<00:27:12.769><c> you</c><00:27:12.849><c> know,</c><00:27:12.930><c> he</c><00:27:13.029><c> didn't</c><00:27:13.430><c> sulk.</c>

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He<00:27:14.950><c> didn't</c><00:27:15.150><c> resign.</c>

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He<00:27:16.769><c> didn't</c><00:27:16.910><c> go</c><00:27:17.130><c> off</c><00:27:17.329><c> and</c><00:27:17.549><c> sit</c><00:27:17.650><c> in</c><00:27:17.869><c> a</c><00:27:17.970><c> corner</c><00:27:18.210><c> and</c><00:27:18.349><c> just</c><00:27:18.690><c> all</c><00:27:19.109><c> by</c><00:27:19.309><c> himself</c>

00:27:19.809 --> 00:27:21.369
and<00:27:19.970><c> just</c><00:27:20.130><c> say,</c><00:27:20.210><c> oh,</c><00:27:20.329><c> I'm</c><00:27:20.430><c> not</c><00:27:20.549><c> going</c><00:27:20.670><c> to</c><00:27:20.789><c> have</c><00:27:20.890><c> anything</c><00:27:21.130><c> to</c>

00:27:21.369 --> 00:27:23.390
do<00:27:21.490><c> with</c><00:27:21.809><c> anybody</c><00:27:22.369><c> anymore.</c>

00:27:24.630 --> 00:27:26.309
The<00:27:24.809><c> work</c><00:27:24.970><c> goes</c><00:27:25.230><c> on</c><00:27:25.750><c> for</c><00:27:26.029><c> Paul.</c>

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It<00:27:26.650><c> never</c><00:27:26.990><c> stops.</c>

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It's<00:27:28.150><c> always</c><00:27:28.369><c> the</c><00:27:28.650><c> same.</c>

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He<00:27:32.349><c> says</c><00:27:32.470><c> we</c><00:27:32.589><c> were</c><00:27:32.849><c> bold</c><00:27:33.210><c> in</c><00:27:33.450><c> our</c><00:27:33.769><c> God.</c>

00:27:35.789 --> 00:27:38.269
That's<00:27:36.269><c> not</c><00:27:36.650><c> self</c><00:27:36.990><c>-righteousness,</c><00:27:37.730><c> brothers</c><00:27:37.849><c> and</c><00:27:38.049><c> sisters.</c>

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That's<00:27:38.650><c> not</c><00:27:39.049><c> self</c><00:27:39.390><c>-confidence.</c>

00:27:39.930 --> 00:27:44.130
He<00:27:40.670><c> was</c><00:27:40.970><c> bold,</c><00:27:41.829><c> but</c><00:27:41.910><c> he</c><00:27:42.009><c> was</c><00:27:42.309><c> bold</c><00:27:42.650><c> in</c><00:27:42.950><c> our</c><00:27:43.309><c> God,</c><00:27:43.529><c> he</c><00:27:43.809><c> says.</c>

00:27:44.630 --> 00:27:46.769
And<00:27:45.049><c> to</c><00:27:45.170><c> be</c><00:27:45.390><c> bold</c><00:27:45.710><c> in</c><00:27:45.910><c> this</c><00:27:46.150><c> sense</c><00:27:46.309><c> of</c><00:27:46.490><c> the</c><00:27:46.630><c> word,</c>

00:27:46.869 --> 00:27:50.670
the<00:27:47.029><c> original</c><00:27:47.430><c> word</c><00:27:47.750><c> means</c><00:27:48.250><c> all</c><00:27:48.769><c> outspokenness.</c>

00:27:50.750 --> 00:27:53.430
It<00:27:51.130><c> means</c><00:27:51.450><c> frankness</c><00:27:52.069><c> of</c><00:27:52.430><c> speech.</c>

00:27:54.029 --> 00:27:57.490
It<00:27:54.049><c> means</c><00:27:54.289><c> confidence</c><00:27:54.990><c> in</c><00:27:55.490><c> spirit</c><00:27:56.109><c> and</c><00:27:56.369><c> in</c><00:27:56.609><c> demeanor.</c>

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It's<00:27:58.250><c> the</c><00:27:58.490><c> same</c><00:27:58.769><c> word</c><00:27:59.009><c> that</c><00:27:59.150><c> we</c><00:27:59.390><c> find</c><00:27:59.589><c> in</c><00:27:59.809><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:00.109><c> 4</c><00:28:00.450><c> and</c><00:28:00.630><c> 16</c>

00:28:01.089 --> 00:28:05.849
that<00:28:01.589><c> let</c><00:28:01.769><c> us</c><00:28:02.029><c> come</c><00:28:02.390><c> boldly</c><00:28:03.690><c> under</c><00:28:03.930><c> the</c><00:28:04.269><c> throne</c><00:28:04.430><c> of</c><00:28:04.809><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:28:08.769><c> we</c><00:28:08.910><c> do</c><00:28:09.109><c> this,</c><00:28:09.369><c> don't</c><00:28:09.609><c> we?</c>

00:28:11.089 --> 00:28:13.710
That's<00:28:11.329><c> not</c><00:28:11.609><c> brashness,</c><00:28:12.369><c> brothers</c><00:28:12.549><c> and</c><00:28:12.789><c> sisters,</c><00:28:13.089><c> is</c><00:28:13.269><c> it?</c>

00:28:13.990 --> 00:28:16.950
That's<00:28:14.309><c> not</c><00:28:14.549><c> coming</c><00:28:14.730><c> before</c><00:28:15.109><c> the</c><00:28:15.390><c> throne</c><00:28:15.589><c> of</c><00:28:15.950><c> grace</c>

00:28:17.089 --> 00:28:20.450
with<00:28:17.690><c> self</c><00:28:18.190><c>-confidence</c><00:28:18.690><c> and</c><00:28:19.009><c> self</c><00:28:19.309><c>-righteousness.</c>

00:28:20.950 --> 00:28:24.289
Why<00:28:21.210><c> do</c><00:28:21.369><c> we</c><00:28:21.490><c> come</c><00:28:21.769><c> boldly</c><00:28:22.210><c> before</c><00:28:22.470><c> the</c><00:28:22.710><c> throne</c><00:28:22.869><c> of</c><00:28:23.190><c> grace?</c>

00:28:25.690 --> 00:28:29.410
The<00:28:25.950><c> apostle</c><00:28:26.250><c> says</c><00:28:26.490><c> to</c><00:28:26.670><c> obtain</c><00:28:28.009><c> mercy.</c>

00:28:29.789 --> 00:28:31.369
That's<00:28:30.210><c> the</c><00:28:30.349><c> reason.</c>

00:28:31.390 --> 00:28:35.829
And<00:28:31.630><c> to</c><00:28:31.910><c> find</c><00:28:32.250><c> grace</c><00:28:32.950><c> to</c><00:28:33.509><c> help</c><00:28:33.910><c> in</c><00:28:34.690><c> time</c><00:28:34.990><c> of</c><00:28:35.329><c> trouble.</c>

00:28:36.769 --> 00:28:39.849
And<00:28:37.369><c> so</c><00:28:37.970><c> we</c><00:28:38.109><c> come</c><00:28:38.410><c> with</c><00:28:38.690><c> all</c><00:28:38.990><c> outspokenness,</c>

00:28:42.289 --> 00:28:45.250
bearing<00:28:42.369><c> our</c><00:28:42.710><c> deepest</c><00:28:43.089><c> heart</c><00:28:43.410><c> before</c><00:28:43.809><c> our</c><00:28:44.150><c> God,</c>

00:28:45.670 --> 00:28:47.569
who<00:28:45.829><c> is</c><00:28:46.089><c> gracious</c><00:28:46.470><c> unto</c><00:28:46.750><c> us,</c>

00:28:47.829 --> 00:28:51.910
to<00:28:47.990><c> obtain</c><00:28:48.410><c> mercy</c><00:28:49.029><c> and</c><00:28:50.210><c> to</c><00:28:50.430><c> find</c><00:28:50.609><c> grace.</c>

00:28:52.250 --> 00:28:54.930
We<00:28:52.450><c> were</c><00:28:52.730><c> bold</c><00:28:53.029><c> in</c><00:28:53.210><c> our</c><00:28:53.529><c> God,</c><00:28:53.750><c> he</c><00:28:53.970><c> says,</c>

00:28:55.069 --> 00:28:57.230
in<00:28:55.670><c> spite</c><00:28:55.829><c> of</c><00:28:56.009><c> the</c><00:28:56.170><c> contention,</c>

00:28:57.349 --> 00:28:59.509
in<00:28:57.690><c> spite</c><00:28:57.890><c> of</c><00:28:58.049><c> the</c><00:28:58.250><c> cruel</c><00:28:58.430><c> opposition.</c>

00:28:59.750 --> 00:29:01.990
We<00:29:00.049><c> were</c><00:29:00.309><c> bold</c><00:29:00.609><c> in</c><00:29:00.789><c> our</c><00:29:01.029><c> God.</c>

00:29:02.289 --> 00:29:06.210
And<00:29:02.809><c> it's</c><00:29:03.329><c> very</c><00:29:03.589><c> interesting</c><00:29:04.029><c> when</c><00:29:04.150><c> he</c><00:29:04.329><c> defends</c><00:29:04.750><c> his</c><00:29:05.329><c> way</c><00:29:05.690><c> of</c><00:29:05.970><c> life</c>

00:29:06.210 --> 00:29:10.210
among<00:29:06.450><c> the</c><00:29:06.690><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:29:07.589><c> he</c><00:29:07.769><c> calls</c><00:29:08.109><c> it</c><00:29:08.509><c> an</c><00:29:08.869><c> exhortation.</c>

00:29:10.890 --> 00:29:14.410
His<00:29:11.170><c> life</c><00:29:11.650><c> is</c><00:29:11.930><c> an</c><00:29:12.150><c> exhortation,</c><00:29:13.190><c> brethren</c><00:29:13.329><c> and</c><00:29:13.549><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:14.650 --> 00:29:17.170
Have<00:29:14.829><c> you</c><00:29:14.829><c> ever</c><00:29:14.990><c> heard</c><00:29:15.130><c> that</c><00:29:15.410><c> expression</c><00:29:15.750><c> used</c><00:29:16.089><c> about</c><00:29:16.329><c> anyone?</c>

00:29:17.509 --> 00:29:20.450
It's<00:29:17.730><c> very</c><00:29:18.009><c> rare.</c><00:29:18.250><c> I've</c><00:29:18.549><c> heard</c><00:29:18.630><c> it</c><00:29:18.849><c> used</c><00:29:18.990><c> on</c><00:29:19.210><c> some</c><00:29:19.390><c> occasions.</c>

00:29:20.849 --> 00:29:22.990
Someone<00:29:21.150><c> who's</c><00:29:21.329><c> been</c><00:29:21.509><c> in</c><00:29:21.609><c> the</c><00:29:21.829><c> truth</c><00:29:21.950><c> for</c><00:29:22.130><c> a</c><00:29:22.250><c> very</c><00:29:22.549><c> long</c><00:29:22.829><c> time.</c>

00:29:23.009 --> 00:29:25.430
Usually<00:29:23.269><c> it's</c><00:29:23.589><c> heard</c><00:29:23.750><c> when</c><00:29:24.210><c> the</c><00:29:24.349><c> person</c><00:29:24.670><c> has</c><00:29:24.930><c> fallen</c><00:29:25.069><c> asleep</c>

00:29:25.430 --> 00:29:26.890
in<00:29:25.750><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:29:28.269><c> they've</c><00:29:28.529><c> been</c><00:29:29.170><c> faithful</c><00:29:29.609><c> in</c><00:29:29.789><c> their</c><00:29:30.069><c> work</c><00:29:30.269><c> within</c><00:29:30.450><c> the</c><00:29:30.710><c> ecclesia</c>

00:29:31.109 --> 00:29:33.750
and<00:29:31.210><c> within</c><00:29:31.410><c> the</c><00:29:31.650><c> brotherhood</c><00:29:32.009><c> for</c><00:29:32.269><c> many,</c><00:29:32.630><c> many</c><00:29:32.970><c> years.</c>

00:29:34.390 --> 00:29:37.789
And<00:29:34.470><c> the</c><00:29:34.670><c> statement</c><00:29:34.910><c> has</c><00:29:35.150><c> made</c><00:29:35.529><c> their</c><00:29:35.890><c> life</c><00:29:36.470><c> was</c><00:29:36.710><c> an</c><00:29:37.009><c> exhortation.</c>

00:29:39.390 --> 00:29:41.829
Well,<00:29:39.609><c> Paul</c><00:29:39.750><c> is</c><00:29:39.950><c> able</c><00:29:40.109><c> to</c><00:29:40.349><c> say</c><00:29:40.490><c> that</c><00:29:40.750><c> about</c><00:29:40.990><c> his</c><00:29:41.289><c> work</c>

00:29:41.829 --> 00:29:43.970
within<00:29:42.230><c> the</c><00:29:42.470><c> Thessalonian</c><00:29:43.009><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:29:44.670 --> 00:29:45.849
It's<00:29:44.910><c> an</c><00:29:45.069><c> exhortation.</c>

00:29:45.890 --> 00:29:47.069
Look<00:29:46.009><c> at</c><00:29:46.170><c> verse</c><00:29:46.410><c> three.</c>

00:29:47.390 --> 00:29:51.549
He<00:29:47.509><c> says,</c><00:29:47.869><c> for</c><00:29:47.869><c> our</c><00:29:48.369><c> exhortation</c><00:29:49.190><c> was</c><00:29:49.490><c> not</c><00:29:49.809><c> of</c><00:29:50.109><c> deceit,</c>

00:29:51.849 --> 00:29:55.769
nor<00:29:52.109><c> of</c><00:29:52.390><c> uncleanness,</c><00:29:54.170><c> nor</c><00:29:54.450><c> in</c><00:29:54.730><c> guile.</c>

00:29:57.809 --> 00:30:01.509
The<00:29:58.329><c> word</c><00:29:58.809><c> exhortation,</c><00:29:59.890><c> this</c><00:30:00.109><c> particular</c><00:30:00.690><c> word</c><00:30:00.950><c> in</c><00:30:01.089><c> the</c><00:30:01.250><c> original</c>

00:30:01.509 --> 00:30:04.130
is<00:30:01.710><c> a</c><00:30:01.829><c> word</c><00:30:01.990><c> that</c><00:30:02.170><c> is</c><00:30:02.490><c> woven</c><00:30:02.789><c> into</c><00:30:03.049><c> this</c><00:30:03.309><c> letter.</c>

00:30:04.829 --> 00:30:09.109
It's<00:30:05.029><c> the</c><00:30:05.230><c> same</c><00:30:05.450><c> word</c><00:30:05.690><c> that</c><00:30:05.950><c> sometimes</c><00:30:06.450><c> is</c><00:30:06.789><c> translated</c><00:30:07.190><c> as</c><00:30:08.029><c> comfort.</c>

00:30:09.970 --> 00:30:11.569
It<00:30:10.089><c> means</c><00:30:10.289><c> to</c><00:30:10.809><c> call</c><00:30:11.230><c> near.</c>

00:30:11.930 --> 00:30:16.349
It's<00:30:12.150><c> as</c><00:30:12.269><c> though</c><00:30:12.390><c> Paul</c><00:30:12.650><c> is</c><00:30:12.829><c> saying,</c><00:30:13.250><c> look,</c><00:30:14.089><c> I've</c><00:30:14.470><c> got</c><00:30:14.650><c> this</c><00:30:15.690><c> life</c><00:30:16.049><c> to</c>

00:30:16.349 --> 00:30:17.890
live<00:30:16.490><c> for</c><00:30:16.750><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:18.769 --> 00:30:22.490
Come<00:30:18.990><c> over</c><00:30:19.230><c> here</c><00:30:19.410><c> and</c><00:30:19.549><c> just</c><00:30:20.670><c> come</c><00:30:20.950><c> near</c><00:30:21.150><c> to</c><00:30:21.390><c> me</c><00:30:21.529><c> now.</c>

00:30:22.589 --> 00:30:25.410
I<00:30:23.069><c> want</c><00:30:23.230><c> you</c><00:30:23.410><c> to</c><00:30:23.630><c> share</c><00:30:24.029><c> in</c><00:30:24.190><c> this</c><00:30:24.450><c> life.</c>

00:30:25.930 --> 00:30:27.849
There's<00:30:26.069><c> great</c><00:30:26.410><c> comfort</c><00:30:26.809><c> in</c><00:30:26.970><c> it.</c>

