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perfectly.<00:12:07.500><c> So</c><00:12:07.740><c> here</c><00:12:07.899><c> is</c><00:12:08.019><c> a</c><00:12:08.179><c> brother</c><00:12:08.320><c> who</c><00:12:08.460><c> is</c><00:12:08.620><c> very</c><00:12:09.039><c> eloquent</c>

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another.<00:17:22.299><c> And</c><00:17:22.500><c> Paul</c><00:17:22.700><c> found</c><00:17:23.019><c> great</c><00:17:23.440><c> joy</c>

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Ecclesia.<00:17:40.380><c> So</c><00:17:40.640><c> he</c><00:17:40.779><c> says</c><00:17:40.960><c> here's</c><00:17:41.220><c> the</c><00:17:41.519><c> importance</c><00:17:41.779><c> of</c><00:17:42.000><c> working</c>

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hands<00:17:50.839><c> as</c><00:17:51.420><c> we</c><00:17:51.700><c> commanded</c><00:17:52.119><c> you.</c><00:17:53.660><c> Again</c><00:17:53.980><c> when</c><00:17:54.119><c> he</c><00:17:54.259><c> wrote</c><00:17:54.420><c> to</c><00:17:54.599><c> the</c>

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our<00:18:06.099><c> hands,</c><00:18:07.039><c> being</c><00:18:07.339><c> reviled,</c><00:18:07.980><c> we're</c><00:18:08.359><c> blessed,</c>

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being<00:18:08.799><c> persecuted,</c><00:18:09.339><c> we</c><00:18:09.539><c> suffer.</c><00:18:11.400><c> There</c><00:18:11.599><c> is</c><00:18:11.740><c> a</c><00:18:11.920><c> need</c><00:18:12.319><c> for</c><00:18:13.180><c> practical</c><00:18:13.640><c> work</c>

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Apostle<00:18:15.400><c> Paul</c><00:18:15.640><c> applied</c><00:18:16.039><c> it</c><00:18:16.220><c> in</c><00:18:16.259><c> his</c><00:18:16.480><c> daily</c><00:18:16.740><c> life</c><00:18:17.099><c> and</c><00:18:17.539><c> he</c><00:18:17.759><c> supported</c><00:18:18.000><c> the</c>

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as<00:18:19.140><c> well</c><00:18:19.240><c> as</c><00:18:19.339><c> he</c><00:18:19.579><c> says</c><00:18:19.700><c> in</c><00:18:19.880><c> Thessalonians.</c><00:18:20.779><c> You</c><00:18:20.960><c> remember</c><00:18:21.400><c> brethren</c><00:18:21.779><c> our</c>

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Paul,<00:18:30.500><c> not</c><00:18:30.680><c> only</c><00:18:30.920><c> did</c><00:18:31.059><c> he</c><00:18:31.279><c> provide</c><00:18:31.680><c> the</c><00:18:32.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:18:32.440><c> with</c><00:18:32.740><c> spiritual</c><00:18:33.259><c> exhortation</c><00:18:33.960><c> and</c><00:18:34.140><c> encouragement</c>

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haven't<00:18:54.839><c> got</c><00:18:55.019><c> the</c><00:18:55.299><c> power</c>

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lifting<00:23:05.859><c> off.</c><00:23:06.259><c> He's</c><00:23:06.279><c> been</c><00:23:06.900><c> actively</c><00:23:07.380><c> involved</c><00:23:08.000><c> in</c>

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forth<00:23:36.900><c> that</c><00:23:37.099><c> Jesus</c><00:23:37.500><c> is</c><00:23:37.740><c> the</c><00:23:38.000><c> Christ</c><00:23:38.400><c> and</c><00:23:38.779><c> that</c><00:23:39.039><c> depression</c><00:23:39.400><c> is</c>

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am<00:32:53.930><c> with</c><00:32:54.230><c> you.</c><00:32:56.049><c> A</c><00:32:56.309><c> message</c><00:32:56.609><c> of</c><00:32:56.950><c> divine</c>

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fidelity<00:32:57.890><c> in</c><00:32:58.109><c> the</c><00:32:58.250><c> midst</c><00:32:58.470><c> of</c><00:32:58.849><c> human</c><00:32:59.289><c> uncertainty</c><00:33:00.130><c> and</c><00:33:00.710><c> the</c><00:33:01.009><c> power</c><00:33:01.450><c> of</c>

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that<00:33:02.029><c> message</c><00:33:02.390><c> lasted</c><00:33:02.849><c> for</c><00:33:03.250><c> one</c><00:33:03.450><c> and</c><00:33:03.650><c> a</c>

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half<00:33:04.009><c> years</c><00:33:04.390><c> says</c><00:33:04.609><c> verse</c><00:33:04.950><c> 11.</c><00:33:06.529><c> He</c><00:33:06.769><c> continued</c><00:33:07.289><c> there</c><00:33:07.589><c> for</c><00:33:07.890><c> a</c><00:33:08.230><c> year</c><00:33:08.509><c> and</c><00:33:08.910><c> six</c><00:33:09.190><c> months.</c><00:33:09.549><c> There's</c><00:33:09.829><c> the</c><00:33:10.109><c> strength</c><00:33:10.289><c> of</c>

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that<00:33:10.650><c> message.</c><00:33:13.309><c> Paul</c><00:33:13.549><c> continued</c><00:33:14.089><c> with</c><00:33:14.410><c> powerful</c><00:33:14.910><c> preaching</c>

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for<00:33:15.650><c> a</c><00:33:15.869><c> year</c><00:33:16.190><c> and</c><00:33:16.549><c> a</c><00:33:16.769><c> half.</c><00:33:17.690><c> I</c><00:33:17.910><c> hope</c><00:33:18.029><c> brothers</c><00:33:18.269><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:33:18.690><c> that</c><00:33:18.890><c> the</c><00:33:19.069><c> words</c><00:33:19.230><c> that</c><00:33:19.410><c> our</c><00:33:19.630><c> other</c><00:33:20.069><c> study</c><00:33:20.309><c> leaders</c>

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brother<00:33:21.210><c> Peter,</c><00:33:21.569><c> brother</c><00:33:21.809><c> Harry</c><00:33:22.230><c> will</c><00:33:22.710><c> continue</c>

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with<00:33:23.369><c> you</c><00:33:23.569><c> for</c><00:33:23.789><c> a</c><00:33:23.930><c> year</c><00:33:24.029><c> and</c><00:33:24.170><c> a</c><00:33:24.210><c> half</c><00:33:24.430><c> as</c><00:33:24.710><c> well</c><00:33:24.809><c> and</c><00:33:24.910><c> will</c><00:33:25.150><c> give</c>

00:33:25.289 --> 00:33:27.789
you<00:33:25.630><c> the</c><00:33:25.890><c> strength</c><00:33:26.190><c> and</c><00:33:26.430><c> the</c><00:33:26.750><c> support</c>

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as<00:33:28.289><c> together</c><00:33:28.609><c> we</c><00:33:28.849><c> walk</c><00:33:29.069><c> toward</c><00:33:29.430><c> the</c><00:33:29.690><c> kingdom.</c>

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It<00:33:32.589><c> was</c><00:33:32.730><c> a</c><00:33:32.869><c> message</c><00:33:33.069><c> that</c><00:33:33.309><c> never</c><00:33:33.589><c> ever</c><00:33:33.950><c> left</c><00:33:34.430><c> the</c><00:33:35.289><c> Apostle</c><00:33:35.930><c> Paul</c><00:33:36.150><c> this</c><00:33:36.390><c> aspect</c><00:33:36.849><c> of</c>

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tent<00:33:37.410><c> making.</c><00:33:37.789><c> We</c><00:33:37.990><c> know</c>

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here<00:33:39.210><c> is</c><00:33:39.410><c> the</c><00:33:39.630><c> initiating</c><00:33:40.109><c> process.</c><00:33:40.589><c> I'd</c><00:33:40.809><c> like</c><00:33:40.849><c> you</c><00:33:40.970><c> to</c><00:33:41.109><c> come</c>

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across<00:33:41.549><c> to</c><00:33:41.809><c> 2nd</c><00:33:42.029><c> of</c><00:33:42.130><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:42.549><c> 4</c><00:33:43.509><c> and</c><00:33:43.730><c> verse</c><00:33:44.049><c> 8</c>

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and<00:33:44.529><c> 9</c><00:33:44.789><c> where</c><00:33:45.029><c> he</c><00:33:45.329><c> directs</c><00:33:46.170><c> comments</c><00:33:46.470><c> to</c><00:33:46.769><c> the</c><00:33:46.950><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:47.289><c> and</c><00:33:47.529><c> he</c>

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again<00:33:48.450><c> uses</c><00:33:49.009><c> the</c><00:33:49.390><c> phraseology</c><00:33:50.029><c> of</c><00:33:50.390><c> a</c><00:33:50.730><c> tent</c><00:33:50.990><c> maker.</c>

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2nd<00:33:54.890><c> of</c><00:33:54.990><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:55.289><c> 4</c><00:33:56.170><c> and</c><00:33:56.950><c> verses</c><00:33:57.309><c> 8</c><00:33:57.809><c> and</c><00:33:57.970><c> 9.</c>

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He<00:34:00.829><c> says</c><00:34:01.009><c> we're</c><00:34:01.250><c> troubled</c><00:34:01.490><c> on</c><00:34:01.710><c> every</c><00:34:02.009><c> side</c><00:34:02.369><c> but</c><00:34:02.490><c> we're</c><00:34:02.670><c> not</c><00:34:02.849><c> distressed.</c><00:34:03.470><c> We</c>

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are<00:34:03.730><c> often</c><00:34:04.009><c> perplexed</c><00:34:04.589><c> but</c><00:34:04.690><c> not</c>