00:30:27.869 --> 00:30:30.009
It's<00:30:28.289><c> a</c><00:30:28.470><c> strengthening</c><00:30:28.829><c> life</c><00:30:29.190><c> here</c><00:30:29.390><c> in</c><00:30:29.650><c> Christ,</c>

00:30:30.289 --> 00:30:33.589
but<00:30:30.470><c> he</c><00:30:30.950><c> exhorts</c><00:30:31.349><c> them,</c><00:30:31.690><c> he</c><00:30:31.750><c> calls</c><00:30:32.069><c> them</c><00:30:32.230><c> right</c><00:30:32.869><c> near</c><00:30:33.190><c> to</c><00:30:33.450><c> them.</c>

00:30:33.609 --> 00:30:34.829
And<00:30:33.690><c> there's</c><00:30:33.950><c> comfort</c><00:30:34.230><c> in</c><00:30:34.450><c> this.</c>

00:30:35.130 --> 00:30:37.549
That's<00:30:35.450><c> the</c><00:30:35.529><c> way</c><00:30:35.609><c> the</c><00:30:35.809><c> word</c><00:30:35.910><c> is</c><00:30:36.150><c> used</c><00:30:36.369><c> here</c><00:30:36.670><c> in</c><00:30:37.170><c> this</c><00:30:37.390><c> letter</c>

00:30:37.549 --> 00:30:38.589
to<00:30:37.750><c> the</c><00:30:37.849><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:30:41.109 --> 00:30:42.710
He<00:30:41.309><c> says</c><00:30:41.410><c> it</c><00:30:41.490><c> wasn't</c><00:30:41.769><c> of</c><00:30:41.970><c> deceit.</c>

00:30:44.730 --> 00:30:47.369
There<00:30:44.849><c> was</c><00:30:44.950><c> no</c><00:30:45.210><c> fraud</c><00:30:45.589><c> in</c><00:30:45.769><c> it,</c><00:30:46.049><c> as</c><00:30:46.170><c> with</c><00:30:46.309><c> the</c><00:30:46.490><c> idea</c><00:30:46.769><c> of</c><00:30:46.950><c> that</c><00:30:47.190><c> word,</c>

00:30:47.529 --> 00:30:50.410
not<00:30:47.650><c> as</c><00:30:47.809><c> an</c><00:30:48.109><c> imposter</c><00:30:48.730><c> or</c><00:30:49.210><c> a</c><00:30:49.609><c> misleader.</c>

00:30:50.410 --> 00:30:53.990
He<00:30:51.390><c> was</c><00:30:51.650><c> a</c><00:30:51.849><c> leader,</c><00:30:52.230><c> not</c><00:30:52.349><c> a</c><00:30:52.650><c> misleader.</c>

00:30:54.130 --> 00:30:57.069
How<00:30:54.549><c> careful</c><00:30:54.869><c> we've</c><00:30:55.109><c> got</c><00:30:55.230><c> to</c><00:30:55.390><c> be</c><00:30:55.529><c> in</c><00:30:55.650><c> that,</c><00:30:56.029><c> brethren</c><00:30:56.029><c> and</c><00:30:56.230><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:57.470 --> 00:31:00.529
In<00:30:57.569><c> these</c><00:30:57.849><c> last</c><00:30:58.190><c> days,</c><00:30:59.309><c> there</c><00:30:59.430><c> is,</c>

00:31:02.410 --> 00:31:04.809
well,<00:31:02.529><c> let's</c><00:31:02.789><c> say</c><00:31:03.089><c> because</c><00:31:03.309><c> of</c><00:31:03.470><c> the</c><00:31:03.829><c> circumstances</c><00:31:04.390><c> of</c><00:31:04.569><c> the</c>

00:31:04.809 --> 00:31:05.650
world<00:31:05.009><c> in</c><00:31:05.150><c> which</c><00:31:05.309><c> we</c><00:31:05.549><c> live,</c>

00:31:05.690 --> 00:31:08.430
there's<00:31:05.869><c> all</c><00:31:06.210><c> kinds</c><00:31:06.430><c> of</c><00:31:06.750><c> pressure,</c><00:31:07.069><c> and</c><00:31:07.470><c> there</c><00:31:07.789><c> seems</c><00:31:08.089><c> to</c><00:31:08.289><c> be</c>

00:31:08.430 --> 00:31:10.710
the<00:31:08.670><c> ability</c><00:31:08.990><c> to</c><00:31:09.230><c> be</c><00:31:09.549><c> misled.</c>

00:31:11.250 --> 00:31:14.589
Let<00:31:11.410><c> us</c><00:31:11.589><c> be</c><00:31:11.930><c> sure,</c><00:31:12.309><c> brethren</c><00:31:12.470><c> and</c><00:31:12.710><c> sisters,</c><00:31:13.109><c> that</c><00:31:13.230><c> we're</c><00:31:14.170><c> well</c>

00:31:14.589 --> 00:31:17.170
within<00:31:14.970><c> the</c><00:31:15.470><c> foundations</c><00:31:16.089><c> of</c><00:31:16.369><c> this</c><00:31:16.710><c> word,</c>

00:31:17.170 --> 00:31:21.769
that<00:31:17.990><c> we're</c><00:31:18.210><c> standing</c><00:31:18.609><c> on</c><00:31:19.089><c> solid</c><00:31:19.670><c> ground,</c><00:31:20.190><c> as</c><00:31:20.529><c> our</c><00:31:21.529><c> brother</c>

00:31:21.769 --> 00:31:23.630
John<00:31:22.089><c> showed</c><00:31:22.309><c> us</c><00:31:22.490><c> the</c><00:31:22.589><c> other</c><00:31:22.809><c> night,</c>

00:31:24.150 --> 00:31:26.869
telling<00:31:24.470><c> us</c><00:31:24.710><c> about</c><00:31:24.910><c> Brother</c><00:31:25.210><c> Carter</c><00:31:25.589><c> reading</c><00:31:25.930><c> through</c><00:31:26.250><c> Elpis</c><00:31:26.569><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:26.930 --> 00:31:28.309
I<00:31:26.990><c> think</c><00:31:27.130><c> that's</c><00:31:27.430><c> tremendous</c><00:31:27.789><c> advice.</c>

00:31:28.789 --> 00:31:29.990
Every<00:31:29.130><c> year</c><00:31:29.309><c> he</c><00:31:29.410><c> read</c><00:31:29.589><c> through</c><00:31:29.829><c> this.</c>

00:31:30.029 --> 00:31:32.490
I<00:31:30.130><c> don't</c><00:31:30.309><c> know</c><00:31:30.390><c> if</c><00:31:30.509><c> any</c><00:31:30.650><c> of</c><00:31:30.750><c> us</c><00:31:30.849><c> could</c><00:31:31.049><c> do</c><00:31:31.230><c> it.</c>

00:31:32.789 --> 00:31:35.670
I<00:31:32.890><c> mean,</c><00:31:32.990><c> it's</c><00:31:33.089><c> taken</c><00:31:33.250><c> us</c><00:31:33.490><c> four</c><00:31:33.769><c> years</c><00:31:34.069><c> to</c><00:31:34.190><c> go</c><00:31:34.309><c> 181</c><00:31:35.029><c> pages</c><00:31:35.470><c> in</c>

00:31:35.670 --> 00:31:38.069
our<00:31:35.910><c> studies</c><00:31:36.170><c> in</c><00:31:37.069><c> Cranston.</c>

00:31:38.369 --> 00:31:39.130
But<00:31:38.529><c> that's</c><00:31:38.869><c> all</c><00:31:39.029><c> right.</c>

00:31:39.130 --> 00:31:41.670
We're<00:31:39.289><c> making</c><00:31:39.490><c> good</c><00:31:39.789><c> progress,</c><00:31:40.289><c> and</c><00:31:40.490><c> we're</c><00:31:40.670><c> coming</c><00:31:40.910><c> to</c><00:31:41.069><c> an</c><00:31:41.230><c> understanding</c>

00:31:41.670 --> 00:31:44.869
of<00:31:41.849><c> the</c><00:31:42.009><c> foundations</c><00:31:42.470><c> of</c><00:31:42.670><c> our</c><00:31:42.930><c> faith</c><00:31:43.150><c> in</c><00:31:43.509><c> a</c><00:31:43.630><c> beautiful</c><00:31:43.930><c> way.</c>

00:31:45.109 --> 00:31:47.289
But<00:31:45.509><c> if</c><00:31:45.710><c> you</c><00:31:45.789><c> remember</c><00:31:46.089><c> what</c><00:31:46.289><c> Brother</c><00:31:46.529><c> John</c><00:31:46.789><c> told</c><00:31:46.970><c> us</c><00:31:47.170><c> the</c>

00:31:47.289 --> 00:31:47.650
other<00:31:47.430><c> night,</c>

00:31:47.710 --> 00:31:50.269
it<00:31:47.710><c> was</c><00:31:47.910><c> to</c><00:31:48.130><c> keep</c><00:31:48.289><c> our</c><00:31:48.650><c> feet</c><00:31:48.769><c> on</c><00:31:49.009><c> the</c><00:31:49.190><c> ground.</c>

00:31:51.549 --> 00:31:53.170
And<00:31:51.690><c> that's</c><00:31:51.789><c> what</c><00:31:51.849><c> we've</c><00:31:52.069><c> got</c><00:31:52.210><c> to</c><00:31:52.329><c> do</c><00:31:52.450><c> in</c><00:31:52.569><c> this</c><00:31:52.750><c> day</c><00:31:52.930><c> and</c><00:31:53.009><c> age,</c>

00:31:53.349 --> 00:31:54.490
brethren<00:31:53.490><c> and</c><00:31:53.710><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:55.009 --> 00:31:56.950
Paul<00:31:55.269><c> was</c><00:31:55.529><c> not</c><00:31:55.730><c> a</c><00:31:55.890><c> misleader.</c>

00:31:57.490 --> 00:31:59.269
And<00:31:57.609><c> one</c><00:31:57.730><c> of</c><00:31:57.829><c> the</c><00:31:57.890><c> things</c><00:31:58.069><c> we</c><00:31:58.230><c> want</c><00:31:58.349><c> to</c><00:31:58.529><c> have</c><00:31:58.630><c> in</c><00:31:58.750><c> the</c><00:31:58.950><c> back</c><00:31:59.109><c> of</c>

00:31:59.269 --> 00:32:01.990
our<00:31:59.470><c> minds</c><00:31:59.630><c> is</c><00:31:59.789><c> we</c><00:31:59.950><c> don't</c><00:32:00.309><c> want</c><00:32:00.589><c> to</c><00:32:00.829><c> be</c><00:32:01.289><c> misled.</c>

00:32:02.430 --> 00:32:05.490
It's<00:32:02.829><c> too</c><00:32:03.230><c> late</c><00:32:03.490><c> in</c><00:32:03.769><c> the</c><00:32:03.970><c> game</c><00:32:04.329><c> to</c><00:32:04.670><c> be</c><00:32:04.930><c> misled.</c>

00:32:05.930 --> 00:32:08.630
We're<00:32:05.970><c> at</c><00:32:06.130><c> the</c><00:32:06.390><c> threshold</c><00:32:06.809><c> of</c><00:32:06.970><c> the</c><00:32:07.190><c> coming</c><00:32:07.369><c> of</c><00:32:07.569><c> the</c><00:32:07.789><c> King.</c>

00:32:09.190 --> 00:32:12.390
Let's<00:32:09.529><c> not</c><00:32:09.710><c> be</c><00:32:09.890><c> on</c><00:32:10.009><c> the</c><00:32:10.190><c> wrong</c><00:32:10.450><c> track</c><00:32:10.789><c> when</c><00:32:10.930><c> he</c><00:32:11.190><c> comes,</c><00:32:11.690><c> brethren</c><00:32:11.769><c> and</c><00:32:12.029><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:12.390 --> 00:32:15.910
We<00:32:13.069><c> wait</c><00:32:13.309><c> up</c><00:32:13.450><c> for</c><00:32:13.609><c> the</c><00:32:13.730><c> Lord</c><00:32:13.990><c> with</c><00:32:14.230><c> eyes</c><00:32:14.509><c> wide</c><00:32:14.789><c> open.</c>

00:32:17.970 --> 00:32:20.349
That's<00:32:18.369><c> part</c><00:32:18.630><c> of</c><00:32:18.769><c> the</c><00:32:18.930><c> exhortation</c><00:32:19.410><c> of</c><00:32:19.589><c> Paul,</c><00:32:19.890><c> isn't</c><00:32:20.049><c> it?</c>

00:32:20.450 --> 00:32:24.170
Not<00:32:20.690><c> a</c><00:32:20.890><c> misleader,</c><00:32:21.690><c> and</c><00:32:21.750><c> there</c><00:32:21.849><c> was</c><00:32:22.109><c> no</c><00:32:22.450><c> uncleanness.</c>

00:32:24.890 --> 00:32:27.049
That's<00:32:25.170><c> a</c><00:32:25.210><c> word</c><00:32:25.349><c> that</c><00:32:25.490><c> means</c><00:32:25.750><c> impurity.</c>

00:32:27.970 --> 00:32:32.009
Physical<00:32:28.349><c> or</c><00:32:28.890><c> moral</c><00:32:29.509><c> impurity</c><00:32:30.269><c> is</c><00:32:30.529><c> the</c><00:32:30.690><c> idea</c><00:32:31.029><c> in</c><00:32:31.250><c> it.</c>

00:32:32.069 --> 00:32:35.869
Our<00:32:32.390><c> life</c><00:32:32.609><c> in</c><00:32:32.789><c> the</c><00:32:33.069><c> truth</c><00:32:33.250><c> is</c><00:32:33.650><c> clean,</c><00:32:34.809><c> my</c><00:32:35.009><c> dear</c><00:32:35.190><c> brethren</c><00:32:35.470><c> and</c><00:32:35.670><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:35.930 --> 00:32:38.529
And<00:32:36.109><c> that</c><00:32:36.230><c> has</c><00:32:36.490><c> to</c><00:32:36.630><c> be</c><00:32:36.789><c> said</c><00:32:36.910><c> in</c><00:32:37.029><c> this</c><00:32:37.289><c> day</c><00:32:37.470><c> and</c><00:32:37.569><c> age</c><00:32:37.730><c> as</c><00:32:37.990><c> well.</c>

00:32:38.529 --> 00:32:41.650
We're<00:32:39.509><c> talking</c><00:32:39.769><c> just</c><00:32:39.990><c> this</c><00:32:40.289><c> morning</c><00:32:40.509><c> about</c><00:32:40.730><c> the</c><00:32:41.009><c> influence</c>

00:32:41.650 --> 00:32:44.250
of<00:32:42.210><c> the</c><00:32:42.430><c> world</c><00:32:42.730><c> pressing</c><00:32:43.190><c> in</c><00:32:43.509><c> upon</c><00:32:43.809><c> us</c>

00:32:44.250 --> 00:32:47.009
through<00:32:44.549><c> just</c><00:32:45.069><c> the</c><00:32:45.349><c> media</c><00:32:45.609><c> of</c><00:32:45.849><c> the</c><00:32:46.049><c> television.</c>

00:32:48.150 --> 00:32:52.069
The<00:32:48.470><c> things</c><00:32:48.890><c> that</c><00:32:49.069><c> are</c><00:32:49.269><c> conveyed</c><00:32:49.650><c> to</c><00:32:49.970><c> us</c><00:32:50.789><c> are</c><00:32:51.269><c> degrading.</c>

00:32:53.069 --> 00:32:55.430
They<00:32:53.670><c> demoralize</c><00:32:54.269><c> us.</c>

00:32:55.549 --> 00:33:00.089
They<00:32:55.930><c> desensitize</c><00:32:57.029><c> us</c><00:32:57.210><c> to</c><00:32:57.349><c> the</c><00:32:57.609><c> precious</c><00:32:57.910><c> things</c><00:32:58.269><c> of</c><00:32:58.450><c> the</c><00:32:58.589><c> word</c><00:32:58.769><c> of</c><00:32:59.089><c> God.</c>

00:33:00.930 --> 00:33:02.789
And<00:33:01.049><c> I</c><00:33:01.089><c> was</c><00:33:01.289><c> told</c><00:33:01.450><c> this</c><00:33:01.710><c> morning,</c><00:33:01.990><c> and</c><00:33:02.109><c> I</c><00:33:02.190><c> was</c><00:33:02.390><c> told</c><00:33:02.509><c> that</c><00:33:02.670><c> I</c>

00:33:02.789 --> 00:33:04.650
could<00:33:03.109><c> use</c><00:33:03.390><c> this</c><00:33:03.650><c> example,</c>