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in<00:34:05.190><c> total</c><00:34:05.509><c> despair,</c><00:34:06.549><c> persecuted</c><00:34:07.109><c> but</c><00:34:08.230><c> not</c><00:34:08.469><c> forsaken,</c><00:34:09.969><c> cast</c>

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down<00:34:10.469><c> but</c><00:34:10.769><c> not</c><00:34:11.050><c> destroyed.</c><00:34:11.510><c> And</c><00:34:11.750><c> the</c><00:34:11.949><c> reason</c><00:34:12.289><c> he</c>

00:34:12.510 --> 00:34:16.389
says<00:34:12.789><c> is</c><00:34:12.989><c> in</c><00:34:13.130><c> verse</c><00:34:13.449><c> 18</c><00:34:14.130><c> because</c><00:34:15.170><c> we</c><00:34:15.409><c> look</c><00:34:15.570><c> not</c><00:34:15.750><c> at</c><00:34:15.929><c> the</c><00:34:16.130><c> things</c>

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which<00:34:16.690><c> are</c><00:34:16.989><c> seen</c><00:34:17.349><c> but</c><00:34:17.869><c> the</c><00:34:18.130><c> things</c><00:34:18.329><c> which</c><00:34:18.570><c> are</c>

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not<00:34:19.590><c> seen.</c><00:34:20.429><c> For</c><00:34:20.650><c> the</c><00:34:20.829><c> things</c><00:34:21.030><c> which</c><00:34:21.230><c> are</c><00:34:21.429><c> seen</c><00:34:21.590><c> are</c><00:34:21.869><c> temporal,</c>

00:34:23.070 --> 00:34:25.130
the<00:34:23.309><c> things</c><00:34:23.570><c> which</c><00:34:23.769><c> are</c><00:34:23.969><c> not</c><00:34:24.269><c> seen</c><00:34:24.570><c> are</c>

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eternal.<00:34:26.409><c> And</c><00:34:26.630><c> then</c><00:34:26.809><c> he</c><00:34:26.969><c> uses</c><00:34:27.250><c> this</c><00:34:27.590><c> important</c><00:34:27.989><c> figure</c><00:34:28.329><c> in</c><00:34:28.590><c> verse</c><00:34:28.889><c> 5.</c>

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Here's<00:34:29.590><c> the</c><00:34:29.829><c> link</c><00:34:30.090><c> in.</c><00:34:31.369><c> He</c><00:34:31.409><c> says</c><00:34:31.630><c> for</c><00:34:31.909><c> we</c><00:34:32.269><c> know</c>

00:34:32.590 --> 00:34:39.750
that<00:34:32.889><c> if</c><00:34:34.010><c> the</c><00:34:34.690><c> tent</c><00:34:35.150><c> of</c><00:34:35.889><c> our</c><00:34:36.710><c> earthly</c><00:34:37.110><c> dwelling</c><00:34:37.750><c> be</c><00:34:38.090><c> taken</c><00:34:38.449><c> down</c><00:34:39.010><c> we</c>

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have<00:34:39.989><c> a</c><00:34:40.190><c> building</c><00:34:40.429><c> from</c><00:34:40.769><c> God,</c><00:34:41.070><c> a</c><00:34:41.130><c> house</c>

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not<00:34:43.130><c> made</c><00:34:43.630><c> with</c><00:34:44.090><c> hands.</c><00:34:44.389><c> And</c><00:34:44.570><c> there</c><00:34:44.690><c> is</c><00:34:44.829><c> the</c><00:34:45.050><c> contrast</c><00:34:45.429><c> to</c><00:34:45.610><c> his</c>

00:34:45.809 --> 00:34:47.349
own<00:34:46.070><c> work</c><00:34:46.309><c> he</c><00:34:46.530><c> says.</c>

00:34:48.449 --> 00:34:53.309
We<00:34:48.670><c> know</c><00:34:48.889><c> that</c><00:34:49.010><c> if</c><00:34:49.170><c> the</c><00:34:49.550><c> tent</c><00:34:49.710><c> of</c><00:34:49.949><c> our</c><00:34:50.590><c> earthly</c><00:34:50.909><c> dwelling</c><00:34:51.289><c> be</c><00:34:51.570><c> taken</c><00:34:51.889><c> down</c><00:34:52.309><c> we</c><00:34:52.849><c> have</c><00:34:53.070><c> a</c>

00:34:53.309 --> 00:34:54.590
building<00:34:53.590><c> constructed</c><00:34:54.210><c> by</c>

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God,<00:34:55.269><c> a</c><00:34:55.510><c> house</c><00:34:55.769><c> he</c><00:34:55.949><c> says</c><00:34:56.150><c> not</c><00:34:56.489><c> made</c><00:34:56.829><c> with</c><00:34:57.289><c> human</c><00:34:57.929><c> hands.</c><00:34:59.889><c> And</c>

00:35:00.170 --> 00:35:02.730
in<00:35:00.329><c> the</c><00:35:00.489><c> pressures</c><00:35:00.730><c> that</c><00:35:01.690><c> he</c><00:35:02.070><c> laboured</c><00:35:02.309><c> under</c><00:35:02.590><c> in</c>

00:35:02.730 --> 00:35:05.829
the<00:35:02.909><c> daily</c><00:35:03.110><c> occupation</c><00:35:03.690><c> he</c><00:35:03.929><c> would</c><00:35:04.130><c> be</c><00:35:04.349><c> reminded</c><00:35:04.710><c> of</c><00:35:04.889><c> the</c><00:35:05.050><c> temporary</c><00:35:05.309><c> nature</c><00:35:05.610><c> of</c>

00:35:05.829 --> 00:35:07.809
the<00:35:06.010><c> work</c><00:35:06.150><c> that</c><00:35:06.369><c> he</c><00:35:06.489><c> was</c><00:35:06.710><c> doing.</c>

00:35:08.570 --> 00:35:14.889
Overshadowed<00:35:09.090><c> by</c><00:35:09.289><c> the</c><00:35:09.469><c> powerful</c><00:35:09.989><c> work</c><00:35:10.329><c> of</c><00:35:10.690><c> God</c><00:35:11.070><c> in</c><00:35:11.730><c> individuals.</c><00:35:13.409><c> And</c><00:35:13.570><c> we</c><00:35:13.670><c> can</c><00:35:13.849><c> imagine</c><00:35:14.130><c> him</c><00:35:14.349><c> there</c><00:35:14.530><c> in</c>

00:35:14.889 --> 00:35:17.949
Corinth<00:35:14.969><c> as</c><00:35:15.170><c> he's</c><00:35:15.550><c> sewing</c><00:35:15.670><c> together</c><00:35:16.110><c> the</c><00:35:16.349><c> black</c><00:35:16.909><c> goat</c><00:35:17.309><c> skins,</c>

00:35:18.369 --> 00:35:20.010
putting<00:35:18.570><c> them</c><00:35:18.730><c> all</c><00:35:18.869><c> together</c><00:35:19.130><c> to</c><00:35:19.369><c> construct</c><00:35:19.750><c> the</c>

00:35:20.010 --> 00:35:24.150
tent.<00:35:20.809><c> He</c><00:35:20.869><c> has</c><00:35:20.989><c> a</c><00:35:21.130><c> glance</c><00:35:21.389><c> around</c><00:35:21.710><c> and</c><00:35:21.869><c> he</c><00:35:22.030><c> sees</c><00:35:22.190><c> all</c><00:35:22.449><c> the</c><00:35:22.670><c> buildings</c><00:35:23.090><c> of</c>

00:35:24.150 --> 00:35:25.469
Corinth<00:35:24.369><c> and</c><00:35:24.489><c> he</c><00:35:24.650><c> thinks</c><00:35:24.769><c> of</c><00:35:24.929><c> the</c><00:35:25.150><c> frailty</c>

00:35:25.469 --> 00:35:29.849
of<00:35:25.670><c> this</c><00:35:25.949><c> tent</c><00:35:26.309><c> in</c><00:35:27.869><c> contrast</c><00:35:28.309><c> to</c><00:35:28.510><c> the</c><00:35:28.690><c> seeming</c><00:35:29.269><c> permanence</c><00:35:29.690><c> of</c>

00:35:29.849 --> 00:35:32.869
these<00:35:30.130><c> great</c><00:35:30.550><c> buildings</c><00:35:31.090><c> that</c><00:35:31.690><c> the</c><00:35:31.889><c> citizens</c><00:35:32.389><c> of</c>

00:35:32.869 --> 00:35:37.050
Corinth<00:35:33.190><c> inhabited.</c><00:35:34.250><c> And</c><00:35:34.590><c> then</c><00:35:34.829><c> his</c><00:35:35.090><c> mind</c><00:35:35.389><c> would</c><00:35:35.769><c> soar</c><00:35:36.090><c> beyond</c><00:35:36.630><c> those</c>

00:35:37.050 --> 00:35:40.730
buildings<00:35:37.550><c> to</c><00:35:38.750><c> an</c><00:35:38.869><c> even</c><00:35:39.250><c> greater</c><00:35:39.670><c> building,</c>

00:35:41.349 --> 00:35:48.070
the<00:35:41.570><c> temple</c><00:35:41.869><c> of</c><00:35:42.150><c> the</c><00:35:42.369><c> age</c><00:35:42.610><c> to</c><00:35:42.929><c> come</c><00:35:43.210><c> and</c><00:35:43.909><c> the</c><00:35:44.329><c> joy</c><00:35:44.610><c> of</c><00:35:44.929><c> a</c><00:35:45.449><c> permanent</c><00:35:46.070><c> abiding</c><00:35:46.769><c> place</c>

00:35:48.389 --> 00:35:53.110
in<00:35:48.730><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:50.329><c> an</c><00:35:50.510><c> abiding</c><00:35:50.869><c> place</c><00:35:51.269><c> of</c><00:35:51.710><c> eternity.</c><00:35:52.710><c> And</c><00:35:52.949><c> often</c>

00:35:53.110 --> 00:35:54.210
the<00:35:53.289><c> apostle</c><00:35:53.530><c> Paul</c><00:35:53.750><c> would</c><00:35:53.889><c> have</c><00:35:53.989><c> probably</c>

00:35:54.210 --> 00:35:57.070
heard<00:35:54.550><c> stories</c><00:35:54.969><c> of</c><00:35:55.170><c> how</c><00:35:55.590><c> when</c><00:35:55.969><c> people</c><00:35:56.190><c> came</c><00:35:56.489><c> in</c><00:35:56.670><c> with</c><00:35:56.829><c> their</c>

00:35:57.070 --> 00:36:00.010
tents<00:35:57.250><c> for</c><00:35:57.610><c> repairs,</c><00:35:59.590><c> there</c><00:35:59.590><c> would</c><00:35:59.690><c> have</c><00:35:59.809><c> been</c>

00:36:00.010 --> 00:36:03.349
travelers<00:36:00.510><c> who</c><00:36:01.170><c> had</c><00:36:01.329><c> gone</c><00:36:01.329><c> through</c><00:36:01.610><c> remote</c><00:36:02.010><c> areas,</c><00:36:03.309><c> dwelling</c>

00:36:03.349 --> 00:36:04.730
in<00:36:03.650><c> places</c><00:36:03.889><c> where</c><00:36:04.110><c> perhaps</c><00:36:04.389><c> they</c><00:36:04.530><c> couldn't</c>

00:36:04.730 --> 00:36:07.849
get<00:36:04.969><c> into</c><00:36:05.230><c> an</c><00:36:05.409><c> inn</c><00:36:05.550><c> so</c><00:36:05.710><c> they</c><00:36:05.849><c> would</c><00:36:05.949><c> have</c><00:36:06.110><c> to</c><00:36:06.510><c> put</c><00:36:06.690><c> up</c><00:36:06.949><c> a</c><00:36:07.590><c> tent,</c>

00:36:08.329 --> 00:36:11.769
spend<00:36:08.510><c> a</c><00:36:08.710><c> night</c><00:36:08.909><c> there.</c><00:36:10.530><c> Maybe</c><00:36:10.869><c> storms</c><00:36:11.269><c> had</c><00:36:11.510><c> come</c>

00:36:11.769 --> 00:36:14.590
through<00:36:12.070><c> and</c><00:36:12.289><c> lashed</c><00:36:12.550><c> the</c><00:36:12.869><c> tent,</c><00:36:13.769><c> torn</c><00:36:13.769><c> it</c><00:36:14.110><c> and</c><00:36:14.349><c> they</c><00:36:14.469><c> would</c>

00:36:14.590 --> 00:36:17.110
bring<00:36:14.730><c> these</c><00:36:15.030><c> tents</c><00:36:15.230><c> into</c><00:36:15.489><c> the</c><00:36:15.710><c> apostle</c><00:36:16.010><c> Paul</c>

00:36:18.369 --> 00:36:21.889
and<00:36:18.889><c> he</c><00:36:19.050><c> would</c><00:36:19.230><c> be</c><00:36:19.550><c> aware</c><00:36:19.829><c> of</c><00:36:20.010><c> the</c><00:36:20.449><c> elements</c><00:36:20.829><c> that</c><00:36:21.030><c> had</c><00:36:21.289><c> surrounded</c><00:36:21.670><c> that</c>

00:36:21.889 --> 00:36:23.190
and<00:36:22.110><c> he</c><00:36:22.250><c> would</c><00:36:22.409><c> draw</c><00:36:22.590><c> the</c><00:36:22.849><c> parallels</c>

00:36:23.190 --> 00:36:27.710
to<00:36:23.489><c> life</c><00:36:23.650><c> in</c><00:36:23.829><c> the</c><00:36:24.070><c> truth.</c><00:36:25.429><c> And</c><00:36:25.570><c> so</c><00:36:25.690><c> he</c><00:36:25.829><c> says</c><00:36:26.030><c> in</c><00:36:26.230><c> verse</c><00:36:27.130><c> three</c>

00:36:27.710 --> 00:36:30.389
and<00:36:27.909><c> four,</c><00:36:28.969><c> or</c><00:36:29.130><c> verse</c><00:36:29.349><c> two,</c><00:36:29.630><c> this</c><00:36:29.829><c> we</c><00:36:30.110><c> groan</c>

00:36:30.389 --> 00:36:32.710
earnestly<00:36:30.789><c> desiring</c><00:36:31.170><c> to</c><00:36:31.329><c> be</c><00:36:31.570><c> clothed</c><00:36:31.849><c> upon</c><00:36:32.070><c> with</c><00:36:32.250><c> the</c><00:36:32.510><c> house</c>

00:36:32.710 --> 00:36:35.630
from<00:36:32.989><c> heaven,</c><00:36:34.190><c> if</c><00:36:34.449><c> so</c><00:36:34.690><c> that</c><00:36:34.889><c> being</c><00:36:35.130><c> clothed</c><00:36:35.429><c> we</c>

00:36:35.630 --> 00:36:42.030
shall<00:36:35.869><c> not</c><00:36:36.110><c> be</c><00:36:36.369><c> found</c><00:36:36.550><c> naked.</c><00:36:38.489><c> For</c><00:36:38.670><c> we</c><00:36:38.969><c> that</c><00:36:39.130><c> are</c><00:36:39.309><c> in</c><00:36:40.269><c> this</c><00:36:40.750><c> tabernacle,</c><00:36:41.829><c> or</c>

00:36:42.030 --> 00:36:44.650
diaglobe<00:36:42.469><c> says,</c><00:36:43.190><c> those</c><00:36:43.590><c> being</c><00:36:43.929><c> in</c><00:36:44.309><c> the</c>

00:36:44.650 --> 00:36:48.530
tent<00:36:45.010><c> are</c><00:36:45.929><c> groaning</c><00:36:46.650><c> and</c><00:36:47.210><c> depressed.</c><00:36:47.449><c> They</c><00:36:47.670><c> are</c><00:36:48.010><c> aware</c><00:36:48.309><c> of</c>

00:36:48.530 --> 00:36:51.150
the<00:36:48.789><c> elements</c><00:36:49.130><c> around</c><00:36:49.710><c> them</c><00:36:49.949><c> and</c><00:36:50.309><c> they</c><00:36:50.530><c> want</c><00:36:50.750><c> something</c>

00:36:51.150 --> 00:36:54.690
a<00:36:51.449><c> little</c><00:36:51.590><c> bit</c><00:36:51.829><c> more</c><00:36:52.210><c> permanent.</c><00:36:53.969><c> And</c><00:36:54.170><c> how</c><00:36:54.369><c> are</c><00:36:54.570><c> they</c><00:36:54.570><c> going</c>

00:36:54.690 --> 00:36:57.090
to<00:36:54.889><c> achieve</c><00:36:55.130><c> that?</c><00:36:55.329><c> Well</c><00:36:55.449><c> he</c><00:36:55.530><c> says</c><00:36:55.909><c> in</c><00:36:56.309><c> verse</c><00:36:56.610><c> five,</c>

00:36:57.409 --> 00:37:01.429
the<00:36:57.449><c> skill</c><00:36:57.710><c> of</c><00:36:57.889><c> the</c><00:36:58.070><c> great</c><00:36:58.329><c> tent</c><00:36:58.610><c> maker.</c><00:37:00.429><c> Now</c><00:37:00.590><c> he</c><00:37:00.929><c> that</c><00:37:01.210><c> hath</c>

00:37:01.429 --> 00:37:05.150
wrought<00:37:01.650><c> us</c><00:37:02.110><c> for</c><00:37:02.489><c> the</c><00:37:02.750><c> self</c><00:37:03.050><c> same</c><00:37:03.349><c> thing</c><00:37:03.849><c> is</c><00:37:04.650><c> God</c>

00:37:05.150 --> 00:37:11.409
who<00:37:05.610><c> has</c><00:37:05.909><c> given</c><00:37:06.050><c> us</c><00:37:06.570><c> the</c><00:37:06.969><c> earnest</c><00:37:07.570><c> of</c><00:37:08.630><c> the</c><00:37:08.969><c> spirit.</c><00:37:11.130><c> There's</c>

00:37:11.409 --> 00:37:14.369
the<00:37:11.590><c> work</c><00:37:11.750><c> of</c><00:37:11.989><c> God.</c><00:37:12.650><c> He</c><00:37:12.949><c> that</c><00:37:13.250><c> hath</c><00:37:13.570><c> wrought</c>

00:37:16.949 --> 00:37:20.969
is<00:37:17.510><c> the</c><00:37:17.929><c> great</c><00:37:18.230><c> tent</c><00:37:18.530><c> maker</c><00:37:18.849><c> who</c><00:37:19.130><c> is</c><00:37:19.329><c> God</c><00:37:19.570><c> himself</c><00:37:20.210><c> and</c><00:37:20.730><c> Paul</c>

00:37:20.969 --> 00:37:24.010
acknowledges<00:37:22.349><c> the</c><00:37:22.809><c> work</c><00:37:23.010><c> of</c><00:37:23.309><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:23.650><c> in</c><00:37:23.849><c> the</c>