00:33:04.670 --> 00:33:06.990
that<00:33:05.109><c> a</c><00:33:05.230><c> brother</c><00:33:05.470><c> had</c><00:33:05.829><c> struggled</c><00:33:06.109><c> with</c><00:33:06.309><c> the</c><00:33:06.430><c> idea</c><00:33:06.769><c> of</c><00:33:06.910><c> whether</c>

00:33:06.990 --> 00:33:09.509
he<00:33:07.109><c> was</c><00:33:07.170><c> going</c><00:33:07.329><c> to</c><00:33:07.430><c> bring</c><00:33:07.549><c> a</c><00:33:07.769><c> television</c><00:33:08.130><c> into</c><00:33:08.349><c> his</c><00:33:08.609><c> home.</c>

00:33:10.049 --> 00:33:12.930
He<00:33:10.230><c> knew</c><00:33:10.410><c> the</c><00:33:10.630><c> dangers</c><00:33:10.990><c> of</c><00:33:11.210><c> the</c><00:33:11.410><c> thing,</c><00:33:11.509><c> and</c><00:33:11.730><c> he</c><00:33:12.069><c> fought</c><00:33:12.309><c> against</c><00:33:12.690><c> this,</c>

00:33:13.170 --> 00:33:15.069
but<00:33:13.549><c> he</c><00:33:13.829><c> kind</c><00:33:13.970><c> of</c><00:33:14.170><c> weakened.</c>

00:33:15.950 --> 00:33:17.809
And<00:33:16.069><c> he</c><00:33:16.130><c> said,</c><00:33:16.230><c> well,</c><00:33:16.450><c> all</c><00:33:16.630><c> right,</c><00:33:16.829><c> we'll</c><00:33:17.049><c> have</c><00:33:17.309><c> the</c><00:33:17.549><c> TV.</c>

00:33:17.869 --> 00:33:20.009
And<00:33:17.990><c> they</c><00:33:18.130><c> brought</c><00:33:18.309><c> the</c><00:33:18.529><c> thing</c><00:33:18.609><c> to</c><00:33:18.789><c> the</c><00:33:18.990><c> house</c><00:33:19.250><c> and</c><00:33:19.789><c> opened</c>

00:33:20.009 --> 00:33:21.549
the<00:33:20.230><c> front</c><00:33:20.410><c> door,</c><00:33:20.609><c> and</c><00:33:20.730><c> there</c><00:33:20.869><c> was</c><00:33:21.069><c> the</c><00:33:21.309><c> crate.</c>

00:33:21.750 --> 00:33:24.710
They<00:33:21.890><c> were</c><00:33:21.990><c> getting</c><00:33:22.210><c> ready</c><00:33:22.490><c> to</c><00:33:23.009><c> push</c><00:33:23.269><c> this</c><00:33:23.529><c> thing</c><00:33:23.670><c> into</c><00:33:24.170><c> the</c><00:33:24.309><c> house.</c>

00:33:25.049 --> 00:33:27.930
And<00:33:25.210><c> on</c><00:33:25.349><c> the</c><00:33:25.509><c> front</c><00:33:25.589><c> of</c><00:33:25.769><c> the</c><00:33:26.170><c> box</c><00:33:26.589><c> it</c><00:33:26.769><c> said,</c><00:33:27.250><c> the</c><00:33:27.369><c> words</c><00:33:27.650><c> were,</c>

00:33:28.190 --> 00:33:30.450
bring<00:33:28.329><c> the</c><00:33:28.630><c> world</c><00:33:28.890><c> into</c><00:33:29.150><c> your</c><00:33:29.410><c> home.</c>

00:33:31.289 --> 00:33:33.450
And<00:33:31.730><c> he</c><00:33:31.849><c> said,</c><00:33:32.029><c> wait</c><00:33:32.210><c> a</c><00:33:32.349><c> minute.</c>

00:33:33.670 --> 00:33:34.529
Wait<00:33:34.109><c> a</c><00:33:34.269><c> minute.</c>

00:33:34.670 --> 00:33:36.309
And<00:33:34.809><c> that</c><00:33:34.910><c> was</c><00:33:35.089><c> it.</c>

00:33:36.910 --> 00:33:38.829
He<00:33:37.109><c> turned</c><00:33:37.269><c> the</c><00:33:37.490><c> television</c><00:33:37.750><c> away</c><00:33:38.049><c> from</c><00:33:38.190><c> the</c><00:33:38.390><c> door</c><00:33:38.529><c> and</c><00:33:38.670><c> the</c>

00:33:38.829 --> 00:33:40.789
world<00:33:39.049><c> didn't</c><00:33:39.250><c> come</c><00:33:39.470><c> into</c><00:33:39.670><c> his</c><00:33:39.950><c> home.</c>

00:33:42.069 --> 00:33:43.470
That's<00:33:42.289><c> what</c><00:33:42.390><c> it</c><00:33:42.589><c> does,</c><00:33:42.769><c> doesn't</c><00:33:43.009><c> it?</c>

00:33:43.670 --> 00:33:45.190
It<00:33:43.829><c> brings</c><00:33:43.970><c> the</c><00:33:44.250><c> world</c><00:33:44.509><c> into</c><00:33:44.769><c> our</c><00:33:45.029><c> home.</c>

00:33:45.410 --> 00:33:48.130
The<00:33:45.630><c> very</c><00:33:46.029><c> thing</c><00:33:46.309><c> that</c><00:33:46.410><c> we're</c><00:33:46.650><c> fighting</c><00:33:47.009><c> against</c><00:33:47.630><c> in</c><00:33:47.910><c> these</c>

00:33:48.130 --> 00:33:50.369
last<00:33:48.430><c> days,</c><00:33:48.750><c> my</c><00:33:48.890><c> dear</c><00:33:49.069><c> brethren</c><00:33:49.349><c> and</c><00:33:49.609><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:50.450 --> 00:33:53.650
We<00:33:50.650><c> open</c><00:33:50.890><c> the</c><00:33:51.109><c> door</c><00:33:51.470><c> and</c><00:33:51.829><c> we</c><00:33:52.069><c> bring</c><00:33:52.190><c> it</c><00:33:52.369><c> in.</c>

00:33:57.670 --> 00:33:59.869
Well,<00:33:57.789><c> our</c><00:33:57.890><c> life</c><00:33:58.029><c> and</c><00:33:58.130><c> the</c><00:33:58.329><c> truth</c><00:33:58.450><c> is</c><00:33:58.769><c> clean.</c>

00:34:01.109 --> 00:34:03.730
And<00:34:01.549><c> that</c><00:34:01.769><c> needs</c><00:34:01.970><c> saying</c><00:34:02.410><c> in</c><00:34:02.849><c> this</c><00:34:03.089><c> day</c><00:34:03.230><c> and</c><00:34:03.390><c> age.</c>

00:34:03.930 --> 00:34:06.829
And<00:34:04.069><c> I</c><00:34:04.130><c> don't</c><00:34:04.309><c> apologize</c><00:34:04.910><c> for</c><00:34:05.170><c> saying</c><00:34:05.329><c> that,</c><00:34:05.650><c> brethren</c><00:34:05.769><c> and</c><00:34:05.930><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:07.130 --> 00:34:10.329
because<00:34:07.569><c> we</c><00:34:07.710><c> can</c><00:34:07.829><c> be</c><00:34:08.050><c> affected</c><00:34:08.389><c> by</c><00:34:08.650><c> the</c><00:34:08.829><c> things</c><00:34:09.030><c> of</c><00:34:09.710><c> the</c><00:34:09.769><c> world</c>

00:34:10.329 --> 00:34:12.489
just<00:34:11.010><c> as</c><00:34:11.230><c> anybody</c><00:34:11.510><c> can.</c>

00:34:12.630 --> 00:34:14.769
The<00:34:12.909><c> appeals</c><00:34:13.210><c> are</c><00:34:13.409><c> to</c><00:34:13.550><c> the</c><00:34:13.809><c> flesh,</c><00:34:14.010><c> and</c><00:34:14.130><c> we're</c><00:34:14.269><c> made</c><00:34:14.429><c> of</c><00:34:14.550><c> the</c>

00:34:14.769 --> 00:34:15.489
same<00:34:15.090><c> stuff.</c>

00:34:15.750 --> 00:34:19.250
And<00:34:15.909><c> we</c><00:34:15.989><c> want</c><00:34:16.070><c> to</c><00:34:16.250><c> remember</c><00:34:16.429><c> this,</c><00:34:18.369><c> that</c><00:34:18.510><c> the</c><00:34:18.710><c> time</c><00:34:18.849><c> is</c><00:34:19.070><c> coming</c>

00:34:19.250 --> 00:34:20.530
when<00:34:19.429><c> the</c><00:34:19.650><c> King</c><00:34:19.769><c> will</c><00:34:19.969><c> be</c><00:34:20.269><c> here</c>

00:34:20.530 --> 00:34:22.650
and<00:34:20.670><c> we'll</c><00:34:20.829><c> be</c><00:34:21.050><c> called</c><00:34:21.190><c> to</c><00:34:21.429><c> stand</c><00:34:21.650><c> before</c><00:34:22.090><c> him.</c>

00:34:22.989 --> 00:34:26.690
And<00:34:23.289><c> the</c><00:34:23.469><c> word</c><00:34:23.610><c> in</c><00:34:23.789><c> that</c><00:34:24.030><c> day</c><00:34:24.250><c> is,</c><00:34:25.750><c> let</c><00:34:25.789><c> him</c><00:34:26.010><c> that</c><00:34:26.170><c> is</c><00:34:26.429><c> filthy</c>

00:34:26.690 --> 00:34:28.489
be<00:34:27.050><c> filthy</c><00:34:27.409><c> still.</c>

00:34:29.369 --> 00:34:31.269
Now,<00:34:29.570><c> the</c><00:34:29.630><c> reason</c><00:34:29.869><c> that</c><00:34:30.030><c> it</c><00:34:30.190><c> says</c><00:34:30.349><c> that</c><00:34:30.570><c> in</c><00:34:30.670><c> the</c><00:34:30.829><c> Revelation,</c>

00:34:31.409 --> 00:34:32.750
brethren<00:34:31.550><c> and</c><00:34:31.769><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:33.570 --> 00:34:35.989
is<00:34:33.650><c> because</c><00:34:33.889><c> there's</c><00:34:34.070><c> no</c><00:34:34.269><c> more</c><00:34:34.510><c> time</c><00:34:34.670><c> for</c><00:34:34.929><c> change.</c>

00:34:36.489 --> 00:34:40.929
We<00:34:36.630><c> can't</c><00:34:36.929><c> stand</c><00:34:37.210><c> before</c><00:34:37.489><c> the</c><00:34:37.730><c> King</c><00:34:37.889><c> and</c><00:34:38.070><c> say,</c><00:34:38.570><c> now</c><00:34:38.829><c> I</c><00:34:39.230><c> see,</c><00:34:40.230><c> now</c><00:34:40.510><c> I</c><00:34:40.789><c> see,</c>

00:34:40.949 --> 00:34:42.750
and<00:34:41.030><c> I</c><00:34:41.130><c> want</c><00:34:41.329><c> to</c><00:34:41.449><c> change</c><00:34:41.630><c> some</c><00:34:41.909><c> things</c><00:34:42.050><c> in</c><00:34:42.230><c> my</c><00:34:42.409><c> life.</c>

00:34:43.230 --> 00:34:45.929
He<00:34:43.369><c> that</c><00:34:43.469><c> is</c><00:34:43.710><c> righteous,</c><00:34:44.190><c> let</c><00:34:44.250><c> him</c><00:34:44.349><c> be</c><00:34:44.590><c> righteous</c><00:34:44.949><c> still.</c>

00:34:46.889 --> 00:34:49.429
But<00:34:47.010><c> he</c><00:34:47.170><c> that</c><00:34:47.329><c> is</c><00:34:47.550><c> filthy,</c><00:34:47.829><c> let</c><00:34:47.949><c> him</c><00:34:48.070><c> be</c><00:34:48.289><c> filthy</c><00:34:48.570><c> still.</c>

00:34:50.369 --> 00:34:52.630
So<00:34:50.650><c> we've</c><00:34:50.769><c> got</c><00:34:50.809><c> to</c><00:34:51.010><c> think</c><00:34:51.130><c> about</c><00:34:51.369><c> our</c><00:34:51.610><c> lives</c><00:34:51.809><c> in</c><00:34:51.969><c> this</c><00:34:52.170><c> regard.</c>

00:34:52.730 --> 00:34:54.710
It's<00:34:52.889><c> very</c><00:34:53.130><c> important</c><00:34:53.489><c> that</c><00:34:53.670><c> we</c><00:34:53.909><c> do.</c>

00:34:54.889 --> 00:34:57.769
And<00:34:55.070><c> Paul</c><00:34:55.269><c> says</c><00:34:55.510><c> it</c><00:34:55.630><c> was</c><00:34:55.809><c> not</c><00:34:55.989><c> with</c><00:34:56.309><c> Guile</c><00:34:56.610><c> that</c><00:34:56.769><c> this</c><00:34:57.010><c> message</c><00:34:57.309><c> came.</c>

00:34:57.769 --> 00:34:59.329
There's<00:34:58.510><c> the</c><00:34:58.650><c> three</c><00:34:58.889><c> things.</c>

00:34:59.550 --> 00:35:02.269
It's<00:34:59.730><c> an</c><00:34:59.909><c> exhortation</c><00:35:00.469><c> that</c><00:35:00.829><c> didn't</c><00:35:01.050><c> come</c><00:35:01.289><c> with</c><00:35:01.530><c> deceit.</c>

00:35:02.570 --> 00:35:04.110
It<00:35:02.670><c> didn't</c><00:35:02.869><c> come</c><00:35:03.050><c> with</c><00:35:03.329><c> uncleanness.</c>

00:35:04.389 --> 00:35:06.329
It<00:35:04.530><c> didn't</c><00:35:04.750><c> come</c><00:35:04.949><c> with</c><00:35:05.289><c> guile.</c>

00:35:06.949 --> 00:35:10.230
And<00:35:07.050><c> the</c><00:35:07.150><c> word</c><00:35:07.309><c> guile</c><00:35:07.670><c> is</c><00:35:07.849><c> a</c><00:35:07.969><c> word</c><00:35:08.070><c> that</c><00:35:08.269><c> means</c><00:35:08.469><c> a</c><00:35:08.909><c> trick,</c><00:35:10.010><c> like</c>

00:35:10.230 --> 00:35:12.630
a<00:35:10.550><c> lure</c><00:35:10.789><c> for</c><00:35:11.090><c> catching</c><00:35:11.449><c> fish.</c>

00:35:12.949 --> 00:35:15.469
You<00:35:12.969><c> know</c><00:35:13.070><c> how</c><00:35:13.230><c> this</c><00:35:13.409><c> is</c><00:35:13.590><c> any</c><00:35:13.769><c> of</c><00:35:13.849><c> you</c><00:35:14.050><c> fishermen,</c><00:35:14.530><c> you</c><00:35:14.929><c> cast</c>

00:35:15.469 --> 00:35:16.409
the<00:35:15.730><c> lure</c><00:35:15.889><c> out,</c>

00:35:16.909 --> 00:35:19.369
that<00:35:17.030><c> little</c><00:35:17.289><c> attractive</c><00:35:17.849><c> piece</c><00:35:18.150><c> of</c><00:35:18.630><c> bait,</c>

00:35:19.469 --> 00:35:21.909
and<00:35:19.849><c> you</c><00:35:19.969><c> let</c><00:35:20.070><c> it</c><00:35:20.409><c> fall</c><00:35:20.570><c> just</c><00:35:20.809><c> in</c><00:35:20.969><c> the</c><00:35:21.070><c> right</c><00:35:21.250><c> place</c><00:35:21.570><c> where</c><00:35:21.730><c> the</c>

00:35:21.909 --> 00:35:22.809
fish<00:35:22.070><c> will</c><00:35:22.250><c> be</c><00:35:22.409><c> lurking,</c>

00:35:23.070 --> 00:35:25.130
and<00:35:23.250><c> you</c><00:35:23.489><c> kind</c><00:35:23.610><c> of</c><00:35:23.909><c> jiggle</c><00:35:24.130><c> it</c><00:35:24.329><c> and</c><00:35:24.449><c> wiggle</c><00:35:24.670><c> it</c><00:35:24.829><c> and</c><00:35:24.909><c> you</c><00:35:25.050><c> make</c>

00:35:25.130 --> 00:35:26.110
it<00:35:25.289><c> look</c><00:35:25.389><c> very</c><00:35:25.730><c> tempting.</c>

00:35:26.110 --> 00:35:28.809
And<00:35:26.590><c> the</c><00:35:26.710><c> fish</c><00:35:26.949><c> grabs</c><00:35:27.369><c> it</c><00:35:27.650><c> and</c><00:35:27.710><c> he's</c><00:35:28.070><c> caught.</c>

00:35:31.449 --> 00:35:33.610
Same<00:35:31.610><c> word</c><00:35:31.829><c> that</c><00:35:32.070><c> James</c><00:35:32.329><c> uses,</c>

00:35:33.750 --> 00:35:36.409
we're<00:35:33.929><c> drawn</c><00:35:34.150><c> away</c><00:35:34.489><c> by</c><00:35:34.769><c> our</c><00:35:35.010><c> own</c><00:35:35.250><c> lust</c><00:35:35.469><c> and</c><00:35:35.849><c> enticed.</c>

00:35:36.610 --> 00:35:38.710
That's<00:35:36.949><c> the</c><00:35:37.090><c> word</c><00:35:37.269><c> enticed.</c>

00:35:38.730 --> 00:35:40.929
It's<00:35:38.849><c> like</c><00:35:39.030><c> the</c><00:35:39.289><c> bait,</c><00:35:39.989><c> the</c><00:35:40.210><c> decoy,</c>

00:35:41.269 --> 00:35:44.989
the<00:35:41.449><c> thing</c><00:35:41.590><c> that</c><00:35:41.829><c> appears</c><00:35:42.150><c> to</c><00:35:42.289><c> be</c><00:35:42.510><c> one</c><00:35:42.750><c> thing</c><00:35:42.889><c> but</c><00:35:42.989><c> it's</c><00:35:43.269><c> really</c><00:35:43.510><c> something</c><00:35:43.849><c> else.</c>

00:35:46.690 --> 00:35:48.690
For<00:35:46.829><c> the</c><00:35:47.010><c> fish</c><00:35:47.130><c> it</c><00:35:47.269><c> brings</c><00:35:47.510><c> death.</c>

00:35:49.889 --> 00:35:51.889
Paul<00:35:50.070><c> is</c><00:35:50.250><c> saying</c><00:35:50.369><c> don't</c><00:35:50.570><c> follow</c><00:35:50.889><c> that</c><00:35:51.190><c> rule.</c>

00:35:52.469 --> 00:35:54.670
There's<00:35:52.610><c> nothing</c><00:35:52.789><c> like</c><00:35:52.969><c> a</c><00:35:53.309><c> decoy</c><00:35:53.550><c> in</c><00:35:53.690><c> the</c><00:35:53.829><c> things</c><00:35:53.969><c> that</c><00:35:54.130><c> I'm</c><00:35:54.389><c> doing.</c>

00:35:54.670 --> 00:35:57.570
What<00:35:55.489><c> I'm</c><00:35:55.690><c> saying</c><00:35:55.949><c> is</c><00:35:56.210><c> true.</c>

00:35:59.550 --> 00:36:01.300
There's<00:35:59.869><c> no</c><00:36:00.090><c> guile</c><00:36:00.369><c> in</c><00:36:00.550><c> it.</c>

00:36:07.869 --> 00:36:10.610
But<00:36:08.369><c> I</c><00:36:08.449><c> think</c><00:36:08.550><c> when</c><00:36:08.690><c> we</c><00:36:08.849><c> think</c><00:36:08.989><c> about</c><00:36:09.210><c> our</c><00:36:09.389><c> brother</c><00:36:09.570><c> Paul,</c>

00:36:10.889 --> 00:36:11.909
my<00:36:11.130><c> dear</c><00:36:11.250><c> brethren</c><00:36:11.530><c> and</c><00:36:11.789><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:11.929 --> 00:36:14.250
it's<00:36:12.250><c> evident</c><00:36:12.530><c> as</c><00:36:12.730><c> we</c><00:36:12.989><c> read</c><00:36:13.190><c> through</c><00:36:13.409><c> these</c><00:36:13.769><c> things</c><00:36:13.969><c> that</c><00:36:14.110><c> he</c>

00:36:14.250 --> 00:36:18.170
was<00:36:14.550><c> affected</c><00:36:15.030><c> by</c><00:36:15.469><c> the</c><00:36:17.250><c> detractors</c>

00:36:18.250 --> 00:36:20.289
and<00:36:18.369><c> by</c><00:36:18.570><c> the</c><00:36:18.789><c> criticism</c><00:36:19.210><c> that</c><00:36:19.369><c> was</c><00:36:19.590><c> brought</c><00:36:19.789><c> against</c><00:36:20.170><c> him.</c>

00:36:20.309 --> 00:36:21.829
He<00:36:20.389><c> was</c><00:36:20.650><c> affected</c><00:36:20.989><c> by</c><00:36:21.309><c> these</c><00:36:21.630><c> things.</c>

00:36:21.929 --> 00:36:23.869
They<00:36:22.269><c> distressed</c><00:36:22.789><c> him.</c>

00:36:24.829 --> 00:36:29.170
The<00:36:25.389><c> criticism</c><00:36:25.909><c> was</c><00:36:26.289><c> designed</c><00:36:26.889><c> to</c><00:36:27.809><c> discredit</c><00:36:28.429><c> the</c><00:36:28.730><c> work</c>

00:36:29.170 --> 00:36:32.090
and<00:36:29.650><c> to</c><00:36:29.949><c> discredit</c><00:36:30.250><c> him,</c><00:36:31.090><c> to</c><00:36:31.389><c> tear</c><00:36:31.690><c> down.</c>

00:36:32.090 --> 00:36:34.909
They<00:36:32.190><c> were</c><00:36:32.429><c> saying,</c><00:36:32.690><c> in</c><00:36:32.829><c> effect,</c><00:36:33.550><c> Paul's</c><00:36:33.909><c> a</c><00:36:34.030><c> phony.</c>

00:36:35.550 --> 00:36:38.210
He's<00:36:35.769><c> not</c><00:36:35.869><c> all</c><00:36:36.150><c> he's</c><00:36:36.550><c> cracked</c><00:36:36.869><c> up</c><00:36:37.150><c> to</c><00:36:37.329><c> be.</c>

00:36:39.110 --> 00:36:42.889
But<00:36:39.269><c> you</c><00:36:39.349><c> know</c><00:36:39.449><c> you</c><00:36:39.550><c> do</c><00:36:39.750><c> a</c><00:36:40.070><c> lot</c><00:36:40.309><c> of</c><00:36:40.610><c> gathering</c><00:36:40.969><c> of</c><00:36:41.250><c> material</c><00:36:41.650><c> for</c><00:36:42.409><c> a</c>

00:36:42.889 --> 00:36:43.869
study<00:36:43.070><c> such</c><00:36:43.349><c> as</c><00:36:43.590><c> this.</c>

00:36:44.150 --> 00:36:47.030
One<00:36:44.289><c> of</c><00:36:44.409><c> the</c><00:36:44.570><c> things</c><00:36:44.690><c> that</c><00:36:44.849><c> I</c><00:36:45.050><c> came</c><00:36:45.210><c> across</c><00:36:45.570><c> in</c><00:36:45.730><c> the</c><00:36:45.989><c> study</c><00:36:46.190><c> was</c>

00:36:47.349 --> 00:36:51.530
from<00:36:47.909><c> one</c><00:36:48.070><c> of</c><00:36:48.170><c> the</c><00:36:48.510><c> commentaries</c><00:36:49.070><c> that</c><00:36:49.329><c> I</c><00:36:50.170><c> had</c><00:36:50.349><c> at</c><00:36:50.610><c> hand.</c>

00:36:51.849 --> 00:36:53.929
I<00:36:52.289><c> believe</c><00:36:52.429><c> it</c><00:36:52.530><c> was</c><00:36:52.590><c> the</c><00:36:52.690><c> New</c><00:36:52.929><c> Bible</c><00:36:53.329><c> commentary,</c>

00:36:53.929 --> 00:36:57.050
but<00:36:54.130><c> it</c><00:36:54.429><c> simply</c><00:36:54.750><c> said</c><00:36:55.010><c> this</c><00:36:55.289><c> about</c><00:36:55.489><c> this</c><00:36:55.849><c> time</c><00:36:56.050><c> period.</c>

00:36:57.309 --> 00:37:00.429
It<00:36:57.309><c> says</c><00:36:57.429><c> there</c><00:36:57.510><c> were</c><00:36:57.829><c> so</c><00:36:58.070><c> many</c><00:36:58.750><c> wandering</c><00:36:59.389><c> charlatans</c>

00:37:00.610 --> 00:37:03.110
that<00:37:01.250><c> made</c><00:37:01.530><c> their</c><00:37:01.769><c> way</c><00:37:01.949><c> about</c><00:37:02.170><c> the</c><00:37:02.389><c> Roman</c><00:37:02.730><c> world</c>

00:37:03.110 --> 00:37:07.309
peddling<00:37:03.690><c> their</c><00:37:04.010><c> religious</c><00:37:04.389><c> or</c><00:37:04.769><c> philosophical</c><00:37:05.510><c> nostrums</c>

00:37:07.309 --> 00:37:09.969
that<00:37:07.429><c> it</c><00:37:07.510><c> was</c><00:37:07.730><c> necessary</c><00:37:08.269><c> for</c><00:37:08.489><c> the</c><00:37:08.690><c> apostles</c><00:37:09.090><c> to</c><00:37:09.429><c> emphasize</c>

00:37:09.969 --> 00:37:11.570
the<00:37:10.369><c> purity</c><00:37:10.710><c> of</c><00:37:10.949><c> their</c><00:37:11.150><c> motives</c>

00:37:11.570 --> 00:37:16.269
and<00:37:12.389><c> the</c><00:37:12.730><c> procedures</c><00:37:13.269><c> by</c><00:37:14.309><c> contrast</c><00:37:15.050><c> with</c><00:37:15.349><c> these.</c>

00:37:18.050 --> 00:37:19.769
So<00:37:18.389><c> the</c><00:37:18.650><c> phonies</c><00:37:18.909><c> were</c><00:37:19.130><c> out</c><00:37:19.369><c> there.</c>

00:37:20.110 --> 00:37:22.690
They<00:37:20.309><c> were</c><00:37:20.590><c> traveling</c><00:37:21.010><c> with</c><00:37:21.329><c> ease</c><00:37:21.590><c> on</c><00:37:21.769><c> the</c><00:37:21.989><c> Roman</c><00:37:22.230><c> highways</c>

00:37:22.690 --> 00:37:25.949
that<00:37:22.829><c> were</c><00:37:22.969><c> so</c><00:37:23.650><c> wonderful</c><00:37:24.050><c> at</c><00:37:24.289><c> that</c><00:37:24.510><c> time</c><00:37:24.769><c> and</c><00:37:24.929><c> so</c><00:37:25.070><c> well</c><00:37:25.289><c> protected</c><00:37:25.710><c> at</c>

00:37:25.949 --> 00:37:26.530
that<00:37:26.130><c> time.</c>

00:37:26.730 --> 00:37:29.949
It<00:37:26.829><c> was</c><00:37:27.030><c> the</c><00:37:27.289><c> ideal</c><00:37:27.769><c> time</c><00:37:28.150><c> for</c><00:37:28.349><c> the</c><00:37:28.489><c> spread</c><00:37:28.670><c> of</c><00:37:28.869><c> the</c><00:37:29.010><c> Gospel,</c>

00:37:31.429 --> 00:37:34.230
but<00:37:31.570><c> it</c><00:37:31.590><c> was</c><00:37:31.730><c> also</c><00:37:31.989><c> the</c><00:37:32.190><c> ideal</c><00:37:32.570><c> time</c><00:37:32.929><c> for</c><00:37:33.550><c> those</c><00:37:33.889><c> that</c><00:37:34.030><c> were</c>

00:37:34.230 --> 00:37:34.909
not<00:37:34.530><c> true</c>

00:37:34.909 --> 00:37:37.250
and<00:37:35.210><c> those</c><00:37:35.489><c> that</c><00:37:35.650><c> were</c><00:37:35.789><c> not</c><00:37:36.090><c> faithful</c><00:37:36.409><c> to</c><00:37:36.590><c> make</c><00:37:36.829><c> their</c><00:37:37.090><c> way</c>

00:37:37.250 --> 00:37:38.909
wherever<00:37:37.489><c> they</c><00:37:37.829><c> pleased</c>

00:37:39.170 --> 00:37:41.110
with<00:37:39.670><c> impure</c><00:37:40.170><c> motives.</c>

00:37:41.869 --> 00:37:44.449
And<00:37:42.050><c> obviously</c><00:37:42.409><c> Paul</c><00:37:42.670><c> didn't</c><00:37:42.869><c> want</c><00:37:43.070><c> to</c><00:37:43.190><c> be</c><00:37:43.369><c> lumped</c><00:37:43.610><c> with</c><00:37:43.809><c> them</c>

00:37:44.449 --> 00:37:47.590
any<00:37:44.809><c> more</c><00:37:44.949><c> than</c><00:37:45.010><c> we</c><00:37:45.150><c> would</c><00:37:45.369><c> want</c><00:37:45.489><c> to</c><00:37:45.610><c> be</c><00:37:45.769><c> lumped</c><00:37:46.269><c> with</c><00:37:46.269><c> the</c><00:37:47.269><c> place</c>

00:37:47.590 --> 00:37:51.590
alongside<00:37:48.289><c> some</c><00:37:48.809><c> of</c><00:37:48.969><c> the</c><00:37:49.389><c> TV</c><00:37:49.829><c> evangelists</c><00:37:50.570><c> of</c><00:37:51.010><c> our</c><00:37:51.309><c> day.</c>

00:37:51.590 --> 00:37:55.269
There's<00:37:52.210><c> no</c><00:37:52.469><c> way</c><00:37:52.789><c> we</c><00:37:52.969><c> want</c><00:37:53.130><c> to</c><00:37:53.230><c> be</c><00:37:53.449><c> associated</c><00:37:53.909><c> with</c><00:37:54.269><c> them.</c>

00:37:55.510 --> 00:37:59.989
And<00:37:55.650><c> so</c><00:37:55.769><c> he's</c><00:37:55.949><c> very,</c><00:37:56.329><c> very</c><00:37:56.690><c> careful</c><00:37:57.050><c> in</c><00:37:57.349><c> assuring</c><00:37:57.630><c> the</c><00:37:57.889><c> Thessalonians</c><00:37:58.449><c> of</c><00:37:58.610><c> his</c><00:37:58.869><c> credentials.</c>

00:38:00.590 --> 00:38:02.909
He<00:38:00.769><c> shows</c><00:38:01.010><c> them</c><00:38:01.130><c> that</c><00:38:01.269><c> it's</c><00:38:01.690><c> a</c><00:38:01.789><c> divine</c><00:38:02.269><c> motivation.</c>

00:38:02.989 --> 00:38:04.309
That's<00:38:03.269><c> the</c><00:38:03.469><c> thing.</c>

00:38:04.489 --> 00:38:06.389
The<00:38:04.710><c> motivation</c><00:38:05.090><c> is</c><00:38:05.269><c> of</c><00:38:05.489><c> God.</c>

00:38:06.690 --> 00:38:09.570
The<00:38:06.909><c> excitation,</c><00:38:07.570><c> he</c><00:38:07.809><c> says,</c><00:38:07.949><c> that</c><00:38:08.130><c> was</c><00:38:08.309><c> the</c><00:38:08.570><c> life</c><00:38:08.809><c> and</c><00:38:08.969><c> the</c><00:38:09.150><c> things</c><00:38:09.289><c> that</c><00:38:09.449><c> he</c>

00:38:09.570 --> 00:38:10.170
did<00:38:09.769><c> there.</c>

00:38:10.630 --> 00:38:14.429
Everything<00:38:10.969><c> he</c><00:38:11.250><c> did</c><00:38:11.550><c> with</c><00:38:11.889><c> them,</c><00:38:13.190><c> his</c><00:38:13.449><c> life</c><00:38:13.710><c> among</c><00:38:13.969><c> them,</c><00:38:14.170><c> the</c>

00:38:14.429 --> 00:38:15.849
model<00:38:14.849><c> servant.</c>

00:38:16.670 --> 00:38:19.110
And<00:38:16.849><c> so</c><00:38:16.929><c> he</c><00:38:17.010><c> goes</c><00:38:17.190><c> through</c><00:38:17.389><c> a</c><00:38:17.469><c> number</c><00:38:17.690><c> of</c><00:38:18.210><c> points,</c><00:38:18.530><c> doesn't</c><00:38:18.829><c> he?</c>

00:38:19.110 --> 00:38:23.130
No<00:38:19.530><c> attempt</c><00:38:19.889><c> to</c><00:38:20.269><c> exploit</c><00:38:20.590><c> them</c><00:38:21.190><c> or</c><00:38:21.570><c> live</c><00:38:21.849><c> off</c><00:38:22.110><c> of</c><00:38:22.269><c> them.</c>