00:37:24.010 --> 00:37:30.050
construction<00:37:24.469><c> not</c><00:37:24.690><c> of</c><00:37:24.869><c> a</c><00:37:25.090><c> tent</c><00:37:25.389><c> but</c><00:37:26.489><c> an</c><00:37:26.889><c> immortal</c><00:37:27.630><c> abiding</c><00:37:28.250><c> place</c><00:37:28.730><c> with</c><00:37:29.449><c> the</c><00:37:29.630><c> Lord.</c><00:37:29.809><c> And</c><00:37:29.949><c> he</c>

00:37:30.050 --> 00:37:30.949
uses<00:37:30.250><c> those</c><00:37:30.530><c> terms</c><00:37:30.809><c> when</c>

00:37:30.949 --> 00:37:34.210
he<00:37:31.130><c> writes</c><00:37:31.369><c> to</c><00:37:31.769><c> the</c><00:37:31.969><c> Thessalonians</c><00:37:32.510><c> doesn't</c><00:37:32.809><c> he?</c><00:37:33.309><c> He</c><00:37:33.469><c> says</c><00:37:33.610><c> so</c>

00:37:34.210 --> 00:37:37.469
shall<00:37:34.530><c> we</c><00:37:34.769><c> be</c><00:37:35.190><c> ever</c><00:37:35.610><c> with</c><00:37:36.230><c> the</c><00:37:36.389><c> Lord,</c><00:37:36.590><c> not</c><00:37:36.849><c> something</c>

00:37:37.469 --> 00:37:41.170
temporary<00:37:38.070><c> at</c><00:37:38.369><c> all.</c><00:37:39.230><c> And</c><00:37:39.570><c> threaded</c><00:37:39.769><c> through</c><00:37:40.210><c> the</c><00:37:40.889><c> epistles</c>

00:37:41.170 --> 00:37:42.809
which<00:37:41.329><c> we</c><00:37:41.510><c> haven't</c><00:37:41.670><c> got</c><00:37:41.829><c> time</c><00:37:42.030><c> to</c><00:37:42.190><c> go</c><00:37:42.289><c> into</c><00:37:42.429><c> this</c><00:37:42.670><c> morning</c>

00:37:42.809 --> 00:37:47.710
you<00:37:42.869><c> will</c><00:37:43.250><c> find</c><00:37:44.889><c> allusions</c><00:37:45.690><c> to</c><00:37:46.070><c> his</c><00:37:46.369><c> tent</c><00:37:46.630><c> making</c><00:37:47.030><c> skill,</c><00:37:47.510><c> the</c>

00:37:47.710 --> 00:37:50.349
occupation<00:37:48.250><c> that</c><00:37:48.429><c> he</c><00:37:48.510><c> had</c><00:37:48.730><c> and</c><00:37:48.949><c> the</c><00:37:49.269><c> parallels</c><00:37:49.650><c> that</c>

00:37:50.349 --> 00:37:53.230
he<00:37:50.469><c> sees</c><00:37:50.610><c> the</c><00:37:50.889><c> greater</c><00:37:51.170><c> work</c><00:37:51.409><c> of</c><00:37:51.610><c> God</c><00:37:51.789><c> doing.</c><00:37:52.110><c> For</c><00:37:52.170><c> example</c><00:37:52.550><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:52.869><c> 9</c>

00:37:53.230 --> 00:37:57.130
and<00:37:53.389><c> verse</c><00:37:53.610><c> 11</c><00:37:54.110><c> he</c><00:37:54.530><c> says</c><00:37:54.929><c> a</c><00:37:56.050><c> more</c><00:37:56.550><c> perfect</c>

00:37:57.130 --> 00:38:01.130
tabernacle<00:37:57.690><c> not</c><00:37:58.130><c> made</c><00:37:58.510><c> with</c><00:37:58.849><c> hands.</c><00:38:00.070><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:00.269><c> 8</c><00:38:00.570><c> verse</c><00:38:00.789><c> 2</c><00:38:00.989><c> he</c>

00:38:01.130 --> 00:38:03.969
says<00:38:01.289><c> which</c><00:38:01.750><c> the</c><00:38:02.050><c> Lord</c><00:38:02.309><c> has</c><00:38:02.690><c> pitched</c><00:38:03.090><c> and</c><00:38:03.469><c> not</c><00:38:03.690><c> man.</c>

00:38:04.030 --> 00:38:09.269
So<00:38:04.190><c> he</c><00:38:04.730><c> sees</c><00:38:04.969><c> that</c><00:38:05.269><c> greater</c><00:38:05.590><c> work</c><00:38:06.130><c> going</c><00:38:06.590><c> on.</c><00:38:08.769><c> When</c><00:38:08.929><c> we</c><00:38:09.070><c> come</c>

00:38:09.269 --> 00:38:12.849
back<00:38:09.510><c> to</c><00:38:09.710><c> the</c><00:38:09.929><c> book</c><00:38:10.070><c> of</c><00:38:10.250><c> Acts</c><00:38:10.429><c> again</c><00:38:10.889><c> we</c><00:38:11.449><c> notice</c><00:38:11.789><c> that</c>

00:38:13.530 --> 00:38:21.130
with<00:38:14.190><c> Aquila</c><00:38:14.670><c> and</c><00:38:14.929><c> Priscilla</c><00:38:15.250><c> Acts</c><00:38:15.670><c> 18</c><00:38:16.510><c> and</c><00:38:17.190><c> verse</c><00:38:17.530><c> 19</c><00:38:18.530><c> he</c><00:38:20.230><c> takes</c><00:38:20.510><c> Aquila</c><00:38:20.929><c> and</c>

00:38:21.130 --> 00:38:22.349
Priscilla<00:38:21.429><c> with</c><00:38:21.789><c> him</c>

00:38:22.349 --> 00:38:27.449
and<00:38:22.889><c> he</c><00:38:22.989><c> comes</c><00:38:23.250><c> to</c><00:38:23.530><c> Ephesus.</c><00:38:25.849><c> It</c><00:38:26.030><c> says</c><00:38:26.190><c> he</c><00:38:26.369><c> came</c><00:38:26.610><c> to</c><00:38:26.849><c> Ephesus</c>

00:38:27.449 --> 00:38:30.530
and<00:38:28.389><c> he</c><00:38:28.849><c> left</c><00:38:29.230><c> them</c><00:38:29.590><c> there</c><00:38:29.849><c> because</c><00:38:30.050><c> he's</c><00:38:30.250><c> going</c><00:38:30.349><c> to</c>

00:38:30.530 --> 00:38:35.250
proceed<00:38:30.789><c> on</c><00:38:31.010><c> his</c><00:38:31.929><c> voyage</c><00:38:32.309><c> to</c><00:38:33.130><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:38:34.070><c> And</c><00:38:34.329><c> just</c><00:38:34.530><c> think</c><00:38:34.750><c> now</c><00:38:35.090><c> we</c>

00:38:35.250 --> 00:38:41.409
think<00:38:35.409><c> of</c><00:38:35.710><c> Corinth.</c><00:38:36.690><c> Why</c><00:38:37.030><c> would</c><00:38:37.230><c> the</c>

00:38:41.829 --> 00:38:45.409
away<00:38:42.269><c> from</c><00:38:42.570><c> a</c><00:38:42.750><c> young</c><00:38:42.949><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:43.389><c> that</c><00:38:43.610><c> obviously</c><00:38:44.150><c> had</c><00:38:44.510><c> critical</c><00:38:45.030><c> and</c>

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serious<00:38:45.849><c> problems?</c>

00:38:51.030 --> 00:38:55.969
Well<00:38:51.230><c> being</c><00:38:51.429><c> a</c><00:38:51.650><c> tent</c><00:38:51.829><c> maker</c><00:38:52.150><c> I</c><00:38:52.469><c> guess</c><00:38:52.809><c> and</c><00:38:53.190><c> those</c><00:38:53.429><c> of</c><00:38:53.530><c> us</c><00:38:53.670><c> who</c><00:38:53.750><c> have</c><00:38:53.909><c> gone</c><00:38:54.690><c> camping</c><00:38:55.190><c> we</c><00:38:55.389><c> always</c><00:38:55.630><c> take</c><00:38:55.849><c> a</c>

00:38:55.969 --> 00:38:56.449
few<00:38:56.130><c> extra</c>

00:38:56.449 --> 00:38:58.630
tent<00:38:56.730><c> pegs</c><00:38:56.949><c> with</c><00:38:57.110><c> us</c><00:38:57.269><c> because</c><00:38:57.469><c> we</c><00:38:57.610><c> never</c><00:38:57.789><c> know</c><00:38:57.969><c> when</c><00:38:58.110><c> we're</c><00:38:58.289><c> going</c><00:38:58.469><c> to</c>

00:38:58.630 --> 00:38:59.809
need<00:38:58.789><c> them</c><00:38:58.889><c> and</c><00:38:58.989><c> I</c><00:38:59.070><c> think</c><00:38:59.210><c> that's</c><00:38:59.429><c> what</c><00:38:59.630><c> Paul</c>

00:38:59.809 --> 00:39:02.590
was<00:39:00.010><c> doing</c><00:39:00.250><c> with</c><00:39:00.929><c> Aquila</c><00:39:01.309><c> and</c><00:39:01.550><c> Priscilla.</c><00:39:01.849><c> There</c><00:39:01.969><c> are</c><00:39:02.030><c> a</c><00:39:02.389><c> few</c>

00:39:02.590 --> 00:39:04.869
extra<00:39:02.929><c> tent</c><00:39:03.230><c> pegs</c><00:39:03.409><c> he's</c><00:39:03.610><c> taking</c><00:39:03.909><c> along.</c><00:39:04.510><c> He</c><00:39:04.670><c> goes</c>