00:38:23.329 --> 00:38:26.309
He<00:38:23.690><c> showed</c><00:38:23.829><c> them</c><00:38:24.070><c> all</c><00:38:24.449><c> gentleness</c><00:38:24.949><c> and</c><00:38:25.329><c> care.</c>

00:38:26.530 --> 00:38:29.690
He<00:38:26.849><c> worked</c><00:38:27.150><c> night</c><00:38:27.590><c> and</c><00:38:27.849><c> day</c><00:38:28.010><c> to</c><00:38:28.190><c> earn</c><00:38:28.369><c> his</c><00:38:28.610><c> own</c><00:38:28.849><c> living.</c>

00:38:30.090 --> 00:38:32.590
He<00:38:30.190><c> was</c><00:38:30.309><c> not</c><00:38:30.449><c> going</c><00:38:30.590><c> to</c><00:38:30.690><c> be</c><00:38:30.949><c> burdensome</c><00:38:31.369><c> as</c><00:38:31.570><c> an</c><00:38:31.809><c> apostle,</c><00:38:32.230><c> he</c><00:38:32.449><c> said.</c>

00:38:32.630 --> 00:38:34.489
Even<00:38:32.769><c> though</c><00:38:32.929><c> he</c><00:38:32.989><c> had</c><00:38:33.150><c> the</c><00:38:33.389><c> authority</c><00:38:33.710><c> of</c><00:38:33.869><c> an</c><00:38:34.030><c> apostle,</c>

00:38:34.829 --> 00:38:36.889
he<00:38:35.050><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:35.230><c> be</c><00:38:35.409><c> a</c><00:38:35.530><c> burden</c><00:38:35.710><c> to</c><00:38:35.949><c> the</c><00:38:36.070><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:38:37.510 --> 00:38:43.889
He<00:38:37.969><c> maintained</c><00:38:38.449><c> himself</c><00:38:39.250><c> and</c><00:38:40.869><c> preached</c><00:38:41.429><c> and</c><00:38:42.690><c> edified</c><00:38:43.289><c> and</c><00:38:43.550><c> built</c><00:38:43.690><c> up</c>

00:38:43.889 --> 00:38:44.510
the<00:38:44.050><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:38:44.510 --> 00:38:47.449
this<00:38:44.989><c> newborn</c><00:38:45.590><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:46.050><c> of</c><00:38:46.269><c> God.</c>

00:38:49.250 --> 00:38:51.150
And<00:38:49.510><c> so</c><00:38:49.610><c> he</c><00:38:49.869><c> instructs</c><00:38:50.269><c> Timothy</c><00:38:50.550><c> later</c><00:38:50.889><c> on.</c>

00:38:51.150 --> 00:38:52.130
This<00:38:51.289><c> is</c><00:38:51.489><c> in</c><00:38:51.670><c> 2</c><00:38:51.849><c> Timothy.</c>

00:38:52.170 --> 00:38:53.909
You<00:38:52.269><c> don't</c><00:38:52.429><c> need</c><00:38:52.670><c> to</c><00:38:52.829><c> turn</c><00:38:52.829><c> this</c><00:38:52.989><c> up,</c><00:38:53.329><c> brethren</c><00:38:53.429><c> and</c><00:38:53.590><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:54.369 --> 00:38:56.389
You're<00:38:54.550><c> making</c><00:38:54.789><c> a</c><00:38:55.030><c> notice</c><00:38:55.170><c> in</c><00:38:55.349><c> the</c><00:38:55.489><c> fourth</c><00:38:55.730><c> chapter</c><00:38:56.090><c> and</c><00:38:56.230><c> the</c>

00:38:56.389 --> 00:38:57.369
fifth<00:38:56.590><c> verse.</c>

00:38:57.789 --> 00:39:01.090
Keying<00:38:58.130><c> off</c><00:38:58.309><c> his</c><00:38:58.510><c> own</c><00:38:58.730><c> example</c><00:38:59.150><c> for</c><00:38:59.349><c> young</c><00:38:59.610><c> Timothy,</c><00:39:00.889><c> he</c><00:39:00.949><c> says,</c>

00:39:01.230 --> 00:39:05.630
watch<00:39:01.610><c> in</c><00:39:01.809><c> all</c><00:39:02.090><c> things,</c><00:39:03.250><c> endure</c><00:39:03.650><c> afflictions,</c><00:39:04.989><c> do</c><00:39:05.250><c> the</c><00:39:05.489><c> work</c>

00:39:05.630 --> 00:39:07.210
of<00:39:05.809><c> an</c><00:39:06.070><c> evangelist,</c>

00:39:07.590 --> 00:39:10.550
make<00:39:08.070><c> full</c><00:39:08.690><c> proof</c><00:39:08.949><c> of</c><00:39:09.210><c> thy</c><00:39:09.389><c> ministry.</c>

00:39:10.730 --> 00:39:16.449
So<00:39:11.130><c> all</c><00:39:11.429><c> the</c><00:39:11.630><c> things</c><00:39:11.829><c> that</c><00:39:12.070><c> Paul</c><00:39:12.369><c> did,</c><00:39:14.670><c> he's</c><00:39:14.909><c> saying,</c><00:39:15.010><c> Timothy,</c><00:39:16.090><c> this</c><00:39:16.269><c> is</c>

00:39:16.449 --> 00:39:18.090
the<00:39:16.570><c> way</c><00:39:16.690><c> it</c><00:39:16.909><c> is.</c>

00:39:19.050 --> 00:39:21.429
And<00:39:19.150><c> of</c><00:39:19.329><c> course,</c><00:39:19.469><c> he</c><00:39:19.710><c> said,</c><00:39:19.949><c> didn't</c><00:39:20.110><c> he,</c><00:39:20.269><c> be</c><00:39:20.530><c> followers</c><00:39:20.969><c> of</c><00:39:21.230><c> me</c>

00:39:21.429 --> 00:39:23.969
as<00:39:21.590><c> I</c><00:39:21.829><c> also</c><00:39:22.130><c> am</c><00:39:22.250><c> of</c><00:39:22.449><c> Christ</c><00:39:22.849><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:26.110 --> 00:39:28.070
We've<00:39:26.510><c> talked</c><00:39:26.610><c> about</c><00:39:26.809><c> his</c><00:39:27.110><c> work,</c><00:39:27.489><c> brethren</c><00:39:27.650><c> and</c><00:39:27.909><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:28.329 --> 00:39:30.510
Let's<00:39:28.730><c> just</c><00:39:28.929><c> think</c><00:39:29.090><c> a</c><00:39:29.210><c> little</c><00:39:29.389><c> further</c><00:39:29.710><c> about</c><00:39:29.909><c> the</c><00:39:30.190><c> attitude</c>

00:39:30.510 --> 00:39:32.030
of<00:39:30.690><c> our</c><00:39:30.869><c> brother</c><00:39:31.030><c> Paul.</c>

00:39:33.190 --> 00:39:35.650
It's<00:39:33.329><c> the</c><00:39:33.429><c> work</c><00:39:33.550><c> of</c><00:39:33.829><c> Christ,</c><00:39:34.289><c> actually,</c><00:39:34.670><c> isn't</c><00:39:34.849><c> it?</c>

00:39:36.070 --> 00:39:38.829
The<00:39:36.190><c> work</c><00:39:36.369><c> of</c><00:39:36.630><c> Christ</c><00:39:36.869><c> that</c><00:39:37.010><c> he</c><00:39:37.090><c> was</c><00:39:37.269><c> involved</c><00:39:37.690><c> in,</c><00:39:37.869><c> that</c><00:39:37.989><c> we're</c><00:39:38.309><c> involved</c><00:39:38.710><c> in,</c>

00:39:38.829 --> 00:39:41.730
it's<00:39:38.989><c> a</c><00:39:39.150><c> great</c><00:39:39.369><c> privilege,</c><00:39:40.630><c> my</c><00:39:40.909><c> dear</c><00:39:41.070><c> brethren</c><00:39:41.349><c> and</c><00:39:41.530><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:41.769 --> 00:39:45.869
We've<00:39:42.050><c> got</c><00:39:42.210><c> to</c><00:39:42.510><c> see</c><00:39:42.690><c> the</c><00:39:43.230><c> magnitude</c><00:39:43.889><c> of</c><00:39:44.090><c> the</c><00:39:44.369><c> privilege</c><00:39:44.710><c> of</c><00:39:44.889><c> that</c><00:39:45.250><c> in</c>

00:39:45.869 --> 00:39:46.849
which<00:39:46.010><c> we're</c><00:39:46.250><c> involved,</c>

00:39:47.190 --> 00:39:53.789
that<00:39:47.429><c> God</c><00:39:47.809><c> has</c><00:39:48.670><c> allowed</c><00:39:49.090><c> us,</c><00:39:50.489><c> he's</c><00:39:50.969><c> allowed</c><00:39:51.250><c> us</c><00:39:51.530><c> to</c><00:39:51.849><c> understand</c><00:39:52.329><c> his</c><00:39:52.590><c> purpose.</c>

00:39:54.050 --> 00:39:55.630
That's<00:39:54.309><c> a</c><00:39:54.409><c> great</c><00:39:54.610><c> privilege.</c>

00:39:56.309 --> 00:39:59.610
More<00:39:56.530><c> than</c><00:39:56.750><c> that,</c><00:39:56.829><c> he's</c><00:39:57.289><c> called</c><00:39:57.530><c> us</c><00:39:58.130><c> to</c><00:39:58.429><c> be</c><00:39:58.630><c> partakers</c><00:39:59.110><c> of</c><00:39:59.289><c> his</c>

00:39:59.610 --> 00:40:02.389
kingdom<00:40:00.150><c> and</c><00:40:01.110><c> of</c><00:40:01.250><c> his</c><00:40:01.489><c> glory.</c>

00:40:03.110 --> 00:40:05.769
Just<00:40:03.489><c> look</c><00:40:03.630><c> at</c><00:40:03.789><c> verse</c><00:40:03.989><c> 12.</c>

00:40:05.769 --> 00:40:09.949
Same<00:40:06.650><c> chapter</c><00:40:07.110><c> here</c><00:40:07.409><c> in</c><00:40:08.389><c> 1</c><00:40:08.630><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:40:09.269><c> second</c><00:40:09.570><c> chapter,</c>

00:40:10.010 --> 00:40:11.510
verse<00:40:10.269><c> 12.</c>

00:40:12.010 --> 00:40:15.510
He<00:40:12.090><c> says</c><00:40:12.250><c> that</c><00:40:12.389><c> he</c><00:40:12.590><c> would</c><00:40:12.869><c> walk</c><00:40:13.190><c> worthy</c><00:40:13.750><c> of</c><00:40:14.050><c> God,</c><00:40:15.130><c> who</c><00:40:15.230><c> hath</c>

00:40:15.510 --> 00:40:19.210
called<00:40:15.909><c> you</c><00:40:16.210><c> unto</c><00:40:16.550><c> his</c><00:40:17.010><c> kingdom</c><00:40:17.610><c> and</c><00:40:18.230><c> glory.</c>

00:40:21.650 --> 00:40:24.110
I<00:40:21.670><c> tell</c><00:40:21.849><c> you,</c><00:40:21.969><c> there's</c><00:40:22.070><c> an</c><00:40:22.250><c> old</c><00:40:22.489><c> brother</c><00:40:22.730><c> in</c><00:40:22.949><c> our</c><00:40:23.190><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:40:24.489 --> 00:40:27.710
a<00:40:24.650><c> beloved</c><00:40:25.090><c> brother</c><00:40:25.809><c> now</c><00:40:26.150><c> who</c><00:40:26.349><c> is</c><00:40:26.530><c> unable</c><00:40:26.909><c> to</c><00:40:27.110><c> get</c><00:40:27.230><c> out</c><00:40:27.429><c> to</c><00:40:27.570><c> the</c>

00:40:27.710 --> 00:40:29.269
Ecclesia<00:40:28.050><c> anymore</c><00:40:28.429><c> because</c><00:40:28.710><c> of</c><00:40:28.969><c> health.</c>

00:40:29.730 --> 00:40:32.329
We<00:40:30.030><c> meet</c><00:40:30.210><c> with</c><00:40:30.409><c> him</c><00:40:30.510><c> on</c><00:40:30.690><c> a</c><00:40:30.889><c> regular</c><00:40:31.110><c> basis</c><00:40:31.530><c> for</c><00:40:31.750><c> breaking</c><00:40:32.010><c> of</c>

00:40:32.329 --> 00:40:33.429
bread<00:40:32.530><c> in</c><00:40:32.789><c> his</c><00:40:33.050><c> home,</c>

00:40:33.429 --> 00:40:36.610
and<00:40:34.469><c> he's</c><00:40:34.710><c> still</c><00:40:34.869><c> able</c><00:40:35.050><c> to</c><00:40:35.150><c> give</c><00:40:35.269><c> a</c><00:40:35.510><c> prayer,</c><00:40:35.809><c> although</c><00:40:36.030><c> he</c><00:40:36.150><c> finds</c><00:40:36.389><c> it</c>

00:40:36.610 --> 00:40:37.309
quite<00:40:36.809><c> difficult</c>

00:40:37.309 --> 00:40:41.989
because<00:40:37.630><c> his</c><00:40:38.190><c> emotions</c><00:40:38.769><c> here</c><00:40:39.090><c> are</c><00:40:39.329><c> so</c><00:40:39.949><c> wound</c><00:40:40.250><c> into</c><00:40:40.489><c> these</c><00:40:40.829><c> things.</c>

00:40:43.289 --> 00:40:46.909
But<00:40:43.469><c> so</c><00:40:43.670><c> many</c><00:40:43.909><c> times,</c><00:40:45.309><c> it's</c><00:40:45.449><c> nothing</c><00:40:45.630><c> but</c><00:40:45.849><c> scripture.</c>

00:40:48.050 --> 00:40:50.949
That's<00:40:48.230><c> all</c><00:40:48.429><c> the</c><00:40:48.630><c> prayer</c><00:40:48.789><c> is,</c><00:40:50.090><c> because</c><00:40:50.349><c> this</c><00:40:50.570><c> is</c><00:40:50.610><c> what</c><00:40:50.690><c> means</c>

00:40:50.949 --> 00:40:52.630
everything<00:40:51.309><c> to</c><00:40:51.489><c> this</c><00:40:51.710><c> brother.</c>

00:40:53.329 --> 00:40:58.269
And<00:40:53.510><c> so</c><00:40:53.650><c> many</c><00:40:53.909><c> times</c><00:40:54.250><c> I've</c><00:40:54.530><c> heard</c><00:40:54.650><c> him</c><00:40:55.389><c> thank</c><00:40:55.909><c> God</c><00:40:56.610><c> that</c><00:40:57.210><c> he</c><00:40:57.309><c> has</c><00:40:57.650><c> called</c><00:40:57.869><c> us</c>

00:40:58.269 --> 00:41:01.510
to<00:40:58.489><c> his</c><00:40:58.829><c> kingdom</c><00:40:59.329><c> and</c><00:41:00.269><c> to</c><00:41:00.530><c> glory.</c>

00:41:02.309 --> 00:41:04.590
He's<00:41:02.789><c> never</c><00:41:02.949><c> lost</c><00:41:03.250><c> sight</c><00:41:03.449><c> of</c><00:41:03.650><c> the</c><00:41:03.769><c> privilege</c><00:41:04.070><c> his</c><00:41:04.329><c> eyes</c><00:41:04.429><c> and</c>

00:41:04.590 --> 00:41:06.030
Christ<00:41:04.889><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:05.329><c> brethren</c><00:41:05.570><c> and</c><00:41:05.809><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:06.050 --> 00:41:07.710
and<00:41:06.190><c> we</c><00:41:06.349><c> must</c><00:41:06.510><c> not</c><00:41:06.730><c> either.</c>

00:41:08.070 --> 00:41:09.929
There's<00:41:08.250><c> nothing</c><00:41:08.489><c> like</c><00:41:08.769><c> it.</c><00:41:08.889><c> There's</c><00:41:09.110><c> nothing</c><00:41:09.349><c> greater</c><00:41:09.710><c> than</c>

00:41:09.929 --> 00:41:11.449
this<00:41:10.170><c> in</c><00:41:10.329><c> the</c><00:41:10.550><c> world.</c>

00:41:12.090 --> 00:41:15.389
This<00:41:12.329><c> life</c><00:41:12.550><c> can't</c><00:41:12.809><c> even</c><00:41:13.030><c> come</c><00:41:13.309><c> close</c><00:41:13.650><c> to</c><00:41:13.889><c> offering</c><00:41:14.130><c> anything</c>

00:41:16.230 --> 00:41:18.789
that's<00:41:16.710><c> to</c><00:41:16.829><c> be</c><00:41:17.070><c> compared</c><00:41:17.329><c> with</c><00:41:17.530><c> the</c><00:41:17.750><c> kingdom</c><00:41:17.949><c> and</c><00:41:18.269><c> glory</c><00:41:18.550><c> that</c>

00:41:18.789 --> 00:41:21.829
God<00:41:18.949><c> has</c><00:41:19.190><c> promised</c><00:41:19.429><c> to</c><00:41:19.610><c> those</c><00:41:19.769><c> that</c><00:41:20.010><c> love</c><00:41:20.110><c> him.</c>

00:41:25.630 --> 00:41:27.929
Verse<00:41:25.809><c> four</c><00:41:26.130><c> of</c><00:41:26.309><c> this</c><00:41:26.730><c> second</c><00:41:27.150><c> chapter,</c><00:41:27.530><c> you</c><00:41:27.710><c> see</c><00:41:27.809><c> we're</c>

00:41:27.929 --> 00:41:29.289
making<00:41:28.130><c> great</c><00:41:28.449><c> progress</c><00:41:28.889><c> here.</c>

00:41:29.289 --> 00:41:31.530
We're<00:41:29.610><c> already</c><00:41:29.989><c> all</c><00:41:30.150><c> the</c><00:41:30.210><c> way</c><00:41:30.309><c> up</c><00:41:30.469><c> to</c><00:41:30.550><c> verse</c><00:41:30.829><c> four.</c>

00:41:32.010 --> 00:41:36.289
We've<00:41:32.409><c> got</c><00:41:32.449><c> about</c><00:41:32.949><c> five</c><00:41:34.289><c> minutes</c><00:41:34.550><c> or</c><00:41:34.769><c> so.</c>

00:41:46.409 --> 00:41:48.389
So<00:41:46.969><c> we</c><00:41:47.050><c> read</c><00:41:47.210><c> there</c><00:41:47.369><c> in</c><00:41:47.510><c> the</c><00:41:47.630><c> fourth</c><00:41:47.849><c> verse,</c>

00:41:48.690 --> 00:41:52.449
But<00:41:48.789><c> as</c><00:41:49.090><c> we</c><00:41:49.289><c> were</c><00:41:49.530><c> allowed</c><00:41:50.090><c> of</c><00:41:50.429><c> God</c><00:41:50.809><c> to</c><00:41:51.090><c> be</c><00:41:51.289><c> put</c><00:41:51.449><c> in</c><00:41:51.809><c> trust</c><00:41:52.210><c> with</c>

00:41:52.449 --> 00:41:55.070
the<00:41:52.650><c> gospel,</c><00:41:53.690><c> even</c><00:41:53.969><c> so</c><00:41:54.250><c> we</c><00:41:54.489><c> speak,</c>

00:41:55.070 --> 00:42:01.289
Not<00:41:55.969><c> as</c><00:41:56.289><c> pleasing</c><00:41:56.590><c> men,</c><00:41:58.110><c> but</c><00:41:58.250><c> God,</c><00:41:58.849><c> which</c><00:41:59.190><c> trieth</c><00:41:59.650><c> our</c><00:42:00.130><c> hearts.</c>

00:42:02.769 --> 00:42:05.090
Now,<00:42:03.070><c> brethren</c><00:42:03.210><c> and</c><00:42:03.429><c> sisters,</c><00:42:03.670><c> there's</c><00:42:03.769><c> an</c><00:42:04.070><c> important</c><00:42:04.429><c> principle</c><00:42:04.849><c> of</c>

00:42:05.090 --> 00:42:07.010
operation<00:42:05.530><c> here</c><00:42:05.829><c> for</c><00:42:06.030><c> us.</c>

00:42:07.190 --> 00:42:10.389
First<00:42:07.449><c> of</c><00:42:07.670><c> all,</c><00:42:08.829><c> we've</c><00:42:09.070><c> been</c><00:42:09.269><c> allowed</c><00:42:09.789><c> of</c><00:42:10.130><c> God.</c>

00:42:10.449 --> 00:42:13.469
That<00:42:10.590><c> doesn't</c><00:42:10.809><c> mean</c><00:42:11.030><c> he's</c><00:42:11.570><c> permitted</c><00:42:11.949><c> us</c><00:42:12.210><c> to</c><00:42:12.409><c> do</c><00:42:12.590><c> something.</c>

00:42:14.150 --> 00:42:17.510
That's<00:42:14.469><c> a</c><00:42:14.590><c> word</c><00:42:14.710><c> that</c><00:42:14.889><c> means</c><00:42:15.090><c> to</c><00:42:15.469><c> test</c><00:42:15.969><c> and</c><00:42:16.949><c> to</c><00:42:17.230><c> approve.</c>

00:42:17.590 --> 00:42:20.829
The<00:42:17.789><c> same</c><00:42:18.010><c> word</c><00:42:18.210><c> comes</c><00:42:18.449><c> later</c><00:42:18.730><c> in</c><00:42:18.909><c> the</c><00:42:19.070><c> same</c><00:42:19.309><c> verse,</c><00:42:19.590><c> this</c><00:42:19.730><c> idea</c><00:42:20.050><c> of</c>

00:42:20.829 --> 00:42:22.369
trying<00:42:21.150><c> the</c><00:42:21.550><c> heart.</c>

00:42:22.829 --> 00:42:24.730
That's<00:42:23.110><c> what</c><00:42:23.250><c> the</c><00:42:23.409><c> word</c><00:42:23.590><c> allowed</c><00:42:24.070><c> means</c><00:42:24.510><c> there.</c>

00:42:24.730 --> 00:42:29.250
It's<00:42:25.230><c> the</c><00:42:25.349><c> idea</c><00:42:25.789><c> of</c><00:42:26.289><c> the</c><00:42:26.630><c> assayer</c><00:42:27.010><c> with</c><00:42:27.909><c> the</c><00:42:28.110><c> lump</c><00:42:28.449><c> of</c><00:42:28.949><c> mineral</c>

00:42:29.250 --> 00:42:30.329
that<00:42:29.389><c> he</c><00:42:29.550><c> thinks</c><00:42:29.809><c> is</c><00:42:30.090><c> gold,</c>

00:42:30.349 --> 00:42:34.769
and<00:42:30.449><c> he's</c><00:42:30.630><c> going</c><00:42:30.789><c> to</c><00:42:30.969><c> bring</c><00:42:31.110><c> all</c><00:42:31.630><c> the</c><00:42:33.130><c> capabilities</c><00:42:33.690><c> of</c><00:42:33.889><c> an</c><00:42:34.070><c> assayer</c><00:42:34.449><c> to</c>

00:42:34.769 --> 00:42:37.130
that<00:42:36.409><c> piece</c><00:42:36.650><c> of</c><00:42:36.909><c> mineral,</c>

00:42:37.190 --> 00:42:39.909
to<00:42:37.349><c> see</c><00:42:37.710><c> how</c><00:42:38.050><c> pure</c><00:42:38.349><c> the</c><00:42:38.570><c> gold</c><00:42:38.769><c> is.</c>

00:42:39.929 --> 00:42:43.849
And<00:42:40.030><c> so</c><00:42:40.170><c> he</c><00:42:40.750><c> assays</c><00:42:41.170><c> it,</c><00:42:41.730><c> he</c><00:42:42.090><c> tries</c><00:42:42.389><c> it,</c><00:42:42.590><c> he</c><00:42:42.769><c> tests</c><00:42:43.150><c> it</c><00:42:43.409><c> out,</c>

00:42:44.210 --> 00:42:48.210
and<00:42:44.510><c> he</c><00:42:44.789><c> determines</c><00:42:45.230><c> the</c><00:42:45.730><c> value</c><00:42:46.130><c> of</c><00:42:46.329><c> that</c><00:42:46.829><c> piece</c><00:42:47.070><c> of</c><00:42:47.309><c> mineral,</c>

00:42:48.789 --> 00:42:50.969
whether<00:42:48.969><c> it's</c><00:42:49.190><c> pure</c><00:42:49.469><c> gold</c><00:42:49.750><c> or</c><00:42:49.989><c> not.</c>

00:42:51.929 --> 00:42:56.369
And<00:42:52.570><c> God</c><00:42:52.889><c> has</c><00:42:53.510><c> tested</c><00:42:53.849><c> us</c><00:42:54.210><c> out,</c><00:42:54.789><c> he's</c><00:42:55.289><c> assayed</c><00:42:55.650><c> us,</c><00:42:56.010><c> and</c><00:42:56.110><c> he's</c>

00:42:56.369 --> 00:42:58.130
assaying<00:42:56.889><c> us.</c>

00:42:58.510 --> 00:43:01.010
He<00:42:58.829><c> trieth</c><00:42:59.170><c> the</c><00:42:59.489><c> heart,</c><00:42:59.710><c> Paul</c><00:43:00.090><c> says.</c>

00:43:01.349 --> 00:43:04.050
It's<00:43:01.570><c> like</c><00:43:01.710><c> a</c><00:43:01.989><c> test</c><00:43:02.210><c> for</c><00:43:02.449><c> value</c><00:43:02.809><c> and</c><00:43:03.010><c> for</c><00:43:03.250><c> purity.</c>

00:43:04.650 --> 00:43:08.090
We<00:43:04.909><c> have</c><00:43:05.190><c> value</c><00:43:05.590><c> in</c><00:43:05.829><c> God's</c><00:43:06.309><c> sight,</c><00:43:06.429><c> my</c><00:43:06.550><c> dear</c><00:43:06.710><c> brethren</c><00:43:07.010><c> and</c><00:43:07.309><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:09.070 --> 00:43:12.369
He's<00:43:09.710><c> trying</c><00:43:10.030><c> our</c><00:43:10.429><c> hearts</c><00:43:10.630><c> all</c><00:43:10.949><c> the</c><00:43:11.230><c> time.</c>

00:43:12.710 --> 00:43:16.670
And<00:43:12.989><c> so</c><00:43:13.269><c> we're</c><00:43:13.670><c> put</c><00:43:13.869><c> in</c><00:43:14.250><c> trust</c><00:43:14.889><c> with</c><00:43:15.510><c> the</c><00:43:15.750><c> gospel.</c>

00:43:16.750 --> 00:43:18.489
That's<00:43:17.010><c> a</c><00:43:17.090><c> wonderful</c><00:43:17.429><c> expression.</c>

00:43:18.889 --> 00:43:21.190
I<00:43:19.369><c> think</c><00:43:19.530><c> that's</c><00:43:19.769><c> a</c><00:43:19.849><c> great</c><00:43:20.050><c> way</c><00:43:20.230><c> to</c><00:43:20.309><c> look</c><00:43:20.510><c> at</c><00:43:20.670><c> the</c><00:43:20.809><c> things</c><00:43:20.989><c> that</c>

00:43:21.190 --> 00:43:22.329
we<00:43:21.530><c> understand,</c>

00:43:22.329 --> 00:43:25.510
that<00:43:22.550><c> God</c><00:43:22.829><c> has</c><00:43:23.070><c> put</c><00:43:23.230><c> them</c><00:43:23.389><c> into</c><00:43:23.670><c> our</c><00:43:24.530><c> trust.</c>

00:43:25.570 --> 00:43:30.230
This<00:43:25.909><c> precious</c><00:43:26.309><c> gospel</c><00:43:26.730><c> has</c><00:43:26.969><c> been</c><00:43:27.550><c> entrusted</c><00:43:28.329><c> to</c><00:43:28.570><c> us,</c><00:43:28.809><c> we</c><00:43:28.949><c> might</c><00:43:29.190><c> say,</c><00:43:30.110><c> as</c>

00:43:30.230 --> 00:43:31.849
it<00:43:30.369><c> was</c><00:43:30.530><c> to</c><00:43:30.809><c> Paul.</c>

00:43:33.429 --> 00:43:35.449
And<00:43:33.889><c> what</c><00:43:34.030><c> do</c><00:43:34.130><c> we</c><00:43:34.210><c> do</c><00:43:34.349><c> with</c><00:43:34.530><c> it?</c>

00:43:36.170 --> 00:43:40.610
Always<00:43:36.570><c> there's</c><00:43:36.789><c> a</c><00:43:36.989><c> question</c><00:43:37.269><c> that</c><00:43:37.510><c> follows</c><00:43:37.829><c> on</c><00:43:38.110><c> the</c><00:43:38.789><c> example,</c><00:43:39.250><c> isn't</c><00:43:39.570><c> there?</c>

00:43:41.010 --> 00:43:46.750
What<00:43:41.610><c> do</c><00:43:41.909><c> we</c><00:43:41.909><c> do</c><00:43:42.110><c> with</c><00:43:42.289><c> that</c><00:43:42.730><c> which</c><00:43:43.030><c> God</c><00:43:43.349><c> has</c><00:43:43.650><c> put</c><00:43:44.130><c> in</c><00:43:44.849><c> our</c><00:43:45.230><c> trust</c><00:43:45.869><c> that</c>

00:43:46.750 --> 00:43:48.610
is<00:43:46.889><c> such</c><00:43:47.030><c> a</c><00:43:47.269><c> precious</c><00:43:47.530><c> thing?</c>

00:43:50.329 --> 00:43:52.429
Well,<00:43:50.570><c> of</c><00:43:50.670><c> course,</c><00:43:50.769><c> there's</c><00:43:50.909><c> only</c><00:43:51.130><c> one</c><00:43:51.369><c> thing</c><00:43:51.469><c> that's</c><00:43:51.849><c> proper,</c><00:43:52.269><c> isn't</c>

00:43:52.429 --> 00:43:54.150
there,<00:43:52.869><c> brethren</c><00:43:53.090><c> and</c><00:43:53.269><c> sisters?</c>

00:43:54.389 --> 00:43:57.230
And<00:43:54.769><c> Paul</c><00:43:55.070><c> sees</c><00:43:55.369><c> it</c><00:43:55.730><c> very</c><00:43:56.190><c> clearly</c><00:43:56.489><c> as</c><00:43:56.730><c> for</c><00:43:56.849><c> what</c><00:43:56.969><c> it</c><00:43:57.130><c> is.</c>

00:43:57.230 --> 00:44:00.389
It's<00:43:57.489><c> not</c><00:43:57.730><c> pleasing</c><00:43:58.090><c> men.</c><00:43:58.730><c> That's</c><00:43:59.090><c> not</c><00:43:59.250><c> our</c><00:43:59.489><c> goal.</c>

00:44:00.889 --> 00:44:02.849
That's<00:44:01.070><c> got</c><00:44:01.170><c> nothing</c><00:44:01.409><c> to</c><00:44:01.590><c> do</c><00:44:01.690><c> with</c><00:44:01.869><c> it.</c>

00:44:02.989 --> 00:44:06.289
It's<00:44:03.449><c> pleasing</c><00:44:03.929><c> God.</c><00:44:04.849><c> That's</c><00:44:05.190><c> the</c><00:44:05.389><c> key.</c>

00:44:06.849 --> 00:44:10.309
Pleasing<00:44:07.329><c> God,</c><00:44:08.489><c> full</c><00:44:08.650><c> of</c><00:44:08.889><c> appreciation,</c>

00:44:10.630 --> 00:44:13.389
desiring<00:44:11.030><c> to</c><00:44:11.250><c> respond</c><00:44:11.869><c> to</c><00:44:12.050><c> the</c><00:44:12.170><c> love</c><00:44:12.309><c> of</c><00:44:12.530><c> God</c><00:44:12.710><c> with</c><00:44:12.929><c> a</c><00:44:13.070><c> love</c><00:44:13.190><c> of</c>

00:44:13.389 --> 00:44:14.650
our<00:44:13.610><c> own,</c>

00:44:15.369 --> 00:44:17.510
never<00:44:15.610><c> taking</c><00:44:15.909><c> the</c><00:44:16.170><c> truth</c><00:44:16.289><c> for</c><00:44:16.590><c> granted.</c>

00:44:18.630 --> 00:44:20.849
That's<00:44:18.889><c> the</c><00:44:19.030><c> response,</c><00:44:19.650><c> isn't</c><00:44:19.769><c> it?</c>

00:44:21.050 --> 00:44:23.010
Just<00:44:21.269><c> look</c><00:44:21.429><c> over</c><00:44:21.610><c> at</c><00:44:21.829><c> 1</c><00:44:22.030><c> Timothy.</c>