00:39:04.869 --> 00:39:09.789
on<00:39:05.030><c> his</c><00:39:05.210><c> journey</c><00:39:05.389><c> he</c><00:39:05.590><c> never</c><00:39:05.690><c> knows</c><00:39:05.909><c> where</c><00:39:06.170><c> he's</c><00:39:06.590><c> going</c><00:39:06.829><c> to</c><00:39:07.110><c> need</c><00:39:07.269><c> those</c><00:39:07.809><c> extra</c><00:39:08.369><c> tent</c><00:39:08.670><c> pegs.</c><00:39:09.510><c> And</c>

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in<00:39:09.929><c> this</c><00:39:10.170><c> area</c><00:39:10.510><c> here</c>

00:39:10.829 --> 00:39:15.309
he<00:39:11.110><c> comes</c><00:39:11.309><c> to</c><00:39:11.530><c> Ephesus</c><00:39:11.769><c> he</c><00:39:12.030><c> was</c><00:39:12.329><c> previously</c><00:39:13.389><c> barred</c><00:39:13.949><c> from</c><00:39:14.730><c> preaching</c><00:39:15.070><c> the</c>

00:39:15.309 --> 00:39:18.090
gospel<00:39:15.550><c> in</c><00:39:15.730><c> that</c><00:39:15.929><c> area.</c><00:39:17.130><c> Acts</c><00:39:17.170><c> 16</c><00:39:17.610><c> and</c><00:39:17.829><c> 6</c>

00:39:18.090 --> 00:39:21.550
says<00:39:18.429><c> he</c><00:39:18.670><c> was</c><00:39:18.929><c> forbidden</c><00:39:19.349><c> to</c><00:39:19.650><c> preach</c><00:39:19.909><c> the</c><00:39:20.190><c> word</c><00:39:20.389><c> in</c><00:39:20.670><c> Asia</c><00:39:21.090><c> but</c>

00:39:21.550 --> 00:39:24.309
on<00:39:21.730><c> his</c><00:39:21.909><c> way</c><00:39:22.090><c> back</c><00:39:22.329><c> to</c><00:39:22.650><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:23.110><c> he</c><00:39:23.610><c> discovered</c><00:39:24.050><c> a</c>

00:39:24.309 --> 00:39:28.690
very<00:39:24.690><c> enthusiastic</c><00:39:25.449><c> response</c><00:39:26.030><c> to</c><00:39:26.230><c> the</c><00:39:26.449><c> scripture.</c><00:39:27.309><c> Fortunately</c><00:39:27.829><c> the</c><00:39:28.110><c> apostle</c><00:39:28.409><c> Paul</c>

00:39:28.690 --> 00:39:29.610
had<00:39:28.869><c> had</c><00:39:29.050><c> the</c><00:39:29.289><c> forethought</c>

00:39:29.610 --> 00:39:32.570
of<00:39:29.789><c> taking</c><00:39:30.030><c> a</c><00:39:30.170><c> couple</c><00:39:30.349><c> of</c><00:39:30.590><c> extra</c><00:39:30.909><c> tent</c><00:39:31.250><c> pegs</c><00:39:31.510><c> with</c><00:39:31.710><c> him</c><00:39:32.030><c> and</c><00:39:32.329><c> he</c>

00:39:32.570 --> 00:39:34.550
hammered<00:39:32.730><c> them</c><00:39:32.869><c> in</c><00:39:33.030><c> the</c><00:39:33.269><c> ground</c><00:39:33.489><c> there</c><00:39:33.710><c> in</c><00:39:33.989><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:39:34.550 --> 00:39:37.110
He's<00:39:35.150><c> stretching</c><00:39:35.489><c> out</c><00:39:35.849><c> that</c><00:39:36.150><c> tent</c>

00:39:38.730 --> 00:39:42.449
and<00:39:39.250><c> so</c><00:39:39.469><c> they</c><00:39:39.670><c> did</c><00:39:39.809><c> the</c><00:39:40.030><c> work</c><00:39:40.289><c> that</c><00:39:40.530><c> was</c><00:39:40.829><c> required</c><00:39:41.309><c> of</c><00:39:41.489><c> in</c><00:39:41.670><c> verse</c><00:39:41.929><c> 26.</c>

00:39:42.449 --> 00:39:44.710
We've<00:39:42.869><c> alluded</c><00:39:43.170><c> it</c><00:39:43.429><c> to</c><00:39:43.730><c> it</c><00:39:43.989><c> before</c><00:39:44.309><c> when</c><00:39:44.469><c> they</c>

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came<00:39:44.909><c> in</c><00:39:45.210><c> contact</c><00:39:45.789><c> with</c><00:39:47.329><c> Apollos</c><00:39:47.789><c> who</c><00:39:47.929><c> was</c><00:39:48.230><c> eloquent.</c><00:39:49.949><c> In</c><00:39:50.050><c> verse</c><00:39:50.250><c> 26</c>

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it<00:39:51.230><c> says</c><00:39:51.530><c> Apollos</c><00:39:51.969><c> began</c><00:39:52.210><c> to</c><00:39:52.409><c> speak</c><00:39:52.570><c> boldly</c><00:39:53.010><c> in</c>

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the<00:39:53.269><c> synagogue</c><00:39:53.590><c> whom</c><00:39:53.849><c> when</c><00:39:54.090><c> Aquila</c><00:39:54.349><c> and</c><00:39:54.550><c> Priscilla</c><00:39:54.809><c> heard</c>

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they<00:39:55.789><c> took</c><00:39:56.050><c> him</c><00:39:56.250><c> unto</c><00:39:56.510><c> them</c><00:39:56.750><c> and</c><00:39:56.949><c> together</c><00:39:57.369><c> they</c>

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expounded<00:39:58.150><c> unto</c><00:39:58.429><c> him</c><00:39:58.570><c> the</c><00:39:58.769><c> way</c><00:39:58.949><c> of</c><00:39:59.190><c> God</c><00:39:59.849><c> more</c><00:40:00.510><c> perfectly.</c><00:40:01.349><c> We</c>

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could<00:40:01.670><c> say</c><00:40:01.849><c> they</c><00:40:02.010><c> took</c><00:40:02.190><c> him</c><00:40:02.329><c> and</c><00:40:02.429><c> they</c><00:40:02.690><c> turned</c><00:40:02.809><c> him</c><00:40:02.969><c> into</c>

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tent<00:40:03.570><c> pole.</c><00:40:04.030><c> He</c><00:40:04.150><c> was</c><00:40:04.369><c> very</c><00:40:04.769><c> eloquent</c><00:40:05.130><c> with</c><00:40:05.289><c> his</c><00:40:05.530><c> words</c><00:40:05.730><c> and</c>

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flowery<00:40:06.389><c> with</c><00:40:06.510><c> his</c><00:40:06.710><c> language</c>

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but<00:40:08.090><c> Gay</c><00:40:08.309><c> gave</c><00:40:08.590><c> him</c><00:40:08.809><c> the</c><00:40:09.050><c> strength</c><00:40:09.250><c> and</c><00:40:09.429><c> the</c><00:40:09.610><c> stability</c><00:40:09.949><c> of</c><00:40:10.170><c> the</c><00:40:10.429><c> founding</c><00:40:10.789><c> principles</c><00:40:11.369><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:11.889><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:40:16.070><c> so</c><00:40:16.469><c> eventually</c><00:40:17.030><c> he</c><00:40:17.269><c> was</c><00:40:17.550><c> able</c><00:40:18.090><c> through</c><00:40:18.769><c> the</c><00:40:18.989><c> work</c><00:40:19.130><c> of</c><00:40:19.349><c> Aquila</c><00:40:19.630><c> and</c>

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Priscilla<00:40:20.110><c> himself</c><00:40:20.690><c> to</c><00:40:20.949><c> extend</c><00:40:21.250><c> it</c>

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and<00:40:22.230><c> in</c><00:40:22.349><c> verse</c><00:40:22.570><c> 28</c><00:40:22.969><c> it</c><00:40:23.250><c> says</c><00:40:23.469><c> he</c><00:40:23.929><c> mightily</c><00:40:24.489><c> convinced</c><00:40:25.090><c> the</c><00:40:25.550><c> Jews</c><00:40:25.849><c> and</c>

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that<00:40:26.369><c> publicly</c><00:40:26.929><c> showing</c><00:40:27.949><c> by</c><00:40:28.250><c> the</c><00:40:28.449><c> scriptures</c>

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that<00:40:29.030><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.570><c> was</c><00:40:30.369><c> the</c><00:40:30.630><c> Christ.</c><00:40:31.429><c> So</c><00:40:31.610><c> you</c><00:40:31.809><c> see</c><00:40:33.010><c> Aquila</c><00:40:33.449><c> and</c><00:40:33.690><c> Priscilla</c><00:40:33.989><c> taught</c><00:40:34.349><c> Apollos</c><00:40:35.630><c> the</c>

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trade<00:40:36.489><c> of</c><00:40:36.710><c> tent</c><00:40:36.969><c> making</c>

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as<00:40:37.909><c> well</c><00:40:38.289><c> and</c><00:40:39.889><c> in</c><00:40:40.090><c> fact</c><00:40:40.190><c> we</c><00:40:40.369><c> notice</c><00:40:40.590><c> when</c><00:40:40.730><c> we</c><00:40:40.869><c> read</c><00:40:41.070><c> on</c><00:40:41.190><c> in</c><00:40:41.349><c> chapter</c><00:40:41.510><c> 19</c><00:40:41.909><c> and</c><00:40:42.110><c> verse</c><00:40:42.349><c> 1</c>

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that<00:40:43.789><c> Paul</c><00:40:44.110><c> sent</c><00:40:44.349><c> him</c><00:40:44.550><c> back</c>