00:44:23.969 --> 00:44:26.650
Same<00:44:24.349><c> kind</c><00:44:24.670><c> of</c><00:44:24.869><c> advice.</c><00:44:25.210><c> We</c><00:44:25.349><c> see</c><00:44:25.550><c> our</c><00:44:25.730><c> brother</c><00:44:25.929><c> Paul</c><00:44:26.269><c> who</c>

00:44:26.650 --> 00:44:27.630
lived<00:44:26.789><c> these</c><00:44:27.210><c> things</c>

00:44:27.630 --> 00:44:30.469
now<00:44:28.250><c> looking</c><00:44:28.510><c> out</c><00:44:28.769><c> to</c><00:44:28.889><c> the</c><00:44:29.070><c> work</c><00:44:29.210><c> of</c><00:44:29.429><c> Timothy</c><00:44:29.849><c> and</c><00:44:30.269><c> saying,</c>

00:44:30.469 --> 00:44:33.409
Timothy,<00:44:31.110><c> you've</c><00:44:31.429><c> got</c><00:44:31.570><c> to</c><00:44:31.710><c> live</c><00:44:31.829><c> these</c><00:44:32.170><c> things</c><00:44:32.510><c> too.</c>

00:44:33.429 --> 00:44:35.829
Here's<00:44:33.869><c> the</c><00:44:34.090><c> example.</c><00:44:34.469><c> You've</c><00:44:34.769><c> got</c><00:44:34.889><c> to</c><00:44:35.150><c> follow</c><00:44:35.329><c> it.</c><00:44:35.489><c> This</c><00:44:35.630><c> is</c>

00:44:35.829 --> 00:44:36.690
the<00:44:35.909><c> way</c><00:44:36.030><c> it</c><00:44:36.230><c> is.</c>

00:44:37.010 --> 00:44:41.570
So<00:44:37.150><c> over</c><00:44:37.309><c> in</c><00:44:37.489><c> 1</c><00:44:37.710><c> Timothy</c><00:44:38.630><c> and</c><00:44:39.530><c> in</c><00:44:39.750><c> the</c><00:44:39.869><c> first</c><00:44:40.090><c> chapter,</c>

00:44:45.289 --> 00:44:47.849
verse<00:44:45.510><c> 11</c><00:44:45.769><c> and</c><00:44:45.929><c> 12,</c>

00:44:48.489 --> 00:44:52.750
and<00:44:48.630><c> you'll</c><00:44:48.809><c> just</c><00:44:48.989><c> listen</c><00:44:49.269><c> to</c><00:44:49.429><c> the</c><00:44:49.630><c> appreciation</c><00:44:50.130><c> of</c><00:44:50.309><c> our</c><00:44:50.469><c> brother</c><00:44:50.630><c> Paul</c><00:44:51.010><c> here,</c><00:44:51.409><c> brethren</c><00:44:51.630><c> and</c><00:44:51.849><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:53.230 --> 00:44:56.710
He<00:44:53.369><c> says,</c><00:44:53.929><c> According</c><00:44:53.949><c> to</c><00:44:54.150><c> the</c><00:44:54.389><c> glorious</c><00:44:54.869><c> gospel</c><00:44:55.409><c> of</c><00:44:55.610><c> the</c><00:44:55.789><c> blessed</c><00:44:56.150><c> God,</c>

00:44:57.110 --> 00:44:59.710
which<00:44:57.269><c> was</c><00:44:57.570><c> committed</c><00:44:57.949><c> to</c><00:44:58.210><c> my</c><00:44:58.530><c> trust,</c>

00:45:00.309 --> 00:45:05.530
and<00:45:00.809><c> I</c><00:45:00.969><c> thank</c><00:45:01.489><c> Christ</c><00:45:01.989><c> Jesus</c><00:45:02.510><c> our</c><00:45:02.849><c> Lord</c><00:45:03.269><c> who</c><00:45:03.769><c> hath</c><00:45:04.110><c> enabled</c><00:45:04.690><c> me,</c>

00:45:05.869 --> 00:45:08.670
for<00:45:05.949><c> that</c><00:45:06.070><c> he</c><00:45:06.309><c> counted</c><00:45:06.610><c> me</c><00:45:07.010><c> faithful</c><00:45:07.389><c> putting</c><00:45:07.710><c> me</c><00:45:07.909><c> into</c><00:45:08.050><c> the</c><00:45:08.289><c> ministry.</c>

00:45:09.070 --> 00:45:11.269
And<00:45:09.250><c> Paul</c><00:45:09.429><c> talks</c><00:45:09.750><c> about</c><00:45:09.929><c> his</c><00:45:10.170><c> background</c><00:45:10.610><c> the</c><00:45:10.829><c> way</c><00:45:10.929><c> it</c><00:45:11.090><c> used</c>

00:45:11.269 --> 00:45:12.369
to<00:45:11.469><c> be.</c>

00:45:12.630 --> 00:45:14.949
You<00:45:12.750><c> see,</c><00:45:12.809><c> he</c><00:45:12.969><c> turned</c><00:45:13.250><c> his</c><00:45:13.469><c> back</c><00:45:13.690><c> on</c><00:45:13.949><c> something</c><00:45:14.230><c> too,</c><00:45:14.530><c> didn't</c><00:45:14.710><c> he?</c>

00:45:15.210 --> 00:45:20.090
He<00:45:15.369><c> was</c><00:45:15.630><c> before</c><00:45:16.769><c> a</c><00:45:17.630><c> blasphemer</c><00:45:18.250><c> and</c><00:45:18.510><c> injurious</c><00:45:19.070><c> and</c><00:45:19.250><c> all</c><00:45:19.510><c> these</c><00:45:19.750><c> things</c><00:45:19.969><c> that</c>

00:45:20.090 --> 00:45:20.849
he<00:45:20.289><c> speaks</c><00:45:20.489><c> about.</c>

00:45:21.050 --> 00:45:24.849
And<00:45:21.210><c> he's</c><00:45:21.389><c> not</c><00:45:21.769><c> hesitant</c><00:45:22.110><c> to</c><00:45:22.369><c> bring</c><00:45:22.489><c> these</c><00:45:22.789><c> things</c><00:45:22.929><c> up</c><00:45:23.110><c> because</c><00:45:23.349><c> they're</c><00:45:23.530><c> in</c><00:45:23.690><c> the</c><00:45:23.869><c> past.</c>

00:45:25.610 --> 00:45:28.429
God<00:45:25.929><c> be</c><00:45:26.329><c> thanked</c><00:45:26.489><c> that</c><00:45:26.690><c> you</c><00:45:27.050><c> were</c><00:45:27.269><c> the</c><00:45:27.570><c> servants</c><00:45:27.849><c> of</c><00:45:28.190><c> sin.</c>

00:45:28.429 --> 00:45:31.309
How<00:45:28.889><c> many</c><00:45:29.110><c> times</c><00:45:29.389><c> have</c><00:45:29.510><c> you</c><00:45:29.630><c> heard</c><00:45:29.809><c> that</c><00:45:30.030><c> when</c><00:45:30.210><c> someone's</c><00:45:30.690><c> baptized</c><00:45:31.130><c> and</c>

00:45:31.309 --> 00:45:33.110
Romans<00:45:31.610><c> 6</c><00:45:31.929><c> is</c><00:45:32.130><c> read?</c>

00:45:33.610 --> 00:45:36.530
May<00:45:33.750><c> I</c><00:45:33.909><c> say</c><00:45:34.010><c> to</c><00:45:34.090><c> you,</c><00:45:34.550><c> my</c><00:45:34.650><c> brethren</c><00:45:34.849><c> and</c><00:45:35.130><c> sisters,</c><00:45:35.409><c> that</c><00:45:35.570><c> I</c><00:45:35.670><c> think</c><00:45:35.869><c> it's</c><00:45:36.349><c> for</c>

00:45:36.530 --> 00:45:38.789
the<00:45:36.670><c> most</c><00:45:36.949><c> times</c><00:45:37.250><c> it's</c><00:45:37.550><c> read</c><00:45:37.769><c> improperly.</c>

00:45:39.170 --> 00:45:41.889
We<00:45:39.429><c> read</c><00:45:39.670><c> it,</c><00:45:40.010><c> God</c><00:45:40.389><c> be</c><00:45:40.730><c> thanked</c><00:45:40.889><c> that</c><00:45:41.030><c> you</c><00:45:41.250><c> were</c><00:45:41.389><c> the</c><00:45:41.670><c> servants</c>

00:45:41.889 --> 00:45:43.070
of<00:45:42.210><c> sin,</c>

00:45:43.170 --> 00:45:45.210
as<00:45:43.329><c> though</c><00:45:43.429><c> that</c><00:45:43.630><c> was</c><00:45:43.809><c> a</c><00:45:43.949><c> good</c><00:45:44.170><c> thing.</c>

00:45:45.670 --> 00:45:48.449
The<00:45:45.949><c> good</c><00:45:46.210><c> thing</c><00:45:46.409><c> is</c><00:45:46.610><c> that</c><00:45:46.730><c> it's</c><00:45:46.929><c> a</c><00:45:47.030><c> thing</c><00:45:47.110><c> of</c><00:45:47.289><c> the</c><00:45:47.530><c> past.</c>

00:45:48.730 --> 00:45:51.329
The<00:45:49.030><c> good</c><00:45:49.269><c> thing</c><00:45:49.449><c> is</c><00:45:49.610><c> that</c><00:45:49.730><c> we've</c><00:45:50.010><c> turned</c><00:45:50.130><c> our</c><00:45:50.349><c> back</c><00:45:50.610><c> on</c><00:45:50.869><c> it.</c>

00:45:51.530 --> 00:45:54.869
God<00:45:51.849><c> be</c><00:45:52.150><c> thanked</c><00:45:52.309><c> that</c><00:45:52.469><c> you</c><00:45:52.789><c> were</c><00:45:53.010><c> the</c><00:45:53.309><c> servants</c><00:45:53.590><c> of</c><00:45:53.929><c> sin,</c>

00:45:55.230 --> 00:45:58.690
but<00:45:55.789><c> you're</c><00:45:56.010><c> not</c><00:45:56.190><c> anymore</c><00:45:56.530><c> because</c><00:45:56.829><c> sin</c><00:45:57.050><c> has</c><00:45:57.250><c> been</c><00:45:57.449><c> dethroned.</c>

00:45:59.070 --> 00:46:01.510
And<00:45:59.210><c> the</c><00:45:59.309><c> King</c><00:45:59.550><c> that</c><00:45:59.809><c> sits</c><00:45:59.949><c> on</c><00:46:00.150><c> the</c><00:46:00.369><c> throne</c><00:46:00.489><c> of</c><00:46:00.630><c> your</c><00:46:00.849><c> life</c><00:46:01.090><c> now</c>

00:46:01.510 --> 00:46:03.829
is<00:46:01.849><c> the</c><00:46:01.969><c> Lord</c><00:46:02.150><c> Jesus</c><00:46:02.610><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:09.730 --> 00:46:12.389
And<00:46:10.289><c> so</c><00:46:10.409><c> back</c><00:46:10.630><c> in</c><00:46:10.769><c> our</c><00:46:10.929><c> second</c><00:46:11.210><c> chapter,</c>

00:46:12.690 --> 00:46:18.190
with<00:46:12.929><c> no</c><00:46:13.250><c> time</c><00:46:13.530><c> remaining</c><00:46:14.030><c> and</c><00:46:15.909><c> lots</c><00:46:16.329><c> of</c><00:46:16.650><c> territory</c><00:46:17.030><c> to</c><00:46:17.309><c> cover,</c>

00:46:19.730 --> 00:46:23.489
well,<00:46:20.170><c> we'll</c><00:46:20.610><c> just</c><00:46:20.610><c> tie</c><00:46:21.030><c> a</c><00:46:21.190><c> few</c><00:46:21.269><c> things</c><00:46:21.550><c> together</c><00:46:21.969><c> here</c><00:46:22.289><c> and</c>

00:46:23.489 --> 00:46:24.309
we'll<00:46:23.789><c> leave</c><00:46:23.929><c> it.</c>

00:46:24.329 --> 00:46:26.369
We'll<00:46:24.590><c> try</c><00:46:24.730><c> to</c><00:46:24.909><c> pick</c><00:46:25.030><c> up</c><00:46:25.210><c> the</c><00:46:25.449><c> threads</c><00:46:25.650><c> and</c><00:46:25.809><c> hope</c><00:46:25.969><c> by</c><00:46:26.190><c> the</c><00:46:26.269><c> end</c>

00:46:26.369 --> 00:46:27.929
of<00:46:26.510><c> the</c><00:46:26.610><c> week</c><00:46:26.750><c> that</c><00:46:26.869><c> we</c><00:46:27.010><c> don't</c><00:46:27.170><c> come</c><00:46:27.329><c> up</c><00:46:27.650><c> short.</c>

00:46:28.150 --> 00:46:32.449
I<00:46:28.329><c> don't</c><00:46:28.449><c> want</c><00:46:28.530><c> to</c><00:46:28.610><c> have</c><00:46:28.730><c> to</c><00:46:28.929><c> send</c><00:46:29.030><c> anybody</c><00:46:29.409><c> a</c><00:46:29.730><c> sequel,</c><00:46:31.909><c> a</c><00:46:32.010><c> next</c>

00:46:32.449 --> 00:46:35.630
lesson<00:46:32.809><c> on</c><00:46:33.210><c> tape</c><00:46:33.389><c> to</c><00:46:33.769><c> be</c><00:46:34.210><c> the</c><00:46:34.469><c> final</c><00:46:34.690><c> lesson.</c>

00:46:36.750 --> 00:46:39.610
So<00:46:37.190><c> we'll</c><00:46:37.630><c> avoid</c><00:46:37.989><c> some</c><00:46:38.230><c> of</c><00:46:38.349><c> the</c><00:46:38.449><c> little</c><00:46:38.630><c> digressions</c><00:46:39.269><c> that</c><00:46:39.429><c> we</c>

00:46:39.610 --> 00:46:42.550
get<00:46:39.730><c> on</c><00:46:39.869><c> from</c><00:46:40.110><c> time</c><00:46:40.269><c> to</c><00:46:40.510><c> time,</c><00:46:41.409><c> Lord</c><00:46:41.570><c> willing,</c><00:46:42.030><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:46:42.550 --> 00:46:46.949
But<00:46:43.590><c> in</c><00:46:43.769><c> verse</c><00:46:44.030><c> five,</c><00:46:44.389><c> we'll</c><00:46:44.449><c> just</c><00:46:44.650><c> use</c><00:46:44.849><c> this</c><00:46:45.110><c> as</c><00:46:45.469><c> our</c><00:46:46.110><c> concluding</c><00:46:46.730><c> thought</c>

00:46:46.949 --> 00:46:48.670
here,<00:46:47.769><c> full</c><00:46:47.949><c> of</c><00:46:48.190><c> excitation.</c>

00:46:48.829 --> 00:46:50.590
I<00:46:48.849><c> suppose</c><00:46:49.110><c> it</c><00:46:49.269><c> really</c><00:46:49.429><c> doesn't</c><00:46:49.650><c> matter</c><00:46:49.909><c> where</c><00:46:50.070><c> we</c><00:46:50.349><c> conclude</c>

00:46:50.590 --> 00:46:51.050
our<00:46:50.889><c> thoughts</c>

00:46:51.050 --> 00:46:53.969
because<00:46:51.289><c> it's</c><00:46:51.530><c> one</c><00:46:51.690><c> excitation</c><00:46:52.210><c> after</c><00:46:52.489><c> another</c><00:46:52.789><c> for</c><00:46:53.050><c> us.</c>

00:46:54.050 --> 00:46:56.090
And<00:46:54.130><c> in</c><00:46:54.289><c> verse</c><00:46:54.530><c> five,</c><00:46:55.389><c> he</c><00:46:55.469><c> says,</c>

00:47:04.550 --> 00:47:07.590
So<00:47:05.070><c> there's</c><00:47:05.590><c> no</c><00:47:05.969><c> flattering</c><00:47:06.449><c> words</c><00:47:06.869><c> for</c><00:47:07.130><c> Paul.</c>

00:47:07.590 --> 00:47:11.190
This<00:47:08.389><c> is</c><00:47:08.570><c> the</c><00:47:08.590><c> only</c><00:47:08.829><c> place,</c><00:47:09.369><c> again,</c><00:47:10.050><c> where</c><00:47:10.210><c> this</c><00:47:10.610><c> particular</c>

00:47:11.190 --> 00:47:13.210
word<00:47:11.409><c> appears</c><00:47:11.829><c> in</c><00:47:11.989><c> the</c><00:47:12.050><c> New</c><00:47:12.250><c> Testament.</c>

00:47:13.670 --> 00:47:16.210
The<00:47:13.809><c> Greek</c><00:47:14.070><c> word</c><00:47:14.349><c> means,</c><00:47:15.170><c> and</c><00:47:15.510><c> you</c><00:47:15.789><c> know,</c><00:47:15.849><c> you</c><00:47:15.849><c> don't</c><00:47:15.989><c> want</c><00:47:16.110><c> to</c>

00:47:16.210 --> 00:47:17.349
be<00:47:16.349><c> like</c><00:47:16.510><c> this,</c><00:47:16.869><c> brethren</c><00:47:16.969><c> and</c><00:47:17.130><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:17.449 --> 00:47:20.489
I've<00:47:17.829><c> heard</c><00:47:17.949><c> people</c><00:47:18.250><c> say</c><00:47:18.469><c> you</c><00:47:18.570><c> get</c><00:47:18.730><c> more</c><00:47:19.050><c> bees</c><00:47:19.230><c> with</c><00:47:19.449><c> honey</c><00:47:19.750><c> than</c><00:47:19.969><c> you</c><00:47:20.329><c> do</c>

00:47:20.489 --> 00:47:21.190
with<00:47:20.710><c> something</c><00:47:20.949><c> else.</c>

00:47:21.269 --> 00:47:23.050
I<00:47:21.349><c> forgot</c><00:47:21.530><c> what</c><00:47:21.650><c> the</c><00:47:21.789><c> other</c><00:47:21.969><c> thing</c><00:47:22.150><c> is.</c>

00:47:23.650 --> 00:47:26.070
What<00:47:23.750><c> was</c><00:47:23.949><c> vinegar?</c><00:47:24.389><c> That's</c><00:47:24.630><c> what</c><00:47:24.710><c> it</c><00:47:24.789><c> was.</c><00:47:24.849><c> Thank</c><00:47:25.090><c> you.</c>

00:47:28.050 --> 00:47:29.650
But<00:47:28.489><c> we</c><00:47:28.590><c> don't</c><00:47:28.730><c> want</c><00:47:28.809><c> to</c><00:47:28.909><c> be</c><00:47:29.210><c> flatterers.</c>

00:47:29.730 --> 00:47:32.130
We're<00:47:29.809><c> not</c><00:47:30.030><c> trying</c><00:47:30.250><c> to,</c><00:47:30.469><c> as</c><00:47:30.650><c> they</c><00:47:30.869><c> say,</c><00:47:31.309><c> butter</c><00:47:31.469><c> people</c><00:47:31.849><c> up.</c>

00:47:32.269 --> 00:47:33.590
That's<00:47:32.530><c> not</c><00:47:32.690><c> the</c><00:47:32.869><c> idea</c><00:47:33.190><c> in</c><00:47:33.409><c> this.</c>

00:47:33.710 --> 00:47:35.429
And<00:47:33.889><c> Paul</c><00:47:34.150><c> certainly</c><00:47:34.590><c> wouldn't</c><00:47:34.809><c> do</c><00:47:35.030><c> this.</c>

00:47:35.429 --> 00:47:39.889
If<00:47:36.150><c> there</c><00:47:36.349><c> ever</c><00:47:36.570><c> was</c><00:47:36.769><c> a</c><00:47:36.809><c> man</c><00:47:37.110><c> that</c><00:47:37.429><c> called</c><00:47:37.690><c> things</c><00:47:37.989><c> the</c><00:47:38.130><c> way</c><00:47:38.269><c> they</c><00:47:38.530><c> were,</c><00:47:38.750><c> he</c><00:47:38.969><c> did.</c>

00:47:40.070 --> 00:47:41.849
So<00:47:40.230><c> there's</c><00:47:40.550><c> no</c><00:47:40.869><c> flattery</c><00:47:41.349><c> with</c><00:47:41.550><c> Paul.</c>

00:47:42.190 --> 00:47:44.409
It's<00:47:42.429><c> a</c><00:47:42.510><c> word</c><00:47:42.610><c> that</c><00:47:42.789><c> means</c><00:47:43.150><c> a</c><00:47:43.730><c> fawner.</c>

00:47:44.769 --> 00:47:46.730
Isn't<00:47:44.949><c> that</c><00:47:45.150><c> an</c><00:47:45.409><c> awful</c><00:47:45.650><c> word,</c><00:47:46.170><c> brethren</c><00:47:46.309><c> and</c><00:47:46.510><c> sisters?</c>

00:47:46.789 --> 00:47:50.309
A<00:47:47.150><c> fawner,</c><00:47:47.789><c> someone</c><00:47:48.050><c> who</c><00:47:48.889><c> fawns</c><00:47:49.429><c> on</c><00:47:49.610><c> another</c><00:47:49.849><c> person.</c>

00:47:50.510 --> 00:47:54.329
The<00:47:50.789><c> example</c><00:47:51.030><c> that's</c><00:47:51.250><c> actually</c><00:47:51.710><c> given</c><00:47:52.190><c> in</c><00:47:53.409><c> the</c><00:47:53.550><c> concordance</c>

00:47:54.329 --> 00:47:57.530
is<00:47:55.030><c> that</c><00:47:55.289><c> of</c><00:47:55.590><c> a</c><00:47:55.829><c> dog</c><00:47:56.210><c> coming</c><00:47:56.510><c> up</c><00:47:56.730><c> to</c><00:47:56.809><c> you</c><00:47:56.909><c> and</c><00:47:56.989><c> kind</c><00:47:57.090><c> of</c><00:47:57.250><c> licking</c>

00:47:57.530 --> 00:47:58.889
your<00:47:57.869><c> hand.</c>

00:47:59.369 --> 00:48:01.030
You<00:47:59.369><c> know,</c><00:47:59.829><c> and</c><00:47:59.889><c> of</c><00:48:00.010><c> course,</c><00:48:00.170><c> you</c><00:48:00.309><c> know,</c><00:48:00.429><c> you</c><00:48:00.429><c> can't</c><00:48:00.610><c> blame</c><00:48:00.809><c> a</c>

00:48:01.030 --> 00:48:01.570
dog<00:48:01.210><c> for</c><00:48:01.449><c> this.</c>

00:48:01.590 --> 00:48:03.489
This<00:48:01.730><c> is</c><00:48:01.869><c> just</c><00:48:02.110><c> the</c><00:48:02.469><c> animal</c><00:48:02.769><c> instinct</c><00:48:03.210><c> here.</c>

00:48:03.489 --> 00:48:06.530
What<00:48:03.809><c> it's</c><00:48:03.969><c> looking</c><00:48:04.309><c> for</c><00:48:04.510><c> is</c><00:48:04.650><c> a</c><00:48:04.909><c> pat</c><00:48:05.050><c> on</c><00:48:05.250><c> the</c><00:48:05.429><c> head.</c>

00:48:07.389 --> 00:48:09.750
We're<00:48:07.510><c> not</c><00:48:07.630><c> going</c><00:48:07.769><c> to</c><00:48:07.969><c> follow</c><00:48:08.070><c> that</c><00:48:08.309><c> example,</c><00:48:09.030><c> are</c><00:48:09.030><c> we?</c>

00:48:09.929 --> 00:48:13.449
We're<00:48:10.050><c> not</c><00:48:10.170><c> going</c><00:48:10.309><c> to</c><00:48:10.449><c> in</c><00:48:10.630><c> essence</c><00:48:10.909><c> follow</c><00:48:11.309><c> the</c><00:48:11.610><c> pattern</c><00:48:11.849><c> of</c><00:48:12.309><c> an</c><00:48:12.550><c> animal</c><00:48:12.949><c> to</c><00:48:13.090><c> get</c><00:48:13.210><c> a</c>

00:48:13.449 --> 00:48:14.369
pat<00:48:13.610><c> on</c><00:48:13.809><c> the</c><00:48:14.010><c> head.</c>

00:48:14.670 --> 00:48:16.309
Paul<00:48:14.909><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:15.130><c> do</c><00:48:15.309><c> it</c><00:48:15.449><c> either.</c>

00:48:16.670 --> 00:48:19.409
A<00:48:17.010><c> cringing</c><00:48:17.389><c> or</c><00:48:17.690><c> a</c><00:48:17.929><c> flattering</c><00:48:18.349><c> manner.</c>

00:48:19.889 --> 00:48:21.690
So<00:48:19.989><c> there</c><00:48:20.090><c> was</c><00:48:20.210><c> to</c><00:48:20.309><c> be</c><00:48:20.409><c> no</c><00:48:20.710><c> flattery.</c>

00:48:21.929 --> 00:48:24.050
Straight<00:48:22.409><c> talk</c><00:48:22.789><c> in</c><00:48:22.989><c> the</c><00:48:23.230><c> truth.</c>

00:48:24.889 --> 00:48:25.889
That's<00:48:25.230><c> the</c><00:48:25.329><c> way</c><00:48:25.429><c> it</c><00:48:25.610><c> is.</c>

00:48:26.190 --> 00:48:27.449
No<00:48:26.409><c> beating</c><00:48:26.690><c> around</c><00:48:26.989><c> the</c><00:48:27.210><c> bush.</c>

00:48:27.869 --> 00:48:31.389
Where<00:48:27.909><c> a</c><00:48:28.150><c> people,</c><00:48:28.849><c> you</c><00:48:28.949><c> know,</c><00:48:29.110><c> all</c><00:48:29.269><c> the</c><00:48:29.409><c> things</c><00:48:29.590><c> I've</c><00:48:30.030><c> said</c><00:48:30.210><c> that</c><00:48:30.969><c> I</c>

00:48:31.389 --> 00:48:32.389
feel<00:48:31.610><c> need</c><00:48:31.869><c> to</c><00:48:32.030><c> be</c><00:48:32.269><c> said,</c>

00:48:32.389 --> 00:48:34.849
there<00:48:32.489><c> were</c><00:48:32.610><c> people</c><00:48:32.909><c> of</c><00:48:33.389><c> straight</c><00:48:33.690><c> talk,</c><00:48:34.170><c> brethren</c><00:48:34.369><c> and</c><00:48:34.530><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:35.190 --> 00:48:36.690
There<00:48:35.329><c> is</c><00:48:35.510><c> no</c><00:48:35.869><c> cloak.</c>

00:48:37.030 --> 00:48:38.670
That's<00:48:37.289><c> the</c><00:48:37.369><c> way</c><00:48:37.469><c> Paul</c><00:48:37.750><c> puts</c><00:48:38.030><c> it</c><00:48:38.170><c> here,</c><00:48:38.309><c> isn't</c><00:48:38.489><c> there?</c>

00:48:38.809 --> 00:48:40.750
No<00:48:39.190><c> cloak</c><00:48:39.510><c> of</c><00:48:39.929><c> covetousness.</c>

00:48:41.170 --> 00:48:43.909
No<00:48:41.489><c> mask,</c><00:48:42.269><c> the</c><00:48:42.570><c> NIV</c><00:48:42.909><c> says.</c>

00:48:44.969 --> 00:48:47.349
This<00:48:45.210><c> is</c><00:48:45.369><c> where</c><00:48:45.429><c> we'll</c><00:48:45.670><c> leave</c><00:48:45.809><c> it,</c><00:48:46.050><c> brethren</c><00:48:46.210><c> and</c><00:48:46.449><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:47.369 --> 00:48:51.550
People<00:48:47.730><c> whose</c><00:48:48.429><c> yes</c><00:48:48.929><c> is</c><00:48:49.210><c> yes</c><00:48:49.489><c> and</c><00:48:49.650><c> whose</c><00:48:49.929><c> no</c><00:48:50.210><c> is</c><00:48:50.510><c> no.</c>

00:48:52.110 --> 00:48:54.269
Straight<00:48:52.570><c> talk</c><00:48:52.889><c> in</c><00:48:53.070><c> the</c><00:48:53.329><c> truth.</c>

00:48:54.750 --> 00:48:56.010
Same<00:48:55.130><c> word</c><00:48:55.469><c> used.</c>

00:48:56.010 --> 00:48:59.409
This<00:48:56.809><c> is</c><00:48:57.070><c> the</c><00:48:57.090><c> example</c><00:48:57.489><c> I'll</c><00:48:57.750><c> leave</c><00:48:57.929><c> with</c><00:48:58.090><c> you</c><00:48:58.250><c> back</c><00:48:58.510><c> in</c><00:48:58.750><c> John</c>

00:48:59.409 --> 00:49:02.409
15<00:49:00.429><c> and</c><00:49:00.949><c> verse</c><00:49:01.210><c> 22.</c>

00:49:03.050 --> 00:49:06.510
The<00:49:03.389><c> leaders</c><00:49:03.710><c> of</c><00:49:03.929><c> the</c><00:49:04.150><c> day</c><00:49:04.369><c> that</c><00:49:04.610><c> came</c><00:49:04.769><c> to</c><00:49:04.949><c> the</c><00:49:05.050><c> Lord</c><00:49:05.269><c> Jesus.</c>

00:49:07.409 --> 00:49:10.190
And<00:49:07.409><c> they</c><00:49:07.969><c> claim</c><00:49:08.349><c> now</c><00:49:08.690><c> that</c><00:49:08.949><c> they</c><00:49:09.710><c> see.</c>

00:49:10.329 --> 00:49:13.269
He<00:49:10.329><c> says,</c><00:49:11.090><c> now</c><00:49:11.369><c> they</c><00:49:11.610><c> say,</c><00:49:12.030><c> we</c><00:49:12.150><c> see.</c>

00:49:13.949 --> 00:49:18.070
He<00:49:14.090><c> says,</c><00:49:14.230><c> if</c><00:49:14.369><c> I</c><00:49:14.530><c> hadn't</c><00:49:14.750><c> come</c><00:49:15.150><c> and</c><00:49:16.030><c> preached</c><00:49:16.590><c> to</c><00:49:16.909><c> them,</c><00:49:17.889><c> they</c>

00:49:18.070 --> 00:49:19.789
would<00:49:18.230><c> have</c><00:49:18.349><c> had</c><00:49:18.489><c> no</c><00:49:18.889><c> sin.</c>

00:49:21.170 --> 00:49:25.150
But<00:49:21.530><c> now</c><00:49:21.829><c> they</c><00:49:21.989><c> have</c><00:49:22.130><c> no</c><00:49:22.590><c> cloak</c><00:49:22.849><c> for</c><00:49:24.010><c> their</c><00:49:24.309><c> sin,</c><00:49:24.550><c> he</c><00:49:24.750><c> says.</c>

00:49:25.150 --> 00:49:27.349
John<00:49:25.610><c> 15,</c><00:49:26.090><c> 22.</c>

00:49:28.050 --> 00:49:30.349
Now<00:49:28.349><c> they</c><00:49:28.489><c> have</c><00:49:28.670><c> no</c><00:49:28.949><c> cloak</c><00:49:29.130><c> for</c><00:49:29.329><c> their</c><00:49:29.590><c> sin.</c>

00:49:31.050 --> 00:49:33.230
And<00:49:31.309><c> we'll</c><00:49:31.469><c> leave</c><00:49:31.550><c> it</c><00:49:31.710><c> on</c><00:49:31.829><c> that</c><00:49:32.050><c> note,</c><00:49:32.409><c> brethren</c><00:49:32.510><c> and</c><00:49:32.730><c> sisters,</c><00:49:32.969><c> because</c>

00:49:33.230 --> 00:49:34.989
this<00:49:33.429><c> is</c><00:49:33.550><c> where</c><00:49:33.690><c> we</c><00:49:34.030><c> stand.</c>

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He's<00:49:35.909><c> come</c><00:49:36.130><c> and</c><00:49:36.309><c> he's</c><00:49:36.630><c> preached</c><00:49:36.869><c> to</c><00:49:37.190><c> us</c><00:49:37.690><c> and</c><00:49:37.969><c> we</c><00:49:38.250><c> say,</c><00:49:38.909><c> we</c><00:49:39.190><c> see.</c>

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The<00:49:41.369><c> cloak</c><00:49:41.530><c> has</c><00:49:41.690><c> been</c><00:49:41.929><c> removed.</c>

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We<00:49:43.630><c> have</c><00:49:44.210><c> only</c><00:49:44.630><c> the</c><00:49:45.010><c> covering</c><00:49:45.289><c> that's</c><00:49:45.510><c> been</c><00:49:45.750><c> provided</c><00:49:46.130><c> by</c><00:49:46.530><c> God</c>

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for<00:49:48.409><c> our</c><00:49:48.690><c> sin,</c>

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which<00:49:49.989><c> is</c><00:49:50.190><c> the</c><00:49:50.349><c> righteousness</c><00:49:50.670><c> of</c><00:49:50.929><c> the</c><00:49:51.030><c> Lord</c><00:49:51.210><c> Jesus</c><00:49:51.630><c> Christ.</c>