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into<00:40:45.730><c> Corinth.</c><00:40:45.989><c> It</c><00:40:46.090><c> says</c><00:40:46.349><c> and</c><00:40:46.469><c> it</c><00:40:46.650><c> came</c><00:40:46.769><c> to</c><00:40:46.989><c> pass</c><00:40:47.190><c> that</c><00:40:47.469><c> while</c>

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Apollos<00:40:48.730><c> was</c><00:40:49.329><c> at</c><00:40:49.789><c> Corinth</c><00:40:50.230><c> so</c><00:40:50.889><c> Aquila</c><00:40:51.250><c> and</c><00:40:51.429><c> Priscilla</c>

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turned<00:40:52.050><c> him</c><00:40:52.250><c> into</c><00:40:52.469><c> a</c><00:40:52.650><c> tent</c><00:40:52.829><c> maker</c><00:40:53.110><c> and</c><00:40:53.570><c> they</c><00:40:53.909><c> sent</c><00:40:54.090><c> him</c><00:40:54.369><c> back</c>

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to<00:40:55.250><c> Corinth</c><00:40:55.489><c> to</c><00:40:55.750><c> continue</c><00:40:56.250><c> the</c><00:40:56.969><c> uniting</c><00:40:57.550><c> work</c>

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that<00:40:58.550><c> a</c><00:40:58.789><c> tent</c><00:40:58.969><c> maker</c><00:40:59.329><c> with</c><00:40:59.670><c> those</c><00:40:59.929><c> skills</c><00:41:00.289><c> could</c><00:41:00.849><c> perform.</c><00:41:02.750><c> In</c>

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fact<00:41:03.150><c> if</c><00:41:03.289><c> we</c><00:41:03.389><c> have</c><00:41:03.510><c> a</c><00:41:03.570><c> look</c><00:41:03.670><c> at</c><00:41:03.809><c> verse</c><00:41:04.130><c> 23</c><00:41:04.530><c> we</c><00:41:04.710><c> really</c>

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have<00:41:05.150><c> a</c><00:41:05.250><c> summary</c><00:41:05.550><c> of</c><00:41:05.710><c> the</c><00:41:05.869><c> work</c><00:41:06.050><c> of</c><00:41:06.230><c> the</c><00:41:06.349><c> apostle</c><00:41:06.630><c> Paul.</c><00:41:07.769><c> Verse</c>

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23<00:41:08.570><c> says</c><00:41:08.909><c> after</c><00:41:09.530><c> that</c><00:41:09.750><c> he</c><00:41:09.869><c> had</c><00:41:10.050><c> spent</c><00:41:10.269><c> some</c><00:41:10.650><c> time</c>

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there<00:41:11.170><c> he</c><00:41:11.329><c> departed</c><00:41:11.909><c> and</c><00:41:12.650><c> went</c><00:41:13.190><c> over</c><00:41:14.110><c> all</c><00:41:14.550><c> the</c><00:41:14.809><c> country</c><00:41:15.409><c> of</c><00:41:16.070><c> Galatia</c><00:41:16.769><c> and</c><00:41:17.090><c> Phrygia</c><00:41:17.409><c> in</c>

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order<00:41:18.869><c> strengthening</c>

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the<00:41:20.829><c> disciples.</c><00:41:22.469><c> So</c><00:41:22.789><c> here</c><00:41:22.989><c> we</c><00:41:23.230><c> have</c><00:41:23.949><c> a</c><00:41:24.269><c> bit</c><00:41:24.389><c> of</c><00:41:24.690><c> summary</c><00:41:24.929><c> of</c><00:41:25.110><c> the</c><00:41:25.269><c> work</c><00:41:25.389><c> of</c>

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the<00:41:25.670><c> apostle</c><00:41:25.889><c> Paul</c><00:41:26.150><c> and</c><00:41:26.289><c> that</c><00:41:26.530><c> word</c>

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strengthening<00:41:27.329><c> there</c><00:41:27.690><c> is</c><00:41:27.909><c> the</c><00:41:28.070><c> word</c><00:41:28.329><c> episterizo</c><00:41:29.389><c> and</c><00:41:29.909><c> it</c><00:41:30.150><c> means</c><00:41:30.489><c> to</c>

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make,<00:41:31.369><c> to</c><00:41:31.369><c> lean</c><00:41:31.550><c> upon,</c><00:41:32.110><c> to</c><00:41:32.269><c> strengthen</c>

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and<00:41:33.570><c> Vine</c><00:41:33.809><c> says</c><00:41:34.110><c> this</c><00:41:34.630><c> a</c><00:41:35.230><c> prop</c><00:41:35.489><c> or</c><00:41:36.269><c> support.</c><00:41:37.349><c> So</c><00:41:37.489><c> he's</c><00:41:37.769><c> going</c>

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back<00:41:38.369><c> some</c><00:41:38.670><c> of</c><00:41:38.849><c> the</c><00:41:39.030><c> tents</c><00:41:39.190><c> and</c><00:41:39.769><c> seemingly</c><00:41:40.070><c> the</c>

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ecclesias<00:41:40.809><c> had</c><00:41:41.090><c> collapsed</c><00:41:41.489><c> in</c><00:41:41.710><c> those</c><00:41:41.909><c> areas</c><00:41:42.130><c> Paul</c><00:41:42.409><c> had</c><00:41:42.610><c> gone</c>

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through<00:41:42.969><c> before</c><00:41:43.469><c> and</c><00:41:43.889><c> sort</c><00:41:43.989><c> of</c><00:41:44.130><c> looking</c><00:41:44.269><c> a</c><00:41:44.409><c> bit</c>

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weary<00:41:44.829><c> so</c><00:41:45.090><c> Paul</c><00:41:45.309><c> goes</c><00:41:45.570><c> through</c><00:41:45.750><c> the</c><00:41:45.949><c> tent</c><00:41:46.230><c> pole</c><00:41:46.469><c> and</c><00:41:47.010><c> he</c><00:41:47.170><c> once</c>

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again<00:41:47.710><c> gives</c><00:41:47.969><c> them</c><00:41:48.269><c> that</c><00:41:48.630><c> support</c><00:41:49.210><c> and</c><00:41:50.489><c> so</c><00:41:50.630><c> if</c><00:41:50.769><c> we</c>

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and<00:41:57.190><c> there</c><00:41:57.349><c> is</c><00:41:57.590><c> maintenance</c><00:41:57.989><c> that's</c><00:41:58.309><c> the</c><00:41:58.449><c> work</c><00:41:58.590><c> of</c><00:41:58.769><c> a</c><00:41:58.909><c> tent</c><00:41:59.050><c> maker</c><00:41:59.289><c> and</c><00:41:59.429><c> Paul</c><00:41:59.630><c> does</c><00:41:59.889><c> it.</c><00:42:01.030><c> He</c>

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provides<00:42:01.449><c> direction</c>

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on<00:42:02.110><c> how</c><00:42:02.389><c> to</c><00:42:02.750><c> erect</c><00:42:03.070><c> a</c><00:42:03.349><c> tent</c><00:42:03.570><c> that</c><00:42:04.050><c> will</c><00:42:04.250><c> resist</c><00:42:04.590><c> the</c><00:42:04.849><c> storms</c><00:42:05.090><c> of</c>

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life<00:42:05.610><c> and</c><00:42:06.130><c> the</c><00:42:06.369><c> need</c><00:42:06.570><c> for</c><00:42:06.909><c> reliable</c><00:42:07.469><c> upright</c><00:42:08.070><c> poles</c>

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to<00:42:08.610><c> give</c><00:42:08.750><c> support</c><00:42:09.150><c> to</c><00:42:09.329><c> the</c><00:42:09.570><c> structure.</c><00:42:10.389><c> Acts</c><00:42:10.449><c> 14</c><00:42:10.849><c> 22</c><00:42:11.489><c> here's</c>

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the<00:42:12.110><c> word</c><00:42:12.409><c> confirming</c><00:42:13.710><c> the</c><00:42:14.230><c> souls</c><00:42:14.550><c> of</c><00:42:14.829><c> the</c><00:42:14.989><c> disciples</c>

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and<00:42:16.050><c> exhorting</c><00:42:16.630><c> them</c><00:42:16.730><c> to</c><00:42:17.070><c> continue</c><00:42:17.289><c> in</c><00:42:17.570><c> faith</c><00:42:17.730><c> that</c><00:42:17.909><c> we</c><00:42:18.190><c> through</c><00:42:18.369><c> much</c>

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tribulation<00:42:19.590><c> will</c><00:42:19.949><c> enter</c><00:42:20.190><c> into</c><00:42:20.349><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:42:20.750><c> of</c><00:42:20.969><c> God</c><00:42:21.409><c> and</c><00:42:21.989><c> when</c><00:42:22.190><c> they</c><00:42:22.449><c> had</c><00:42:22.650><c> ordained</c><00:42:23.269><c> elders</c><00:42:23.889><c> in</c>

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every<00:42:25.130><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:25.630><c> there</c><00:42:25.849><c> are</c><00:42:25.969><c> the</c><00:42:26.250><c> supports</c><00:42:26.469><c> going</c>

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out<00:42:27.030><c> that</c><00:42:27.130><c> the</c><00:42:27.329><c> apostle</c><00:42:27.570><c> put</c><00:42:27.789><c> into</c><00:42:28.150><c> place.</c><00:42:29.590><c> What</c><00:42:29.690><c> of</c><00:42:29.809><c> the</c><00:42:30.010><c> fabric?</c><00:42:31.369><c> Well</c>

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Judas<00:42:32.010><c> and</c><00:42:32.429><c> Silas</c><00:42:33.090><c> after</c><00:42:33.570><c> the</c><00:42:33.889><c> Jerusalem</c>

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conference<00:42:35.289><c> went</c><00:42:36.030><c> to</c><00:42:36.409><c> Antioch</c><00:42:36.849><c> to</c><00:42:37.150><c> collect</c><00:42:37.389><c> together</c><00:42:37.809><c> and</c><00:42:38.070><c> to</c>

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assemble<00:42:38.630><c> the</c><00:42:38.929><c> fabric</c><00:42:39.210><c> that</c><00:42:39.530><c> was</c><00:42:39.730><c> needed</c><00:42:39.989><c> for</c>

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construction.<00:42:40.949><c> Says</c><00:42:41.070><c> they</c><00:42:41.329><c> gathered</c><00:42:41.889><c> the</c><00:42:42.349><c> multitude</c><00:42:42.809><c> together</c><00:42:43.230><c> and</c>

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exhorted<00:42:43.849><c> the</c><00:42:44.110><c> brethren</c><00:42:44.369><c> with</c><00:42:44.969><c> many</c>

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words<00:42:45.670><c> and</c><00:42:46.030><c> confirmed</c><00:42:46.389><c> them.</c><00:42:46.650><c> Acts</c><00:42:46.809><c> 15</c><00:42:47.289><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:47.829><c> conference</c><00:42:48.469><c> the</c><00:42:49.590><c> assembly</c><00:42:50.110><c> of</c><00:42:50.409><c> a</c>

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unified<00:42:51.349><c> approach</c>

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to<00:42:52.789><c> bringing</c><00:42:53.110><c> Gentiles</c><00:42:53.730><c> into</c><00:42:54.050><c> the</c><00:42:54.230><c> ecclesia.</c><00:42:56.030><c> What</c><00:42:56.210><c> of</c><00:42:56.349><c> the</c>

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assembly<00:42:56.909><c> then</c><00:42:57.130><c> of</c><00:42:57.329><c> the</c><00:42:57.730><c> the</c><00:42:57.829><c> tent</c><00:42:57.869><c> itself?</c><00:42:58.469><c> Paul</c><00:42:58.570><c> on</c>

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his<00:42:58.949><c> second</c><00:42:59.150><c> journey</c><00:42:59.369><c> takes</c><00:42:59.710><c> Silas</c><00:43:00.690><c> gives</c><00:43:01.050><c> him</c><00:43:01.329><c> further</c><00:43:01.590><c> instruction</c><00:43:02.030><c> on</c>

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how<00:43:02.369><c> to</c><00:43:02.550><c> rest</c><00:43:02.769><c> on</c><00:43:02.949><c> the</c><00:43:03.150><c> word</c><00:43:03.309><c> and</c><00:43:03.449><c> to</c>

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lean<00:43:03.750><c> one</c><00:43:03.929><c> another</c><00:43:04.170><c> for</c><00:43:04.449><c> strength</c><00:43:04.710><c> and</c><00:43:04.909><c> support.</c><00:43:05.130><c> We</c><00:43:05.210><c> could</c>

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say<00:43:05.670><c> the</c><00:43:06.150><c> ropes</c><00:43:06.610><c> are</c><00:43:07.710><c> important</c><00:43:08.409><c> says</c><00:43:09.070><c> he</c><00:43:09.250><c> went</c>

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through<00:43:09.630><c> Syria</c><00:43:09.989><c> and</c><00:43:10.230><c> Cilicia</c><00:43:10.650><c> confirming</c><00:43:11.230><c> the</c><00:43:11.570><c> ecclesias.</c><00:43:12.849><c> Maintenance</c><00:43:13.289><c> you</c><00:43:13.809><c> can't</c><00:43:14.050><c> put</c><00:43:14.250><c> a</c>

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tent<00:43:14.570><c> up</c><00:43:14.730><c> and</c><00:43:14.829><c> it's</c><00:43:14.929><c> not</c>

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going<00:43:15.190><c> to</c><00:43:15.329><c> last</c><00:43:15.489><c> forever</c><00:43:15.710><c> there</c><00:43:16.050><c> there</c><00:43:16.349><c> is</c><00:43:16.630><c> ongoing</c><00:43:17.050><c> maintenance</c><00:43:17.550><c> in</c><00:43:17.730><c> the</c><00:43:17.889><c> construction</c><00:43:18.269><c> of</c><00:43:18.489><c> a</c><00:43:18.630><c> tent.</c>

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So<00:43:19.269><c> Paul</c><00:43:19.610><c> on</c><00:43:19.730><c> his</c><00:43:19.989><c> third</c><00:43:20.289><c> journey</c><00:43:20.730><c> provides</c><00:43:21.510><c> additional</c><00:43:22.110><c> maintenance</c><00:43:22.550><c> work</c>

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he<00:43:22.909><c> looks</c><00:43:23.110><c> for</c><00:43:23.369><c> wear</c><00:43:23.570><c> and</c><00:43:23.889><c> tear</c>

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he<00:43:25.409><c> re</c><00:43:25.769><c>-tensions</c><00:43:26.170><c> the</c><00:43:26.550><c> poles</c><00:43:26.909><c> and</c><00:43:27.090><c> the</c><00:43:27.289><c> ropes</c><00:43:27.750><c> checks</c><00:43:28.170><c> the</c><00:43:28.489><c> pegs</c><00:43:29.329><c> and</c>

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he<00:43:29.550><c> gives</c><00:43:29.670><c> that</c><00:43:29.949><c> maintenance</c><00:43:30.349><c> support</c>

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to<00:43:30.909><c> the</c><00:43:31.050><c> ecclesias.</c><00:43:31.409><c> So</c><00:43:31.570><c> that's</c><00:43:31.889><c> Acts</c><00:43:32.050><c> 18</c><00:43:32.369><c> 23</c><00:43:33.050><c> he</c><00:43:33.409><c> departed</c><00:43:33.889><c> and</c><00:43:34.090><c> went</c><00:43:34.210><c> over</c><00:43:34.449><c> all</c><00:43:34.610><c> the</c><00:43:34.769><c> country</c><00:43:34.969><c> of</c>

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Galatia<00:43:35.489><c> and</c>

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Phrygia<00:43:35.949><c> in</c><00:43:36.250><c> order</c><00:43:37.210><c> strengthening</c><00:43:37.849><c> all</c><00:43:38.210><c> the</c><00:43:38.429><c> ecclesias.</c><00:43:38.829><c> So</c>

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there<00:43:39.309><c> is</c><00:43:39.510><c> the</c><00:43:39.769><c> four</c><00:43:40.010><c> uses</c><00:43:40.449><c> of</c><00:43:41.110><c> that</c><00:43:41.449><c> particular</c><00:43:42.190><c> word.</c>

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You<00:43:43.250><c> notice</c><00:43:43.510><c> as</c><00:43:43.690><c> I'm</c><00:43:44.050><c> emphasizing</c><00:43:44.389><c> here</c><00:43:44.670><c> he</c><00:43:44.849><c> went</c><00:43:45.130><c> in</c><00:43:45.570><c> order</c><00:43:45.929><c> it's</c><00:43:46.369><c> like</c><00:43:46.570><c> a</c>

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maintenance<00:43:47.309><c> program</c><00:43:47.829><c> isn't</c><00:43:48.050><c> it</c>

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a<00:43:48.570><c> process</c><00:43:49.010><c> of</c><00:43:49.429><c> inspection</c><00:43:49.989><c> of</c><00:43:50.349><c> these</c><00:43:50.969><c> ecclesias.</c><00:43:51.389><c> So</c><00:43:51.909><c> the</c><00:43:52.190><c> concept</c><00:43:52.550><c> of</c>

00:43:52.730 --> 00:43:54.010
the<00:43:52.869><c> apostle</c><00:43:53.110><c> Paul</c><00:43:53.349><c> was</c><00:43:53.530><c> not</c><00:43:53.769><c> just</c>

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preaching<00:43:54.289><c> the</c><00:43:54.510><c> gospel</c><00:43:54.769><c> and</c><00:43:54.909><c> getting</c><00:43:55.170><c> tents</c><00:43:55.449><c> up</c><00:43:55.670><c> all</c><00:43:55.929><c> over</c><00:43:56.110><c> the</c><00:43:56.289><c> place</c><00:43:56.570><c> he</c>

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knew<00:43:57.329><c> the</c><00:43:57.650><c> ongoing</c><00:43:58.190><c> support</c><00:43:59.050><c> that</c><00:43:59.710><c> was</c>

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required.<00:44:02.389><c> He</c><00:44:02.550><c> knew</c><00:44:02.769><c> the</c><00:44:03.329><c> worldly</c><00:44:03.570><c> conditions</c><00:44:04.090><c> that</c><00:44:04.289><c> would</c>

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infect<00:44:04.769><c> the</c><00:44:05.030><c> ecclesias,</c><00:44:06.909><c> the</c><00:44:07.190><c> elements</c><00:44:07.469><c> that</c>

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would<00:44:07.989><c> wear</c><00:44:08.250><c> down</c><00:44:08.590><c> the</c><00:44:08.889><c> parts</c><00:44:09.130><c> of</c><00:44:09.449><c> the</c><00:44:09.690><c> tent</c><00:44:10.010><c> and</c><00:44:11.530><c> that</c><00:44:11.670><c> on</c><00:44:11.989><c> occasions</c><00:44:12.510><c> the</c>

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pegs<00:44:13.449><c> needed</c><00:44:13.650><c> to</c><00:44:13.829><c> be</c><00:44:14.070><c> hammered</c><00:44:14.230><c> in</c><00:44:14.409><c> a</c>

00:44:15.269 --> 00:44:18.590
ropes<00:44:15.610><c> need</c><00:44:15.889><c> to</c><00:44:16.050><c> be</c><00:44:16.250><c> re</c><00:44:16.530><c>-secured</c><00:44:17.150><c> the</c><00:44:17.610><c> leather</c><00:44:17.969><c> attachments</c>

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to<00:44:18.849><c> the</c><00:44:19.090><c> tent</c><00:44:19.230><c> need</c><00:44:19.489><c> to</c><00:44:19.690><c> be</c><00:44:19.889><c> inspected</c><00:44:20.449><c> and</c><00:44:20.789><c> renewed</c>

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and<00:44:21.630><c> the</c><00:44:21.869><c> poles</c><00:44:22.190><c> set</c><00:44:22.809><c> upright</c><00:44:23.329><c> again.</c><00:44:28.289><c> That</c><00:44:28.510><c> brothers</c><00:44:28.769><c> and</c><00:44:29.050><c> sisters</c><00:44:29.690><c> then</c><00:44:30.889><c> really</c><00:44:31.150><c> brings</c><00:44:31.329><c> to</c>

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a<00:44:31.670><c> conclusion</c>

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our<00:44:33.349><c> series</c><00:44:33.590><c> of</c><00:44:34.190><c> six</c><00:44:34.389><c> studies</c><00:44:34.710><c> where</c><00:44:34.929><c> we've</c><00:44:35.210><c> looked</c><00:44:35.429><c> at</c><00:44:36.570><c> different</c><00:44:37.070><c> occupations</c><00:44:38.090><c> and</c>

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in<00:44:39.449><c> light</c><00:44:39.530><c> of</c><00:44:39.710><c> the</c>

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work<00:44:40.010><c> of</c><00:44:40.190><c> the</c><00:44:40.329><c> apostle</c><00:44:40.590><c> Paul</c><00:44:41.230><c> I</c><00:44:42.190><c> guess</c><00:44:42.369><c> we</c><00:44:42.530><c> need</c><00:44:42.610><c> to</c><00:44:42.750><c> look</c><00:44:42.849><c> at</c><00:44:43.030><c> ourselves</c><00:44:43.449><c> and</c><00:44:43.650><c> see</c><00:44:43.849><c> whether</c><00:44:44.050><c> we're</c><00:44:44.309><c> a</c>

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pole<00:44:44.670><c> or</c><00:44:44.889><c> a</c>

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tent<00:44:45.650><c> peg</c><00:44:46.070><c> or</c><00:44:46.250><c> maybe</c><00:44:46.469><c> part</c><00:44:46.710><c> of</c><00:44:46.829><c> the</c><00:44:47.010><c> fabric</c><00:44:47.369><c> and</c><00:44:48.389><c> to</c><00:44:48.670><c> encourage</c>

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one<00:44:49.269><c> another</c><00:44:49.530><c> to</c><00:44:49.750><c> maintain</c><00:44:50.210><c> the</c><00:44:50.510><c> faith</c>

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in<00:44:50.889><c> our</c><00:44:51.150><c> ecclesias</c><00:44:51.809><c> and</c><00:44:52.510><c> also</c><00:44:52.829><c> in</c><00:44:53.030><c> our</c><00:44:53.269><c> daily</c><00:44:53.650><c> vocations</c><00:44:54.550><c> and</c>

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activities.<00:44:57.690><c> Often</c><00:44:57.929><c> we</c><00:44:58.170><c> feel</c><00:44:58.670><c> deficient</c><00:44:59.130><c> in</c><00:44:59.329><c> ourselves</c>

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we<00:44:59.989><c> feel</c><00:45:00.289><c> unworthy</c><00:45:00.789><c> of</c><00:45:00.909><c> the</c><00:45:01.070><c> great</c><00:45:01.289><c> calling</c><00:45:01.750><c> to</c><00:45:02.170><c> which</c><00:45:02.349><c> Yahweh</c>

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by<00:45:02.949><c> his</c><00:45:03.190><c> grace</c><00:45:03.469><c> has</c><00:45:03.710><c> extended</c><00:45:04.030><c> his</c><00:45:04.369><c> hand.</c><00:45:04.630><c> You</c>

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know<00:45:04.809><c> Paul</c><00:45:05.070><c> felt</c><00:45:05.349><c> exactly</c><00:45:05.730><c> the</c><00:45:05.949><c> same.</c><00:45:09.389><c> Jesus</c><00:45:09.630><c> said</c><00:45:09.809><c> to</c><00:45:09.969><c> him</c><00:45:10.369><c> my</c>

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grace<00:45:11.909><c> is</c><00:45:12.269><c> sufficient</c><00:45:12.730><c> for</c><00:45:12.989><c> thee</c><00:45:13.190><c> for</c><00:45:13.389><c> my</c><00:45:13.789><c> strength</c>

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is<00:45:15.789><c> perfected</c><00:45:16.349><c> in</c><00:45:16.489><c> your</c><00:45:16.809><c> weakness</c><00:45:17.389><c> and</c><00:45:18.869><c> Paul</c><00:45:19.150><c> says</c><00:45:19.949><c> most</c><00:45:20.630><c> gladly</c><00:45:21.030><c> therefore</c><00:45:21.750><c> will</c>

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I<00:45:22.489><c> glory</c><00:45:22.809><c> in</c><00:45:23.170><c> my</c><00:45:23.449><c> weaknesses</c>

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and<00:45:24.309><c> infirmities</c><00:45:24.809><c> that</c><00:45:25.230><c> the</c><00:45:25.710><c> power</c><00:45:26.110><c> of</c><00:45:26.469><c> Christ</c><00:45:27.130><c> may</c><00:45:28.110><c> rest</c><00:45:28.849><c> upon</c><00:45:29.530><c> me</c>

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a<00:45:36.650><c> unique</c><00:45:36.969><c> word</c><00:45:37.230><c> to</c><00:45:37.530><c> describe</c><00:45:37.849><c> the</c><00:45:38.110><c> work</c><00:45:38.289><c> of</c><00:45:38.570><c> Christ</c><00:45:38.889><c> in</c>

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his<00:45:39.269><c> own</c><00:45:39.550><c> life.</c><00:45:45.110><c> What</c><00:45:45.829><c> he's</c><00:45:47.329><c> saying</c><00:45:47.690><c> is</c><00:45:48.309><c> that</c><00:45:48.590><c> in</c><00:45:48.869><c> his</c><00:45:49.309><c> infirmities</c><00:45:49.989><c> and</c>

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deficiencies<00:45:51.050><c> he's</c><00:45:51.429><c> glad</c>

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that<00:45:52.369><c> the</c><00:45:52.570><c> power</c><00:45:52.889><c> of</c><00:45:53.170><c> Christ</c><00:45:53.530><c> comes</c><00:45:53.949><c> over</c><00:45:54.309><c> him</c><00:45:55.050><c> like</c><00:45:56.230><c> a</c><00:45:56.750><c> tent</c>

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acknowledged<00:46:04.670><c> overshadowed</c><00:46:05.610><c> him</c><00:46:05.969><c> as</c>

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will<00:46:13.909><c> he</c><00:46:13.949><c> will</c><00:46:14.210><c> enhance</c><00:46:14.550><c> the</c><00:46:14.809><c> work</c><00:46:14.949><c> that</c><00:46:15.110><c> we</c><00:46:15.309><c> perform</c><00:46:15.630><c> today</c>

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look<00:47:31.909><c> at</c><00:47:32.130><c> Obadiah</c>

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there<00:47:45.889><c> amongst</c><00:47:46.190><c> the</c><00:47:46.469><c> storms</c><00:47:46.769><c> of</c>

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life<00:47:47.789><c> faithfully</c><00:47:48.710><c> serving</c><00:47:49.130><c> through</c><00:47:49.530><c> persistence</c><00:47:50.309><c> the</c><00:47:50.809><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:47:51.429><c> Christ.</c><00:47:53.909><c> We</c><00:47:54.550><c> saw</c><00:47:54.789><c> Nehemiah</c><00:47:55.329><c> a</c><00:47:55.489><c> very</c><00:47:55.769><c> positive</c>

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dedicated<00:48:16.929><c> loyalty.</c><00:48:19.530><c> We</c><00:48:19.789><c> looked</c><00:48:19.929><c> as</c><00:48:20.230><c> well</c><00:48:20.630><c> at</c><00:48:21.170><c> the</c><00:48:21.329><c> lovely</c><00:48:21.650><c> character</c><00:48:21.989><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:48:26.610><c> in</c><00:48:27.130><c> her</c><00:48:27.429><c> youth</c><00:48:27.789><c> and</c><00:48:28.750><c> she</c><00:48:28.949><c> developed</c><00:48:29.329><c> and</c><00:48:29.489><c> she</c><00:48:29.630><c> was</c><00:48:29.809><c> able</c><00:48:30.070><c> to</c>

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draw<00:48:30.610><c> together</c><00:48:31.070><c> all</c><00:48:31.409><c> the</c><00:48:31.670><c> sayings</c><00:48:31.949><c> of</c><00:48:32.130><c> the</c><00:48:32.230><c> Lord</c>

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we<00:48:47.349><c> have</c><00:48:47.590><c> given</c><00:48:48.389><c> that</c><00:48:50.389><c> you</c><00:48:50.550><c> can</c><00:48:50.849><c> continue</c><00:48:51.309><c> that</c><00:48:51.590><c> labour.</c>

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the<00:49:07.190><c> soul</c>

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sisters<00:49:42.210><c> that</c><00:49:42.670><c> together</c><00:49:42.949><c> we</c><00:49:43.110><c> will</c><00:49:43.289><c> look</c><00:49:43.530><c> unto</c><00:49:43.750><c> Jesus</c><00:49:44.590><c> the</c><00:49:45.250><c> author</c><00:49:45.650><c> and</c>

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